User talk:Silly Dan

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Aliens
Since you have done a lot of work on species articles, I wondered if you could have a look at this. I'd like to put it on the species page which currently is just a list. I'd particularly be interested in comments on the Species articles and Navigating the encyclopedia sections. --Eyrezer 07:17, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback. I decided to be bold and move the article there as it is now. Thanks for the addition on Obo Rin. --Eyrezer 02:58, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 03:08, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm thinking of changing the navigation section to be similar in appearance to the Main page, something like this although I can't get the coding quite right. That is one of the main attractions to me, emphasing the galleries etc that are available.
 * Re the OOU bit. I have a question as to the premise of the Wookieepedia. Are we like, say, The Essential Chronology that purports to be IU, in which case the description of the entries would be compatible with an IU perspective? Or are we not, in which case it should be treated completely OOU?
 * As to the sections themselves, I wrote a few notes on Volemlock's talk page that I'll also put here. I think we should move towards greater standardization in our sectioning. With that in mind I had a look at the format used by the GGs. They use "Biology and appearance" which I think works well as it removes the risk of confusion with the appearances/sources. I though I might go through and standardize at least that heading on the Wookiee. GG12 has "History and culture" as a label, putting them together. I like to have them apart where possible. Many of the other GG labels such as temperament, technology level, personality notes etc are what we treat as subsections. I like the "[Species] in the galaxy" section, but it can be difficult to separate out which is why I put the proviso on the page. Maybe this would be better put elsewhere, but it would be good to be prominent somewhere so that ppl see it before majorly expanding an article.
 * --Eyrezer 02:58, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I made some changes to the navigation section here. --Eyrezer 05:06, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Quick Question
Hey, just curious, why did you remove the archives from the VIP page? Chack Jadson 22:20, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It fit in with our decisions in Forum:Deny recognition, and some of the arguments Darth Culator alluded to in Forum:User template (where some of the userpages deleted were only linked to on the VIP page.) The old reports still exist in the history, of course: I just didn't see the need to keep listing and archiving them on the main VIP page.  Granted, I only talked it over with two other admins on the talk page, so if anyone objects, my changes can be reverted. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 03:04, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Serious Charge against Darth Culator
He's trying to use Wookiepedia to keep his views on SD.net and Mike Wong unchanged. Earlier today he has blocked the Mike Wong and Stardestroyer.net articles from editing became criticism against them was put up. This should be a serious offense and abuse of power, Silly Dan. Can you please look into this?
 * I'm afraid I don't have time this week to look into this in detail: I will say that we try to present a neutral point of view, especially in our real-world articles. That means neither one-sided overzealous criticism nor gushing praise should appear in the Mike Wong and SD.net articles. If you have a concern about these articles, you may want to discuss it in the Senate Hall or on the article talk pages before immediately calling for administrative assistance. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 01:58, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * That's the thing though. Darth Culator is an Administrator, abusing his power to keep the bias in the articles. When facts that StarDestroyer.net's aggressiveness was put down, he changed the article and then locked it, basically insulting people who have debated Wong, only to be heckled, teased, and insulted. He's abusing his power. When you have time, can you please look into it more, Silly Dan?
 * No, I think both articles are currently protected in a neutral state. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 02:07, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * In the Discussion Area, he has gotten even more insulting. And it isn't in a neutral state, its in a state Dart Culator wants it in that prevents any criticism (Had no time to look it over last night, now that I had...how can this guy be an administrator?) Calling people idiots because they disagree with SD.net's calcs or have been flamed off the board is...kind of uncalled for.
 * I understand you're mad that a neutral point of view doesn't reflect your point of view, but that's just too bad. Go back to your little forum full of Trektard dittoheads and quit bothering the adults. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 15:39, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * How can you keep insulting people? You're being a hypocrite here.
 * Look, SuperSaiyaMan, the article is fairly neutral in point of view. And you are coming of a bit fanatical here, almost as if you have a personal grudge. You may want to reevaluate how to spend your time here. That being said, stop being a dick, Darth. You're an Admin; act better than this. -- SFH 15:59, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Per SFH. I don't think that the established neutrality of the article should be disrupted, which would happen if that content was allowed to stay in there. We strive to be neutral, especially in real life topics such as SD.net that people have varying opinions on, even something as moronic as Supershadow. On the other hand, Culator, there's no need to feed the trolls. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 16:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * But it's so much fun! -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 16:15, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Then at least go elsewhere to do that. See WP:NOT and WP:NPA. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 16:18, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Interesting, I surf by on my lunch break to find that SFH and Ataru have said more-or-less exactly what I would have. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 16:30, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * See through you, we can. :-P Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 21:25, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello
Can U please warn Imperialwalker about anoynce. He is bothering me. Check my talk page. He thinks I'm HBKH. But he sounds like Clonetroop125. Can U please check my talk page see if its anything.--Meowmeow 12:40, 21 June 2007 (UTC)meowmeow

meowmeow
i never ment to bother him i thought he was someone else.Imperialwalker 22:51, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

HI
DO YOU KNOW WERE I CAN GET USER BOXES? IF YOU CAN,CAN YOU PLEASE GET ME SOME?
 * See Template messages/User namespace/. Remember, customizing your userpage is not the main point of Wookieepedia.  Also, writing in all capital letters is usually interpreted as shouting, and is generally considered rude. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:23, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry.Moneymoney 01:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)Moneymoney

Talk page editing
From what you said on Forum:Jack Nebulax, it seems that banned users can no longer edit talk pages. Is this permanent? If so, how will users protest a block that they truly believe is not warranted? Chack Jadson 23:56, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
 * They can try emailing the admin, contacting them on their talk page on another wikia (like the central Wikia wiki), or join the IRC channel. I don't know if stopping them from editing talk pages is permanent, though I don't see the need to bring that feature back considering all of the other options available. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:09, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Please don't bug me about divisions
I'm busy this weekend. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 12:54, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Gotal
Apparently Elusion Illusion mentions that the Gotal are hurt when around use of the Force. --Eyrezer 02:24, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * There are so many semi-contradictory descriptions for Gotals feeling the Force: I may have to collate all the sources I have on the talk page. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 03:58, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I would have added it myself if I'd found it myself, but Jaymach mentioned it on IRC so I thought it best just to mention it here. He also said the opening paragraph (after the intro) makes the article sound like it's about the planet as there's no mention of the Gotal's in it. --Eyrezer 04:11, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * OK. See the newer version of the article for my minor change, and Talk:Gotal for how my sources describe the situation. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 23:39, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * The integration looks good. I've given my support to the article now. --Eyrezer 01:45, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Great! Thanks. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 01:47, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi
Hello if I were running for Sysop would you nominate me?
 * No: a user must have been an active contributor for over six months to be eligible, and must generally have demonstrated high-level understanding of how Wookieepedia operates by making major contributions to articles, useful contributions to discussions, etc., etc. I'm afraid you're too inexperienced as of yet.  Bear in mind, however, that being an administrator is not necessary to enjoy contributing to Wookieepedia, to make your voice heard in discussions, etc.  &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 21:51, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Kay I'll just dig a hole aand burie my freind from Dudlyvillie.Moneymoney 01:01, 27 June 2007 (UTC)Moneymoney
 * What if I did come and contributed for 6 months then would you?
 * Only if you impressed me over the next six months. If you had to ask me to nominate you, I'd probably say no. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 21:45, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

blocks
just wondering can only sysops block users??? Imperialwalker 21:11, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes. See Administrators for details. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 21:45, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Chris Benoit
Hey Silly Dan have you ever heard of Chris Beniot?Moneymoney--Moneymoney 13:52, 28 June 2007 (UTC)Moneymoney
 * I have heard of Chris Benoit, but I'm not a wrestling fan. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 15:46, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

redemption
Redemption was making personal attacks on me on the Cheese talk page.Please block him for that. Imperialwalker 19:22, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not blocking him, but I'll warn him. I note that Atarumaster88 has warned you as well: you had best heed that warning. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 01:54, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * thanks dude,he not very nice at all,is he?i saw him angering you on his page.Imperialwalker 19:12, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * As I'm sure he would tell you, neither of us are actually all that angry. It is true that your activities on Wookieepedia as far as I can tell aren't particularly productive or helpful, and it is also true that I thought he was out of line calling you names.  As Atarumaster88 said, the best thing to do is for you to stop bothering him. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 19:20, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * ok. Imperialwalker (YO!!)
 * one quick question though.is he an admin? Imperialwalker 20:14, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * No, but Atarumaster88 and I are. See Administrators for the full list. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 20:20, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

My de facto admin user box.
Silly Dan, I just wanted to let you know that before you posted your most recent comment on Forum:Jack Nebulax, I updated the box to say I am not an actual admin. &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) 20:45, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, so now I've gone from "definitely object" to "vaguely dissatisfied, but not enough to continue commenting if there's no consensus for it." I still don't think you should have it, but it's less likely to confuse people or be interpreted as an attempt to claim or seek what power we actually have here. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 20:50, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I assure you, it's not an attempt to claim or seek power. I made it clear in the past that I didn't want it anymore. &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 21:06, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * then erase it. Imperialwalker 21:13, 29 June 2007 (UTC)


 * if you dont want administrative power why have you created a user box calling yourself a de facto administrator.KickAssJedi 07:37, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

GA obj Verpine

 * Hey Silly Dan, I was wondering your obj on the GA page for Verpine has been taken care of? It appears that all obj's have been handled, except this one&mdash; role of hive-mothers in Verpine society. I'm trying to get some of those older nom's off the page, so the it's not so cluttered anymore – so if it has been taken care of in the article, would you mind striking your obj? Thanks, Cheers.  Greyman ( Paratus ) 13:54, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sure, it can be removed. As it's more a "this article is not quite complete" than a "this article is inaccurate" problem, I'd want it left up if it were an FA objection, but one unresolved problem is probably enough to let it be counted as "good" when the rest of the article is fully sourced. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 14:34, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clearing that up. Greyman ( Paratus ) 15:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

great vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIWC7_Nns0s Imperialwalker 02:52, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Ossus
Hey, I realized it was you when you added a link to your talk-page on Wookiee :) Yes, there was a vandal few months ago, I explained that on your Ossus talk page :) We can't delete vandals' accounts, but we are working on it :)

MtFBwY! Sky Ossus 01:10, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Inqship
Hey Silly Dan. The Inq's, at our most recent meeting, put forth the suggestion of making you an Inquisitor. We all voted, and it was decided that, if you accepted the offer, then you could be made an Inq. So if you're interested in helping out with that process, we would be happy to have you aboard. Cheers, Greyman ( Paratus ) 00:05, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Having checked the transcript, I have to point out three things:


 * 1) I was never against the Inq concept, exactly: I just had problems with the way it was initially set up (but you'll note I voted for most of the initial nominees who put their names forward.) Having said that, I have no serious problems with how it's been working so far.
 * 2) I'm not really that active on the FA page: my activity on that page lately is due to trying to get the Gotal article featured.
 * 3) I don't really have time to be an active Inq: I might have time for it later, though. In the meantime, I'll vote on FA and GA nominations from time to time as a regular user. Thanks for the nomination, though. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 23:59, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Silly Dan, you might want to note that Gotal has one remaining objection to becoming a Featured Article- all other benchmarks have been met. "Rather than a list of notable Gotal, can that be changed into paragraph form and placed within the Gotals in the Galaxy section" Just thought I'd let you know, and a pleasure, as always. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 20:02, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Truth is, I don't like that section at all, so I wouldn't mind removing it. Unfortunately, some of the characters listed aren't really significant enough to devote a sentence to in the text, so I'd only be able to move some of the information into other sections.  Unless someone does it for me, I'll change it later this week and let the Inq know so we can see what they think about the article. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 03:41, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks good and should be headed for the queue soon. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 13:13, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

"Punch it Chewie!"
Go ahead and delete the sub-pages. I was going to contribute but I found out you guys know everything I know plus more. I'll still use this site as reference material but I won't be contributing anything (probably not anyways). -- Lordofmonsterisland  "Roar to me"

Reference tidying
Keep in mind that we have an anon that is removing that information on both the Juggernaut and Nuclear bomb articles. I provide page numbers for even easier user backup. --  Riffsyphon  1024 01:03, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I didn't check the article history that carefully — I thought a new user was adding the information. I guess the page numbers would be useful if someone's disputing that fact for some reason. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 01:23, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

TV
What are you doing with the TV set article? I keep visiting it and when i go back to my watchlist and it is Still bolded. Darth Whatever
 * Nothing. I edited the redirect Television once, and haven't done anything to it since. It may be a problem with your cache: try logging out, clearing your browser cache, logging back in, and pressing the "mark all pages read" button. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:04, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Darth Revan
Sorry for the confusion after, reading the talk page on revan it appeard that there was generel agreement as Jasca Ducato re-added it after it was removed. Also if you read Path of Destruction Bane does describe Revan as his virtual Master, and as Ive said the purpose of a holocron's gatekeeper is to act as a teacher when no living person is available. as for the eye color I thought there was some policy on the latest apperence being the most official, if not sorry.KickAssJedi 07:22, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * There was not any agreement on either of those points. A holocron is a recording, and it doesn't matter whether the term "virtual master" is thrown around. The field is for actual masters. The first criteria for an actual master is that they are alive at roughly the same time as their apprentice - not thousands of years before hand. Darth Bane's eyes are white in the majority of sources, and newer sources never automatically outrank later ones. QuentinGeorge 07:27, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes ok ive said sorry already, but it has more place being there than not, a holocrons GATEKEEPER not the holocron itself is desighned to act as a master and bane himself considers revan his master.KickAssJedi 07:45, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Jack Nebulax
It might interest you to know that he's edit warring AGAIN, on the Darth Wryylok IV page, he needs a permenent ban!
 * What? Darth Whatever 20:46, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Two edits in one week does not constitute edit warring on that article. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 22:50, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Silly Dan, if you could tell Havac to ignore this anon's message, I'd appreciate it. &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 23:04, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, it's the talk page that user is complaining about. Of course, you seem to have given up there after being overruled by the other users.  Personally, I'm more inclined to go with Din's Fire 997 on the subject, but the conjecture flag with BTS note works too. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 23:14, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Vandal Help
Thanks for the assist, Silly Dan! :) Jesus Freak NK says NK's 'mazin' articles 17:06, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Bureaucratship
Dude,I think your ready to be a Bureaucrat.How do I nom. You? Boba the Fett
 * You have to be an administrator to nominate bureaucrats. And I'm really not interested in becoming a bureaucrat anyway.  &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 21:47, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Additionally, if this is an attempt to curry favour with an admin in order to avoid being blocked/get "power" on this wiki, don't bother. It will only backfire on you. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 21:59, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello sir
Hello sir I was just wondering around this place. And I saw you. Is it true you actuly Silly? Good day to you sir.ExtremeWookiee 12:27, 31 July 2007 (UTC)ExtremeWookiee
 * I am as silly as you are extreme. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 21:21, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Skrilling

 * Yeah I'm done with Skrilling, sorry for no removing the inuse tag, I'll make sure to remove the tag next time I use it. [[Image:AckbarSig.jpg|20px]]  TheOne&OnlyAdmirableAckbar  ( It's A Trap! ) 21:24, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Elom

 * Hello Silly Dan. Seeing as though you do a lot of work on Alien Species articles, could you take a look at Elom, and tell me if it's up to FA standard. It's practically a GA (just need to wait a day or two), and I'm considering nominating it for FA. Anyway, if you're too busy to take a look that's fine. Thanks, [[Image:AckbarSig.jpg|20px]]  TheOne&OnlyAdmirableAckbar  ( It's A Trap! ) 00:31, 3 August 2007 (UTC)