Wookieepedia:Featured article nominations/Sic-Six/Legends

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Sic-Six

• Nominated by: Skippy Farlstendoiro 09:13, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
• Nomination comments: Added only a little information but it's ready and didn't make the GAN cut. Warning: Not suitable for arachnophobics.

(5 Inqs/1 Users/6 Total/INQCON 5)

Support

1. --Eyrezer 00:55, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
2. ~ SavageBob 13:53, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
3. Chack Jadson ^(Talk) 18:35, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
4. Despite the pole-dancing muppet at the bottom of the article. Cavalier One^{(Squadron channel)} 12:42, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
5. Grunny ^(Talk) 02:25, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
6. -- Darth Culator ^(Talk) 03:26, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Object

1. Eyrezer:
   • Can you add a reference for the CCG card suggestion of Leids and Helrot's familiarity?
     • Added; it's an arguable familiarity mentioned in the game mechanics, not in the background text.
   • No quotes? --Eyrezer 09:20, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
     • None that I'm aware of. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 09:33, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
   • Can we get some more information on Trix-sor? There is a whole panel on him in GG2. It also has some info on his voice that should be added to the culture or biol sections. --Eyrezer 09:44, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
     • Done, tried not to extrapolate. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 10:37, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
   • "to evolve perception advantages." What do you mean by perception advantages?
     • Changed.
   • Also I added a redlink to fangning in the intro. FAs are not allowed redlinks in the intro, so sorry about that. --Eyrezer 22:31, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
     • Stubbed.

1. Prepare to be Savaged...
   • I'm not sure if it's proper to refer to things as "aliens" in Wookieepedia, as that implies a Human-centric point of view. Could you change such instances to "arachnids" or "beings" or some other pseudo-synonym?
     • Changed.
   • The introduction does no make clear how they use their webs and great hearing to detect intruders. Could you clarify?
     • Expanded.
   • The intro is overall a bit short. Could you perhaps break up the paragraph into one part about biology and another about society and history, and beef them up a bit?
     • Beefed up.
   • "Their pedipalps were also used to analyze the environment." How?
     • Changed. OS says simply "rendering".
   • "...forced them to evolve quickly and uncomfortably." I'm not sure what you mean here. How is evolution comfortable or uncomfortable?
     • Changed. It was too POV.
   • The social uses of their webs should be mentioned again in the Society and culture section.
     • Expanded; I guess you mean this.
       • Actually, I'm referring to the stuff about them laying webs in docking bays, etc. ~ SavageBob 11:38, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
         • Specified.
   • I think after you establish the term "fanging"/"fanger" the first time, you don't need to put them in quotes for future uses. This is Star Wars and there are a lot of weird terms!
     • Not changed. OS's always use quotes.
       • Boo to the original source.
   • A few facts mentioned elsewhere should probably be repeated in the history section. Particularly, no mention is made of where or how the Sic-Six evolved, nor of how they developed their own technology.
     • Done, OS does not disclose much.
   • "Trix-sor sometimes worked as a spy for a minor Imperial peer known as Spenz." Can you define "peer" here or use another word? I'm not sure what it's supposed to mean.
     • Thesaurized.
   • Why did you remove the information about the card mechanics of the CCG Nabrun Leids and Elis Helrot cards? I thought that was good BTS info.
     • Apparently it wasn't. I added it not being very familiar with the CCG rules. I've been told since that Leids and Helrot cards simply have some unique ability of transportation that is explicitly inhibited by the Sic-Six card; but this does not mean that Leids ever met a Sic-Six. I could add something, but as rule explanation, not as background, and this is not the usual here.
       • Ah, got it.
   • Can we get a citation for the two body segments of arachnids? It should be easy to cite this, but I'm uncomfortable just letting it ride without a source.
     • Added. Wiki should never be a source, do you like Britannica?
   • Have you checked the various adaptations of Return of the Jedi for the Sic-Six? Particularly, the comic book versions might depict the character.
     • I haven't found anything looking like a Sic-Six either on the comic adaptation or the manga one; or any description even reminding me of one in the novelization. But thanks for suggesting; I hadn't thought of that.
   • Similarly, I think Sic-Six should be mentioned in quite a few other sources. Please be sure to check The New Essential Guide to Droids, Star Wars Encyclopedia, The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia, A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, (all three editions?), and, yes, the dreaded Star Wars Fact File. I can help you out with some of these.
     • I'll check ROTJ comic, New Droid Guide and "incomplete" Encyclopedia later; others I don't own.
     • Good point. Two sources added (Thanks, Dan), and the third one's been checked (no ref to Sic-Six in ROTJ comic).
     • Chronicles and Sansweet's Guide added, again thanks to Eyrezer and now to Muuurgh too.
       • Could you check The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia again? I'm pretty sure they have an entry... ~ SavageBob 02:08, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
         • Don't own it, but already trying to convince someone else to check it.
         • Checked it and added the info. I'll support now, since I'm not going to hold up a nomination for possible Fact File information. ~ SavageBob 13:53, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
           • Thanks. In the future, I'll try to avoid this situation. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 07:12, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
   • That's it for now! Let me know if I can help out! ~ SavageBob 05:01, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
     • Some pending; keep tuned. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 11:55, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
   • Just a few more things found on a second read-through:
     • The info on developing their own technology in the "Society and culture" section sounds more like history, whereas that same bit of "History" sounds more like society and culture. Perhaps swap them?
       • Swapped, except for the sentence on superiority, that sounds a lot like society and culture.
     • Can you source the Charon, just for completeness sake?
       • Sourced. I'm still wondering if the Charon are the best example...
     • Are you sure about the order of when they first appeared? In other words, were they in the first edition of Galaxy Guide 2 or where they among the characters added by Pablo Hidalgo in the 2nd edition? ~ SavageBob 11:38, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
       • Well, I'm not sure; only 2nd edition available here. Should I remove the source? --Skippy Farlstendoiro 12:50, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
         • I have first edition. Give me a couple days; I'll check it out. ~ SavageBob 02:08, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
         • OK, just checked, and it looks like Trix-Sor was added to the 2nd edition as part of the expansions done by Pablo Hidalgo. That would affect your BTS a bit. ~ SavageBob 03:51, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
           • Typical of second editions. Modified. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 06:20, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Comments

• I wonder if those images from the prop site are available in any of the making of books. Were you able to check any of them? Perhaps other people here on the Wook have some of them. --Eyrezer 22:31, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
  • I have not found these images elsewhere, but I could not access the following sources that might include them:
    • The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
    • The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film
    • The Making of Star Wars
    • The Art of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
  • Done, thanks (ironically) to you and also to Muuuuuurgh.
• For quotes, GG4 is an in-universe source, so stuff from that could be used. I've always kind of considered it cheating to use it, but it is technically OK. :) ~ SavageBob 11:40, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
  • I already supported, but is there any reason you source Sisk to four things in the homeworld section of the infobox? If one of those identifies it as such, four refs are not needed. Chack Jadson ^(Talk) 18:35, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Approved as a Featured article by Inquisitorius 03:26, 1 August 2009 (UTC)