Forum:SH:Project Weapon: Wookieepedia's Second Barn-burner

Hello everyone. Welcome to Wookieepedia's second barn-burner. Following the highly successful first barn-burner dealing with Wookiees three months ago, this barn-burner has been decided by community vote to be about weapons. Yes people, if it can stab, shoot, stun, cut, fry, disintegrate, decimate, or burn (especially burn) someone, then you can write it for this barn-burner. Best of luck to everyone!

Purpose and overview
Like the previous barn-burner created by Menkooroo, this project is designed to be a community effort where every member can contribute it some fashion. The main purpose of this barn burner is to write and promote weapon articles to CA, GA, and FA status. Like in the previous barn-burner, if we can manage to pass seven or more FAs, we can maybe convince our friends in the Inquisitorius to hold a "Weapons Week" on the main page.

While the main focus of this barn-burner is to have fun writing and nominating weapon articles, participants can also have fun in other ways, including by reviewing other nominations. By reviewing other articles, you may learn different ideas and concepts on writing your own articles. Also, by helping review other Users' nominations, you may encourage other Users to review your own articles. I also encourage all participants to regularly log on to the IRC channel so we can exchange ideas and help coordinate the barn-burner. If you have any problems logging onto the IRC channel, please drop me or an Administrator a message on our talk pages so we can help you out.

The term "weapon" is very broad and general, and can include knives, swords, blasters, grenades, lightsabers, superlasers, and whole bunch of other stuff. It will be up to us to decide what exactly applies as a "weapon." For example, a stun baton was designed for nonlethal user, however, you can still use a stun baton by incapacitating someone, and we can still count it as a weapon. Also, just because something isn't a piece of technology or isn't mechanical doesn't mean it doesn't count as a weapon. For instance, Yuuzhan Vong use living organisms as weapons, and you can still do them as part of this barn-burner.

Another issue we will have to address is the fact that weapon articles have no Layout Guide to follow. Remember, follow the general Layout Guide when you're writing your articles. Prior promoted weapon articles usually have a Description and History section, but this doesn't apply for ever promoted weapon article, and this won't apply for all weapons articles we do. Don't be afraid to ask for ideas about how to set up a Layout for your articles.

The barn-burner starts August 1st, but feel free to start thinking of weapon articles to work on. You can now sign up for the project and let me know that you want to help lead this barn-burner to greatness! Kilson ( Let's have a chat ) 00:00, July 23, 2011 (UTC)

Ideas for weapon projects
There are literally hundreds upon hundreds of weapon articles on the Wook, many of which are mere stubs. Those articles can be found at Category:Weapon stubs. However, searching through categories can be time consuming, and extremely boring, so here are a few suggestions that you may like for this barn-burner.

Personal weapons
The Wook has a number of weapons that were used by famous people in the Star Wars universe. These weapons are distinctive or advanced enough to deserve their own articles, many of which need some major work. Here are but a few:


 * Anakin Skywalker's first lightsaber (Arguably the most famous lightsaber of all time)
 * Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber (This lightsaber wants to argue!)
 * Bacca's Ceremonial Blade (Can also count as a late entry in the last barn-burner)
 * Bane's Heart (lightsaber) (Can a weapon love?)
 * Cassus Fett's heavy blaster pistol (Ooh, Mandalorian)
 * Freedon Nadd's blaster (Yes, even Sith use blasters)
 * Grievance Striker (And cyborgs as well)
 * Scepter of Ragnos (Ima firin mah lazer)
 * Sifo-Dyas' lightsaber (Also the first lightsaber used by Grievous)

Little known superweapons
We all know about the Death Star, but what about the other superweapons. Most of these will likely need to be FAed:


 * Baradium fission device (Pocket Death Star 1)
 * Electro-proton bomb (It'll wake up a Godzilla ripoff)
 * Gravitic polarization beam (Pocket Death Star 2)
 * Infant of Shaa (No one say a dead baby joke)
 * Particle disintegrator warhead (According to Firefox, "disintergrator" isn't a word)
 * Shawken Device (Marvel Star Wars ftw)
 * Two-Wave Gravshock Device (Only one source required)

General weapons
As not all Users can write FAs on a regular basis, especially new Users, so I've found some smaller projects that participants mights want to do if they don't want to tackle the bigger FAs.

Blasters

 * A295 sniper rifle (YAY Renegade Squadron!)
 * Anti-riot tangle gun 7 (A nonlethal one)
 * B-100 power blaster (Be all you can be)
 * M-Web repeating blaster (Sounds familiar for some reason)
 * Scalphunter rifle (Scary name)
 * Zabrak blaster carbine (KotOR and KotOR II actually have a lot of great weapons you can do)

Melee weapons

 * B'hedda (Dug humor)
 * Confessor's whip (Wonder Woman's whip)
 * Dathomirian flail (Creepy)
 * Exchange negotiator (It'll make you talk)
 * Selonian glaive (The Selonian lightsaber)

Explosives

 * CL-3 antistarfighter cluster bomb (TNEGtWaT)
 * Firejelly (It's alive!)
 * K26 explosive antivehicle rocket (For the RPG lovers)
 * Smart mine (They're really stupid, actually)
 * Subsonic grenade (Right below sonic grenades)
 * Vape charge (No disintegration!)

Sign ups
If you want to participate in the barn-burner, simply just create a subsection with your name and list the different weapon articles you wish to work on. That way, we can avoid confusion and prevent two different Users from fighting over a weapon article.

Project leader and manager.


 * Fi'lang (GA)
 * BB-23 heavy blaster cannon (GA)
 * Planet Killer (GA)
 * Electro-dart (GA)
 * Graffiti-bomb (GA)

Finally, the impetus I need to get off my lazy ass and write another article that I've been meaning to write for a couple years... I hope.


 * Annihilator (superweapon) (probably GA)

Looking through my user page, I see I've stubbed a few weapons. Perhaps I should use this opportunity to flesh them out. Can't promise I'll get to all of these, but my short list includes:
 * Ewok battle wagon (likely FA)
 * Capturing stick (likely CA)
 * Icehead club (likely GA)
 * Incendiary packet (likely GA)
 * Mouth-operated blaster (likely CA)
 * Squib battering ram (likely GA)
 * Tensor rifle (likely GA)


 * Imperial Knight lightsaber
 * Viral spore
 * Swiftcut foil

Tried and failed to participate last time (May wasn't a free month for me). Let's try again.
 * Infant of Shaa
 * Dathomirian flail
 * Savage Opress's spear
 * Fex-M3
 * Imperial bioweapons Project I71A
 * Electro-proton bomb

jSarek
I know at the very least I will have this article on deck:
 * J8Q-128 Finbat Missile

I didn't get in on the last barn-burner, so I'll be starting out slow here.
 * E-11 blaster pistol
 * GH-44 blaster

Exiled Jedi
I'll try to do as many as I can before school starts.
 * Air pistol
 * "Dumb" Energy Quarrel
 * Janta knife
 * R-88 Suppressor riot rifle
 * Zersium rifle


 * EXP-7(a) Predator

In no particular order, my weapons of choice.
 * GRS-1 snare rifle (GA if I can get enough info)
 * Ammonia bomb (GA if I can get enough info)
 * Incremental-sequence bomb (CA)

Current nominations
Once you have nominated a weapon article for status, please record your nomination in the appropriate field. It's the best way we can keep track of who nominated what, and which nominations still need reviews. Remember, try to help each other out by reviewing others' nominations.

Promoted articles
After a weapon article passes because of the barn-burner, please place it and its new status in the box below. Hopefully it will get as big as the last barn-burner's box!

Source requests
No one has every source, but if you want to nominate a weapon article, you need to check every applicable source. In these cases, please a message below asking for a weapon to be looked up in a source you do not have. Hopefully, someone will have the source, and can provide the necessary info. I also ask participants to regularly check this section so we can find out who needs what. It would be awesome if we can all help each other out.
 * Hmmm.. "D.C. used Dropbox to share these files".. --  Riffsyphon  1024 09:10, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hmmm indeed. I've removed the link so we don't get ourselves in trouble. It's my view that Wookieepedia needs to tread lightly when it comes to file sharing of copyrighted content. What folks are doing in private messages and on IRC is their business, but the site itself should probably try to stay on LFL's good side... :) ~ Savage  BOB sig.png 13:02, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah, I apologize. In hindsight, it probably wasn't a good idea to share the link. However, if anyone needs a CSWE entry, I will happily look it up for you. Kilson ( Let's have a chat ) 00:46, July 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * No worries! :) ~ Savage BOB sig.png 04:18, July 24, 2011 (UTC)

Battle wagon in EGTC
OK, here's one: My copy of The Essential Guide to Characters is inaccessible at the moment, but Google Books search tells me the Ewok battle wagon is mentioned in Wicket's entry. Can anyone check and tell me what it says, with the page number, preferably? Thanks! ~ Savage  04:18, July 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * Page 184: He[Wicket] is the great-grandson of Ephram Warrick, a famous Ewok who fought the Duloks years earlier, using a weapon-laden War Wagon. <- Omicron (Leave a message at the BEEP! ) 14:58, July 24, 2011 (UTC)
 * Great, much appreciated. :) ~ Savage BOB sig.png 15:55, July 24, 2011 (UTC)

Ammonia bomb
Hoo boy, I'm gonna need a couple sources for this one... To make it easier, I don't necessarily need the actual entries; bullet points will do just fine. I've worked from those before without trouble and they're my preferred notes. Anywho, I need information (and page numbers) on "ammonia bomb" from the following: Much thanks! Hopefully, if given enough information, I can bump this one up to possible GAN.  Trak Nar  Ramble on 04:31, July 27, 2011 (UTC)
 * A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (Dunno what edition, article doesn't say)
 * Star Wars Encyclopedia (My copy was water-damaged)

General discussion
If you have any other questions, comments, or ideas for the barn-burner, just place them right here.

Distinction between a weapon and a vehicle?
I'm thinking it might be fun to FA Ewok battle wagon, but I'm not sure it's a proper "weapon." What say all of you? Weapon, vehicle, or hybrid? Applicable to this barn burner or wait for a hypothetical "vehicles" BB? ~ Savage   02:30, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * I know We Are Not Wikipedia, but as a point of comparison, Wikipedia classifies siege engines, which the battlewagon seems to be a variant of, as "anti-fortification weapons." -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 02:37, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree with Culator, I think we can count the battlewagon as a weapon. Kilson ( Let's have a chat ) 02:49, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * It is as I have said before, "Use the unorthodox." Think outside the box; Spear of midnight black is a Force power, but also a weapon. Somethings will fall into multiple categories, and some will not explicitly be identified as such. Go for it, Bob :)  —Tommy  9281  Saturday, July 23, 2011, 02:52 UTC 
 * Done. I'll make it my top priority for the BB. Unorthodox is right on the money, what with a bunch of teddy bears in a ramshackle cart with a battering ram. :) ~ Savage  BOB sig.png 03:12, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * Perfect, thanks Bob. :) Kilson ( Let's have a chat ) 03:22, July 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * I cooked this up for use on a promoted article's talk page:




 * Whaddyall think? Menkooroo 07:59, July 23, 2011 (UTC)


 * I think it is perfect. Thanks so much Menk. Every article promoted by the barn-burner will have this template placed on its talk page. Kilson ( Let's have a chat ) 08:44, July 23, 2011 (UTC)