Talk: Sentry/Page1

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Battles

Please do not bold battles when they are mentioned in articles. Kuralyov 04:07, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Dark Jedi

A Dark Jedi is one who has fallen to the darkside but not joined the Sith, which Revan and Malak did. Thus they are not Dark Jedi, they're Sith. Jasca Ducato 21:05, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

  • You do know that the two groups are not mutually exclusive, right? Revan and Malak were both Dark Jedi and Sith. It gets repetitive to exclusively call them one or the other, so I mixed it up. I left that comment on your talk page because I have noticed that you have a certain pattern of removing disputed information from articles without attempting to reach consensus first... --Sentry 21:13, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Comment on Dark Jedi Discussion

Timeline format

  • Great suggestions for a timeline format! I left some comments and suggestions, if you'd like to check them out. Jaywin 15:06, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

The Rakata

  • Thanks for your response. However, I left the same message on the Pre-Republic page, and someone left a different, yet equally interesting, response. You might want to check it out. Jaywin 03:04, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Screenshots

Hy, would you be so kind as to tell me how you managed to take screenshots of the computer as you have done here. I could really use knowledge like this.

Also, do you know how to check the history of whats been on a screen just incase i need to search up so info. Many thanks, Jasca Ducato 17:09, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks for that. But one the second point, when i asked about checking a screens history i meant something like this; My friend managed to bring up a screenshot of a conversation i had had on MSN several hours before hand which had the websites i was looking at at the time in the background. I didn't save the conversation history so i dont know how he did it. Jasca Ducato 18:58, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Problem with date of Chu'unthor crash

Mandalorian wars

I hope my changes make more sense now MoffRebus 11:57, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Template box

Is a template for use ONLY on your user page really necessary? --SparqMan 03:45, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Campaign box

I started a discussion here, if you'd like to have a look. --Eyrezer 02:12, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Awesome. I noticed you'd created that capacity but hadn't realised I was able to change colours on individual pages rather than the whole template. I've changed the box on the Empire Reborn page, but it makes me think about doing it for the individual pages as well. I could create a unified look for them, especaily if the box was at the top. Equally it might just be more distracting. I know you don't particularly like infoboxes but any thoughts? --Eyrezer 10:17, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
    • lol. If you look at your revert on the campaign infobox page, you'll see I'd already reverted it. Yours only affected a link! --Eyrezer 10:23, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
      • Is it possible to have a four way battle template? The Battle of Zeltros needs one. I done it in a 3 way at the mo, but the Hiromi are not included. --Eyrezer 11:14, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
        • Thanks. I thought I'd give it a go. Living in NZ the timezone I'm in is a bit different from most of the Woopieepedians I think. Can be quite interesting at times... --Eyrezer 05:50, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Hi Sentry. Could you have a look at this template for a three way war I made for an upcoming article on the Nagai-Tof invasion. Are you able to make the Beginning/End line split equally into two halves? --Eyrezer 04:27, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
    • Good idea. I forgot about doing that. Have done so now. --Eyrezer 23:29, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

RE: Userboxes

Thanks for the help Sentry, I'm kinda noob at these userbox things but I like them alot so dont mind my bumbling through the code and putting myself in the wrong categories -- The Ravager 18:20, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Good job alphabetizing the templates. -- Riffsyphon1024 08:05, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Timezone template

Hi: I stole the image you put on your timezone userbox and put it at File:Clock2uk.png. I'd like to use it on Template:User timezone, though I'm going to have to figure out how to get that userbox to be easily customizable so users can put their own timezones in. —Silly Dan (talk) 03:18, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Hey Sentry. I've created a starting point for a manual approach to our problem at Category:Wookieepedians by time zone. Is this good? -- Riffsyphon1024 07:37, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
    • I believe you've gotten the template to work now. SkywalkerPL added the template and the category was filled in. As long as the category is there, it works. Congrats. -- Riffsyphon1024 08:35, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Userboxes

That's no problem. Thanks for the help (I thought that something wasn't right...)! -Lord vader1414 19:25, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Award

[[:File:Pit-droid-award.png|thumb|I, Riffsyphon1024, hereby award Sentry with The Pit Droid Award of Diligence for his diligent work on templates. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:50, 11 July 2006 (UTC)]] You've been such a big help lately in creating all these categories and getting the timezone project working, among categorization of all the other templates, so I award you this Pit Droid Award. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:50, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Regen

You know, I've seen "regen" posted in the summary for edits of templates a whole bunch of times, and I still don't understand it. Since you've been doing it recently, I'm singling you out to ask for an explanation. ;-) Thanks. - Lord Hydronium 08:02, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Template

Thanks for the help with the template, Sentry. I like the tweaks. Atarumaster88 14:33, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Reply –SentryTalk 07:03, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
    • Consider it forgiven. No problems- it all worked out- but I appreciate the concern and protocol. Good idea and good reminder for all of us. Atarumaster88 13:14, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
      • Sentry, do you have any ideas on how to trim the box on that template so it's not so filled with empty space on that right side? {Contact me with ideas before changing majorly please! LOL) Atarumaster88 19:02, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
        • Okay, that's fine. It's not that big of a deal. I do have a better understanding of the process though. Thanks. Atarumaster88 05:21, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Okay- more ideas on <my> template. (Template: Argument) Since it is designed to stop ceaseless bickering and personal attacks, is it possible to direct the page where it is placed to someplace where an admin will notice it? Is that a good idea? Let me know on my talk page. BTW, I think the categories needs some work. Atarumaster88 02:52, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Well, I have created Category:Civility disputes, but will that show up on every page that the template is placed? Would an administrator pay any attention to that? Atarumaster88 16:52, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

The One

I see you deleted the reference to the One as a leader of the Rakata Civil War, saying that he lived in the JEdi Civil War. Actually I had a parenthesis that said he was a pre-Republic One, not the character appearing in KOTOR. The One is a title, not the personal name of an individual, or so I think. What do you say? MoffRebus 10:58, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Templates

Hey Sentry i'm trying to get my templates so they are on the right hand side but they keep on staying in the centre and the middle. Can you fix it or can you tell me what i'm doing wrong. Jedi jordy 64 18:27, 8 August 2006 (AEST)

Fine by me. The new pic is far clearer and better looking. AdmiralNick22 23:41, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Realworld

I cannot thank you enough for being so diligent. :) -- Riffsyphon1024 08:32, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

  • It gives me something to do while watching TV late at night ;) –SentryTalk 08:40, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for noticing this punk: User:Jabba the Hut. The only edits he has made is copying two userboxes from my userpage and blanking my talkpage and userpage. What would you recommend for dealing with this? Please post on my talkpage. Huntersquid 19:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Unblock

  • Sentry, would you please unblock Wat Tambor if you are still online? There is a spelling/grammar error I want to fix. Atarumaster88 03:26, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
    • He's not an admin, but I'll unlock it for a second. —Silly Dan (talk) 03:33, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
      • Nope, not an admin. I'm just a lowly grunt and that is the way I like it :) –SentryTalk 03:55, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
        • Oops. Sorry. Well, the article was fixed anyway. For some reason, I thought you were an admin. Atarumaster88 21:38, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
          • Don't worry about it. It happens. I think that the bold font in my sig might be confusing people…–SentryTalk 21:47, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Help

Hi, I'm sort of new to this type of thing and you're good with templates. Can you help with this template? It's template for articles or images without a source. Here's the template:

150px| What's this
This article or image is lacking a source.

Image

  • Nice replacment Jabba image for the temp. --Jabbathehuttgartogg DesilijicEmblem-TheOfficialSWFactFile DesilijicEmblem-TheOfficialSWFactFile 04:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
    • It is the same pic that you uploaded actually. I just cleaned it up a tad using Photoshop. It was a little dark, so I tweaked the brightness and contrast. Hope you don't mind.–SentryTalk 04:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
  • I don't mind at all. If you look on the Jabba page, I darkened the choke scean, it was bright and, by canon sources, it was dark. It look a heck of alot better. I noticed it on recent changes. I KNOW if you edit Jabba. Or any Hutt for that matter. Any questions on any Hutt, don't be afraid to ask. I don't have an advanced knowlege of the universe of Star Wars, but I do in the Universe of slimey blubber belly hutts.

Your in my Users encountered box. Check my page in 3 minutes. --Jabbathehuttgartogg DesilijicEmblem-TheOfficialSWFactFile DesilijicEmblem-TheOfficialSWFactFile 04:21, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

    • I suggest you vote on the template at senate hall. It's starting. --Jabbathehuttgartogg DesilijicEmblem-TheOfficialSWFactFile DesilijicEmblem-TheOfficialSWFactFile 04:37, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Signature

  • OK, I tried making a custom signature, but every time I put it into preferences, with raw sigs turned on, it comes up wrong. Can you help?

The coding looks like this: [[User:Atarumaster88|<span style="color:darkgreen">'''Atarumaster88''']] [[:File:Jedi_Order.svg|20px]] <sup>([[User talk:Atarumaster88|<span style="color:seagreen">Audience Chamber]])

The signature should look like this: Atarumaster88 20px (Audience Chamber)

Sorry, forgot to sign the old way: Atarumaster88 01:33, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Another template of mines

JediClassroom School


This user is taking a Wookieevacation to due to school, starting on September 5, 2006. They may still contribute, however not as much as they usually do.

  • What do you think about this one. It's for users, like me, who attend school. Jaina SoloGoddess Stuff20px 15:32, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Well I showed it to Jabbathehuttgartogg and he thinks that if I present the template it might fail. What do you think? P.S thank you for the comment

Jaina SoloGoddess Stuff20px 22:29, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Please stop reverting Republic Capital Ship

According to the admins here, speculation *can* be put down, in ships lengths, heights, and widths, as well as weaponry(when you look at the model), so it's okay until something official comes. If not, then the speculation can stay until we get some concrete proof.—Unsigned comment by 66.189.67.134 (talk • contribs)

You have won

You are now this month's WOTM. Congratulations! —Silly Dan (talk) 03:12, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks Silly Dan :) Wow, it was an incredible honor just to be nominated, but I never expected to actually become WotM… I'm not at all sure that I deserved it, but thanks for those who voted for me! –SentryTalk 03:22, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Of course you deserved it. Good job and congratulations. Atarumaster88 20px (Audience Chamber) 04:10, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Well, I'm a bit touch and go with Wookiee at the minute, so I can't say that I know what you've done recently, but this doesn't surprise me at all. Every contribution of yours I've ever seen has been well thought out and well written, so I've no doubt that this is well deserved. Congrats dude. :D(Ulicus 21:07, 4 September 2006 (UTC))
      • Hey Ulicus! It has been a while since I have seen you around. Thanks! :) –SentryTalk 22:14, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

New template (again)

  • <In Palpatine's voice> Examine my new creation, Lord Sentry, and see what you think: Template: UserNominated.—Unsigned comment by Atarumaster88 (talk • contribs)
  • That looks great http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/7255/thumbsup7cg.gif –SentryTalk 22:14, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Thank you. I'm just sorry I made it too late to put on your page. Thanks for the help again, although some Huttspawn already vandalized it. I read what the vandal wrote and laughed my rear off. Atarumaster88 20px (Audience Chamber) 22:25, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
      • All right, thanks for the heads up. On the other hand, I did modify the WotM instructions to suggest that users place the template on those they nominate, so I'm hoping it becomes commonplace enough that people wouldn't care. I see the point, but I mean, you're going to get mad because someone is letting people know that you've been nominated for an award?? That does not make sense to me. Atarumaster88 20px (Audience Chamber) 00:53, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for changing the Inaugural Class template. It looks a lot better now. --Eyrezer 04:22, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

  • No problem. I was just regenerating all of the navigation templates of that type so that they had a more consistent appearance.–SentryTalk 05:30, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Unexplained reversions

I have edited template:government and Galactic Empire. You reverted the former claiming vandalism, which it wasn't, so I restored my version. You reverted the later with no explanation at all, so I have restored my version. If you are going to continue reverting my edits, please provide a reason, or I will continue to restore my changes as appropriate.—Unsigned comment by 144.92.32.246 (talk • contribs)

  • I left a message on your talk page after reverting your edits for the second time. That was about a half-hour ago.–SentryTalk 08:21, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Help

Hi. bud. thanks for the structure infobox, hope people star using it on the other articles. I've made a new template.Template:Organization. Could you elp me with a problem. I put in leader, where I needed to and it comes out as Height. That goes for all of them. How do I permenetly put the titles on? --Jabba DesilijicEmblem-TheOfficialSWFactFile DesilijicEmblem-TheOfficialSWFactFile 10:42, 13 September 2006 (UTC)‎

  • I'll see what I can do :) –SentryTalk 21:54, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
  • It's stated on it's talk page. But, Thanks bud. Sorry I kept making you do this, but it seems that we were missing a few boxes. Is there a direction page to make them? It's kinda confusing.
    • No problem. There probably should be instructions on how to make them, but it is all rather technical and it would require a lot of time to write. At one point, I intended to add a relevant section to my template tutorial, but I just haven't had the time or modivation required to do so.–SentryTalk 22:45, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
  • That is fine. we don't need to to worry about it right now. thanks for the help and I'll add it to as much organizations that I know about. --Jabbathehuttgartogg DesilijicEmblem-TheOfficialSWFactFile DesilijicEmblem-TheOfficialSWFactFile 22:54, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Ship Templates

Whoops. Didn't know there already was one.

Cheers, RelentlessRecusant20px 02:03, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

I think that my new one looks rather stylish, although that's just my opinion. We can discuss if you wanna pull a speedy on it. Cheers, RelentlessRecusant20px 02:05, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Help! Can you help me not display the tech details section of your infobox on the Ahazi page? And also, what's wrong with displaying tech details that aren't modified, so that readers don't have to click the link to the ship's class to see what weapons a ship carries and stuff? Cheers, RelentlessRecusant20px 10:57, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your prompt reply.
1. Alright. Could you state how to hide the things more clearly in your tutorial? That'd make it much easier.
2. For the clarification, it means that on the article Black Asp, putting in that it had 24 starfighters, 20 quad lasers, etc...along with its sole mod.
Cheers, RelentlessRecusant20px 01:44, 21 September 2006 (UTC)!

Campaign box

Hi Sentry. I tried to make a campaign box for the Second Corellian Insurrection here but it is too wide. The width modifier doesn't seem to be working. Can you fix it? --Eyrezer 06:46, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

  • K, I fixed it. There was just an extra pipe ("|") symbol in the template call. It was overriding the |1={{{width|300px}}} statement. Cheers, SentryTalk 06:57, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Thanks --Eyrezer 03:50, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
      • Hey, no problem :) –SentryTalk 00:37, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Userpage problem

Hi Sentry. I've been told you're the go-to-guy for code, and I was wondering if you would help me out with a problem on my userpage.

As you can see when you look at it, the menus to the left and tabs on top of the page are smaller font that they should be, and at the bottom of the page the text leaks out of the white box and the small text problem continues there as well.

I have found that removing a section fixes the problem, but I don't notice any such problem with userpages twice the size of mine. This makes me think it may be something wierd in the code, but I'm no good with code, so I have no idea what it is.

I was wondering if you could take a look and see if you can do anything about it. Feel free to edit and play around with the code in my userpage if that's what you need to do. Thanks for your time. - Angel Blue 451 01:40, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Also, (sorry to bother you again), why is the date and time text in my sig (and all text afterwords) small like this? I didn't set it to be. I'm terrible at coding :( - Angel Blue 451(Holonet)20px 20:43, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Template help!

Hi Sentry: I have two favours to ask related to templates. The first is at User talk:Vymer: we'd like to change the name of one of the fields in the ship templates. The second is at Kinnin Vo-Shay: I tried everything I could think of, and the infobox still has white text on a white background. If you have time, could you check those out? Thanks, —Silly Dan (talk) 03:28, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

  • The problem with the Kinnin Vo-Shay template is a result of a rather nasty bug in the Character infobox. The glitch has to do with assigning color values to the headingcolor and bgcolor fields. If you include a statement such as "|headingcolor=" or "|bgcolor=", but don't assign a color value to the variable, the box will break. As such, the only way to fix the problem is to remove those statements from the template call (which is what I did).–SentryTalk 17:31, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Thanks! —Silly Dan (talk) 21:24, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
      • Yup. I'll have to fix that template one of these days. That will be a big job… –SentryTalk 21:44, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
        • I fixed the various infobox templates now so that they will not break when the "|BG1=" or "|BG2=" fields are present, but not assigned a value within the templcate call.–SentryTalk 08:35, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Jedipedia.de needs help!

Hi Sentry! I'm Ben Kenobi from Jedipedia.de and we need help with our era-template. I also wrote to Sikon, but you did the last changes to your template, so I thought, maybe you can help either. I've copied the majority of your source but there is a problem we can't cure: The icons are above each other, not beside. We can't find our mistake, so maybe you have an idea? Please, look at our Template. Thanks for the help. Ben Kenobi (217.236.237.31 20:56, 29 September 2006 (UTC))

  • I saw the message you left for Sikon and I was actually just looking into it… –SentryTalk 20:59, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Okay, I am not sure what the root of the problem is, but if you replace the source code of your Ära Template with the following code, it should work just fine:

<div id="title-eraicons" class="plainlinks firstHeading" style="font-size:188%; padding-top:0.2em; padding-bottom:0.09em; float:right; position:absolute; right:0.5em; top:0em; white-space:nowrap;"><table cellpading="0" cellspacing="0" style="float:right; padding:0px"><tr><td>{{Ära-Icon|{{{1|null}}}=t}}</td><td>{{Ära-Icon|{{{2|null}}}=t}}</td><td>{{Ära-Icon|{{{3|null}}}=t}}</td><td>{{Ära-Icon|{{{4|null}}}=t}}</td><td>{{Ära-Icon|{{{5|null}}}=t}}</td><td>{{Ära-Icon|{{{6|null}}}=t}}</td><td>{{Ära-Icon|{{{7|null}}}=t}}</td><td>{{Ära-Icon|{{{8|null}}}=t}}</td><td>{{Ära-Icon|{{{9|null}}}=t}}</td><td>{{Ära-Icon|{{{10|null}}}=t}}</td></tr></table></div>

Cheers, SentryTalk 21:24, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

KOTOR template

Hi Sentry. I tried to add something to the {{kotor}} template, but it doesn't seem to be working. Is this some sort of cache problem or did I do something dumb? Thanks. --Azizlight 09:05, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

  • K, I will look into it :) –SentryTalk 09:12, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
    • It looks like you just needed to regenerate the template after modifying the source code. I fixed it. Cheers, SentryTalk 09:15, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
      • Yay, thanks :-) --Azizlight 09:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Eras

I had an idea and thought I'd run it past you rather than give it a thread. On the various character infobox templates, there is the useful template info that can be cut and pasted onto the article page. To encourage people to put in the era at the same time, how about we put {{Top|}} there as well? It wouldn't need to be integrated into the template of course. I can do it myself but wanted some feedback first. --Eyrezer 05:07, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Sorry, I'm probably being obtuse, but I don't understand what you are suggesting. http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/4700/huhgr0.gif Do you want to add instructions for adding the {{Top}} template to the character infobox template pages? If so, that would be a pretty good idea. Would you mind clarifying that a bit? Thnx. –SentryTalk 21:27, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
    • My fault if the explanation isn't clear. Basically I'm assuming people cut and paste the fields for Character infoboxes, and seem to forget to put in the era template. I often find myself putting this afterwards for other people. If the era template field was put onto the pages, it seems to me people wouldn't forget. I edited the Yuuzhan Vong character infobox to demonstrate what I mean. --Eyrezer 04:53, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
      • Ya, that sounds like a good idea, but we may want to seperate the instructions for the eras template from the infobox instructions so that it doesn't confuse people:

Usage instructions

Paste the following code into the top of an article, filling all known fields: 

{{Yuuzhan Vong character infobox
|name=
|image=
|homeworld=
|birth=
|death=
|species=
|gender=
|height=
|hair=
|eyes=
|era=
|affiliation=
}}

Please remember to inlcude the {{Top}} template at the top of the page if it is not already present. 

{{Top|}}
  • That could work, although it still involve two cut and pastes. The other way may be simpler. --Eyrezer 23:39, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

MGLT

Recently, I had removed some of the MGLT listings from a few ship articles because I was of the view that since in those cases we already knew their acceleration in Gs, MGLT was unecessary. However, the main reason I removed them was the "maximum speed" part of the description made little sense in space (there being no maximum speed per se) and acceleration Gs was a much better descriptor. I was talking with Silly Dan on my talkpage and he suggested asking you whether it would be possible to change the template so that MGLT contains no reference to "maximum speed"?Vymer 08:47, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Dammit, I didn;t notice Silly Dan had already asked! Dumb me. Sorry!Vymer 08:48, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Hey, don't worry about it. Reply.–SentryTalk 17:40, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Creating Official Userbox Templates

Okay, none of the admins are paying attention to the proposal page and it has been more than two weeks for some... So, out of goodwill to the populace of Wookieepedia, how do you create something like this:

40px This user supports the Galactic Republic.

Commander Darc (GAR) 20px 02:11, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

  • The easiest way to create a userbox is to use the {{userbox}} template. Otherwise, you would have to copy the source code from another userbox and modify it for your own needs, but that would require some knowledge of HTML and CSS.–SentryTalk 21:09, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
    • OK, I've I know a little about HTML, so if you could post the instructions on my talk page, I would be most thankful. Commander Darc (GAR) 20px 20:58, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Award

  • Sentry, since Redemption changed the pic for the Amidala award, and the voting is 11-0, can you go ahead and add it to the award que? Atarumaster88 20px (Audience Chamber) 03:47, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
    • If I was an admin, I would be happy to do so, but since I am not, I think that you might want to ask one of them to do it. I only added the wookiee cookie award to the awards page because it had sat in limbo on the proposal page for over a month and because users were already beginning to use it.–SentryTalk 04:36, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Era icons

Hey Sentry! I made two new era icons to be used with {{Top}}. I know you had talked about changing them to something similar before, but nothing ever happened with that. If you like them, I'll go ahead and use them. The images and related discussion is at the bottom of this page. --Xwing328(Talk) 18:25, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Also, should we try to merge {{Top}} and {{title}} into some sort of header template, so that they can work better together? --Xwing328(Talk) 18:27, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
    • In response to your first comment, the discussion over at Forum:Era/Star troubles has rather convinced me that marking "good" and "featured" articles with the star and checkmark era icons may not be a good idea. For a while, I tested out some possible alternatives, but no one really seemed interested so I let it go. Maybe we should start a new forum discussion about it?
      Secondly, about combining the "eras" and "title" templates, I can try and mock something up tonight.–SentryTalk 20:31, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
      • I tried something early, basically I just stuck the two templates together, and it seems to work pretty well. See here. Of course, it makes you specify the title with "title=WhateverYouWant". This could be a pain to implement with all of them. I'll start a forum tonight to see if people want to change the icons. --Xwing328(Talk) 22:28, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
        • Sorry, I haven't gotten back to you on the title-era combination template. I just haven't had the time to mess with it yet.–SentryTalk 06:43, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Template:Sith Triumvirate

Hello!

Why isn't it necessary?

If you're concernee about the messed up coding, I'll fix it today when I get a chance.

Cheers,

RelentlessRecusant20px 16:10, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

  • I tagged the {{Sith Triumvirate}} template with {{deletebecause}} because I don't see why it is needed. Navigation templates are meant to tie together collections of similar articles in order to improve site navigation, but the template you created does not do that. It just lists a bunch of articles that are only vaguely tied to a certain topic — the 'so called' Sith Triuvarate. Where exactly are you planning on putting the template once it is finished? Because I cannot think of any fitting place for it except for the actual Sith Triumvirate article. As such, we don't really need a template at all — the information can just be integrated into the text body of that article.–SentryTalk 01:07, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

UserBoxes

Hey Sentry, I was wondering if you could give me the instructions on how to make userboxes?BobafettH23 12:35, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Hmmm… users keep asking me this question and I am never sure how to answer. I guess that I will give you the same answer that I gave Commander Darc above. The easiest way to create a userbox is to use the {{userbox}} template. Otherwise, you have to copy the source code from another userbox and modify it for your own needs, but that requires some knowledge of HTML and CSS. –SentryTalk 20:51, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes

Hey Sentry, need any help with userboxes? Brain40 11:01, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Sorry Brain40, I hadn't noticed this message before. What sort of help were you offering?–SentryTalk 08:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  • Sorry I'm late, but I wanted to offer help by asking you if you wanted any custom userboxes made, or if you knew of anyone else who does. Brain40 11:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Well, I don't personally need any more userboxes at the moment, but if anyone asks me for help and I am too busy, I will be happy to direct them to you :-)  SentryTalk 09:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Signature

Hey Sentry! Thanks for fixing my signature! I did not notice that it did not work... In fact, I'm not used to write on discussions and I did not really know how to create my own signature :P. I'll try to get involved in more discussions :) Battle Surgeon talk

  • No prob. :)  SentryTalk 16:29, 17 October 2006 (PDT)
    • By the way, the working code for your sig is:
[[User:Battle Surgeon|<b><span style="color: red">Battle Surgeon</span></b>]] <sup>[[User talk:Battle Surgeon|<span style="color: blue">talk</span>]]</sup>

–SentryTalk 16:33, 17 October 2006 (PDT)

Userboxes

Hi, I think we have the same ideas regarding userboxes. I went on and worked on a Kenner and Hasbro set of userboxes before I saw you were working on them--had an edit conflict when I tried to save. If you have anything that's better, feel free to replace my feeble attempts. I think we're on the same page. - breathesgelatinTalk 06:17, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Wow, nice work! It is kinda strange, but they look exactly like the versions I had just started to play with. The only thing that I may tweak is the images. I have found some slightly higher resolution logos on the web that would fit nicely in the userboxes as well as the Hasbro and Kenner articles. Cheers, SentryTalk 06:38, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Jar Jar Binks

Hello, Sentry. I'm just going around to a few Wookiepedians who's opinions I respect, and asking them for their opinion. I'm close to submitting Jar Jar Binks to FA, and I was just wondering if you could give me your opinion. .... 07:25, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Yeah, I can look into it. I should warn you, however, that I may be somewhat biased. I am not exactly Jar Jar's greatest fan ;-) –SentryTalk 07:59, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
    • Neither am I. I just know TPM like the back of my hand. .... 08:00, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I'm a Jar Jar fan.--SWME 14:32, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

FA/GA images

Do you agree to release them to GFDL, or even public domain? --Imp 07:55, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Huh? What are you referring to?–SentryTalk 07:59, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
    • The new Featured Article star and Good Article check mark. Do you agree to release them under GNU Free Documentation License, so that the wiki may use it freely? --Imp 08:01, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
      • Sure, they can be released as public domain. I have no special attachment to them.–SentryTalk 08:04, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
        • Thanks! =) --Imp 08:06, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
          • No problem :) –SentryTalk 08:10, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

RFA

You've been nominated for adminship at the RFA page. Please state whether or not you accept the nomination. =) --Imp 21:45, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

  • Wow, I didn't expect that. Hmmm… I am going to need to think about it a bit. I will give you an answer tonight.–SentryTalk 22:06, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
    • I really hadn't even considered becoming an admin before and I am quite humbled by the nomination. It has been a rather tough decision for me to choose whether or not to accept it because I am a perfectionist and I tend to take this sort of thing quite seriously. It is a rather large commitment and wanted to be sure that I was prepared for the extra responsibility. After some though, I have decided to accept the nomination :) –SentryTalk 06:32, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Proposal

Sentry, I have a question, how exactly does someone make a proposed userbox or proposed award official? Brain40 10:43, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

  • All that you have to do is create the award or userbox proposal and then post them on Wookieepedia:Award Proposals or Wookieepedia:Userbox proposal. The community will then be allowed to vote for two weeks in order to decide whether or not to accept the proposal. At the end of that deadline, the proposal will either be removed from the page or it will become an official award/userbox. I hope that answers you question :) –SentryTalk 22:44, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
    • I pretty much knew that, but who exactly makes them official, is it automatic, or does someone do it themself? User:Brain40/Sig. 19:00, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
      • No it isn't automatic. Usually an admin makes the proposal official, but other users can do it as well. In the case of userbox proposals and some awards, a template has to be created, but the majority of award proposals are simply moved from the proposal page to the Wookieepedia:Awards page once they are made official.–SentryTalk 01:00, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
        • How exactly does one make them official, (technically speaking)? Brain40 21:37, 3 ovember 2006 (UTC)
          • What do you mean? As I said above, approved userbox proposals and some award proposals, require the creation of a template, but the majority of award proposals are made official simply by moving them from the proposal page to the Wookieepedia:Awards page once they are approved by the community.–SentryTalk 07:10, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
          • What I meant was, how does someone make a template out of a userbox or award proposal? Brain40 12:21, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
            • Alright, you can create a template in the same way that you would create another page. The only difference is that a template page is created with the "Template:" prefix in front of the name. So if you wanted to create a template named "newTemplate", you would create a page named Template:NewTemplate. Then, you would just add the code from the userbox or award proposal to the template page and save it.–SentryTalk 23:27, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

501st sizing

In case you were wondering, I'd initially made the 501st userbox a larger size to provide a better view of the 501st logo. I was unaware of any sizing restrictions for userboxes. Since the voting, so far, has been unanimously in favour of the box I thought you'd like to know that I feel that your slightly smaller box is better than the one by Xwing, and if you want to use that size when you recommend the 501st box to the admins (since you seem to be the one doing most of that lately), go ahead.Tocneppil 04:52, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the help with the latin language logo. I got busy while I was doing it and probably forgot to finish it. I did have a question though, how can I get the logos to line up in two rows? It looks like it's almost there on my user page, but the last button is wrong.

PS, I cleaned up some of the Darth Malak article. I mainly redid the grammar, fixed some small spelling mistakes, and reworded a few things to make it flow better. Where should I post that though, other than here?

ChinaMonroe 02:13, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Your welcome =) As for your question about userboxes, you can arrange them in a single column using {{userboxtop}} and {{userboxbottom}}. If you want them to line up in two rows, you will need to use a table:
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:auto;"
|-
|
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
|{{user IE}}
|-
|{{user sw-2}}
|-
|{{user addicted}}
|-
|{{user grey}}
|}
|
{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
|-
|{{user NoZodiac}}
|-
|{{user female}}
|-
|{{Lang|la|U}}
|-
|{{user video games}}
|}
|}

PS: Great job on the Malak article. It has needed a decent copyedit for some time… –SentryTalk 06:10, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Thanks, that code helped. See ya around! 70.183.227.36 21:22, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Awards

Sentry, I proposed an award on the award proposals page, and it has eleven votes for it, and no objections, and it has been on the proposals page for about over a week, can it become official now? Brain40 20:00, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Sorry, but I am not really the person to ask… Usually it takes two weeks for a proposal to become official.–SentryTalk 04:57, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Adminship

Congratulations! - Sikon 00:52, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Yay! Congrats! - Ozzel 00:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
  • I bid you dark greetings, brother. Let us feast upon the vandals. Muhahahahahahahahahaha...Okay, I really need to work on my evil laugh. Congratulations, anyway. -- SFH 00:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Hey, thanks guys! =) –SentryTalk 00:56, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Congratulations indeed. Havac 05:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Yes, I hope you enjoy your new job. :) -- Riffsyphon1024 05:35, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Enjoy your new tools! --Imp 09:54, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Thanks! It is funny, but I am finding myself seeking out duplicate images just to entertain the novelty of being able to delete them... *shrugs* –SentryTalk 10:06, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Congratulations. Green Tentacle (Talk) 09:32, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Well done dude. Thoroughly deserved. :D(Ulicus 14:25, 13 November 2006 (UTC))
      • *Belated congratulations* Ditto. --Xwing328(Talk) 17:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
        • Thanks again :) –SentryTalk 23:32, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Endor

Something is screwed up with Endor's infobox; the cities are in the affiliations section and I can't see the problem. Figured you might be able to see what I can't. Havac 05:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Wow, that is weird… I will see what I can do.–SentryTalk 05:35, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Okay, I solved the problem. The code of the Moon infobox was slightly messed up, but it should work fine now.–SentryTalk 05:51, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
      • Cool. I wondered if the template might be screwed up, but I don't have the technical expertise to tell. Havac 06:15, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Proposal: Deny recognition

I have started a admin's noticeboard thread about changing some administrative details about blocked user's pages here. Please look over the thread and add your comments: there have been no votes against it so far, but I don't have enough input to assume consensus and start deleting things. Thanks, —Silly Dan (talk) 15:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

HELP!!!

Sentry, Iam desperate! Is there anyway you can get my userboxes together instead of big spaces in beetween them? Please get back to me as soon as you can. BobafettH23 00:29, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Alright, I arranged them in three rows. How is that?–SentryTalk 01:05, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you thank you thank you!!! To say thank you again, I present you with this.

Wookieecookie
BobafettH23 has awarded you a Wookiee Cookie!
For fixing my userboxes!

Thank you again! BobafettH23 21:09, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

  • You're very welcome, and thank you for the Cookie :-) –SentryTalk 21:14, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

No problem, you deserve it. Thanks. BobafettH23 21:29, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

By the way, I hope that you don't mind that I added you to my friends list.BobafettH23 21:31, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Archive or deletion

Just a quick question. What represents OT when you delete a forum thread? -- Riffsyphon1024 05:21, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Off-Topic: I am only deleting the ones that consist entirely of questions such as: Who do you guys think is the greatest Sith Lord of all time!!!? –SentryTalk 05:24, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Completely understandable. I would do the same, but was too lazy. :P -- Riffsyphon1024 05:34, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
      • Yeah, it is kinda mind numbing, but luckily, I have a TV right next to my computer :) –SentryTalk 05:36, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Kudos for archiving the forum, by the way! - Sikon 09:21, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Thanx :) –SentryTalk 09:25, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
      • Nice work, now they just need to be moved to SH archive/Threadtitle. :P --Imp 10:49, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Mando Stub

Sentry I noticed that you have nominated the Mando stub to be deleted; it was just a test idea for a project that will not be going in that direction, it has been deleted , sorry for any inconvenience :) Joker1138(Mandalore) 25px

RE:Templates

I saw your message on my talk page, and I'm sorry for that little problem I caused. You see, the reason for this little problem is because I wanted to create userboxes on my user page so the people who see my user page would know a little about me. And thanks to those templates, I had to erase my entire page, so what I'm saying is, I am sorry, and I will try to be a little more careful in the future.--Humantoo 20:27, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

  • In most cases, there is no need to create custom templates for your user page. We already have a {{User infobox}} template and a number of available userboxes (see Wookieepedia:Template messages/User namespace/#Userboxes). Custom userboxes can also be created with the four templates listed on: Wookieepedia:Userboxes. If you are having trouble understanding how templates work, feel free to check out a brief tutorial I wrote a while back: User:Sentry/Template help. If you need any further help with your user page, feel free to ask me. Cheers, SentryTalk 00:04, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Web layouts

Hi Sentry, I was wondering if you can tell me how to create a web layout. Jaina Solo(Goddess Stuff) 01:02, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Hmmm… I am not sure what you mean by a 'web layout'. Could you elaborate a bit? Thanx, SentryTalk 04:10, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Like the main page of the Wookiee. I wanted to fix up this [1] but I don't know how. Jaina Solo(Goddess Stuff) 12:10, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
      • What you're looking for is HTML—a very easy coding language used on most web pages, including Wookieepedia. At the bottom of the Wikipedia article are a number of links to good tutorial sites. Check it out, it really isn't hard to learn. --Imp 12:17, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
      • Thanks Imp. Jaina Solo(Goddess Stuff) 12:39, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Shesharile system image

Greetings. The image that I uploaded to the Shesharile system page, while intended as an accurate representation, was created by me. My apologies.—Unsigned comment by Flames (talk • contribs)

Tshindral III

I found the image Tshindral III.jpg on google. Unfortunately i do not know what site it came from. —Unsigned comment by Flames (talk • contribs)

Tshindral III again

No problem, happy to help. —Unsigned comment by Flames (talk • contribs)

Ord Mynock

Is is neccessary to change the tense? Unless something has happened to the planet recently, it should still be around.

thanks,

Omicron 17:53, 1 December 2006 (UTC)Omicron

i need help

hi, i relitivley new here and i need sum help. i was wondering if , on my home page, you can tell me how to put my user boxes under my profile box. thx User:Aron Skywalker/Sig.

Nomination

  • Thank you very much for the nomination for WotM! —Xwing328(Talk) 04:21, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
    • You deserve it!–SentryTalk 04:26, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Battle of Muunilist

I suppose it can be unprotected. The user who required it to be locked doesn't seem to be around any more and it has been locked for a while. I'll still be keeping an eye on it, though. Kuralyov 20:11, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Template help

Hey Sentry, hopefully you can help me:

I'm working on {{bookcover}}, trying to have it add articles to Category:Foreign book covers if any variable is added, such as {{bookcover|Japanese}}. That works. However, I don't want it to add them to Category:Book covers if they are already in the foreign category. Right now, it adds all of them to Category:Book covers. That redundancy is what I'm trying to fix. Hopefully that makes sense. Thanks! —Xwing328(Talk) 18:45, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Alright, it should work now. It adds pages to Category:Foreign book covers if a parameter is defined. Otherwise it adds them to Category:Book covers. Cheers, SentryTalk 22:24, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Awesome! That looks perfect. —Xwing328(Talk) 22:28, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Move Z-6 jet pack to Z-6 jetpack?

  • I ran into this redundant page Z-6 jet pack. Should it be merged with Z-6 jetpack, or deleted?Tocneppil 22:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
    • I am not an expert on the topic, but it definitely looks like both articles are discussing the same subject. I would go ahead and merge them.–SentryTalk 22:58, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
      • (shrugging)Well, I've never done that before -I thought that was one of those 'administrative power-thingies' everybody was clamoring about. :)Tocneppil 23:06, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Redirects

Had a question for you. On the Scout Trooper article, it lists as one of their accoutrements a Recon droid. I wanted to turn it into a link, and create an article. But it is already a redirect to another article, about a specific type of Recon droid. How can I remove that redirect? Serendipitousus 04:42, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Check out: m:Help:Redirect.–SentryTalk 07:22, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Fixed it, the [[|Probe droid|Recon droid]] link on scout trooper redirects to Probe droid, which has listed the R-1 Recon as a type of probe. Rock on. Serendipitousus 07:41, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
      • Nice work :-) –SentryTalk 07:49, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Help

Sentry, somone is messing with my userboxes, it's not me. I checked my pages history, and it says that I did this, is there a way I can change my password? User:BobafettH23/Sig.

  • Yeah, it is pretty easy to change your password. Just click on the "preferences" link at the top-right corner of the screen (or click here) and fill in the required informatin in the "Change password" section. Cheers, SentryTalk 02:50, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Wookieecookie
BobafettH23 has awarded you a Wookiee Cookie!
For all your help!

User:BobafettH23/Sig.

  • You're welcome, and thank you for the Wookiee-ookiee =)–SentryTalk 03:04, 10 December 2006 (UTC)