Talk:Something Awful/Archive 1

message: Should something be mentioned in the article about how SomethingAwful was able to solicit approximately $30k in online donations to the Red Cross over a ten-hour period after their servers went down? --64.252.39.24 21:09, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Hurricane Katrina Relief

message: Something Awful made its name as a comedy website, with a bunch of notable sub-sites and personalities, some of which have since split off, and some of which still remain (JeffK, Fireman Comics, Bjornar B, Taco the Wonder Dog, etc.).  The forums were initially a fairly small portion of the site, just there for people to discuss things in.  As of late they're a more major portion of the site, but still hardly deserve 95% of the article. --Delirium 12:14, Feb 8, 2004 (UTC)
:Agreed. -Branddobbe 23:41, Jun 14, 2004 (UTC)
:Maybe the article could be split, with the forums getting their own wikipedia page. There's certainly already enough written about them to do so. --Jeremyh 12:44, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed again. I think splitting the forums off to their own page would enourage more content about the website to be written. The page is dauntingly long as it is, which isn't the best condition for having people expand the content. I'll wait a day or two for more comments, and if no one objects, I'll do the split myself. Tyler 19:05, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: There's a front page? ;) (you get banned on SA if you say that) But yeah, split it off. I want more info on Cliff Yablonski and the Rom Pit Review! --Golbez 19:30, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs less about forums, and more about Something Awful 

message: Will somebody pleeeeeaase protect this page? I can't do it, because I am not an administrator. --Lst27 21:52, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Why would you like it protected? Meelar 21:52, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I've blocked both offending anons for 24 hours -- perhaps we'll be fine?  I hate to protect pages just because of a vandal or two, unless they get really persistent. :-)  Just my two cents, Jwrosenzweig 21:57, 3 May 2004 (UTC)

text: Hear, hear.  We actually had the same debate over George W. Bush, and if that wasn't locked, this certainly doesn't rise to the level. Meelar 22:33, 3 May 2004 (UTC)

text: So you know, you can always revert on your own. :-)  Click the page history, and then click the date/time of the edit you want to revert to.  This will open the article as it looked then.  While the old version is open, select "Edit This Page" -- you'll be warned that you're saving an old version of the page.  Then put a note in the edit summary (revert to non vandalized version, or something) and hit save.  The article will be saved as the version you selected.  Jwrosenzweig 22:47, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: But I couldn't revert it 3 times or more in more than 24 hours. I have reverted it twice today already. --Lst27 22:49, 3 May 2004 (UTC)

text: If it's vandalism, then the three-revert rule is waived.  This applies only to pure vandalism--content disputes of any sort are right out.  Use wisely, young Jedi. Meelar 22:52, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for clarifying that. --Lst27 22:56, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protect this page 

message: Thought we may be the Awful Link of the Day:rolleyes - but found we were simply mentioned on the forums (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1197450). We should be able to unprotect once this drifts off the top page. --
Oldak Quill 20:46, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: This thread has not been posted in for over 24 hours. Due to the fast-moving nature of the SA forums, it means that it now long dead. This page can probably be unprotected now without incident. I'd like someone to do that so I can proceed with splitting SA and SA forums into two different articles as discussed elsewhere on this talk page. Tyler 04:58, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flurry of Activity 

message: Should there be a mention of the Fark/SomethingAwful rivalry?
--Yes.
: There should be an entire section devoted to famous rivals. IE: Derek Smart, Fark, Scientology, furries, Malign, etc. Lucidish 23:12, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fark/somethingawful rivalry 

message: Is the vandalism really that bad?
: Unprotected after twenty (!) days. I think sometimes sysops forget. If you notice this in future go to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection and ask fro the page in question to be unprotected.  We like to unprotect a page as soon as there's no ongoing reason to keep it protected. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 01:10, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the objection was more that they used a picture of the Warrior without permission (OH NOES!) and that they called him racist (the fact that he is, in my opinion, a big fat stinky wart-infested racist is of course beside the point).  Am I the only one who's thinking tag-team match?  Warrior and his 'Director of Communications' against Lowtax and Zack Parsons, to be accompanied to the ring by Leonard "J." Crabs.  THEY'LL MAKE MILLIONS!  And it'll probably be a better match than Hogan-Warrior II, too...  Hig Hertenfleurst 19:12, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: this doesn't really have anything to do with this encyclopedia article? - Stoph 01:28, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Perhaps the wider issue of SA's semi-frequent legal threats could be inserted in the notable features list as an example of how controversial and shit-stirring the humour can be a lot of the time, using the Warrior as (if you don't count Dr. Derek Smart as famous, which I don't) an example of the most famous person to be offended by it?  Hig Hertenfleurst 02:43, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  How long does this thing need to be protected? 

message: Apparently the Ultimate Warrior threatened to sue lowtax, head of SA, because he posted a link to his website.  Here's the article:
http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2790
: I think the objection was more that they used a picture of the Warrior without permission (OH NOES!) and that they called him racist (the fact that he is, in my opinion, a big fat stinky wart-infested racist is of course beside the point).  Am I the only one who's thinking tag-team match?  Warrior and his 'Director of Communications' against Lowtax and Zack Parsons, to be accompanied to the ring by Leonard "J." Crabs.  THEY'LL MAKE MILLIONS!  And it'll probably be a better match than Hogan-Warrior II, too...  Hig Hertenfleurst 19:12, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: this doesn't really have anything to do with this encyclopedia article? - Stoph 01:28, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Perhaps the wider issue of SA's semi-frequent legal threats could be inserted in the notable features list as an example of how controversial and shit-stirring the humour can be a lot of the time, using the Warrior as (if you don't count Dr. Derek Smart as famous, which I don't) an example of the most famous person to be offended by it?  Hig Hertenfleurst 02:43, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Ultimate Warrior threat 

message: Should mention be made of the My Tank is Fight book that Zack Parsons is writing? As can be seen in the tentative cover image on this page, it is tied back to Something Awful.--DooMDrat 01:51, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
*In my opinion, it wouldn't make much sense to add the book before it's been published. - Thatdog 05:18, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  My Tank is Fight 

message: When I just see Shmorky's section all alone I get a "Behind the Music" kind of vibe. It might be a good idea to mark out the various writers in slightly more depth, along with a brief summary of writing style and that sort of thing. Dr Thorpe, Elpinto, Livestock, etc. 
Also a reminder (both for others and myself) that there should be a "rivals" section. Lucidish 18:38, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Personalities" and "rivalries" section 

message: Personally, I don't think happycat should be merged with this article. It's just not relevant enough to SA, since we don't have very many other catchphrases on here. --Liface 20:58, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd have to disagree with you. I personally think Happycat doesn't deserve its own article and that we should have a whole new secton on the SA article about its catchphrases/fads and the notable ones. Such as "Do you have stairs in your house?" or "Ban me" threads. Then again there might just be too many. Either way i'm pro-merge. Andrew Northall 23:10, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Perhaps it should be put in the forums article. It's more relevant to the forums anyway.--Drat(Talk) 02:04, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sounds good to me. --Liface 05:23, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Happycat Merge

message: The section on the controversy with eBaum's World seems one-sided to me. It's seems like an extension of ebaumsworldsucks.com and slanderous toward eBaum's World. I think a link would be sufficient. Ortzinator 18:00, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Controversy

message: I've created a category (:Category:Something Awful Wikipedians) so we can all identify ourselves. --Liface 23:48, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sweet. Thank you. --El Zilcho 11:25, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

text: Neato 8) Obli (Talk) 13:13, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Something Awful Wikipedians Category 

message: What's with this server move I've heard about? Are they changing hosts? I noticed the absence (or rather, replacement) of the Zipa logo on the site recently. Granted I don't know how long this has been going on, as I browse with images off as a habit. Does it have anything to do with... certain alleged controversies regarding one Sigmund Solares?--Drat (Talk) 05:20, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The servers are moving to a colocation site in Chicago. The move happened because Zipa stopped giving SA a considerable break on bandwidth fees. It wasn't anything Zipa or SA did, purely a business decision and no ill will between them. --waffle iron 07:12, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure about "ill will" but Lowtax did start looking for new hosting right on the heels of the NO disaster.  He explicitly said that he wanted a colocation service that was in a city above the water table, but he also said that he was disappointed at Zipa's decision to take his hosting down above all others during that crisis.  So, put two and two together....  --BridgeBurner 22:04, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Server move