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As a decidedly low-tech but quite cost-effective way of getting more votes on VFH, I am introducing a policy (of mine) which states that "You, Ljlego, shall make a meaningless edit to the pages Uncyclopedia:VFH and Uncyclopedia:VFH/summary at least once and preferably more times per day." This is to address Modus' concern that with VFH on watchlists, more got done.

So, people, put VFH on your watchlist! The time draws nigh!-Sir Ljlego, GUN VFH FIYC WotM SG WHotM PWotM AotM EGAEDM ANotM + (Talk) 21:56, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

But why can't we just put links on the sidebar? --Sir Starnestommy Icons-flag-us.png (TalkContribsCUN) 22:28, Mar. 13, 2008
We can do that too, but as far as I know, there's no reason not to overcompensate for a problem. Anyway, I know for a fact the one thing people always look at is the watchlist. Plus, it's a purely voluntary thing on my part to do. So, er, yeah.-Sir Ljlego, GUN VFH FIYC WotM SG WHotM PWotM AotM EGAEDM ANotM + (Talk) 00:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
I never look at my watchlist. --Sir Starnestommy Icons-flag-us.png (TalkContribsCUN) 00:57, Mar. 14, 2008
I always look at mine. It's an obsessive compulsion. Must....click.....thingy..... - P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon Baloon.gif(Tick Tock) (Contribs) 01:10, Mar 14
That's a start, but half of the joyous neurosis of the old VFH was seeing the page that people were voting on. With your version, all I get is a story. *Pout* Sir Modusoperandi Boinc! 03:49, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
Watch....list? :P - Rougethebat.gifAdmiral Enzo Aquarius-Dial the Gate SonicLivesPicture.png 04:16, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

ALSO!

I added it to the sidebar. There's no limit to the wonders I can achieve when I put on my someth-ing cap.-Sir Ljlego, GUN VFH FIYC WotM SG WHotM PWotM AotM EGAEDM ANotM + (Talk) 02:02, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Your elf cap? Adorable! Sir Modusoperandi Boinc! 03:04, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Your cap sucks, and so do those sidebar links. Spang talk 03:51, 15 Mar 2008
Ok, the cap's cheekily jaunty angle has swayed me on that front, but the sidebar links look silly. Nobody cares about VFP, and everybody that cares about VFH is already obsessed with it. Spang talk 03:58, 15 Mar 2008
*Cries* NOBODY LOVES ME! FU SPANG! WAAAH! *Sulks in bedroom eating chocolate.* --VFP 06:16, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
*Enters room while staring at self in a mirror* Put a sock in it, VFP. --VFH 06:18, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
STOP IT VFH! LEAVE ME ALONE! --VFP 06:19, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Shut up, you two! Some of us have to work in the morning, y'know! VFD 07:07, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Honey! Could you come downstairs and help me out with breakfast? --VFS 17:11, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Speaking of shutting up, Spang: just because you couldn't give two shits less about VFH or VFP doesn't mean we should let them go to pot. VFP is a place that could use some traffic being drummed up. VFH is getting to a point where we're featuring articles at 10. Both need traffic. So forgive me if I'm trying to help instead of just going to the forums and telling people how everything's not working and instead trying to fix it.-Sir Ljlego, GUN VFH FIYC WotM SG WHotM PWotM AotM EGAEDM ANotM + (Talk) 14:57, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
I dig it. Add a link for VFD and we're all set. --OptyC Sucks! Icons-flag-us.png CUN 15:20, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
There's already a massive ugly template on the front page urging people to vote, and if that doesn't help, why would putting links in the sidebar help? It definitely hasn't helped for Pee Review. It's already been shown that uncyclopedia has less users than it did before, it's only to be expected that there's less votes. Perhaps a better solution would be for people to be nicer to new users (automatic welcome templates don't count as being nice) so we actually get more people? And I'm not the one telling people VFH isn't working - I don't think it needs fixed at all. VFH is just a system to choose good articles to put on the front page, it's doing exactly what it should be doing. The number of voters makes no difference, as each nomination will still get the same proportion of votes. The good nominations are still being chosen over the less good ones, and that's all it needs to do. If you still think your nominations deserve more votes, we can switch to featuring once every two days again easily. Spamming vote templates and links to VFH everywhere isn't going to help much of anything. Spang talk 18:33, 15 Mar 2008
The more people that vote, the higher the quality of the overall outcomes. The more places encouraging people to go to VFH, the more people that will discover it and start using it. mAttlobster. (hello) 19:07, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Old VFD

Before this new style VFD (ie. when it was like VFD), which seemingly pointlessly makes the whole thing a real pain in the cat, didn't more people used to vote? I know I used to. Then again I was mostly drunk mAttlobster. (hello) 16:38, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

VFD = VFH? Well, to be honest with you, I can't see any difference at all between the old VFH and the new VFH pages. There still is the edit section thing for votes, it still lists the tables. There's no difference. The difference is that you were more active then. In any case, it's been discussed (a move back to the old system), but then decided against it.
Old system: Go to Uncyclopedia:VFH. Click on link to article you haven't yet read. Read. Go back to VFH. Alternately you can click on the link in the VFH template. Click "edit section" on the correct section. Vote. Fin.
New system: Go to Uncyclopedia:VFH. Click on link to article you haven't yet read. Read. Go back to VFH. Alternately you can click on the link in the VFH template. Click "edit section" on the correct section, or click "edit" if you're on the subpage. Vote. Fin.-Sir Ljlego, GUN VFH FIYC WotM SG WHotM PWotM AotM EGAEDM ANotM + (Talk) 16:53, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
I did mean VFH. Not to good with Acronyms (or spelling). I take your point and I wasn't trying to be difficult. I just prefer the other style. Didn't realise it had already been discussed as I'm not as active now. I'll be back though. mAttlobster. (hello) 17:03, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

A small request

Can someone please add VFD to the sidebar? Also, can we make a new section on the sidebar for voting? --Sir Starnestommy Icons-flag-us.png (TalkContribsCUN) 08:57, Mar. 16, 2008

No. Spang talk 13:56, 16 Mar 2008
How about directions to Denny's? Sir Modusoperandi Boinc! 15:03, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Old Spanger's got a whiff of the Conservapedia about him mAttlobster. (hello) 21:42, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
So does your mum. Spang talk 22:38, 16 Mar 2008
And isn't the line supposed to be, "Get back to ED"? Is Conservapedia the new "get off my wiki" wiki? Spang talk 22:41, 16 Mar 2008
My mum has more of the fishy aroma of 'Princess Diana version of Candle in the Wind Wiki'. mAttlobster. (hello) 23:46, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Why not? VFD is also a voting page, it hasn't been getting that many votes recently, and VFH seems to be getting more votes. It's only logical that VFD also be included. --Sir Starnestommy Icons-flag-us.png (TalkContribsCUN) 22:05, Mar. 16, 2008
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Here's an idea!

Why not put a link to everything in the sidebar!? -- unbalanced Ape (curate) (Riot Porn) 23:14, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

If you click Random page enough you'll eventually see everything. --Sir Starnestommy Icons-flag-us.png (TalkContribsCUN) 23:31, Mar. 16, 2008