User talk:Brandon Rhea/Archive 21



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Re: Categories
Alright, thanks for telling me. BTW if I don't include the character name then I must include those?- Chosen One I will bring balance ''' 16:37, September 21, 2009 (UTC)


 * Basically if it is obvious in the image you don't need to include it. For example, Mace Windu is obviously human, and an individual, and you could even say he is obviously a Jedi. So I don't really need to put anything other than a link to the Character name. I hope I am understanding this right.- Chosen One I will bring balance ''' 16:44, September 21, 2009 (UTC)

I get it now. I only need to put character name, promotional image (if it applies), and/or any other type of image like a screenshot.- Chosen One I will bring balance ''' 16:48, September 21, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, thanks for the help. I will stick to that advice, but if I get in trouble for missing an image category it won't be my fault. - Chosen One I will bring balance ''' 16:51, September 21, 2009 (UTC)

Potential problem
I don't think you've noticed but LogiTeeka has created an article called Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. His intro is exactly the prologue to your story, The Chosen One. He credits you as an inspiration, but I don't know if you want to take action or not.-- Josh Bender Talk 10:16, September 23, 2009 (UTC)

GA nomination
So, ah.. I have a question: If you're going to nominate an article to be a GA, you just add the tag and add it to the list of GA nominations? I mean, you don't create the CS:[Insert-article-name] page, right? Just making sure. Antonstaen (Talk) 15:35, September 23, 2009 (UTC)


 * Gah.. Can't find any instructions for that.. I'm the kind of person which needs a manual for everything. Antonstaen (Talk) 15:40, September 23, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I just hope I did everything right.. Antonstaen (Talk) 15:48, September 23, 2009 (UTC)

"Beskrivning"
Thanks for editing that. Wikia plays tricks on me, due to the fact that I'm swedish - The system isn't fully adapted to my language. Beskrivning means description. Antonstaen (Talk) 16:25, September 23, 2009 (UTC)

Spelling
I am not a bad speller. I am just bad at formatting and capitalization stuff. - Chosen One I will bring balance ''' 07:12, September 25, 2009 (UTC)

Sorry
I'm sorry I started lashing out like I was, I'm angry at my editor, I'm angry that no matter what I do, my work still has problems, and I'm angry at a lot of other things at the moment. I'm just going to take a nice long relaxing break from stuff at the moment.-- Josh Bender Talk 23:09, September 25, 2009 (UTC)


 * If I can chime on in Brandon's talk page, don't be angry that your work still has problems. A few days ago, I found errors in a work that I wrote a couple years ago that's been reviewed by multiple people and been featured. It's good to always demand more of yourself, but expecting grammatical perfection in thousands of words is a mite unrealistic given that you don't have a professional editor working for you. Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 23:20, September 25, 2009 (UTC)

Delete articles
Hi Brandon,

Got a couple articles for ya to delete:


 * Targen Confederation
 * Big T's Army (Replaced with new article)

Thanks mate! Ty294 {Talk}  01:03, September 26, 2009 (UTC)

Response
"17:17 I User blog comment:Toughpigs/My Home -- new feature launches on Wednesday/Brandon Rhea-20090926171725\u200e (diff; hist) . . (+112) . . Brandon Rhea (Talk"

- contribs) (New page: Any sort of update/decision on whether we can change an entire wiki's default to NOT showing MyHome upon log in?)

Yes, there is. One way is to move away from Wikia. The other, in case you haven't seen it, can be found in the fourth section of my userpage. :) --Darth tom  (Message me) (Contributions) 17:26, September 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hehe, might seem that way I suppose. But no, I was shown it on the IRC. :P --Darth tom  (Message me) (Contributions) 17:31, September 26, 2009 (UTC)

Trust me, I've got far better things to do. :P --Darth tom  (Message me) (Contributions) 17:33, September 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * The state sees all, as we both know, comrade Bac! There is no need to question the very fabric of existence! --Darth tom  (Message me) (Contributions) 17:36, September 26, 2009 (UTC)

I'm Politburo. If anyone's doing the ass-kicking it'll be me, comrade! --Darth tom  (Message me) (Contributions) 17:39, September 26, 2009 (UTC)


 * Comrade Bacatine, everything is going according to plan. Do not worry! --Darth tom  (Message me) (Contributions)

Well, I'd forgotten that, hehe, so:

Delete log
Hehehe. I noticed your "(thank you)" in the Deletion Log. Don't agree with my opinions? -- (Conference Room)  06:00, September 27, 2009 (UTC)


 * Haha. You seem to have quite a few of them subpages. --Wylindsig.png (Conference Room)  06:08, September 27, 2009 (UTC)

True. But you do have a you-know-what load of articles. -- (Conference Room)  06:12, September 27, 2009 (UTC)


 * Well I stand defeated. :P --Wylindsig.png (Conference Room)  06:16, September 27, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Vote
I meant to vote for both proposals, so yes. --Darth tom  (Message me) (Contributions) 17:40, September 29, 2009 (UTC)

Rr: New upload page
Alright. I just thought that Wookieepedia had a neat idea (see starwars:Forum:SH:New upload form). --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 21:03, September 29, 2009 (UTC)


 * True. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 21:09, September 29, 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 21:10, September 29, 2009 (UTC)


 * Fixed. Sorry for replying late. I was working offline, so I didn't get the message. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 21:50, September 29, 2009 (UTC)

You're welcome. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 21:53, September 29, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Image Categories
I can't believe I didn't think of Wilhuff Tarkin. Anyway, I thought it was the Anakin Skywalker category, but I wasn't sure if I should do a Vader one to seperate Anakin and him, even though they are the same person. Thanks for clearing it up.- Chosen One I will bring balance ''' 22:42, September 29, 2009 (UTC)

IRC
If you're still online, would you stop by IRC? I have something to ask you about. Atarumaster88  ( Talk page ) 19:28, October 1, 2009 (UTC)


 * Tag. Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 20:47, October 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * Same message as the first post. ;) Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 18:23, October 4, 2009 (UTC)

IRC
You mind coming on for a quick moment? Unit 8311 Talk!  19:47, October 2, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Ranks
Ah, thanks. Didn't know that. :) --Darth tom  (Message me) (Contributions) 19:58, October 2, 2009 (UTC)

ASWS novel refs
I noticed your referencing some of your novels to CUSWFN/XX/SWF News, which contains no information whatsoever about your novels. I think you meant to reference it to CUSWFN/XX FU instead. I didn't want to edit it myself because I'm not sure, but I wanted to run it by you. -- (Conference Room)  04:15, October 3, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay. Just wanted to make sure you were aware. --Wylindsig.png  (Conference Room)  04:18, October 3, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Mistakes
Don't - ever - do - that - again. I almost had a heart attack. Antonstaen (Talk) 10:09, October 3, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Infoboxes
Ah, thanks. Didn't realise that the damn three way infobox was so problematic. --Darth tom  (Message me) (Contributions) 07:44, October 4, 2009 (UTC) Didn't see those - cheers. --Darth tom  (Message me) (Contributions) 16:23, October 4, 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright, cheers. --Darth tom  (Message me) (Contributions) 16:14, October 4, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Blog deletion
Hello Rhea, I see you haven't changed. Anyway ok, but I don't see the problem with having a no SW blog, but lets not extend this conversation any more than it has to be. Nice to see you again Rhea, hope too see you soon. TroybShadowFeed 13:09, October 4, 2009 (UTC)


 * Ah, very well then I'll know that in the future.TroybShadowFeed[[Image:CIS Fleet.jpg|48px]] 16:41, October 4, 2009 (UTC)

Restore article
I accidentally tagged one of my articles with Delete. Since there was an image on it that became unused, you rightfully deleted the image. Could you please restore the article and the image. -- (Conference Room)  17:50, October 4, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. --Wylindsig.png  (Conference Room)  18:20, October 4, 2009 (UTC)

Regarding that account you just blocked
Just so you know, Jedi Master Profiteor had nothing to do with that account. If you look at the changes in the forum, Darth Wylind accidentally made the link to his name be just Profiteor. Chosen One made the user page and Wikia went from there.-- Josh Bender Talk 00:58, October 5, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh wow, look at that, I totally didn't see that. I saw Wylind make the link and change it later. Ugh, me and my assumptions...-- Josh Bender Talk 01:07, October 5, 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I assume full responsibility. I made the incorrect link, thus causing Wikia to create the user page. --Wylindsig.png (Conference Room)  01:39, October 5, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, I see. I assume he made the edit because he felt compelled to after he realized the link led to nothing. --Wylindsig.png (Conference Room)  01:44, October 5, 2009 (UTC)
 * I stand corrected. --Wylindsig.png (Conference Room)  01:47, October 5, 2009 (UTC)

Yahoo!
Hey, check your email real quick. –Victor  (talk page ) 18:48, October 5, 2009 (UTC)

TEGTFL help
I'm soon going to be converting the "entries" from my essential guide to actual articles. In order to do this, I'm going to be moving a lot of pages from the Essential Guide to a user subpage (for example: The Essential Guide to Force Legend/Sapp will become User:Darth Wylind/Sapp). But, for "anti-spam reasons", Wikia will not let me Move articles for 24-hours now because I've already moved several. It would take me probably weeks if I keep up the move-so-many-then-get-blocked thing. So, I'm asking is there a way you could disable the move limitation on me (temporarily), or just move the articles yourself?
 * About 30 or so. --Wylindsig.png (Conference Room)  21:11, October 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete it. --Wylindsig.png (Conference Room)  21:24, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. -- (Conference Room)  21:26, October 6, 2009 (UTC)

UK
Is it me, or did the wiki suddenly moved to London? --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 03:31, October 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * Click here. varnish8.wikia.net redirects to Wikia, and "varnish" refers to the software behind Wikia's servers. The WHOIS indicates that they're in London for some reason. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 04:05, October 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 04:07, October 8, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Hey Brandon,

Thanks a lot for the prompt response. :-)

Best regards, Relentless

Admin list
I noticed on both Star Wars Fanon:Administrators and Star Wars Fanon Wiki pages are inaccurate/outdated as far as a list of admins. The Hello template list these two above-mentioned pages for new users to view, so I think it would be best if they are current and accurate. I tried to see just exactly who the admins were and edit the two pages myself, but I kept making mistakes, as in something didn't add up. Could you take a look at it and perhaps update it? -- (Conference Room)  21:15, October 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * What makes you believe that?
 * shows twelve (excluding Weeg, a bot).
 * Under Star Wars Fanon Wiki, it says "there are currently seven active administrators", whilst it list ten.
 * On Star Wars Fanon:Administrators, nine users are in bold, which you claim marks them as an admin (excluding Neomessiah).

This obviously is inconsistent, therefore unreliable and inaccurate. Correct and explain to me how I'm wrong. -- (Conference Room)  23:03, October 8, 2009 (UTC)

"You really had trouble with this?"

- You

Lol. Yes I did. My apologies. A simple miscount led all of my calculations to me incorrect. I failed to see the thing about Neomessiah, as well. Please excuse my mistake and error. -- (Conference Room)  23:19, October 8, 2009 (UTC)

5WA
I know I'm just filling up your talk page, lol, but when exactly will the Fifth Wiki Awards be held, and who are the hosts? If undetermined, how do we come about picking the hosts? I‘m interested in the position, if possible. -- (Conference Room)  23:49, October 8, 2009 (UTC)

Darth Vacatour
Hello Brandon Rhea. I am Johnathan Amadeuce, you may remember me as a former user from this Wikis original days, Darth Vacatour. I was the one who came up with the Wiki Awards in 2006, just ask those users. Either way I haven't been on here since 2007. I would like to host the Fifth Wiki Awards. I hosted the first and I would love the opportunity to host the Fifth in my first year back editing at Star Wars Fanon. I'm impressed by how far you have expanded the awards and this wiki. I would also enjoy collaborating with you in the future. Please respond to me about this subject Mr. Rhea. Thank you and good day. - Johnathan Amadeuce (Talk) 02:54, October 9, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the addition of categories
I keep on forgetting :-P

Thanks for the saves ...

Best regards, Relentless

RE: Wikia
Everthing has been taken care of. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 16:39, October 9, 2009 (UTC)

Admin thing
I thought I could do the grammar changes, but that is only allowed on the article pages. Sorry for the whole thing.- Chosen One So the Prophecy says... ''' 17:27, October 9, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up.- Chosen One So the Prophecy says... ''' 17:31, October 9, 2009 (UTC)

Seer IRC channel
I don't really see the need. What's wrong with the normal channel? Unit 8311 Talk!  18:54, October 9, 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I've decided to place my stance as neutral. I'm fairly indifferent to this, tbh. Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  18:59, October 9, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi Brandon,

Thanks for forestalling me getting banned again. :-P Because I'm unfamiliar with SWF protocol, could you brief a little more on the most proper way to do the citations? (so that I don't get banned again)

Thanks, Relentless
 * Sounds good. Thanks. Best regards, Relentless

Re: Rank
Dear Brandon,

To the best of my knowledge, they're taken from Halo 3 on the Xbox 360. Those very images show up on the screen during gameplay.

Thanks, RelentlessRecusant

RE:
Hey Brandon,

Thanks a lot for the heads-up :-) Will take some time but will do ...

I appreciate the warning.

Regards, Relentless
 * Actually, hey, a quick question ... what's the Wookieepedia template you were talking about? Is it something that assumes fair use if the image was taken from WP? Thanks, Relentless
 * Thanks for the prompt response ... I think I've finally finished attributing all the images used in my article correctly: please let me know if there's anything more I can do! :-) Your help is very appreciated, Relentless
 * Thanks a lot for working with me: I know that when a inexperienced rookie (like myself) asked me simple questions like the ones I'm asking you, that I often got frustrated, and as you are an administrator working very intensively with me on this, I wanted you to know that I appreciate the work that it takes you (and probably the IQ dribbling from your brain as you explain the protocol here for the thousandth time :-P). Regarding your question, Halo 3 has an application where you can set up and digitally take screenshots: I designed that screenshot and took it with that application. Other people that take such screenshots are allowed to sell them legally: therefore, I get the feeling that such an application gives the screenshot taker some sort of ownership over the image. Best regards, R2

RE: Seer IRC channel
Okay, that sounds fine. I'll be sure to attend those meetings. - Nacen (Talk) 03:03, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Seers IRC
The idea sounds good to me. Now back to figuring out what the heck my cloak is...  Trak Nar  Ramble on 03:49, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

IRC
Get on it. Nao. >:| - Solus (Bird of Prey)  21:17, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

re: Signature
Thanks, Brandon. I had thought my signature template here was broken but just found out it wasn't. :-P

Best regards,

RelentlessRecusant Talk • Contribs • Edits 21:39, October 10, 2009 (UTC)

RE:Deletions
Because I will no longer be editing them. &mdash;  JM ' 76 ' Droid IRC 05:17, October 11, 2009 (UTC)
 * I will no longer be editing the GAs or FAs, so they are in-line for deletion as well. &mdash;  JM ' 76 ' Droid IRC [[Image:Sabersmilyjm76.jpg|16px|link=:Category:Articles by Jedi Master 76]] 05:24, October 11, 2009 (UTC)
 * That is true. But if I am deleting all of my other articles, there will be a startling amount of redlinks in my GAs and FAs. So even if I wanted to keep them, it would not be worth it. Besides, if an article's not going to get edited ever again, imo, a Cut templates just won't cut it. &mdash;  JM ' 76 ' Droid IRC [[Image:Sabersmilyjm76.jpg|16px|link=:Category:Articles by Jedi Master 76]] 05:36, October 11, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes. And, at the same time, I find it more practical to delete articles that will just sit there and are not particularly wanted anymore. It's one thing if it's cut content, it's another if it's info to be discarded. &mdash;  JM ' 76 ' Droid IRC [[Image:Sabersmilyjm76.jpg|16px|link=:Category:Articles by Jedi Master 76]] 05:47, October 11, 2009 (UTC)

Question
Did you put up two deletion pages for the same thing, or am I just going screwy? Unit 8311 Talk!  15:51, October 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * Nm, I see now. Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  15:52, October 12, 2009 (UTC)

Reminder

 * A FEriendly reminder for you regarding an e-mail that I'm hoping to get soon. ;) Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 16:30, October 12, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for creating the Kolar category. I didn't realize there wasn't one already. Oh and get better soon.- Chosen One So the Prophecy says... ''' 16:52, October 12, 2009 (UTC)

RE: Anya Ser
Yes. Yes it is. --Darth tom  (Message me) (Contributions) 16:57, October 12, 2009 (UTC)

Draft proposal
Can you please look over and/or rewrite a proposal I'm working on? You seem to have the most experience with them. Thanks. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 22:38, October 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * If you're planning to create a better proposal, then I'll wait for your version. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 15:02, October 13, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 15:11, October 13, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the delete
Brandon,hey, thanks for deleting Delta-21. It was a huge mess, thank you. ^-^ Mist


 * I don't know if I should reply here to your question, I am sorry if I should had did it on my talk page but anyways as you proposed your help I would sincerely accept it, I copied the code for a clone infobox but the thing won't work it just stays like your previously saw it..basically an epic fail xD. I succesfully did Mist Sheplin's infobox but it was generated by it's self from a page on the site where it helps you create an article but I lost where it was x_x if I didn't lose it I don't think I would've been bothering you for help x_x Thanks -Mist

-Mist
 * Brandon my man, thanks a lot for making it clear for me I really kind of dislike constant parantensises and stuff xD I think I will try tomorrow or this weekend to put up the Delta article. Also about Mist Sheplin's article I will finish it with edition with all the useless links (those in red] by this weekend.

RE: Logo
Ok, I finished now... could you please delete the file's old revisions? With a cherry on top... –Victor  (<font color="#A33">talk page ) 21:25, October 14, 2009 (UTC)

RE: Photo Manip
Really? Heh. I thought it would be simple. I would myself, but I'm in the process of dealing with Adobe's customer support because my Photoshop isn't working correctly. -- (Conference Room)  23:19, October 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright, then. --Wylindsig.png (Conference Room)  23:25, October 14, 2009 (UTC)

Featured article Projects acronym
FAP, really? -- Josh Bender Talk 06:32, October 15, 2009 (UTC)

Suppressing redirects
How do you suppress redirects when you move pages? -- (Conference Room)  20:28, October 15, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Image sourcing
I figured as much. I really do make a mess of this site without really trying. Thanks for letting me know and fixing my mistakes. I'll also make sure I read the copyright information on sites more clearly. Cyril Khan (Talk) 21:28, October 15, 2009 (UTC)

RE: Eras
Hey Brandon,

Oh, thanks for the pointer. I didn't know -- I thought that "Legacy Era" was an in-universe designation. I will prospectively correct it in my articles :-)

(and thanks for reading my articles sufficiently to notice that I made that error a lot)

Regards,

RelentlessRecusant Talk • Contribs • Edits 21:53, October 15, 2009 (UTC)

RE: SOCOM
Hey Brandon,

Yeah it looks like the article will a substantial overhaul. As I'm used to Halo Fanon protocols, do you think you'd have a moment on the IRC tomorrow so I ask you on some advice on how to clean up the article to SW Fanon's standards?

Best regards,

RelentlessRecusant Talk • Contribs • Edits 05:19, October 16, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, I'll try to leave campus about after noon, if I can. Are you normally on? (haven't been on IRC for awhile) Thanks for making the time, RelentlessRecusant Talk • Contribs • Edits [[Image:Harvard Shield.jpg|25px]] 05:22, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

10-4
See you after lunch then?

Thanks a lot,

RelentlessRecusant Talk • Contribs • Edits 13:59, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

hey, sorry
Hey Brandon,

Sorry I missed you earlier -- my Internet off-campus is currently not working well, but I'm on IRC now.

Enjoy your weekend trip! If you're on, it'd be great to talk to you, but if not, I very much hope you enjoy your weekend.

Best regards,

RelentlessRecusant Talk • Contribs • Edits 19:45, October 16, 2009 (UTC)

hey
Hey Brandon,

Sorry for missing you on Friday — I'd love the chance to get in touch with you today (and sustain your withering criticisms :-P)

Let me know if you're free anytime this week.

Best regards,

RelentlessRecusant Talk • Contribs • Edits 15:37, October 18, 2009 (UTC)

Format
Hey when did we get that format for the book articles?- Chosen One So the Prophecy says... ''' 16:34, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah okay. Thanks. Do we need to still put a preface, publisher summary, etc. still?- Chosen One So the Prophecy says... ''' 16:38, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright thanks.- Chosen One So the Prophecy says... ''' 16:41, October 20, 2009 (UTC)

Demoting admins
How would one go about requesting the demotion of an administrator? A forum? Consensus track? Senate Hall? What? -- (Conference Room)  00:16, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * Because, for example, Gnosis is knowledge is listed as having SysOp abilities, yet Star Wars Fanon:Administrators list him as inactive (which he is, as he hasn't made an edit in over five months). If he is inactive, shouldn’t his rights be removed. The same goes to NKSCF, CBT, and Jasca Ducato. If they are "inactive", why aren't their rights removed? If not, a CT proposal may be on the way. --Wylindsig.png (Conference Room)  00:50, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * I didn't mean to imply them having them were harmful. But, IMO, administrators should be active and participating in editing. They're not, so why are the administrators? --Wylindsig.png (Conference Room)  01:05, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * While I respectfully disagree, I'll drop the matter. --Wylindsig.png (Conference Room)  01:12, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol. --Wylindsig.png (Conference Room)  01:16, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

RE: Hello
Hey Brandon,

Thanks for the welcoming message and the comment on my new article, which I hope isn't left to gather dust as i'm writing two fan-fiction stories at the moment, including the one on CC-0819 and one on Halo Fanon called "Islanded in a Stream of Stars". And another thanks for that formatting on my new article, i'm surprised that a fanon wiki has such a well established MOS, it's quite refreshing!

Well, have a good day!

Rawr, CommanderTony (Talk) 01:54, October 21, 2009 (UTC)


 * Sorry to hear that, if you need my assistance, i'd be happy to help! CommanderTony (Talk) 02:02, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

IRC
Could you come on as soon as you can, Rhea? Unit 8311 Talk!  17:24, October 22, 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, no problem. But I haven't recieved any emails. But I'll see what I can do anyway. Thanks. Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  19:38, October 22, 2009 (UTC)

Wikia's new "feature"
Have you checked out Wikia's newest feature yet? I almost want to say that the CUSWF staff could utilize this, almost. Oh, and I removed the from your page, it's been a couple of days since you returned. -- Josh Bender Talk 22:43, October 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, that's right, you aren't a CUSWF staff member anymore. Totally forgot about that.-- Josh Bender Talk 22:48, October 22, 2009 (UTC)

GuildWiki and NC-SA
Out of curiosity, how was the Guild Wiki able to have their content licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA instad of CC-BY-SA? - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 21:44, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * The GuildWiki originated outside Wikia on a network of wikis called "gamewikis". These wikis used the noncommercial license. Wikia bought Gamewikis, but the licensing of those wikis remained the same. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 21:51, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll reply here - as this seems to be your main talk, I'll watch this page too. GuildWiki was CC-NC-SA when it was founded, then, later - it was purchased by wikia (with significant drama). Wikia can't change the licence, as it would have to have permission by everyone who's ever edited, and that's impossible, so we're NC-SA instead of BY-SA. <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  21:50, October 23, 2009 (UTC)

Ah, OK, thanks for letting me know. I was hoping you guys had found a way to change it when Wikia changed its licensing a few months ago. That would've come in handy to avoid this magazine stuff. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to respond. I appreciate it! =D - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 21:53, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * You editconficted the same edit :) - sorry about the magazine stuff, you might still be able to disable it, see Mendel's CSS edit that got rid of ours <font color="Orange">Random <font color="Black">Time  22:01, October 23, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm going to add that. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 22:03, October 23, 2009 (UTC)
 * Users could still use Special:WikiaCollection. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 00:58, October 24, 2009 (UTC)
 * Disregard that. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 01:03, October 24, 2009 (UTC)

Will do. - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 02:03, October 24, 2009 (UTC)

Hi
Hi, I'm Lord David, new at this awesome wiki of SW invention... You know, I've just created my first article, Tokk Farfaya, could you please look at it? Thanks.--Lord David (Talk) 03:18, October 24, 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, you're right. I'm going to check the article and take out the word, and I already filled the image page with the information, but I have a question: How is possible creating one of those stories you create to explain the caracters and events? Acceptance, for instance.--Lord David (Talk) 13:26, October 24, 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for haven't specified. I'm a native speaker of english, from the UK.--Lord David (Talk) 22:12, October 24, 2009 (UTC)

Novel
Yes, of course you need to write, and I commend you for your word but, my other questions are: Hoy do you get the image of the cover, for example? How do you upload it? Do I need to upload it or how is it? Thanks for everything.--Lord David (Talk) 23:49, October 24, 2009 (UTC)

Assistance
Hey, Rhea. Sorry to bother you again, but could you just give me a quick list of all the things to include in the CUSWFN fanon updates? I do have something down, but owing to my RL matters lately I want to make sure I haven't missed anything out and that I've got everything, just to avoid embarassment. This part is my big weak spot in regards to the newsletter, so I hope you understand. If you're unable or unwilling, then that's cool, no problem. Thanks. Unit 8311 Talk!  15:36, October 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot, I really appreciate that. I think you had an inteview of yours geared for the upcoming issue? Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  16:33, October 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * If you've got it ready, could you email it to me please? Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  16:35, October 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks greatly. :) Anyway, I was asking because I was concerned over whether I had managed to include everything that needs including. I'd like to express my gratitude for clearing things up for me again. Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  16:39, October 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I've done a barebones one thus far, which covers a bit of what you listed, but if we agreed for you to do it--my memory is a bit hazy--then send it when you can, if that be the case. If not, I'll just make do. Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  16:45, October 25, 2009 (UTC)
 * Kk, thanks for clarifying. Send any interviews you've got when you can. Thanks. Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  16:52, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

Huh
There are a lot more rules here than on some other fanons I've worked on. But anyways, the drawing on my char's page is one drawn by me, and I'd like to prevent others from using it without permission, so which template do I use to state that? Takeshi57 (Talk) 23:06, October 25, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the help, I'm going to add an image from another wiki, but it's got a fairuse template for it's licensing and I'm new to copyrighting and such so does that mean I can use it or not? - Takeshi57 (Talk) 23:20, October 25, 2009 (UTC)

Answer
Yes, I am. I have 2 Wiki accounts and didn't know which one I had previously made Sadow Yatsumaru with. And yes, I am working with Takeshi57.


 * Yeah. So I should just use User:Sadow Yatsumaru or User:Sadow-sama from now on?

Sounds alright to me. Thanks for addressing me on this matter.

RE: Lack of IP edits
Thanks for letting me know. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 23:25, October 26, 2009 (UTC)

Thanks
I wasn't going to make a new message for this, but whatever. Thanks for fixing the Stass Allie category. I tried to get rid of the Fair Use category after I realized I shouldn't put it there, but it wouldn't let me. Thanks again. Chosen One So the Prophecy says... ''' 18:25, October 28, 2009 (UTC)

RE: Star Wars Fanon users category
My apologies. -- (Conference Room)  18:27, October 30, 2009 (UTC)

Delete these
Can you please delete these articles if this isn't time wasting? Thank you, JEA13  [ iTalk  ]

RE:CoS
I would love to be on the Council, and I feel really honored to have been asked to be on it. I would have the time to commit to it, so go ahead and put me on that nomination page! ---Ping(JediCommando) 15:01, November 1, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Vote
Thanks. I'll do that. Cyril Khan (Talk) 23:09, November 1, 2009 (UTC)

Reminder

 * You owe some stuff, just to remind you. ;) Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 16:25, November 2, 2009 (UTC)

Interviews
Hey, Rhea. Just wanted to know if the interviews are ready and if not when I can expect them. I have most of the stuff done, just waiting for those. If you've sent them, then clearly there's a problem on your end or mine. Unit 8311 Talk!  17:58, November 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * No, I checked, and it's not there. Are you sure you didn't misspell my address in the process? I can go onto IRC to reconfirm it if need be. Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  18:19, November 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I'm stumped. How many variations are there for sending an email?  Unit 8311 [[Image:1110 Big small.jpg|20px]] Talk!  18:31, November 2, 2009 (UTC)

Rancor/Template
The Rancor is semi-sentient, not non-sentient. Just incase that changes the upper case rule for the categories.- Chosen One So the Prophecy says... ''' 22:57, November 3, 2009 (UTC)
 * Would a Mandalorian Bounty Hunter/Jedi use the Mandalorian, Bounty Hunter or Jedi infobox? I would like to have the right one, since one of my articles has that as an issue. Chosen One So the Prophecy says... ''' 14:32, November 4, 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks for the reply.- Chosen One So the Prophecy says... ''' 17:15, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

RE: Log action removal
I'm uninvolved, but just leaving this message to help as much as possible The action you've requested is an "Oversight". Users with the capability are really rare (even WP-EN only has 20), and they're only willing to oversight edits in really extreme cases. I know for a fact that Jimbo Wales has it, but he's usually caught up with the business affairs of the Wikimedia Foundation, as well as Wikia, so he doesn't have time to read and answer requests from his users. As for oversighting the creation of an account, you can't do that since that stuff has to be permanently stored by the servers. Again just dropping by to provide my input. Here's the talkpage I check most, if you'd like to reply to me. Gp75motorsports (talk) 21:08, November 4, 2009 (UTC)

Spotlight on Central
Haha, thanks for fixing the request for spotlight that I made on central. I just clicked the "Post Comment" button XD. Believe it or not, I do actually have some wikia experience. Thanks again, Ajr

Dinopedia Advice
Thanks for the help. I really appreciate it. -- Mattkenn3 Talk 02:57, November 5, 2009 (UTC)

Getting rid of MyHome
Ausir from Fallout Wiki here. How did you do it? :) Ausir(talk) 16:48, November 5, 2009 (UTC)
 * Add the following to your local MediaWiki:Monaco.js:

<pre style="overflow:auto;"> /* killing the My Home thingy */ if( wgPageName == 'Special:MyHome' ) { window.location = wgServer + wgScriptPath + '/wiki/' + wgMainpage; }
 * --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 17:13, November 5, 2009 (UTC)

Antidar
Could you get on IRC so we could discuss this perhaps?-- Josh Bender Talk 06:31, November 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Never mind, it's late.-- Josh Bender Talk 06:59, November 6, 2009 (UTC)

Suggestions
Seeing as how either yours or my email is on strike, I was wondering if you could give the CUSWFN stuff via IRC. I know it may sound like a pain, but it's the only practical option I can think of right now. Unit 8311 Talk!  14:14, November 7, 2009 (UTC)

Personal Sandbox
Are we all allowed to have like a workspace page? If so, how should I go about creating one? Sirak Sazen (Talk) 20:58, November 7, 2009 (UTC)

Antidar's bio
I'm emailing you Antidar's bio via the email you provided. It should come from nightmare975[at]gmail.com. If you have any questions, concerns, problems, feel free to contact me.-- Josh Bender Talk 06:34, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

CoS
Thanks for the welcome! Can't wait to review some more articles.---Ping(JediCommando) 16:57, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

Re: Comment
I was only having the 4,000 and 2,500 options because I wanted this proposal to be a tie-breaker.-- Josh Bender Talk 21:26, November 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * The 5,000 was placed since all proposal should have a "leave as is" option, but I see what you mean. Perhaps we could at least remove the 1,000 since there were no votes for it last time?-- Josh Bender Talk 21:37, November 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay then.-- Josh Bender Talk 21:39, November 8, 2009 (UTC)

Spotlight Request
Hi. Star Wars Fanon is in good shape and I've added it to the spotlight list. I'd encourage you to consider dropping the mainpage protection to "autoconfirmed" for edit and see if the vandalism problems recur; while you definitely had a lot of vandalism problems in the past that was 3 years ago (2006) and the only vandalism when it was briefly unprotected in 2007 was from an anonymous user.... -- <font color="Blue">Wendy (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 20:48, November 9, 2009 (UTC)

Tak Sakaros/POV
Brandon,

Wylind and I are having something of a difference of opinion, concerning this article. As you will see, he has tagged it with a "Neutrality" template. As you may see from his comments on my talk page here, and my replies here, this seems to stem from the use of such words as "powerful", "talented", and the like.

It seems to me that eliminating such words entirely is disingenuous. For example, take Count Dooku in the real SW universe. It would not be considered subjective to describe him as "powerful"; in fact, most of the written works that include him use this very expression at least once, as well as lavishing praise on his lightsaber talent. It does not suggest that no one is more powerful; Yoda, Sidious, and Anakin Skywalker clearly prove that. But I don't think the existence of more powerful figures should or does suggest that a particular Force user is not powerful.

I have been very careful to avoid superlatives ("the most powerful"), as opposed to comparatives ("powerful", "more powerful", and in a narrow context "one of the most powerful"). All of this was done for the very neutrality Wylind mentions; establishing the character in question as talented at what he does, but not absurdly so, or to a level insulting to other characters. In fact, I believe I have done a fair job presenting the character in question (Tak Sakaros) as a man with quite a few weaknesses and failures, in addition to his successes.

I feel that describing a well-trained, Force-using character with such words as "powerful", and sparingly using stronger terms for areas in which that character specializes (such as lightsaber combat, for Tak) is an honest, objective presentation of the character. I would, however, be very grateful for your thoughts and/or clarifications on the matter.

Sakaros (Talk) 22:44, November 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * To clarify, then, the simple addition of the word "comparatively", or the slightly more ponderous "compared to [subject of comparison]", without changing any other wording, would suffice to remove the Point-of-View and Neutrality issues? Sakaros (Talk) 22:56, November 9, 2009 (UTC)

Re:Tak Sakaros/POV
I offer an example of a possible rewrite, to see if it is what you're looking for. The introductory paragraph currently reads:


 * "Takariak Sakaros (tuh-KAH-ree-ahk suh-KAH-ros), known almost universally simply as Tak Sakaros, was a Sith Lord who lived during the time of the Old Republic, through the Empire, and into the New Republic. One of very few remaining members of the Sith species, Sakaros was a phenomenally talented lightsaber duelist and a powerful Force user, as well as a skilled tactician and general.  Despite his messianic hatred of the Jedi, his contempt for Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader led him to occasionally ally with the New Republic against the Imperial Remnant."

A potential rewrite, based on the guidance you have offered thus far, might be:


 * "Takariak Sakaros (tuh-KAH-ree-ahk suh-KAH-ros), known almost universally simply as Tak Sakaros, was a Sith Lord who lived during the time of the Old Republic, through the Empire, and into the New Republic. One of very few remaining members of the Sith species, Sakaros was a phenomenally talented lightsaber duelist (compared to those of his time) and a relatively powerful Force user, in the grand scheme of things, as well as a skilled tactician and general, in light of his relatively low casualties and high rate of victories (compared to other military forces).  Despite his messianic hatred of the Jedi, his contempt for Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader led him to occasionally ally with the New Republic against the Imperial Remnant."

In a writing sense, I have to confess I despise the latter version; it seems like excessively legalistic prose, so burdened down by assurances that it can not possibly be misinterpreted as to render actual ease of reading impossible and clarity endangered. However, if (as Wylind seemed to imply), people might actually start deleting my articles if they are not rewritten in the latter format, I will suck it up, grit my teeth, and make the edits.

If, by chance, you could write an example of what you would consider to be an acceptable rewrite of this paragraph that removes the issues you see in the first version but avoids the mental pain that accompanies reading the second version, I would be immensely grateful.

Sakaros (Talk) 23:10, November 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * I understand the administrators' desire for prompt action. However, my computer (which is now a couple years old) and my browser have some trouble with the length of the Tak Sakaros article, and consequently I will need to copy/paste the edit text into Microsoft Word and check it point by point there. Thus, it may take a few days. May I request that, if administrators have complaints about other character articles I have written, they voice them and NPOV tag the articles in question now, so that I can do one clean sweep and put this business firmly behind me? Thanks in advance, and for your thoughts on ways to edit. Sakaros (Talk) 02:04, November 10, 2009 (UTC)

Some thoughts about the main page
I may not be an admin, but I just want to say that there really isn't a reason to have it protected anymore. Everything on the page is pretty much a template that everyone can edit (and that should remain that way). Our administrators are great and combating vandalism for a while and I don't see vandals being a problem here anymore. On the other hand, I don't see why we should unprotect it either. Since everything is done with the templates, there's no need for anyone to edit the page. I hope these thoughts help you and the other admins in working this out.-- Josh Bender Talk 03:40, November 10, 2009 (UTC)

IRC
Can you see me on IRC when you can, Rhea? Thanks. Unit 8311 Talk!  20:06, November 10, 2009 (UTC)

Against All Odds errors
Hi, do you think you could tell me what's messed up on this article so I can correct it? Thanks Ty294  {Talk}  02:37, November 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * Ah I see. I guess I wasn't thinking about POV in this sort of article. Ty294  {Talk}  03:06, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

Two questions:
I need to ask you about a couple of things:

1. I wanna start a comic series. Would it work just to upload the comic pictures onto some image hosting site then directly linking to them on the page like this: And so on?
 * "Comic Image Link 1"
 * "Comic Image Link 2"

2. At the moment, my "bad guy" characters are Hitler and the Nazis who are teleported into the known galaxy just before their final defeat in Berlin. I just wanted to make sure you didn't think this was to erm... controversial.

Ty294 {Talk}  23:08, November 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * Ok now, if I'm uploading the images here. How do I format the article/page? Ty294  {Talk}  23:18, November 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * You made me with that title! Anyway, thanks for the help.  Ty294  {Talk}  23:28, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

Tomfoolery of the devious, decisive Arav
Hey Rhea. I just firstly want to mention that the site is great, there is an influx of general contributions from the community. Second, as you have already known, I have become a drifted from this site, as I have not edited it as much as I used to. I get outdoors more and friends are the key to a happy, long life. So back to my main reason for talking to you is that I want to get off my chest that I am a sockpuppetere. When I was banned by Sqishy for being underage, I could not stand being torn from using this site. So I created Dark Knight to persuade Vic into accepting me to the site, acting as General Arav's friend. I know this is very minor as it caused no damage but I deeply follow a tradition of self respect and truthfulness so that's why I want to mention it now. I also created about three other accounts in case of Dark Knight being banned, but never used them. I never intended to vandalize or cause disruption to the site. So there, that's all. --<font color=Red>Undersith <font color=#801818>(<font color=Black>IT"S A TRAP! ) <font color=#801818>(<font color=Black>Sith Happens ) 03:32, November 14, 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. Unfortunately, I can't remember the exact account names. One I think had a name like Kit Fisto. I'll check the account registration statistics. --<font color=Red>Undersith <font color=#801818>(<font color=Black>IT"S A TRAP! ) <font color=#801818>(<font color=Black>Sith Happens ) 23:38, November 14, 2009 (UTC)