Wookieepedia:Userbox proposal

This page is for the nomination of new userboxes.

Before you create
Before you propose a userbox, read the following:


 * 1) No nonsense or joke templates. What you think may be funny may not be to everyone else, so it's best to just keep it on your userpage.
 * 2) If you are creating a Star Wars themed userbox, try and keep it OOU (i.e. "This user is a fan of Jedi" is good, but "This user is a member of the New Jedi Order" is not).
 * 3) Any offensive/racist/provocative userbox proposals will be deleted on sight, and the user warned. If the user persists, he will be banned.
 * 4) Due to being inflammatory, any religious and political userboxes that are nominated here will be automatically rejected, so don't bother.
 * 5) When nominating a template, keep in mind that the template will be for community use, not just your exclusive use. As a rule of thumb, if you think at least 10 people will use your idea, nominate it. If not, it's best left as code on your userpage.

To use this page:


 * 1) Use the current date as a header, and add the code of the proposed userbox underneath (use the following syntax:  ).
 * 2) Multiple userbox proposals should be presented separately so that the community can vote on each userbox based on its individual merit. Up to three userboxes may be presented for approval under one vote, if and only if, they are closely related in theme or are proposed as alternatives.
 * 3) Add sections underneath for "Support", "Object", and "Comments". Your fellow Wookieepedians will use these sections to support, oppose, or comment on your design.
 * 4) Once a majority has been reached, and two weeks have passed, the userbox will be created as a template for use in the community. If the nomination fails, the template must not be created regardless. If it is, then it will be deleted on sight, and the offender warned.

January 4, 2007 (ends January 18, 2007)
Maybe not the place to put this, but I figured it's more approriate here than anywhere else. How does everybody feel about replacing the text in the browser userboxes with the relevant logos which we can obtain from Wikipedia:


 * Firefox
 * Konqueror
 * Safari
 * Netscape (would need cropping)
 * Opera
 * Internet Explorer

Obviously the Lynx one would stay as it is because there isn't a logo. I would have done examples of them all but I couldn't be bothered to upload the pictures if people were going to vote against it (hey, I'm lazy) so as an example (courtesy of Aron Skywalker):

Support

 * 1) Green Tentacle (Talk) 19:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Oh yeah. - JMAS 20:36, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Good idea. KEJ 22:50, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Yes. - S olus  (Bird of Pre  y)  23:18, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Yup.  - breathesgelatin Talk 23:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Dang. Cutch 00:01, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 7)  Yoshi  626 [[Image:Yoshiegg.jpg|20px]] 00:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) Valin Kenobi 00:27, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) Good idea.-- Darth Phonebook  01:17, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) I guess images don't hurt. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:11, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) KEJ 13:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Maclimes Zero''' (talk) [[Image:Infinite_Empire.png|10px]] 23:18, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Keep away from IU infoboxes. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments

 * A fandom user-box for those who like the cantina band. I figured since there are user boxes for supperters of the Empire, Republic, Hapans, and what not, there should also be one for diggers of jizz. I was going to call it "This user digs Jizz", but it could be misunderstood. It's kept in brown and beige to emulate the color scheme of the cantina sequence.
 * I don't think we need a "support" box for every single organization in the history of the Galaxy. That kind of stuff should be limited to custom-made userboxes. Looks good though! Maclimes Zero''' (talk) [[Image:Infinite_Empire.png|10px]] 23:18, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I made myself a "this user's favorite band is the Max Rebo band" and didn't propose it as a box. If this one gets accepted then we'll have to make some more music ones. I say it's better as just a box you have on your page.-- Darth Phonebook  01:19, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Fair enough comments, most of which I agree with. I posted this mainly as a sort of reation to all the other accepted IU-supporter-boxes.... but if this doesn't get accepted, then should all other IU-boxes be deleted? KEJ 09:16, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * No, we can keep the most common ones, but making IU boxes on every single thing is unneeded. -- Riffsyphon1024 09:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by 'common ones'? KEJ 09:25, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Like "Users that support Wookiees" or "Users that support the Galactic Empire". -- Riffsyphon1024 09:28, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) - S olus  (Bird of Pre  y)  19:31, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Maclimes Zero''' (talk) [[Image:Infinite_Empire.png|10px]] 19:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2)  I need a name  ( Complain here ) 19:50, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Troll feeding.  StarNeptune Talk to me! 20:06, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Wouldn't want vandals to go after those users, hence as Star says: feeding the trolls. -- Riffsyphon1024 04:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) If only I could get my License to Kill from MI6 :P —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:21, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Valin Kenobi 07:28, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Green Tentacle (Talk) 09:33, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments
Just a thing i created, if you dont like it, fair enough Joker1138 ( Mandalore ) 18:15, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It's good, but I think the image needs to be scaled down to fit the standard template size and colors that match the pic, like so:

- S olus  (Bird of Pre  y)  19:41, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Only Admins would be able to use this anyway, as they're the only ones who can actually "kill" vandals. Maclimes Zero''' (talk) [[Image:Infinite_Empire.png|10px]] 19:38, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah but we can still deal with to them by killing there vandalism. The admins finish them off. Joker1138 ( Mandalore ) [[Image:MandalorianSymbol.jpg|25px]]

Support

 * 1) KEJ 18:36, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Maclimes Zero''' (talk) [[Image:Infinite_Empire.png|10px]] 19:36, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) N ighthawk L  eader    21:43, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) I don't see the point, really. You could make a male and hermaphroditic one too if you did this. —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:22, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) * well, you could make a male one for sure, but not a hermaphroditic one, since that's not an option in the game. KEJ 10:12, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Per Xwing328. -- Yoshi  626 [[Image:Yoshiegg.jpg|20px]] 20:15, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Comment

 * I don't know if this is too controversial. I also don't know about the pink-red pattern. But I would certainly use this userbox (in dact I am presently using a blue version of it). KEJ 18:36, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * This is the kind of thing that can be represented using a custom-made user box. As near as I can tell, the main function of the userbox is to help users find like-minded Wookiepedians (fellow Fleet junkies, fellow RPG players, etc). Besides, this is canonical information. We might as well make a userbox that says "This User supports the 900km Death Star II diameter". (That said, I am so stealing this for my user page! :D ) Maclimes Zero''' (talk) [[Image:Infinite_Empire.png|10px]] 19:36, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * But the fleet-junkie box has been officially accepted. Besides there are many official user-boxes whose functions are "to help users find like-minded Wookieepedians". However, I'm beginning to see a problem with the user-box myself. As I said it could be controversial to some since it is a reference to the entire gender-sexism debate thin going on with the Exile. But it could also be a precedent for "Fandalorian", "Talifan", etc userboxes, which could refuel the fire for that stupid Talifan-Fandalorian war. Then again, there are several other fandom user-boxes, and this one is technically no different. KEJ 09:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I might use it, but I'm not particularly keen on the color scheme. How about one of these?

- S olus  (Bird of Pre  y)  19:39, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) KEJ 18:03, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) See Comments Maclimes Zero''' (talk) [[Image:Infinite_Empire.png|10px]] 18:15, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) One of the few I'd support for both appearance and functionality. &mdash; SparqMan Talk 18:24, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) .  .  .  .  21:45, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Very functional and useful. -- Riffsyphon1024 04:40, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Kuralyov 05:04, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) I still need to get myself a blog... —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:23, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) Green Tentacle (Talk) 09:34, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) I like this idea.  - breathesgelatin Talk 00:00, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments

 * The purpose of this user box is to allow Wookieepedians to quickly and easily access each others' blogs on StarWars.com. The external link in the userbox named "blog", which now links to StarWars.com's general blog section, is intended to be the url of the individual blog. The user box is presently brown and beige to emulate the color patterns of the star Wars blogs. See it "at work" here. KEJ 18:03, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't care for the image. It's out of sync with the standard 40px width of most userbox images. However, I support the idea. So I'll throw my vote in, but I recommend a better pic. Maclimes Zero''' (talk) [[Image:Infinite_Empire.png|10px]] 18:15, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmmm..... I don't know. I was afraid it would mess things up, not having a square format, but I think it actually looks pretty good after all. Besides, I don't think we can find a more relevant image than this. KEJ 09:24, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Support
style="color:#FFA502;">Roron Corobb ]] Talk 00:41, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) [[User:Roron Corobb|N ighthawk L  eader    02:06, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) Lord Titze the Dark Wanderer 02:45, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) - S olus  (Bird of Pre  y)  03:50, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Kuralyov 05:40, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Way to go Kura! You deserve it! -- Riffsyphon1024 07:12, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Green Tentacle (Talk) 09:24, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) Maclimes Zero''' (talk) [[Image:Infinite_Empire.png|10px]] 18:04, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) Sure, why not? KEJ 18:19, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) The other ones we have set the precedent for this I think. —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments
style="color:#FFA502;">Roron Corobb ]] Talk 00:41, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * So far the only Wookieepedian who can use this is Kuralyov, but soon Jack Nebulax will be able to have this, probably eventually some other Wookieepedians. I like orange too. [[User:Roron Corobb|<span

Support

 * 1) - S olus  (Bird of Pre  y)  04:43, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) I would definetly use this. MaclimesZero 15:31, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 14:09, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Sikon 15:52, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) I don't even have KOTOR II, but I want it restored.Lowbacca5 16:47, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3)  Yoshi  626 [[Image:Yoshiegg.jpg|20px]] 20:32, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) I know I'd use it. -- Darth Phonebook  04:26, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Lord Titze the Dark Wanderer 09:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Why not? KEJ 18:19, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Just because you haven't heard of them, doesn't mean they're not notable. .  .  .  .  21:48, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) JethLordMaster 17:18, 3 January 2007 (UTC-8)

Oppose

 * 1) I don't think Team Gizka is notable enough to deserve a template.– 07:55, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Nope. Sorry.  StarNeptune Talk to me! 23:33, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) What Sentry said. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 00:47, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) This would work better as a custom userbox (which it's already being used as). --  I need a name  ( Complain here ) 19:52, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Ditto. —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) And again. Green Tentacle (Talk) 09:36, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Custom userbox. Valin Kenobi 09:43, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments
I know this is probably going to get shot down quickly, but personally I look forward to a restored KotOR II. - S olus  (Bird of Pre  y)  04:43, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I must be out of the loop. Exactly what *is* Team Giszka? Commander Darc  (GAR) [[Image:Galactic_Republic.JPG|20px]] 02:28, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Team Gizka, also known as The Sith Lords Restoration Project, is a group of people dedicated to restoring Knights of the Old Repulbic II: The Sith Lords, to what it was supposed to be. KotOR II had a lot of cut content due to time constraints, and Team Gizka seeks to restore this content as a mod, i.e. a downloadable program that adds to the game. For more info, click on the link. - S olus  (Bird of Pre  y)  17:12, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) - I made this for d6 gamers. -- blog  Doo Doo vids  11:51, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Good ol' West End. I didn't know people still played that! MaclimesZero 15:31, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) I loved that game! Jwebb13 HoloNet[[Image:oldsith.jpg|40px]] 22:06, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Lord Titze the Dark Wanderer 09:37, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Why not? KEJ 18:20, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Don't play non-video game RPGs, but I'll support it-- Lord Oblivion Sith holocron[[Image:Oldsith.png|30px]] 07:36, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments

 * You should probably go for a lighter gray in the dialogue box. The current version's a little tough to read.  Jwebb13 HoloNet[[Image:oldsith.jpg|40px]] 22:07, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Um, they made a d6 game? I thought it was d20... Commander Darc  (GAR) [[Image:Galactic_Republic.JPG|20px]]

Support

 * 1) - I made this for Aussies. -- blog  Doo Doo vids  11:51, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) We'd need far too many nationality boxes to make this worthwhile. You can always just use the same code on your own page. Cortle Steeze 10:28, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) What he said. Lowbacca5 16:46, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Ditto.  StarNeptune Talk to me! 23:33, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) At least 280 other countries. -- Riffsyphon1024 04:30, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 00:48, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) We've probably got five people using my Texas box, but it's still custom, not a real template. I think it works better that way with "location" boxes. —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments
We'd have to do other nationalities too and that could be a lot. Besides, I can't vote for anything pro-Aussie at the moment because I'm still bitter about the Ashes. Green Tentacle (Talk) 18:43, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) MaclimesZero 15:40, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) N ighthawk L  eader    23:30, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3)  Yoshi  626 [[Image:Yoshiegg.jpg|20px]] 23:32, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Ijtzoi 23:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Alas, an expensive addiction. If any minis fans want to help me play around with custom video game characters (on my page), drop me a line. -BaronGrackle 20:54, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Lord Titze the Dark Wanderer 09:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Good idea. KEJ 18:21, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 8)  Lord Oblivion Sith holocron[[Image:Oldsith.png|30px]] 07:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments

 * I made this one for the Minis game. MaclimesZero 15:40, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) MaclimesZero 15:40, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) N <font color="#00CC33">ighthawk <font color="FFCC33">L  eader    23:30, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3)  Yoshi  626 [[Image:Yoshiegg.jpg|20px]] 23:32, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Ijtzoi 23:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Lord Titze the Dark Wanderer 09:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Good idea. KEJ 18:21, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 7)  Lord Oblivion Sith holocron[[Image:Oldsith.png|30px]] 07:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments

 * I made this one for the TCG. MaclimesZero 15:40, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Can't quite use it yet...but quite a few users can. .  .  .  .  03:42, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) I sure do wish I could use this one. - S olus  (Bird of Pre  y)  03:54, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Good one. MaclimesZero 15:19, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 4)  Yoshi  626 [[Image:Yoshiegg.jpg|20px]] 23:32, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) Ijtzoi 23:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Riffsyphon1024 05:43, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 7)  StarNeptune Talk to me! 23:33, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) Why the "-" after the "C"? Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 00:48, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) I'm curious about that, too. And thanks for answering my earlier question; I had no idea how many movers and shakers were in our midst! -BaronGrackle 20:52, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) Lord Titze the Dark Wanderer 09:38, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 11) Green Tentacle (Talk) 12:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 12) If only I could use it... —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 13) It seems to be of limited utility, but no more so than several of the other userboxes. Valin Kenobi 07:29, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 14)  - breathesgelatin Talk 00:02, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments
Quite a few users can? Who? -BaronGrackle 04:51, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Most can be accessed via Category:Wookieepedians of note. -- Riffsyphon1024 05:47, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Dan Wallace and WTS contributers are the ones I can think of. .  .  .  .  02:16, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) MaclimesZero 02:40, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) <font face="Courier New"><font color="#3333FF">N <font color="#00CC33">ighthawk <font color="FFCC33">L  eader    03:31, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) Ijtzoi 23:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 4)  Yoshi  626 [[Image:Yoshiegg.jpg|20px]] 00:53, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) -- blog  Doo Doo vids  11:29, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) Lord Titze the Dark Wanderer 09:39, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) Good idea. KEJ 18:22, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 8)  Lord Oblivion Sith holocron[[Image:Oldsith.png|30px]] 07:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments

 * I made this one, as I saw no other userbox for us roleplayers. Cheers! MaclimesZero 02:40, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Good idea. But if there's one for RPG's there should probably be one for the TCG and Miniatures as well. - <font face="Courier New"><font color="#3333FF">N <font color="#00CC33">ighthawk <font color="FFCC33">L eader    03:31, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Good call. Done. And I cleaned up the image a bit. MaclimesZero 15:40, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * We seem to be getting a lot of collecting/playing boxes now. —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Tocneppil 01:38, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) I like ships, ships are tech.Lowbacca5 02:44, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) <font face="Courier New"><font color="#3333FF">N <font color="#00CC33">ighthawk <font color="FFCC33">L  eader    22:03, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Gimme. Cortle Steeze 23:00, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) -Solus 00:17, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) I'd personally perfer that image of R2-D2 on the last page of The Complete Visual Dictionary, but I could use that for my own one. Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 00:22, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 7)  Yoshi  626 [[Image:Yoshiegg.jpg|20px]] 00:25, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) Provided you consider using HK-47 as an image. Just because.  Jwebb13 HoloNet[[Image:oldsith.jpg|40px]] 03:36, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 9) Green Tentacle (Talk) 17:56, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 10) -- Darth Phonebook  19:57, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 11) Ijtzoi 23:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 12)  Orange_lightsaber  Villip 18:57, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 13)  Lord Oblivion Sith holocron[[Image:Oldsith.png|30px]] 04:41, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 14) Lord Titze the Dark Wanderer 09:41, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 15) [[Image: Sithlogo.jpg|25px]] Admiral Arm-Ja Scobal, Dark Lord of the Sith (Guestbook) 22:07, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 16) Geektastic. KEJ 18:24, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * 17) Same as my comment above. —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Comments

 * This is essentially for those who are as much into all the other subjects of the Star Wars galaxy as the 'Fleet Junkies' are into ships, which is why I used a blueprint of an astromech droid (astromechs seem to know all about the workings of the galaxy).Tocneppil 01:37, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I would want to limit this to technology in the galaxy, see my proposal on natural sciences (the true workings of the galaxy) in conjunction to this. -- Riffsyphon1024 04:30, 24 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Could we replace the first template with this variation? -- Riffsyphon1024 05:28, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I didn't want to use 'technology' twice in the same sentence. I figured 'inner workings' along with a blueprint of a droid (as opposed to a ship or lightsaber, which would be too genre-specific) would cover the broader spectrum of the technology of Star Wars.Tocneppil 22:11, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yea, though inner workings of the galaxy sounds like studies of the galaxy and not of the technology created by its inhabitants. How about this? -- Riffsyphon1024 06:33, 25 December 2006 (UTC)


 * It's a minor improvement, certainly. Cortle Steeze 18:37, 25 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually that was a subtle, intentional, reference, hence the choice of an astromech blueprint. I wanted a ubiquitous symbol for the area not covered by species, ship, or weapon, but would still appeal visually to the user. Astromechs, as exemplified by Artoo-Deetoo and Whistler, to mention just two, are everywhere in the galaxy and seem capable of doing just about everything. Plus, they come across as 'mechanic' archtypes, like Han Solo and Chewbacca, unlike a Jawa, which could be confused with 'Jawa Supporters'. I could've chosen a holochron image, but I didn't want to seem too scholarly, and an image of an astromech droid could also be confused with just a general interest in the droids themselves, but a blueprint would show that the user had an interest in how something was made (the 'inner workings' reference). The hardest part in writing these, it seems, is to find a balance between being too descriptive and overly-simplified, while avoiding 'labelling'. I suppose we could just leave it with "This user is a tech enthusiast." Tocneppil 00:11, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yea I know you wanted the cool reference. I was merely pointing out the language used when compared to the one I proposed so to not confuse. -- Riffsyphon1024 03:58, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I did run on a bit with that last entry. I can see your point, but it seems that besides yourself and Cortle Steeze, everybody else has been voting unanimously in favour of the original. I'd like to keep it as is for now rather than truncate it to "This user is a tech enthusiast.", which is a pretty straightforward label in and of itself, and my second choice.Tocneppil 07:54, 27 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok we need to figure out which one you want to use before we can make it official. -- Riffsyphon1024 09:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)