Wookieepedia:WookieeProject Aliens

"In our efforts, we have learned that life is not rare. Rather, given a chance, life will occur. It is tenacious, aggressive&mdash;it seems to crave existence."

- Tem Eliss; Sentientologist

WookieeProject Aliens is a WookieeProject intended to make our coverage of the hundreds of sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy as comprehensive as possible. This mandate extends from the most prominent species that may appear in nearly every Star Wars product, to the most obscure, one-shot, minor-mention only species. We strive to produce quality Featured articles&mdash;the pinnacle of Wookieepedia research and writing&mdash;as well as quality Good articles. Even if not working toward one of these goals, members of this Project try and raise the quality of species articles wherever possible. As of 2010, we have covered over 10% of the named species across all Star Wars publications.

Please join our Project, one of the most active on Wookieepedia, and help in any way that you can. Here you will find a Forum which includes a general notice board for news relating to our WookieeProject, as well as places to request help in tracking down sources. We also have a tutorial giving advice on how to research and write Featured articles. This page also contains links to our various portfolios, showcasing the work of individual users who are part of the Project. These can all be found in the tabs at the top of the page.

We also welcome guest contributors, so if you've never written a species article before, this is a great way to try it out!

Project goals
Our main goal is to make sure Wookieepedia is a reliable and excellent source of information about any and all Sentient species in the Star Wars universe. Though it is realized that not every such article will be able to be made into featured or good articles, the goal for those articles is still to make them as complete and comprehensive as possible.

Editors may also encounter numerous organizations on Wookieepedia that are currently categorized as sentient species without canon making this clear. When such articles are found, they should be moved to Category:Undefined social groups or Category:Planetary cultural groups as appropriate.

Writers

 * 1) Write balanced and without POV.
 * 2) Do not add any speculation to an article.
 * 3) Write about whatever interests you, but try and help out with the current main focus as well.
 * 4) If the Manual of Style and Layout Guide are prohibiting you from contributing your best, ignore them! The editors will help you.

Editors

 * 1) Make sure articles have flawless grammar and spelling.
 * 2) Fix articles to comply with the Manual of Style and Layout Guide.
 * 3) Fix templates and excessive links.
 * 4) Source quotes.
 * 5) Search for new items for the "Appearances" and "Sources" sections of an article.

Article guidelines
Article Design

There are some guidelines for the organization of species articles within the Wookieepedia. Ideally, they are organized into four main sections:
 * 1) Biology and appearance deals with the physical characteristics of the species. This includes descriptions of both their physical, instinctual and mental abilities, with particular emphasis on unique factors.
 * 2) Society and culture deals with the sociological organization of the species, including such features as language, temperament, and family and societal structures.
 * 3) History deals with the major events in the history of the species. This includes such events as wars, discovery by the galactic community, and other important epochs.
 * 4) [Species] in the galaxy provides an overview of the species involvement in the galactic community with particular emphasis on species trends and notable individuals. Depending on the available information, this section in particular may be incorporated into the earlier sections.

Each of these four sections may be further subdivided as appropriate.

Completed projects
Our achievements so far. These articles should still be maintained, to keep them at a high quality.

IRC
If you want immediate assistance with a query or request, you could try asking in the Wookieepedia IRC channel. In addition to members of this Project that frequent the IRC, other members of the Wookieepedia community may be able to help. The IRC channel can be accessed from: irc.wikia.com/starwars

Templates
Template:Sentient should be added to all articles on intelligent species where enough information is known to fill more than a couple of fields. Since it's an auto-hiding infobox, fields should be left empty or simply omitted rather than filled with "unknown." Template:Species is for non-intelligent creatures only.

Use the template by pasting the following code into the top of the article, filling all relevant fields:

Talk page tagging
To tag an article to show it is within the scope of this project, simply place the following template near the top of the article's talk page → and it will produce the below template. Currently, we are only placing this template on articles we have completed&mdash;either FA, GA or otherwise complete.

Useful sources
The following references are important sources for alien species. If any alien species appear in these sources, information on then should be easy to add:

Online

 * Databank (species section)

Books

 * Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races
 * Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies
 * Alien Encounters
 * The Essential Guide to Alien Species
 * Ultimate Alien Anthology
 * Alien Anthology
 * The New Essential Guide to Alien Species

Important Wookieepedia Pages

 * Category:Sentient species
 * Category:Races and species stubs (some of these are one sentence long: they could use some help)
 * Category:Human races (many of these could be written up to the same level of detail as articles on non-humans)
 * Category:Images of sentient species
 * University of Eyrezer Guide to Intelligent Species FANs