User talk:Atarumaster88

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 * Archive 3
 * Archive 4
 * Archive 5

To maintain at least some form of order, all posts will be responded to on this page. Do not look for a response on your page. Additionally, restrictions on my spare time mean that I will not be on SWF very often, so do not expect urgent results. To reach me the fastest, use e-mail.

Poll
What would you rather see? Force Exile IV: Guardian. Now. More Essential Guide entries! I'd rather have more Yanibar Tales. I don't want to see any more Force Exile. Ever.
 * See Force Exile I: Fugitive, Force Exile II, Force Exile III: Liberator, Yanibar Tales, and The Essential Guide to Force Exile for more information.

Review request
Can you please review Narod Antrell for me? He's been re-rewritten (as an update to the massive fanon cutting I did in recent months) and he should be up to FA standards again. If not, that's fine (I know you're busy with 3FAR too), but if you can, please do so on the talk page. Thank you, Ataru. --Victor talk 22:50, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm rather pressed for time at the moment/foreseeable future. Given that I've already reviewed this at least once before, I can't promise this any time soon. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 02:24, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Force Exile Covers
How did you make the cover art, such as the art on and ?--Mattkenn3 02:05, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * To put it simply, I didn't. Those two particular covers were made by Solus, while Darth Nyne made the FE III cover. I picked the images, and they put them together in PhotoShop. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 02:21, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

They look pretty good. Thanks--Mattkenn3 02:25, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks and you're welcome. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 02:24, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

FA Review
I was wondering if you could look over The Fanon Menace/Season 1 again, when you get a chance soon, and let me know if there is anything else that needs to be done. I've gone through and tried to correct many of the things you stated on the Review page, however, I didn't know if there might be something new. Thanks. --  Tesh  162  09:47, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I will get to it. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 02:24, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

FFA
Oh migod mah articles become FFA! Ohnose! :P But seriously, nice work stripping the FAs. It's motivating and hopefully I will eventually make mah articles up to par. --Victor talk 04:08, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

FA review
On the note of FA review, I'm the go-to guy on The Fanon Menace for the next couple of weeks, as Tesh is at school and I'm not busy. So if you could let me know what the problems with the article are, I'll do my best to fix them. --Ryluk Shouja(The Mukhabarat 19:05, 31 August 2008 (UTC) Thanks for the review on The Fanon Menace/Season 1. Sorry it was such a long process, but your tips will come in handy later when we work on the Season 2 article. I don't know what Ryluk has in mind as far as nominations go for Season 2, but with your help, we can still make it into somewhat FA quality. --  Tesh  162  13:09, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 02:24, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

RE: That one WP article
Inowatyamean. --Victortalk 04:20, 6 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Task complete. --Victortalk 04:31, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

I did, and it was fixed immediately (the format). As for errors, only subtly (an image needed replacing). The rest is up to you! :P --Victortalk 04:39, 6 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, I'm just the messenger. Don't shoot meh! --Victortalk 04:43, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Re:Objections and things
I don't remember you saying that to me, but I'll keep that noted. - Brandon Rhea (talk) (contribs) 16:35, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Territorial War
I just corrected the objections to Great Territorial War, aside from the Mutually Assured Destruction one for the same reason as the instance in the Pho Ph'eah article. - Brandon Rhea (talk) (contribs) 19:22, 17 September 2008 (UTC)


 * By the way, right now I'm working on an article about Ussej that is sourced completely from SWRP role-plays, and that can be found here. You might be interested in seeing how bad of a character Ussej used to be and, if you follow the links in the References section, how terrible of a writer I was. - Brandon Rhea (talk) (contribs) 19:58, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

3FAR Review: Ryan Vex
Hey Ataru, you voted against Ryan Vex in the Third Featured Article review. I have rewritten and improved the article so it lives up to our current featured article standards; please re-review the article in question when you get the chance. As you know, the article gets de-FA'd on September the 25th. If you could re-review it before then, that would be great. Cheers &mdash;  JM ' 76 ' Ask Archives 01:11, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Darth Haagen
Hey, Ataru. I've been working on an article for a few weeks now which I intend to nominate for FA status. While it's obviously not done yet, before I continue writing it, I'd like to know whether you think the currently finished sections are even close to having FA qualiity or if the article as a whole even has potential. I'm not asking for a full review, just your general thoughts on it if you have the time. Drewton  ( Drewton's Holocron ) 22:01, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * At a very quick glance, I would say that this has potential. I think you might draw some flak for having him created out of nowhere. I didn't read all the way through it, but this is certainly better than a lot of other Former FAs that I've read. If developed, tweaked and copyedited, I could see this go to FA. By the way, I've pointed in your direction about a Main Page redesign. Are you at all interested?  Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 22:20, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It may look like a Mary Sue at first glance, but it won't be close to the one by the time it's finished. He has a lot of power, but he doesn't use it very well, and I'm planning for him to lose almost all of the battles in the "Second Jedi Civil War". He's actually kind of a pathetic Sith. Yes, I would be interested in redesigning the main page; I've actually been thinking about that myself. One of my ideas would be having a random spotlight for a few "promoted" fanfics and a random featured article feature. I'm also working on various Monaco skins which will be proposed and voted on for a new default skin. If you want to try what I have so far, I have a "Lightning" one and a test of how it would be if only the colours of the current skin were altered. You might be seeing it differently than I am if you have a different screen size. Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 23:33, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The P&T and P&A are really what I look at to make Mary Sue judgments . . . what I read in the bio didn't seem that bad, aside from the unusual conception sort of thing-making life out of nothing is about as realistic as spontaneous generation, but this is a galaxy with planetary hyperdrives. On the Main Page issue, I actually have a pending proposal that deals with the promotion of fanfics that would necessitate a Main Page design, which is why I ask. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 17:49, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
 * He was created by Nihilus the same way Plagueis created Anakin. Anyways, your idea looks good; I'd definitely support it, and I've almost completed my main page redesign. Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 22:02, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

RE: Droid name
Sure. Give me tonight to think, and I'll get back to you sometime during the week (as early as tomorrow, if you're online). Give me another talkpage message if you want to discuss if via IRC and I'll try to drop in ASAP. &mdash;  JM ' 76 ' Ask Archives 03:25, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Jedi Bendu
My promise has been kept. Order of the Jedi Bendu of the Ophuchi has been rewritten and fixed up. I rewrote the entire history section and then changed what you pointed out regarding the other sections. - Brandon Rhea (talk) (contribs) 22:46, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

RE: Featured Artice
Thanks for the reminder. Could you give me a link to the page, please? I've been away from the internet for two weeks because of my college program, and am at a public library using a 30 minute internet connection and don't have the time to search for it now. Thanks again. --Ryluk Shouja(The Mukhabarat 22:47, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The page has since had its Featured Article status revoked, since you did not take proper action in time. You can find its list of complaints at DL:Ryluk Shouja. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 23:41, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I'll get on that when I can. No promises about when it'll be done, just that it will eventually be done. --Ryluk Shouja(The Mukhabarat 19:08, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Main Page redesign
I've finished a Photoshopped example of my redesign for the Main Page which would be necessary for the new FW feature. The top left image would be where the Featured Work would be, and the black top right space is, of course, for the Monaco ad. The QOTW has been moved out of the Community section. Drewton  ( Drewton's Holocron ) 01:47, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
 * The top box is interesting. It's sort of different&mdash;I would have expected that box to be below the Welcome to SWF header myself, but I think the most pertinent comments have been made on the image talk page; I generally concur with what's been said there. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 17:23, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'm working on another one, with more changes and an actual excerpt. Drewton  [[Image:Era-old.png|20px]] ( Drewton's Holocron ) 17:44, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Featured work
Just read about featured work and it looks great, I'd be glad to be nominated for it. Katana Geldar  06:15, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

TFN
What's your username on TFN? Have I come across you before? Katana <font color="#008080">Geldar  09:44, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't have an account on TF.N. It's highly possible that you've run into me on Wookieepedia, otherwise I don't know. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 14:14, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, I have come across you on the Wook though. Thanks a lot for the help. <font color="#008080">Katana <font color="#008080">Geldar  10:30, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

FW Scratchpad
Page looks good to me so far. =) -- Kathkira talk  06:22, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

RE: Excerpt
Sorry Ataru, had to go up north for a few days because my grandmother fell quite ill, so I haven't been home to write the chapter. I'll just finish up the snippet I've got and send you something by tomorrow though, no worries. Vagrant Lustoid (Talk) 03:45, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Excellent, thanks for getting back to me. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 03:47, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I sent you an email with the smallish excerpt, and was surprised to see you'd left a message after that to remind me so I just want to doublecheck that the email was right. I mean, atarumaster88@wookieepedia is ridiculously easy to remember, but just wanted to double-check. Vagrant Lustoid (Talk) 00:20, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Replied on your talk page, but I didn't get it. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 00:23, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Featured Works icon
I told Vic that the trophy looked best. Sorry I was detained elsewhere till just after you both left. -- Kathkira talk  23:54, 15 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey Ataru, feel free to set up Star Wars Fanon:Featured works, as your proposal passed. --Victor [[Image:Vic sig logo.png|15px]] talk 18:41, 17 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I've started bringing everything online. I'll have that done this weekend, hopefully, but Mediawiki:Sitenotice needs some updating. As far as I'm concerned, things are to the point of being workable, just not fully finished. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 00:56, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations
Congratulations on becoming a member of the featured works board! the successful proposal of your new board. -- <font color="#000001">(talk) <font color="#000001">(contributions) 19:12, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Now the work begins.  Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 01:02, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Short explanation, please
I don't mean to take up your time, but it just occurred to me that I don't know/remember why you resigned from your position as a DL. Was it something straight-forward, like time constraints, or something else? If you'd satisfy my curiosity, I'd appreciate it. -MPK (MPK's Talk Page)|undefined 21:41, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I believe this forum has the answers you seek, or at least the answers you seek in a form palatable to the community. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 01:02, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. -MPK (MPK's Talk Page)|undefined 18:12, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Icon
You can find the era icon for Featured works under "fw". - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 01:43, 18 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm actually going to move it to just Category:Featured works. A month (or two, I don't remember) ago, we there was a community vote where it was decided to take the "Star Wars Fanon" out of categories like this. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 01:46, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 01:47, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Also, I might have asked you this already, but did you want a namespace for the review board? - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 01:53, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You asked, and I answered in the negative. The way I've set it up, we won't need one for this little experiment. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 01:54, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Ah yes, I remember now. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 01:55, 18 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Also, if you want, I see things on your to-do list like "set up archive" and "set up queue". Just to make sure you don't have to do everything yourself, would you like me to set those two pages up? - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 01:57, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * If you would like to set up the queue, I'd appreciate it. I have some special ideas in mind for the archive that involve porting some specialized code, so I'll deal with that. Thanks. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 02:00, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, I'll get on it. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) <font color="#1A2BBB">(contribs) 02:02, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

A few minutes of your time
Hey, Ataru. I'm writing a story; if you could come on irc for just a few minutes, I have a couple of questions I'm interested to know you opinion on. Thanks. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)  (Chow) 01:03, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I have to leave now so I'll just ask you here. I'm writing a story similar to Prison Break, but in Star Wars, of course. AS a setup, I'm having the main protagonist, who's a bounty hunter, get hired by the Rebels to kill a general. He kills the general but is captured by the Empire. He is taken aboard the death star. And he plans escape. Do you think I should write a short story leading up to a book (my main focus is the death star escape), or write a book describing the events leading up to the protagonist's capture and then write a sequal to it? Thanks. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)  (Chow) 01:28, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I just logged into IRC, and just got this message. EDIT: I'm completely unfamiliar with the television program you describe, so I'm unsure I'll have any useful advice along those lines. To be honest, I would suggest writing what you want to write, and the story that you want to tell, and not what you think I would like best. I'm sorry if that's not as helpful as you might think, but I try not to advise people on what plot to choose. If the plot revolves solely around a single character, it would probably be easier to write a lesser amount of content, as that would be easier. In my experience, most novels have more than one plotline, so writing a novel with only one would be difficult (but not necessarily ). Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 01:33, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

I have this worked out now, but thanks anyway. And no, I wasn't planning to have just one plotline; the one I described above is simply the main one. -- Joe Butler (Obi Maul12)  (Chow) 21:18, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

RE: FYI
Thanks for the information. -- Michaeldsuarez  ( Talk ) ( Deeds ) 03:13, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Update
Well, Ataru, the other day on the iRC (probably a couple weeks back) you read the first half of Star Wars: Knighthood: Chapter 3, and I just wanted to let you know that I just updated it and it's complete. Give it a read if you want to. :) --Victortalk 06:05, 21 October 2008 (UTC)


 * I actually just merged the first three chapters into one page (which will also later have Chapters 4 and 5) so the new link is actually Star Wars: Knighthood: Chapters 1-5 (Note: I have yet to fix my screw up with the redirects at this time. Hopefully by the time you get this message, this should be fixed). --Victortalk 06:21, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Quote
What makes you think you can throw quotes on my page? &mdash;  JM ' 76 ' Ask Archives 00:25, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, you, see, it was like this-WHAT IN THE WORLD COULD THAT POSSIBLY BE?! LOOK OVER THAT WAY!?! In all seriousness, I was trying to bring some lulz to your page.  Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 02:34, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Re:Congratulations
Hey Ataru, thanks for the congratulations, I'm very pleased and thankful for your assistance in the matter. I shall see about checking out Heritage very soon, as the excerpt sounds quite interesting. Vagrant Lustoid (Talk) 04:11, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Favour
If you've got a moment, Ataru, I'd like you to have a look at the second chapter of my fanfic. I just want to know if I'm on a good track, although you can do a proper review if you want too. Thanks. Unit 8311 Talk!  16:28, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Writing is decent&mdash;some small tweaks needed for grammar, but otherwise fine. I'm no big fan of the plot, to be sure. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 16:38, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. Is it the earth setting that does it for you, just out of curiosity? Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  16:50, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, it most certainly is. It entirely breaks the G-canon concept and basic premise of Star Wars: A *long* time ago, in a galaxy *far, far* away. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 16:52, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hence the wormhole plot device. But nonetheless thanks for answering. Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  16:53, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

FW nom page
Yep I saw the Heritage nom. I've started reading it as well, but still a ways to go before I finish. Thanks for the heads up though. -- Kathkira talk  06:10, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

FE 4 cover
I have to ask if you got my email. I have to ask because gmail has been ornery lately and sometimes my messages don't send or I don't get them. Thank you! - Solus (Bird of Prey)  23:10, 11 November 2008 (UTC)