User talk:Grunny

Dear Grunny, While I am rather new to the Wookieepedia website, I have participated in a number of other wikis in the past. I am not looking for any "special statous", I am simply seeking to participate in Wookieepeida in a larger way. My credentials include the following:

Father ran all Star Wars movies at theater. Owner of original Star Wars Theatrical Posters & Relese books. Owner of Star Wars library totaling over 300 some books. Star Wars Fan

As I have stated before, I am not looking to be an administrator, as, after reading the various informational sources about it, it requires having worked on Wookieepedia for more than a years time, however, I do wish to participate more actively. I have, today, mainly worked on the cleanup of the website and unfortunetly, found a number of vandalized pages and pages that glorified Star Wars charachters that did not even exsist. As a result, I was wondering if there was any position lower than an administrator that I could use to deal with the vandalists or any position that I could use to better prevent such things. I have filled out you necessary questionarre, below, to better further why I would be apt to take on such a task.

Why do you want to become an administrator?

Well, I do not necessarily want to become an administrator in this case, however, I wish to take a more active role because I feel that the Star Wars Franchise, its subsidiaries and its work is worth sharing with the world, and I feel that I would benefit as well as others, from having a chance at sharing my knowledge with all. I also feel that it is important to uphold policies and would like to do so with such power.

In your opinion, what is the role of an administrator?

To serve, protect, edit and delete vandalized, invalid or potentially unwanted information from Wookieepedia. There purpose is to make Wookieepedia the best that it can be. In your view, do administrators hold a technical or political position?

In my view, a techinical position, if this were to be a political monopoly then where would all the fun go. There purpose is to utalize there knowledge of Star Wars and its franchise and use that to ensure that all information is canon and correct.

How do you feel admins should use their power/stand in comparison with other users?

I think it should be used sparingly. It should be used to protect and control, not delete and waste. It should only be used to make Wookieepedia better.

Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

I have not had any particular conflicts as I am realitively new. If I am to have a conflict, I would began by

Of your articles or contributions to Wookieepedia, are there any with which you are particularly pleased, and why?

I enjoyed editing the "Sadari Royal Palace" article, which I continue to edit with. I just thought it was a lot of fun. I viewed the same Clone Wars episode 7 times to get the information exact.

What sysop chores do you anticipate helping with?

Cleanup, in particular and regulating vandalisim. The law rules, of course!

How important is it for you to be involved in things such as CT, FA, GA, and other community-centered items that involve discussion and voting? Very important. Public Relations and the vote of the people are what make the people great. Without it, power will overtake the minds of all. And then what will we be, simply working to "Learn to use the dark side of the force"~Sideous

Do you think admins performing actions (I.e. deletions, blocks, etc.) for reasons not covered on policy should be sanctioned/punished? If so, how? Yes, if an administrator wastes or misuese there power, they do so deserve to be punished and in a way such as stripping them of there power for a certain period of time, if it is a serious offense, forever.

What is your policy, if any, of welcoming new users? Should you welcome a new user, do you look at his/her contributions beforehand? What about anonymous IPs?

Being a newer user myself, I feel that we should welcome them. What if George Lucas became a new user, would we welcome him, of course! I feel that if one has the drive and motivation to work hard and contribute well, then new users are great. However, anonymous IPs can be robots, but, if they make good contributions, well, thats ok to.

How would you react if someone undeleted an article you'd mistakenly speedied? Under what circumstances would you consider it appropriate to undelete an article mistakenly speedied by another administrator, if any, and how would you approach this task?

Firstly, I would respond and ask the other for a valid reason why it is deemed appropriate to be undeleted. Then, I would ask the fellow adminstrator why he deleted an article. Always ask before taking action.

How would you react if your user page was vandalized? Under what circumstances would you block the offender? Is there anything else that you would do in this situation?

I would be quite angry, however, it is important to maintain an air of professionalisim when in the workplace and I would simply request that the user in question be blocked, punished or removed.

Under what circumstances would you consider blocking an established user?

Vandalizing articles, misuse of policys, misuse of administrative power, disgracing Kyle Katarn.

If you could change any one thing about Wookieepedia, what would it be?

Make being able to take an active part(administrator, burecrat) more available and easier.

Would you look at a glass to be half-empty or half-full?

Half-Full, always.

Do you feel the current blocking policy is too restrictive, not restrictive enough, or OK as it is?

Not restrictive enough. Users who vandalize are not welcome in my book.

Have you ever considered becoming a regular visitor to the Wookieepedia IRC chat? How do you feel about people who already have some influence on other Star Wars communities (TheForce.Net, StarWars.com) trying to change policies here?

In my opinion, the policy was established by Wookieepedia users. If the so called "stars" of other websites disaggree with it, they should tell us why and if the reasons are poor/falsified, then there should be no policy changes. I have considered becoming a regular visitor and plan to join soon.

How many clones do you think fought in the Clone Wars? (Note: You are wrong no matter what answer you give.)

The answer is insurmontable. So if I am wrong, so be it.

Who is the most awesome Jedi of all time? (Note: The only correct answer is Kyle Katarn.)

Well, Kyle Katran is quite cool, however, I favor Tera Sinube. His lessons of patience are quite true.

What's more important to you: consensus or policy?

Policy, if a policy was created, it is here for a reason.

Have you had any previous leadership experience (in your community, on the web, etc.)?

Yes, I have lead an FPS team, been team captain in a number of community events, run two wikis privately "Newhart Wiki" & The "Harvard Wiki"

What is your attitude towards users who have quit the site or have been banned, but still continue to attempt to influence the site in any way? If there reason for being blocked was valid, they should not be allowed to influence the site. If there reason was invalid, perhaps their case should be examined again.

What is your wiki philosophy? To always uphold policy, prevent vandalisim and preserve the truth.

Again, I ask that you consider this as a questioning as to weather or not I may take a more active role in Wookieepeida. I thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, --Lambgrams22 (talk) 22:18, February 17, 2013 (UTC)Lambegrams22--Lambgrams22 (talk) 22:18, February 17, 2013 (UTC)

Image CT
Hey, I wanted to notify you of changes made to the image CT; it has been overhauled following IRC discussion and now only deals with images in scroll boxes. Feel free to review the changed proposal and alter your vote if your opinion on the new issue is different. Thanks! Cade  Calrayn   19:47, February 27, 2013 (UTC)

Next AC Meeting
Hey Grunny. Not sending this notice out to everyone because some others already signed up, but AC Meeting 56 is scheduled for March 23. Come in your favorite starship!  CC7567  (talk) 20:16, March 7, 2013 (UTC)

Lightsaber form infobox
Hey grunny, I have a question about bot assistance. In the lightsaber form infobox, I've removed the "notable" from the practitioner field to avoid any issues. I've recently removed "famous" from the species infobox because certain people, including myself, had issues dealing with who's famous and who isn't. This came about last year in the Mon Calamari article. The removal of "famous" was clean and didn't disrupt the infoboxes in the various species articles, but "notable" in the lightsaber form infobox does. So as for my question, could a bot go through every article and remove "notable" from the infobox? If you take a look at my edit here, you'll see that if I remove notable, that entire field disappears in the articles that contain the infobox. Thanks man,  JangFett  (Talk) 19:35, March 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * Hey Jang. Done. :) Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 19:55, March 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * Heh, thanks a lot man. :)  JangFett  (Talk) 19:56, March 8, 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I see him. :P  JangFett  (Talk) 19:59, March 8, 2013 (UTC)

Templates
Hello Grunny. I'm sure this isn't the best place to contact you, but I was recommended to send my message here. Everyone's saying you know a lot about templates, so I figured I'd ask if you could please help here. I've been trying to put the title of a page into italics, but it hasn't been working, and so I wondered if you had any suggestions. Thanks! -- Hunnie Bunn (talk)
 * Hi. Contacting me here is fine. :) It's better to use as it doesn't require any JS. We really shouldn't be using Title anymore as it's far less efficient than , and I'll probably get around to killing the template and JS at some point. Cheers,  grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 08:25, April 3, 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi Grunny. I wondered - there's been another problem on the same wiki with the infoboxes. Over on the Harry Potter Wiki, the text will go down onto another line or such if it outgrows the infobox. On this wiki, the infobox simply grows to accommodate the text; in one edit I tried to make, it almost took up the whole page. I wondered if you knew what the problem was. Thanks :) --Hunnie Bunn (talk) April 13, 2013

Inq reviewing tutorial
Hey Grunny. As per discussion at Inq Meeting 56, I've started to write a draft for what will eventually become the Inquisitorius' tutorial guide for new reviewers. It can be accessed here. I haven't had as much time as I would like to work on it recently, so there are still some sections that have yet to be written, but I've started off with trying out some basic organization with the current sections. Please feel free to jump in, either by writing new stuff for the guide or commenting on/adjusting what's already there.

Every current member of the Inq will eventually have to approve the guide in its entirety, so getting involved with its development would be great, sooner rather than later. The talk page can be used to discuss ideas about organization, sectioning, content, you name it. Let me know if you have any questions, and your contributions are appreciated!  CC7567  (talk) 21:02, April 16, 2013 (UTC)

Correcting my mistake
Hey Grunny. A short while ago while doing some CA archiving I accidently archived this nom not realising that it still had an outstanding objection. The user who raised the objection is fine with it, but I've been told that a beauracrat will have to strike the objection. If you could do that it would be great. Thanks.  Commander Code-8  G'day, mate 11:00, April 17, 2013 (UTC)

Duplicate link detector
Hello. When you have the time, could you create a gadget that simply imports this script (documentation)? This would be extremely useful for us, particularly on larger articles. Using the script, it took me less than 45 minutes to kill every duplicate link in Wedge Antilles, a task that would be next to impossible to do manually. The script as written only works in Monobook (as it adds a link to the toolbox in the sidebar, which Oasis does not have) and should be restricted to that skin. Thanks. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Comlink 02:24, April 24, 2013 (UTC)
 * Done. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 16:29, April 25, 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Comlink 17:49, April 25, 2013 (UTC)

Template Preload
How did you do that? I cant seem to find the code anywhere. TechFilmer - User talk:TechFilmer 13:08, May 13, 2013 (UTC)

Inq 57 sauce
You are hereby invited to Inqmoot 57 and the Inquisitorius Post-Memorial Day cookout, scheduled for 00:00 June 2 UTC, or 20:00 June 1 Eastern time in the only country that matters, AMERICA. Bring your own meat, because I'm not sharing. Sharing is for Communists. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 18:10, May 23, 2013 (UTC)

Could you double-check this for me?
I attempted a range block on an anon with a vendetta against Cav. I wanted to double-check to make sure I did it properly. Thanks.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 10:37, May 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * You did it properly :) but that range doesn't include the original IP Special:Contributions/1.38.27.80 (which would be part of /22), you can always expand the range if they get IPs outside it. Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 11:57, May 31, 2013 (UTC)

recent edit to Wookieepedia:Naming policy
Hi, Grunny. Just FYI: for some reason, your change in response to the recent naming policy CT omitted the links and bolding that were part of the proposed text as set forth in the CT. (Perhaps you copy/pasted from the rendered page text rather than the page source?) I went ahead and fixed this on the policy page; I'm writing here to let you know why I made the change. Asithol (talk) 07:20, June 26, 2013 (UTC)
 * No problem, thanks for fixing it. :) Cheers, grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 10:51, June 26, 2013 (UTC)

Timeline of media tweaks
So I'm trying to make the Timeline of media as user-friendly as possible, and one idea that was suggested a while ago was to replace the individual issues of a comic book storyline with one entry of the storyline itself. I don't really want to do this exactly because sometimes storylines are cut up with other media occuring within the same time period, and I also think that the Timeline of media should be as comprehensive as possible. That said, I thought of a few possible solutions to make reading easier and still keep the timeline comprehensive.

First, the storyline row could have a 'twisty' or button that toggles to display the issues in the storyline in rows below, which are hidden by default. I tried figuring something out with collapsible tables or hidden content, but couldn't figure out how to make it work within the Prettytable.

Or, there could be two classes in the table, say "comic" and "comic-issue", one of which is hidden by default. I tried looking at this, but couldn't figure out how to force a class to start out hidden.

I'd appreciate any help you could give me to figure out a way to do this. Tainb&#39;ocu&#39;chulainn (talk) 18:57, June 28, 2013 (UTC)

AC Meeting 59
You have been invited to a last minute pub crawl starting at the Mouthful of Otter on July 6. Grab a pint and a packet of nuts and settle in for a session. If you can't make it, we reserve the right to make fun of you in your absence and laugh at the notes you leave while downing shots and searching for a late night kebab shop. - Sir Cavalier of One ( Squadron channel ) 21:28, June 26, 2013 (UTC)

CUSWE
Hey, Grunny. I started going through the articles that contained the CUSWEID and removing them per the Mofference. However, I didn't know that there were so many articles that had it. :P Do you think there is any chance you could get a bot started on them? Thanks.&mdash; Cal Jedi (Personal Comm Channel) 16:57, June 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * Got Dr. Ball on the job, but I'll probably do it in batches given how many there are :P. Cheers,  grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 18:23, June 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * Cool. Thanks. :P &mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 19:42, June 28, 2013 (UTC)
 * OK, bot run done. I accounted for as much weird formatting as I could, but there may be some random articles that were formatted badly. Other than that, the left overs are links or other uses that should probably be cleaned up manually. Cheers,  grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 06:53, June 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing all these! I noticed a few which your bot didn't pick up, for some reason, but now the only ones left are a couple of articles which use the template in a footnote. I don't know what's the best way to deal with those, but I'd suggest leaving the link to the archive.org cached versions. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 12:44, June 29, 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for getting the missed ones. :) Possibly those missed were due to failed edits by the bot that didn't get caught by the script, there were thousands and my internet connection can be flaky. :P I haven't looked at the articles yet, but unless the footnote is in regards to a Bts comment about CUSWE, I'm not sure why it would be valid to reference since it's not a valid source for our articles, so I'd assume they could be replaced with references to the relevant source material. Cheers,  grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 16:58, June 29, 2013 (UTC)

Usage of title on a different wiki
Hello, Grunny. I'm a bureaucrat of Ōkami wiki, which has recently created a copy of the template title here (full copyright information stated&mdash;no infringement intended), as well as the required JS. I used the template on an article, but it did not work: the title remained the same. I've viewed the usage of the template's parameter here, and saw no differences. The only technical specialist of the wiki is taking a wikibreak, so I am enlisting help here. Since you are the creator of the template, perhaps you can provide us the help needed, please? I would be sincerely grateful. —"I think it's time for Jack...to let 'er rip!"—Raiden (, August 5, 2013)
 * Hi. I changed it to use DISPLAYTITLE instead. We shouldn't really be using the title template anymore anyway since DISPLAYTITLE is a magic word that works without templates or JavaScript. I hope that helps. Cheers,  grunny &#64; wookieepedia :&#126;$ 14:15, August 5, 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for helping us out with your advice. We really appreciate it. —"I think it's time for Jack...to let 'er rip!"—Raiden (14:23, August 5, 2013)

First EduCorps meeting
Hello, I am inviting you to the very first EduCorps IRC meeting, which will be held at 7 PM ET on Saturday August 31st. I am inviting all Inquisitors, AgriCorps members, and EduCorps members to a meeting in order to discuss the large amount of old comprehensive articles that are in need of maintenance. I would also like to discuss the possibility of increasing the responsibilities of EduCorps-only users due to the lack of reviewers on the Comprehensive article nominations page and CA review page. Please come join the discussion on this page if you wish to participate in the meeting. I encourage anyone who wants to contribute to add any articles with issues to the appropriate section on the page. Thank you for your time.-- Exiled Jedi   (Greetings)  03:59, August 18, 2013 (UTC)

Inq Meeting 59
Hey Grunny. Meeting 59 of the High Council of Inqusitors is scheduled for next week Saturday, September 21. Please make sure to leave notes if you cannot attend. Otherwise, see you there!  CC7567  (talk) 01:41, September 9, 2013 (UTC)
 * The meeting has been rescheduled for the following Saturday, the 28th, due to a conflict with the next EduCorps meeting. Apologies for any confusion.  CC7567  (talk) 20:14, September 9, 2013 (UTC)

EduCorps Meeting 2
You are invited to participate in EduCorps meeting 2, which is scheduled for 7 PM ET on Saturday, September 21st.-- Exiled Jedi   (Greetings)  14:13, September 12, 2013 (UTC)

AC Meeting 61
You have received a ticket for a front row on the future AC concert starting September 28th. Bring your guitar. If you can't make it to the karaoke session, please leave notes. - Winterz (talk) 00:15, September 14, 2013 (UTC)

A Request for Another Wiki
Hi! I'm El Alamein, and I'm not from around this Wiki, but I'd like your expertise nonetheless. My Wiki is the Deadliest Fiction Wiki, which creates fights to the death between characters of fiction - and one I plan to host is General Grievous vs. Lord Voldemort of Harry Potter fame. One of the biggest topics of debate concerning this fight is magic vs. lightsabers. Lightsabers have been proven capable of deflecting lasers from blaster rifles and also other lightsabers, so the question is whether or not Grievous could protect himself with his lightsabers from a spell shot from Voldemort's wand. I'd greatly appreciate it if you could shed some light on the mysterious properties that physically make up lightsabers in the Star Wars universe to better assist us in our analysis. Thank you for your time. El Alamein (talk) 22:53, September 16, 2013 (UTC)

Question about template:App on this Wiki
I have a question about template:App. There's a hide and show button used for the template. I want also using one for my Wiki. How can I use one for my Wiki?

Can you explain to me, how I should do that? --Station7 (talk) 21:08, September 19, 2013 (UTC)

RE:Resignation

 * Thanks for doing that, and for your kind words. I had already sent an email to Wikia; didn't realize that you had the power to remove user rights. Cheers, Atarumaster88  ( Talk page ) 18:10, September 26, 2013 (UTC)