User:Riffsyphon1024

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CURRENT STATUS: I have returned from field camp.

Pronunciation Guide = Riff. SEYE. Phon

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After 3 years, I still haven't produced a decent looking user page and you can all smite me for it.

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From The New Essential Guide to Alien Species: "It's a big galaxy, and someone has to organize it."

Detailed stats on the Wookieepedia.

Refer to my user page on Wikipedia for all the detailed nitty gritty.

Other branches of Star Wars on Wikia

Pardon This Mess.

Blocks - Defenses - User rights - Destructions - Uploads - Moves

Adminship
I became an administrator of SWW on March 16, 2005. I was enacted the second bureaucrat of Wookieepedia on February 14, 2006. Can you feel the love?

Aliases
My screenname on TheForce.net's forums is wookieepedian1 for any who weren't quite sure who that wookiee was running around over there.

Around the web I am also taking on the alias of darthdorkus, but since that was already taken on SW.com, I am darthrifficus there. I created a Imperial character for an internet RPG under the name of General Aurelius Tempest, a cold-hearted bastard with an AT-AT. :) Additionally, if I was inserted into canon I could be Nevets Do'ow-neerg. Another Darth name of interest is Realgar.

For the Darth Who Contest, I submitted Darth Lycinis as a name. It is a combination of the words "lie", "sin", and "lycan" referencing Jacen Solo's experiences with wyrwulves and personality traits of most other Sith Lords.

Wookieepedia-specific
"Well um, hmm, Riff thinks I have a voice like Dexter."
 * Anons who revert other anons.
 * Anons who underestimate the power of the wiki, and end up getting banned as soon as they started vandalizing.
 * Our first bot, appropriately a familiar droid named Artoo.
 * That a few guys can grab the attention of an entire fanbase in only a year.
 * Users who insist on being Darths.
 * Users who go by character, location, or actor names.
 * An article titled "Hover Transport" that actually read "A transport that hovers." Real inventive.
 * That I never finish what I start.
 * That I catch more mistakes after I saved for the first or second time.
 * That it's astounding how fast information is added from a released source only hours after made public.
 * That I can prevent myself from going crazy from spoilers by purchasing that source on that day.
 * That Wookieepedia on Wikipedia was nominated for deletion per WP:WEB as spam. Thankfully it was speedy kept.
 * That suspension of disbelief is fun to think about.
 * Darth Culator's user page.
 * That we somehow don't have articles for the inevitably to be released.
 * That I am one that wants to keep everything on the wiki, a true inclusionist to the core.
 * That users consistently get younger and younger, down to 10 and 11 years! Is this where we need to be heading?
 * Mineral does not always equal material.
 * That people still can't spell "Wookieepedia".
 * That 117 users still can't spell "Wookieepedia". :C
 * That controversial users still ask about becoming administrators.
 * Guestbooks. I don't really favor them, but whatever.
 * I have never seen or heard anything like the Wookiee-Cast but I'm hooked on the Dexter-like voice of 4dot. If he only knew which one I was talking about.

- Wookiee-Cast III 5:18-5:24

"Do you even get paid to do this stuff?"
 * Vandals that return a year later as redeemed users?
 * Yea I created the 50,000th article, Solitaire. It's not much but it's canon and that's what counts.
 * The Other Wookieepedia
 * jSarek was the published question to Leland Chee in Star Wars Insider 96's Q&A section regarding Conan Antonio Motti's canon status, revealing his original name to be "Zi Motti" before Lucas intervened. Shown as "Sarek", he asked "How have you decided to treat the "Conan Antonio Motti" name... for Holocron purposes? Is it just another joke, or are you taking it a bit more seriously than that?" It was originally questioned on the SW.com forums on May 16, 2007.
 * This being said, I have found an instance of "Zi Motti" in Death Star while he talks to Admiral Jaim Helaw.
 * Interestingly enough, I was the first to ask Leland (or anyone in a panel) at Celebration IV's continuity panel on May 26, 2007 about the canonicity of this name, to which he replied "it will be revealed eventually". The publication of Death Star's Dramatis Personae and the Insider issue was the "eventually" part.
 * Do some users have a tendency to automatically vote with the most important person and not necessarily via a valid reason of their own?
 * I was almost deleted.

- The most commonly encountered question that I hear.

Canon

 * The amount of -ooine and -aan planets.
 * Examples for -ooines include: Tatooine, Dantooine, Ventooine, Klatooine, Handooine, Entooine, Cardooine, Mantooine, Minntooine, Reltooine, Sestooine, Sistooine, Vactooine, and Velmooine. Most -ooines show up in the Rim.
 * Other possibilities might be Brintooin, Jandoon, Parshoone, Alvorine, Aviprine, and Humbarine.
 * Examples for -aans and the occasional -een include: Alderaan, New Alderaan, Aldereen, Falleen, Endoraan, Manaan, Delderaan, Taloraan, Chardaan, Nelvaan, Tiisheraan, and Talaan. Most -aans show up in the Core.
 * StarNeptune and I have speculated that maybe there is a link, maybe an ancient empire that ruled the Rim, and another in the Core, each warring factions of each other, marking their territory with these suffixes. Maybe even the homeworld of both was named Aantooine, before splitting up. It's only a fan theory. :)
 * A Galactic Census could be held: Humans would have an overwhelming majority, followed by Twi'leks, Rodians, Wookiees, and Hutts. They may not really be the most populous, but they are the most popular.
 * My new favorite word is osik. An example of this in action is: "Don't give me all that droids-have-rights osik." from Odds.
 * That no one was born in 0 BBY. Did a great disturbance in the force prevent childbirth across the galaxy?
 * JustinGann's findings of creature population per planet, with the order as 1) Naboo 2) Tatooine 3) Endor 4) Kashyyyk 5) Yavin 4 6) Dac 7) Ithor 8) Corellia 9) Dagobah 10) Haruun Kal 11) Ansion
 * Dashed Jedi names, as if they're all from the same place: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, and now Chu-Gon Dar, Belsed-Qan Idan, and Bodis-Ker Vitan. We still don't know where the first two come from which is beyond odd.
 * That Tyber Zann was based in appearance on the actor who plays Lucius Malfoy from the Harry Potter movies (Jason Issacs). Is it postulated that this reference may place Issacs in a forthcoming role in the TV series as Tyber Zann himself? See also Talk:Tyber Zann.
 * Who would substitute for Ambak, Blaylock, Cronau, and Mezzicanley?
 * That the Givin are truely the coolest species for being mathematically advanced.
 * That I wouldn't eat Ugorian food.
 * If I could be like Michael Tandre and become a species' spiritual leader on a distant planet nearly overnight.
 * Palpy had way too much time on his hands writing the Dark Side Compendium as each book would take 96 standard hours to read, a total of 288 standard hours.
 * The Burning sounds horrible.
 * I might consider a visit to Vaathkree.
 * Star Wars: Demolition was where it was at in 2000.
 * Dor is geologically fascinating.
 * Tiran = Einstein
 * The Albino Cyclops is one ugly creature.
 * Some people gotta understand that Wookiee porn consisting of Mermeia was the latest thing in that day.
 * Oh the horror of xenoboric acid!
 * Havet Storm was really that important.
 * The return of the Sweet One and a familiar friend in the late Legacy Era.
 * Something to watch for and hope becomes realized in the upcoming Clone Wars series: the Scorpenek annihilator droid
 * Katie Lucas made braces canonical.
 * Mace Windu survives bigger falls than that on Coruscant. Landed on a air taxi too I bet...
 * Holy crap Legacy is even more fun now that we know who Darth Krayt is.
 * Lando's aptly-titled How to Succeed in Everything.
 * Lumiya makes her first appearance in the month of my birth, in Star Wars 88: Figurehead.
 * "Bannistar Station" would be a good banning cry.
 * I was wrong all along.
 * Note: there are still sources that capitalize: Geonosis and the Outer Rim Worlds
 * Combat Umbrellas. Seriously?
 * The Bi-Polar blaster carbine: Great idea but terribly inefficient.

Other

 * I am enlightened to learn that I share a birthday with Aayla Secura.
 * Why didn't I attend Celebration III in Indianapolis, only 400 miles away, not 2000?
 * Fanboys!
 * Riffsyphon
 * That I am a Warsie.
 * There's a real person named Dirk Yohan Beer. Isn't that a karking awesome name?!

Some calculations
Taking a bit from MarcK and Darth Culator, I am curious as to how many new individuals we can expect from the Star Wars live-action TV series.

Assuming that there are 100 episodes at 45 minutes each (with commercials), that equivilates to 37.5 movies of equal time at 2 hours long each. If each movie at 2 hours is capable of producing roughly 500 new characters, both main and background, then it could be extrapolated that 37.5 movies worth of episodes times 500 characters = about 18,750 new characters! Whoa...

If this show goes to 400 episodes as Rick McCallum has hoped, that number would quadruple to 75,000 characters.

Wookiee-Google growth

 * As of September 9, 2007, "Wookieepedia" gets 339,000 total hits on Google, with 164,000 being external and non-Wookieepedia site hits..
 * November 25, 2007, "Wookieepedia" gets 383,000 total hits, with 184,000 from the website itself.
 * In an odd reversal, as of February 3, 2008, "Wookieepedia" gets 197,000 total hits.
 * March 4: 201,000 total hits, 119,000 external
 * April 12: 201,000 total hits, no change
 * June 27: 354,000 total hits, with 177,000 of those being internal

Upcoming
"Yay! Table! ick. table."

- Xwing328

See Celebration IV and Forum:Celebration IV table for more information. 
 * Star Wars: Legacy
 * Star Wars: Legacy 0: June 7, 2006 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]]
 * Star Wars Legacy 1: Broken, Part 1: June 21, 2006 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (14 days later)
 * Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2: July 12, 2006 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (21 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 3: Broken, Part 3: September 13, 2006 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (2 months 1 day)
 * Star Wars Legacy 4: Noob: October 11, 2006 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (28 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 5: Broken, Part 4: November 1, 2006 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (21 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 6: Broken, Part 5: November 29, 2006 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (28 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 7: Broken, Part 6: January 10, 2007 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (43 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 8: Allies: February 14, 2007 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (35 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 9: Trust Issues, Part 1: March 7, 2007 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (21 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 10: Trust Issues, Part 2: March 28, 2007 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (21 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 11: The Ghosts of Ossus, Part 1: May 2, 2007: Cade Skywalker returns [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (34 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 12: The Ghosts of Ossus, Part 2: May 23, 2007 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (21 days, obtained at C4)
 * Star Wars Legacy 13: Ready to Die: June 13, 2007 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (20 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 14: Claws of the Dragon, Part 1: July 11, 2007 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (28 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 15: Claws of the Dragon, Part 2: August 8, 2007 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (28 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 16: Claws of the Dragon, Part 3: September 12, 2007 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (35 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 17: Claws of the Dragon, Part 4: October 31, 2007 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (49 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 18: Claws of the Dragon, Part 5: January 2, 2008 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (2 months, 2 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 0½: January 2, 2008 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (/)
 * Star Wars Legacy 19: Claws of the Dragon, Part 6: February 6, 2008 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (1 month, 4 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 20: Indomitable, Part 1: February 27, 2008 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (19 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 21: Indomitable, Part 2: March 12, 2008 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (15 days?!)
 * Star Wars Legacy 22: The Wrath of the Dragon: April 23, 2008 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (1 month, 11 days)
 * Star Wars Legacy 23: Loyalties: May 7, 2008 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]]
 * Star Wars Legacy 24: Loyalties, Part 2: May 21, 2008 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]]
 * Star Wars Legacy 25: The Hidden Temple June 18, 2008 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]]
 * Celebration IV: May 24-28, 2007 (with May 24 being fan club only) [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] QUITE AWESOME!!!
 * Round trip plane tickets to Los Angeles for Celebration 4: $320 on AA via Expedia. [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]]
 * 6-night hotel stay somewhere safe and nearby: $400 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]] (Pasadena Best Western)
 * Badge for 4 days at the event: $110 (before taxes) [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]]
 * Knowing you made an impact in fandom itself: priceless
 * There are some things in life that can't be purchased, for everything else there's the Sith MasterCard.


 * Universal Day of the Jedi: Friday, May 25, 2007 [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]]
 * Death Star: releases October 16, 2007 (I don't usually purchase novels but this one is mandatory.) [[Image:Check mark 23x20 02.gif]]
 * Fanboys: releases April 2008
 * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game): releases July 29, 2008 in the USA
 * The Atlas of the Star Wars Galaxy, to replace The New Essential Guide to Planets and Moons (announced with tentative title on April 24, 2007): June 2008, now March 3, 2009 , now February 24, 2009.
 * Celebration V: Spring 2009?

To Do List
"Hey you! You don't belong here! I don't think I like your face!"

- Cade lookalike onboard the Wheel

VIP Interview Wish List (so far)

 * Leland Chee (this is the big prize)
 * Pablo Hidalgo
 * John Ostrander
 * Dan Wallace
 * Abel G. Pena
 * John Hazlett (to ask about his dance moves :P)

Creatures

 * Finish subpage

Other
This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep/merge/delete -- ~.
 * Remember this template:
 * Work on List of measurement units
 * Changes instances of Sources where they should be Appearances, and use if the subject is referenced to but not shown.
 * Riffsyphon1024
 * now replaces all instances of manually created Notes and references sections.
 * First use
 * Subsequent usage
 * Yoda Lane, Lexington Park, Maryland
 * Use, not
 * 
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Holidays, Months, and Days

 * List of holidays or each holiday
 * Time in Star Wars detailing months and days
 * (Refer to )


 * Condensed list of historical anniversaries.

My Creations Moved Over
Sectors of Star Wars, Systems of Star Wars, Cities of Star Wars, Creatures of Star Wars, The Maw, and Repulsorlift

My Various Projects

 * Moving Category:Characters to Category:Individuals (completed March 31, 2006)
 * I've also been spending some time on SparqMan's HoloNet News Page, adding articles with a poodooload of redlinks.
 * Beginning May 30th, 2006, I will be adding information on cities, planets, systems, and sectors if at all possible after the discovery of an old compendium of galactic infomation I put together 4 years ago. I know that all the information came from CUSWE but I did not individually cite each source of information as that would have taken too long at the time. Feel free to add the source to any particular information I may be adding, but I assure you it is valid per CUSWE.
 * I've made quite a few articles pertaining to things usually found in our own galaxy but also appear in the GFFA, including but not limited too: Water, Snake, Groundquake, Number system, Tattoos, Radiation, Carbon dioxide, Mercury, Silicon, Platinum, Magnetite, X-ray, Gamma ray, and all sorts of other elements and compounds. The reasoning is: if they are mentioned in any source, they exist in the GFFA
 * Managing the load of Legacy stuff coming in, all while being careful enough to avoid plotlines too sticky of a nature.

Links

 * Mofferences using this link: http://irc.wikia.com/starwars/
 * 
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIlbW0mS3Qg
 * Imp's little Wookieepedia webstrip
 * Image:Modimapgalaxy1.jpg (Modi's map of the Galaxy)
 * Jaymach's C4 photos
 * Just watch this over.
 * Forum:The Life and Times of Wookieepedia in Novel Form

Users by affiliation

 * TFN
 * CooperTFN
 * The Gatherer
 * CUSWE
 * Bob Vitas
 * 501st
 * TK-1287

Subpages
I have more subpages than know what to do with.

Temp Page
Located at User:Riffsyphon1024/Temp

Copies from CUSWE
I would believe that a simple list of the planets from TheForce.net's CUSWE is not a copyright violation, because anyone can get the names of all of them from somewhere. CUSWE just happened to alphabetize them already, and made lists of the moons and stars. I could provide links to the thousands of planets we have here, but someone will have to write info on each planet, moon, or star without using CUSWE as a source, unless they asked for permission and were granted to use that information (but word for word, probably not). To be fair to the community of TheForce.net, please try to write in your own words.

All Lists Have Been Fully Linked and Sent to Planets of Star Wars

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Other Places
I have a profile at the social networking website Myspace.

Personal email: darth dot realgar at gmail dot com

YT: Videos

Biography
For information regarding the founding of Wookieepedia, see Steven Greenwood (Removed from article due to containing delusions of grandeur.)

Introduction to Star Wars
Steven first remembered Star Wars not from the big screen as many had before him, but rather the family VHS system, to which he repeatedly watched them until they were worn out. Over time he obtained toys here and there. It was not until 1997, when the Special Edition released in theaters that he was able to enjoy the saga the way it was meant to be viewed. From here on out Steven was a faithful fan. During the first movies of the prequel trilogy, Steven collected more items, but was interested more by his failed attempts to win prizes (other than free food) playing the Use the Force game at various restaurants.

By the time Attack of the Clones released in 2002, Steven had a fondness for detailed information on the saga, so much as to purchase the Incredible Cross Sections and Inside the Worlds of reference books. He also researched CUSWE and attempted to catalogue the many planets, systems, and sectors of the GFFA. This fed his interest for knowledge of the immense universe that George Lucas and many other Expanded Universe authors created. However, he felt he never had time to read novels, and was a visual person, stimulated by images.

Although he was a fan of the saga, he did not wait outside movie theaters for openings of the prequels at midnight, nor did he collect everything imaginable, to prove to others that you can still be a fan without being a fanatic.

Recently however, he has a fondness for collecting Star Wars action figures. Steven invited many users himself via Wikipedia, TheForce.Net and the social networking site Myspace of which Steven is also a member, using his large Star Wars group there for recruitment and spreading the word. (As of June 2007, that group has reached 40,000 members, however, it should be noted that only 10 percent of its members are regularly active.)

Wookieepedia grows
To help with the many article creations and edits that the wiki received on a daily basis, Steven purchased more reference books, particularly the Essential Guides, and some issues of Star Wars Insider. For the time that he could contribute, Steven added many articles and fixed plenty of errors with spelling, grammar, tense, adding categories, stubs, images, and fixed code problems. In addition, Steven's administrator powers helped him delete many pages, ban many vandals, and protect a few pages in hotly-contested disputes.

With Wikipedia behind him, Steven gave up trying to keep up with the constant changes and errors of Wikipedians and Star Wars material, where it was not strictly enforced as it is here. He would then try to make Wookieepedia more than just another wiki by brainstorming new concepts up in his Thinktank, including a premise for Wookieenews, which would combine with TFN to inform users about various happenings around the Star Wars fanbase, in addition to related stories (the concept has not merged with TFN as proposed but has held its own as the primary news source for Wookieepedians).

Identifying with Star Wars
As the success of the Wookieepedia grew, Steven felt more comfortable about being a fan, since most fans would fall under the classic nerdy stereotype, which he was. However, he began to embrace it and announce it proudly. He went from a "casual non-hardcore fan" (for example, waiting days to see one of the movies) to a "rather large fan on the verge of obsession". He was Darth Vader for the first time on Halloween, and even considered joining the 501st Legion, however his costume is still below standards for the organization. He found that some people into Star Wars had heard about Wookieepedia through word of mouth or had actually been there.

His fandom has become problematic however, as for the first time, Steven fell below a 3.0 for his GPA and lost his college scholarship. Hopefully, he can leave the full sanctity of the wiki and work on passing his classes in the future, although having an eye on it at all times.

Preparation
Over the summer of 2006, Steven had more time to contribute and interestingly enough, returned to Wikipedia to work on more career-related articles, but slowed down once again due to classes in the fall.

''On Aug 26, Riff experienced a Blue Screen of Death on his computer. He finally restarted his computer on the day of the Mofference, November 10, 2006. and things appear normal. The root cause was probably due to a disconnection of a printer from the PC, causing a malfunction in the OS. However the system started right up, but eventually noted a "serious error" occured. This frame in time will now be known as the Dark Age (8/26/06-11/10/06)''. With the fall semester past, another opportunity to catch up became apparent, and the winter break brought increased contributions.

Steven then became serious about Los Angeles and Celebration IV. He had support from across the nation to represent Wookieepedia as well as his Myspace Star Wars group. There was even discussion to raise donations and send them to a Paypal account, however the idea was not favored by everyone.

In the late winter of the beginning of 2007, arrangements were made for the 4 day pass, a 6-day hotel stay, and plane tickets.

Celebration IV
Steven made it to Los Angeles on May 24, the Fan Club day, but as not a member of Hyperspace could not attend then anyway. When he did attend on the 25th, it was absolutely amazing. Costumed fans everywhere!

Steven met or ran into the following people:
 * Wookieepedians
 * Arthur Papadam
 * Tracy Duncan
 * John Hazlett
 * Andrew Beard
 * Kyle Jewhurst
 * Andrew Skinner
 * Mark Sandell
 * Simon Clough
 * Joe Weaver
 * Charlii Enström
 * Taylor Fenno
 * Colby Butterfield
 * Bob Vitas (Manning the table)
 * Abel G. Peña
 * Joe Corroney
 * Mary Franklin
 * Leland Chee
 * Randy Stradley - grinned when I joked that Darth Krayt might actually have been Jacen Solo, but rather became this guy.
 * Indirectly, other people at continuity panel to whom I had the balls to ask three questions to: Pablo Hidalgo (StarWars.com), Sue Rostoni (Lucas Licensing), Jonathan Rinzler (Lucas Licensing), Shelly Shapiro (Random House), Jacob Bronstein (Random House Audio)
 * John Ostrander
 * Jan Duursema
 * Doug Wangler
 * Matt Busch
 * Tom Hodges
 * Tsuneo Sanda
 * Erik Varszegi
 * C.C. Banana aka Bananakin Skywalker
 * Seth Green (saw him inside the Vader helmet exhibit taking pictures as well)
 * After leaving the Imperials Panel, I also opened the door for David Prowse (Darth Vader) and inadvertantly for Julian Glover (General Maximilian Veers) and Kenneth Colley (Admiral Firmus Piett), all headed from the panel apparently to get something to eat.

The possibility
"Star Wars geeks have the shittiest love lives."

- jSarek

In early 2008, Steven became interested in a girl. Let's refer to her as "Jane" for now. She was in his department for a few years and she was still recovering from injuries sustained in a vehicular accident. Steven wanted to make life better for the girl and thought of a solution: to take her along to a monument in the capital, which he had to visit for credit anyway, but that she had not been to yet. In mid-March, he picked her up and drove to the site, where they had an enjoyable day together, and afterward ate lunch and talked about each other. Returning to town, the drop-off ended with a kiss--on the cheek. (Much research has been made to understand the meanings of such a thing, with varying answers from just friendship to there's something actually going on here.)

Afterward Steven developed a severe case of body fungus, which he initially believed to be an allergic reaction or urticaria (hives). He was treated for weeks until it went away around mid-April. Meanwhile, Steven was becoming closer to his friend. "Jane" was becoming playful, such as the time she kicked him in the butt while he was posting something on the wall, or usage of such words as "sweetie" on the phone. These little things began to add up in his mind that she may have wanted to be more, but he was still very unsure of it. She decided to join a group function on campus on April 19 and allowed Steven to be her partner. They planted shrubs and flowers together, one digging the holes, and the other giving the plants tender loving care. After the erasure of a few pictures on the camera (she agreed to allow him to keep the other 12), they all ate together at the end of the event.

Time passed and as classes ended, the need for communication increased. Initially she was to participate in a small fossil dig with a friend and him, but at the last moment, she apparently worked so hard that she injured herself, aggravating her previous injury. Attempts were made to connect before Steven left for his field camp, and talk on the phone occurred, but there would be no more visualization of the girl for at least two months. Apparently her phone had soda spilt on it and it prevented her from answering calls or returning them. Steven attended his field camp and texted her while in the Canyonlands. Advice from a fellow female attendee warranted the use of language that indicated he thought of her out there. Whether or not this might have worried her is unclear. Several attempts were made afterward to talk but to no resolution, as unforeseen at the time, the phone was likely destroyed again while she was on a trip to one of those squarish states out west. This absence of communication continued until the night of June 30, when Steven received a text from the girl asking if he was mad at her. Immediately, he replied that he wasn't, but that he was feeling down, and to talk to her would be great. They chatted for about 10 minutes before his phone started to buzz and run low on units. They both indicated one or the other would call before the week was done.

On Tuesday, July 1, Steven went to campus to find that in a list of future participants in a large event that he was attending, her name was scratched out. This stunned him for several minutes, trying to figure out why this was the case. Did she feel she could not compete due to the extent of her injuries, or rather was a personal thing where she felt he was no longer safe to be around? Regardless of what he saw, he tried to push it to the back of his mind and move on. Steven saw that a fireworks celebration was to be held in downtown on the 3rd of July (as to not conflict with another one on the 4th), and felt this would have been the perfect opportunity to reunite. He called to no answer but in the evening she called back and said that she had been at the pool all day and for some reason couldn't make it. Respecting the girl's wishes, he did not question this and came to a compromise that the next week would be a better time. Steven attended the event without a companion to enjoy the sights with him.

Steven is currently in limbo while he waits for the next week, to see what else might turn up and limit his ability to see her again. If this is intentional on the part of the girl, there are then justifiable reasons for that. If this is just bad luck and timing, then it is understandable and well worth the wait. If you would like to donate advice to Steven, please hit him up at his AIM line at riffsyphon1024.

LAST DAY SINCE PHYSICAL CONTACT: April 29?

What sort of shopping would exist on the Death Star?
Imperial Shopping Centers
 * IMP - for the fashionable Imperial
 * Old Imperial Navy - for the nostalgic Imperial
 * JCPalpatine's - for the formal Imperial
 * Baddy's - for the casual Imperial
 * TIEsRUs - for the little Imperial
 * Wilhuff'n'stuff - for the addicted Imperial
 * Tagge-it - for the thrifty Imperial
 * Kohl's - for the affirmative Imperial

Imperial Restaurants
 * DeathStarbucks - try the Jabbachino
 * Barve Barrel - only barves eat here, most notably Vader himself
 * Nerfburger King - straight from Alderaan burned to a crisp
 * Krake's Frinked Chubas (KFC) - they're still moving so you gotta eat them quick

Imperial Products
 * Moff drops - Given to those with sore throats after being severely choked by Darth Vader

Other Fun Things

 * Uncyclopedia's article on Wookieepedia
 * Earth

Wooktionary
This is a list of phrases and slang used by Wookieepedians.
 * Anon: n. slang. anonymous user, not meant to be taken as an insult towards said user.
 * Banninate: v. slang. To ban severely, in same context as "burninate those poor peasants!".
 * Cabal: This is just an imaginary concept.
 * Disambigging: v. slang. To create a disambiguation page. [etymology: Azizlight]
 * Great Lucascruft Purge: n. Event instrumental in the wave of attention to the Wookieepedia in the beginning of its formation. Name created for dramatic effect important to hiring new contributors.
 * IP: n. abbrv. another term for anon. Also could refer to any incidence of an user leaving IRC for the bathroom.
 * IRC: n. abbrv. the Wikia form of a chatroom, usually reserved for the Cabal, which does not exist. Also location of many site changes without documentation on the wiki.
 * IU: n. abbrv. In-Universe, essentially everything in the galaxy
 * Noobish: n. slang. Nonsense language or text created by a newbie. See also noob.
 * OOU: n. abbrv. Out-Of-Universe, essentially everything outside the galaxy.
 * Per: v?. In reference to, in agreement with. Used primarily in voting procedures
 * Rvted: v. abbrv. Also rvtd. A revert.
 * Stubbish: n. slang. Very short articles. Stubs.
 * Vandal scum: n. slang. Insult for vandal, comparable to the quote "Rebel Scum" by the great Lieutenant Renz.
 * X-Fan: n. slang. Refers to any user that places "fan" in their name. Usually a disruptive user. See also KFanII and Quinlanfan.

The FD-35 Refresher Droid
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't flush that..."
 * Collaboration with Erik Pflueger and Graestan.

- FD-35

"Dave, you've been here a while, shall I get dinner started?"

- FD-35

"Dave, please, can you give us a courtesy flush? I may be a droid, but come on..."

- FD-35


 * The FD-35 Refresher Droid was the latest in refresher droid technology. It was equipped with a HAL-like eye but similar to the TT-8L gatekeeper droid at Jabba's Palace. Its various features included the Puff of Air mode and other devices in cases of dexterior problems. When a being flushed, it played "Let the Sunshine In".

Appearances

 * Foundations of Stone
 * Pandemonium