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I thought it might be a good idea for folks to have a place to announce that they have nominated alien species articles to be Featured Articles or Good Articles. Well, here's the place! SavageBob 11:50, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Place more recent ones at the top... --Eyrezer 02:15, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

A'Mar
I've just nommed the A'Mar for FAN. I didn't initally set out to do this, but it just kind of happened. Ideally, I should have picked a different letter, but sometimes I guess you just have to go with it. It might be our first Human race/subspecies taken to FA. On another note, I also have the planet Generis nommed, if you care to check that one out. --Eyrezer 13:33, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * There are a couple of species articles I have "written up" that do not meet the 250 word threshold. Brogune and Lisst'n are examples. In these cases I add the talk page template as a kind of sign that they are complete. --Eyrezer 05:28, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Completing the Alphabet Project for FAs
I think several of my recent GA noms may in fact be eligible for FA as well, but I'm still confused about the word count requirement. Can anyone elaborate on which words are counted and which aren't? If some of my noms are indeed FA-able, I could try to advance them to that stage, which would mean we would have to choose suitable GA replacements. Still, this wouldn't be as hard as starting from scratch on new FAs. We probably have other FA-able GAs to work with, too. Vuvrian, for example, could probably be made into an FA with a little work. ~ SavageBob 02:18, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, to qualify as an FA, the article needs to have 1,000 words. This word count excludes all section headings, table of contents, quotes, and image captions, as well as anything in the infobox. So, for example, for Lizard Warrior, I get a word count of 1,214. Does that make sense? Send it on over to the FAN, and I'll work on getting Leafar up to speed. :P As to Vuvrian, I got the AC to review it because I think it is lacking info. With that added, it could probably be a FA, yeah. --Eyrezer 05:44, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Xi'Dec and Sluissi are both over 1000 words, too. --Eyrezer 03:47, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

New project?
If all our current GA noms pass, and there is no reason to think they will not, we will have achieved the Alphabet Challenge for GAs!! Great work. Of course, the FAs are not so far along, with 10 letters currently unfilled. SavageBob looks to have two of them not too far off - M and N. Given this, I am starting to look ahead to another mini-project we could aim at. One idea that interests me is to complete a letter - that is, FA/GA all named species of that letter. The most obvious option is "X". There are only 8 in total, and one is already an FA, meaning there would only be 7 left to work on. Thoughts? Alternate ideas? Other letters on the lower end of the scale are "Q" and "U", (16 and 17, with 2 and 3 already done, respectively). --Eyrezer 00:21, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd like to keep up the alphabet project for FAs, definitely, though that will certainly take quite a bit longer to complete. If we want a side project, a single letter to GA or FA might work. Or we could go with a sector, trying to GA or FA every alien from that region. This would be easier to do once the Essential Atlas goes live.


 * Alternatively, I really like Skippy's idea about doing a big collaboration on a species that would otherwise be impossible. Something with 100s of appearances that one of us alone would be hard-pressed to do. Some examples might be Wookiee, Sullustan, Twi'lek, Jawa, Hutt, Ewok, Ithorian, etc. We could model it after Project Wormhead and work on it on the side while we do the easier goal of doing a letter or sector or something. What do y'all think? ~ SavageBob 00:45, 31 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, I am already pretty close to knocking off the Atrivis sector! :P It basically just needs the Ho'Din, which I'll get to eventually. A sector focus might be fun, as it generally involves a random collection. The Hapes Cluster could be one option. I concede that going with a letter greatly reduces the choice available, which has been one thing that was enjoyable with the current aim. With regard to a big species, we could possibly even start with re-nomming Gamorrean, which was a landmark FA, but before sourcing was required. It never quite recovered from that. --Eyrezer 01:03, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Gamorrean might work. But I think I took us off topic, since I'd like to stick with the Alphabet Challenge for FAs before we move on to another major project. As for the smaller project, I'm kinda liking the idea of a sector challenge. The problem will be having to wait for the Atlas or choosing a sector that's well enough known to have fodder for us to work with. If the latter, the Atlas will likely increase the known species for us to draw from. ~ SavageBob 02:10, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The Atlas may, but not all systems get a sector placement, so again, it may not. The Hapes Cluster gets its own page, so definitely indicated the members there. Probably not my favourite spot though. --Eyrezer 05:47, 31 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Holy... I was, still am, too busy with several IRL things, to notice all this. I noticed that you guys got most of the fun of the Alphabet Challenge. If you try to tackle one of the "important species" collaboration, I notice that Gamorrean is in a quite advanced state, but I was considering some species that do not have scrollbars both in Appearances and in Sources; mostly Sullustan or Cerean. Also about that matter, researching for that FAN will inevitably lead to researching for each and any of its members; maybe some of them could also be nominated during the "sub-Project".

Underwater Dweller
Well, two of my noms got cleared, so it's time for two more. I'll figure out what to FA soon. Maybe Morseerian or Yam'rii. ~ SavageBob 06:24, 20 July 2009 (UTC) "Primitive furred bipeds found on the Forest Moon of Endor. Simpler than Ewoks, the Quorks were hunter-gatherers who lived in a secluded valley amid some rocky canyons. Quorks had smelly, matted brown fur, white manes, and two small horns atop their heads. They built only simple tools, such as spears and knotted ropes."
 * Next up is Quork for GA. ~ SavageBob 01:20, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * SavageBob: The Quork are in the CSWE, Vol.3, page 65. Here is their entry:

- CSWE


 * Th'iruckai is my next contribution. I picked this one while trying to find the Uroth. :) --Eyrezer 09:40, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Followed up by the Dimean from KOTOR. --Eyrezer 21:41, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Lizard Warrior: More fun from old Ewoks comics! ~ SavageBob 13:39, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Icehead and Quor'sav
I've nominated the former for GA and the latter for FA. Both fill gaps in the alphabet challenge, so here's crossing my fingers. ~ SavageBob 07:14, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The Quor'sav actually resemble the Strutters... I presume you will write those guys up at some point, given your strong Ewoks run so far. :) --Eyrezer 04:26, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

A Challenge
Hi all. I have just been cleaning up our Good article page. I propose a pointless but perhaps fun challenge for our project. Have a Species GA for every letter of the alphabet! Currently, including former GAs, there are only 8 letters we are missing: D, F, I, L, O , Q, W , and Y. (Excluding former GA, we are also missing A, U, and V ). I've been writing a few GAN recently, and they are not too much work, so we should be able to manage this. --Eyrezer 23:42, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Lamproid and Yam'rii are probably good to go. I've never tried GA before; might be a good opportunity to do so! (What happens if I later nominated them for FA, though?) ~ SavageBob 04:10, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * For me GANs are only for articles 250 - 1000 words (GA rules alloow for GAs up to 3000 words), so I wouldn't send either Lamproid or Yam'rii (or Saurin for that matter) to the GAN page, but straight to the FAN. The next "challenge" may well be to have a FA for each letter, so at the mo, those ones do not count. We have to give ourselves a challenge, right? I think I'll tackle E by writing up Exodeenian. --Eyrezer 04:26, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, got it. So the challenge is to find an alien about which not as much is known and then write that up. I'll take a look around and see what I can pull out for the letters. Good idea; looking forward to it. :) ~ SavageBob 05:48, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll take F. Not sure whether I'll do Filar Nitzan, Fleebog, or Fuzzum yet, but I'll do one of 'em. ~ SavageBob 05:35, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Nice work on Fleebog. Just a little too short for FA :P Of course, Exodeenian won't work for me - we don't need another E. --Eyrezer 22:32, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Fleebog has been nominated. ;) I'll take a look at other letters for the next one. ~ SavageBob 05:09, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Exodeenian now nominated. --Eyrezer 07:32, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I've tried to, but I'm too busy right now; I'll review your noms, and maybe I'll take the leftovers later, but I cannot nominate anything else right now. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 07:39, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll tackle W next. Perhaps Wizard of the Night Spirit (cue spooky music here). ~ SavageBob 06:30, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Strike that. I'm not convinced the Wizards are a species as much as a group of similarly disfigured beings of other species. I've expanded Worrite instead. ~ SavageBob 01:02, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * D is for Dolandu. --Eyrezer 02:58, 6 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Just for fun, I made this subpage for the challenge. There might be a way to make it more attractive, but it will do for now. (Of the 8 additional Aurebesh letters, seven of them have species beginning with the representative letters, although they may not correspond to the sound. Only Nen (/NG/) has no species beginning with those letters, but there is an Ingoian which could substitute. We can add these extras in if we run out of things to do.) --Eyrezer 04:15, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * That sub-page is going to be funny, as I am apparently specializing in alien species beginning with an S (Two more S-sentients in my queue right now) ·:P --Skippy Farlstendoiro 08:55, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol! After checking a few secondary sources, I'll nominate Oodoc for the letter Orenth (or alternatively O). --Eyrezer 10:22, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I is for Icehead, or will be soon enough. I'll keep it off the subpage for now until I've expanded the article, though. ~ SavageBob 00:38, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Sic-Six
Take a mostly complete article and complete it. Add some BtS. Suddenly you can't nominate it as a Good Article. Pity; let's try FAN again. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 09:15, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Great to have another WEG nom. --Eyrezer 09:25, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Aaris
Another guest nom - joint article for both my Project: DarkStryder and this fine WookieeProject! - Cavalier One ( Squadron channel ) 11:49, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Pui-ui
Another GAN. --Eyrezer 11:24, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Followed by the Hig. --Eyrezer 11:01, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Gastrulan
A guest shot nom from me, focusing on a species barely glimpsed in Bungo n' Rusti Get Carry-Out. - Cavalier One ( Squadron channel ) 18:19, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Guest noms are always welcome! --Eyrezer 00:56, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Tyluun Night-Soarer
Another GAN up by me. --Eyrezer 05:15, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Kibnon
Another short GAN, with only one named individual. --Eyrezer 04:37, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Kallidahin
I watched Watchmen... and I liked the scene with Give me back my face!... and one thing took to another... Meet the faceless faces behind the surgical masks. --Skippy Farlstendoiro 06:12, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Mordageen
It's pretty short, but I was intrigued that it was only named in a Prima Games guidebook. There's only one of them, unfortunately, which obviously affects the history section, but a GAN it is. --Eyrezer 06:51, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Ugor
Yep, I nominated it. ~ SavageBob 02:03, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Dulok
Just got nominated by me. ~ SavageBob 01:39, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Sneevel
A new nom by Skippy Farlstendoiro. --Eyrezer 02:15, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Squib
Oops; I forgot to list that I had nominated this. It's been up for a while, and now the only real objection is that it doesn't say whether or not they appear in A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, 3rd ed. If you own the book, please check! ~ SavageBob 04:30, 10 April 2009 (UTC) "Small, furry bipeds with tufted ears, large eyes, short muzzles, and black noses. Their fur ranges in color from deep red to brilliant blue. From the world of Skor II, these fearless nomads roam the galaxy in reclamation ships, using tractor beams to salvage junk -- which they consider treasure. The Squibs have an intense rivalry with the Ugors, as both try to claim salvage before the other. Squibs are overconfident and curious, sometimes overbearing and uppity. They love to haggle, a practice that they have turned into an art form. The more complicated and convoluted a deal a Squib can strike, the better they like it. [GG4, SH]"
 * According to Muuuuuurgh, they are in there:

- A Guide to the Star Wars Universe --Eyrezer 06:12, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Great! I'll mention it at the FAN page. This nom has lasted forever! :) ~ SavageBob 12:00, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Xi'Dec
If we're still doing this, I'll just note that Xi'Dec is now a GA. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 16:03, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * That was nice and quick through the nomming process. These guys have got me looking for unidentified alien individuals that could be retconned into Xi'Dec! --Eyrezer 18:15, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Tynnan
After sitting on the shelf for a while, I finally nommed it. --Eyrezer 22:34, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Swokes Swokes
I've also nominated Swokes Swokes. I figure I can handle two nominations at once, but a third would be pushing it. You can find the nomination here. Please take a look! SavageBob 12:23, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Lutrillian
I've nominated Lutrillian to be a Featured Article. The nomination page can be viewed here. Please take a look and leave feedback. Thanks! SavageBob 11:50, 11 November 2008 (UTC)