User talk:Silly Dan

Silly Dan, And I just want to make sure that all the articles that you will write are not word for word from those West End Games Books. -- Riffsyphon1024 04:53, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * They shouldn't be (in addition to being obvious copyright violations, they would contain irrelevant game stats and take way too long to type in. 8) )Silly Dan 02:38, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed on the game stats, because those are considered non-canon by LucasArts anyway. -- Riffsyphon1024 02:46, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Weequay
I was looking at the starwars.com Databank entry on Weequays as an outline for a better Weequay article, and in the process saved it by accident. Here it is, if you'd like to use it for a basic structure:
 * Thanks! I've also got a copy of Galaxy Guide 12 which can be used as a source. Silly Dan 11:36, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Vodran kajidics
WhiteBoy put up a request for sources on the article kajidic. I added the source for the information I had added, but I don't know where your information about Vodrans comes from. If you wouldn't mind adding the appropriate source to that article, it would be appreciated (I don't doubt you, I just thought I would bring this to your attention so that it wouldn't go unnoticed by the one who knew). – Aidje talk 14:44, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sourced. -- Silly Dan  02:46, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I figured it probably came from one of those big alien sourcebooks you seem to love so much. :-) – Aidje talk 02:51, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Navcomputer.com as source
Hi Riff: I don't think we should list nav-computer.com as a primary source in our articles, as it's not an official site. (That's why I removed it from the Kathol Sector article, replacing it with the RPG books which described it.) We should keep the "sources/references" sections for official publications.

On the other hand, it's a good resource, and it'd probably be a good idea to put relevant nav-computer.com links in as external links (maybe with a template, similar to how we do things with the databank?) -- Silly Dan  01:08, 30 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I left an open space for a Nav-computer source template on one of the template message pages. Also, note that when I provided that source for information regarding galactic geography, it was based on the maps he made, which were fairly detailed, especially in the inserts. -- Riffsyphon1024 01:16, 30 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The correct page is Template messages/Sources of articles -- Riffsyphon1024 01:18, 30 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Galaxy Guide Titles
Since I think you're the party who set the precedent for titling the Galaxy Guides with a hyphen between title and subtitle instead of a colon, I though I should let you know I've retitled them to match the punctuation that the Galaxy Guides themselves use on their spines (a colon, or colon before hyphen, in the case of Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens - Enemies and Allies). jSarek 11:31, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, not sure why I didn't do that in the first place (every time I put a reference in, I used a colon and had to change it on preview). Thanks. -- Silly Dan  11:34, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, thank you - I stopped for a moment to write a change in the Talz article, and when I finished most of what I had left to change was already fixed. Thanks for saving me a lot of work. :-)  jSarek 11:48, 1 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Silly Dan: message from JustinGann
I have read Cestus Deception and the dashta eels actually are sentient, but the sit is kind of complicated. Dashtas are a sentient race, but some of their babies are born as sorta "duds" that are not sentient. These babies are given by the Dashtas to the other Cestian peoples, whom use the non-sentient "dud" babies as the Force-sensitive brains of the JK droids. But the more fully developed dashtas are every bit as sentient as humans, perhaps more so, although this is a closely guarded secret from the galaxy at large.
 * Ah, OK. Thanks for clearing that up! (PS: please sign messages on talk pages with  or ~ to include the date -- it's easier to figure out who's who.)  &mdash; Silly Dan  00:30, 2 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the help getting Mosep started
I've been wanting to fill in some of the blanks on this site. Thanks for all your help.

K'Kruhk's Hat
Thank you for adding that section to the K'Kruhk page. I thought about doing it myself when it was first mentioned on Talk:Palpatine but I didn't get around to it in time. May the freakin' sweetness be with you! :-) -- Darth Culator 00:56, 4 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * If only we could consult the hat for advice on the Palpatine edit wars....help us, freakin' sweet hat, you're our only hope.  &mdash; Silly Dan  03:34, 4 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * The Hat told me the best solution is the "Old Republic records" idea. You have already said it yourself: "Since the vote has swayed towards 'no question mark', this information says 82 rather than 84, and no one's raised any serious objection to McEwok's suggestion that we add a BTS note saying 'it's not clear how much of Palpatine's background might have been fabricated by Darth Sidious', I propose we do that and archive this talk page." -- Silly Dan 16:21, 3 Sep 2005 (UTC). We should have done that already... --Master Starkeiller 19:51, 4 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey, I'm not an admin. I'm willing to wait until one of them logs on and makes a decision.  (Should point out I said edit wars - this last one is just one in a series.  I blame the Sith. 8) )  &mdash; Silly Dan  19:54, 4 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Of course you should blame the Sith. You should blame them for starting the war in the first place. This edit war is about the age of a Sith! *Winks*--Master Starkeiller 19:58, 4 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Forgot password
S.D., I forgot my Password, so I am creating a new account called wattamb3000.
 * You know, I think there's a way to get the site to email you a new one. &mdash; Silly Dan  22:28, 14 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game

 * Thanks for taking on the challenge of straightening this out. I thought about it, took one look at the amount of work it would take, and decided I would let it slide since no one else seemed to notice.  I commend you on your work ethic. :-) jSarek 07:05, 16 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it would've been nice if I had actually checked the cover of my books before citing them... 8) &mdash; Silly Dan  11:24, 16 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Thumbnails
How do you put pictures into thumbnails? By the way, I'm the user that wasn't putting the lightsaber pictures into thumbnails. But I registered. When I try to put the pictures into thumbnails, it says Missing Image. How do I put a picture into a thumbnail without it saying that?

I am registered now as FistoFan94.

Re: Message from SillyDan to SOCL
Someone noticed my attempt to use Chicago Manual of Style. Sorry about that, just a habit. No problem, I'll hold off on it. Thank you for alerting me, I appreciate it.--SOCL 12:12, 17 Oct 2005 (UTC)

"Objective categories"
I saw your comment on the main page history. I couldn't really think of a better descriptive phrase for it, but if you do, then add it to the page. Cheers! Adamwankenobi 05:55, 19 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Sequel trilogy
Of course! The morons over there kept trying to get it deleted! Adamwankenobi 23:22, 24 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism
I have found some article vandalism on the article Flim. I want to try and restore it, but am not sure how to do that without simply punching everything in line by line. I was hoping you might be able to help me out and perhaps fix the article. By the way, is vandalism supposed to be reported to someone?--SOCL 04:42, 29 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I can take care of it. If you want to fix my edit later, go right ahead. I just figured I'd be of help.TIEPilot051999 04:45, 29 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure if that was addressed to me or SillyDan, but that sounds cool. Do you have to do it line by line?--SOCL 04:46, 29 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * It was addressed to you. And I just did it to the best of my ability. SillyDan can do it later if what I did is not up to snuff.TIEPilot051999 04:53, 29 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I just replaced my text with the text from the last pre-vandalized edit. If the biography table is needed there, then he'll have to do it, because I don't know how.TIEPilot051999 05:02, 29 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Sounds cool, I just didn't want to see the article die after a relatively cool-looking article, ya know?--SOCL 05:05, 29 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * No problem.TIEPilot051999 05:06, 29 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Glad you sorted it all out while I was offline.... 8) &mdash; Silly Dan  13:14, 29 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm still curious: Is there a procedure one follows to report vandalism? And how does one recover from such a thing?  Does one have to go line by line to restore it, or is there a simpler way?--SOCL 01:24, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Easiest way to do it: (1) go to the vandalized article, (2) click on the "history" tab, (3) click on the last non-vandalized version (which is marked as the date of the last edit you want to keep), (4) click on the edit tab at the top, (5) edit and save as normal, marking it in the edit summary as a revert. &mdash; Silly Dan  01:50, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * There is a simple way to do it. Starting from viewing the butchered article:
 * 1) Click on History.
 * 2) Click on the date and time of the last unvandalized version. This will show you how that version looked.
 * 3) From the old version of the article, click on Edit.
 * 4) You will see a warning that says "WARNING: You are editing an out-of-date revision of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this revision will be lost." Since this is exactly what you want, click on Save page. This will restore the old version of the article without all that mucking about trying to copy wiki code. – Aidje talk 06:42, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Isn't that exactly what I said? 8) &mdash; Silly Dan  12:45, 30 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Proper name
I want to add an article on the "Bomb Squad Troopers" from Marvel Star Wars 56, not sure if they are already added in some other Stormtrooper sub category.I checked but can't find them.As I believe they only appeared that one time to my knowledge.And Not really sure if "Bombtroopers" would be their proper name, but a later lettercol calls them by that name.Any chance you can help me with their proper name or if they are added already as a different name.I added a pic of one of them from the issue to help. One of them was even called by his name, Sgt. Vollot. thanx. sniktawt 03:20, 31 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Gundark
Hey SillyDan! I saw your request for a gundark article on the requests page, so I went ahead and started one. I can't believe it hadn't been created yet! Anyway, feel free to add or edit :) --Culix 06:02, 1 Nov 2005 (UTC)

SillyDan
thx, but be sure to thank Jaymach, since he scanned many of the pics;)JustinGann 02:37, 6 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Well I was gonna say not to bother thanking me...but he has already lol. More than happy to do it, as I said over on my own talk page. If anyone ever needs any pictures of...anything...feel free to leave a message on my talk page and I'll try to get it to you in a day or less. --Jaymach Ral'Tir 02:50, 6 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Holiday special
Yeah, I've removed all of the red links now, and added in the images. It looks to be featured quality on here, so I will nominate it. Adamwankenobi 08:16, 6 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Behind the magic
Dan, why are you placing ABC, CBS, and such in the behind the magic category? Is that suppost to be a category of things having to do with the behind the magic CD's or what? Adamwankenobi 16:15, 6 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * See Category talk: Behind the Magic. &mdash; Silly Dan  16:16, 6 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * OK, I see. Interesting name. Adamwankenobi 16:18, 6 Nov 2005 (UTC)

RE: Shadis Magazines
I'm not entirely sure whether or not they were licensed, but I'm setting up a tag that can be applied to them (thanks to SparqMan that will reflect this. There were several issues with Star Wars material, however, and I actually have 2 of the articles scanned in. If there was any way to send you them I'd be more than happy to do so. All my contact details are on my user page. :) -Jaymach Ral'Tir 01:50, 21 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Forgot to mention...it's WEG D6 material. :) And no problem. -Jaymach Ral'Tir 02:24, 21 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Earth References
I have a fairly long list of all of the Star Wars characters who have been given Earth names. Would it be appropriate for your Earth References page? -LtNOWIS 06:21, 24 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure! I might cut it down to just Earth surnames, though, if the list gets too big.  A lot of characters have Earth first names.  &mdash; Silly Dan  14:18, 24 Nov 2005 (UTC)

I've been thinking about these Earth references for a while myself. You might also want to consider the use of the term "parsec," which is based on the diameter of Earth's orbit around the sun. Supposedly the Earth and Sol don't exist in the SW galaxy, Book of Imperial Shuttle Plans notwithstanding, so why would they still use parsecs? And the New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels has a number of corporate logos that have English words or at least English lettering. The CEC logo is a good example. If this was an error, they'd have fixed it for the New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology (which came out over a year later), but they didn't. Also, in the Corellian Trilogy (can't remember which book specifically) Han Solo mentioned knowing a recipe for a drink called a "Mutant Zombie Cooler." The word "zombie" has a unique cultural etymology, which suggests the existance of substantially similar mythology in the history of the SW galaxy. &mdash;Darth Culator  (talk)  16:23, 24 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, parsec and English lettering could be mentioned (X-wings are an even better example), but I wouldn't count Mutant Zombie Coolers unless someone else mentioned voodoo, or the recipe included rum and apricot brandy. (What else would you call the shambling undead, even if the Sith animated them?) &mdash; Silly Dan  16:53, 24 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Logos obviously aren't in English. They're supposed to be "translated" from Basic. Like this: http://starwars.wikicities.com/wiki/Image:CSAPoster.JPG. And I would consider the X a symbol, not a letter in the case of X-Wings. For example, B-Wings look nothing like a B, and Y-Wings remind me nothing of a Y. And I agree about the zombies, don't forget Korriban zombies. But I would guess parsecs do belong in that list (I reckon a Star Wars parsec would be the diameter of Coruscant's orbit around its star, like a standard day or standard year is based on Coruscant). --Master Starkeiller 16:58, 24 Nov 2005 (UTC)