User talk:Thenorthernman

Archive 1

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 * Welcome to Star Wars Fanon! Please be sure to read over, become familiar with and always respect our site's policies. If you have any questions, please let me know. I'm here to help! - Brandon Rhea  (talk) (contribs) 17:15, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Pictures
The pictures are shifted to the right because there are too many pictures there. Images are meant to support the text, and if there's not enough text then images shouldn't be placed there. Basically, any image that's shifted off to the right side of the page when it shouldn't be needs to be removed until there's more text. - Brandon Rhea (talk) (contribs) 20:03, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Images
Noted your problem with Darth Corruticus, and I've sorted it for you. Next time, don't put image thumbnails inside infoboxes and for thumbnails in the article do Image:Whatever.jpg|thumb|right/left|caption, okay? Unit 8311 Talk!  20:04, 9 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Actually, Unit, I think he's referring to the fact that all of the images are shifted off to the right. - Brandon Rhea (talk) (contribs) 20:07, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

About your Force Unleashed
what platform did you get force unleashed for? PS3, xbox 360, wii, psp, or nintendo ds? I got it for ps3, cause it has good graphics. - Clonesaber  (Stormtrooper's Hangout) 22:16, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

I got it on Xbox 360 for the good graphics. One of my friends got it on PS2 for the extra levels. -User:Thenorthernman 22:19, 2 December 2008 (UTC)


 * COOL! My friend has an xbox and he had forceunleashed too. I hear that the extra lvls for ps2 is for PS3 Network now. but its $5.- Clonesaber [[Image:Stormheadsig.jpg|20px]]  (Stormtrooper's Hangout) 22:21, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

That is a rip-off if ever I saw one!! $5 for extra levels!? -User:Thenorthernman 22:24, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Well in britain its £3. for extra. - Clonesaber  (Stormtrooper's Hangout) 22:27, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Still a rip-off. I have a PS2 anyway so I could probably just buy a second copy of the game and get the extra levels! -User:Thenorthernman (UTC)


 * But isnt that more of a ripoff? - Clonesaber [[Image:Stormheadsig.jpg|20px]]  (Stormtrooper's Hangout) 22:30, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah, probably. I can't be bothered doing the maths (or math depending on where a person is from) -User:Thenorthernman (UTC)

Archiving
I archived the messages that you deleted. They can be found at User talk:Thenorthernman/Archive 1. Please don't just delete messages; instead, copy and paste them onto a archive page. In addition, please don't try to hide warnings from other users, as these are needed to determine consequences for breaking policies, since most punishments are based on how many times users break a policy. -- Michaeldsuarez  ( Talk ) ( Deeds ) 23:42, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Blocked
You have been blocked from editing for one day for uploading unsourced images after being warned. Your images have been deleted. To contest this block, please contact the blocking administrator with the reason you believe the block is unjustified. Drewton  ( Drewton's Holocron ) 20:31, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

4WA
Please do not add nominees to the 4WA voting. Nomination period ended Jan. 19 and now it is voting only on those nominations that went through. So please, refrain from doing so. Thank you. – Victor talk 20:40, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: e-Book
Well, that depends on what type of story you're writing. What era it's in, who's the main characters, etc., etc. The most important part is just going with it. Use proper grammar and spelling, and make sure it's generally up to Star Wars Fanon standards. If you'd be willing, I could help you if you'd tell me a little more about what you're writing, how long you intend it to be, and things of that nature.  Darth Wylind ( Talk ) 23:32, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, okay. Well, there are several main things you can do. Firstly, don't write a Mary Sue. It's not against any rules or anything like that, but most people don't like them. Secondly, is proper grammar and spelling etc. Nobody likes a story with a million spelling errors and sentences that make no sense at all. Thirdly, is character development. From critics, I seem to lack this, so I recommend asking Atarumaster88 about this. Fourth and final, is the success. Remember, you most likely won't get your first work to be perfect. It will take some time. The main thing is progress. Your first article can downright suck, but the second should be better, and if it's not, then you might want to reconsider the type of writing. Overall, just have fun with it, and follow all the rules. Anything else, feel free to ask.  Darth Wylind ( Talk ) 01:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Is this wikia actually a dictatorship?
Do we really have freedom of speech on this wikia? If you want to help me put this to the test, tell me via this page and then put anti-administrator comments on your user pages. If they are ever deleted, then we do not have freedom of speech! Join me, Thenorthernman, as I wage online rebellion against the tyranny of the administrators. If I, or any of my colleagues, are blocked, I will consider the administrators to be nothing more than Nazis who do not want to think that someone is willing to stand up to them and their exaggerated rules!


 * Uh, what? Why are you calling us all dictators? I'm just asking out of curiosity. You can put on your user page whatever comments about administrators you want so long as you don't make personal attacks. - Brandon Rhea (talk) (contribs) 20:26, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

I am writing out of personal experience and from the heart. My experience of you administrators is that you only have the capacity to give us warnings and punishments when we regular users violate any rule, no matter how insignificant it seems to the common person. I know put a question to you out of curiosity. Why have you allowed yourselves to become decedant and complacent, lording your postion over us just as dictators do? Is it because you belive that on this wikia you have absolute power or am I mistaken? Tell me Brandon Rhea, if you were not helped to understand the rules by administrators who never make sense and seem to invent a different rule every day, what would you do?


 * Okay, I see where you're coming from, but I think you've misinterpreted a lot of things. First, let me address the helpful part. I can only speak for myself in this regard, but anytime I give a warning I end it by saying "if you have any questions, please let me know". That's after I give the user in question a link to the policy in question. Therefore, what it's translating to is "if you don't understand something about this policy or you have a question about this policy, please let me know". As for whether it seems insignificant to the common person, you'd also be mistaken there. Administrators have not and never will create the policies of this wiki by themselves. Every single one of our policies was voted upon and approved by the "common person" on this wiki. Many of our policies were even proposed by regular users. We also don't invent a different rule every day. I don't know why you think that.


 * As for giving you warnings, that is required of us. Virtually all of our policies, save for things like personal attacks and vandalism, necessitate that we give a warning. A warning is meant to help you, not to scold you. It tells you what you've been doing wrong and what you need to improve upon. None of us want to give anyone warnings, and we especially don't want it to escalate to a ban. Do you really think we want to ban users? No, we want them to be able to come here and write their fanon. That's the purpose of this wiki and that's what we want everyone to be able to do.


 * And also, lording our positions over you? We don't do that at all. Administrators on Wikia Wikis are very different than administrators on other websites. We're not the leaders of this website. We are basically members, just like you, who have been given special editing tools by the community. We may have influence, but that influence has also been given to us by members who have shoved us up onto a pedestal. We don't like being seen as the leaders of this wiki, because that's not what an administrator is supposed to be on a Wikia Wiki. We know that and we've said that to members, but there's nothing we can do about it. We also don't have absolute power. Our power was given to us by members, and it can be taken away by members. The members have, in fact, removed administrators from their positions before.


 * I hope that clears some things up. - Brandon Rhea (talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 20:40, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

You have still failed to answer my last question. What would you do were you in my position. I recall, months ago, asking an administrator for help in explaining a rule to me. The rule in question was the policy concerning the uploading of images. I never received the help that I requested and as such, did not know what the policy meant, a handicap of my autism and was subsequently banned for twenty four hours a few weeks ago. Clear up this issue for me IN FULL and I will take back everything that I have said thus far and delete all anti-administrator comments I have posted thus far.


 * I can answer you very honestly about what happened when I was in your position as a newer member. When I was new, I didn't get warnings or bans because I read the policies. If you asked a question to an administrator and did not receive an answer, then that's our fault. I don't know who the administrator was, but on behalf of all of us I apologize. That was our fault and it usually doesn't happen. If a user asks us a question, we answer it the vast majority of the time. Again, if your question wasn't answered, we're sorry about that. It usually doesn't happen and we will do our best, just as we always do, to answer any question directed at us. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 20:53, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Can you explain the afformentioned policy to me very clearly and in full please Brandon?


 * Yeah, sure. Give me a few minutes and I'll write something up. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 21:16, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

"if you were not helped to understand the rules by administrators who never make sense and seem to invent a different rule every day, what would you do?" Usually, it is explained, albeit with a link to another page. For example, in my warning above for image sourcing, I gave you a link to the Image Policy, which is very helpful in showing how to source images. And if you think that failure to source images is insignificant, it's not, because it has to do with copyright law. If you read our policies, you'll be fine. Drewton  ( Drewton's Holocron ) 00:17, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Image policy help
Okay, so you want to upload an image. You’re going to want to do that at the Special:Upload page. Once you get there, you’re going to see a big notice that has a blank information template in it. Copy that template and then paste it into the blank summary box on Special:Upload. Now, I’m going to tell you exactly what you need to write in each section of this template:

Once you fill this out in the summary box, you can upload your image. One other thing you need to know about this policy is that while you are allowed to use images uploaded by other users, you may NOT use images that were user-created or heavily modified by a user without their permission. I hope this explanation helped. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 21:28, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks a million Brandon. You're alright for an administrator. One thing I've always wondered. What in the world is a Mary Sue?

A Mary Sue is basically the "perfect" character. To give just a very basic description, they have no flaws and can do amazing things for no reason. The good guys really like them and the bad guys really hate them, and they always get the girl or the guy at the end. You can read this for more information. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 22:02, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Right. I've been told that I've written a lot of them. Read Darth Corruticus (my only finished major article) and make your own decision.

I'll try to do that if I have the time. Also, don't forget to sign your comments with ~, even if this is your own talk page. Thanks. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 22:13, 14 February 2009 (UTC)