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Contents 1 RC problems, sort of... 2 Protection? 3 Not everyone likes the site 4 Stupid DNA evi-dence 5 Redirect? 6 Page Titles 7 Filmography Pages 8 Redirect Problem 9 Server problems?

RC problems, sort of...

I would post this on the Recent Changes talk page, but that's nonexistent, so anyways, I run Firefox 2.0.0.5 and if I load the main page and click on Recent Changes, a window pops up saying "You have chosen to open 'Recent Changes'...which is an 'application/octet-stream' What do you want to do with this file?" And I get two options, "Save to Disc" or "Open with..." (which to that I click "Cancel ;). It's really annoying, but is this actually a fixable problem or am I just going to have to deal with it? -- Super Martyo boing! 19:49, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I forgot to mention, for people who use Firefox, it's a basic download screen. -- Super Martyo boing! 19:52, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

It sounds like for some reason Firefox thinks that the PHP used with MediaWiki is a program (that's what it means when it says application/octet-stream). My first suggestion would be clear your cache (Preferences -> Advanced -> Network). If that doesn't solve the problem, you might want to see if the file association is messed up. Go to the Content tab in Preferences and click on the Manage button under File Types. If PHP is listed there, delete it. Last resort would be to locate the cache or preferences and delete them manually; the file might be corrupt and that's why it is giving you the strange result. wbwolf (t | ed) 00:38, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

You know what, that happened to me once. I uninstalled Firefox and reinstalled it and it seemed to work. But only do that if Wbwolf's advice doesn't work. --TheYellowDart—(t/c) 04:54, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Clearing my cache seemed to work, but waiting is definitely the best remedy here. -- Super Martyo boing! 05:44, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Protection?

I just realized. How do we protect pages from being edited? Couldn't we stop User Page vandalism if the User could just protect his/her page? --^Super!Santana^Duper! 19:07, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

I have already suggested this and been shot down. — Defender1031*Talk 19:09, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Protecting those pages would be possible, but it wouldn't solve anything. There are several rare but legitimate reasons for a non-sysop to edit someone else's user page, and there's no reason to remove that functionality just because some people can't play nice. Besides, just about all vandalism is detected and removed quickly. If we protected the entire user namespace, then there would just be more vandalism in the other namespaces. — It's dot com 19:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Not everyone likes the site

So could you please change the comment? 124.180.174.141 11:52, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Which site and which comment? Loafing 12:07, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

We're currently working on 3,340 articles about our favorite Internet cartoon.

(I think that's it...) DEI DAT VM^┌_{datvm center}\^{super contra}_┘ 12:32, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

"our" refers to the wiki community. If you don't like the site, you're not part of the community and thus the statement doesn't apply to you. — Defender1031*Talk 16:14, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Seriously, if you don't like the site, just don't visit it. It's not that hard. You don't need us to fix something you can easily fix yourself. Like non-Starbucks cafes may carry a "Best coffee in town!" sign. That doesn't mean EVERYONE IN TOWN considers their coffee the best in town. The "our favorite Internet cartoon" is just like that. Everyone on the Internet does not mutually agree that homestarrunner.com is the best site on the Internet. But it is very popular (and a favorite among this site), so we keep this banner.

Also, please do not tell us to fix your problems for you. Instead, refrain from visiting the site you seem to dislike. It's not that hard, we're not extremely popular.

If you MUST have it removed, I'd suggest getting Firefox and Greasemonkey and programming a simple user script to simply remove that line. Here's a good tutorial. It should be enough.

Furthermore, if you dislike Homestar Runner, I see no reason as to HOW you found this site. I dunno about you, but I don't go googling fansites of webtoons I hate. Bluebry 18:11, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Bluebry, stop feeding the troll. — Defender1031*Talk 18:15, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, I wouldn't say they are a troll, DeF. Bluebry 18:19, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Just like this anonny wasn't a troll? — Defender1031*Talk 18:21, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

No this guy's nicer. Bluebry 18:22, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't think so. — Defender1031*Talk 18:25, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

First off: He's said two sentences, and used "please". Second off: Argument over, we're just spamming Talk:Main Page with a useless argument. Bluebry 18:27, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Stupid DNA evi-dence

Is it necessary for us to note in every single Email of the DNA evidence running gag that its DNA scene is revisited in the DNA Evidence toon? To me it's almost like going to each of the first 124-160 Emails and noting that each email is revisited in rock opera and/or 160 Seconds. I feel like removing that note from every Email that does not receive another notable reference (or contradiction, in the case of unnatural) in the toon. Bad Bad Guy 00:09, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I disagree. There's a definite, purposeful connection between the DNA scenes and DNA Evidence. Loafing 01:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Seconded rootbeersoup 04:15, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

My problem was before I expanded each note, it felt like they were referring only to the recap at the beginning of the toon as the revisit. Bad Bad Guy 18:32, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

Is it that notable that Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene is referenced in the DNA toon? Bad Bad Guy 19:26, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Eh, I think it is. By the way, why are we discussing this here, and not at Talk:DNA Evidence or some such page? Heimstern Läufer 20:17, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Redirect?

Redirects don't seem to like the alternate-caps auto-redirect, as I discovered with No Hands on Deck. Thoughts? --Jay (Talk) 04:25, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Works fine for me. — Defender1031*Talk 04:26, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Now wait just a durned minute. When I typed that directly, it didn't work!!! --Jay (Talk) 04:29, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Typing directly worked for me also. — Defender1031*Talk 04:29, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

When I type it in the URL bar (with the lowercase O) it redirects me to a redirect page. I tend to type directly into the URL bar instead of the search bar. Guess it was my own fault then. --Jay (Talk) 04:46, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

When you type it directly into the URL, you're actually creating a double redirect, which is why you have to click through. (When you put it on a wiki page or in the search bar, it avoids the double redirect.) It has to be like that so that we can access those pages in case we ever need to turn them into real pages (for example, when we needed to make the paper after already having The Paper). — It's dot com 05:08, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I get it. Sorry for being out of the loop. --Jay (Talk) 08:12, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Page Titles

Now that we have a page for every toon's page title (see the link I just gave), should we start linking where every toon says

Page title: {toon's page title}

to that page? I don't mind taking the time to link many of them, though it would take a while. What does anyone else think? Homestar-Winner (talk) 02:18, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

If we want to link them (and I'm not sure we should), we should have User:The Cheatbot do it. — It's dot com 15:24, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Wouldn't work anyway, a lot of the sbemails have the same title. — Defender1031*Talk 15:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Filmography Pages

I'm just asking, in mini-golf, a lot of characters made appearances, and most of those characters don't have their own filmography pages. The filmographies on their character pages have 5 to 6 appearances listed. I agreed that the Drive-Thru Whale's two appearances don't warrant their own page yet, but the question is, how many appearances does a character need to have their own filmography page? — ^Sam_{Fisher (Come in, Lambert.)} 12:15, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

See HRWiki talk:Standards#Filmography Pages

Redirect Problem

I'm seriously not trying to insult anybody, but despite the consensus reached to turn Coach Z's Gender Confusion into a redirect to Coach Z#Coach Z's "more than two problems", the page was instead turned into a redirect to Cross-dressing with no visible explanation. Does anyone mind if I try to fix it? Once again, I am not trying to insult anybody. Bad Bad Guy 16:29, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Said consencus. Bad Bad Guy 16:46, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

It's not completely clear what some people wanted, since some just put a vague "Redirect for reasons above". Naturally, someone must have got confused. Furthermore, at least 3 people wanted to redirect to Coach Z, opposed to at least 1 wanting to redirect to Cross Dressing. So, sure, go ahead and fix it. – The Chort 16:49, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Server problems?

I've been having trouble accesing the HRWiki for a while. It's really slow. Are there problems with the server? And please, PLEASE don't answer my question with "This is not the place to ask that" or something, because I don't have anywhere else to go. --Jnelson09 20:51, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

It happens from time to time, especially on Mondays. — It's dot com 20:57, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Oh, thanks. Why Mondays? --Jnelson09 20:58, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

What happens on Mondays? ;) - Qermaq - (^T/C)  21:05, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

The wiki slows down, and then the Brothes Chaps get bored and put a new sbemail out? ;-) Loafing 21:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Technically the wiki slows down because the Brothers Chaps are going to put a new sbemail out. — Lapper (talk) 21:54, 4 September 2007 (UTC)