User talk:Sebolto

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Joining the community
Hey, ! Sorry if this added message seems a bit overwhelming after the huge welcome message you just received, but what I wanted to say is important enough to re-emphasize it here. I wanted to make sure you were as aware as possible of the fantastic community we have here on the wiki. There is literally so much to do beyond just working on your own articles. I definitely don't want to sound like I'm suggesting you shouldn't work on your own articles, but there's a larger community out there too and we'd all love for you to get involved! If you have any questions about the community, which I strongly encourage you to participate in, don't hesitate to ask me. Thanks, and once again welcome to Star Wars Fanon! – -- Josh Bender Talk 19:12, April 10, 2010 (UTC)

Edits
Hey Sebolto, I just wanted to let you know that I deleted your "Do not delete" tag. It is unneeded here. We don't delete an article just because it isn't finished. Be sure to read our Manual of Style to see what you need to fix, since I found some neutral point of view errors and tense problems. Thank you and have a wonder evening.-- Josh Bender Talk 01:43, April 29, 2010 (UTC)

Re: Music
Yeah, definitely. You can upload sound files like .ogg files and .mid files. I'm not overly familiar with how that works, though. C3PO the Dragon Slayer has uploaded a lot of music in the past, so you could ask him if you need help. - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 17:12, October 10, 2010 (UTC)

Re: Adopted Clone troopers
Any character name is based on what their real name is and/or their name at the time of their death/last known appearance. That's why clone troopers have the numbered names; the numbers are their real names, while the nicknames are just nicknames. So, if a clone legally changed his name to something else, then that legally changed name would be his character article's name. - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 00:15, January 8, 2011 (UTC)

Images
The files that you have uploaded, "File:Treecityacrolis.jpg" and "File:Treecitycapitol.jpg", need to be sourced and licensed in accordance with our image policy', and using the proper template found at Special:Upload (Note: sources must be the original website or media, not "Google" or "Wookieepedia"). Failure to do so will result in your images being deleted and, in the case of future offenses, possible administrative action. If you have any question please leave a message on my talk page. Thank you. 04:51, January 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Basically, yeah. Though, of course, filling in the appropriate fields with the relevant information. 04:57, January 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * Just letting you know that I had sourced File:Acrolian.jpg for you, using the aforementioned Information template. Please remember to source your images as is shown in the above link.  If you need any help, feel free to drop me a line.   Trak Nar  Ramble on 07:01, January 27, 2011 (UTC)

Re:User of 'da Month
Thanks for noticing, I didn't even know that I was nominated. It's nice to know that my work has not gone unnoticed. P.S. If you need help with anything, anything at all, please contact me on my user page.-_- Joe  (Talk) (Contributions) (My novel) 17:00, February 2, 2011 (UTC)

User of the Month
As you've also supported my nomination, you win this:

&mdash; TK-999  (Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 09:00, February 5, 2011 (UTC)

One Year War
Hey, I reverted your vote on Star Wars Fanon:Deletion page/One Year War, since it was already archived. No worries though. - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 01:10, February 10, 2011 (UTC)

Ultimate Battle Droid
Sorry about forgetting about the grammar. I was tired by then of the nature of those articles.&mdash; TK-999  (Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 13:55, February 15, 2011 (UTC)

A new user
Ah, it's so good to be seeing you. This user reverted my cleanup edit, and I was afraid I have to warn him alone.&mdash; TK-999  (Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 15:06, February 18, 2011 (UTC)


 * I cleaned it up again and removed the tag. If he reverts this, we should really contact an administrator.&mdash; TK-999  ISD-arrow.jpg(Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 15:11, February 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * I "gugeled" his name. It appears that he is Spanish (which explains why his English is of a lower quality) and comes from the Pokémon Wiki.&mdash; TK-999  ISD-arrow.jpg(Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 15:15, February 18, 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you.&mdash; TK-999  ISD-arrow.jpg(Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 15:19, February 18, 2011 (UTC)

Mary Sue template
Hi. Per Jediknight101‎, please leave your comments and feedback on the talk page of an article you tag with Mary Sue. Slapping the template up there without any feedback is neither helpful nor productive for the author, so please only use the template if you're going to add specific feedback to the talk page. Thanks! =) - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 16:07, February 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, please remember to be respectful when working with other users. The best way to go about something like tagging an article is to remember that you're not pointing out flaws, you're trying to help them improve their articles so they can be better. There's no need for comments like "please help me confront him." Thanks! - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 16:15, February 21, 2011 (UTC)

You seem to be assuming malice rather than good faith ignorance. Remember, for younger people and newer users, wikis are really confusing, so sometimes if you see something that doesn't mesh with policies, even after a warning, it has nothing to do with refusing to listen. Star Wars Fanon also doesn't have the benefit of the WYSIWYG/Rich Text Editor because of our overly-complex coding here breaking it, so users have to write in wiki code. Add to that our very overly-detailed Manual of Style and our other policies, and all of this can be very daunting for someone who has never used a wiki before, and Star Wars Fanon is often the first wiki for many of our users. Patience is key; articles that need improvement are not a bad thing&mdash;least of all Mary Sues!&mdash;so they're not something to get worked up over. Anyway, thank you for saying you'll try a different approach. I appreciate it. =) - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 16:47, February 21, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Another new user
Yeah, I know who it is. I sent him a long talk page message of suggestions, but he apparently ignored it. I will now warn him, and if he continues, we should contact an admin .&mdash; TK-999  (Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 16:48, February 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * I now assume good faith. Let's wait until obvious bad faith edits take place.&mdash; TK-999  ISD-arrow.jpg(Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 16:53, February 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * That's something that Brandon and the administrators know. I don't know its exact classification.&mdash; TK-999  ISD-arrow.jpg(Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 16:57, February 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, and did you watch the video I linked to on my userpage?&mdash; TK-999  ISD-arrow.jpg(Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 17:03, February 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * It was a parody of a Russian folk song, and there was an "English" part in it, too, which is barely legible. By the way, I think we should stop chatting before Brandon "roars" at us.&mdash; TK-999  ISD-arrow.jpg(Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 17:08, February 21, 2011 (UTC)

Assuming good faith
Bad faith can be twofold: one, it's something malicious like spam, vandalism, trolling, and other things of that sort. Those are things that are specifically intended to do harm to the wiki. That's the most clear-cut and obvious example of bad faith.

The second one, though, is less clear cut, and it's instances like this. It's when a user is clearly ignoring policy warnings or something like that. It's tough to spot, but it's generally when it's a repeated pattern. Doing it once, twice, or even three times sometimes doesn't mean it's done to actually ignore the person who was talking to them. You could perceive someone's edits as ignoring you a whopping ten times without it actually being them ignoring you. Different people learn about the wiki at different paces and in different ways.

So how do you go about figuring out if it's bad faith? The easiest thing to do, which is what I do, is to recognize that while it may be bad faith from the jump, you should assume it's good faith. 99.99999999999% (a tad exaggerated, but it makes my point) of the users who come to Star Wars Fanon are not here to harm the wiki, they're here to post their canon and fan fiction. There are vandals/spammers/trolls and then there's everyone else. Everyone else is here to write, share, and have fun. That's where another important point comes in.

Star Wars Fanon is weird. This is a wiki where rather than just posting how you want to post, we have a very specific article Manuel of Style people are expected to follow. It's a concept that should have failed, yet didn't&mdash;somehow, Star Wars Fanon works. I don't know how! What I do know is that all of that can be very confusing for people. So it's important to remember that people are going to need some time to adjust to this strange concept.

In the past, I was often guilty of being very aggressive with people from the get go. I assumed that all someone needed to do was read the Manual of Style and they would just automatically know what to do. "Just read it," I would say. "Everything you need to know is right there." Not so. We need to remember to be patient with people and give them some time and space to learn, understand, and grow with the wiki. As I said before, different people learn in different ways and at different paces. Otherwise, if we're too hard on people, we're just blocking any potential growth and progress, and we can very easily cause people to give up and not come back. If we do that, then our efforts to enforce policies, even though they were in good faith, produced failing results.

Hopefully that answered your question. Also be sure to check out Star Wars Fanon:Assume good faith. If you still have questions, feel free to let me know! - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 17:08, February 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Glad to hear it! It's nothing to worry about either, really, so I hope you're not. I couldn't berate you for something like this. It's something I learned over the years, so I can't expect people to just automatically know it&mdash;or to automatically agree with me either. I'll often pull in personal experience talking like this and that's made people think I was being a bit preachy or condescending. That's certainly not my intention at all, so, if I came across that way, sorry about that. I'm just very confident about all of this so I try to get my point across as best I can. - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 17:19, February 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * We have something in common, then. I look at myself as the most knowledge person too! I kid, of course. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 17:37, February 21, 2011 (UTC)

Video
Yes. I think I will be available soon but courrently I'm expanding my article, Ardus-class stealth ship.&mdash; TK-999  (Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 17:28, February 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Expansion finished. By the way, thanks for the statement you said about me on Brandon's talk page.&mdash; TK-999  ISD-arrow.jpg(Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 17:44, February 21, 2011 (UTC)


 * Good luck with it! However, I think I will be gone after 20:00 (UTC+01).&mdash; TK-999  ISD-arrow.jpg(Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 17:51, February 21, 2011 (UTC)

Short story
Good luck!&mdash; TK-999  (Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 16:01, February 23, 2011 (UTC)

That infamous crossover
The author responded by changing some of the Alien names into Star Wars names. He was clearly hurrying, as we can see that sometimes he did not remove all in a sentence (e.g. A marine force [&hellip;] despite the marines superior&hellip; changed into A jedi [sic] force [&hellip;] despite the marines superior&hellip;). He did not even revise the story, what he did was merely changing the subject, but it is clearly recognizable that the story is neither original nor Star Wars-related.&mdash; TK-999  (Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 15:58, March 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I read that article and know the user. And, no, I have not contacted Brandon yet, as I think he is a bit pro-keep in this case, but notified ITCO about it.&mdash; TK-999  ISD-arrow.jpg(Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 17:01, March 1, 2011 (UTC)

Welcome back!
Hi Sebolto! Glad to hear from you again! How's your short story going?&mdash; TK-999  (Comm channel) (Campaign of conquest) 13:05, March 4, 2011 (UTC) Feel free to use my format if you need to.&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 13:17, March 4, 2011 (UTC)
 * Good luck and thanks for the congratulations! By the way, do you like the new format of my talk page? &mdash; TK-999  IAF_Logo.jpg(Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 13:14, March 4, 2011 (UTC)

UOTM nomination
Hey Sebolto, I wanted to let you know that I've nominated you to be the next Star Wars Fanon User of the Month. If you accept the nomination, can you leave a message in the comments section of the nomination saying so? Thanks, and good luck! - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 20:53, March 5, 2011 (UTC) Also, I would like to tell you that none of the IRC links mentioned on the official IRC page work anymore. You could use this one if you wanted to get on IRC.&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 16:30, March 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, you deserve it. You've been very active in this period, keep up the good work.&mdash; TK-999  IAF_Logo.jpg(Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 15:26, March 9, 2011 (UTC)

ASE Navy
Hi Seb! I just read and fixed some problems in this new article of yours. However, there's a controversy which I would like to fix: the date of formation is given as 22 BBY, while it is said to have been fragmented in 25,200 BBY. I think you mixed the two up. If that's the case, just let me know!&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 15:29, March 11, 2011 (UTC) 15:48, March 11, 2011 (UTC) It also happens to me, when I'm sleepy.&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 15:53, March 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem, that's why I'm here . By the way, I think you intended the date of formation to be 22 BBY and the fragmentation to be 2,500 ABY, not 25,200 ABY (unless there was a continuity change).&mdash; TK-999  IAF_Logo.jpg(Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest)

Principle vs. principal
I am sad to correct you, but dictionary.com says that "principle" is an accepted or professed role of action or conduct, while "principal" is first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 17:20, March 11, 2011 (UTC) Sorry about my articles not being up to standards, and thank you for editing CL-49/982.--CT-4428 (Talk) 23:43, March 14, 2011 (UTC)CT-4428
 * No problem. It happens to everyone .&mdash; TK-999  IAF_Logo.jpg(Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 14:54, March 15, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Editing policy
I did not say with a word that I forbid him to do so; I only asked on his talk page what the problems were. After he told me, I checked it in Microsoft Word, which ended up with negative results, so I thanked him and said that MS detected no problems.&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 17:06, March 18, 2011 (UTC)

Acrolis
Hi. Per what Goodwood said on the Acrolis GAN nomination, all the article needs to become a featured article is a bigger introduction. If you can expand the introduction to at least 200 words, I would be happy to move the nomination over to the FAN page and let all of the voters know that it's been moved. What do you say? - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 17:13, March 19, 2011 (UTC)


 * The votes aren't removed, they're moved to the FAN page as well. Whether or not the voters want to strike it to give it more of a review, however, is up to them. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 15:21, March 21, 2011 (UTC)

New Zirátæ image
Hey Sebolto! The new pic of Drewika Zirátæ looks exactly like the mayor of one of 's districts!&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 15:58, March 23, 2011 (UTC) There are other images as well; I think maybe the one that used to be on the election posters bore the most similarity.&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 16:10, March 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * There's this image, but you could also try typing "Rogán Antal" in Google Images.&mdash; TK-999  IAF_Logo.jpg(Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 16:05, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

Trick or Treaty
I am pretty sure the Law infobox is supposed to double for the Treaty template, good catch. Don't quote me on it, though. ;)- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 15:51, March 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 16:04, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Era icons are just an image, so you'd have to create one in photoshop or something else like that and then upload it. An admin could then add it into the eras template. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 18:18, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Compassion
"Compassion is forbidden&hellip;"

Thank you. You are fortunate that you're not a Jedi &mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 16:21, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

Eras
Sebolto&hellip; the Old Republic era ends in 1,000 BBY with the &hellip;&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 16:46, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Whoops&mdash;sorry.&mdash; TK-999  IAF_Logo.jpg(Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 17:52, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

Re: User uploading unsourced images
Thanks for the heads-up. Goodwood got him this time.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 23:15, March 29, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Classics
Yes, that's a very good book, although Newspeak words sound better in English&hellip;&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 14:28, March 30, 2011 (UTC) I really liked it, particularly the philosophical questions (dialogs in the Ministry of Love).&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 16:09, March 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, I read both the original and the translated one. In the latter, Newspeak is újbeszél, doublethink is duplagondol, crimethink is bűngondol and so on; they all mean the same as their English counterparts.&mdash; TK-999  IAF_Logo.jpg(Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 15:03, March 30, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Images
Yes&hellip; you need to categorize them. Are there much?&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 13:29, April 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * It's not actually required, just very strongly encouraged. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 23:26, April 1, 2011 (UTC)

Permission
Sebolto, people can use any image they want as long as it is not completely original. Since that MI3all.jpg has elements from Star Wars: The Clone Wars show, they can use it with out permission. If you drew or created that image solely without any Star Wars elements, then he'd have to ask.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 22:23, April 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, just because something has elements of canon in it doesn't mean that the user doesn't need permission. The question to ask isn't "How much canon imagery is in that?" The question is "How much did you modify it?" So on that note, what all did you modify in that image, Sebolto? - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 23:26, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * Do you have a link to the original image? - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 23:38, April 1, 2011 (UTC)

Acrolian Star Empire
I was gonna review Acrolian Star Empire when I noticed its length. If the intro is expanded to at least 200 words, you could nominate it as a FAN. In fact, I personally think it would do well to be expanded and nominated as a FAN, as you certainly have lots of information for it.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 06:28, April 4, 2011 (UTC)