User talk:Sancho 10/Archive 1



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 * Welcome Sancho 10 to Star Wars Fanon! Please be sure that you read everything in this welcome message and that you know all of our rules and guidelines so you do not fail to follow the rules. I saw you question on Brandon Rhea's talk page, and I know he had to leave, so I will be answering your question. In order to create an article, you may do one of two things. You can either visit the main page and use the "Create Article" button (after inserting the proper article name) and you start on your article. Secondly, you may enter a query (an article title) in the search bar and then, if the website says that the page does not yet exist, you may click the link which will lead you to create it. Either way, please remember that articles must have sufficient content and must be categorized upon creation in order to avoid deletion. Have fun, and again, welcome! --Victor  discuss 19:08, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Warning!



Please be sure to categorize all of your articles appropriately, in accordance to our categorization policy. You have already been notified about this and continued to create uncategorized articles.

Please remember to categorize in the future, so that you avoid future trouble and conform to our policies. As our policy states, a category must be placed upon creation, not after and exceptions are not given. If you continue to create articles without categorizing them, you will be banned in accordance to the blocking policy. Please fix up any mistakes immediately. All articles that are uncategorized will be deleted within 24 hours if not properly categorized.

Thank you for your future cooperation. --Victor discuss 19:23, 10 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Final warning. Categorize your article or it will be deleted and you banned. --Victor discuss 19:43, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Images
Please be sure to source all of your images appropriately, according to the rules. I saw that you uploaded an image recently. While we're glad you're contributing images, you did not source it as required by the Image Policy. Please take a look at Special:Upload, where it states what you must provide when uploading an image, upon the upload. Basically, you have to use the template information and fill out the required fields.

Remember, if not applicable, you don't have to fill out every field. However, the source and licensing fields are required and have to be filled out. Please go back and add the information template to any images that you uploaded and did not source. If you do not do this, unfortunately, the images will be deleted, and if you continue to upload images without sourcing them, you will be banned in accordance to the blocking policy. That's the last thing we want to see happen, so I recommend that you do this immediately.

Thank you for your future cooperation. --Victor discuss 05:46, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Categorizing
Sancho, to categorize your articles, put the category names at the bottom of the page. For example, if your character is a Jedi, you would put this at the bottom of the page:

Hope that helps. Drewton  14:26, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

OK
You have been banned for 1 day because you admitted that you don't know what you're doing, yet you keep breaking the rules. If you truly weren't ignoring me you would've seen the messages I sent you. I decided yesterday and even earlier today not to block you for your own sake, to allow you time to read the rules and get it together. Instead you continued to contribute without following the rules, by uploading images without proper tagging and sourcing, which is against the rules here on our website. You are obviously active, since I just saw that you continued to add to your article and incorrectly categorized it. Please remember these rules in the future. I am going to clean up and properly categorize your article just this once, to help you out, but you have to learn how to properly license and source your images by reading our policies in the welcome message above. Thank you. --Victor discuss 22:09, 11 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Alright, well to start, here is what goes on. First, always be sure to write all articles in a third-person, not first, perspective. Always write about in-universe content (such as characters, organizations, etc) from a historic-past tense, meaning no "is" "are" or the like. Always write real-world articles, such as when speaking of your fan fiction, in present tense (if it is ongoing), otherwise in past tense. Never use HTML in articles, because it's not needed. Wiki coding is different, and stuff like highlighting or udnerlining are not at all welcome, so please do not do it again in the future. Lastly, be sure that you follow the Layout Guide and Manual of Style, and as I said above, also the Categorization and Image Policies. If you have more questions, you can either ask me on my user talk page when you get back or you can visit our policies and Frequently Asked Questions. Thanks. --Victor discuss 22:22, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

From Lionheart
EDIT: I apologize, it was Brandon's page. Lionheart 02:41, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Good evening, Sancho 10. I noticed your question about the image template on Brandon's talkpage, and the answer is yes: the template you see above the fields provided when you are submitting an image (Source, Description, etc.) should be Copy+pasted into the Description field. Fill out what information you can, and use the licensing drop-down menu right below the information fields to select the kind of licensing on the image. It's pretty self-explanatory from there. To source your image, provide a link to the location where you found it (the webpage name in the google full-size image screen).

Images
You didn't source them. You need to read the Image Policy to see how to properly source images. Once you've read the entire thing, let me know and ask me any questions you might have. Since you probably haven't, you also need to read all of the other Site Policies so you don't risk another ban. - President Brandon Rhea  (Pressroom) (Record) 23:02, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Please do not sign articles. You only sign on forums and talk pages. --<font color="#9F0500">Victor <font color="#0C003F">discuss 00:39, 13 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Basically, yes, depending from where the image is. If it is the puppet Yoda, from Episode I, then yes, source it as Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. If it is the CGI (computer generated image) of Yoda, then you have to figure out whether it's from Episode II or Episode III. And it goes on as such. If you cannot find the original source of an image (although for Star Wars images there should be no excuse considering we can use Wookieepedia as a reference)  then you use the URL. But in this case, you would most likely source Episode I. --<font color="#9F0500">Victor  <font color="#0C003F">discuss 00:52, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Alright, let's review here: That's it, just learn and practice to be sure you get everything down next time. Please fix the current image (Image:Sephiroth.jpg) ASAP. --<font color="#9F0500">Victor <font color="#0C003F">discuss 03:13, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * First off, if there is nothing to say in the attention field, leave it blank. Don't remove the option, but leave it blank, and it will automatically say "Not available."
 * For the source, please write out the entire URL if you are going to place it. It's not necessary, since the true source is Final Fantasy 7, but you may put it if you wish, just be sure to make it clickable and complete.
 * As for description, putting "this image is of..." is unnecessary. Simply put the character's name (and a link if available) or whatever the case may be
 * For Author, leave it blank if you do not know the author. In this case, you do know the author. Simply look up FF7 at Wikipedia and put the company that made the game as the author.
 * For editing details, if you did nothing, leave it blank.
 * For licensing, you must put the template, not just words. For example (copy and paste that) . Remember to always put the opening brackets (  ) for templates. For links, the brackets are    and   , so don't get those two confused.
 * Lastly, if there are no other versions, leave it blank (but don't remove the field, as you should already know).

Categorization
Well, I assume you mean something like "Articles by Sancho 10". If that's the case, then on the main page in the article creation box you will want to put in "Category: Articles by Sancho 10". Then once it takes you to that page, write "This categories is for articles created by Sancho 10." Then also be sure to categorize the category with. Once you're done with that, be sure to add it to all of your articles. If you have any questions about this, let me know. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 23:25, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You're confused because you did it wrong and ignored how I told you how to do it. First, you don't just write the names of your articles in it. You need to actually go and put on all of your articles with the other categories on them. Also, the category at the bottom appeared as a red link because you capitalized the "a" in "author". I've fixed this for you. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 23:38, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

You put the infobox image into the wrong place. You need to put it into the "Image" field, not the "ImageBG" field. Also, in the future, please have at least one line of in-universe content in the article when you create it. I added this one line of content in for you, because if I hadn't then the article would have been a candidate for immediate deletion by an Administrator. Please remember this in the future.
 * "In-universe" means exactly what it says: in-universe content about the subject of the article. For example, an in-universe statement for an article would be "Luke Skywalker was a Jedi Master and a hero of the Alliance to Restore the Republic". It is in-universe because it is only in-character information. Out-of-universe content would be something like "Luke Skywalker, portrayed by Mark Hammil, was originally named Luke Starkiller". That is out-of-universe because it has nothing to do with the Star Wars universe but rather our own, and things like that belong in a Behind the scenes section. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 01:18, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

User pages
No, user pages do not have to be categorized. Articles, categories, and images do, though. Images are always automatically categorized if you use the proper sourcing methods, though, so you shouldn't have to worry about that as long as you properly source your images and tag it with a license template. --<font color="#9F0500">Victor <font color="#0C003F">discuss 19:26, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Past tense
Your article still says you need to change it to past tense because there's a template at the top of the page, which you can remove. Drewton  00:40, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Own universe
Unless your "own universe" actually has a name, creating a category for it is pointless. It's the exact same thing as "Category:Articles by Sancho 10." So please see other examples first, such as Category:Dark Order Continuity or Category:Alternative Star Wars Saga, to understand what having your own universe means. Otherwise, stick to using only the "Articles by" category. --<font color="#9F05">Victor <font color="#AA00">(talk) 22:49, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Voting Policy
Before voting in community-wide votes, please be aware that we do have a Voting Policy. In it, it states that you need to have been a member for one month and have at least 250 main space (aka, articles only) edits. You only have 233 main space votes and you will not have been a member for one month until June 10th. Therefore, your vote has been made void in the High Priest election. Sorry. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 03:02, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, it does matter in terms of whether or not a person is capable, is active enough in general and has been active in the GA voting arena, but for the most part the High Priests always agree with one another so in that sense you're right it does not matter. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 03:50, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Opinion
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that no one is going to ban you just because you're stating your opinion on someone or something. You did it in a respectful manner and made the points you wanted to make. That's hardly worth a punishment, and the fear of being banned for stating an opinion is one of the things I've never understood with some people. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 04:48, 28 May 2008 (UTC)


 * As Brandon said, I'm not going to ban you over stating your opinion, and secondly, like you said, we're all entitled to our own opinions and ideas, and those on my user page are mine. --<font color="#9F05">Victor <font color="#AA00">(talk) 19:39, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Warning!



Please be sure to source all of your images appropriately, in accordance to our image policy. You have already been notified about this and continued to wrongly upload and source images.

Please remember to source at all times in the future, so that you avoid future trouble and conform to our policies. As our policy states, an image must be sourced upon uploading, not after and exceptions are not given. If you continue to upload images without sourcing them, you will be banned in accordance to the blocking policy. Please fix up any mistakes immediately. All images that are unsourced will be deleted within 24 hours if not properly sourced by then.

Thank you for your future cooperation. --<font color="#9F05">Victor <font color="#AA00">(talk) 22:51, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Image in question Image:Star-wars-1-800b.jpg. --<font color="#9F05">Victor <font color="#AA00">(talk) 22:51, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Re:Favor
Are you absolutely sure about this? I wouldn't want to see you change your mind, especially since ones like Great Space War are fairly lengthy. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 23:01, 29 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Very well. It's done. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 02:59, 30 June 2008 (UTC)