User talk:Brandon Rhea

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Question
You know Brandon, with all the work you put into The Chosen One, do you ever plan to write an original novel? Don't get me wrong, your work in Star Wars is amazing, but it's something you could never make money on. Do you ever plan to break free from fandom and set off on making your own sci-fi or other genre?-- Josh Bender щ(ﾟДﾟщ) 18:29, October 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * Possibly. My interest level in being a professional writer isn't all that high right now, nor has it ever really been, but if I do ever decide to pursue that then I have a number of ideas for stories. - Brandon Rhea (talk)  18:45, October 2, 2011 (UTC)

CS: Mika Anaki
Didn't your vote here complete the VtR, so shouldn't the nomination be taken down and archived? Thanks  Savage  1138  19:53, October 2, 2011 (UTC)


 * There are 8 Seers, and it takes a majority vote. One other Seer has to vote. - Brandon Rhea (talk)  20:04, October 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah. I recall it only needing a total of four in the past, but what you're saying makes more sense.  Savage  1138  20:06, October 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * It may have only needed 4 votes in the past. It depends on how many Seers there are. - Brandon Rhea (talk)  20:09, October 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I know. I just wouldn't have been thinking that that was half of the Seers. I assumed it was set at four. Thanks  Savage  1138  20:11, October 2, 2011 (UTC)

Vectorized article icons
Hey Brandon! I decided to do vector versions of our faithful but aging status markers, File:LinkGA-check.png and File:LinkFA-star.png. I would like to hear your opinion about them, particularly about the gradients. Here they are:

Cheers!


 * I think they look good. I would ask Squishy Vic too, since he's always basically been the era icons guy and, from a technical feedback standpoint, he could give you a much better response than my typical "good stuff" routine. - Brandon Rhea (talk)  04:50, October 5, 2011 (UTC)

Template:Official blog
There appears to be something wrong with template:Official blog. I recall it looking differently in the past, and I don't think it should have the and sitting there. Thanks  Savage  1138  19:36, October 4, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure, but it's showing up fine on the main page so it's not really an issue. - Brandon Rhea (talk)  04:48, October 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * It wasn't fine on the main page when I asked, but something has obviously been fixed. Seeing as it is now fine on the main page, I agree that it is no longer an issue. Thanks  Savage  1138  14:17, October 5, 2011 (UTC)
 * Purged the template page, looks okay now. 14:26, October 5, 2011 (UTC)

Bot request
I forget who owns Weegee, but either way, going through you might still be quicker. Anywho, I have a bot request. Basically, replace JDstub with, and Dstub with  , and then JDstub and Dstub deleted once the changes are made. I've been replacing the templates when I catch them while random paging. The templates are really quite useless and just say "I'm too lazy to fix my own spelling and grammar, so I'll make the other users do it for me." :| And since we're trying to lose that "This article is mine, you no touch!" attitude, then losing those templates will certainly help.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 06:10, October 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Do we need to get rid of those, though? To me they seem like nothing more than customized versions of stubby. They don't seem to suggest a "don't touch this" or "correct it for me" attitude, IMO, but rather they just say who the author is (as stubby does) and says people can edit it per the editing policy. - Brandon Rhea (talk)  10:50, October 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree with Trak on this. Correct me if I'm wrong, but ownership templates are not allowed, and IMHO the modified stubbies do look rather like a stamp of article ownership. Something like a custom-made infobox (as NKSCF uses on his stuff) is perfectly kosher, but Drewton's and Ducato's custom stubs are another matter. Again, this is IMHO. 10:56, October 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * What's the difference between JDstub and ? They both end up saying more or less the same thing. - Brandon Rhea  (talk)  10:58, October 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * The difference is in the template itself; one is a common template meant to be used by all, the other is an extra-special "hi, this is my page, it's tiny now but it may get bigger -- oh, and please do my work for me" template custom made by users who, as a matter of fact, no longer edit here. So basically, those stubbies are never going to grow. BTW, why do you respond to messages on your talk page as well as on the other user's page? It's just a teensy bit pretentious...  14:01, October 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * To answer the last point first, I generally answer questions on my talk page on other wikis, just because it's easier to do it that way and because it keeps the conversation in one place. Since I'm an admin here, though, I've always responded on other people's talk pages since that gives them the new messages update. I've just decided to do both now. That said, since there isn't really a clear basis for this in policy (it's not really an ownership template in the sense that the old ones were, and it has similarities to Stubby), I think a VfD would be warranted so we can figure this out for going forward. - Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk)  14:55, October 6, 2011 (UTC)