User talk:Solus

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iPhone
Solus: Are you able to log on to SWFanon using your iPhone? I can't on mine. -- (Conference Room)  00:08, March 1, 2010 (UTC)

Re: HBD
What? What? I can't read what you wrote. You need to make it BIGGER for my poor old man eyes. - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 21:13, March 7, 2010 (UTC)


 * I can't read your words. Back in my day the youngins respected der elders! - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 05:10, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

Project Force Wars
Hey Solus, would you be interested in still doing those maps you were once working on for Ossus? I'm almost ready with the write ups from Project Force Wars, so if we could also do those that'd be great. Thanks! =) - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 01:06, March 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * On life support is more like it. XD Anyway, thanks. By the way, Ataru did his FW review for The Tragedy (privately, via e-mail) and he'll be voting on it soon (at least I'm assuming he is). Just wanted to let you know that since you said you were going to withhold a vote until other Archivists (ie., Ataru...let's be realistic here lol) voted. Pretty much everything was a few little typos and adding mdash codes in place of dashes, but there was a little reworking of the ending. It didn't change any meaning or anything, and it didn't require me to rewrite anything. I just re-ordered some paragraphs to make it a bit more dramatic, per Ataru's suggestion. - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 19:59, March 29, 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I think everyone was taking what I was saying too seriously. You think I'm taking it too seriously, and both ITCO and Nightmare both thought we were having an argument. I don't know about anyone else, but I was just having a conversation. =/ - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 00:05, March 30, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yeah, there were just lots of things for me to say in there. The reason I talked about the Old Testament stuff, actually, was because you brought it up. I wasn't sure what you were trying to say there, but I assumed it was either that I had the wrong passage or that what you were saying somehow favored what you were saying about the meaning. - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 00:17, March 30, 2010 (UTC)

Ah, OK! - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 00:27, March 30, 2010 (UTC)

Re: Tython
Yeah. - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 02:01, April 2, 2010 (UTC)

Re: Bac
I'm not sure why you think that. o_O - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 22:23, April 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 23:52, April 2, 2010 (UTC)

Yes. =P - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 23:56, April 2, 2010 (UTC)

New RfA
Hi. I just wanted to let you know that there are two new requests for adminship up right now. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 05:04, August 3, 2010 (UTC)

Bored, wondering about some feedback
Dear Solus,

A week or two ago, when you were on IRC and so was I at the precise same moment, I put a link to the recently-uploaded first attempt at a dramatic reading of Star Wars: The Real Empire, and you expressed interest in it. I was wondering if, assuming you've had time to listen to it, you had any thoughts on it.

Yours truly,

<font color="#990000">MPK, <font color="#990000">Free Man  18:05, August 26, 2010 (UTC)

IRC
Hello, Solus. I was wondering if you were going to be on IRC tomorrow (Tuesday) night. If so, I have a question for you, since I will be on around 9:30 to meet with Brandon. If not, no worries, as it is neither pressing nor urgent. Thanks. &mdash; Fiolli  {Alpheridies University ComNet} 02:14, September 7, 2010 (UTC)

Server?
I know this going to sound like it came out of the blue, but I was wondering if you were playing TF2 earlier? I saw someone on the server named "Solus," so I wondered if it was you. ---Ping(JediCommando) 23:17, November 2, 2010 (UTC)

Pic needing a source
Hey, could you perhaps give this pic a definitive source? I tried looking it up on Wookieepedia to no avail. Thanks.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 05:24, November 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * The original is from: ', I think, but I don't know who is the original artist. I hope that helps you.--Dionne Jinn'&mdash; Did you say something?'' 07:21, November 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem. I knew I had seen the picture somewhere recently.--Dionne Jinn&mdash; Did you say something? 15:20, November 25, 2010 (UTC)

HIEZ!!
Hey there! Could you come onto IRC plz? 00:31, November 25, 2010 (UTC)

Tenzin Roan
Hey, you have some old objections on Tenzin Roan that the author has said he's taken care of. Can you check to see if your objections were corrected and, if so, strike them&mdash;or at least strike the ones that were and let the author know what he still needs to fix? Thanks. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 16:50, December 2, 2010 (UTC)

A New, Polished Darth Transel...
Hey Solus! It's been a while! Remember Transel, the Mary-Sue? Well, soon, I plan to reshape him to be improved and better. Also, he's going to be featured in one of my mods: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic III: The Return of Revan. I'm not going to start the modding project until all of my modding is done, as creating a Story Conversion takes years to create. Anyways, I'm going to rehaul Transel, and if I'm lucky, he'll become a featured article. I'm going to try really hard at this, trying to make a perfect character while not being a Mary Sue. I'm not going to do it now, as the Holidays are comin' up. In the next few months, however, I will revamp Darth Transel. I really appreciate your 'support'. Also, on a completely unrelated note, there is only one user on Star Wars Fanon, besides myself, that is a modder for KOTOR and TSL. His name is Drewton, and I hope I could get him to help me with my KOTOR III project. He is a GREAT skinner.

LordDeathRay (The Sith Archives)   05:59, December 19, 2010 (UTC)

Re: Community involvment
Hey, Solus, just wanted to respond to your additional welcoming. What else, aside from submitting my own works and commenting on others is there for a novice such as myself to do?--CrusaderVox (Talk) 22:19, December 19, 2010 (UTC)

Welcome bot
The welcome bot uses the name of the last admin who edited something on the wiki. You ACTUALLY edited something, so it pulled your name! :O - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 23:42, December 19, 2010 (UTC)

It's Goodwood's Fault
Goodwood and I were fooling around with Jules' \markov command on IRC, and this quote came out.

"Solus is a pissball of mystery."

- Jules

I don't know if you should take it as a complement or not. Have a good week, in any case! -<font color="#990000">MPK, <font color="#990000">Free Man  01:19, January 17, 2011 (UTC)

Tenzin Roan
Hey, looks like Tenzin Roan was archived as a GA before your last logic objection was taken care of. Are you satisfied with this becoming a GA in its present form? Otherwise it'll have to go back on the nominations page. Let me know, thanks. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 15:50, January 19, 2011 (UTC)

How would you like to star in...
Hello, Solus. I was curious if you would be willing to allow me to homage you with a character in one of the short stories about B'Rhea as one of his political rivals. If not, I have no objection, but I wanted to ask since you supplied the wonderful quote for that article and gave me permission to use it. If so, do you have a preference for an IU name? Let me know if you're up for it. I'm in the process of writing that short, so I'd love to homage someone else&hellip; so to speak. &mdash; Fiolli  {Alpheridies University ComNet} 02:43, January 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Perfect! One last thought: do you have any preference to appearance? Because of the Eriaduan society, she'd have to be Human, but do you have a particular opinion as to how she looks? (So I can scrounge up a picture for the article page?) I'll let you know the progress of the short. It's about half done, so I'm aiming to post it shortly after the prerelease of Secret Agendas in two weeks. &mdash; Fiolli  {Alpheridies University ComNet} 14:02, January 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * It is not quite done, but I hope you approve thus far. Sorry that you die, but someone had to&hellip; &mdash; Fiolli  {Alpheridies University ComNet} 16:05, January 24, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Late
Hey it passed, so don't blame yourself. You haven't failed. If it didn't, then you could. Just kidding. - I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 03:06, May 2, 2011 (UTC)

??
i like the way you set up prof. page, keepin it simple and i also like that additude it was givin me, very nice --Jacen Fett (Talk) 02:40, May 26, 2011 (UTC)

IRC
Hey there. Care to come onto the channel and chat? You were only on for a couple minutes last night and fled when I said hello... 22:07, June 7, 2011 (UTC)

Don't have time immediately
Just noticed you responded to my response to your review of my story. I don't really have time to read it all right now, but I somehow did sort of expect you to be very apologetic and stuff (because we all know what a sensitive and fragile fellow I am) - which while very nice of you, was sorta unnecessary. I count like three times you say sorry and practically speaking, that's preposterous - you're simply doing your job and you're easily as methodical and honest a critic as anyone here and that's good to see around. I promise you I don't got no hurt feelings or tarnished ego or any of that, and it's nice to know you're alive besides. Anyways, I'll get around to reading what you wrote sometime later. Like, 48 or 36 hours or something, beats me. Anyways, have a nice week! -<font color="#990000">MPK, <font color="#990000">Free Man  23:08, June 7, 2011 (UTC)

deleting images no longer in use
I recently received a notification that you deleted some pictures I had uploaded. I have no issues with why you deleted them (I wasn't using them), but I would like to know how to do that myself (didn't readily come across a tutorial for it) so you don't have to, unless of course that falls under your "job description" or whatever. I definitely anticipate making more changes at some point in the future, so this would be useful to know. Thanks!--Anonyhm (Talk) 19:58, June 22, 2011 (UTC)

Regarding a certain individual
Dear Solus,

I ask that the next time you see our good friend Brandon "Bacon" Rhea on IRC, you call him by his new nickname, "Brandy" for me. I ask this of you because he has threatened my life in the event that I say it again. Thank you for your time.

Yours truly, <font color="#990000">MPK, <font color="#990000">Free Man  01:42, June 29, 2011 (UTC)


 * And there go the floodgates swinging wide open... - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 01:51, June 29, 2011 (UTC)

UotM
Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to be nominated for UotM. You have done the best job out of all the candidates, in my opinion.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 21:23, July 12, 2011 (UTC)

Missed a Sue, Sue.
Hey, Solus, you missed this one: http://swfanon.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Mary_Sue. :)- I'm the Chosen One  06:54, July 19, 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about the double post. Stupid netbook is acting sluggish. Happy to help though.- I'm the Chosen One  06:57, July 19, 2011 (UTC)

Template
You deleted my KW template, for it is unused. If I actually use it, can I recreate it?--VideoGamePower (Talk) 15:43, July 19, 2011 (UTC)

Template
You deleted my KW template, for it is unused. If I actually use it, can I recreate it?--VideoGamePower (Talk) 15:43, July 19, 2011 (UTC)

Deletions
Hey, I was looking through the recent changes of all the deletions, and I saw some stuff that shouldn't have been deleted. Jasca Ducato's user page and user talk page, for example, were deleted, and I restored that. Another one was Template:First Campaign infobox. You deleted it as an unused template, but it was used on pages until you removed them. Can you clarify what the deletion reason was? - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 22:22, July 20, 2011 (UTC)

Category
Hey Solus, hate to keep bothering you every day, but could you delete Category:Empire? It is a catcopy of Empires and I cleared it of articles so it is unused. Thanks again!- I'm the Chosen One  23:01, July 20, 2011 (UTC)

Even more deletions
Hey, what's up Solus? I have two more deletions to pad your edit count. Endeavour (a redirect that fails naming conventions) and Leaf Man (Darth Tyler author requested this one) are to be deleted. Thanks again!- I'm the Chosen One  23:37, July 21, 2011 (UTC) Congratulations for your tireless efforts to cleanse the wiki of bad images! TK999 —[Discuss] 16:48, July 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey, just letting you know, Trak does NOT want File:SWDreamsThread.jpg or File:SWDreamsThread2.jpg deleted.- I'm the Chosen One  04:06, July 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * I am turned off by all your deletions. :( They make wiki ugly. Bad Solus. Squishy Vic talk 05:45, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

Bot flag
Hey Solus, I just wanted to let you know that I've flagged your account as a bot. That means that the deletions you're making won't show up on the recent changes page unless you click "Show droids" on the page options. That way, the recent changes isn't flooded with deletions. I can remove the bat flag whenever you're done. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 16:53, July 22, 2011 (UTC)


 * Yeah, just let me know. That's certainly an edit that shows production rather than mass destruction. =P - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 16:59, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

"I can remove the bat flag whenever you're done."

- Brandon Rhea

Whoa whoa whoa, Solus is Batman?!-- Josh Bender щ(ﾟДﾟщ) 23:47, July 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * The Dark Knightess!- I'm the Chosen One  23:57, July 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Brandon is GOD for hiding all those ugly, merciless edits. Muahahaha. Squishy Vic talk 05:54, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes. Now bow down and profess your love unto me, your Lord, or I shall destroy you. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 06:20, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * [citation needed] 06:53, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately I'm not a miracle worker so I could never make you a real human, but I have removed the bot status. ;) - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 05:06, July 24, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Bot
Arnold Schwarzenegger voice— "I'll be bot!" :P- I'm the Chosen One  23:36, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

inappropriate talk page edit
Yo.

Could ya avoid doing stuff like this when the contributor who you're handing a talk page notification hasn't edited the wiki in just over a year? Especially when I was never even much of a contributor here in the first place.

It'd be appreciated. A F K When Needed 01:10, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

TK delete
TK requests that his Galactic Alliance article be deleted. Happy editing.- I'm the Chosen One  20:01, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * That's a legacy redirect. :D TK999 —[Discuss] 20:02, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

WTF! I WAS using those!
You deleted 2 images I uploaded and claimed they were 'unused'. They were NOT unused. I was using them and now their pages: GB2-Q-01 and MG-A-01 are now without images. Can you please un-delete them? IceBite (Talk) 16:42, July 24, 2011 (UTC)

The Alan Parsons Project

 * Just a short update (unless we for some reason want to make a FanonProject page for this thing): I have just convinced the honorable Brandon Rhea to join the Alan Parsons Project! This brings us up to a six-person team of myself, Goodwood, Solus, JM76, Trak, and (obviously) Brandon (supergeeky said he'd like to contribute, but isn't sure he'll have the time. Incidentally, I can't seem to find his talk page). -<font color="#990000">MPK, <font color="#990000">Free Man  18:55, July 25, 2011 (UTC)
 * ULTRA-SUPER XXXXTREME UPDATE: As of this posting, the Alan Parsons Project is officially at a go. Each of you should soon receive an e-mail containing the outlines of your assigned chapters, along with some guidelines. Good writing, everyone, and thanks for joining the team. -<font color="#990000">MPK, <font color="#990000">Free Man  22:02, August 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Since Goodwood just e-mailed me back with some confusion, I'd like to clear something up in case anyone else is also confused. Contained within the attachment in each e-mail are two documents (I will explain), each in the name "Fragment, Chapter XX". Both files are identical in the first section (containing the guidelines and suggested reading material as mentioned in the e-mail). Past that first section, there is an outline for the chapter which the file is for; however, the file probably also contains some fragments of other chapter outlines. This is deliberate. The purpose of the incomplete pieces is to give some limited "context" as for what is going on elsewhere in the story. You are only assigned to write the chapters which correspond to the names of the two files.
 * Thus, if the two files you get are "Fragment, Chapter 5" and "Fragment, Chapter 9", then you write Chapter 5 using the information on Chapter 5 from its file, and you do the same for Chapter 9. Any and all information that belongs to chapters you are not assigned to, and which you find in the two files you received, is just there; you may use it to get some you context, but you can also (if the information is from a previous chapter) refer back to those events or (if it's for a later chapter) write some foreshadowing. The reason I decided to do this (admittedly silly in hindsight) thing hails from the story that inspired this project, Atlanta Nights. AN which was a deliberately awful collaborative novel written by various authors, who all wrote their chapters without being given enough information on what happened elsewhere to possibly allow coherence between chapters.
 * I apologize for any and all confusing confusion; the reason there are two files is that I made each chapter file separate from each other, assigned the chapters more-or-less randomly, and then rather than combining them, just gave everyone their two files. I hope that this clears it all up. -<font color="#990000">MPK, <font color="#990000">Free Man  14:38, August 7, 2011 (UTC)

Image
I saw the image you did for J7-A0. It's fantastic! if you wouldn't mind, I'd be honored if you would do a droid for me, as well. Something along these lines: I understand if you don't want to. The Wise One.  The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.  13:21, July 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * FIII Footman Droid body and legs repainted with a sedate, light-ish blue instead of the maroon.
 * GE3-series Protocol Droid head.
 * WA-7 Waitress droid arms
 * A blue lightsaber as part of one of its hands.

Templates
I like the templates on your page, the Christian, American, etc. I tried putting them on my page, and they succeeded... however, I tried to put one about This user is Irish, and it didn't work. How would one go about creating a template like this? The Wise One.  The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.  15:53, July 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Solus|Cheese, he's asking how to make one.  Seb  olto  19:44, July 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes. Thank you both! The Wise One.  The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.  20:43, July 28, 2011 (UTC)

Image
Hey, Solus! I left you a message a while ago pertaining to an image and haven't heard back from you. Did you get it? The Wise One.  The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.  19:02, July 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * One: Okey dokey, thanks a bunch! Two: Going to Wookieepedia as we speak to find a new head. I never though I would say that... The Wise One.  The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.  22:42, July 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * OK, how about FA-4 or FA-5 series? The Wise One.  The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.  22:44, July 31, 2011 (UTC)

PS: You rock, and I'd give you a check for this, but since I gave my life savings (all ten dollars of it) to Trak Nar to write a book it would bounce to put Laa to shame lol. PPS: I don't expect you to get the joke... just laugh at my geek-ness. The Wise One.  The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.  22:54, July 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * If you can eliminate it easily, that's fine, if not, the droid I want it for is a butler droid so it's reasonable that he should holf a tray. Thanks again! Oh, and remember to recolor the yellow on the FA-5's head to the dusky blue please and thank you.

Imperial Treachery
Hey Solus, could you perhaps restore File:Imperial Treachery Chapter 5.pdf and File:Imperial Treachery Chapter 6.pdf please? I only uploaded them last night and realized this morning I forgot to put them in my gallery so this wouldn't happen. Thanks. -- Josh Bender щ(ﾟДﾟщ) 18:01, August 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * Never mind, I re-uploaded them myself.-- Josh Bender щ(ﾟДﾟщ) 19:54, August 2, 2011 (UTC)

Re:RCs
Heh, you did a lot of it. I didn't think you were the competitive type. lol- I'm the Chosen One  19:56, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, no problemo. We help each other out.- I'm the Chosen One  22:17, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hehe, I figured you might have something to say when you came back.- I'm the Chosen One  22:47, August 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * XD Yeah. For the record, I will win. :P- I'm the Chosen One  22:50, August 3, 2011 (UTC)

W00T! Yeah, its odd, but cool at the same time.- I'm the Chosen One  00:24, August 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * Wow, that is like 2,500 edits in two months. Keep of the good work.- I'm the Chosen One  23:23, August 6, 2011 (UTC)

Keep up the good work. XD I can't believe I put "keep 'of'".- I'm the Chosen One  03:20, August 7, 2011 (UTC)

Image
Your file, File:Chirene3.jpg needs to be sourced according to the image policy. Please attend to this soon or the image may be deleted. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for participating in this Aperture Science Computer-aided Enrichment Activity. 19:43, August 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * Failure to comply may also result in administrative action. Thank you for your cooperation. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 19:49, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * Creeper. >.> - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 21:20, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * Brandy: Pot. Kettle. Black. 21:23, August 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * RACIST! - Solus Talk to the Hand  21:25, August 6, 2011 (UTC)

Animated .GIFs
Hey, just so you know, animated .GIF files aren't forbidden on the wiki. They're allowed to be in userboxes, as we got rid of the userbox policy, and the only place they're not allowed is in articles. There's no need to delete them if they're being used on pages other than articles. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 20:32, August 7, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Images
(Mini-ramble incoming) Since a lot of these images are really old (some are from 2006, which is pre-image policy), a lot their uploaders are no longer here, deletions are solely destructive and not constructive, and the consequences of copyright issues are the problem of the uploader and not the wiki, i.e. we don't get in trouble for them, (end mini-ramble), then we should do something else first. First, since we have the ability to use TinEye on the Information template, and since a lot of the images are from Wookieepedia and, therefore, very easy to source, we should try to give them better sources on our own. You don't have to worry about that since you spent so much time tagging them with No source, but I will go through those images soon to see what I can source. I'd much rather spend a couple of hours doing that than see hundreds of images from nearly six years be deleted. Depending on how much is left over after that, I'd say we can assess what to do then. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 01:38, August 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Lol, not so much a connection to old images as it is that I don't think a half-assed but still OK source is that big of a deal, otherwise I would've gone and done what you did a long time ago. I used to be a super image Nazi, but that was back when we thought we were protecting the wiki from copyright issues&mdash;which isn't the case, since the uploader, not SWFanon or Wikia, is responsible for proper attribution. Plus a lot of people aren't here anymore, and since a lot of those people and those images are from before the image policy, it wouldn't feel right to delete them for a policy violation. So yeah, that's why I'd rather go through them. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 01:48, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

Woah, first off, you're taking what I'm saying completely the wrong way. I never said anything about not being appreciative. If you weren't supposed to do it, or if I didn't think it should be done, I would've said so when you started. I wouldn't wait until you were completely done with it and then say "you shouldn't have done that."

What you've done is effectively put together a list of images that can now be better sourced. It would've been far more difficult to do something like a mass sourcing were these images not tagged with No source. That's what I appreciate. Deleting all those images isn't constructive for the wiki nor is it really a positive improvement. It removes a problem, sure, but the wiki spirit is one of community contribution towards building something and improving something. If we source most of those images, or even just a handful of them, then you can know you helped improve the wiki without having to delete something.

Most of those images needed No source because we let them get that way. We've had the image policy for years, and I would imagine most of those images are the way they are because we didn't pay enough attention. Or, maybe, we left some overly forceful warning that deterred the uploader from making more contributions here, but we forgot about the image afterward. Etc. etc. Whatever the exact reason, we can pinpoint ourselves as one of the reasons those images are not sourced as the image policy dictates. Just blasting them away runs counter to the idea of a collaborative project.

To address a few of your other points:


 * Besides, there are some awful images out there that no-one will miss. I'm of the opinion that if we can improve something on the wiki, even if it "belongs" to someone else, we should improve it. When people contribute to the wiki and then leave, they generally leave with the expectation that their stuff will still be here if/when they return. That's something we should honor. Additionally, artistic quality should never be a reason for wanting to just delete something. What's awful to you may be the absolute best someone else was able to do.
 * Why is this a loss again? It's essentially what I said before. If we can improve something, let's do that instead of just deleting it. I know that the nature of this wiki is, in a lot of respects, inherently geared towards individualism rather than the community, but there are things that we can and should improve as a community.
 * Not to mention all the duplicate images. Those can be deleted if the links on the articles are switched out to reflect whichever image is of better quality.
 * Plus, if it doesn't matter if we source images or not, why do we require it? Because it's still the right thing to do. Taking an official Star Wars image doesn't matter no matter what, source or no source. Lucasfilm will never, ever lodge a copyright complaint over an image because of the bad press they would get over it. The same goes for most other studios with most other movie, TV, etc. images. The real issue is images posted by artists like on deviantART, CGSociety, small-time artists, etc. who will take exception to the fact that their image has been used without permission and/or improperly. It's impractical to require a source for some and not for all, so it's easier to require it for all. Besides, another part of the wiki spirit is attribution&mdash;hence why almost every Wikia wiki is licensed with CC-BY-SA, which has an attribution clause.
 * In short, I honestly don't think a lot of these images deserve the effort to source them. I disagree, as I'm sure this long message shows, lol.
 * I don't know how many people feel the same way about some of their older images or if some of the old images no one cares about at all. Since all we could do is make an assumption about that, it's best to assume they would care and make an effort ourselves to improve the images on this wiki.
 * In essence, we'd be putting more effort into some of these images than the authors would want to. 99.999999% of people who contribute here do so in good faith effort to be productive. We can make a good faith and productive improvement too.
 * It's the uploader's responsibility to source them (you just said so) so why are we doing it? The consequences of copyright infringement are the uploader's responsibility. That's true regardless of whether there's a source. Sourcing an image doesn't mean it's suddenly fair use (that's a common misconception on the internets). We, or I, can still source them to improve the wiki. It's better to fix something that someone has done than delete it.

Obviously I just ranted a bit about my wiki philosophy, so the tl;dr is: the wiki spirit is one of collaborative building and improvement, so if our two options are to improve upon something someone else has done or delete what someone else has done, we should always go with improvement. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 02:48, August 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * I didn't ignore it. It's the first two paragraphs of my last comment (before the bullet points). - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 03:15, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

Image Question
Solus|Cheese, I read your exchange with Brandon concerning images, and I vaguely remember instances from my days of blissful ignorance when I forgot to source my images. Do you recall seeing any of my images unsourced? I would hate to see my images, some of which I no longer have on my hard-drive, deleted.  Seb  olto  01:57, August 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Excellent. Thanks alot.  Seb  olto  02:21, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

Old FE cover

 * I'd gladly source it, but I don't have the necessary permissions. Sources are ROTS, ROTS video game, ROTS promotional material, Atarumaster88, Star Wars Insider 84. Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 02:58, August 8, 2011 (UTC)

Worth a Try
Any chance we could convince you to get on IRC within the next few moments? -<font color="#990000">MPK, <font color="#990000">Free Man  02:41, August 9, 2011 (UTC)

Use protection
Hey Solus, could you protect the Xalandra Nova and Nova Corporation from edits by anonymous users? Those articles have been subject to vandalism by anons the last month or so. Thank you.- I'm the Chosen One  21:59, August 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey, got something for you. Can you delete Kroger Raid? It steals directly from a Wikipedia article and the user has a history of stealing. Thanks.- I'm the Chosen One  03:09, August 10, 2011 (UTC)

Vandalism
Hey Solus, I decided I'd tell you, since you're the admin that protected the page. Pricerocks245 vandalized Xalandra Nova. I reverted the vandalism and am going to leave the user a warning, but I don't know if there is something else you would want to do. (I don't know the blocking rules for vandals, etc.) Thanks, and I'm sorry if this is a bother.  Savage  1138  13:31, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Image
Hey Solus, a while back you deleted File:Nautolan Sith4.jpg because it was unused. I hadn't put it in the article yet, and I am ready to do so now. Would you please unkill it. Thanks  Savage  1138  18:39, August 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * It wasn't a new image. It had been sitting around for ages and there was no sign that I was going to use it, so no apologies there. Thanks for getting it back.  I'm sorry for the inconvenience.  Thanks again.  Savage  1138   21:30, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

Darth Dararus Review
Solus, could you review Darth Dararus? I want it to eventually become an FA, and I could use some ideas for improving it. You can see the FA project forum at the FP Fourm. It shoud be called Forum:FP:Darth Dararus. Kermit has been turned to the dark side 17:25, August 12, 2011 (UTC)
 * Solus, this is urgent: please don't kill ITCO yet. Kermit might just have seen that the welcome message was signed in your name. 21:01, August 12, 2011 (UTC)

Deleted image
Hey Solus. Earlier you deleted File:Booboo-stewart.jpg under the pretense that it was unused. It actually was used (or the link has been added in since you delete it) here. Could you make it undead please? I wouldn't have noticed but the user left a message asking about it and I was able to find it. Thanks  Savage  1138  16:03, September 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * I've restored the image. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk)  17:57, September 9, 2011 (UTC)

Featured work thread

 * Hi Solus! Hope all is well with you. Just wanted to let you know that as an Archivist, your input on Forum:CT:FW tweaks would be most appreciated. Thanks. Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 16:42, November 8, 2011 (UTC)

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Special invitation for !
Hey, you! Yes, you!



You're cordially invited to the 7th Annual Wiki Awards on the Star Wars Fanon Wiki! Come nominate, procrastinate, marinate, and pontificate over the best and brightest of the community's offerings with us! Sample the choicest works with your critical eye (monocle sold separately) and submit your own works for a chance to be enshrined in the annals of Star Wars Fanon history. You might write whatever you want to because it's fun, but getting shiny awards and bragging rights doesn't hurt either, right? We didn't think so.

Don't force yourself into exile, or look for alternative activities this winter. Whether your work is one of the myriad incarnations of Revan, a Sith Lord with a hard-to-pronounce name, or some random teenager's pet pittin, you'll find an entry where it belongs. (Editor's note: "Best Incarnation of Revan" and "Best Hard-To-Pronounce-Sith" did not make the categories list this year.) It's time to break out the ancient Sith armor and capes, the dress uniforms for every soldier, and something to catch the eye for every pretty lass. And did I mention our sponsors include Sarth's Darths, provider of the finest black capes in the galaxy? Join our star-crossed, er&hellip;star-studded collection of Star Wars Fanon administrators including Brandon Rhea, Goodwood, and Trak Nar as we celebrate the individualism and creativity on this wiki. And if you thought this announcement was cheesy, you ain't seen nothing yet. (Consider this a warning to those, like Fiolli, who are lactose intolerant.)

So fire up the hyperdrive, hope it doesn't catapult you a few millennia forwards or backwards in time, and head on over to the Seventh Wiki Awards. We'd love for you to nominate deserving works (including yours!) and help us choose the best entries for this year! We can't pick between all the entries without you! And if you see any other special snowflakes who need invited to the extravaganza, just slap this message on their talk page to spread some holiday cheer&hellip; or something.

So from two folks who've contributed far more at Wookieepedia than here, who habitually bring you either terrible puns or delicious pasta, please accept our sincerest invitation to the Seventh Wiki Awards. And remember, we're doing this all for the community, because that's what really matters on this wiki. Right? Yeah&hellip;

&mdash; Atarumaster88 , 7WA cohost, general procrastinator, occasional writer, and constant instigator

&mdash; Fiolli , 7WA cohost, professor, silent contributor, and master of several fine culinary arts (including fish sticks!)
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Image
Hey... a LONG time ago (back in July) I asked you for an image of a droid... remember that one? If you look waaay above this message, you'll find the request. Anyways, I want to enter the page it's for in the Wiki Awards and would really like the image to be in it. So if you could finish it and skedaddle it on over to my talk page ASAP, that would be great. Thanks :) The Wise One.   The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.  14:47, January 2, 2012 (UTC)

Ohai there
Please see our newest request for adminship. Thanks! - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk)  19:33, March 7, 2012 (UTC)

Back
Welcome back from your absence of seven months and four days! 15:12, March 30, 2012 (UTC)

Huh
Who invited you? :| - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk)  16:05, March 30, 2012 (UTC)