Forum:UnNews should never be on VFH

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O.o I've noticed MORE and MORE and MORE stuff coming from UnNews being put on VFH, this is flooding VFH, I think there should be a new VFH rule: NFU. Never. Feature. UnNews. -- SonicChao ^Babbel!_Contribs 23:59, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Or a seperate Featured UnNews section? I'm in favour of allowing UnNews into VFH simply because they are still just articles on the site, though in a seperate name space. But if we need a new featured category then so be it. -- Sir Mhaille  (talk to me)

Agreed that UnNews articles (which usually mock current events only) should not be nominated for VFH/Main Page; perhaps instead the good ones could be voted on separately for a future "Best of UnNews" section page &/or category (in connection with the Uncyclopedia:Foolitzer Prize). --DW ^III 00:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

NO.

If an UnNews article is of a high enough quality, it should be featured on the front page . There is no good reason to not feature UnNews if the article is one of the best on the site. Just because it's usually current or just a different type of article doesn't mean it is inferior. VFH is meant to feature the "best of the best", not "The best of the articles which fit under a specific category or style". If you disagree, you're a racist. -- » Sir Savethemooses Grand Commanding Officer ... holla atcha boy» 04:06, 21 July 2006 (UTC) (The Rosa Parks of UnNews)

Actually, in my opinion, none of the UnNews that has been featured has been about a current event. And I agree with Stm, what the hell does it matter as long as it's funny. UnNews isn't flooding VFH, crappy self-noms are flooding VFH. Ugh.   t o m p k i n s  blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 05:22, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Tru dat. Voice chat and my Jehovah's Witness article both had no basement in current events, and my Nigerian article was inspired by the fact that a Nigerian census really was occurring, but really, who knows that without clicking to page 6 of the top Google News Wolrd headlines? For most of us, they might as well be having one in real life at any time. The most effective satire is timeless because it exploits underlying social issues. (See: Mark Twain. You may have heard of him.) -- » Sir Savethemooses Grand Commanding Officer ... holla atcha boy» 07:18, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

If such could be happening at any time, we might as well be drafting UnNews articles with silly nonchronological dates (remote past/remote future/nonexistent times), which would then lead to utter chaos. Not that utter chaos would be ungood in itself, but think of those poor gullible folk who wouldst normally expect an apparently fresh news item on a rapidly-changing front page to be a reflection of what's happening in this time-frame, and then stumble upon the whoppingly outdated dateline after the fact. We would lose all credibility! (so to speak). --DW ^III 15:18, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Fuck that. If it's silly and random it shouldn't get featured. A good UnNews article 1)Relies on a realistic premise (or something comparable to real life), 2) Is satire of a social issue or news event memorable enough to be funny any time, and 3) Isn't retarded. Hmm... sounds a lot like the properties of a good Uncyclopedia article to me. This is namespacism at its worst. -- » Sir Savethemooses Grand Commanding Officer ... holla atcha boy» 21:51, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

If "DYK" gets a place on the front page why cant a good UnNews article? Feature UnNews!--Upascal 07:42, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

If such an UnNews item really is that good/hilarious in the first place, it shouldn't be all that difficult to format it in the style of a normal Uncyclopedic article, feature it, and link back to the UnNews source from there. Ask thyself: "WWWD, eh?" --DW ^III 14:42, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Frankly, any article that's funny enough should be featured, namespace be damned. (Er, except Special: and Uncyclopedia:. YOU HEAR THAT, SIKON?) I'd rather have UnNews:Diogenes searches world for honest mechanic featured than Fries with that. —Sir Major Hinoa [TALK] [KUN] 07:30, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

• For featuring UnNews, like always. --Uncyclon - Do we still link to BENSON? 08:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Unwashed bastards... if the article is funny, I believe it deserves equal treatment, just like humans, ya' feckin' white supremacists :P --Olipro Anchor KUN (Harass) 17:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I think we should have a separate nom page for UnNews, where the articles would be featured at UnNews:Main_Page. --User:Nintendorulez 18:34, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Does that mean creating yet another award? --Carlb 18:38, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Good idea, Nin, but I'd prefer part of the article on THE Main Page. Maybe if we do it like whoever did the story when Todd passed Jesus on Special:Mostlinked... —Sir Major Hinoa [TALK] [KUN] 05:25, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

The only reason some people don't want UnNews articles to be featured is because they're Communists afraid unwilling to accept that UnNews articles can be just as funny as regular ones, and don't want to see change. Frikkin right-wing conservatists screwing us all over with their fascist schemes. What would Sephiroth do? Meteor to the face, probably, but you get the picture. Feature UnNews. Vote or die! --Señor DiZtheGreat  CUN AOTM ( Worship me!) (Praise me!) (Join me!) AMEN! 16:25, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Some kind of Best of UnNews round-up would be good (the Audio version kind of does that), and awarding Foolitzers to individual stories would be nice. I'm not opposed to featuring UnNews (particularly mine) or HowTo articles: The only criterion should be humor. Full disclosure: I am a noob, so disregard all of this.--Procopius 20:08, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

You're a n00b. Your comments are disregarded by default. --Señor DiZtheGreat  CUN AOTM ( Worship me!) (Praise me!) (Join me!) AMEN! 22:53, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I left $300,000 under a stop sign in Waterbury, Conn.--Procopius 00:42, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Maybe we should have an UnNews article featured at the UnNews main page? Crazyswordsman 01:22, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, we already kind of do, we have three in fact, it's just that no one actually votes on them, because that would be impractical. Most of the UnNews articles mock current events, and voting would delay their featuring enough that by the time they were featured they would no longer be relevant.   t o m p k i n s  blah. ﺞوﻦ וףה ՃՄ ண்ஸ ފއހ วอฏม +տ trade websites 04:13, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

No, I'd say news stays relevant for a while, generally a few weeks at most, so I disagree... except stories about local people, you forget those as soon as the bulletin has ended and the next TV programme has started --Olipro Anchor KUN (Harass) 23:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I notice the UnNews articles that have been featured are of the Category "Original Reporting" most of the time - and are therefore of the timeless categories that are most VFH articles. --The Rt. Hon. BarryC MUN (Symposium!) Sigh. Double Sigh. 02:19, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Feature articles on the UnNews Main Page. That way when they become irrelevant they can be archived separately. -- Kaizer the Bjorn takkun (nya nya) (1961 model!) Check out T61! 20:32, 1 August 2006 (UTC)