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UnNews

Just curious, why is it that it seems almost exclusively UnNews articles are getting featured now? Are all the best writers doing news articles or is it just coincidence? --P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon (Tick Tock) (Contribs) UnBlog 22:34, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

I would assume coincidence, but understand also that most good ideas have been exhausted by now and/or are stagnating on an ICU page created by an IP, and the only way to find fresh ideas is in current events.-Sir Ljlego, GUN VFH FIYC WotM SG WHotM PWotM AotM EGAEDM ANotM + (Talk) 22:47, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Quasi-Featured

What makes an article quasi-featured? Mine was +1, but got taken off after 3 days. P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon (Tick Tock) (Contribs) UnBlog20:43, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

See QFH procedure.--Sir Modusoperandi 20:54, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

UnNews:Video game blamed for school attack

This article is very short, yet I found it down right hilarious. If it had a bit of expanding it may be good enough. I just can't think of how to expand it...Megamanfanx7 14:31, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Serial killers

This one is just plain fun.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.8.255.103 (talk • contribs)

Well, it contains a link to a page I did. So that's something, I guess. I hope that it's a good something. Bad somethings make me sad. --Sir Modusoperandi 22:41, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Zombie Bukkake

In defence of this otherwise near-indefensible article, I'd like to point out that far from being simply "stupid", it has some interesting insights into post-war gender relations, teenage sexuality and the effect of popular culture on the evolution of social movements (feminism). It even name-checks Andrea Dworkin, fer Chrissakes. (Though Andrea Dworkin has to go. I'm gonna go across and put it up for deletion now.) -- Sir Armando Perentie Image:Icons-flag-au.png KUN FP 03:18, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Chickenbox

I don't want this to get quasied. I don't believe it's ready. Can it be nominated again if it doesn't get voted to feature. I'm so worried. 500px-Uncyclomedia_Community_Logo-C.png Premier Tom MayfairRedPhone.pngBlackberetsig.png 04:41, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Things get renommed plenty. When it gets renommed, be sure to mention you've fixed it up a lot since its last nom. --monika 04:42, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
Don't worry, Tom. I've fixed up the article a bit. Sor far, we've had only 2 fors. That's a start. And if it fails, I'll submit it to the Pee Review. Also, aren't you going to vote? --Micoolio101 (whine • vandalism) 08:59, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure as to what my vote will be. 500px-Uncyclomedia_Community_Logo-C.png Premier Tom MayfairRedPhone.pngBlackberetsig.png 11:21, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

V____ F__ H______

Um, what exactly DOES VFH stand for? --thematrixeætsyou, the rocker (talk) (flames) 02:57, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Vote for Highlight. Don't ask me why it's that, it just is. Blame Chron. — Major Sir Hinoa (Plead) (KUN) (02:58, 5 October 2006 (UTC))
I always thought it was "Very Finely Hung"....go figure.... -- Sir Mhaille Image:Icons-flag-gb.png (talk to me)
And here I thought it was "Vying for Hamburgers," in honor of the award for getting a featured article, back in the days before the internet.--<<Bradmonogram.png>> 21:43, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Vote For Hitler? -- [SIR] e|m|c [talk] 21:47, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
I always thought it was "Vandville's Fine Hoses" or something like that. --Major Sir Zombiebaron GUN • WotM • UotM • PotM • AotM • EGAEDM • UPotM • MAFE • ZotM • IotM • VotM • UGotM (shout) 22:21, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
i thought it meant articles that were so good that they would be enacted and taped in VHF format for the upcoming uncyclovideo. i even used to refer to VFH as VHF in the dump till someone whacked me on the head. -- mowgli 11:32, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Very Frightning Height. -- di Mario 21:07, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Vote for Hearticle. --—Braydie 01:23, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Vast Future Horrorscape. --love, gustav talk at menope 18:02, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Vote For Huffing, of course. There can be no good articles, only bad ones! --Image:Strange.PNG (but) Untrue  Whhhy?Whut?How? *Back from the dead* 00:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Vompkins Fompkins Hompkins. --Tompkins 16:42, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
So that's what it means... I was thinking Vote For Honor Jedibob5 17:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Very Freakin' Horrible, as in some of the jokes here are VFH. Not all. But some. Not saying who. Could be me! Who knows?-Sir Ljlego, GUN VFH FIYC WotM SG WHotM PWotM AotM EGAEDM ANotM + (Talk) 22:43, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

United States

What was wrong with it, why is it deleted? unsigned comment by Serminigo

Actually I think it's still there, just underneath Canada. --Sir Hardwick Fundlebuggy (Bleat) 07:23, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

<Badoom, boom> He's here all week, folks.--Sir Modusoperandi 07:32, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
On a side note, it was unpopular and, as we all know, unpopular things tend not be popular. Features, however, tend to be popular.
I wouldn't get too worked up about it.--Sir Modusoperandi 07:37, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Pentium 4

  • Hawthorn Peebles:
Actually, I bent the truth a bit. What Intel patched was not really the CPU core itself, but its marketing strategy, and the chronology is not quite in order, either. As every AMD user knows, clock speed means nothing. What really matters is how much a CPU can do in one cycle. Intel's doctrine, on the other hand, had always been "Intel inside, a lot of clock speed". To them, the deinal of the "Megahertz myth" would mean the loss of a major marketing hype. Indeed, in the face of approaching threats such as Athlon 64, Intel had to do something. Their solutions? P4 Extreme Editions (a series of CPU's with the first two based on the Xeon Gullatin core and having an extra layer of cache), Prescott (a core that is slower and much hotter than its preceeder Northwood but capable of running at much higher frequencies - or so Intel claimed), and Pentium D (a dual core/die series based on Prescott). These things, as many, many critics agreed, were nothing more than a pile of scat, and because their last P4 core, Cedar Mill, had pushed the silicon semiconductor technology further towards its ultimate limit, Intel had to abandon their high clock-speed strategy altogether and turn to improving the CPU design itself. So, to me, Intel's persistence on their NetBurst design in the past six years was nothing more than a waste of time. -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 16:42, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Colonel of the Sword Dude:
Um-yeah, your last comment sums it up. But you really bummed me though, I was hoping to see some sick porn after clicking the mysterious "See here" link. --Image:HPSig.PNGHP talk 03:24, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  • PS Comment: Did I mention I hate Sony? --Image:HPSig.PNGHP talk 03:45, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
INTEL SUCKS —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.107.93.223 (talk • contribs)

Change to instructions, maybe?

I've noticed a number of people are nominating articles for VFH just to get feedback from people, which seems wasteful to me, especially since there are a number of worthy articles in the middle of the nomination belt (Pentium 4, for example) that get pushed down the list when this happens and seem to be suffering from neglect. Should we add a warning sticker that VFH is not for feedback, and direct them to Pee Review? I'll be a more conscientious reviewer of Pee Review if it happens; I'd just prefer to see completed articles here, rather than what-do-you-think submissions.--Procopius 19:27, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. It may just be an aberration; I've been here for awhile and I don't remember too many nom's of that nature. Still, it never hurts to add a note to VFH pointing noobs in the right direction (VFP has something similar and it, for the most part, works).--Sir Modusoperandi 19:38, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
The current Pee Review instructions might need some work too, as they imply that it's only to be used to get help making an apparently-unsalvagable worthy of survival, as opposed to making an eh-not-terrible article worthy of featuring. --Falcotron 19:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Whoops; never mind. That's what comes from trying to read on a PDA. There's one perfectly good paragraph about each possible use of PEE; it's fine as-is. --Falcotron 19:45, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
  • YEAH. I have an article on PEE REVIEW now, and I think it's a complete article, and no one has read it, or offered opinions, or suggestions or anything for that matter. So it's never going to get nommed, and if I nom it, Modus up there is going to raise a fit against self noms, which I kinda agree with now, (does that apply to VFP?heheh). So look for Uncyclopedia:Pee Review/Medical Malpractice and let's get some more FA's going...-- Sir Severian (Sprich mit mir!) 00:51, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
    Actually, my view on self noms has mellowed, as my self noms on VFP (and now VFH) can attest. That most have landed to a smattering of tepid applause merely indicates that I need to move over to ED, where my talents will be appreciated.--Sir Modusoperandi 01:58, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
    Read it, left comments on it. I agree; too many articles die in Pee Review. I hope a note would push future nominators (and voters) that way.--Procopius 02:07, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
    ...and it has only been there for a few days, right? It's summer, so there's theoretically less people here, and not everyone that find your peer review and reads the page will have something to say. All of these contribute to the lack of response. Give it time, though this is the interweb, the people on it still only move at the speed of man.--Sir Modusoperandi 02:20, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

I've added a link to Pee Review at the top of VFH. Hopefully that'll drive a bit more traffic to it. —rc (t) 03:08, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank ye kindly, Rc. Let's see what happens.--Procopius 17:01, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

"Pentium 4" comment gallery

With MoneySign moneysigned approval, the following comments have been removed from the main VFH page in pursuit of more votes. Also, I'll no longer comment on any votes in this nomination (sorry, folks) just to see if it'll regain some gravity. (Don't look at me - that's MoneySign's idea.)

  • Comment - Thanks for the vote first of all, but it would be even nicer if you make a comment or two on the article. See my talk page. -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 14:15, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - Thanks for that, Uncle Mhaille! :) -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 15:51, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
  • I'm glad that you like it! :) -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 05:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
  • It's good that you re-read it, and thanks for your support! -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 12:54, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Then I hope you are not still mad at the fact that Pentium Pro is weak in 16-bit processing. -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 08:35, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
  • No I don't. -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 10:40, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
  • I have a desktop with an AMD chip running at 1.8GHz, and a laptop with an Intel P4-M chip running at 1.7GHz. Notwithstanding the fact that there is only a difference of 100MHz, the desktop runs almost 3 times as fast as the laptop. -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 13:04, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Thanks for your "antipathy" vote. :) -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 13:57, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
  • See here. -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 16:45, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Do not click the link "See here" in the above line, you may regret it!!!!!!!!!! --Image:HPSig.PNGHP talk 03:41, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Is that a Dell? Ruuunnnn!!!! -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 12:14, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
  • "Idiocrates!" - Idiocrates on Idiocrates -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 05:51, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

-- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 11:55, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Why THe Fsking hell!?!

Why the fsking hell is this shit page here? have u ever thought about that you bunch of fat fags?!

Chemboy 17:02, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

It is now safe to turn off your computer. Dink.--Sir Modusoperandi 17:04, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Why are new articles being featured quickly while other get left behind?

Some articles (including my own) got a high number of votes for feature and are waiting for a month or more to be featured while some articles that get less votes are getting featured two or three days after being nomed? Why is that happening? -- Sir Mordillo Image:Icons-flag-il.png GUN WotM FP UotM AotM MI AnotM VFH +S 12:19, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

A couple of reasons. One, articles are featured based on vote-count. If an article gets really "hot" and gets tons of votes, it's featured quickly, and this has happened a couple of times lately. Two (and this often causes the first), people will sometimes only vote for the stuff they haven't seen on the page yet, so if something in on the page a long time, they won't vote on it at all. This, incidentally, is why we remove articles that have stagnated (without any votes for a week or more), because, in the past, things that don't get votes for a long while don't get enough votes to be featured. So, the BEST articles (which, in theory, are the ones we highlight) get a lot of votes early, and still continue to get enough votes late in it's "life" on VFH so that, eventually, it gets highlighted. That is the sick and twisted world of Democracy at Uncyclopedia.--<<Bradmonogram.png>> 14:51, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
There are also the pages that get a vote every once in a while; just often enough to not get pulled from VFH and just enough to eventually get featured. I know this is true, not because I made it up (which is normally how I get truth), but because it happened to me. Not me, exactly, but a page by me. --Sir Modusoperandi 17:30, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Democracy? You mean of course the sick and demented tyrany of the adminati :). To the point, can I get my bloody article (17 for) featured?! -- Sir Mordillo Image:Icons-flag-il.png GUN WotM FP UotM AotM MI AnotM VFH +S 15:47, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Your comments opposing the adminati will be "dealt with." Seriously, though, once your article has more votes than any other on the page, it'll be featured. RC is pretty good at getting the article with the best score featured, with of course that one notable, unnamed exception. ;)

Brad has very clearly outlined the most popular theory of why the phenomenon occurs, but there is another theory, endorsed by a scientist, which claims that the inherent wit of an article actually decays over time. Each article on VFH starts of being quite nicely funny, but during their lifespan, they give off "nice-optopes" and actually decay into a substance known as "no laughing matter". So when an article first appears on VFH, it appears to be hilarious to many people because it is packed with "nice-otopes", but those articles that have languished there for months or even years will appear to the casual observer as somehow tired, listless and lacking in any kind of amusement. This is a purely scientific phenomenon and nothing personal. --Sir Hardwick Fundlebuggy (Bleat) 15:49, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

More importantly, can my article (+11) jump passed everyone else and get featured right now? Thanks. -- Sir Mhaille Image:Icons-flag-gb.png (talk to me)
Hey hey! you got like a gazillion articles features, give a jew a break! pick me! pick me! -- Sir Mordillo Image:Icons-flag-il.png GUN WotM FP UotM AotM MI AnotM VFH +S 16:21, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Throw the Jew down the well! -- Tinymooose.gif » Sir Savethemooses Grand Commanding Officer ... holla atcha boy» 21:07, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
So my people can be free! --Sir ENeGMA (talk) GUN WotM PLS 22:11, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Horton Hires a Ho
Score: +28

I'd just like to note that this ran up to +28 without a single against. That's the highest score I recall ever seeing, and the only unanimous vote I can recall, too. (I took a quick peek. The earlier archives are pretty sketchy. . . I don't suppose we've got a score summary somewhere? Just curious. . .) Oh, and congrats, Todd! The article is fantastic, and watching it fly up the charts with a bullet was awe-inspiring! I tip my cranial covering to you. If this is the first unanimous VFH, you should get something special!

I'd like to suggest (if it works, I'll find out when I save this and see the TOC) we put the score line in the heading, like I've done here. If the score shows up in the TOC, then one could see the scores at a glance, on VFH and the archives, too.

Let's see here. . .

Yep, it works. I move that all new VFH noms put the score in the heading. . . second?  Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 09:20, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Tooltroll. I'm actually relieved that the poem was received as I intended, and didn't generate any flak for perceived misogynism. I think one could make a better case for misandry. :) ~ T. (talk) 15:58, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
It's definitely not the first unanimous featured article, but it may well be the unanimous FA with the highest score. Also, I don't like how the score template looks in the header, and I'm afraid if we do it like that we may get in a rich-get-richer situation with people just skipping down to articles with the highest scores (which they still do now, but it's a bit harder). —rc (t) 17:38, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Good point. Sheeple can be so stupid, taken as a mass. . . Baaaaa!  Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 22:00, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Discussion from The Putz Who Stole Hanukkah

  • Comment Do your research. I kept certain words for the sake of rhyming and making my life easier, but I changed the vast majority of the original text. I think only two sentences remain unaltered, those being the SING SING SING SING, AND FEAST FEAST FEAST sentences, for obvious reasons. Not that I need your vote, but at least do some research next time...-- Sir C America...Fuck Yeah!!!! Holla | CUN 04:12, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Quote: "VFH IS NOT A DISCUSSION PAGE."--Winston 04:19, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
But this is...what do you have to say? -- Sir C America...Fuck Yeah!!!! Holla | CUN 05:55, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
CB, chill. That's all I can say. If you got upset and neurotic at everyone who votes "nay" to one of your pages you'd be, well, me; except I don't get upset. It's not worth it, man.--Sir Modusoperandi 06:02, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
But c'mon, you know how hard I worked on this...its gold. If someone votes against, they must be working for my sworn enemy... -- Sir C America...Fuck Yeah!!!! Holla | CUN 06:04, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Some people don't like red wine, others don't like Seuss. It's the way of the universe, man. I work really hard on my stuff, but when people vote against it, do I throw a fit? Okay, bad example. But I heard that there was a support group for this very problem. I went once, but the coffee was awful.--Sir Modusoperandi 06:13, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Have you seen how many for votes you got? It was almost featured in one day! That alone should be enough (it would be enough for me, but all my articles suck). Just feel pround, and pimp you're article on people's talk pages and in IRC. --Sir Zombiebaron 13:07, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
So that's how people feature articles. I just write them and let people find them. I didn't know pimping them was required. Curse my naivety--Witt, of UNion Entertain me* 06:17, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Article whoring is not illegal yet, at least as far as I know, so use it while you can. But not too much, or people will turn against you... if they haven't already. -- Master Article Pimper 11:26, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
I try not to article whore. Speaking of article whoring, have you seen my pages?--Sir Modusoperandi 11:50, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
No, but I am sure they are of rather high quality. -- Hindleyite 11:54, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
You make my half-hearted and naive attempts at article whoring/tomfoolery look positively amateur by comparison.--Sir Modusoperandi 12:05, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
I don't think I've ever whored an article before, but if I can get a couple of people to vote on Waiting for Godot soon then I might get two features in a row... <coughs> --Sir Jam 12:44, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Unsigned vote anomalies

I'm concerned that the approach to unsigned votes still isn't uniform. Depending on who sees them first they are either struck out (as they should be), or signed by another user with the "unsigned" template. I'm hoping to change this. Are you with me? ~ T. (talk) 11:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Sure. So what's your plan? How are you proposing to change this exactly? -- [SIR] e|m|c [talk] 15:34, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
The "unsigned" template is not enough to legitimize a vote. They should either be crossed out or if someone is ambitious they can search through the VFH history for the vote and post the diff just so I'll know it's for real. —rc (t) 16:23, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

They should ALL be crossed out. If you want to vote, you can revote, with signature. {{Unsigned}} should only be used on non-voting pages, in my opinion.--<<Bradmonogram.png>> 23:53, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Asian male handicap

yes, i reached it via your page. and i know it's your sockpuppet (don't hit me). i like it because it has a nice voice and a particularly querulous pitch full of pompousness and self importance (see racism) verging on the insane. however, for the sake of "offending" readers, it should be withdrawn. since there is no reefer's desk for articles (not the pee review), i thought i'd check here to see if it's offending by uncyc. standards. i'm glad it is. your response is sufficient. now if you could tell me how to withdraw it. :) -- mowgli 08:22, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
No, I never made a sockpuppet anywhere, and, no, I didn't write that damned article either - I was only responsible for the tedious touch-ups. Next time, when you smell a sockpuppet, 1) make sure you didn't stick a sock in your nose, and 2) ask someone with a "staff" status to do a checkuser. Don't just go around and preach your conspiracy theory. Now go find Rc and let him clean up you own mess (Man, don't you just hate being called a "sockpuppeteer"?) -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 08:55, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Obviously there's a joke but I am not quite getting it. Anyway, let me pointlessly strike out the previous comment and let the vote continue. Sounds good? -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 09:18, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
[humour free zone ahead] sorry? u mean it's offensiveness is ok for "featured content" standards? it's ok for uncyc. IMO but i wished to double check with a few others if it was ok for "featured" content for personally i did think that it crossed the line. but yes, let a few others comment on it - sounds good to me. kindly confirm if that's what you wish and i'll delete my request for withdrawal on rc's talk. (to further clarify, i do find the piece incredibly funny). -- mowgli 09:57, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
i guess you were commenting on your own post (that you struck out) as i am doing now. now i get it. -- mowgli 11:27, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Ok. Let's stop playing the guessing game. If you want to withdraw your nomination, then just go straight ahead to Rc and ask him if he can get the nom removed. My vote is "weak for" (which means "kind of for but kind of indifferent), and it will stay that way for the entire duration of the VFH process. If he is happy to remove it, then that's fine. But if he says the otherwise, then the nomination stays. -- Col. Schwertfechter (talk) 11:37, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
[1] that page stays that way for the entire duration of the VFH process. incidentally i was kidding when i called the author of that piece your sock puppet and i thought you understood as much when you threw a mock hissy fit but then you scratched it out and i'm not quite sure why you're worked up now. or i GUESS i'm again wrong (in thinking that you're worked up) hah! -- mowgli 12:05, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

HRWiki

Can somebody explain why Homestar Runner Wiki lost and was quickly removed? --Trogga 23:09, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Because it lost and was speedily removed. That's how it works. We call it a "failed nom" here. Dawg.gif » Brig Sir Dawg | t | v | c » 23:12, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
I still don't know why people don't like it... --Trogga 23:23, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Send it to pee review and ask there. You're much more likely to get an answer there than here.--<<Bradmonogram.png>> 00:23, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm just here to get some coffee, before ZB shows up and drinks it all.--Sir Modusoperandi 02:58, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

UnBooks:The Complete Idiot's Guide To Talking To Women

Comment, according to UB:VFB "Any UnBook can be nominated and featured via ordinary VFH at any time" (I missed it the first time too, UnBooks are new to me).--Sir Modusoperandi 20:04, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

that's stupid, my vote stands - jack mort | cun | f@h | talk - 20:09, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
UnNews can be featured. HowTos can be featured. UnBooks can be featured. Sure, they are also featured on the UnBooks main page, but why should an article not be allowed to be featured just because of this? UnBooks is still only quite small. I stand by the ruling. However I cannot vouch for people who are against change or have a chip on their shoulder. Please don't shoot me. -- Hindleyite 20:59, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
I agree. A lot of great material comes from UnBooks, which would unfortunately, have limited exposure due to the still-quite-small status of UnBooks (taking for example, UnBooks:Horton Hires a Ho). -- [SIR] e|m|c [talk] 21:07, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Articles from all content namespaces should have equal opportunity on VFH. Getting a featured UnBook is not exactly the same in terms of exposure as getting an article featured on Uncyc's main page. These are the kind of freedoms MLK died for, people. Besides, giving smaller namespaces more of the spotlight should help them grow. —rc (t) 23:52, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

But surely you must have noticed that all of the nice stuff of Unbooks is based on and are spoofs of real literaire works but all the stuff features is just the same old drivel that happened to land at the unbooks namespace. and stuff like that Dr Seuss crap is being regurgitated in what ever form even outside unbooks. I say, Unbooks for the most part isn't funny or a parody on anything. If anything, it's a mirror.--Vosnul 00:01, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
I got a bit lost in your first sentence. All I'm saying is that humor, not sex, race or namespace, should be the primary criterion for VFH. —rc (t) 00:11, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Great, And all i'm saying is that whenever there is something up on Unbooks worth voting for most people will dismiss it because of painfully obvious reasons. The unBook stuff that gets a go for a feature or whatever could , in most cases, be, or should, reformatted for a normal artikle not within any special space. -- Vosnul 00:24, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
I don't know of many cases in which people have dismissed an UnBook from VFH for "obvious reasons"; in fact, it has been my observation that a majority UnBooks nominated have been embraced. The statement about the regurgitated Dr. Suess crap, I'm assuming, is referring to UnBooks:Horton Hires a Ho and Sir Cornbread's The Putz Who Stole Hanukkah. I had a long talk with Sir Cornbread on the IRC about how he may be accused of unoriginality, since his page was nominated after Horton Hires a Ho. Sure, a lot of UnBooks parody real works of literature, such as UnBooks:The n00b Survival Guide or UnBooks:Uncyclopedia for Dummies, but as you say, "Unbooks for the most part isn't funny or a parody on anything." My point here is that UnBooks, UnNews, HowTo:, and everything in between should be featured on the front page. There's some great differences between being featured on the UnBooks or UnNews front page and being featured on the Uncyclopedia front page. I can understand if you don't like UnBooks, but other than personal opinion, there's no real reason not to feature UnBooks, or any other type of page for that matter. And with that, I am open for cross-examination. -- [SIR] e|m|c [talk] 01:34, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Expanding on my last post, I propose that votes that go against a nominated UnNews, HowTo:, or UnBooks article, with the reason being opposition of featuring UnNews, HowTo:, or UnBooks, should be voided. -- [SIR] e|m|c [talk] 01:39, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Against that proposal. Those reasons are as valid as any others around here. No need to disenfranchise voters because of their type-of-articles-that-are-good-to-feature preferences. Keep the articles on the ballot without discrimination, but don't fuck with voting. --monika 01:46, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
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  • WHY have voting systems for featured unnews articles and unbooks if you're going to put them on vfh as well, it makes the book and news votes superfluous - jack mort | cun | f@h | talk - 02:10, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, there's no vote for featured UnNews. The good Rev. Zim chooses what goes up. It's a theocracy. Praise be to Rev. Zim!--Procopius 02:14, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
well there should be a vote for featured unnews..... someone make one, i'm busy with my animals - jack mort | cun | f@h | talk - 02:35, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
Voting on UnNews would take too long. The UnNews pages have dates. Timing is essential, especially if that article parodies a real story, in which it would lose value after a while. That's only about half of the UnNews stories though. -- [SIR] e|m|c [talk] 04:50, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

The Uncyclopedian's Song, viz. diversity in features

You people and your bitching about "injokey". . . There's always gonna be injokes written and nommed. Uncyclopedians like their in-jokes: That's why we come up with them, and an occasional featured in-joke promotes solidarity amongst the users, and shows newcomers that we are a community, not just a bunch of random idiots. Short? Yeah, it's not Bohemian Rhapsody, (if it was you'd be bitching it was too long,) but it took over 60 hours of studio time and over 100 vocal takes to get it just so. Until you can do it better, fuck ya if you can't take a joke. :D And now I'll shut up.   Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 09:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Hell, I didn't know it took that much work. But as I said, I know it did take a lot of work, and it is very clever and funny. All the regulars will see it here, so to my mind it doesn't need to be on the front. What I reckon would promote solidarity is a little more grace and politeness. Meantime, joke a take can't you if you fuck. Cheers -- Sir Armando Perentie Image:Icons-flag-au.png KUN FP 10:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Just giving what I took. And I made a smiley. Sorry if you were offended, but did you see InfiniteMonkey's remark? That was uncalled for, and much less gracious than mine, (which is banter in my neck of the woods.)
What I don't understand is the attitude that only certain things should be featured. What's wrong with diversity? You said it's "Very clever and funny," so what's the problem with it being an in-joke? One of the things that attracted me to this site was the in-jokes. I wanted to be in on them. I got in on some, but I'm sick of all the old in-jokes now (just like everyone else, apparently). . . so, here's a new one, for the recent n00bs to be in on. What's the worst that can happen? Will the feds shut us down?   Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 10:47, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Hey, no worry, no hurry, no chicken, no curry. I'm not offended, and I'm all for in-jokes. I just think that if we feature them we risk looking like we're just blowing smoke up our own arses, if you'll pardon the expression. (And sorry I forgot to add a smiley) -- Sir Armando Perentie Image:Icons-flag-au.png KUN FP 11:59, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Mmmmm. Chicken curry. I would agree that in-jokes should be featured less than half the time, say. I maintain, however, that the occasional featured in-joke shows the world that we're a somewhat cohesive lot, and actually attracts users. As I said, I found the current (at the time) in-jokes appealing when I arrived here, "got" most of them right away, and frankly, I don't think they're as off-putting as some would believe. We're all just tired of the old ones.   Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 12:26, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Oh, geez. You guys are talking about The Uncyclopedian's Song, right? I'm so tired of that in-joke. La-la-la uncyc...la-la-la uncyc. Yawn. <bop!> Hey! Stop with the hitting! <bop!> I kid because I love... --Sir Modusoperandi 14:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
It is to laugh. Just remember, the next one's your fault, and it's shaping up to be a real sicko!   Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 14:38, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Not...that song! <dum-dum, dum!>--Sir Modusoperandi 14:41, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Thy will be dumb, on Uncyclopedia as it is in Heck.   Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 14:45, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Keep this up and you'll be TotM (Tunesmith of the Month). It's like WotM, except that the groupies wear pleated denim skirts and have really big hair. Also, it doesn't exist.--Sir Modusoperandi 14:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
I don't suppose there's a real award that comes with, say, a naked fat chick? . . . No. I thought not. >sigh< You can never have too many naked fat chicks. Until you suffocate. Promise me if I'm ever executed it'll be by naked fat chick smotheration, then I'll die happy. And/or horny.   Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 15:01, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Wow... that's a lot of work on a Uncyclopedia project... there should be some kind of reward for that...--<<Bradmonogram.png>> 15:30, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately, there's no way to verify how long it took. Realistically, any logs or screenshots I could provide as "proof" could easily be altered or photoshopped. Thanks for the thought, though.   Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 09:49, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
60 HOURS?!!?!? -- Sir C America...Fuck Yeah!!!! Holla | CUN 23:56, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
I was going to do something simpler (a la Tom Lehrer's The Elements, just piano and vocals), but I kept getting ideas for new instruments and parts for it. The next one will go quicker, since I worked out a few kinks in the process this time. I just haven't started on it yet. I'm lazy. My best estimate is: Started the audio just after I first uploaded the article on the 29th. (I wrote most of the words at work on the back of some old paperwork. I was trying to get something anthemic, like a bunch of guys singing about their team in the pub.) Finished the audio on the 10th. 12 days, about 5ish hours a day. Started with a midi of "Modern Major General's Song," which was just raw mono piano. 40 hrs rewriting the piano to stereo tracks, rearranging it to fit my verse structure, writing & sequencing the parts for the violins, cellos, trumpets, trombones, flute, tympani & percussion. 5 hrs tracking those all to digital audio tracks, processing effects & mixing them. 10 hrs doing vocal take after vocal take (about 100, of which I actually used 10.) Kept getting tongue tied. . . Another 5 hrs adding the vocals to the mix, more processing and mastering. Plus 5+ hours working on the lyrics and article, getting the links all coordinated so they'd be significant to the line of the song. I wanted it to be instructional.   Sir Tooltroll, Esq. CUN • Eh? • Oh! • UnTunes! • I my cat! 08:05, 14 Nove