Forum:SH:Spring is in the air!

Flowers are blooming! Buds are appearing on trees! People are walking their dogs again! None of that really has to do with Wookieepedia, but Spring's general aura of hopefulness and rebirth will surely infect our article writing! Soon it will be the month of May, and Wookieepedia's annual summer-speedup will have all of us itching to write, write, and write some more. And what better way to humour our fancies than a barn-burner?

This May will be the one year anniversary of our Wacky wild Wookiee windup, and, I think, a perfect time to once again bring the community together and work toward a common goal. To anyone unfamiliar with the barn burner: We choose a topic and spend a month writing status articles. #1 was Wookiees, #2 was weapons, and #3 was The Phantom Menace. It's a great community-building exercise that sees us all do a lot of writing, review each other's work, and just generally pool our efforts toward a fun and positive goal.

Fred and I have been discussing this on IRC, and while we both agree that the TPM barn burner was a great idea, it did bring with it some limitations. It didn't breed Comprehensive articles very well, and quickie GANs were impossible due to the vast amount of sources and adaptations that needed to be checked. As such, we're kind of leaning toward returning to the theme being In-universe rather than Out-of-Universe. The only exception I can think of off the top of my head would be the HoloNet News website, which could lead to all three kinds of status articles and usually only requires a CSWE check.

Anyway, let me know if you're all interested in this, and if you are, begin throwing out ideas for a theme! I'm also looking for someone to lead this, so feel free to volunteer your services. If this happens, let's make it huge. Your GAs will be on the Main Page this time around, and your CAs just might appear in that Random article box! Yahoo! Menkooroo 06:54, April 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * Great idea! I swear I'll lead one of these sometime, but for now the summer is still too in motion for me. As for themes, some of the ones that have been bandied about in the past have been New Jedi Order members, Galactic Republic Senators, and astromech droids. It might also be fun to do something like "arts and leisure" (which would include music, musicians, games, pastimes, sports, etc.). Non-sentient critters might also be fun. ~ Savage BOB sig.png 14:25, April 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * How about articles related to the army and navy of the Galactic Empire or of the Rebel Alliance?-- Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  18:08, April 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * Excellent ideas, all of 'em. More! More! Menkooroo 18:46, April 7, 2012 (UTC)
 * One of the ideas Menk and I both liked was the Jedi Order of the Galactic Republic. MasterFred Commerce Guild.svg(Whatever) 03:31, April 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * Criminal underworld theme. Crimelords, pirates, card sharks, bounty hunters, bounties, corrupt officials, thieves & thefts, security systems, hangouts, notorious ships, personalized guns, bad cops, and maybe even good cops (the anti-crime). Only problem is that it might be too broad a topic. SinisterSamurai 04:36, April 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * Historically, broader has been better. "Weapons" was chosen over anything more specific, and we knocked it out of the park. That's why I like your idea. :) Project: Underworld. The possibilities are endless! Menkooroo 05:14, April 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm of course partial toward Bob's arts and liesure idea due to my obsession with music and having founded WP:ENT. :P MasterFred Commerce Guild.svg(Whatever) 05:11, April 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * Ooh, I like Project: Underworld! I might actually get something done this time because there'd be a ton of TOR crossover. Darth Trayus ( Trayus Academy ) 05:44, April 8, 2012 (UTC)
 * What about articles based on the Timothy Zahn's original Thrawn trilogy? Its soon to be the 20th anniversary of Dark Force Rising and the 21st anniversary of HTTE. It would include characters, events, and vehicles and locations that were created by Zahn himself for the trilogy. We could also get a couple of people dedicated to cleaning up the Grand Admiral himself's article. DjMack 20:53, April 8, 2012 (UTC)