Talk:Something Awful/Archive 3

message: I really feel this has to be done. Would a brief description of the forums, the forum subculture and how it operates really hurt?
Any suggestions?
Considering how much the Forums means to the site, it seems like a good idea, but I see a reliable sources problem - how much third-party coverage of the Forums is there?  Without that, most of our info on the forums comes from ourselves, and that's not allowed.  And secondly, there's sort of a truce going on now between the people that like and dislike SA, and maybe stirring that hornet's nest isn't a wonderful idea. -- Korranus 03:23, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that, as time rolls on, giving apropriate weight in the article to the SA forum is both warranted, and probably a good idea. It appears that the forums have become the main engine for the site, with the public front page and content representing just a small snapshot of the activity of the site. Modifying the article to better represent how the forum plays its very central part in the workings of the site would most likely represent a good retuning of the wiki entry.Dxco 04:25, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Extending the Forums section

message: A heads up, this attempt at a merge has been featured on the something awful forums here, watch for an influx of sock puppets. --Supdawgz 00:58, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  Why would it have any relevance? Achromatic 17:04, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it's to keep the dumber forum members from aimlessly flooding Wikipedia and vandalizing it. I've seen it happen before. It all ends in tears. --Wafulz 17:05, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: This vote has been brought to the attention of the SA forums

message: The .—Preceding unsigned comment added by IdiotKing (talk • contribs) 
*Support --Liface 05:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Petition to add the Enlightened Nipponese language to the SA forums article

message: Why is "My Tank Is Fight" redirected to the Something Awful page, when nothing on that page has to do with that book?
I was actually hoping to have a separate page, which talked about the book itself and had links to some of the things discussed in the book. --Zemylat 20:48, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It was deleted/redirected about four months ago Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/My Tank is Fight! (2nd nomination). --Wafulz 22:17, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  My Tank Is Fight? 

message: I believe the forum section could benefit from a list of the upgrades that are available in the user forums. 203.132.67.88 03:24, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Why? This info is useless to non-forum-members, and we don't need to advertise it.--Drat (Talk) 04:35, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, that would essentially constitute a product list- if they want to find out, they can just visit the site store. --Wafulz 04:35, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Knowing how much you're going to spend to get the functionality you want before you spend anything is useless? 203.132.83.27 08:10, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forum Upgrades 

message: I've placed the nomination On Hold for no more than seven days, pending the suggestions below being addressed. Good work so far, and good luck with future edits.
Ragards, LaraLoveTalk/Contribs 05:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Conclusion

message: *"...earned him cameo placement in geek culture, including ... the comic book Smallville[6]." - Reference, as I read it, is only speculation from posters on the SomethingAwful.com message boards. This isn't a reliable citation of fact.
::Removed the speculative sentence. --Wafulz 16:51, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: As the above issues are corrected, please strike-through the suggestion and place  at the end.
Thank you and best regards, 
LaraLoveTalk/Contribs 05:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes

message: Unfortunately, the necessary changes were not made before the hold expired. However, once the issues are addressed, the article can be renominated. If you feel I have reviewed in error, you may request a review. Thank you for your work so far and good luck with future edits.
Regards, LaraLoveT/C 04:55, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: GA hold expired

message: Check these for use in the article for the ridiculously challenged statement of forumers beign referred to as "goons".
Movementarian article
SA 'Goons With Spoons' subforum
SA recipe Wiki page
SA spin-off site, topic title "Hocus or other goons getting SA usernames from IP addresses?"
Regards, LaraLoveT/C 05:57, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The citation is about where the term originated, not that it exists. About half the citations already in the article refer to them as goons. --Wafulz 13:54, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible citations 

message: What is TV IV and why does it link to Something Awful, as far as I can tell the text has no mention of this "TV IV" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LordBoreal51 (talk • contribs).
:See the third AfD nomination of the article. --Dreaded Walrus  t c 08:04, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  TV IV 

message: The article states that the forums are viewable by people who are not paid members, but they cannot post. However, I can't seem to view the forums unregistered. Occasionally I am able to view them, but only for a little while. Sometimes the "main" forums are not viewable and the rest are not. 
Is this some kind of regular feature that should be described in the article, or is something wrong with my browser?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.82.196.239 (talk • contribs) 
:I think it just changes from time to time.-Wafulz 03:37, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forums viewable by nonmembers? 

message: I'm asking other people to join the discussion over in PayPal on the talk page.  Basically, one user (crossmr) is trying to delete any explicit mention of Something Awful's criticism of PayPal AND is denying that Something Awful even criticized it.  For all of the criticism, he is allowing just one sentence saying that some customers complain about their service.
-Nathan J. Yoder 03:40, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't have time to join, but stubbing legitimate criticism to one vague sentence is questionable at best.-Wafulz 03:55, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kyanaka/Soimething Awful never criticized PayPal 

message: "Kyanka's status as the webmaster has earned him cameo placement in nerd culture..."
'nerd' used to be 'geek'. i changed it.
geek is not nerd.
look it up.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dfunk1967 (talk • contribs) 07:03, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Geek' vs. 'Nerd'