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Cloud City Pod Car
- Nominated by: StarsiderSWG (talk) 02:34, August 7, 2012 (UTC)
- Nomination comments: An article I wanted to work on for a while now.
(4 ACs/2 Users/6 Total)
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Cavalier One
(Squadron channel) 21:37, October 8, 2012 (UTC)- Exiled Jedi
(Greetings) 00:41, October 9, 2012 (UTC) 
IFYLOFD (Floyd's crib) 01:33, October 9, 2012 (UTC)- Commander Code-8 To say hi, press 42 07:09, October 10, 2012 (UTC)
- JangFett (Talk) 02:03, October 21, 2012 (UTC)
- Menkooroo (talk) 06:01, October 21, 2012 (UTC)
Object
Exiled Jedi
I believe an entry was included on the toy model for the vehicle in Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive. The appearance list contains a link to "Cloud Car (Single Pod)", which is likely this vehicle. You should get someone to check on the book for new information. I should be able to check the book within a few days if no one else gets to it first.- Didn't take as long as I thought. On page 176 of the book it has an entry for the vehicle. The entry says that it was based on a sketch by Joe Johnston, while the pilot was based on work by Ralph McQuarrie. There's also a different concept image on the page, but the copy I have is a bit beat up and the image would be of rather poor quality. I'm not entirely sure what you should do about the conflict, since one says McQuarrie designed it and another says Johnston. My best suggestion is for you is to have all of your information on the cloud car toy, then to state what the book said, and then have a sentence about the incosistency. I'm not sure who could get you the concept art image from the book, sorry.--Exiled Jedi (Greetings) 19:03, August 15, 2012 (UTC)
- Didn't take as long as I thought. On page 176 of the book it has an entry for the vehicle. The entry says that it was based on a sketch by Joe Johnston, while the pilot was based on work by Ralph McQuarrie. There's also a different concept image on the page, but the copy I have is a bit beat up and the image would be of rather poor quality. I'm not entirely sure what you should do about the conflict, since one says McQuarrie designed it and another says Johnston. My best suggestion is for you is to have all of your information on the cloud car toy, then to state what the book said, and then have a sentence about the incosistency. I'm not sure who could get you the concept art image from the book, sorry.--Exiled Jedi
In the BTS, I would mention that it was originally conceived of as concept art, and then move on to its first appearance as a toy to maintain chronology.--Exiled Jedi (Greetings) 18:21, August 15, 2012 (UTC)
- Okay, great catch. I actually think I have that book somewhere, but I didn't think to look at it. I'll see if I can upload an image from the book. I'll also mention the inconsistency and the other information in the BtS when I get the chance. StarsiderSWG (talk) 01:46, August 21, 2012 (UTC)
- Alright. I now open the BtS with "It was originally concept art." Also wrote a sentence on the discrepancy, and uploaded an image from the book. The image is as clear as I could get it, so if someone can upload a better one, feel free. I'm also wondering if I should have a disambiguation header for Single-pod cloud car? StarsiderSWG (talk) 23:46, August 27, 2012 (UTC)
- Okay, great catch. I actually think I have that book somewhere, but I didn't think to look at it. I'll see if I can upload an image from the book. I'll also mention the inconsistency and the other information in the BtS when I get the chance. StarsiderSWG (talk) 01:46, August 21, 2012 (UTC)
Cav
What is the formal name of the Wing Guard? You pipelink Cloud City Sky Patrol to Bespin Wing Guard throughout the article, but leave it as Bespin Wing Guard in the infobox. Please be consistent.- Cavalier One(Squadron channel) 10:29, September 4, 2012 (UTC)
- The toy box listed the affiliation as "Cloud City Sky Patrol," which is why I mentioned it more throughout the article. I replaced Cloud City Sky Patrol with Bespin Wing Guard in the intro, but how should I change the mention of it in the History? StarsiderSWG (talk) 01:07, September 5, 2012 (UTC)
- Well, now the question is are the Cloud City Sky Patrol and the Bespin Wing Guard one and the same? Or are they different organizations entirely? - Cavalier One(Squadron channel) 08:19, September 12, 2012 (UTC)
- I guess that's a good question. Perhaps I shouldn't assume they are one and the same and create a new article entirely for it? StarsiderSWG (talk) 23:09, September 13, 2012 (UTC)
- That would probably be best until/unless a source equates the two. - Cavalier One(Squadron channel) 12:42, September 20, 2012 (UTC)
- Alright, removed all mention of the Wing Guard and created a separate article for the Bespin Sky Patrol. StarsiderSWG (talk) 23:49, September 20, 2012 (UTC)
- That would probably be best until/unless a source equates the two. - Cavalier One
- I guess that's a good question. Perhaps I shouldn't assume they are one and the same and create a new article entirely for it? StarsiderSWG (talk) 23:09, September 13, 2012 (UTC)
- Well, now the question is are the Cloud City Sky Patrol and the Bespin Wing Guard one and the same? Or are they different organizations entirely? - Cavalier One
- The toy box listed the affiliation as "Cloud City Sky Patrol," which is why I mentioned it more throughout the article. I replaced Cloud City Sky Patrol with Bespin Wing Guard in the intro, but how should I change the mention of it in the History? StarsiderSWG (talk) 01:07, September 5, 2012 (UTC)
Pod
There's some intro-exclusive information --- the various names of the vehicle should all be used in the (in-universe part of the) article body.- "Perhaps its most striking difference..." "Perhaps its most" reads a little like original research. Is there a source to back that up?
- Their role as personal transport vehicles seems like it should be noted in the infobox's "Role" field. Menkooroo (talk) 07:14, October 10, 2012 (UTC)
One more: Do you think it's worth mentioning the Single-pod cloud car in the article? Maybe at the end of the first paragraph of "History;" just a brief blurb about there being another single-pod car that was used as an atmospheric patrol craft?Menkooroo (talk) 07:21, October 10, 2012 (UTC)- I'll get to work on this. StarsiderSWG (talk) 22:15, October 13, 2012 (UTC)
- Ok, I completed these changes.StarsiderSWG (talk) 15:35, October 20, 2012 (UTC)
- I'll get to work on this. StarsiderSWG (talk) 22:15, October 13, 2012 (UTC)
Toprawa
Sorry to temporarily disrupt this nomination's approval, but the Sources list should list each individual toy figure from the Power of the Force line, rather than just linking to the general toy line article itself. Example of what I'm talking about can be found here. The citation template you used for reference number 1 is what needs to go into the Sources list. I would make this change myself, but I'm unsure if there are multiple items from that toy line that need to be listed or not.Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 19:01, October 22, 2012 (UTC)- Sure, I'll figure out how to fix that. StarsiderSWG (talk) 22:41, October 22, 2012 (UTC)
- I think I fixed it. I'm not sure if the (Picture Only) thing should be listed next to it. Also, for some reason, clicking the link for "Cloud City Pod Car" (in the source as well as references) doesn't work, but copying and pasting the URL into my URL bar works. So not sure what's up with that. StarsiderSWG (talk) 22:34, October 25, 2012 (UTC)
- Got it! You don't need to put "http://www.rebelscum.com/" into the template; it's pre-loaded in. Check it out now! I also removed (Picture only); since the cloud car is the toy it's not applicable. Menkooroo (talk) 01:09, October 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Oh cool, thanks! StarsiderSWG (talk) 02:04, October 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Got it! You don't need to put "http://www.rebelscum.com/" into the template; it's pre-loaded in. Check it out now! I also removed (Picture only); since the cloud car is the toy it's not applicable. Menkooroo (talk) 01:09, October 26, 2012 (UTC)
- I think I fixed it. I'm not sure if the (Picture Only) thing should be listed next to it. Also, for some reason, clicking the link for "Cloud City Pod Car" (in the source as well as references) doesn't work, but copying and pasting the URL into my URL bar works. So not sure what's up with that. StarsiderSWG (talk) 22:34, October 25, 2012 (UTC)
- Sure, I'll figure out how to fix that. StarsiderSWG (talk) 22:41, October 22, 2012 (UTC)
Comments
Approved as a Good article by AgriCorps 21:37, November 2, 2012 (UTC)
- Someone forgot to archive this ;) Winterz (talk) 21:33, November 8, 2012 (UTC)
- I don't think its been forgotten, but I don't know if any ACs have checked it yet or if there's a certain time period before it can be archived. Commander Code-8 To say hi, press 42 09:21, November 9, 2012 (UTC)