User talk:WhiteBoy

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BTTF II
I didn't think it was that bad. Maybe we can discuss the movie and I can convince you otherwise. -- Riffsyphon1024 03:46, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Heh, well... There were definitely some good parts of it, but overall, I just thought it was not on the caliber of the first one.  WhiteBoy 15:03, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Of course it wasn't the first one, but I appreciate their creativity in continuing the trilogy. Flying Deloreans, other selves, deja vu, sports almanac, sent back to 1885. What's to dislike? -- Riffsyphon1024 17:38, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Not to butt in, but I simply will not sit by and allow Back to the Future 2 to be criticized. 3, I could live with, but not 2. =p CooperTFN 09:19, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * BTTF = Greatest movie trilogy. EVER.  Thanos6 09:27, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I was just going to let it die, but since others have joined the conversation, I can't. :)  I liked all that stuff Riff mentioned above (and don't forget the hoverboards), so I'm having a hard time putting my finger on it.  Maybe it's the acting (Crispin Glover was a great George McFly...missed him in 2 and 3); it's so over-the-top.  I love that about Doc, but grow weary of it with Biff.  :)  Maybe it's the vision of the future (which every movie set in the future of course gets wrong).  It was weird watching that and saying, "2015, eh?  That's less than 10 years away...won't happen!")  I don't think it was the special affects.  They were really well done, and stand up amazingly well to today's standards.  OK, I guess, I'm rambling now.  In short, I can't say right off what it was, but it just wasn't as charming as the first one.  WhiteBoy 16:01, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Not as charming, maybe, but that's not what appeals to me about it. 2 is, and this is coming from a guy who's read a great deal of the Star Wars EU, hands-down the most magnificent and iconic retconning in the history of the concept. I mean, half the movie takes place literally in the background of another movie! I mean, really just think about that for a second. And besides that, it's still every bit as cool as the first movie, even if it's not as quaint - but then, no sequel would've been. CooperTFN 21:16, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * BTTF II is in my opinion a great way of reconnecting all the themes and secnes, much like the two SW trilogies. Also when they released BTTF II in 1989, 2015 was still 26 years away. Biff/Griff/Buford rocks no matter what year it is. And yes hoverboards are coming. :) -- Riffsyphon1024 05:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Justin wants Jabber
yes, please! JustinGann 20:09, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Azizlight and Kuralyov
Their deadline is up, and they both need your magic touch to be opped as admins. :) StarNeptune 11:28, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I have waved the official magic sysop wand. :)  WhiteBoy 14:39, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

BTTF in society
Speaking of Back to the Future... has anyone else seen an increase in the number of references to BTTF? Over the past few months, it seems like I've noticed an increase in pictures of Doc, references to 88MPH, etc. Just wondering if anyone else has? Has BTTF become cool again or something? Not that it ever became un-cool in my book, but I don't pay much attention to society's measure of coolness. :) WhiteBoy 16:06, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I have seen an increase in BTTF references on the internet recently. I don't mind it really, because BTTF is cool. I'm guessing it's because the people who were too young to see it (or weren't born yet) when it first came out are now discovering its coolness and want to spread the word over the internet. Hard to beleive that it was 21 years ago that the first one came out, though. :) StarNeptune 16:14, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * We only have nine years to get those hoverboards working, people! &mdash; Silly Dan 17:10, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Has BTTF become cool again or something? - it stopped being cool? CooperTFN 21:18, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * My very next sentence was... Not that it ever became un-cool in my book, but I don't pay much attention to society's measure of coolness. So, not to me, but maybe to society in general.  WhiteBoy 19:56, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Once we hit 2015, the coolness factor will explode exponentially. 1.21 jigowatts!!! -- Riffsyphon1024 05:04, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * LOL...friend sent me this today - Brokeback to the Future.

Ban Dilemma
I recently banned an anon for vandalism, and soon later I got an email from a registered user telling me that their account was also blocked by that action. He claims that he did not perform the vandalism, and I believe him. So what do i do? I'd like to unblock the anon IP so the registered user can be unblocked too. Though that might mean the vandal might come back. Arrg what to do? :-( --Azizlight 16:16, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I would give him a warning via email and put the same thing on his talk page; then unblock him. Even if he's the one doing it, six months is a bit long of a ban, IMO, for simply removing images.  To me, that's noob user issue instead of vandal...ya know?  Oh, and you can't believe everyone when they say they didn't do it.  :)  I believed a guy the first time...the next time I shortened his ban....from there on I just ignored his pleas for release from bandom.  :)  WhiteBoy 16:24, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks WhiteBoy, cheers. --Azizlight 16:51, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Copyright Question
I was looking at the Memory Alpha Copyrights (Creative Commons) and at the Copyrights (GNUFDL) and I noticed that they are under different policies. Since Star Trek and Star Wars seemed like they should be similar policy wise, I looked at why they don't use GNUFDL. Some of their reasons (especially the commercial use reason) seemed like they would apply to Wookieepedia too. Comments? --Jediarchives11 23:11, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

I talked to Riffsyphon1024 about this and he said to ask you. --Jediarchives11 21:53, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * This is certainly interesting. We should definitely discuss this, possibly in a Consensus track. Will Wikicities allow us to change our copyright policy? --Imp 21:57, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I added it to the consensus track at Consensus track/Copyright Discussion. --Jediarchives11 00:25, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think we would have that option. Memory Alpha existed already, then moved to Wikicites, so I think they are a special case.  I could be wrong, but I think all wikis which started with Wikicities would have to be GFDL.  WhiteBoy 22:55, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Well the fact that the GNUFDL allows commercial use of the material on the wiki seems like it would be a cause for concern anyways, considering that Lucas owns the copyright to all this stuff. --Jediarchives11 04:35, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree....the "commercial use" point seems to be the most compelling reason to consider a change. Worth noting is that we have copied several articles from Wikipedia, so we would have to identify which ones those are and totally rewrite them, if they have not already been totally rewritten.  WhiteBoy 16:28, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * To clarify: Wikicities must use the GFDL. Memory Alpha and Uncyclopedia are not Wikicities and therefore can use whatever license they want. We, as a Wikicity, cannot use any other license. Even if we became a sister project, relicensing existing pages would not be allowed. - Sikon [ Talk ] 13:15, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

(copying the discussion to the WP:CT...please continue discussion there.)

hi
Hello, I'm new and I just wanted to say hello to the admin. You will probably start seeing my comments pop up in various discussion pages, though my main area of expertise is vehicles. So, look for my comments, and I hope I'll be talking to you more in the future. Also, how do you make that box at the bottom of your page that shows how well you know Star Wars and whate language you speak and stuff?--General Antilles 21:14, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Welcome! The page you ought to check out is Template messages/User namespace/.  It should list all the namespace templates have been added.  WhiteBoy 22:53, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Redirect Page
You shouldn't need a hosting account to have the domain name redirect here. Who did you buy the name from? I own helikitty.com, which is gonna be my portfolio site eventually, but I've got it pointed at TFN Books for the time being. There should be a forwarding thing somewhere in your account options. CooperTFN 23:04, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * GoDaddy.com. I don't remember seeing that as an option, but I'll check again.  WhiteBoy 00:47, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I feel like a noob. It was right there bigger than Dallas!  :p  I've got it changed now.  Thanks for the tip.  WhiteBoy 00:55, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Niiiice. I don't have to type "starwars.w" to get around the official site in my cache anymore. =) CooperTFN 04:46, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * FWIW, I forwarded starwarswiki.org, too. :)  WhiteBoy 19:24, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Chats
Did you get my last e-mail? Any further thoughts on the matter? CooperTFN 04:54, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I did. I really appreciate your thoughts on that.  Sorry, I haven't had a chance to reply yet.  I'm multitasking with some work remotely, so I'm trying to do something that doesn't require much brainpower.  Like speedies.  :)  I'll try to get back to you tonight.  WhiteBoy 04:58, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Or you could hit the IRC channel and we could chat about it. :)  WhiteBoy 04:59, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Aw, man...had pulled up the email so we could discuss. :)  Ah, well.  I'll just email ya.  WhiteBoy 05:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I had to get off; you guys seemed to be in the middle of something anyway. I'll be around now that I know it's there. CooperTFN 05:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * No biggy. As often as I think about it (most every day) I just login and leave that window open and "hang out."  Jaymach, too.  Drop in anytime.  WhiteBoy 06:05, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Three amigos?
I don't get it. --UVnet 14:38, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I kinda figured not many would. Have you seen the movie?  It's one of my (and my friends') favorite movies to quote.  WhiteBoy 14:56, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, but what does it have to do with a plethora of star wars spoilers? UVnet 07:25, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It really has more to do with a "plethora of gifts." :D  (quote from the movie, if you didn't catch that)  WhiteBoy 07:33, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Lemme see....
 * Would you say I have a plethora of Star Wars spoilers?
 * Yes Whiteboy!
 * Tell me, what is a plethora?
 * I don't know, Whiteboy!
 * Well if you don't know, how do you know I have a plethora?
 * Something like that... QuentinGeorge 07:35, 23 February 2006 (UTC)


 * LOL...close enough! And QuentinGeorge get's the prize! *hands QG a full (except for one) Yoda PEZ dispenser * WhiteBoy 07:40, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

If it's bothering people, we can take it off. It was just an inside joke for any Three Amigos fans out there. WhiteBoy 00:57, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I always thought of Three Amigos anyway even before the link was put on there. :-p -- Ozzel 03:18, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * heh...me too. That's why I finally put it in there.  :)  WhiteBoy 03:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I also always thought of the Three Amigos when I saw that. – Aidje talk 18:09, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Jedi Archives
Hello. I am one of the founders of jediarchives.info, the Star Wars wiki site that you left a message at. You asked why am I duplicating effort and why don't I join you at Wookieepedia.

I started thinking about a Star Wars wiki before I found Wookieepedia, which I then discovered during the course of my wiki research. I liked it, but realized it had quite a few limitations that ultimately hindered it. The first was the ads. Wikipedia doesn't have them, so I don't think anyplace else should either. I will always run Jedi Archives ad-free, paid for either by me or by contributions, possibly. The second was the fact that it was through Wikicities. While it is a wonderful organization, it limits the type and the speed with which some things can be done.

I set up jediarchives.info and tried to improve upon some of the shortcomings that I found in Wookieepedia. I hope you understand what I'm trying to do. --Jediarchives11 03:46, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response. Regarding your first point, I can understand your not liking the ads.  I don't particularly like them either, but they are not very obtrusive, so I can live with them if that's what it takes for WikiCities to be able to make enough money to maintain their servers.  (Rumor has it that you can personally turn this off, BTW...just not site-wide.)  As to your second point, I don't know what you have in mind to do, but WikiCities has been great to work with.  They have been great in supporting any questions I have; they have been proactive in asking us if we need other things besides just the wiki; and they seem to be very open to suggestions.  However, I can see what you mean...ultimately we are limited to what they are willing to do for us.  So if we wanted something off the wall, like hosting a Quake server or whatever, they would have to be willing to do that.  Up to this point and for the forseeable future, our goals are very compatible, and they have done everything we needed.  WhiteBoy 06:08, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

RE: Email me
Uh, dunno how, but I lost your email address, and was needing to copy you on something. Can you send me an email, please? WhiteBoy 15:32, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
 * What was the particular issue at hand? Maybe we can discuss it here.

P.s. Try archiving your talk page now. -- Riffsyphon1024 17:18, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

A suggestion
Right now whatever page you are in it says in the top of the browser "X - Star Wars" i think it should be changed to "X - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki". --UVnet 19:28, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Good idea! I'll check into that.  WhiteBoy 19:30, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Discussed it in the meeting tonight, so I have now changed it. Some suggested just "X - Wookieepedia," which I like because it's shorter. But I figured that Star Wars should be in the title for search engine rankings, etc.  WhiteBoy 03:55, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Coolness. Good work. --UVnet 22:14, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Request for adminship
So how is this waiting thing going to work, anyway? Am I just going to log in one day in the near-future after an unspecified delay and discover I have superpowers, or am I going to have to do the election thing again, or what? To be honest, I'm kind of embarrassed about the whole thing, especially since it wasn't entirely my idea in the first place. &mdash;Darth Culator  (talk)  20:30, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Heh, I wrote that because I, personally, would see you as a good addition to the admin team, not because I wanted to embarass you. :P Anyway, rules are rules, I suppose. --Imp 22:13, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Heh..Imp, you should have nominated him, if you thought it was a good idea. :p  If the nomination comes up again, it will still have to go through the same voting process again.  Anyway, it's nothing to be embarassed about, DC.  Like I said, I think you will be a good admin.  That's alot different than saying just a flat "no way."  WhiteBoy 21:16, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Weren't we supposed to be somewhere tonight?
If you needed to contact me about a roundtable discussion on TFN, I'm waiting for you to show up. -- Riffsyphon1024 01:05, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Request fufilled
I note you're using my icons. ;)

Anyway, you requested a new image for the search a few weeks ago. Here's what I've done. The actual search box is 125px wide to me, so I made something that would look best flush on top and centered. Don't know if that's possible, but I could tweak. -- Dark Spork 04:33, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Heh, yep...I like! Hope you don't mind.  I did credit you on the images.  :)  And thanks for the work on the search box.  I'll check it out when I've got a little bit more time.  WhiteBoy 20:28, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Pants?!!
I've looked at your userpage a lot, and I really like it, but what's up with the pants jokes?! It's funny, but I don't get it... :)
 * To me, it's a Letterman joke, but you might ask Dark Spork since they're her icons. :)   WhiteBoy 15:03, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Star Wars Pants is a comic tradition. It goes back at least as early as 1997, and probably earlier than that (those are just the earliest reference dates I can find on Google Groups). The first Google hit for "Star Wars pants" is a good reference, and even Lucasfilm web guy Paul Ens has joined the pants phenomenon. &mdash;Darth Culator   (talk)  15:44, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Sikon
~poke~ It's been over two weeks and Sikon meeds his ban stick! StarNeptune 19:01, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, ban stick. It that what they call it now? :P -- Riffsyphon1024 21:23, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the poke. Ban stick has been equipped.  WhiteBoy 23:21, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Trouble logging in and staying logged in?
Recently, I've had trouble staying logged in under my screenname, particularly when using other computers, though I've never had this trouble before. The cookies are working on here. Is there something up with the site? -- Riffsyphon1024 21:25, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
 * None that I've noticed. WhiteBoy 21:22, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Still nothing? -- Riffsyphon1024 22:37, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm having the same problem... Some others complained about this also... I can't even log in to sign this post =/-200.152.18.199 22:54, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I've asked Wikia, and no ideas yet. WhiteBoy 23:47, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I've also had some problems.--DannyBoy7783 01:16, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Me too, over the last few days I have rarely been able to make an edit under my own name. Very annoying. --Aziz aka just another anon :-(
 * Though I thankfully haven't had to deal with this problem yet, it seems that Darth Cow has been dealing with a similar issue, which he brought up with me on my talk page. jSarek 06:29, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

April Fool's Joke

 * Well, April Fool's has come and gone, and so I've stricken my "oppose" vote for Jay'mach from the record. Even though you "agree with jSarek's entire list," I didn't feel right striking out your vote at the same time, since it's not mine to strike.  So you might want to do that when you get a second, just so there isn't any lingering doubt. ;-) jSarek 09:24, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Doh! Thanks for the reminder.  WhiteBoy 21:22, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

v-150 Planet Defender and w-165 Planetary Turbolaser
Please unlock the pages. I have realized that I was mistaken, and I would appreciate it if they were unlocked now since the edit war is over. Admiral J. Nebulax (talk) 00:33, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Disagreeing in a reasonable manner is fine, but the edit wars are totally unproductive. I'll unlock it right now.  WhiteBoy 13:50, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Old images
I'm not quite sure if this is even a problem or not, but I figured I should probably ask one of the admins for help. Basically, I've uploaded a handful of newer revisions to some of my older images, so the older revisions can be deleted to conserve server space. Most of these were only used on talk pages, and I figured I should probably replace them with smaller versions to save space. I didn't realize at the time that the originals were STILL saved, so it kinda defeated what I was trying to do.... In any case, it couldn't hurt for someone with sysop capability to go through and trash everything but the current versions of all of the following: Image:Jaden.jpg, Image:AlmostGrayden.jpg, Image:GraydenKorr.jpg, Image:Tavion1.jpg, Image:Tavion2.jpg, Image:Tavion4.jpg, Image:716_tavion.jpg, Image:716chiss.gif. I figure I should do my part in keeping unnecessary clutter off the Wiki. -- SM-716 ...talk? 19:17, 6 April 2006 (PDT)
 * I appreciate your efforts. Keep it up!  We have a WP:IFD page for taking care of getting rid of pics.  Will you please post them there?  Thanks. WhiteBoy 13:44, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Got it. Thanks. I just wasn't quite sure what to do with them, seeing as how I still want the current versions saved. -- SM-716 [[Image:716chiss.gif]] ...talk? 17:57, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

World of Warcraft
Was just wondering what your server/side/name was on WoW. And your character and level. I'm Bleeding Hollow/Horde/Sterg, a level 28 Tauren Shaman.
 * I currently have two on Blackhand: a 24-level Undead priest named Albuspuer and a 21-level Undead mage name Belgariette. Some friends and I have talked about doing an all-rogue anti-griefer guild on Stormreaver, but haven't done it yet.  :)  WhiteBoy 00:37, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I know some people into their WoW. Perhaps I could connect you to them sometime. -- Riffsyphon1024 00:44, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * If you're going to do anti-griefing on Stormreaver, make sure to give a dwarf paladin named Boyd a particularly hard time if you see him.... -- SM-716 [[Image:716chiss.gif]] ...talk? 06:31, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Silly Dan

 * cough* adminship *cough* - Sikon [ Talk ] 04:14, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Heh...been out of it a few days. Got him bumped.  Thanks!  WhiteBoy 19:26, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Newbie in Need...
I had asked for help of Adije, but SarekJ mentioned that you, having more powers, might be better suited to help me. Rather than re-post, my original query can be found on Adije's Talk page. I took SarekJ's advice and attempted logging in again, but still got a "already created" error. Thanks, in advance, for your time. --Day 24.1.244.159 05:35, 16 May 2006 (UTC)