User talk:Dog of War/Archive1

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Joining the community
Hey Dog of War! 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! – -- Brandon Rhea (Talk) 18:31, June 3, 2011

Important Stuff
Hi Dog of War. I'm glad that you're jumping right in and editing on this wonderful wiki. There are some things you should know. The image you uploaded, File:Lukas Sevarin.jpg, must be sourced and licensed per the image policy or it may be deleted. Also, I fixed some grammar/spelling mistakes to your article Lukas Sevarin as well as added the required era icon. Again, please source and license your image. Don't be discouraged, keep up the good work. Thanks -- SavageOpress1138  Help you I can, yes 22:29, June 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * You still haven't sourced and licensed File:Lukas Sevarin.jpg, and you also must now source and license File:Lukas sevarin main.jpg. Please do so or there may have to be administrative action.  Thanks -- SavageOpress1138  Help you I can, yes  20:08, June 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * I did it for File:Lukas sevarin main.jpg. Use the  template and fill in the blanks.  You don't necessarily have to fill in all of the spots, but make sure you get source, description, and licensing for sure, plus categorize it.  Thanks-- SavageOpress1138  Help you I can, yes  20:54, June 5, 2011 (UTC)

Walrusman
Aforementioned user has not edited here in over a year and a half, so, sadly, he probably won't be updating Ozzel Brinx.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 20:48, June 8, 2011 (UTC)

Cleanup
Hello. I did some cleanup on Lukas Sevarin, which had an excess of spelling and spacing mistakes. To avoid such problems, I suggest using the built-in spell-checker of Mozilla Firefox, which will hopefully improve the quality of your edits. Thank you.--TK-999 13:02, June 9, 2011 (UTC)

Images
Please refer to Star Wars Fanon:Image policy, which can be found under the "image policy" link in your welcome message, and familiarize yourself with the sourcing and licensing requirements before uploading any more images. The only uploading method supported by the wiki, Special:Upload, will prompt you to enter this information. If you are using an unsupported upload form, ignorance is not an acceptable excuse. Continued violation of the image policy or falsification of any information in an upload description are considered vandalism and will likely result in a block. Thank you.&mdash; TK-999  ( Rise of the Empire ) 19:56, June 10, 2011 (UTC)
 * To clarify, File:Ni'kia.jpg and File:Sevarin.png need to have sources and licenses applied using the Information template. Please take care of this as soon as possible or the two images will be deleted. 20:27, June 10, 2011 (UTC)
 * I sourced File:Ni'kia.jpg. Take a look at what you'll need to do with Sevarin.png and all of your future uploads.&mdash; TK-999  Era-imp.png( Rise of the Empire ) 10:08, June 11, 2011 (UTC)

Drexl Reznov.jpg
Hi. Sorry, but Harry Potter wiki is not an acceptable source for File:Drexl Reznov.jpg. Please find the original source, and also add the appropriate categories. Thanks -- SavageOpress1138  Help you I can, yes 23:29, June 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * You know where you got it in the Harry Potter Wiki, right? Just go to that picture and look at the information the wiki provided. I am guessing they will have the correct source. Also, sign your comments with four of these: ~. Thank you.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 07:20, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, you are right. I'll do it for you, but I would refrain from taking pictures like that from now on. It will only cause you trouble.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 17:41, June 16, 2011 (UTC)

Articles by Dog of War
Hi Dog of War! I just wanted to let you know that your category, Category:Articles by Dog of War, had the Hidden template placed onto it. What this will do is allow you to put it on your articles like any other category, but it won't actually be visible. This is in keeping with our article guidelines. If you have any questions, feel free to let me know. Thanks! : ) - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 20:56, June 20, 2011 (UTC)

Re: Images
Yes. Anything you didn't create yourself must be sourced. - Brandon Rhea  (talk) 17:27, June 22, 2011 (UTC)
 * Such as this image.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 09:45, June 28, 2011 (UTC)

Helpfulness
Can you please create a blog post saying to mark the clone trooper pages like CT or CC to their nicknames. It will help guide new vistors like me. --65.13.155.21 19:50, June 22, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Category
You can now find it at Category:Members of the Dark Order of Fire. You can add it at the lower bar by beginning to type its name without the "Category:" prefix.&mdash;TK-999 (Rise of the Empire) 16:14, July 1, 2011 (UTC)

Images
Hey Dog o' War, Please source and license File:Darth Rakanhath.png per the Image Policy. Failure to do so could result in the image being removed. Thanks.  Seb  olto  18:07, July 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well done!  Seb  olto  18:10, July 6, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Shorties
Do you mean a full text story? No, those are best put on a sub page of the story article or uploaded as a Portable Document Format file. A link can be put on a talk page (like your own for advertising), but don't spam it on one or multiple talk pages as that is consider spam, disruption and/or vandalism.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 22:00, July 13, 2011 (UTC)

partner
i am seeking a partner for my galaxy exile seris. Caditates? Dog of War( Into the pit of darkness... ) 18:49 15 July 2011 (UTC)

File:Sauron-2.jpg
Could you clarify and fix the link for the source of File:Sauron-2.jpg. Having seen the movies often, I do not believe that is a screen shot, which you are implying. If I am wrong, which I might be, please change the licensing to template:screenshot. Otherwise, please list the exact source where you found that image. Thanks -- SavageOpress1138  Help you I can, yes 19:09, July 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * The image is here on LotR wiki. Unfortunately, they don't have a source for it.  Do you know the original source?  I would try tineye, if you don't.  Thanks -- SavageOpress1138  Help you I can, yes  19:24, July 16, 2011 (UTC)

Rename
Can you please rename your uploads from here on out? The image should either have a coherent original file name or the name of the thing it is portraying. Names can also cause visual problems like File:!!.jpg messes with the information template. And long strings of random letters may be problematic. It is not policy but it is courtesy and such.- I'm the Chosen One  21:58, July 22, 2011 (UTC)

GAN
I seriously advise you to repeal your good article nomination until you are more proficient with the English language. To put it bluntly, the improvements you made with our suggestions have made the article worse from a grammatical standpoint and it was already poor. I feel that this will make implementing our advisements harder to accomplish and more difficult for everyone involved. I am not a seer so I cannot force you to revoke the nomination via a vote, but I strongly urge you to do so until your grammar skills improve. Sorry.- I'm the Chosen One  14:07, August 21, 2011 (UTC)
 * Everywhere from the intro to the trivia section. The entire article needs to be rewritten. TK and I both fixed the majority of the errors the article had prior to your improvement edit, but I realized it was unnecessary for us to do that until you get a better grasp on grammar because our edits will be unintentionally undone when you attempt to fix the errors that only you are allowed to fix. The only way we could have possibly been able to help you get this through is if you allowed the reviewers to change content of the article based on how you want it fixed. Meaning: We give objections, you address them on the review page with the changes you want done and then WE do it for you in the article. However, that would require the time and charity of other users that might be more inclined to work on an article that is easier to get through. It is time consuming and lends itself to miscommunication to be too effective.
 * A few solutions for this would be to hop onto IRC ask the folks there to help you write your article up to standards or go to a FAN help page in the forums to get it up to standards. Don't get down though, there will be a time when you will be posting plenty of GANs and FANs. If you stay dedicated to improving and writing it will be very soon!- I'm the Chosen One  14:36, August 21, 2011 (UTC)

Internet relay chat. That is where most of the veteran users hang out and chat. This place is a good site to get on IRC without downloading or paying anything. Just go on there any time during the American afternoon/night and you will be able to talk to some fellow users, most of the time.- I'm the Chosen One  14:53, August 21, 2011 (UTC)

Images...again...
Your upload, File:Seige.png, must be correctly sourced using the url of the exact website page from which it was obtained (the current "source" just points to the Games Workshop main page). This is true for all image uploads that are pulled from the Internet. In addition, you must use the Information template on your files. Please make sure that you attend to this and remember it for all future uploads, as the rest of us cannot do everything for you. Further unsourced images from you will be deleted and you will be subject to appropriate administrative action. 19:41, September 6, 2011 (UTC)
 *  Trak Nar  Ramble on 07:22, September 8, 2011 (UTC)

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Your article
No problem! I am trying to be involved on SWF, because on previous wikis I have been on, I mainly focused on my own articles. Anyway, in editing the article, I found Lukas to actually be a pretty interesting character and I am glad I took the time to read and correct some things. See you around SWF. Toln the Echidna (Talk) 21:14, January 2, 2012 (UTC)

Re: GA question
Awesome! I'm glad to see you're looking to nominate articles. While I personally don't care if someone was to use British spelling over American, the Manual of Style does currently mandate American over British and the MOS has to be followed to nominate an article for GA or FA status. So, I changed the spelling for you on any instance of British spelling I saw, and I cleared up a few other things in the article that I noticed on a quick glance.

That said, you appear to have all of the basic requirements for Featured Article status, so I would suggest you nominate your article for that rather than Good Article status. Thanks, and good luck! - Brandon Rhea (talk)  21:20, January 3, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hey. Per above, would you like me to change the nomination of your article to a Featured Article nomination? You don't have to go through the GA process first, and I see no reason to keep it as a GA nomination when it can be a FA instead. - Brandon Rhea (talk)  19:11, January 4, 2012 (UTC)

Any issue that would keep it from becoming a FA would also keep it from becoming a GA. GA status doesn't indicate lower quality, it indicates less information in the article. Both FAs and GAs are held to the same quality standards. However, having given your article a glance, I think it'll become a FA. :) - Brandon Rhea (talk)  19:18, January 4, 2012 (UTC)

Sup DoW! I didn't know you had articles on this wiki. Vivaporius says: "I don't need a slogan!" 02:48, January 5, 2012 (UTC)

Okay. And congrats on getting one of your articles nominated for FA. I'm hoping to get the same results with the Xhasa. Vivaporius says: "I don't need a slogan!" 16:58, January 5, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Lukas Sevarin
No, I don't think he really does. See here for a more in depth explanation of Mary Sues. As is, I don't think he does. In fact, I just voted for his FAN.  Savage  1138  19:36, January 10, 2012 (UTC)

Yuuzhan'rarr
Thnks for voting for my GAN, Yuuzhan'rarr--VG PCOMMLINK 04:22, January 24, 2012 (UTC)

Poll
Hello, I was wondering if you could fill out the polls on my user page. I am taking a survey to see who elso agrees that starwars.com should sell lightsaber crystal replicates. Thanks! Teff 21:37, January 30, 2012 (UTC)

Re: Archiving talk page
Copy the content from your talk page to User talk:Dog of War/Archive1, then remove it from here and add to the top of the page. Cheers! 19:30, January 31, 2012 (UTC)