Talk: Grand Moff Hopkins

Welcome, Grand Moff Hopkins!

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Userboxes?

Hey, Grand Moff Hopkins and welcome to Wookiepedia! I see that on your userpage you say you support various factions. I think what you might be trying to get is what we call a userbox. e.g. "this user supports" boxes.

Something like this:

This user supports the Alliance to Restore the Republic.

 {{User reb}}

This user supports the Galactic Empire.

 {{User emp}}

...and so on. Once I started with these things, I got addicted... (@_@). Hope this helps, Bonslywizard^{(Send a transmission)} 02:43, October 2, 2010 (UTC)

Warning

Sock puppetry is prohibited. Either confine your editing to one account (whether it be this one or OOM-8, but not both), or you will be blocked. Thank you for your cooperation. Grand Moff Tranner ^(Comlink) 01:59, October 3, 2010 (UTC)

Fanon warning

User warning: Fanon.

Please do not add your own fan-fiction to Wookieepedia articles.

If you continue to add fanon to the site, you will be banned.

Your input might be more welcome at the Star Wars Fanon Wiki.

Grand Moff Tranner ^(Comlink) 20:34, October 5, 2010 (UTC)

Main Title

Hello there! I was just wondering if you could check your three Clone Wars games to see if they have the Star Wars Theme in them? If you could, I would much appreciate it. Thanks! MasterFred^(Whatever) 22:21, November 1, 2010 (UTC)

Do you mean the theme that plays at the beginning of the film and TV series? If so, that simply a modified Main Title. MasterFred^(Whatever) 23:01, November 1, 2010 (UTC)
- It's still a version of the Main Title and so it counts. Thanks for your help. MasterFred^(Whatever) 18:55, November 2, 2010 (UTC)

Cad Bane

Cad Bane is a featured article, and thus all additions, including images, will have to be approved by the the nominator—the user who wrote the article—who is CC7567. Please consult him first. Thanks. 1358 ^(Talk) 20:02, November 25, 2010 (UTC)

Battle of Carida

Hey, I just archived your nomination as unsuccessful—you aren't allowed to do it yourself, that is for members of the AgriCorps review panel, like me.

Now, I see you aren't so familiar with sourcing—commonly referred to as referencing. As stated in the good article rules, an article with over one source and/or appearance has to be completely referenced. This includes every item in the infobox. Again, as Toprawa said on the nomination page, please take a look at other GAs for help. I'm going to give you a tutorial on how to properly reference an article.

Battle of Carida has two sources (the word includes the appearance): Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption and Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption Expansion: Prima Official Game Guide. Let's abbreviate them like this:

foc
focprimeguide

Choosing a short abbreviation is recommendable, as this makes referencing easier.

The first time you add a specific reference, you need to specify its name:

<ref name="name">how it looks like in the N&R section</ref>

The second time, however, you only need to specify its name, like this:

<ref name="name" />

So, if you want to source something to Forces of Corruption, do like this:

<ref name="foc">''[[Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption]]''</ref>

The next time you need to source something to Forces of Corruption, just do like in the second example:

<ref name="foc" />

Note that in the infobox, and only in the infobox you must wrap the references with the {{Ref}} template, like this:

{{Ref|<ref name...>}}

The only things that need not be sourced is the intro and self-sourcing facts in the Bts section. Please go through the article and add a reference to every single item in the infobox and in the end of each paragraph. Again, you can take a look at other GAs for examples. Once you've done this, add a Notes and references section, and if the references are done properly, the section should display them. If you want to source something to the Prime guide, do as in the first example; specify a name the first time and the next time use the simple version, as in example 2.

Hope this helps. If you have question, drop a line at my talk page. :) Cheers. 1358 ^(Talk) 21:40, January 2, 2011 (UTC)

Looks much better! You still have, though, two unsourced facts (conflict and year) in the infobox; those need refereces. In addition, please add {{Ref}} around all references in the infobox, like in my last example above.
At a cursory glance, I notice a few minor flaws: The quote looks pretty long. Can you cut it down a little bit (and perhaps add a few in the rest of the article, if possible)? Two of the headings are improperly capitalized. Also, in the introduction, you can't say "The Battle of Carida was a space" if the title of the article is conjectural; bolded that way it looks like a non-conjectural title. I suggest something like "During the Galactic Civil War, a battle took place above the planet Carida.... 1358 ^(Talk) 22:04, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
- Okay, but then you can't source it to FoC. Do you know what source gives the date? You need to use that as a source instead. And you still need to wrap the references like this: {{Ref|<ref name="foc" />}}, but only in the infobox. Cheers. 1358 ^(Talk) 22:12, January 2, 2011 (UTC)
  - Looks better. Next, you need to cut out the links from the quotes; they are frowned upon. The intro needs to be expanded. Everything needs to be linked once in the infobox, intro, and the main body. 1358 ^(Talk) 22:34, January 2, 2011 (UTC)

redirects

You can create a subpage of your profile by creating the page: User:Grand Moff Hopkins/wikia.css and copying the following onto it. This will highlight redirects; I use green but you can also have orange.

Note: After saving, you have to bypass your browser's cache to see the changes.

■Internet Explorer: hold down the Ctrl key and click the Refresh or Reload button, or press Ctrl+F5. ■Firefox: hold down the Shift key while clicking Reload; alternatively press Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl-Shift-R. ■Opera users have to clear their caches through Tools→Preferences ■Konqueror and Safari users can just click the Reload button. ■Chrome: press Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5 a.mw-redirect {color:green}

Hope that proves useful. Corellian Premier^{All along the watchtower} 22:28, January 4, 2011 (UTC)

Just to let you know, you have unfulfilled objections dating back to about two weeks on the Carida nomination. If they are not fixed soon, the AgriCorps reviewers may take down the nomination due to inactivity. Corellian Premier^{All along the watchtower} 17:32, January 27, 2011 (UTC)

Signing

Hey, would you mind signing properly using the signature button or by typing four tildes (~~~~). This produces a timestamp in addition to a link to your user page. Thanks. 1358 ^(Talk) 15:59, January 30, 2011 (UTC)

Forces of Coruption prima guide

I thought I'd give you the information you require for your Space Battle at Carida nomination, just in case you haven't obtained it yet:

The guide advises that the player send a defiler to corrupt Carida prior to the battle
It also advises that the player send a fleet that consists of seven Vengeance frigates, four or five Interceptor IV frigates, and six Crusader gunships, with the rest of the fleet consisting of starfighters and Skipray blastboats
The guide advises that at the start of the battle, the player sends all of their capital ships and bombers to attack the Admonitor, whilst send their fighters to attack the Imperial fighters and bombers, and also deploying the StarVipers' buzz droids
It also states that the Imperial SDs will try to capture the player's ships with their tractor beams, and that when this happens, you should order your ships to target the SD's tractor beams
After Thrawn flees the battle, the guide advises you to target the SDs with the most weapons and take out their laser cannons, then change target and destroy the laser cannons on the other SDs. Once that is done, it then advises you to finish off the weakened Star Destroyers
If the mission does not end when you think that all of the Imperial ships have been destroyed, the guide advises you to check the nebula for any ships that are hiding there.

I hope this is helpful to you, and I wish you good luck with the nomination. --Jinzler 21:07, February 15, 2011 (UTC)