Forum:Species by region

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This morning I took a map of the Star Wars galaxy, and, depending on FA or GA status, placed a star in each grid that contains one of our articles. Yellow obviously represents a FA, and green a GA (FAs taking priority). There are a number of species that don't have a homeworld identified, and others share a grid reference.

Maybe once the Alphabet Challenge is completed, we could work on the north-eastern quadrant... --Eyrezer 13:33, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Very cool map! I was actually starting a stealth project: Species of the Colonies region. There aren't many, and they are all doable (the hardest being Devaronians and Neimoidians, but these are still within the realm of feasibility for one project member acting alone). Basically, I've got two Colonies species ready to go (Phuii and Trunsk), but I need to wait for some slots to open up at FAN for me. Here's a list of all currently identified Colonies species:
 * Anointed People
 * Arkanian
 * Bivalva contemplativa
 * Blood Carver
 * Caridan (species)
 * Cilpar extinct native species
 * Devaronian
 * GoodIcon.pngr
 * LinkFA-star.pngenian
 * Fondorian
 * GoodIcon.pngm
 * Herglic
 * Khil
 * Kloperian
 * GoodIcon.pngtisian
 * GoodIcon.pngn
 * Mrlssi
 * Neimoidian
 * Neonan
 * Nevoota (species)
 * Offshoot
 * Pelemaxian
 * Phuii
 * Shi'ido
 * GoodIcon.pngr (species)
 * Squalris
 * LinkFA-star.pngk
 * Vindalian
 * Zygian


 * I was going to wait until the Alphabet Project was finished before floating the idea, but there ya go: Colonies species might be another idea for our next project. ~ SavageBob 18:18, May 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * It looks like about 14 FAs, 8 GAs, and a handful of CAs to me. --Eyrezer 01:34, May 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * I've added the Mikoans to your list. As of today, a GAN. --Eyrezer 11:21, May 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Cool. Not sure how I missed them unless someone hadn't connected the species to the planet yet. ~ SavageBob 16:25, May 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * And the Doneer, but they are already a GA. --Eyrezer 02:28, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Current nominations are in bold italic, per the Alphabet Challenge. Thanks for the updates, Ey. :) ~ SavageBob 15:28, May 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * I already have a queue of noms to go, but I'll be happy to try both these ideas, particularly if there are available RPG sources to check :P Surely there'll be a few available options.
 * About Colonies, Anointed People is waiting for my next FAN free slot. Some time ago, I took some notes for Khil, but I'm not following the KOTOR comics that feature a Khil guy. Still, I might improve that article too. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 13:24, May 19, 2010 (UTC)

Coordnate Challenge
Eyrezer, above, were you suggesting a sort of grid-based challenge to replace the Alphabet Challenge? Try to FA or GA a species for every grid on the map (unless there are none, like in the dark corners)? That might be fun. I wonder if it'd be feasible, or if we'd end up with, say, Chiss as the only species somewhere and get stuck. ~ SavageBob 16:25, May 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * This is more what I had in mind, yes. It's just another way - like the Alphabet Challenge - to prompt people to consider writing up species that they otherwise would not. --Eyrezer 01:44, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * I like it. We'll have to iron out the details (is it either a GA or an FA for each coordinate, or is it both, for instance), but it would be a good, general replacement for the alphabet challenge in that it leaves the field quite wide open for folks to work on articles they are interested in while working toward a common goal. I'll probably pick off the Colonies species on my own if no one else wants to work on them, but the Coordinate Challenge might be the best bet for the next big thing for us to devote our attentions to (in addition to the Twi'lek thing). ~ SavageBob 02:21, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just noticed: H-16 (Endor) should get a yellow star for Dulok. ~ SavageBob 01:07, May 4, 2010 (UTC)

A test case
Just as a test case, let's take a random coordinate from the map for which we have no species yet: P-19. Firing up the Essential Atlas Online Companion, I search its Appendices for this coordinate. This nets me the Alzoc system, Fallowan system, Karazak system, Pantora system, Parmic system, Piluvia system, Shownar system, Skynara system, Syni system, and Torch Nebula. I then check out these systems (or the planets in the case we don't have an article for the system) for native species. This nets me the Talz, Pantorans, and Shownarri to choose from. Pretty cool. ~ SavageBob 02:31, May 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * Exactly! I also plan to add my Completed articles to the map, once I can work out the Gimp. For the record, I don't think we can assume that is an image of the Shownarri... --Eyrezer 06:00, May 3, 2010 (UTC)

Moving ahead?
Skippy beat me to it, but congratulations are in order for completing the alphabet challenge! Before we rest on our laurels, though, there area couple of things to clear up. First of all, do we want to keep adding new articles to the main Alphabet Challenge page, or do we want to preserve it as is to represent the end of the challenge? Secondly, do we know how many new FAs and GAs the Alphabet Challenge netted us? Finally, I know Eyrezer is on board with the Coordinate Challenge (or whatever we want to call it) as our next one, but what about Skippy and other members? Shall we move ahead with our next major challenge, to get a star on every grid of the galactic map? ~ SavageBob 00:45, May 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Personally I like to have a page that lists all our articles. I have been using the Alphabet page to see current noms more than the FAN/GAN announcement page. However, an archive could be useful. Alternatively, one way to "preserve" could be to link to it as it was when completed on the Milestones page I started the other day. --Eyrezer 01:44, May 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * The snapshot (linking to the version that was current as of the end of the contest) would be a good addition to the milestones page, yes. :) In the meantime, we can keep adding new noms to the alphabetical page too. Why not? ~ SavageBob 15:24, May 18, 2010 (UTC)