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I thought it might be a good idea for folks to have a place to announce that they have nominated alien species articles to be Featured Articles or Good Articles. Well, here's the place! SavageBob 11:50, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Place more recent ones at the top... --Eyrezer 02:15, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

GANs
I've put up a couple more GANs&mdash;Lyunesi and Ragoon. We are currently on 88 completed articles, so in the final push towards 100. --Eyrezer 02:04, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

Morseerian
FAN is slow as molasses right now, but I've thrown Morseerian up there. I think I'll wait before nominating anything else until something of mine gets cleared out first. ~ SavageBob 06:47, November 21, 2009 (UTC)

Cephalon
A minor species from Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows; not a crossover, just one I felt like doing for fun. Jonjedigrandmaster ( Jedi Beacon ) 21:09, November 7, 2009 (UTC)

Titterbug
There's an off chance that they get a mention in one of the AGTTSWUs or CSWE, but I'm putting it up for now. ~ SavageBob 21:58, October 31, 2009 (UTC)

Fuzzum
It's an alien bonanza! More flightless avians on the docket from me at FAN. ~ SavageBob 06:49, October 22, 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd enjoy doing some stats on other species characteristics. Like how many avian, how many reptilian, how many mammalian species we've written up. How many with fours arms, etc. If this is another bird for you, I've just nommed two more four-armed species. --Eyrezer 07:27, October 22, 2009 (UTC)

Keshiri
My first ever species nom! Jonjedigrandmaster ( Jedi Beacon ) 02:21, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * Welcome to the club! :) ~ SavageBob 04:01, October 21, 2009 (UTC)
 * I remember my first time :'-) --Eyrezer 04:40, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Ky'lessan
When I played this scenario, I never really catched Snake-Eyes (He's my One that got away, per Galaxy Guide 1, p.22), but I enjoyed the soirée. Skippy's mini-project "the story of Snake-Eyes" is now finished (I think); Ky'lessan will be the only nom. And, thanks to Eyrezer for his support on this. Skippy Farlstendoiro 06:07, October 19, 2009 (UTC)
 * I've now got W'iiri, Ychthytonian and Nartian up - along with the planet Aaron. I'm kinda working on getting *two* of each letter for GAs and leaving the FAs to you two. :P Anyway, atm only 8 letters don't have two GAs, so we are doing well. I'm also looking ahead to when we crack the big *100*. With our current noms, we will be on 86, and I know there are a few more in the works not yet nommed, so let's keep up the awesome work! --Eyrezer 23:49, October 19, 2009 (UTC)
 * If the alphabet FAs are for Bob and me, then I request the V; I'm almost done with the Vors. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 06:18, October 20, 2009 (UTC)
 * Atlas updates have pushed Exodeenian over the 1k mark so I've nommed it. We have another "E" GA, so the Alphabet will survive. --Eyrezer 08:41, October 21, 2009 (UTC)

Airam sector
Back to the idea of writing up all the species native to a sector, the Airam sector could be a good one to start with. Savage has already taken care of the Squib and Ugor, which are the two biggest. Remaining are the Habeen, Nharwaak, and Yoberrans, along with the Airam, although from the little info that the Wook has on them, they may end up in the Undefined social group category. Either of you guys have X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter? If not, it might be slow going! -- 05:19, October 5, 2009 (UTC)
 * No TIE games here, sorry. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 06:20, October 5, 2009 (UTC)
 * Me neither. I just read the article about the game, and it looks like it'd be doable, but it would require a lot of conjecture and "game info starts here" templates due to the setup of that game. Basically, you can play as either the Imperials or the Rebels in various missions, so it's hard to write an encyclopedia article about the events since it's unclear who won! ~ SavageBob 14:33, October 5, 2009 (UTC)

Gank
It's unfortunate that this is happening while Eyrezer and I have our activity so reduced, but Gank is under review by the AgCorps. Please pitch in to save it if you can. ~ SavageBob 03:17, October 3, 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm not sure why this is still on probation. It seems that Skippy already addressed the objections. Any ideas? ~ SavageBob 04:28, October 4, 2009 (UTC)
 * It will stay on probation until their next meeting, which is October 11. -- 05:06, October 4, 2009 (UTC)
 * The article might still be on probation because Skippy addressed the objection the day after the AC Meeting. Mea culpa. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 06:18, October 5, 2009 (UTC)
 * Probation ended. Veredict: Keep. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 06:07, October 19, 2009 (UTC)

Nosaurian
OK, I finally think it's ready for FA! ~ SavageBob 03:14, October 3, 2009 (UTC)

Ice Demon
This will probably be my last GA nom for a while (I'm moving soon), but I've gone ahead and nominated Ice Demon to GAN. ~ SavageBob 04:49, September 10, 2009 (UTC)

New category
Do we need a new category? I've put Karakan and Leafar in Category:Organizations and I know Bob has put some into Category:Social institutions. I only created the later category as part of some reorganizing of subcategories so it was not designed for that. I am fairly certain we will encounter more like this as we go along? Should we create a category specifically for ambiguous organization types with an appropriate caption? We already have cats for individuals of unidentified species and gender. Any ideas for the name? Category:Undefined social groups? --Eyrezer 08:07, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * This is a good idea. I don't have any problems with your proposed name, either; provided we define what we mean on the category's page, everything should work out fine. Go for it, sez I! :) ~ SavageBob 02:56, September 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * I've created the category and placed in it those I could remember. Add more as and when you find them. --Eyrezer 05:05, September 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * Cejansiji and Myomaran have been added to the category. These articles still fall within this project's scope, right? &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 18:04, September 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd consider these articles within our scope. We're doing articles on Human cultures, like the A'Mar, so something that could conceivably be either an alien or a Human culture would fit either way. (We could even change our name to WookieeProject Cultures, but that doesn't have the same ring to it. :) ~ SavageBob 20:31, September 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * What about ones that are less clearly cultures? In other words, do I add the Karakan and Leafar back into our GA portfolio? --Eyrezer 21:52, September 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm. That's a tough call. On the one hand, if it's not clearly an alien or a culture, our scope would seem to exclude it. On the other, if it could be an alien species, perhaps we should cover it just in case. In the end, I don't see the harm in supporting and counting such articles, provided we make it clear that it's only provisional. In other words, if a later source comes out and shows that the Leafar are, say, a corporation, we would drop them from our GA portfolio. ~ SavageBob 21:32, September 9, 2009 (UTC)

Zandor Rocker
And Zandor Rocker's been nominated for GA. May the canon inclusionists weep! ~ SavageBob 03:32, September 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * Always liked these guys since I "long-term borrowed" The Crystal Bridge from a friend. --Eyrezer 05:23, September 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, now their enemy the Ogre is up there as well! ~ SavageBob 19:11, September 2, 2009 (UTC)

Ranat
Well, I've been incredibly busy, but I've finally cobbled together another species FAN. Check it out! ~ SavageBob 03:04, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow... Yes, I'll check both your noms and Eyrezer's as soon as I can, but gimme some time. I've been busy, you know. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 06:29, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Old announcements
A few noms

I've got a few GA noms up now. Atlthough the Alphabet challenge is pretty much done for the GAs, I think I'll try and work on getting two for each letter now. Vuvrian shows our vunerability :P Anyway, I've currently got Kulless, Trailian, Porporite and Jilruan up. I had to downgrade Leafar from a species to some kind of generic organization, something I've decided to coin as Karakanitis. :D If either of you have time to look over Iridonian it might help to move that nom by DarthTom along. --Eyrezer 01:18, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Sauvax

Seriously, I wanted a GAN. So I took this species, a "one-day flower". Two sources, and I counted on Ultimate Alien Anthology to repeat/summarize the information in Gamer. Somehow, everything went wrong and now I have a FAN with lots of new articles to keep it and the article on the source free of redlinks. I know there's a long list of FAN's right now; but I'm not in a hurry. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 07:32, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol, you really do have a thing about the letter "S"! Great to have another nom from you, Skippy. --Eyrezer 07:39, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I guess this is not the best moment to announce that I have another S-pecies in my blaster's chamber, then.--Skippy Farlstendoiro 08:27, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Cool; looks promising! I wonder if the Sauvax and Worrites are related? :) ~ SavageBob 14:46, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Nazzar

The Nazzar is up for review by the AC as it lacks info from the latest KOTOR comic. Any one care to address this and keep it a GA? --Eyrezer 03:29, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
 * This should be taken care of now. ~ SavageBob 19:42, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

A'Mar

I've just nommed the A'Mar for FAN. I didn't initally set out to do this, but it just kind of happened. Ideally, I should have picked a different letter, but sometimes I guess you just have to go with it. It might be our first Human race/subspecies taken to FA. On another note, I also have the planet Generis nommed, if you care to check that one out. --Eyrezer 13:33, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * There are a couple of species articles I have "written up" that do not meet the 250 word threshold. Brogune and Lisst'n are examples. In these cases I add the talk page template as a kind of sign that they are complete. --Eyrezer 05:28, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Viidaav (species) has been nommed. This should conclude the alphabet challenge for GAs should it get passed. Thanks to Eyrezer and co. for the CSWE and Atlas checks! ~ SavageBob 18:45, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * And in the Not a Species Nom department, I've nominated Murgoob for FA, so feedback is welcome! ~ SavageBob 01:22, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Completing the Alphabet Project for FAs

I think several of my recent GA noms may in fact be eligible for FA as well, but I'm still confused about the word count requirement. Can anyone elaborate on which words are counted and which aren't? If some of my noms are indeed FA-able, I could try to advance them to that stage, which would mean we would have to choose suitable GA replacements. Still, this wouldn't be as hard as starting from scratch on new FAs. We probably have other FA-able GAs to work with, too. Vuvrian, for example, could probably be made into an FA with a little work. ~ SavageBob 02:18, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, to qualify as an FA, the article needs to have 1,000 words. This word count excludes all section headings, table of contents, quotes, and image captions, as well as anything in the infobox. So, for example, for Lizard Warrior, I get a word count of 1,214. Does that make sense? Send it on over to the FAN, and I'll work on getting Leafar up to speed. :P As to Vuvrian, I got the AC to review it because I think it is lacking info. With that added, it could probably be a FA, yeah. --Eyrezer 05:44, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Xi'Dec and Sluissi are both over 1000 words, too. --Eyrezer 03:47, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

New project?

If all our current GA noms pass, and there is no reason to think they will not, we will have achieved the Alphabet Challenge for GAs!! Great work. Of course, the FAs are not so far along, with 10 letters currently unfilled. SavageBob looks to have two of them not too far off - M and N. Given this, I am starting to look ahead to another mini-project we could aim at. One idea that interests me is to complete a letter - that is, FA/GA all named species of that letter. The most obvious option is "X". There are only 8 in total, and one is already an FA, meaning there would only be 7 left to work on. Thoughts? Alternate ideas? Other letters on the lower end of the scale are "Q" and "U", (16 and 17, with 2 and 3 already done, respectively). --Eyrezer 00:21, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd like to keep up the alphabet project for FAs, definitely, though that will certainly take quite a bit longer to complete. If we want a side project, a single letter to GA or FA might work. Or we could go with a sector, trying to GA or FA every alien from that region. This would be easier to do once the Essential Atlas goes live.


 * Alternatively, I really like Skippy's idea about doing a big collaboration on a species that would otherwise be impossible. Something with 100s of appearances that one of us alone would be hard-pressed to do. Some examples might be Wookiee, Sullustan, Twi'lek, Jawa, Hutt, Ewok, Ithorian, etc. We could model it after Project Wormhead and work on it on the side while we do the easier goal of doing a letter or sector or something. What do y'all think? ~ SavageBob 00:45, 31 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, I am already pretty close to knocking off the Atrivis sector! :P It basically just needs the Ho'Din, which I'll get to eventually. A sector focus might be fun, as it generally involves a random collection. The Hapes Cluster could be one option. I concede that going with a letter greatly reduces the choice available, which has been one thing that was enjoyable with the current aim. With regard to a big species, we could possibly even start with re-nomming Gamorrean, which was a landmark FA, but before sourcing was required. It never quite recovered from that. --Eyrezer 01:03, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Gamorrean might work. But I think I took us off topic, since I'd like to stick with the Alphabet Challenge for FAs before we move on to another major project. As for the smaller project, I'm kinda liking the idea of a sector challenge. The problem will be having to wait for the Atlas or choosing a sector that's well enough known to have fodder for us to work with. If the latter, the Atlas will likely increase the known species for us to draw from. ~ SavageBob 02:10, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The Atlas may, but not all systems get a sector placement, so again, it may not. The Hapes Cluster gets its own page, so definitely indicated the members there. Probably not my favourite spot though. --Eyrezer 05:47, 31 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Holy... I was, still am, too busy with several IRL things, to notice all this. I noticed that you guys got most of the fun of the Alphabet Challenge. If you try to tackle one of the "important species" collaboration, I notice that Gamorrean is in a quite advanced state, but I was considering some species that do not have scrollbars both in Appearances and in Sources; mostly Sullustan or Cerean. Also about that matter, researching for that FAN will inevitably lead to researching for each and any of its members; maybe some of them could also be nominated during the "sub-Project".

Just a heads-up if y'all haven't noticed it already, but this site makes a sector-based project a distinct possibility! ~ SavageBob 01:54, September 2, 2009 (UTC)

And&hellip;CONGRATULATIONS!!! As of Viidaav's succession to GA, we have officially completed the Alphabet Project for GAs! I think we all deserve a pat on the back for researching, writing, and reviewing the many, many new GA aliens this project required. Good job, folks! Now let's continue on with the Alphabet Project for FAs (and the SkippyProject for aliens that begin with S)! :) ~ SavageBob 15:23, September 2, 2009 (UTC)
 * Great work, team! --Eyrezer 08:23, September 7, 2009 (UTC)

Underwater Dweller

Well, two of my noms got cleared, so it's time for two more. I'll figure out what to FA soon. Maybe Morseerian or Yam'rii. ~ SavageBob 06:24, 20 July 2009 (UTC) "Primitive furred bipeds found on the Forest Moon of Endor. Simpler than Ewoks, the Quorks were hunter-gatherers who lived in a secluded valley amid some rocky canyons. Quorks had smelly, matted brown fur, white manes, and two small horns atop their heads. They built only simple tools, such as spears and knotted ropes."
 * Next up is Quork for GA. ~ SavageBob 01:20, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * SavageBob: The Quork are in the CSWE, Vol.3, page 65. Here is their entry:

- CSWE


 * Th'iruckai is my next contribution. I picked this one while trying to find the Uroth. :) --Eyrezer 09:40, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Followed up by the Dimean from KOTOR. --Eyrezer 21:41, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Lizard Warrior: More fun from old Ewoks comics! ~ SavageBob 13:39, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Icehead and Quor'sav

I've nominated the former for GA and the latter for FA. Both fill gaps in the alphabet challenge, so here's crossing my fingers. ~ SavageBob 07:14, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The Quor'sav actually resemble the Strutters... I presume you will write those guys up at some point, given your strong Ewoks run so far. :) --Eyrezer 04:26, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

A Challenge

Hi all. I have just been cleaning up our Good article page. I propose a pointless but perhaps fun challenge for our project. Have a Species GA for every letter of the alphabet! Currently, including former GAs, there are only 8 letters we are missing: D, F, I, L, O , Q, W , and Y. (Excluding former GA, we are also missing A, U, and V ). I've been writing a few GAN recently, and they are not too much work, so we should be able to manage this. --Eyrezer 23:42, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Lamproid and Yam'rii are probably good to go. I've never tried GA before; might be a good opportunity to do so! (What happens if I later nominated them for FA, though?) ~ SavageBob 04:10, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * For me GANs are only for articles 250 - 1000 words (GA rules alloow for GAs up to 3000 words), so I wouldn't send either Lamproid or Yam'rii (or Saurin for that matter) to the GAN page, but straight to the FAN. The next "challenge" may well be to have a FA for each letter, so at the mo, those ones do not count. We have to give ourselves a challenge, right? I think I'll tackle E by writing up Exodeenian. --Eyrezer 04:26, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, got it. So the challenge is to find an alien about which not as much is known and then write that up. I'll take a look around and see what I can pull out for the letters. Good idea; looking forward to it. :) ~ SavageBob 05:48, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll take F. Not sure whether I'll do Filar Nitzan, Fleebog, or Fuzzum yet, but I'll do one of 'em. ~ SavageBob 05:35, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice work on Fleebog. Just a little too short for FA :P Of course, Exodeenian won't work for me - we don't need another E. --Eyrezer 22:32, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Fleebog has been nominated. ;) I'll take a look at other letters for the next one. ~ SavageBob 05:09, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Exodeenian now nominated. --Eyrezer 07:32, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I've tried to, but I'm too busy right now; I'll review your noms, and maybe I'll take the leftovers later, but I cannot nominate anything else right now. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 07:39, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll tackle W next. Perhaps Wizard of the Night Spirit (cue spooky music here). ~ SavageBob 06:30, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Strike that. I'm not convinced the Wizards are a species as much as a group of similarly disfigured beings of other species. I've expanded Worrite instead. ~ SavageBob 01:02, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * D is for Dolandu. --Eyrezer 02:58, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Just for fun, I made this subpage for the challenge. There might be a way to make it more attractive, but it will do for now. (Of the 8 additional Aurebesh letters, seven of them have species beginning with the representative letters, although they may not correspond to the sound. Only Nen (/NG/) has no species beginning with those letters, but there is an Ingoian which could substitute. We can add these extras in if we run out of things to do.) --Eyrezer 04:15, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * That sub-page is going to be funny, as I am apparently specializing in alien species beginning with an S (Two more S-sentients in my queue right now) ·:P --Skippy Farlstendoiro 08:55, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol! After checking a few secondary sources, I'll nominate Oodoc for the letter Orenth (or alternatively O). --Eyrezer 10:22, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I is for Icehead, or will be soon enough. I'll keep it off the subpage for now until I've expanded the article, though. ~ SavageBob 00:38, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Sic-Six

Take a mostly complete article and complete it. Add some BtS. Suddenly you can't nominate it as a Good Article. Pity; let's try FAN again. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 09:15, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Great to have another WEG nom. --Eyrezer 09:25, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Aaris

Another guest nom - joint article for both my Project: DarkStryder and this fine WookieeProject! - Cavalier One ( Squadron channel ) 11:49, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Pui-ui

Another GAN. --Eyrezer 11:24, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Followed by the Hig. --Eyrezer 11:01, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Gastrulan

A guest shot nom from me, focusing on a species barely glimpsed in Bungo n' Rusti Get Carry-Out. - Cavalier One ( Squadron channel ) 18:19, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Guest noms are always welcome! --Eyrezer 00:56, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Tyluun Night-Soarer

Another GAN up by me. --Eyrezer 05:15, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Kibnon

Another short GAN, with only one named individual. --Eyrezer 04:37, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Kallidahin

I watched Watchmen... and I liked the scene with Give me back my face!... and one thing took to another... Meet the faceless faces behind the surgical masks. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 06:12, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Mordageen

It's pretty short, but I was intrigued that it was only named in a Prima Games guidebook. There's only one of them, unfortunately, which obviously affects the history section, but a GAN it is. --Eyrezer 06:51, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Ugor

Yep, I nominated it. ~ SavageBob 02:03, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Dulok

Just got nominated by me. ~ SavageBob 01:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Sneevel

A new nom by Skippy Farlstendoiro. --Eyrezer 02:15, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Squib

Oops; I forgot to list that I had nominated this. It's been up for a while, and now the only real objection is that it doesn't say whether or not they appear in A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, 3rd ed. If you own the book, please check! ~ SavageBob 04:30, 10 April 2009 (UTC) "Small, furry bipeds with tufted ears, large eyes, short muzzles, and black noses. Their fur ranges in color from deep red to brilliant blue. From the world of Skor II, these fearless nomads roam the galaxy in reclamation ships, using tractor beams to salvage junk -- which they consider treasure. The Squibs have an intense rivalry with the Ugors, as both try to claim salvage before the other. Squibs are overconfident and curious, sometimes overbearing and uppity. They love to haggle, a practice that they have turned into an art form. The more complicated and convoluted a deal a Squib can strike, the better they like it. [GG4, SH]"
 * According to Muuuuuurgh, they are in there:

- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe --Eyrezer 06:12, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Great! I'll mention it at the FAN page. This nom has lasted forever! :) ~ SavageBob 12:00, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Xi'Dec

If we're still doing this, I'll just note that Xi'Dec is now a GA. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 16:03, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * That was nice and quick through the nomming process. These guys have got me looking for unidentified alien individuals that could be retconned into Xi'Dec! --Eyrezer 18:15, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Tynnan

After sitting on the shelf for a while, I finally nommed it. --Eyrezer 22:34, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Swokes Swokes

I've also nominated Swokes Swokes. I figure I can handle two nominations at once, but a third would be pushing it. You can find the nomination here. Please take a look! SavageBob 12:23, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Lutrillian

I've nominated Lutrillian to be a Featured Article. The nomination page can be viewed here. Please take a look and leave feedback. Thanks! SavageBob 11:50, 11 November 2008 (UTC)