Forum:SH:Project Droids: Wookieepedia's Fourth Barn-Burner!

All right everybody! Here comes the next of Wookieepedia's semi-regular Barn-burners. With this project, we aim to tackle droids, a topic on the Wook that perhaps does not get the attention of some other parts. Also, there are many other articles related to droids that you can work on, such as droid designers, droid manufacturers, and droid accessories. So go out and find a droid-related article that you like and bring out those article writing skills, because we are ready to roll!

Purpose and overview
For anyone here who does not know what Barn-burners are, they are Wookieepedia's way of improving articles related to a topic or source and promoting the improved articles to CA, GA, and FA status. With the topic of droids we are attempting to combine the ideas of our-highly successful original Wookiee Barn-burner and our even more successful Weapon barn burner. We can write articleson droids, droid accessories, droid manufacturers, and even people who designed droids. So good luck to all of you on finding articles for your nominations and lets do our best to make this the most successful barn burner yet.

Individual droids

 * 8EX
 * 10-4TO
 * A2-B4
 * B-4D4-GE3
 * Billingsly
 * Checksum
 * Choco
 * Chunky
 * CZ-3
 * CZ-12-R
 * DC-GNK
 * Durge's pilot droid
 * Dustbin Droid
 * Fido
 * FX-10
 * IT-O9
 * PD-28
 * R1-G4
 * R-55
 * SH∑1-B
 * Unidentified Sith nanny droid
 * Wrench
 * T1-N1
 * U-3PO
 * YI-5
 * Z2-1B

Larger projects

 * Blue Max
 * C-3PX
 * LE-BO2D9
 * T1-LB
 * WeeGee

First-degree droids

 * 2-1 BXS combat-trauma surgical droid
 * A4 laboratory assistant droid
 * BL-39 interrogator droid
 * BRT supercomputer
 * E522 assassin droid
 * ET-74 communications droid
 * GY-I information analysis droid
 * HK-50 series assassin droid
 * PI-series medical assistant droid
 * T0-D interrogation droid

Second-degree droids

 * EI-9 network security droid
 * H-1ME battle mechanic droid
 * IT-series utility droid
 * M-2 mining probe droid
 * P2-series astromech droid
 * R-series guidance droid
 * R9-series astromech droid
 * StelProbe V exploration/contact droid
 * X2-C3 Imperial astromech

Third-degree droids

 * C-1 protocol droid
 * 3DO protocol/service droid
 * BD-3000 luxury droid
 * L80-series protocol droid
 * MK 8001 attendant droid
 * Q-Signal messenger drone
 * RH7 CardShark
 * RWW-series protocol droid
 * Sartorifex robo-valet

Fourth-degree droids

 * 501-Z police droid
 * B2 buzzsaw droid
 * Duelist Elite
 * EG-5 Jedi Hunter droid
 * HXZ-1 Immobilizer-series police droid
 * IX-6 heavy combat droid
 * Mark IV assault droid
 * Mark X Executioner-series gladiatorial droid
 * Spearhead droid

Fifth-degree droids

 * APA-5 mess hall droid
 * BigScoop Robo-Harvester
 * Crisp-E-O donut droid
 * Floor-polish droid
 * FLR Logger
 * GRZ-6B wrecker droid
 * Hologlide J57 cam droid
 * KM1 mining droid
 * PKN-49 worker droid
 * RB-1 maintenance droid

Droid manufacturers

 * Aro
 * Automata Galactica
 * Baktoid Industrial Systems
 * Balmorran Arms
 * Bibliotron Systems
 * Calin Industries
 * Cestus Cybernetics
 * Colla Designs
 * Drendan
 * Geonosian Industries
 * Huvicko/Yuzabi
 * Kellenech Technologies
 * Lovolan
 * Medtech Industries
 * New Republic Department of Research and Development
 * Phlut Design Systems
 * Reubens Robotic Systems
 * Roche Hive Mechanical Apparatus Design and Construction Activity for Those Who Need the Hive's Machines
 * Terminax
 * Trang Robotics
 * Viper Sensor Intelligence Systems

Droid designers

 * Lirran Aro
 * Hoot Calin
 * Min Erethen
 * Gonrey
 * Bolton Kek
 * Nycolai Kinesworthy
 * Sythluss Leethe
 * Treun Lorn
 * Pollux Poi
 * Simonelle
 * Streln
 * Massad Thrumble
 * Tien Tubb
 * Vypass

Droid accessories

 * Arjan II logic computer
 * CG1XB Translator Module
 * FV50
 * Gabonna memory crystal
 * Intellex II
 * OmniGate
 * TrangTwo Lowlight Optical Band
 * X10-D droid brain


 * DT-16 Destructor battle droid
 * F8GN
 * Min Erethen
 * XLT-014 labor droid


 * G2 repair droid
 * Lin-D
 * R3-series astromech droid
 * RX-series pilot droid
 * StelProbe V exploration/contact droid


 * Proto One
 * Pash Cracken's protocol droid
 * Crisp-E-O donut droid


 * Unidentified droid (chop shop)


 * IN-GA 44


 * Great Heep
 * Fromm Tower Droid


 * Whrr


 * 7-A39
 * HG-211


 * S-0D3-GE3
 * The Wrath of IG-88
 * Droid in Contrast

Current nominations
Whenever you nominate an article related to the project, please enter the information in the table below so that we can keep track of it. Please also remember to review other's nominations so that we can bring as many articles to status as possible.

Promoted articles
After a droid-related article passes during the Barn-burner please add it to the corresponding box below.

Source requests
Please request information for specific sources here:

Treasure of the Hidden Planet
Does anyone have the Star Wars: Droids cartoon DVD Treasure of the Hidden Planet? I can't seem to find my copy. I'm curious how the subtitles refer to Lin-D, the comedian droid from the episode "Across the Roon Sea" (which should start around 44 minutes into the DVD film, with Lin-D's part about 15 minutes past the start of the episode). I've never seen the name written elsewhere, and I'm suspicious of the title here on the Wook. Can anyone help? Thanks, ~ Savage  22:43, April 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * It's Lin-D on the subtitles. Green Tentacle (Talk) 23:18, April 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * Great! Thanks for checking. ~ Savage BOB sig.png 00:55, April 30, 2012 (UTC)

General discussion
This section is for general discussion about the project:
 * Just want to make sure I'm doing this right. Although there's nothing in the Layout Guide, precedent seems to be that articles about droid types have a "Description" section followed by a "History" section, while articles about individual droids have a "Biography" section then a "Characteristics" section. Sound about right? Menkooroo 05:07, April 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * There does not seem to be a universal format for the droid articles, but that setup seems like a good one to me.-- Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  14:15, April 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * I still don't like the "Description" and "History" breakdown for droid type articles. Droids are not just like vehicles or weapons; they have personalities and behavioral patterns, much like sentient species. Lumping that under "Description" is a bit weird, in my book. But there is no community-approved layout guide for droid types, unfortunately. Tm T and I talked about hashing one out a while ago, but nothing became of it due to real-life commitments. Wonder if this might be the time? ~ Savage BOB sig.png 22:46, April 29, 2012 (UTC)
 * I guess we should come up with something. What sections do you suggest that we use?-- Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  00:53, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * With May one day away, it's a bit too late to get an approved layout guide in time for the barn burner, so it's best if we follow precedent for now, anyway. No reason that "Description" can't be further subdivided, though. Menkooroo 01:02, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * My main suggestion would be to add a "Role" header, like the layout guide for starship and vehicle class articles. The layout would go "Description" (for physical description, equipment, etc.), "Role" (for programming, functionality, personality, etc.), and "History" (for the development of the model and for the stories of any notable units. Lacking any CT, I hate to just default to precedent, since precedent has never had to face community consensus. A CT for a layout guide might be a good idea to run concurrently, at any rate, since the community's mind will be on droids for the period. ~ Savage BOB sig.png 02:15, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * This seems like a good format to me, so since there is not any set way of sectioning I will use this layout for my articles.-- 02:33, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * Whrr is not seen by anyone in his appearences, but Boba hears wirring and clicking as Whrr does stuff, and figures Whrr's a droid. Would it be acceptable if I promoted Whrr to a status article as a droid using Boba's figuring as my only proof that Whrr's a droid? I would have to put something in the BtS about the figuring, but can I go ahead with it? 501st  dogma ( talk ) 20:44, May 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'd say that as long as you explain what suppositions you've made, you should be OK. Explain them in the BTS section. It's probably also worth noting how it is Boba interacted with the droid if he never saw it, since the article as it stands now is very confusing. Good luck! ~ Savage BOB sig.png 20:55, May 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * Would Whrr be classified as a Third-degree droid? 501st  dogma ( talk ) 22:13, May 7, 2012 (UTC)

Tagging articles
Here is a template I have created for the barn-burner. Any thoughts or comments?-- Exiled Jedi   (Greetings)  22:56, April 27, 2012 (UTC)


 * I like it. It could use some colour, though. Menkooroo 01:31, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * Better?-- Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  01:41, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * How about a non-blue color? :P We already had a blue-themed one for weapons. Perhaps yellow, orange, purple, pink, brown, black, or gray? MasterFred Commerce Guild.svg(Whatever) 03:27, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * How is this color?-- Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  04:02, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * Honestly? No offense, but "ugh". How about yellow? (BTW, I fixed the error that was causing the majority of the template to show up white.) &mdash;MJ&mdash; Comlink Monday, April 30, 2012, 04:05 UTC
 * Well, here is a yellow one. I am sorry but my aesthetic abilities are less than wonderful.-- Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  04:09, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * I'd sugest a dimmer version of yellow or something more suggestive of metal maybe. Maybe FFFF66, FFCC00, CCCC00, or CCCC66? ~ Savage BOB sig.png 13:56, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Bob, CCCC66 is the type of yellow/gold color I was looking for. How is everyone with this color?-- Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  16:01, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * I like it! ~ Savage BOB sig.png 16:34, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it could use an action shot instead of them standing around. Somthing like R2 flying about in AOTC or ROTS? NaruHina  Talk Anakinsolo.png 16:33, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * Something like File:R2 flames.JPG?-- Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  16:54, April 30, 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure. :) I like the constrast. "Look, sir, droids. THEY'RE DESTROYING EVERYTHING."
 * Sorry. Been kinda busy. I love it. Great work! Now maybe this week will hurry up and I can get to writing. MasterFred Commerce Guild.svg(Whatever) 01:00, May 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * I actually liked the 3PO and R2 one better; this one you can't really tell what's going on since R2's so small. I uploaded a cropped version to the template and then reverted myself; feel free to use the crop if you prefer, EJ. ~ Savage BOB sig.png 20:53, May 2, 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Bob, it looks better with the cropped image.-- Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  21:45, May 2, 2012 (UTC)

Droid degrees
I note that we have categories for Category:First-degree droids, Category:Second-degree droids, etc., but I can't seem to find associated articles (first-degree droid, second-degree droid, etc.). Am I overlooking these? Seems we should if we don't. ~ Savage  22:39, May 2, 2012 (UTC)


 * Hell yeah we should have those articles. I am totally shocked that we don't already have them. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Holocomm Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 22:42 UTC
 * See Droid. <- Omicron (Leave a message at the BEEP! ) 11:38, May 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * Each of the degrees should still have their own articles, I think. ~ Savage BOB sig.png 13:32, May 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * Not having those articles confused the heck out of me the other day when I was trying to link to it. Corellian PremierRobotech.jpg along the watchtower 14:51, May 3, 2012 (UTC)

They've all been created now: First-degree droid, second-degree droid, third-degree droid, fourth-degree droid, and fifth-degree droid. I tried to create enough redirects to make them easily findable. Start a-linking! ~ Savage  19:31, May 5, 2012 (UTC)

Scope

 * I'm curious of how far we are taking the scope of this. Would The Wrath of IG-88 be considered part of the barn burner? Gal-icon.jpg  OLIOSTER  (talk) 16:41, May 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * I think that would count.-- Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  12:13, May 5, 2012 (UTC)

Layout guide

 * Per the discussion above, I've proposed a layout guide for droids and droid models here. It probably won't see its way to policy during the lifespan of this BB, but I invite everyone to stop by and help draft it! ~ Savage BOB sig.png 18:39, May 12, 2012 (UTC)

Identifying a droid model

 * Can anyone identify the droid model depicted here? Gal-icon.jpg  OLIOSTER  (talk) 14:37, May 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks like FX-7, or at least that droid's model. See here. ~ Savage BOB sig.png 14:59, May 13, 2012 (UTC)