Forum:SH:Project Wookiee: Wookieepedia's First Barn-burner!

Welcome! Welcome to Wookieepedia's first tri/tetra/we'll decide later-monthly barn-burner. In lieu of any actual barns to burn down, we've decided to promote a bunch of articles to Featured, Good, and Comprehensive status instead.

There are several purposes to this project. We're hoping that it will bring the community together and allow us to work toward a fun and positive goal, share tips on article-writing and editing, and generally support and help each other out. It will also hopefully result in a number of new articles brought to FA, GA, and CA status. If we get enough Featured Articles out of the deal, we could even arrange something on Wookieepedia's main page similar to last year's Grand Admiral week.

The goal is to collectively write a number of articles on a common theme and promote them all to Featured, Good, and Comprehensive status. In honor of our wiki's namesake, we've chosen our first barn-burning theme to be Wookiees.



Listen to what the hairy beasts say! We want you to join this project. Yes, you! You, the person reading this page! Whether you be an administrator or someone who hasn't created an account yet, whether you have 100 or zero Featured Articles to your name, we want you in on this. This is a community-wide project where everybody will be helping everybody else, and if you've always wanted to get your feet wet in the status-article writing business, this is a great opportunity for you.

To participate, all you have to do is choose a Wookiee or two (or three, or seven, or twenty), write a complete article, and bring it to one of the status article nomination pages. If you're absolutely unfamiliar with the difference between a Featured, a Good, and a Comprehensive article, no worries. Ask for help below!

We're hoping to get this project going for the beginning of May, so take the following ten days and think about which Wookiees interest you the most. Feel free to sign up for a project and even start working on it before May, but let's save all nominations for the first of May at the very earliest. Menkooroo 08:12, April 20, 2011 (UTC)

I want to participate, but I have no idea what to write!
Fear not, valiant soldier. There are literally hundreds of Wookiees in Star Wars canon, most of whom have not been promoted to any kind of status. All you need to do is browse through Category:Wookiees and find a furry friend who tickles your fancy. ... Wow, that sounds wrong when you say it out loud. Anyway. Browsing through categories is boring, so here are some suggestions for ya. Anybody is welcome and encouraged to add to this list; it isn't intended to be comprehensive or anything, but rather just a good starting point.

Wookiees from Revenge of the Sith:
 * Tarfful: This project would take some effort, but I also think you would have a great time doing it.
 * Merumeru: The dude who stands up and yells "Rawwwrrrr!' in the movie. Also one of the three dudes in Wookieepedia's welcome message.
 * Lachichuk: Dude from the welcome message #2.
 * Guanta: Welcome message dude #3!

Star Wars Galaxies Wookiees: Galaxies had an expansion pack all about Wookiees, so if you have the game, you might be able to tell us something about Achonnko, Anarra, Ykkysno, the Spirit Guide, or any of a host of others.

Wookiees with only one or two appearances/sources to their name: There are actually quite a few of these guys and gals. Prime Good Article candidates, for sure. These would be fun projects that wouldn't require arduous amounts of research. Despite what their "Sources" section might say, you should probably check to see if they have an entry in The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia if they appeared in something that was published before 2008.
 * Ryyk (Wookiee): Poor guy watched Mandos butcher his entire family.
 * Khyyynett: Some sort of musician?
 * Reerookachuck: He killed twenty slavers!
 * Rakikta: The Black sands of Socorro!
 * Chorrawl and Freyyr: Two badass dudes from Knights of the Old Republic
 * Katykam: He's dead!
 * Rorworr (Kashyyyk): He's dead too! And he's from KOTOR!
 * Hahrynyar: This guy is responsible for the destruction of the Death Star. Seriously.
 * Nawruun: I would not wanna whip this guy for several years straight.
 * Old Tojjelnoot: This fella has no beef with Chewbacca.
 * Tojjevvuk: Poor, poor Albino.
 * Vorlocca: More Wookiee Jedi!
 * Wurokkk: An eccentric, avant-garde Wookiee composer.
 * Frorral: Page's Commandos. 'Nuff said.

Misc. Wookiees that would be fun FA projects:
 * Dewlannamapia: She fricking raised Han Solo! Did you see that??
 * Chak: Legacy, hooray!
 * Ralrracheen: He can talk!
 * Kerrithrarr: Actually, this is a project already well-underway by
 * Triebakk: Because you know you love The New Jedi Order!
 * Chalmun: Just keep in mind that any mention of "Chalmun's Cantina" is a mention of this guy, too. :D

Chewbacca's family: Chewie has a very large extended family. Being a member of this family tree automatically makes you awesome. And a few of these Wookiees have actually only appeared in a little bit of canon.
 * Kriyystak: The family's prize tracker!
 * Kallabow: Chewie's lovable sister.
 * Dryanta: Cousin from Tyrant's Test number 1!
 * Jowdrrl: Cousin from Tyrant's Test number 2!
 * Shoran: Cousin from Tyrant's Test number 3!
 * Raabakyysh: Not quite a member of the family... but some day.
 * Vargi: Mallatobuck's traitorous brother.
 * Utchakkaloch: Han Solo's brother??

And, for some more ambitious projects in Chewie's family...
 * Lowbacca, Mallatobuck, or Attichitcuk. You know you want to! :P

I want to sign up!
Do it! We want you on our team. Feel free to choose any Wookiee and sign up for them here. This'll be a handy way to keep track of who's doing what so that we can avoid edit conflicts.


 * Lachichuk
 * Jowdrrl

I need some sources
Let's help each other out with tracking down some obscure sources. Especially those pesky CSWE entries. :P If you need someone to check something for you, ask for help here.

Lachichuk and Jowdrrl CSWE entries?

 * I'm hoping that someone can give me the CSWE entries on Lachichuk and Jowdrrl. Could you also see what Merumeru's entry has to say, if anything, about Lachichuk? Thanks. Menkooroo 08:12, April 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * I know that Merumeru is mentioned in Star Wars Chronicles: The Prequels, so I'm thinking there's a very slight chance that Lachichuk is as well. Could somebody check that out for me? Thanks a million if you can. Menkooroo 08:12, April 20, 2011 (UTC)

I want to talk about this project!
General chit-chat goes here. Menkooroo 08:12, April 20, 2011 (UTC)

Some handy references

 * Category:Wookiees: Go nuts.
 * Wookieepedia's Manual of Style and Layout Guide: for instructions on how to format an article
 * Four Dot's Character Article Tutorial --- how to write a good Character article
 * Bigfoot sightings: A place to report any encounters that become too close for comfort
 * How to put out a fire: Because those barns never did anything to us