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''Welcome, my apprentice. For I have seen that soon you too will kneel before me, and call me master, in one way or another! Darth tom'' Sith Academy 18:30, 1 February 2008 (UTC)



Well, I decided that my old talk page was getting a bit long, so now there's this new one! Please, feel free to leave me a message!

Crossword
Sure. I'll even help make it. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  12:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh. As soon as I get your message, I tackled my article and came up with... a lot more than twelve puzzle words... O.o And I don't think I'd be able to write an article on the live action series. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  13:30, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, I have no idea. I just got out some graph paper and started forming one with what words I found important. Right now I'm transferring that to Photoshop. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  14:06, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Image:TulakCross.jpg However, I 'X'ed' out the window where I had the questions, so I'll retype them here, though it may take a few minutes. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  14:57, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The answers are here: I uploaded it on a separate server so people couldn't see the answers.

Down:

1. What was the name of Tulak's son? 2. Tulak was skilled with what? 3. Chirene left Tulak because she feared for her ________. 5. Tulak became the Dark Lord's Dark ___________. 6. What was the highest number of lightsabers Tulak could wield at once? 7. What was the name of Tulak's first master's race? 8. Whom did Tulak meet aboard the living ship? 10. What was the name of the living ship? 11. What was the name of the first robot? 12. What was the name of Tulak's stolen personal vessel? 15. What was Tulak's wife's maiden name? 16. The living ship was a _________ ship.

Across:

2. The living ship ran off of what? 4. Who preformed Tulak's marriage ceremony? 6. What was the name of the Shistavanen Tulak was so intent on killing? 9. What was the name of the Dark Lord? 11. At their wedding, Tulak and Chirene performed the Union of ____________. 13. The refinery where Tulak hid was ________ Acids. 14. Tulak hated the _______. 17. Who looted Tulak's tomb? 18. Tulak died in a pool of ________. 19. What was the name of the robot that nearly killed Chirene? 20. Where did Chirene seek refuge from Tulak? 21. What was Tulak's home planet?

- Solus (Bird of Prey)  15:08, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * You are very welcome. I had fun doing it - perhaps I could do it next time. Just tell me what article you want done. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  15:10, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * That's fine, but you should probably add it to my user page, and not my talk page. :p - Solus (Bird of Prey)  15:17, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  15:30, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Pho Ph'eah
Since it's about this weeks FAs/GAs, yes. Because that's a current event thing, you don't need my permission to use my articles on the FA/GA update page. - President Brandon Rhea  (Pressroom) (Record) 16:36, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll also be doing the Ichi Go part. As a DL and an HP, that's the only page I'm really concerned with right now. - President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] (Pressroom) (Record) 18:41, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. It's not done yet though. The buttons in the menu on top don't work. Also, refresh a few times if you haven't figured it out yet. There's four different backgrounds: the Galactic Senate, Jabba's Palace in the Dune Sea, an overview shot of Theed and a shot of the cloning facility on Kamino. I chose these because they are currently the locations visited in the completed chapters of The Chosen One. - President Brandon Rhea  (Pressroom) (Record) 19:00, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The Chosen One has been on this wiki for awhile, in it's incomplete form. Click here and then go down to the table of contents. I have the prologue through Chapter Thirteen done, and I'll be making some revisions to a few of the chapters today and in the next few days. - President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] (Pressroom) (Record) 19:57, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I'd love to get my entire saga published, but it's unlikely. I mean, it is an alternate universe story that doesn't fit with the current Star Wars canon, so it'd be hard to convince anyone of publishing it. But, still, it'd be nice to see it happen, but as Atarumaster88 said about his own work "...that'll happen about the time George Lucas gives the author Leland Chee's job". Anyway, if you'd like to talk about it in the newsletter, then go ahead. What did you have in mind for it? I do have to say, though, that if you plan on doing it then you need to read every segment I've released so far, since it'd be pointless to talk about Chapters 1-5 while I'm working on Chapter Fourteen. - President Brandon Rhea  (Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 20:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright. I don't want to see it just be two or three paragraphs of nothing but praise, though. If it's going to be anything, it should be a review. You can give a brief recap of it starting with the prologue and up to (and including) Chapter Thirteen. Then you can give your analysis of it and all that. I'm only telling you this because I don't want it to just be "OMG this is great read this!" - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 20:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

It's the adjectives you use, such as "fantastic". There's nothing really wrong with that, but stuff like that seems to be overused in your pieces. It's the same with Meet the User, which should be more objective. For example, not to knock NKSCF or anything but there are some users on SWF who think he has Mary Sues in his work, such as MPK. It'd be best if you were objective and say the good and bad things about future Meet a User, but obviously don't be rude about it. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 21:13, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I didn't find it very funny, and I also think that if you want to call it a cartoon strip for the newsletter then it needs to be an original drawing from someone here on SWF. You shouldn't be taking cartoons from other sites and saying it's a "CUSWFN Cartoon Strip", because it's not. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 21:26, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Ichi
That's fine with me. Jesus Freak NK says NK's 'mazin' articles 20:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

CUSWFN
As you may be able to see, I'm hardly active enough to get involved in the CUSWFN. Sorry, but I am willing to help if I come back. (Speak. I Listen) (Creations) 12:27, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Sig
Ask Vic. He figured out the height to width ratio for sigs, I think. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 19:25, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


 * The sig is fine. Remember, width doesn't matter, it's just the height that cannot be over 25px. Therefore, according to this image, at 150px in width is fine (that's about 20px in height). --<font color="#9F0500">Victor Dorantes <font color="#0C003F">(discussion) <font color="#0C003F">(contributions) 19:49, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

No, hold on, let me calculate […] 163px is your maximum. --<font color="#9F0500">Victor Dorantes <font color="#0C003F">(discussion) <font color="#0C003F">(contributions) 19:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Tom, in order to use your signature, you go to Special:Preferences and check "raw signatures" and insert (in that box) . Once that is done, you may (from then on) sign with four tildes (~) which will automatically give you a timestamp, which is why I removed it from the template. --<font color="#9F0500">Victor Dorantes <font color="#0C003F">(discussion) <font color="#0C003F">(contributions) 20:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I just had to clarify the thing about the timestamp. In case you want to know, for future references, using three tildes gives you the signature without the timestamp, four tildes (~) gives you the signature with a timestamp, and five tildes  gives you the timestamp alone. --<font color="#9F0500">Victor Dorantes <font color="#0C003F">(discussion) <font color="#0C003F">(contributions) 20:07, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Infobox
Tom, please do not use my infobox, Template:SVS character infobox, without permission, as you did with Sela. --<font color="#9F0500">Victor Dorantes <font color="#0C003F">(discussion) <font color="#0C003F">(contributions) 21:47, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


 * it's alright, and you don't need to gush about it. Just a simple mistake. --<font color="#9F0500">Victor Dorantes <font color="#0C003F">(discussion) <font color="#0C003F">(contributions) 21:54, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey
Hey, I just noticed on your user page you have an "evaluation" of someone else's article. I like the way you pointed out the flaws of the article (and I'm not biased against the person who created it, btw). Well, I don't do this normally, but I was wondering if you could go through my articles and throw at me what's wrong with them and what works. Much appreciated, Darth mavoc 10:33, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmmmm.... I might ask him later. I'd still like a review or two from you. Two opinions are better than one, especially if they contrast. And yeah, I'd like to be a recipient of the CUSWFN. I was looking up how to do that, but couldn't find it. Darth mavoc 10:49, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

You can choose any of my articles to review. Though the ones I edited today are more likely to be better then those that weren't.

Thanks for adding me to the CUSWFN recipient list. I see it was just a simple category (heh). Anyway, I look forward to this new issue, and wonder how I find older issues. Darth mavoc 10:58, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah. Ok thanks. I might have a look at those later. Oh, btw,I'm looking at the current CUSWFN article. It's good so far, however I noticed a spelling mistake (Diferenent), and alot of emphasis on "atmosphere" under "The Chosen One". But again, those are minor things. Darth mavoc 11:11, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I thought I wasn't meant to read it yet. But oh well, at least you get a heads up :). Yeah, it doesn't really matter when you review my articles, by the way. I know there's probably other important things you need to do first. So I can wait. Darth mavoc 11:16, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I look forward to it. Oh and by today, you mean tonight, right? :P Darth mavoc 11:31, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I was kidding. I don't really need an exact time on when I'll get it. Here's my collective articles: Category:Articles by Darth Mavoc. Darth mavoc 11:45, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Ah, yes I've been here for a while. Left for a while as well. And yeah, I was here for that period of time known as the "Vandal Wars". Many people got in over thier head. I did too, I'm afraid. But that was ages ago, and Star Wars Fanon has come a long way. A very long way. Darth mavoc 11:48, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright. Here's three: Psukhē, Korriban Core, and Guryz Munitions. They haven't got alot of information, but one day they hopefully will. Darth mavoc 11:51, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey, I asked for you to review, so I can hardly be angry or annoyed at the review. Which I'm not. It's definately points out bits that need clarification. Such as: "The Diablo Confederacy wanted it’s past to stay with it"

- Psukhe

That meant that the Diablo Confederacy wanted the planet's history to stay with the planet by keeping its craters intact. As I said, it's something that I needed to clarify. Can't wait for the rest, and I thank you again for doing this. Darth mavoc 12:21, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

CUSWFN
Just thought I'd let you know that you got the FA and GA mixed around this week in that section. Ichi Go is the FA, not the Bombing. Dexington 12:13, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Neomessiah
As the Cabal page says, Neomessiah is not active. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 18:14, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, your review is fine. If the only things you didn't like were the beginning similarities to Episode I, then I'd say that it was a pretty good read for you. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 18:19, 27 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Woops, sorry there, I added the category thing to my talk page instead. Also, I believe above I said I could help out with journal writing or whatever. Can I? Thanks, [[Image:Obi Maul12.gif|80px]] [[Image:lightsabre.jpg|24px]]<font color="#1A2BBB">(Meet a Jedi) <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk to me) 18:41, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Just checked, I didn't add it above. Sorry about that. <font color="#1A2BBB">(Meet a Jedi) <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk to me) 18:42, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

CUSWFN
Ah, I must have not understood you, I thought when you put the category on my userpage, you meant that I helped out with CUSWFN. I would prefer the newsletter be put on my talk page - I misunderstood you, and I'm sorry. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  19:17, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I want to help
Hi I was wondering if I can help with CUSWFN.£litolu | Talk to me | Star Wars: Aftermaths | 20:01, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

CUSWFN Stuff
Hey there Darth tom, great job with the CUSWFN, I really enjoyed it, and there are some technological errors, and grammarical, but thats no issue. And if you need anything, or anyone wants to help, please direct them to me. Thanks, I may seem inactive, but I still run the show, I'm just the man behind the curtain. Tader Talk 20:49, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem, and I'm touching up your CUSWFN user sub pages, to make them more CUSWFNy and tidier. Tader Talk 21:07, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Uhhh, It's not a clan, and by listing volunteers is like your contact page on the CUSWFNS's, but I'll take it down, no ones complained about it before. Tader Talk 23:18, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Book of Records
What do you mean by "Star Wars Fanon Book of Records"? - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 15:46, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


 * No, there was no vote, because polls done by do not count. They are unreliable and easy to manipulate. 24.205.154.254 16:07, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Crossword
On whom? - Solus (Bird of Prey)  19:21, 6 April 2008 (UTC) I reply to messages, yes, because I'm never logged off. But I haven't edited articles, I've voted for things and I've done a few social things, but I don't really work with the main core of the site anymore. But if you want me to, I don't mind. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  09:34, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure. When do you need it done? - Solus (Bird of Prey)  19:32, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  19:47, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't mind, but why me? I'm barely active anymore. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  12:38, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay.
 * Oh, gosh, I don't know. Um........... 14 January 2007, according to historical evidences.
 * 1) Erm...8, all Featured. I also have one featured that I collaborated with Brandon.
 * 2) 2 November, 2007. I'm getting better with this date stuff.
 * 3) Contribution? Oh, I have no idea. I guess my species articles. Mine were the first ones and I guess they set the standard. Though it may have been my and Brandon's work on Kal'Shabbol - we outdid ourselves. :p
 * 4) My first FA was Shapeshifters, back when it didn't have to be a GA first, so my first GA would be Shikkri.
 * 5) Ahhhh... for Tulak Hord my inspiration came from looking at a bunch of images. I think I still have a page full of them here, but I moved them to Photobucket. For Shapeshifters, most of it came from history, with the biological parts coming from when I RP'ed a Shapeshifter. For Shikkri, I looked at a lot of phonetics stuff. For most of them, I looked up things on Wikipedia. I can remember I was stumped with what a bianary planet system (two planets on the same orbit - orbiting around each other) would be like with geography, gravity, etc., so I asked someone on Wikipedia and found a similar situation with which to compare it. The findings are on Kal'Shabbol's geographical section. Everything else? I make it up as I go along. Hey, if Tokien could do it, so can I. :p
 * 6) Erm... I dunno. I guess you can fill that in with your opinion of me and my work. It'd be nice to hear some critique.

- Solus (Bird of Prey)  19:28, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Me? Hah, I don't know. You see, lately I've gotten a lot more busy and have been putting off a lot of stuff. I don't know how much more I can take on my workload. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  20:51, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

RE: Desnium
I think Brandon already told you this, but you don't have to ask if Desnium (or whatever article) is the current FA. 207.233.58.100 18:11, 8 April 2008 (UTC)


 * No, only to all Good and Featured ones that will be talked about in CUSWFN. 207.233.58.100 18:45, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

No. 207.233.58.100 18:53, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Media article
Hey, if you're looking for another media article, then I've recently started working on a new series of short stories and novellas called Star Wars: Chronicles of the Great War. I'd be willing to sit down and talk to you about it and answer any questions you might need answered to write an article. If you'd like, assuming you want to do this, you can either type up some questions and put them on my talk page or we can speak on IRC sometime later today. Let me know what you think. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 06:49, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it's the Great Territorial War. Go ahead and take your time. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 11:32, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Source
Please be aware of the new Image Policy standards. You can't simply say " Wookieepedia, Ludo Kressh article" as a source. You must get the exact source of the image, aka. the name of the comic book that it came from. This applies to all images. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 11:37, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, just don't forget. If it's not done in 24 hours, which I'm sure it will be since I doubt you'll forget, I do have to delete it. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 13:23, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Do you know what time that is EST? I don't know UTC conversions very well. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 15:35, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Your 9pm is my 4pm then, and EST is Eastern Standard Time, aka. the east coast of the United States. You'll need to know things like that for the real world. As for whether or not the time works for me, it might. Right now I have about 2 hours to kill, though, so are you ready now? - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  [[Image:Presidentialseal.gif|27px]] <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 15:42, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I'm on now. - <font color="#1A2BBB">President Brandon Rhea  <font color="#1A2BBB">(Pressroom) <font color="#1A2BBB">(Record) 15:50, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Policies
Tom, you need to follow our policies. First off, do not create a redirect to a redlink, as you did with Kreia (to a redlink Arren Kae). That counts as an insufficient article, since it has zero content and you will be banned if you continue to do that. Secondly, you need to remember that all pages require categories, including categories themselves. I deleted "masculine programming" category because it had no category, so if you want to recreate it, properly categorize it too. Lastly, please do not make disambiguation pages or add your articles to disambiguation pages until you've actually created the article. Thanks. --<font color="#9F0500">Victor Dorantes <font color="#0C003F">(discussion) <font color="#0C003F">(contributions) 16:40, 9 April 2008 (UTC)