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[[Image:A_history.PNG|300px|thumb|Our proud heritage]]
[[Image:A_history.PNG|300px|thumb|Our proud heritage]]
The history of the '''Homestar Runner Wiki.'''
The history of the '''Homestar Runner Wiki.'''
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===Featured articles===
===Featured articles===
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Since the [[Main Page]] reformat on 23 May 2005, [[HRWiki:Featured articles|featured articles]]
have
been updated weekly. The premiere featured article was [[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 21]], about [[Homestar Runner (body of work)]]. Featured articles
are
[[HRWiki:Featured article
nominations
|nominated]] by any user willing to voice his or her opinion, with the final decision resting on one of the sysops or responsible users. Featured articles
are
automatically changed at midnight (00:00) [[Wikipedia:Coordinated Universal Time|Coordinated Universal Time]] (UTC) on Monday. In July 2010, the format for featuring articles changed.
Since
2011, several featured articles
have been
re-featured.
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Since the [[Main Page]] reformat on 23 May 2005, [[HRWiki:Featured articles|featured articles]]
had
been updated weekly. The premiere featured article was [[HRWiki:Featured article for 2005, week 21]], about [[Homestar Runner (body of work)
|Homestar Runner
]]
itself
. Featured articles
were
[[HRWiki:Featured article
selection
|nominated]] by any user willing to voice his or her opinion, with the final decision resting on one of the sysops or responsible users. Featured articles
were
automatically changed at midnight (00:00) [[Wikipedia:Coordinated Universal Time|Coordinated Universal Time]] (UTC) on Monday. In July 2010, the format for featuring articles changed.
In
2011
and 2012
, several featured articles
were
re-
featured. Featured articles were retired in January 2013, with the last featured article being [[HRWiki:Featured article for 2012, week 52]] about [[A Death-Defying Decemberween]].
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By the time featured articles had been retired, 434 of the Wiki's [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles had been
featured.
===Da Basement===
===Da Basement===
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===Subtitles===
===Subtitles===
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The [[HRWiki:Subtitles|Subtitles]] project provides subtitles for Homestar Runner
flash
toons. The aim is to make the magic of Homestar more accessible to people with hearing problems or people who do not speak English well. The subtitles are also being translated into several different languages such as Finnish, French and German.
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The [[HRWiki:Subtitles|Subtitles]] project provides subtitles for Homestar Runner
Flash
toons. The aim is to make the magic of Homestar more accessible to people with hearing problems or people who do not speak English well. The subtitles are also being translated into several different languages such as Finnish, French and German.
The project was kickstarted by [[User:Elcool|Elcool]], [[User:Phlip|Phlip]] and [[User:Loafing|Loafing]], with Phlip and Loafing implementing the [[User:Phlip/Greasemonkey|subtitles viewer]]. The project was first announced 24 August 2006, and by 12 December, 100% of all available toons had been subtitled in English.
The project was kickstarted by [[User:Elcool|Elcool]], [[User:Phlip|Phlip]] and [[User:Loafing|Loafing]], with Phlip and Loafing implementing the [[User:Phlip/Greasemonkey|subtitles viewer]]. The project was first announced 24 August 2006, and by 12 December, 100% of all available toons had been subtitled in English.
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The 'Tavi software didn't have much in the way of administrative features. There was password-protected admin area that allowed a user to lock and unlock pages and block and unblock IPs. At first [[User:JoeyDay|JoeyDay]] was the only one with access to that page, but [[User:Stu|Stu]] was given access sometime in late 2003. Before the wiki was upgraded to MediaWiki, [[User:Tom|Tom]], [[User:James|JamesGecko]], [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]], and [[Special:Contributions/Gemini|Gemini]] were also given administrator access.
The 'Tavi software didn't have much in the way of administrative features. There was password-protected admin area that allowed a user to lock and unlock pages and block and unblock IPs. At first [[User:JoeyDay|JoeyDay]] was the only one with access to that page, but [[User:Stu|Stu]] was given access sometime in late 2003. Before the wiki was upgraded to MediaWiki, [[User:Tom|Tom]], [[User:James|JamesGecko]], [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]], and [[Special:Contributions/Gemini|Gemini]] were also given administrator access.
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When the wiki was upgraded to MediaWiki 1.3 on 16 July 2004, the original group of bureaucrats/sysops consisted of [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]], [[User:JoeyDay|JoeyDay]], [[User:Stu|Stu]], [[User:Tom|Tom]]. The wiki continued to grow, and on (or just before) 21 December 2004, [[User:AgentSeethroo|AgentSeethroo]], who had contributed greatly to the migration, was given bureaucrat/sysop privileges.
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When the wiki was upgraded to MediaWiki 1.3 on 16 July 2004, the original group of bureaucrats/sysops consisted of [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]], [[User:JoeyDay|JoeyDay]], [[User:Stu|Stu]],
and
[[User:Tom|Tom]]. The wiki continued to grow, and on (or just before) 21 December 2004, [[User:AgentSeethroo|AgentSeethroo]], who had contributed greatly to the migration, was given bureaucrat/sysop privileges.
On 5 February 2005, the decision was made to begin utilizing the tiered permissions system of the MediaWiki software. On that date, [[User:Drhaggis|Drhaggis]] and [[User:FortyTwo|FortyTwo]] were given sysop privileges, but they weren't given bureaucrat privileges or made part of the Admin Team.
On 5 February 2005, the decision was made to begin utilizing the tiered permissions system of the MediaWiki software. On that date, [[User:Drhaggis|Drhaggis]] and [[User:FortyTwo|FortyTwo]] were given sysop privileges, but they weren't given bureaucrat privileges or made part of the Admin Team.
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===Standards===
===Standards===
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On September 21, 2004 [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]] added the [[HRWiki:Standards|Standards]] page. By this our editing and etiquette standards were put into writing. These guidelines brought more uniformity to the wiki and helped curb reverting wars where certain rules of style had been previously vague. Between 24 December 2005 and 15 January 2006 an effort was made to upgrade these standards to clarify guidelines of signatures and image usage. Guidelines for a user's signature length and size were [[HRWiki:Signature|established]]. Previous to this the length or style of a signature was suggestion but not precisely defined. Images went under a massive overhaul at this same time and each image was examined to ensure copyright compliance. Each image was tagged to identify the image's origin, type, and in some cases the user who uploaded it. Around this time the [[HRWiki:Personal images|personal image policy]] was also changed. This new policy allowed users to have two personal images whereas previously only one had been allowed (although this was sparsely enforced). Also, each user was allowed one smaller image to use in their signature.
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On September 21, 2004
,
[[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]] added the [[HRWiki:Standards|Standards]] page. By this our editing and etiquette standards were put into writing. These guidelines brought more uniformity to the wiki and helped curb reverting wars where certain rules of style had been previously vague. Between 24 December 2005 and 15 January 2006 an effort was made to upgrade these standards to clarify guidelines of signatures and image usage. Guidelines for a user's signature length and size were [[HRWiki:Signature|established]]. Previous to this the length or style of a signature was suggestion but not precisely defined. Images went under a massive overhaul at this same time and each image was examined to ensure copyright compliance. Each image was tagged to identify the image's origin, type, and in some cases the user who uploaded it. Around this time the [[HRWiki:Personal images|personal image policy]] was also changed. This new policy allowed users to have two personal images whereas previously only one had been allowed (although this was sparsely enforced). Also, each user was allowed one smaller image to use in their signature.
===Guestbooks===
===Guestbooks===
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===Forum===
===Forum===
[[Image:Forum phpBB3.png|thumb|The Homestar Runner Wiki Forum logo]]
[[Image:Forum phpBB3.png|thumb|The Homestar Runner Wiki Forum logo]]
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The [http://forum.hrwiki.org/index.php Homestar Runner Wiki Forum] was set up in May 2004 as a companion to the Homestar Runner Wiki. It was originally meant as a place for wiki-related discussions to take place, but has now developed into a full-fledged Homestar Runner fan forum with over 3,700 registered users as of July 2007. More than two years later, the forum
has
gained more than 1,300 users, passing the 5,000 mark.
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The [http://forum.hrwiki.org/index.php Homestar Runner Wiki Forum] was set up in May 2004 as a companion to the Homestar Runner Wiki. It was originally meant as a place for wiki-related discussions to take place, but has now developed into a full-fledged Homestar Runner fan forum with over 3,700 registered users as of July 2007. More than two years later, the forum gained more than 1,300 users, passing the 5,000 mark.
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The fanstuff wiki, unlike the knowledge base, let people create new pages, as long as they were related to [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] somehow. Naturally, seeing as the star's the limit, the fanstuff has many more articles than the knowledge base, amassing at 17,500 articles on 13 August 2007.
The fanstuff wiki, unlike the knowledge base, let people create new pages, as long as they were related to [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] somehow. Naturally, seeing as the star's the limit, the fanstuff has many more articles than the knowledge base, amassing at 17,500 articles on 13 August 2007.
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It
was closed to new content on 1 June 2010.
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After a purge lasting from August 2008 to 31 January 2010, it
was closed to new content on 1 June 2010.
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===Frappr group===
===Frappr group===
[[Image:Homestarpedia.png|thumb||150px|The Homestar Runner Wiki Frappr group logo]]
[[Image:Homestarpedia.png|thumb||150px|The Homestar Runner Wiki Frappr group logo]]
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The HRWiki [http://www.frappr.com/homestarrunnerwiki Frappr group] was created on 21 March
,
2006 by [[User:Elcool|Elcool]] to allow Homestar Runner fans and wiki users show where they live and give the site more of an international feel. The Frappr group allows users to post shoutouts, upload pictures representing themselves and see where other fans live. [[User:JoeyDay|Joey Day]] also added the place where the wiki's server is located on 2 April 2006. Frappr has been defunct since early 2010.
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The HRWiki [http://www.frappr.com/homestarrunnerwiki Frappr group] was created on 21 March 2006 by [[User:Elcool|Elcool]] to allow Homestar Runner fans and wiki users show where they live and give the site more of an international feel. The Frappr group allows users to post shoutouts, upload pictures representing themselves and see where other fans live. [[User:JoeyDay|Joey Day]] also added the place where the wiki's server is located on 2 April 2006. Frappr has been defunct since early 2010.
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