Talk: Riffsyphon1024/Archive5

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This page is an archive of Riffsyphon1024's talk page between the 25th of November 2005 and the 30th of December 2005.

Planet Template

Hi I noticed that you changed the planet template back to its former setting. Sorry for bargeing in and stepping on peoples toes. I'm new to this and I presume the way to disucss this (as you suggest) is just to chat like this... ie. by just jumping on a page and typing away (if I'm breaching etequete please tell me the correct way to go aboaut it).

Anyway, as I think the new template is better, but how do I go about having it approved and where is the forum to disscus it.

Cheers, User:Shiaic

  • Shiaic, I did not revert the template. You might want to talk to SparqMan about that. -- Riffsyphon1024 05:44, 25 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Species List on region pages

As an admin I wanted to check this with you.

On the Unknown Regions there was a section on Known Species which I added to, and subsequently created a similar list for the Wild Space page. As they are both regions that are incompletely explored I think it is a useful subsection to have, especially for certain races that originate from there but with no homeplanet listed.

However Jack Nebulax disagrees and has twice deleted the sections. It seems to me though, that if someone is prepared to create the lists, and they are accurate, they should be allowed.

Can you weigh in and arbitrate?

You can have a look here for the discussion: Talk:Unknown Regions. Eyrezer 02:50, 25 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Just wanted to offer my thanks in cleaning up the articles done by CBenoit.TIEPilot051999 06:27, 25 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Wookieepedia Search Plugin

Is there any way we can put a link to LouCypher's SW Wiki search plugin somewhere on the site? It works with Firefox and Netscape.

Plug-in —Unsigned comment by Shadowtrooper (talk • contribs)

How to make a gallery of images?

Is there some sort of template that makes this possible? I think I remember seeing a gallery page back when i first started here... but i can't find anything like it now. Help! :-) --Azizlight 07:15, 27 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Admin meeting

I'd like to call an admin meeting. Please check out the discussion. Thanks. WhiteBoy 07:30, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey thanks for the Spanish speaking template. I needed that. Θ 21:22, 30 Nov 2005 (UTC)

How do you become an admin here? Just curious. Θ 03:39, 4 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for help in David Michelinie quote!!! I'm rookie here... EdFett 06:31, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)

  • Just doing the usual cleanup. You get accustommed to it after several months. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:33, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Hey man. I would like to thank you for all that you have done for this awesome database but I would also like to apologize for screwing up something on your main page. It was under the other stuff section. I was trying to copy the Galactic Empire box thing for my main page, but I think that I deleted something. That box is now no longer in the table. It shouldn't be to hard to fix but I just wanted to apologize. Please don't ban me for vandalisim as it was purly a mistake:-), Kir Kanos (The Empire rocks) (I'm not logged in so my name won't show up under the history section but make no mistake, it's me). I would also like to ask for some help on making a history section for the Imperial I Star Destroyer article and help clean up the Ysanne Isard article which I added a lot to. I guess that I could have fixed it by myself, but I had to go right after I made the error. I'm impressed with the response rate you had for your mainpage. I'm also impressed with the page in general. I'm kind of a rookie on this Wiki but I been a key writer for at least three articles, including Thrawn, Ysanne Isard, and Raith Sienar. P.S. Sorry I posted so much here. It seemed appropiate but I was not sure which section to post my comment in.

  • Hmm, I must have missed this one. Normally I would look at the bottom for new additions. I may not have the time or ability to help with those articles, but if you feel they need cleanup, just type the cleanup template on the article, as {{cleanup}}. -- Riffsyphon1024 21:26, 2 Jan 2006 (UTC)

More admins

Can we please have some more admins? The amount of vandalism and fanon going on lately is quite high, and it's very sad to helplessly watch vandals run rampant. We really need to block it faster. There are plenty of good candidates for admins, in addition to the two currently on the WP:Rfa page ;-) --Azizlight 14:31, 5 Dec 2005 (UTC)

  • We have considered it, however Chad doesn't want users that have been here less than 6 months as admins. Then again, haven't you been here at least that by now? -- Riffsyphon1024 16:24, 6 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Page background

I have a question. How do you make a color background for your userpage? Θ 02:44, 6 Dec 2005 (UTC)

  • That you cannot do here. The software is uncapable of custom backgrounds. -- Riffsyphon1024 16:23, 6 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Ah, ok. Just wondering. Θ 19:37, 6 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Ban this fool, please

User:139.55.50.147

Vandalized the Main Page a couple of times. Thanos6 17:29, 6 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Pit Droids Award

thumb|The Pit Droid Award of Diligence I hereby present you with this Pit Droids Award of Diligence for your tiring efforts in categorizing articles! Adamwankenobi 16:10, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)

  • Congrats! KEJ 16:39, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)

I notice you deleted Earth

...which, of course, was the correct thing to do. However, I was wondering if maybe I should make Earth References a bit more enyclopedic in tone, move it to the main wiki namespace, and make Earth redirect to that page. Does that sound like a good idea to you? — Silly Dan 19:11, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)

  • Yes, we can upgrade the page to an out-of-universe article and make Earth redirect. Also it just felt liberating to delete Earth. Earth go bye bye. ;) -- Riffsyphon1024 19:12, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)
    • Hey, this is Star Wars, not Hitchhiker's Guide or DBZ. :) Thanos6 19:15, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)
      • Lol, yea I felt Vogonish and wanted to build a new hyperlane through Wookieepedia. Earth had to go. :P -- Riffsyphon1024 19:17, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)
      • Or The Tick. ("You can't destroy the Earth! That's where I keep all my stuff!") I think it should be left as an out-of-universe article, like List of changes in Star Wars re-releases though. — Silly Dan 19:17, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)
        • But Riff, why oh why did you delete Earth? It was mostly harmless! ;) Adamwankenobi 19:45, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)
    • Anyway, it's at List of references to Earth in Star Wars. Earth redirects there as well. Enjoy! — Silly Dan 01:56, 9 Dec 2005 (UTC)

ugly article (Oova IV)

:P to that!

Actually, the Firespray-class starship had a bad link. Same with Wikipedia. Thanks for fixing it.--Kross 08:02, 10 Dec 2005 (UTC)

  • Well we'll keep it a redirect in case some wikipedian assumes its spelled that way looks it up. -- Riffsyphon1024 08:05, 10 Dec 2005 (UTC)

User:Lowkey

Riffsyphon, this user continues to change the Executrix page to what this user believes it should be. Lowkey has no source for the changes, and I have reverted it many times, only to find it changed back. So, please talk to this user and get him/her to knock it off, as I am sick and tired of reverting it. Admiral J. Nebulax 17:32, 10 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Featured article elimination process

  • How exactly do we go about eliminating failed nominations from the featured article page? There seem to be several articles that are far from being featured article quality but are still being nominated (Aayla Secura, Quinlan Vos) and it really clutters up the page if they just stay there. I brought this up on the WP:FA talk page but didn't really get an answer, so I figured you'd be the best guy to ask. <3 --MarcK [talk] 11:08, 11 Dec 2005 (UTC)
    • Well, on Wikipedia, they simply remove the article from the list, and put a template on the article's talk page saying "former featured article candidate." Adamwankenobi 13:38, 11 Dec 2005 (UTC)
    • But at what point do they decide to do that? --MarcK [talk] 12:55, 12 Dec 2005 (UTC)
      • I think we can safely remove articles for which the latest vote was cast a month ago. - Sikon [Talk] 13:24, 12 Dec 2005 (UTC)
        • I agree. If a month passes, its a reasonable time to consider the article vote dead and clear the page of it. -- Riffsyphon1024 21:05, 12 Dec 2005 (UTC)

other

please - check: [cannon for images]

File:Wookiee-world1.jpg

Wow, is there a Wookieepedian in Moscow? (I'm from Novosibirsk, it's in central Russia.) - Sikon [Talk] 09:08, 18 Dec 2005 (UTC)

  • According to this map, I'm from Newfoundland now? Cool! =Þ StarNeptune 13:21, 18 Dec 2005 (UTC)
    • I live on the island of Sumatera? Divinity 13:31, 18 Dec 2005 (UTC)
      • Oops, sorry guys if the placements are off a bit, I tried to represent the locations as best I could, without townnames. -- Riffsyphon1024 03:45, 19 Dec 2005 (UTC)
        • Uhh... ok, it's a good thing that you've already noticed and changed the locations. But then, I'm afraid I'm still on the wrong spot. Anyway, here's a map to show you where my hometown Kuala Lumpur is located, just so that you can get a good picture of it. Sorry if I sounded like I'm being pushy! :) Divinity 02:59, 20 Dec 2005 (UTC)
          • But you said you didn't live on Sumatra. *scratches head* -- Riffsyphon1024 04:26, 20 Dec 2005 (UTC)
            • Scratch that, I found Kuala Lumpur this time. -- Riffsyphon1024 04:43, 20 Dec 2005 (UTC)
              • Lol! You finally found it. Anyway, thanks a lot for the change! :) Divinity 15:41, 20 Dec 2005 (UTC)

"Earth" and "ground"

Nice move in changing "earthquake" to "groundquake", but are you sure the term "earth" isn't used to describe dirt/ground IU? --SparqMan 23:38, 19 Dec 2005 (UTC)

  • Well, "groundquake" is used in Star Wars. For example, in Operation Groundquake in X-Wing: Iron Fist, and the one on Berchest [1]. -LtNOWIS 00:49, 20 Dec 2005 (UTC)
  • Oh, I know it is, and it has a more IU feel. Just curious if we had any evidence to the contrary. --SparqMan 01:25, 20 Dec 2005 (UTC)
    • I'd still say that recognizing Earth, only places the galaxy within ours and violates the OOU policy. There should be a line to draw, since they don't know about Earth, nor come from it. We on the other hand are rather Earth-centric. -- Riffsyphon1024 04:24, 20 Dec 2005 (UTC)
      • The use of "earth" to define the ground predates our use of it to define the planet by quite some time and is the basis for the term "earthquake" (as opposed to "Earthquake", which I imagine would be quite a massive quake indeed). I'm not questioning the decision, only if anyone has seen evidence that supports their use of the term "earth" as in "Corran felt the earth around him". --SparqMan 05:06, 20 Dec 2005 (UTC)
        • In that instance, then maybe earth could be any ground, on any planet. But considering the author who wrote that wasn't trying to stay in that frame, I'm not sure then. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:10, 20 Dec 2005 (UTC)

The Legacy Era

Arre we not gonna call this upcoming war The Galactic Alliance Civil War? - SGCommand

Cats

  • Hey! I noticed you added the category to some of the articles I created or worked on. I've tried doing it by copying the examples in other articles, but it hasn't worked. Is there something I'm doing wrong, or am I just not authorised to do it? HavetStorm
  • All users, including anons, have the ability to place categories. Simply type at the bottom of an article [[Category:Subject]], with the subject being whatever the article is on, whether it be characters, actors, fanfilms, technology, etc. Just be sure to capitalize the first word and keep all following words in lowercase. -- Riffsyphon1024 07:28, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)