User talk:Brandon Rhea

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CCS
Sorry. I just checked the page history, and ITCO's summary said "new page". This was what I misinterpreted.&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 19:24, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

I still new here and it's the first Wikia I joined ^^ I'm still Learning my ways around. I Already had some help of the user TK-999 with other articles, unfortunately he deleted my contribution to the site Cassidy Courier Services. First I didn't understand why but I got now. Because I'm the Chosen One created the article in the first so TK-999 needed deleted my contribution...

but everything is resolved now :D Thank you for the help.

And TK-999 no hard feelings you just did your job ;) --G@mbit (Talk) 20:04, March 22, 2011 (UTC)

HTML help
Hi Brandon! After a flawed experiment to attempt to create the same userbox container as the one on my Wookieepedia userpage, I gave up, as here I could not get the same result; namely, the section titles did not want to go to the center and the entire thing was mere Sith ∑hit. Could you please help? Thank you.&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 16:59, March 23, 2011 (UTC) Thanks!&mdash; TK-999  (Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 17:39, March 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * I added SWF userboxes into it, which might have been the cause, as the Wookieepedian userboxes share the same root (like the Imperial Fleet), while our userboxes are somewhat ragtag (like the Alliance Fleet).&mdash; TK-999  IAF_Logo.jpg(Diplomatic channel · Campaign of conquest) 17:31, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

Reborn Sith (free-edit)
Hi Brandon, I wrote a page called Reborn Sith (free-edit) for my fanmade Season 4 of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I was thinking if you and other editors can help expand the article and write ideas. Let me tell you a little bit about what is going to happen. The first episode will be about when Obi-Wan, Anakin, Ahsoka, and Siri arrive to the Valley of the Dark Lords and encounter resurrected sith from The Brotherhood of Darkness, c. 1,000 BBY. The sith that would be resurrected are: Kaan, Githany, Darth Bane, Sirak, and other sith lords. When I was at wookieepedia, I noticed sad that Githany turned to the dark side and died as a sith. But when she returns, Obi-Wan will spare her and will redeem herself back to the light side. I hope you'll since yo utold me to create articles with free-edits, and that is what I;m going to do. It's hard to think of some ideas to add. Well, I hope you'll help, and may the force be with you.--Spenpiano (Talk) 21:03, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

Images
Hi Brandon, I have still one question left... How do I upload a picture for the CCS Article? I get a error when I try to upload one

I go to "Community", "New images" I use "Add a Photo"... "Upload a Photo to the Wiki" and in the end I get this "Permission error"...

Permission error = "The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: Autoconfirmed users, Sysop, Wikia Staff, Helpers."

So do you know what I do wrong? Or how do I become a "Autoconfirmed user"? --G@mbit (Talk) 23:21, March 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * I was gonna say that email thing, but I didn't want to be wrong with policy for the 5th time this month. - I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 23:54, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

That is a laboUrious task. WhilST I root you on, you will need luck on your side, chum.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 00:03, March 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * Why, I am shocked....I can't believe you would resort to insults. You will rue the day you messed with the ITCO. I have pets on my side.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 00:16, March 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * You also need to confirm your e-mail address. Have you done that? - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 23:51, March 23, 2011 (UTC)

That could be the problem. When I created my account here I used an old e-mail adress. This e-mail adress is no longer valid. I realized after I created my account, so I changed to my currently one. I only got an e-mail to verify my new e-mail adres. --G@mbit (Talk) 08:31, March 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * Did you click the confirmation link? - Brandon Rhea Alliance Starbird.svg (talk) 16:35, March 24, 2011 (UTC)

"Your e-mail address has now been confirmed.
 * Yes it did... I did click on the link and I was forwarded and got this masage:

Welcome!

With thousands of communities on Wikia, there are many ways to have fun here.

Spend some time getting to know Wikia by visiting our help wiki, reading interesting and cool pages, writing content on your favorite subjects, or meeting other members of the community.

The Wikia Community Team"

The funny thing is when I click the link in this message and go to the "http://help.wikia.com/" I can upload images there, but still not on Swfanon.wikia.com...

When you use the link you can see my problem: http://help.wikia.com/wiki/File:Swfanon-wikia-com.png and http://help.wikia.com/wiki/File:Swfanon-wikia-com2.png

--G@mbit (Talk) 19:12, March 24, 2011 (UTC)

American spelling rule
Hi Brandon. Since the Senate Hall forum I started has been archived, I figure this is an opportunity to regroup regarding the policy about American spelling. I don't know if an amendment is still on the cards, but I thought I'd share my own thoughts about it. Hope you don't mind.

Wookieepedia uses American spelling. I find this reasonable, since as you pointed out, much of the source material is written that way. However, source material on this site is not Star Wars canon, it's the fanon written by the site's editors. In some cases, fanon may be rooted in Star Wars canon (just as Halo Fanon Wiki, for example, requires that everything on the site must conform to established Halo canon), but this isn't necessarily the case. Your Alternative Saga is a perfect example of a fanon series that is inspired by but completely independent of main canon. It may be appropriate to require that more generic articles (free edit articles like Jedi Knight, or disambig articles like Anakin Skywalker) be written in American spelling, in line with Star Wars canon, but I do not think pages relating to a personal fanon universe should be subject to such requirements.

When I was looking through other wikis to see their policies on spelling, I noticed that TARDIS wiki generally prefers British spelling but lists numerous exceptions for which American spelling is better (e.g. for American-published comics). The wording is also clearer and less strict than the one currently used here. Rather than mandating that British spelling must be used, it says only that British spelling is preferred and that users "reserve the right" to edit pages so they conform to British spelling standards. Judging by your discussion with ITCO, I would guess a change to this sort of wording would be more acceptable to existing users than removing the rule entirely.

Finally, as I mentioned on the forum, Wikipedia (like other sites that use Wikipedia's MoS) doesn't prefer either type of English but does require pages to be internally consistent. This, I think, is key. No matter what the policy is, or what type of English a page uses, every page should be consistent with itself.

Anyway, those are my feelings. Chances are that most of these things have occurred to you already, but I'm sharing them anyway. I'd be interested to hear your opinions on the matter. -- Supermorff (Talk) 21:58, March 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * Well how about just saying American English is preferred/recommended for all free edit articles, without the "reserve the right" comment? -- Supermorff (Talk) 22:12, March 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * It's very tricky. We want a description that covers all of the canon disambiguation pages (like Anakin Skywalker and Juno Eclipse, etc) as well as pages that are intended to cover a canon topic on behalf of multiple (arbitrarily many) fanons, whether or not the pages also serve as disambiguation (like Jedi Knight or Lightsaber). (Incidentally, I'm surprised there's no link to Lightsaber (ASWS) from the main Lightsaber page.) All of these pages will be free edit in addition to this. Are there any other sorts of pages we'd want to include? -- Supermorff (Talk) 22:58, March 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey, that's fine by me. That template was one of the things I was using to identify relevant pages anyway. I assume the wording will be refined further once other users have had a say, too. -- Supermorff (Talk) 23:09, March 24, 2011 (UTC)

Accounts
Jaksist Vos was my old one and I can't log on with it so I'd like to get rid of that one--Jax Vos (Talk) 22:32, March 24, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you

Bonjour

 * Good day to you Brandon, long time no see. I must say that I am delighted to see that things are still as I left them, in regards to the community. Anyway just wanted to pop in, say hello, see how you are doing, as well as numerous other users, and pop right back out. TroybShadowFeed[[Image:CIS Fleet.jpg|48px]] 23:20, March 26, 2011 (UTC)


 * I would like too, however requirements at home, a Federal Election on May 2nd and other things will not permit to. However that being said a return sometime during the summer would be possible, and during that time you will see a revamp of my current articles, since they do not reflect my current abilities. I will try and stay connected, but it will mostly be in patches here, and patches there. 23:57, March 26, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Editing
The edit padding thing was a joke. I put it there legitimately because I thought it might have been right. I did not do it to pad the stats. Anyway, sorry about that.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 06:31, March 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I thought that you wanted the thing since you introduced it to the site, but I guess not. By the way, the duplicate post was an error, not a stat pad. My computer is processing sort of slow at the moment, so I don't know when something goes through. Anyway, message received.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 06:35, March 27, 2011 (UTC)

Right. I was aware that PDF files were not really covered or something like that because of the exchange between you and Nightmare on that blog. That was also what confused me. The story was not in PDF format, so I wasn't really sure if you wanted it or not for the non-PDF stuff. That reason and the "you introduced it to the wikia" reason were influential in my decision. - I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 06:42, March 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * Affirmative. I will stick to assumptions with other's copyleft stuff. And not this kind of . - I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 06:49, March 27, 2011 (UTC)

Don't fall onto too many rock on the way down. I inter--oh shoot, I just remembered. I intuited hell as being a dimension of space below ground with many sharp rocks. Intuition is the key.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 07:07, March 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * I am hooked on a feeling, a BAD feeling. A feeling that all your base will now belong to US (United States). I have the Angel of Death and the 88th Form IV Master on my side. What do you have? The Jesus Patrick Bach and the StarWarsRP clan? Good luck. For I am the Chosen One. What was I Chosen for? I don't exactly know.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 07:17, March 27, 2011 (UTC)

Mission to Mustafar (19 BBY)
I have changed it and is this enough or do i need to do more?.--TyphussJediVader (Talk) 00:03, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

I did more, i have changed the wording. Does this look fine to you.--TyphussJediVader (Talk) 00:33, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

I have added fanon to my page. So can it be moved back to Mission to Mustafar (19 BBY).--TyphussJediVader (Talk) 12:03, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

Template:Treaty
Hey Brandon, I was looking for a Treaty infobox template and noticed that we didn't have one. How would I make one, similar to this? King of the Dugs  (Blab with me)  14:09, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * YAY! An early birthday gift, 2 days early! Thanks, Brandon! King of the Dugs  (Blab with me)  16:05, March 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * One more thing before I shut up: How do I make an era symbol? I want to make ASEsymbol3.jpg into an "Acrolian Star Empire Era" symbol, but I ain't sure how. King of the Dugs  (Blab with me)  16:33, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

Pics
why can't I put a new photo on here?--Jax Vos (Talk) 16:40, March 28, 2011 (UTC)

Hey Brandon just wanted to let you know that my script is now 25 and a half pages done. But I'm nowwhere near being done. (just thought you would like to know.) Dar&#39;jetti (Talk) 19:27, March 29, 2011 (UTC)

Ha
I just saw the article making fun of my New CIS article, I loved it. I saw your comment and it honestly does make more sense than the original. But trust me, the long needed overhall is in the stages of being completed. TroybShadowFeed 23:00, March 31, 2011 (UTC)

User of the Month and Stuff
Brandon, Now that it is the first of April, I would like to thank you again for nominating me for User of the Month.

And another thing. However stupid this question may be, are we supposed to categorize images when we upload them? Because I just realized that I have never done that....  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 13:18, April 1, 2011 (UTC)

RE: Permission
In terms of actual modification, I cropped it, removed some elements, re-colored various items on the image specifically for my article, and modified the hue saturation of the entire image. Overall, in the scheme of things, it wasn't that much, but it took me alot of time to actually get a convincing result. I guess it started to feel like mine. My apologies if the rules are against me.  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 23:33, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * No, I don't. What I did was watch the episode online, paused it, and used Window's "Snipping Tool" to take the image I wanted. Then I opened it in GIMP, cropped it, and did the rest of the aforementioned edits. I would give you the snipped image, but my computer's hard drive had to be erased recently.  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 16:03, April 2, 2011 (UTC)

Sorry
Sorry about getting you banned on Wookieepedia.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 23:41, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * You're missing out on a conversation almost entirely about you in IRC. Congratulations. Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 05:48, April 2, 2011 (UTC)

RE:Message
Nice to hear from you again Brandon. You actually messaged me at a good time. I'm bringing a band of guys that I RP'd with on JK Files (we highjacked one of the comments sections) over here to begin working on artices for our RP story. Two are already signed up and hopefully expect 3 more soon. So, hopefully you'll have 5 new members by tomorrow. :) Ty294  (Talk)  21:04, April 2, 2011 (UTC)

Gungan Jedi
Hi Brandon, I like to ask you a question. I read two articles about two Gungan Jedi named Kosa-Yin Hadu and Kin-Ya Dosun. I knew that Kosa-Yin Hadu has fallen to the dark side, but is it possible that he might appear in The Star Wars Clone Wars: Season Four. When I watched the teaser trailer of Season 4, I saw General Grievous battle a Gungan. Do you think it might be Kosa-Yin Hadu who must've redeemed himself and turned back to the light side during the Clone Wars? If it's true, I would like to write my own fan-made article about him if the real article will be seen in the wookieepedia in the future. Please let me know when Star Wars Clone Wars: Season Four arrives, because I'm thrilled of seeing it.--Spenpiano (Talk) 21:28, April 2, 2011 (UTC)

I see, but do you sometimes watch the Clone Wars? It's just I don't what will happen. I wonder if there will be new enemies in the series like the Believers, a force-sensitive cult. Tell me, have you heard about the Believers?--Spenpiano (Talk) 00:12, April 3, 2011 (UTC)

I have this problem
Hi, sorry if this is the spot to post, but I have this problem on my profile page. The words are overlapping on the picture. Sorry, I'm new here, but thanks for reading!--Garyn Dakari (Talk) 22:08, April 3, 2011 (UTC)Garyn

Thanks!--Garyn Dakari (Talk) 22:08, April 3, 2011 (UTC)Garyn

Hello
Hey, Brandon. I was wondering if you could help me out with article writing. Namely individual characters and bias. I think I know how to create ship articles, like this one: Karakas Enforcer The problems I am having are pretty much everything else. Heh. Sounds silly, I know. The main issue is I have absolutely no idea how to create an article about a character. (IE, a main character, or a minor one. Pretty much any kind.) The other sticking point is bias. The only example I know of is this: Uberweapon I did not try to make it's article sound biased, but the thing is, I'm basing the Uberweapon off of a ship that I created in my mind when I was a little boy. A ship to dwarf all others in size, power, abilities, etc. And now that I have a chance to use that mental image, I want to give it a certain "Intimidating" feel to it, you know, make it feel special, but it seems like I can't do that without making it sound biased. I'd really like some help on this. Oh, and be sure to read the Dawnbreaker series when it comes out! (The name was my idea. I play as the Gatekeeper.) Anyway, thanks for any help. JA_394 (Talk) 21:59, April 4, 2011 (UTC)

I'd appreciate it if you did that with the Uberweapon. The character layout was what I was looking for, by the way. I'll get started on my main character (Gatekeeper) and wait for a response, if that is okay.

RE: Darth Sabbath
No i havent made myself a new acount my friend needed help setting up so he gave me him user name and password on Skype so that is why i think it is saying that our I.P address is the same.Darth Perseus (Talk) 19:36, April 5, 2011 (UTC)

Gatekeeper
I finally finished my article on The Gatekeeper. (It's ok if I have the "The" in his name, right? It just doesn't sound right without it.) As the Dawnbreaker series moves along, I'm going to add more to it. Anyway, I check in today, and it had several tags on it. So, I basically re-worded a good part of it, and I think it's ok now, but the tags are still there. I said I'd let you know when the article is finished, and I did. It's finished for now, and if you don't mind I'd like some advice on how o improve it further. Thanks! JA 394 (Talk) 21:22, April 5, 2011 (UTC)

Images
Hey Brandon, Not to bother you again, as I am so fond of doing :), but I recently noticed a message Trak had left this user that concerned "fanon theft" of images modified by users and intended for specific articles. I quote:

"That image was edited by Goodwood and thus intended for usage only in the articles that related to that particular saber. That saber was not a free-use image and you should have acquired permission prior to using it, else it is considered "fanon stealing." Please, when using images, make sure that the image isn't intended for use for a specific article, and if it is, please make sure to ask permission before you use it."

This is what I was talking to you about earlier, an issue that was left unresolved. I recently noticed another user who used my modified images without permission, and to tell it truthfully, I'm quite bothered by all this. Sorry to annoy you with yet another thing.  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 02:11, April 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok, but more on the technical side, does it legally count as my image? Because ITCO jumped all over me in saying that since it isn't "completely original" it can be used by anyone. I mean, after all, it was intended for a specific article.  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 02:18, April 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * I meant "legality" as in internal policy. I ain't gonna tell them to remove the images, I'm just gonna tell them to ask for permission.  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 02:35, April 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * Job done. Thing is, I'm fine in general with people using my stuff, though it would be nice if people asked me first, that's all.  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 02:45, April 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * I see. I never knew we had more copyright templates than those found in the images dropbar. I shall do that. Thanks.  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 02:57, April 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * First it's internal policy then it's legality. :) Just kidding. Which creative commons license should I use then?  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 03:34, April 6, 2011 (UTC)
 * Got it. Feel free to smack me the next time I accidentally claim full ownership over something. Next time, I may unwittingly claim a whole season of the Clone Wars as my own. =P  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 03:44, April 6, 2011 (UTC)

New short story
Hello, Brandon. I've begun posting the first draft of the new short The Suppression so you could preview it, since it involves B'Rhea (and from his point of view). Feel free to let me know what you think, since I'm still polishing it up. &mdash; Fiolli  {Alpheridies University ComNet} 02:55, April 6, 2011 (UTC)

Acrolian Star Empire
Hey Brandon! Look who's back! :P

But really, recently Trak contacted me, telling me that my nominated good article, Acrolian Star Empire, was worthy of being moved to featured article status, much like what you did for my other article, Acrolis. Can you move it to the appropriate place?

Thanks,  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 14:24, April 6, 2011 (UTC)

quick question
Hey Brandon, just a quick question. Is it possible to source a non-wiki site in a quote and how would you do it? Ty294 (Talk)  21:22, April 6, 2011 (UTC)

Hey
Quick question: Are you an angel? I heard the deep space pilots talk about them. They're the busiest creatures in the universe. They live on the blocks of, I think.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 21:40, April 7, 2011 (UTC)

Bad faith
I hate to bother you, but Goodwood wrongfully deleted an article in bad faith and threw accusations against me. I request that Colossal-class Star Destroyer be restored. He deleted it because he thought it was a joke and POINT, without it going to delete talk. Which I believe it is required to do. I also did not specifically state it was a joke article or a POINT article, so Goodwood assumed bad faith in that deletion, without consulting me. He also, as I perceived it, threatened me by stating "Let that be a warning to you." I just hope you can clear this up without him continuing this behavior, since he broke about three rules there. (This is not a joke).- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 09:42, April 9, 2011 (UTC)

Vandal
Vandal has attacked the wikia.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 22:28, April 9, 2011 (UTC)

Administrator
Hey Brandon, I realize that Goodwood and Trak were elected to be administrators last year, but I recently discovered that ITCO is not an administrator, despite all the great work he has done for the wikia. What would you say if I were to nominate him?  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 22:59, April 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * How would one be nominated for rollback rights?  King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 23:08, April 9, 2011 (UTC)

That article
As you requested, the article was restored and then put up for deletion. 23:05, April 9, 2011 (UTC)

Goodwood
Hey, I'd like you to evaluate Goodwood's effectiveness as a channel op. He is immature and extremely insulting. He also banned me from the channel for not wanting to here it. I sincerely think you should revoke those channel rights (I am not saying admin rights, just his op status on IRC.) I have a record of his attack on me, in case you'd like to verify my gripe.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 23:26, April 10, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well I haven't been the one to start this garbage, but I will apologize for escalating it or making it a nagging problem. Sent the e-mail.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 00:14, April 11, 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I will just ignore him to prevent further problems. Sorry for the disturbance.- I'm the Chosen One You must see it... 00:23, April 11, 2011 (UTC)

UOTM
So I never got my UOTM barnstar with which to flaunt my new-found prowess from the top of my userpage, so is it alright if I make it myself?

 King of the Dugs  (Blab with me) 19:20, April 11, 2011 (UTC)

RE:Second Hutt War
Hahaha, yep, I was writing up an article for the war so that there would be some reference to it here. If you're making the article, I'll copy what I've got to a word document and we can compare versions when you're done. Thanks for letting me know. --- Ten Tailed Fox 16:47, April 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * It pretty much is a c/p from Star Wars RP, but yes, I will be reworking it when I have some more time on my hands and making it more neutral instead of pro-Lettow and anti-Bogan. --- Ten Tailed Fox 18:10, April 13, 2011 (UTC)


 * Alright. I'm about to go to work. Should be back around 6 o'clock Central time. If you don't mind, when I get back, I'd like to add to the articles where I can. Also, if you need any help archiving information from SWRP on here (making articles, updating articles on that stuff, etc) feel free to hit me up. I always enjoy doing that kind of stuff. --- Ten Tailed Fox 19:15, April 13, 2011 (UTC)

StarWarsRP downtime
Hey bac, I don't know if its just my comp messing with me again or if the forums are really down. Are we having another database error issue? --- Ten Tailed Fox 18:54, April 14, 2011 (UTC)