Wookieepedia talk:Community Portal

Community Portal revamp (testing)
Take a look at Senate Hall. As I understand, the forum tag was designed for Uncyclopedia, but can be used on other Wikicities as well. The name, of course, can change as the Consensus Track discussion progresses (with R2's help, I plan to reorganize the Consensus Track into a dynamicpagelist/forum as well).

The forum tag indeed opens a wide variety of possibilities; it is now used on Speedy deletions. - Sikon [ Talk ] 08:30, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I like it. --Azizlight 08:47, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I honestly looked at it for about 10 seconds and then said "Oh, that is just plain awesome." --MarcK [talk] 10:25, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Nice. RMF 20:30, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Wizard! -- Ozzel 22:16, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank the maker!--DannyBoy7783 00:48, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Beautiful. Just beautiful. --Tinwe 18:05, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Astral! Kuralyov 18:07, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Cool stuff. I admit I took a sneak preview earlier yesterday so the wow factor is lessened for me. ;) -- Riffsyphon1024 20:10, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
 * So is it going to replace the current CP talk? And when? - Sikon [ Talk ] 05:35, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
 * When the namespace issue has been resolved, I'd imagine. --Imp 17:45, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * So I presume we'll have to ask Angela for a Forum: namespace? - Sikon [ Talk ] 18:11, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Go for it. :) --Imp 19:05, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Alternate VIP reporting
This is a proposed method of flagging a user as a vandal: put  , and that user will appear on the WP:VIP page (the admins, though, will have to follow the link to the user page to see the reason). The template should be removed after the user has been dealt with. - Sikon [ Talk ] 16:34, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Constant Attacks?

 * Whats up mods? who is this guy? --Razzy1319 02:49, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Page hijackers I dare say. --Azizlight 03:00, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * If you're referring to Shagman/Dank budz/Sandino/et cetera, it looks like we're finally popular enough to attract the more determined spammers. I went ahead and reported it on the Central Wikicity. &mdash;Darth Culator   (talk)  03:04, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Overlinking
Is it a tradition now? Someone must have made it their directive to wikify every single occurrence of a term. This is not necessary, and this practice is not followed on Wikipedia. Compare this revision of Manaan with the current revision with excessive links removed. I've seen similar overlinking in First Sith Civil War and some more articles. For the sake of readability, please stop doing this. - Sikon [ Talk ] 16:05, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The First Sith Civil War looks fine to me. - TopAce 16:07, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It has been fixed too. - Sikon [ Talk ] 16:08, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I also agree with this, link something only once (if the article is not long enough) - TopAce 16:10, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Who says "NOOOOO" in each episode when?
I know the following:

Episode I- Obi-Wan says it when Qui-Gon is mortally wounded by Maul. Episode II- I dont know this one. Episode III- Vader says it when he hears Padme is dead. Episode IV- Luke says it when Obi-Wan joins the force. Episode V- Luke says it when he learns Vader is his father. Episode VI- I Don't know this one.

Please help, this has been bugging me for some time now.
 * You know we have a wiki, right? ;) - Sikon [ Talk ] 08:58, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
 * What about when Cliff Clavin shuts the blast doors and Chewie yells "Rarrrghrarrgh!!!!!" That's Shyriwook for "Noooooooooo!!!!!" Lonnyd 09:59, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
 * That might be a little too detailed. I don't believe Shyriwook can actually be translated to Basic, at least with ease. -- Riffsyphon1024 03:15, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It is never said in ROTJ. The closest thing to it is Luke's "NEVER!" when Vader says "If you will not turn to the dark side, then perhaps she will." But still, it is never actually said, so that bit of trivia that "NOOO!" is uttered in every episode is false. Adamwankenobi 07:39, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

SVG support
I've been trying to upload an SVG image (as per our Image use policy) but the software refuses to allow it, saying it's "not a recommended file format." I've been playing around my image (it's the Galactic Republic symbol) for a while and the scalability is incredible&mdash;are there any workarounds to the upload problem? RMF 09:50, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * SVG uploading is disabled for all Wikicities due to security measures or something like that, ask Wikicities admins for clarification. - Sikon [ Talk ] 10:32, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * This is enabled now; happy uploading. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 19:22, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Main Page revamp - opinions?
Ping (shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia's new design, to replace the current one on March 19) - Sikon [ Talk ] 11:11, 13 March 2006 (UTC) I really like Sikon's new design. Just a couple of points: --Azizlight 11:32, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I must admit that I prefer the current main page to your suggestion. KEJ 11:15, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Any reference to "Today" should be changed, as Wikipedia's main page is updated daily while Wookieepedia's is weekly.
 * The "Today's Quote" is a good idea, but I think that section could also be useful for important news and announcements relating to either Wookieepedia or Star Wars in general.
 * I like it. Can we centre the header though? Or does that look worse? QuentinGeorge 11:35, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah might look better that way... and put the spoiler warning just underneath the "number of articles" line, rather than on the right. --Azizlight 11:42, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

...and please, for my sake, get rid of all the pink ;-)... And in my opinion 'Did you know'... should still be in a different color from 'Featured article' KEJ 11:38, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Sikon... that new design... is awesome! (Though I do believe that we should change some of the colors to be more Star Warsy.) Adamwankenobi 17:09, 13 March 2006 (UTC) I like it. All we need to do is add to the "Did You Know" section, as it is a bit empty. RMF 21:47, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I do like the style of the Episodes section. -- Riffsyphon1024 17:24, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * User:Sikon/MainPage2.0/draft1 - got rid of the pink, centered the header, added an "edit" link to "did you know". - Sikon [ Talk ] 18:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Can't the "Today's quote" section be changed to a Wookieenews section? :) --Imp 18:58, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, and maybe we should change the clumsy wording of "The Star Wars saga episodes" into something simple such as "The Star Wars movies"? And why are there two dashes by the article count in the header? --Imp 19:25, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Or just "The Saga". The header does look better centered, but it's still not sitting right with me. It feels too separate from everything else. CooperTFN 19:28, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * You should add from newest articles in the Did You Know? section. Lt. 1993 20:43, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I say we move the 'This week's featured quote' nearer to the bottom. Apart from that, it rocks. -- Doo Doo 00:20, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I made a few slight changes to it, based on some of the above suggestions. Adamwankenobi 00:40, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * All it needs now is the "featured quote" section moved near the botttom (possibly above the "official friends of wookieepedia" section. Adamwankenobi 07:26, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The Improvement drive and Wookieepedian of the Month boxes need the same amount of padding as the featured article box does... For colors, I have a few SWsy colors/schemes that could be adapted. The ANH palette  would probably be the easiest for now, but I can whip up something that works better with the logo later. -- Dark Spork 15:46, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Banning
Attention Administrators! I think that it would be a good idea that once an IP address, IP range or User account is permanently banned, it should be noted on their User page that they have been banned and that they should be put under the Category for Banned users. This will make life easier for us so that we know who has been banned infinitely. MyNz 08:35, 14 March 2005 (UTC)
 * You can also see a pregenerated list of banned IPs and users at Special:Ipblocklist. -- Riffsyphon1024 17:54, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think IP addresses should be permanently banned. Almost all IP addresses are dynamically assigned, so someone's IP today could be different than what it is tomorrow.  Plus, in the cases where it is not dynamic, it may be a case of it being a shared ISP, for example AOL or a university; so blocking that IP will block everyone using that ISP.  It's probably a good idea to come up with some guidelines on how long to ban people for different offenses.  WhiteBoy 21:50, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Userbox templates
Anyone else agree that we need some sort of regulation on their creation? If you do, go here to vote on the future of userboxes. StarNeptune 03:06, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Card Category?
Does anybody think it would be a good idea to create a category titled: Card or something similar, and then put it on any Wiki entry that has a SW:CCG, YJ:TCG, JK:TCG, or SW:TCG card?

Like Beedo is a character, but also a card in SW:CCG, so he'd have the categories:

Rodian:Bounty Hunters:Card

Or something similar.

Any thoughts?

CBenoit 17:15, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * If we did that, we'd also have to add categories like "Category: Return of the Jedi" for anything appearing in Episode VI, "Category: Star Wars Galaxies" for anything appearing in that videogame, etc., etc., which we may or may not want to do. (I'm mildly against it, but only because it seems like a lot of work.) Also, we'd want to categorize SW:CCG articles separately from JK:TCG articles. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 18:57, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * This wouldn't help the scheme we already have so I'd have to decline. -- Riffsyphon1024 19:08, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Scheme? CBenoit 12:51, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with Dan. The implications of such a category would neccesitate a ROTJ category and a Star Wars: Empire #3 category and so on.  Such categorization would be a housekeeping nightmare. Lonnyd 12:59, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Scheme as in what we already use for categories. -- Riffsyphon1024 19:45, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Babel Boxes
Is there a list of languages and their codes somewhere? I know some italian, but don't know the babel code. -- Doo Doo 04:17, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * List of user languages -- Riffsyphon1024 22:56, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Maintenance Templates

 * How do I put one of those Maintenance Templates on my userpage? I was doing some sourcing and wookieeprojects and I need to link to easily without searching for a specific user page that has one. --Razzy1319 05:01, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * What sort of maintenance templates? -- Riffsyphon1024 22:57, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Publisher's Summary a copyvio?

 * I'm doing some of the comic pages and was wondering if it was an issue? Ive done 20 or so pages with the Publisher's summary and it felt like taking attention from their official site. Anyone have thoughts or comments on these? --Razzy1319 07:58, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure on the copyright of publisher's summaries. -- Riffsyphon1024 22:52, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * If it is a violation (which I don't think it is), then every site like Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble would be violating it too. --Xwing328 22:55, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Infobox help
'Tis embarassing, but can someone good with formatting take a look at Template:Infobox Television episode and tell me what I've screwed up on in writing it? There is too much space on the right of it. Thanks. Adamwankenobi 21:21, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I fiddled around with it and it looks better now. Is that what you want? Yrfeloran 21:40, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! :) Adamwankenobi 21:43, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Guess who's trying to catch up?
In case you all didn't know, it seems Wikipedia is attempting or at least have been attempting to clean up their share of Star Wars articles in a Star Wars WikiProject. It's a huge resource over there, that I might have to check out more often, and because I've been away from there for a while I have to catch up.

I almost feel sorry for them considering the constrictions and things they have to abide by when making them, and they'll never really reach the status of our articles, though you gotta give them credit for trying. One of our admins StarNeptune is a member of their Project trying to help them and us at the same time, and I say let's give her a round of applause for being in two places at once and still performing a good job. Other Wookieepedians might get involved, and some already have been doing this stuff before they even joined our wiki.

Also a hilarious parody by those Uncyclopedians was made on our first anniversary. See it here. -- Riffsyphon1024 22:52, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Also, give User:Deckiller a big pat on the back for starting the project. Adamwankenobi 22:54, 16 March 2006 (UTC)