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Captain Footnotes

Re: here. Sure, I can try—if I can remember the sources. Tighter source referencing does appeal to me, and will help improve my own precision. --McEwok 18:13, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Is this good?! --McEwok 19:00, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Regarding this: I do think page-specific footnotes help (they're not obligatory, but I should try to do them for all the novels, if not the comics); I also remember adding Captain/Colonel for the Alliance and the CEDF (based on The Swarm War), and this is of course the real-world system; again, Major directly above Captain is what happens in the US and UK, but the ISB doesn't explicitly exclude the existence of an intermediate grade between the two ranks, which we undoubtedly see in other canon material dealing with the Imperial military. --McEwok 12:00, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Picking up again from your latest reply here: how's this? --McEwok 00:57, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Now I'm confused. I'd forgotten that they added the major as Battalion commander in GttGAR (in fact, I rather suspect that the G-canon "1.2 million" and the corps/"Battle Army" structure in AotC:ICS is all based on The Imperial Sourcebook's OB for a Sector Army); but majors seem to be subsumed into the generic "commander" role with yellow details on their armour. --McEwok 14:43, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Code

Thanks for fixing that code problem on the Userbox history page. I should have known it was just a matter of spaces.

Btw, you might want to archive this talk page for once. ;) -- Riffsyphon1024 06:00, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Fine. I can't believe how much these things expand... —Silly Dan (talk) 03:34, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Nebulax ban

Nebulax technically wasn't breaking the 3RR; he didn't remove the image in his latest edit. --Imp 01:05, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Fine, he's unblocked. —Silly Dan (talk) 01:23, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Upon closer investigation he did actually break the 3RR. My mistake. --Imp 01:29, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
      • As the main point to the 3RR isn't punishment, but getting the user to cool down, a 15 minute block works more or less the same way anyhow. So it's all good. —Silly Dan (talk) 01:36, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

SuperShadow among us?

  • Either SuperShadow, or a devotee was trolling around (talk pages only as far as I'm aware) using the IP 65.57.106.15. I'm not sure if there's any policy on reverting talk pages, so I figured I'd ask. Vryce 08:09, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
    • You can revert nonsense or personal attacks from talk pages, yes. (You need to use your own judgement about what constitutes nonsense or personal attacks, of course...) Anyway, he's been blocked. —Silly Dan (talk) 03:34, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
      • Thanks for clearing that up. So my personal rule of: if it's just personal garbage, and not about the page or ways to improve it, it should go is probably fine? Vryce 05:18, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
        • More like if it's designed just to annoy people, it can go, I think. —Silly Dan (talk) 12:26, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
          • Just wondering, but is SuperShadow legit? Does his website tell the truth? If it doesn't then I'll have to tell an unfortunate friend. Because he supposedly had interviews with Mr.Lucas Tyg13 00:35, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
            • He's either a liar or delusional. —Silly Dan (talk) 00:52, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Eh?

Another Canadian on Wookieepedia!? How's it going? Just looking around and saw you're in TO....and an Oilers fan, eh? I'm a True-bred Leafs fan all the way, lol. Just thought I'd drop a line and say hey, Take it easy! Greyman 19:55, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

  • I lived in Edmonton during the Gretzky years...old habits die hard. But I like the Leafs too. 8) —Silly Dan (talk) 03:34, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

  • For removing the vandalism on my archive. That was... weird... SCREAAAM!!! User:Bly1993

Coolest Thing Ever

Hey, I'm not sure if you would know this, but worth a try. Do you know when the Coolest and Lamest Thing Ever end? Not that I dislike it, I'm just wondering. Thanks. Chack Jadson 01:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Mount Sorrow Warning

I'll admit, that was very rude and wrong of me and I accept full responsibility. It was a gague for...something. I dunno. Sorry. .... 06:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

205.204.242.23

Please block 205.204.242.23 as he has just returned form a one week ban and has begun vandalizing (he created the article Avatar the last airbender). Chack Jadson 19:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Anon bans

I would have banned that vandal infinitely. He will return and continue vandalizing tomorrow. - TopAce 18:45, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

  • That would be overkill. Indefinite blocks are reserved for identified open proxies (especially the misconfigured ones which leave extra backslashes everywhere); usernames which were used only for large-scale vandalization, belong to repeatedly warned users, were used to circumvent temporary blocks, or are obviously offensive; and IPs used only by the most persistent vandals. After being blocked for one day, an anonymous user who only posted relatively innocuous nonsense will probably go off to do something else. —Silly Dan (talk) 18:49, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

My template

Thanks for saving my template from deletion, but you downsized my pic of Obi-Wan. Don't do that again! - User:Patricknoddy 5:20pm, February 26, 2007 (EST)

I refuse to change it. (It's my template!!!) - User:Patricknoddy 5:24pm, February 26, 2007 (EST)
Alright I'll do it. But if you change it again I'll leave Wookieepedia forever. - User:Patricknoddy 5:30pm, February 26, 2007 (EST)
Downsized it. Happy now? - User:Patricknoddy 5:31pm, February 26, 2007 (EST)

Profanity

This User has some profanity in his bottom infobox/userbox it says. This user thinks Mace Windu has had enough of these mother****ing snakes on this mother****ing plane 216.211.66.52 11:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

  • We have no specific policy against that, so long as it's not used to insult another user. We're unlikely to make such a policy, for that matter. —Silly Dan (talk) 12:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

RE: Lyn Me

It was in Star Wars Insider #67, page 46. It had info about each of the band members. it is cannon. Quinlanfan 22:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Source-based awards

Wow...I forgot all about that. Is it any drama if I don't do it immediately, but wait a while? I'm very busy with the Wookiee-Cast at the moment. Amongst other things. .... 06:16, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

  • No rush. Whenever you feel like it. —Silly Dan (talk) 22:49, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Nickname

We were talking on the IRC, and whe thought you should be named "Intelligent Dan", etc. Please chime in here: #wookieepedia. - User:Patricknoddy 22:46, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Latter

I don't know exactly how this works, but as an admin, is it possible for you to look up the anon who posted the article Latter? I think they got the information from the following excerpt from the Mimban entry in the databank and I'd like to explain to them that "latter" is a word in the english language, in this case referring to the Coway, not a new species.

  • Mimban has numerous intelligent species indigenous to the world, including the "Greenies" and the Coway. The first is a species of green-furred Mimbanite humanoids who have been exploited by the human population. The latter is a gray-furred species of troglodytes who are powerful warriors.

I'd like to keep them from posting this AGAIN and being confused. Wildyoda 19:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Oh for the love of...is that what's causing the problem? I've already warned the anon about fanon, but I'll leave an additional note. —Silly Dan (talk) 19:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
    • Yeah, I really really wondered about that one when I saw it, and did a bit of creative google searching, which led me to that. Thanks for explaining that to him. Wildyoda 19:41, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

You wouldn't steal a

Thanks for that. It annoys buggery out of me. .... 20:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

OH Canada

Hey Silly Dan could I use your this user is a canadian userbox for my page since I'm Canadian. Troyb 13:08, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

curse words

I was not "digging through". I went to vote for that and saw that he said that. I was not aware that he said that several months ago. I thought it was recent. Quinlanfan 16:31, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

  • If you had read through that thread carefully, you'd have noticed that it was a closed archive thread which you didn't need to vote on, and that Redemption had made those comments in January. —Silly Dan (talk) 18:33, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I did not pay attention to the dates. I just went there to vote. I also did not know that it was closed. it still let me vote. User:Quinlanfan

I could have sworne that I voted on that page. But anyways I usually dont read the stuff at the top, just the contents Quinlanfan 22:45, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Darth Something's comments

Atris, Xizor, Palpatine, and Count Dooku could safely be considered elitists.Darth Something

  • Those are very subjective categorizations. I think you should stay clear of them. —Silly Dan (talk) 01:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Could someone add info to the Behind the Scenes section for Chodo Habat? Someone should post what happens to him if you don't go back to help him when mercenaries attack his compound.Darth Something

  • You can add that, if you remember what happens. —Silly Dan (talk) 01:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Something I noticed on Darth Malak's page, the whole thing about him being rumored to be the one responsible for the Taris Jedi Massacre in the KOTOR comics featuring Zayne Carrick. The comics establish it isn't him, so that's fan speculation running out of control.Darth Something

  • So, feel free to remove it, possibly with an explanation on the talk page. —Silly Dan (talk) 01:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

I frequent the TSL Restoration Project Board, so I know alot about cut content and what is supposed to happen to certain characters. How much discretion should be used in mentioning character information relating to that? (E.g. "Cut Content: Atris was originally intended to use the Exile's old lightsaber when she duels the Exile.") Darth Something

  • Add whatever you think is appropriate, so long as you can back up what you add. —Silly Dan (talk) 01:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

hi

Hey dan, this is crumb. I'm back and this is my new account since i forgot my old password. I wasn't here much since i knew so much about star wars i didn't have to always come here and look stuff up. Repoo 03:42, 22 March 2007 (UTC)


userbox

Could I use your this user is a canadian user box since I'm also from Canada? Troyb 18:05, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Thank's fellow Canadian.CANADA RULE'S!!! Troyb 17:20, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

P.S. sorry about writing this twice,I don't know what happend. —Unsigned comment by 142.167.124.115 (talk • contribs)

vandal

Hey, I realized that when ever I use my sig with the talk thing and image that under that it had someone else's sig writen five times. I found out what happened. User:DarkJedi Robert went on to my sig page and added his sig so when ever I write mine his would come up. I just thought I'd let you know. Grand Admiral Nick Vos [Holonet] Republic Emblem

  • I see. I'm assuming for now that it was a mistake on his part, not deliberate vandalism.... Anyway, this is one of the major reasons people with custom sigs like to use subst'd templates: malicious or merely incorrect edits to the signatures won't propagate through to a bunch of talk pages. On the other hand, good and useful edits won't either. 8) —Silly Dan (talk) 19:24, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

How can someone acidently go on to my sig page and type his name on there five times. Only I should be allowed to change it.

I am sorry I keep reporting all of this stuff, I just want this site to clean and vandalless. I would love to be an admin.;) Grand Admiral Nick Vos [Holonet] Republic Emblem

vandalizing bragging

dude, i wasnt bragging i was just saying i was a good vandal and i pulled it off. but now i want to be good and i pulled it off. i was just saying i can do stuff when i put my mind to it. Repoo 04:52, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi my friend...

Hi, i´m Starkiller1996, and so that they have erased my Userpage? , it wanted to know so that?,and now there am lost all that information…

human article

Most of my sources have been other articles, such as humanocentric, speciesism, xenophobia and others. I just compiled them in the human one. Also, my other contributions have to do with formating, clarification or the obvious, like appearance and physiology, or the mystery of their origin and various theories MoffRebus 11:04, 26 March 2007 (UTC)


Katarnpedia

Is this katarnpedia thing permenent because i'm a little too used to the old wookieepedia. Please reply.--Windu223 00:43, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

  • It's temporary, and will be reverted after April Fool's Day. It will last as long as Mr. Katarn wishes it to be so. —Silly Dan (talk) 00:44, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

"The" with ship names

Thanks/sorry. I was under the impression that we had decided that "the" was okay to use since source material uses it, but also okay not to use. I'll read more carefully next time. Wildyoda 01:28, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Bimkall merge

I certainly can. Due to the fact that it does not exsist at all, and is in fact due to an IU technical glitch, it should be relegated to a section on the HoloNet news article. It's like an alias. We don't have an article at Darth Vader explaining how it was a Sith name that Anakin Skywalker used. We shouldn't have stuff like Kenex Kil and all that. It's just not..."encyclopedic". .... 12:11, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Yes, yes, I know it stinks of ulterior motive and all that, but what I had in mind was, on the HoloNet article, (the IU one that is) a section about "mistakes", which would discuss "errors" in the HoloNet's "history" that could also include any continuity errors brought up in the series. Just a thought. .... 12:21, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
    • I'm not sure. I'm sure there's got to be some continuity slip up some where. At any rate, a full and healthy section can be coaxed out of two examples, and the fact that they had a whole issue about corrections. .... 12:30, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi my friend...

Hi, I´m Starkiller1999...… Single I want to know if I can make my Userpage again? 06 March 2007, 23:37 (UTC)

Florn Lamproid

Got it sourced to the best of my ability. I dunno where the telepathic abilities beyond empathy come from, though, unless it's extrapolation from One Last Night in the Mos Eisley Cantina. jSarek 20:11, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Guest Book

Got it. Silenced Nighthawk(Comlink)(Past Missions)File:Nighthawksig.jpg|60px 22:53, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

  1. hey Vadahata2 00:12, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Hey "Silly Dan",thanks a lot for the warning,but...Do you think you can explain what it means to me?I kindaread the stuff where you told me to go,but didn't get most of it...Can you help?:)~The Prophet~ 22:08, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much for replying!

Thanks for replying, erm, first question, where do i get started? (sorry if i'm breif, i just heard that were not really supposed to spend more time in chat than editing stuff). Darth Blight 23:20, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

p.s. Do you know how to get 'userboxes'?

  • Thanks....still VERY confused... but getting the idea now thanks. :) Darth Blight 23:47, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
    • No problem...it takes a while to get used to the system we've come up with. 8) —Silly Dan (talk) 01:23, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Only for about the first 2 minutes... THEN you learn that it's just codes...and then it's plain sailing, thanks for the help... :-)Darth Blight 18:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:Religious parallels.

Please don't remove that section as I added more sources.I am not pushing it to be true ot that I beleive it,but I just think we need to also point out connections to Earth outside of just pop culture.

If you feel it shouldn't be there then please let me know and we'll discuss it on the talkpag eor our talkpages.Thankyou.--نادرالی

  • Two of those links are just the opinion and interpretation of individual Christian viewers, while the first one is a semi-coherent page written by someone who believes Star Wars to be real history, and that he is the only person with access to the revealed truth. I suppose one could write something on religious interpretations of Star Wars, but I don't think the references are specific enough to go on the List of references to Earth in Star Wars page. We'd also need significant sources on religious interpretations (i.e. published sources on Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, or other religious interpretations, not self-published blog posts or web pages.) —Silly Dan (talk) 23:30, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
  • But the source does have interpritations from other religions.And he is citing the scriptures.What I'm saying is it's not true but it is drawin the link to Earth in the Star Wars galaxy.Take ET for example.Fcitional story,but still is based on Earth.Same thing with the religious sources.The religious books might be fictional,but still draw links between Earth and Star Wars. What's more is we only seem to have refferences to pop-culture movies, but no refferences outside of that,so we need one here.--Nadirali نادرالی

Anzati

Thanks, also, In the comic Darkness, there are anzati called Ferral, or something like that. They can shoot webbing out of their stomach. Can normal anzati do that? And how do those anzati become like that? Thanks Anzati02 19:28, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

  • No idea, I'm afraid. I never read that story....—Silly Dan (talk) 20:25, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Boobs and other fanwankery

Is this better? I honestly didn't expect the other Rasha Bex icon to be accepted. It was basically a joke, poking fun at the whole breast thing. It was even described as "Fanboys' dream".KEJ 21:21, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

  • That would be perfectly fine (though we really should add a BoShek picture somewhere too, just to keep things even.) Add it to the list! —Silly Dan (talk) 21:23, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
    • I was thinking about a BoShek pic too. To be honest, I don't particularly like the way Rasha is depicted generally. Her slightly unintelligent-looking facial features along with her... errr... anatomy remind me of a sexist stereotype of women that was prevalent some time prior to the 1980s. KEJ 21:27, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

User name stuff....

if i wanted to change my user name, would it change it on everything ive edited's history and on all the things ive signed, or do i need to change those as well?Darth Blight 21:01, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually, you can't change your username on Wikia. The closest you can come is:
  1. Set up a new account, and start editing under that account.
  2. Replace your current userpage with the text #REDIRECT[[User:(insert your new username here)]] (a hard redirect), or text advising browsers of your new username, together with a link (a soft redirect.)
Your old contributions will not be attributed to your new account, but anyone clicking your old signature or looking your username up when checking article histories will be redirected to your new account.

(Over on Wikipedia, you can change your username, and have your former username's contributions attributed to your new account. You can also go through your old contributions to talk pages and change your signature. However, if you start a new account, I recommend you don't do that in order to avoid confusion. Just leave it so your old user page points to the new one.) —Silly Dan (talk) 21:56, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Thank you for the info, I'll remember that for the future.Darth Blight 10:51, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Whoopsie

I didn't know how to move pages. That's why I copy/pasted. Vykk 03:09, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

  • No problem. (I was sure it was swing-bob in my copy: maybe it was a defective printing. Or maybe I need a new reading lamp....) —Silly Dan (talk) 03:12, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
    • It's at the bottom of page 195 of the Rebel Dawn paperback (just in case little things like that drive you nuts). Vykk 03:17, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
      • You're right. Must get a new reading lamp... 8) —Silly Dan (talk) 19:43, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Your post on Knowledge Bank

  • Actually, it is for general knowledge questions- the KB, that is. Cheers. Atarumaster88 02:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Sorry, I thought it was a Senate Hall post. (Though as a Knowledge Bank post, it's not quite on topic: it asked for opinions, not facts. But then, I'm really only worried about off-topic articles, myself.) —Silly Dan (talk) 03:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
      • Yeah- it's not really a topic for there either, but I'm with you on the whole "not worth it" thing. Atarumaster88 03:08, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Question

I hear you can overide other users judgments or artilces is that true{ If yes then how so} —Unsigned comment by 69.217.73.2 (talk • contribs)

No consensus?

  • Silly Dan, you marked the "Fanon go Boom" consensus track as having "no consensus", although the vote tallies were 8 to 22 for allowing fanon. That seems like consensus to me, but thoughts? Atarumaster88 22:31, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
    • My closing message meant that there was no consensus to ban userpage fanon outright (i.e. there was consensus not to ban it), but no consensus on what else, if anything to do with it short of an outright ban. —Silly Dan (talk) 00:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)


Oh

Oops, I didn't notice that.--Windu223 00:28, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Alien pics

Sorry you couldn't find them, but thx much for looking!JustinGann 00:21, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

I win

Actually I was just gloating that my recall of the quote (posted earlier) turned out to be so accurate.--Valin Kenobi 21:45, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Whoopsie! My bad......

Usernames

Interesting...I'll have to think about it. Stupid related question (probably) - all the people with the fancy signatures with different colors, talk page links, and all that; do they have to do that manually every time, or is there a way to design it once and have it come up as your sig automatically? CooperTFN 04:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

block

sorry tell him to cool downClonetroop125 22:25, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

bloc

why the hek did u block HBKH Clonetroop125 21:48, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Because he was agitating for us to block you, and calling you corrupt. If HBKH is a friend of yours, tell him to stop goofing around. —Silly Dan (talk) 22:49, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
  • o hes just kidding Clonetroop125 23:02, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
  • thanks

redemtion and 1upd

pleaz bloc redemption and 1upd redemption called me a troll and 1upd called me a n00b Clonetroop125 23:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

  • He called you a troll because you were posting nonesense,(Which trolls do, though that doesn't necassarily mean you are one), and I didn't necassarily call you a noob, I just said that if you weren't a troll you were a noob. Which could just mean you're new to Wookiepedia, nothing mean.--1upD 00:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

STOP IT

Silly Dan Stop bothering me or I will report you. —Unsigned comment by HBKH (talk • contribs)

  • HBKH, you were claiming another user was corrupt and needed to be banned, which violates our policy on insulting other users. How was I supposed to know the two of you are friends, and that it was a joke? You didn't respond to my warnings about our policy, so I blocked you. I unblocked you when your friend asked me to. I don't think you have any cause for complaint here, but you're welcome to put a notice on Forum:Administrators' noticeboard if you think you're being treated unfairly. —Silly Dan (talk) 11:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Dan I did not know I was supposed to say I'll stop. And whatever Clonetroop125 says I'm not his aprentice were just frends. Sorry. Also If You Want A War just ask.

  • You didn't have to say you'd stop, you just had to stop. Which, at the time I blocked you, it seemed you hadn't. —Silly Dan (talk) 03:08, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

teehee

who do you think wrote star wars novels,friend?

yeah...fans...well SIlly Dan I think we all learned alot about ignorance today.—Unsigned comment by ArmsOnasi (talk • contribs)

  • You don't understand what I'm trying to say.. Fandom and fanfiction are all well and good, but unless one of these people wrote something, chances are we can't put it in an article. —Silly Dan (talk) 01:09, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

hey....mansquito

have you ever played Knights Of The Old Republic 2. Well the trailer in the opening sequence has the announcer call the exile a guy he says "and there is once thing standing in our way, should HE choose his path etc. So why are we calling the exile a girl now

  • For the record, the Jedi Exile was described as a heroine in The New Essential Guide to Droids. For your own sake, don't start a forum or something on a talk page about how it's stupid that the Jedi Exile is female. Please, just don't even try it. -- SFH 04:02, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

this is mostly

opinion, but doesn't it feel as if the game was made for a guy path. Look at Mical, he clearly is a last minute half baked addition. ANd the railer came before the New Essential Guide To Droids...now didn't it

  • Exactly. 99% of the time, things that came out later are considered canon. Sorry. But that excuse doesn't cut it. Deal with it. --Redemption20pxTalk 04:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

true enough true enough. Then again the canon doesn't always end up being better. Have we learned nothing from the destruction of Boba Fett.

  • I'm not saying I'm happy with canon. But canon is canon. Read Wookieepedia:Jedi Exile|this if you are thinking about pursuing the subject of the Exile's gender any further. --Redemption20pxTalk 04:45, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Besides, the use of a "male Exile" in early promo materials is already mentioned and explained in the article. —Silly Dan (talk) 03:08, 14 June 2007 (UTC)