User:Minor muppetz/Talk Archive 01

Archive of User talk:Minor muppetz

Dogs
Hey, Michael. First, the guy's name is spelled "William Wegman" and secondly, there's already a page for Fay Ray, his main dog, which includes the frog sketch. I think a merger is in order, for one title or another. I used Fay Ray since she was the most distinctive dog and the only one openly addressed by Wegman, and since the rest were her children (and these days, grandchildren). --Andrew, Aleal 20:19, 21 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh, I didn't know that any of the dogs had names. Yeah, merging would be a good idea. Merging for Fay ray would be the way to go. --Minor muppetz 20:24, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, he often says "Look, Fay", and in the farm segments, he referred to her as "Farmer McFay." The clip in the special was from one of the McDoubles segments. The other dogs included Batty, Crooky, Chundo, and I think the more recent ones feature Chip. Wegman's 1999 book Fay was a good source for much of that material (Fay died in 1995, after starring in the Twelve Days of Christmas and Alphabet Soup videos). However, you have some good info on some of the more recent Mother Goose segments. The "Dogs at work" sketches, which apparently were added in the last few seasons, are also missing, so feel free to add in any of those (either with a guess at the date, or below the dated segments, unmarked). Oh, and I reverted your changes to Street We Live On just because the links as typed didn't work. We've been using "song" in lower case for disambig pages. Anyway, keep up the good work. --Andrew, Aleal 20:28, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, William Wegman's Dogs is now a redirect. We can switch them around later as more sketches are added or more information is found about the other dogs (any of the early sketches, with a single dog against a canvas background, dressed as animals or demonstrating counting or concepts, i.e. in and out, etc., that's Fay). --Andrew, Aleal 20:53, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I've seen a lot of these segments, but I can't remember very many individual segments very well. I remember seeing one where two dog parents (I think they were parents) make some kind of food, and their child is disapointed by the amount of time it takes to wait for it to be done. At the end the child was asked, "Wasn't that worth the wait?". I can't remember what food they made. --Minor muppetz 00:22, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Muppet Character Lists
Hey, Michael! Good work on Muppets Tonight, but it might help to format the character additions in one block, rather than seperating each name, as it lengthens the page and actually doesn't help that much as far as finding characters. Look at the re-formatted Muppet Show, pages, such as Episode 523: Linda Ronstadt, as examples. Thanks! --Andrew, Aleal 16:23, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Changing Titles
Hey Michael, to change the title of an article, just click the 'move' link at the top of the page and there will be a field you can use to rename the article and the old one will automatically redirect to the new one. -- Scott Scarecroe 15:42, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Italics and Quotes (2)
Hey Michael, we recently talked on the Current Events page about our policy on using italics and quotes and where and when we use them. Basically, TV shows, specials and movies are in italics, while songs and episode titles go in quotes. Just a heads up... there's more on Current Events and the Current Events Archive if you want to check that out. Keep up the awesome additions! -- Scott Scarecroe 05:45, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
 * This same question has been asked twice. Was this a istake? --Minor muppetz 16:08, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Italics and Quotes
Hey Michael, we recently talked on the Current Events page about our policy on using italics and quotes and where and when we use them. Basically, TV shows, specials and movies are in italics, while songs and episode titles go in quotes. Just a heads up... there's more on Current Events and the Current Events Archive if you want to check that out. Keep up the awesome additions! -- Scott Scarecroe 05:45, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Baby Talk
Hey Michael, why did Episode 302: Baby Talk get blanked? -- Scott Scarecroe 17:04, 9 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I edited something there, but I didn't purposley delete it. I didn't realize that it was blanked. There have been a few times when I edited something and then the entire page blanked. I'm not sure what the deal is. --Minor muppetz 20:15, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Michael, I re-added the Smoo Show, but deleted the note about the "Baby Talk" series. Yes, Dinosaurs had many TV paraodies and jokes about ABC, but considering that series had already been canceled early in the summer and the "Baby Talk" episode aired in the fall, and considering how generic the phrase "baby talk" is, I removed it. If you can find a reliable source, feel free to put it back in, but otherwise, it's speculation. --Andrew, Aleal 21:31, 9 February 2006 (UTC)


 * That sounds fair. --Minor muppetz 21:45, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

E-mail
Hi Michael -- I got your e-mail, and I sent a response. I think it's a mix-up -- check the e-mail, and I'll figure out how to fix it. -- Danny Toughpigs 22:35, 5 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I got your response. --Minor muppetz 03:21, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Song titles
What ho, yon Michael! Good work adding Muppet Show and Sesame songs. Just so you know, I moved "We've Got Each Other" to "Two Lost Souls," the actual song title (like many other songs performed on the show, it had a previous existence as a tune in Damn Yankees, where the title was meant more literally!) Just so you know it wasn't an arbitrary move or a moral judgement against Sweetums and Robin! --Andrew, Aleal 15:44, 4 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I never knew that Two Lost Souls was the actual title. Most sources that list that song list it as We've Got Each Other. I wonder how many people know the real title. I guess it's similar to how many people think that Love Ya to Death is titled Atom Bomb. Thanks for the info. --Minor muppetz 01:19, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Talk box
Hey Michael: That's a good question that you posted on the Hashim talk page... I have a trick for you. When you post a question on a talk page, then you should also post a "talk box" on the article. You just put at the top of the article page, and that adds the talk box, directing people to your question. It also automatically lists your question on the Active Talk Pages list, so it's easy for people to browse through and find your question. -- Danny Toughpigs 17:07, 30 January 2006 (UTC)


 * That's good to know. --Minor muppetz 00:34, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Easy signatures
Hi Michael: I have a trick for you -- the easy way to add your signature to talk pages. When you post a message, just put four tildes at the end, like this: -- ~. That automatically adds your signature and a date stamp! -- Toughpigs 17:45, 28 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Great stuff!
Hi Michael! I just wanted to tell you how much I'm enjoying seeing all the sketch listings you're doing! The Fozzie monologues, the Pigs in Space sketches... They're really readable, and fun. It's neat to read through one of those pages, and remember all those sketches -- I think people are really going to like those pages, especially casual fans who haven't watched the episodes in a long time. This is awesome! -- Toughpigs 14:27, 22 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Sketch listings
Hey Michael: I really like the lists of sketches that you're making -- it's great that you're compiling all this stuff. Here's a tip for formatting those -- do the heading of the sketch like you've been doing, and then put a colon at the beginning of the description. That indents the description, so it's easier to read. I just updated the Muppet News Flash with that formatting, so you can see what I'm talking about. -- Toughpigs 02:31, 14 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Headings
Hi Michael: I have a trick for you... I've seen that you're making headings, and it's actually simpler than the way you're doing it. You only need to put two equals signs around the words, like this: ==Heading==. If you put a whole bunch of equals signs around it, it actually makes the heading smaller. -- Toughpigs 06:53, 12 Dec 2005 (UTC)

What's your name?
Wow, you've posted so much to the wiki so far! It's really awesome. Can you tell me your first name? I'd love to be able to talk to you, without having to call you "Minor muppetz". My name's Danny. What's yours? -- Toughpigs 17:16, 11 Dec 2005 (UTC)


 * My first name is Michael. By the way, I know that your name is Danny. I read your website, Tough Pigs, quite a bit. --User: Minor muppetz


 * Hi, Michael! Great, it's good to know your name. I'll put it on the Community Portal page... -- Toughpigs 01:10, 12 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Welcome!
Hi there, welcome to Muppet Wiki! It's great to see you jumping in and adding to pages. The list of Muppet Labs sketches is great, and the description of Bruno. Feel free to add your name to your User page -- just click on the "user page" tab at the top left. You can also add yourself to the list on the "Community portal" page -- that's in the left navigation bar.

It takes a little while to get used to the wiki formatting -- I saw that you were trying to figure out how to add the Bruno stuff to the Sesame Street Characters category. I created a new page for Bruno, and I moved your description there. It also seems like there's something strange about the formatting on the stuff that you're adding -- I think when you're copy-and-pasting, you're bringing in some stray codes that make your pages look weird. But that's okay -- you'll get used to the wiki format soon enough. Check out the Help pages, and let me know if you have any questions, okay? -- Toughpigs 17:00, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)


 * I think the stray codes causing the weird formatting in Muppet Labs was simply a space before each paragraph. Apparently that translates in turning that paragraph of text into it's own dotted line box. -- Scarecroe 17:47, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Formatting Errors
Hi Minor muppetz! First of all, thanks so much for your contributions to the wiki. I'm not sure if you've noticed, but some of your submissions have dotted-boxes around them and are difficult to read. If you eliminate the space at the beginning of the sentence or paragraph, the format will return to normal. Thanks! -- Pantalones 22:04, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)