User:MuppetArchives/Current Events 20 (May-June 2007)

Archive of Muppet Wiki:Current Events.

Visually...strange.
News flash! In Sesame Street episode 4128, Elmo eats the WVPBS logo!

I occasionally airbrush the logos out of screenshots if it's simple to do so, but I honestly rarely bother.--Andrew T. 19:12, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Labyrinth Event
Do anyone know what this picture is from? It features Ludo, Jim Henson and Princess Diana. -- Brad D. (talk ) 04:03, 7 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Maybe the London premiere of Labyrinth? -- Ken (talk ) 04:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Edit summaries
Sometimes I feel like the only one using edit summaries. I realize it can get tedious when making a lot of similar changes, or when the reason for the change appears obvious, but they really do help other editors to understand things. Could I ask for a little more diligence when it comes to edit summaries? Powers 14:54, 6 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree, we get lazy a lot and don't use summaries. I think it's especially important if you're reverting somebody else's changes. Making a revert without explaining why can easily be seen as insulting to the person who made the changes. -- Danny (talk ) 20:21, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

14,000 articles!
As of tonight, we've hit 14,000 pages on Muppet Wiki. Congratulations -- and thank you -- to all of our fantastic contributors. We're so awesome. -- Danny (talk ) 02:16, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Yay! -- Ken (talk ) 03:10, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Cool! And on a related note, we're only 77 characters away from having 2,000 Muppets! -- Brad D. (talk ) 03:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * No way! I didn't realize that. That's insane. -- Danny (talk ) 03:16, 4 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Amazing stuff, great work! -- Sannse 07:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Muppet Wiki article on front page of Wikipedia
For interest's sake, I'll let everyone know I copied "Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce" to Wikipedia, with "This article is based on one from Muppet Wiki, another GFDL-based reference. Modifications have been made since." noted along the bottom. Someone noticed the article, and decided to highlight it in the "Did You Know That" section of the English Wikipedia's front page. It didn't help it make the top 1000 pages, but interesting nevertheless. -- Zanimum 13:21, 3 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, that's great! Although it's sad for poor Snuffy and Alice, having their family drama aired in public like that. -- Danny (talk ) 13:46, 3 May 2007 (UTC)


 * But if it was never broadcast, maybe it never really happened. -- <font color="Blue">Ken (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 17:57, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Google ads are a mystery
In spite of our discussion on the pirates given screen time in our sidebar, Google ads hold other mysteries. This ticker ad appeared in my Gmail window today. There'd been some discussion about just such an ad previously on the Wikia mailing list, but what's so odd about it is that no one knows who submitted it. So far as we know, it wasn't anyone at Wikia, and none of us who administer the site. Just another little oddity that I was compelled to share here. —Scott ( talk ) 00:42, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah -- I guess we should say thank you to whoever is posting these ads. We appreciate it, whoever you are! -- <font color="Blue">Danny (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 01:18, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry, I'm not familiar with Gmail. Are these ads that show up in people's e-mail inboxes?  Or are they ads that appear on other websites?  I was just wondering where else they're showing up. -- <font color="Blue">Ken  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 03:29, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Gmail has a newsreader ticker that can be enabled for topics you choose to show up above your inbox. Every ten of them or so are sponsored links just like when you do a Google search. —Scott ( talk ) 03:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)


 * They've also been showing up as sidebar ads next to email discussions that match the relevant topic, such as this one. These are two distinct, separately placed ads... I wonder who put up the cash for them. —Scott ( talk ) 03:40, 1 May 2007 (UTC)