User talk:WhiteBoy

Fixed logo
I noticed that in Internet Explorer the current Star Wars Wiki logo has a pink background, but is displayed correctly in other browsers, this is due to IE, well, basicly IE sucks. LOL, really, in order for it to display correctly in IE it needs to not have a colored background, best to have it in Fireworks or Photoshop having the checkerboard grey background to show that there is no background.

(look at this page in Internet Explorer) --AlexTheMartian 11:30, 11 Mar 2005 (GMT)
 * Got it. Thanks for the fix!  Cbarbry 09:17, 12 Mar 2005 (GMT)
 * I made the logo but I forgot to check it on IE (I'm using Firefox). Thanks for fixing it. If you want to create a new logo for this wiki to replace the one I made, download Star Wars fonts from dafont.com : ) --LouCypher &#9742; 21:42, 12 Mar 2005 (GMT)
 * I just downloaded these fonts, the first set. Now what do I do with them, or how do I get them to load into my photo program? -- Riffsyphon1024 01:22, 27 Mar 2005 (EST)
 * Would these True-Type fonts be able to be opened up in Adobe Photodeluxe? -- Riffsyphon1024 01:32, 27 Mar 2005 (EST)

Colored Logo


I've uploaded the colored version. If you like it, save it as Wiki.png and upload it. --LouCypher &#9742; 06:18, 20 Mar 2005 (EST)
 * I like! Thanks!  WhiteBoy 01:18, 27 Mar 2005 (EST)

Agreed on Years
I agree, why link to a generalized format of the year in question when we can specify certain events relating to Star Wars itself. -- Riffsyphon1024 01:15, 27 Mar 2005 (EST)
 * Cool. Glad you like the idea.  WhiteBoy 01:20, 27 Mar 2005 (EST)

Copies from CUSWE
I have copied the lists of planets from TheForce.net's CUSWE and posted them within my user page. I ask if simply copying the lists of the planets, moons, and stars, to where its just names, is copyright. I would think the actual text inside those links there would be copywritten by them but not the name of the planets as the list they've assembled. Refer to my user page for more information. -- Riffsyphon1024 20:53, 29 Mar 2005 (EST)
 * I have requested permission to copy them onto article space from the creator of the CUSWE. Had I not, we might have been in some deep poodoo. -- Riffsyphon1024 21:12, 29 Mar 2005 (EST)

Wikipedia:What do Do??
Dear Whiteboy, I was only copying articles from Wikipedia because they are better. The people who made the original Episode articles on Wookieepedia did not do a very good job - it's tough luck thye're work was erased. I mean, my work has been destroyed very frequently. KFan II 01:41, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

Whiteboy!
Thanks for standing by me in my little arguement with Aidje. I really apreciate it. Also, is it possible for me to become a person of authority on Wookieepedia? I like being in control. I hope I'm not sounding like Darth Sidious. So, anyhow, thanks. KFan II 23:55, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * No, I'd rather leave it just me and Riff for now. WhiteBoy 18:42, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * This scares me. -- Riffsyphon1024 16:00, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

D'farian
Just wondering why you got rid of the author and publication info on the D'farian article. I don't think we've settled on doing that -- there's a discussion over on Wookieepedia talk:Manual of Style which hasn't come to a conclusion yet, though it's been a few weeks since anyone's added to it. -- Silly Dan 21:23, 4 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Just seems like redundant information. Didn't know about/remember any discussion going on about it.  Feel free to change it back if you would like.  WhiteBoy 22:28, 5 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not bothered that much by it, just curious.  May as well wait for a consensus to form before changing it back.  -- Silly Dan  02:56, 6 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Video Games List
Hey there, I notice you have a games list on your "to do" list... and so do I, lol. I would have done it by now, but there was some discussion that needed to be done first. I'll copy & paste my comment from the discussion page of your article:


 * I have a pretty much complete list of Star Wars video games. And this article is not entirely correct when it says "the only official ones have been developed and/or published by LucasArts", as there are about 20 that were licensed but not actually developed or published by LucasArts

Here is my list, if you want to take a peek: http://www.galacticbasic.net/hosted/Game_List/ --Beeurd 22:37, 16 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * If the info is incorrect, please correct it. I would, but I don't know which article you are talking about right off.  Looks like a good list you have there.  You will be able to make some good additions, I think.  Have fun on Wookieepedia!  :)  WhiteBoy 04:55, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I like your thoroughly researched list, Beeurd. I hope to see it all make its way here. -- Riffsyphon1024 05:11, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Wookieepedia stats
For anyone who cares, I stumbled across this and thought it was interesting. :) WhiteBoy 04:50, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC) QuentinGeorge	6	-1	371	1443	502	122	Apr 27, 2005	82 JSarek		13	-1	135	593	265	53	Apr 27, 2005	82 Fade		15	-2	51	503	363	34	Apr 27, 2005	82 Kosure		20	-3	1	347	133	1	Apr 27, 2005	82
 * Holy Frink, WhiteBoy! And I'm top editor here. :D -- Riffsyphon1024 05:08, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * And you're surprised? :)  I was surprised that we're getting over 2000 visits (not just hits) per day.  Woot!  WhiteBoy 05:27, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * It's already projecting the wiki to grow to 5600 articles at our rate of contributions, and only half the month is gone. -- Riffsyphon1024 05:29, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Haha, that's totally sweet. Seems I'm in a close race with Aidje for second place... Now, what is the definition of a "visit"? --Imp 08:37, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * "Visits occur when some remote site makes a request for a page  on your server for the first time. As long as the same site keeps making requests within a given timeout period, they will all be considered part of the same Visit. If the site makes a request to your server, and the length of time since the last request is greater than the specified timeout period (default is 30 minutes), a new Visit is started and counted, and the sequence repeats. Since only pages  will trigger a visit, remotes sites that link to graphic and other non- page URLs will not be counted in the visit totals, reducing the number of false visits." - Webalizer Quick help.   WhiteBoy 03:02, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * I posted a link to the main page via my SW group on MySpace that many of my members click on every now and then to either post or just look. Since I have over 11750 members in that group, would a majority of our visits come directly from that URL and would they all be unique visits, or how would that work? -- Riffsyphon1024 04:59, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * That particular stat doesn't really have anything to do with how they are getting to the site. The way I interpret it: Each person who hits the site is considered a visit.  No matter if they pull up 1000 pages, it's considered a single visit.  Then, if they go eat dinner (after reading SWW all day one gets hungry!), and then they come back (looks like) 30 minutes later and hit it again, that's considered a separate visit.  Does that answer your question?  WhiteBoy 05:15, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * Yea. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:22, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * It's interesting to note how many of our top posters happened to show up the same day I did:
 * Additionally, an equal number either showed up the day before or the day after:

Death Regis	11	-3	5	602	97	1	Apr 28, 2005	81 Eion		18	-4	3	444	622	15	Apr 26, 2005	83 JimRaynor55	21	-2	41	276	146	36	Apr 26, 2005	83 Xenomaniac	29	-5	1	144	70	 	Apr 28, 2005	81
 * I don't happen to recall what made me first show up that day, but I'm guessing it was a post to either The Official Site or tf.n; I'm similarly guessing I'm not the only one who saw it. ;-) jSarek 06:06, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)


 * Well I remember that JSarek, QuentinGeorge, and Gladius all came from TFN forums. I also invited a bunch of Wikipedians on one day and can't remember who now. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:22, 20 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Activate Order 66
I believe now would be a good time to make Aidje the new admin. One day ahead of the new WotM crowning, this will be his last day of term present. Angela says you have the power to make him one and its located in Special Pages. -- Riffsyphon1024 06:01, 31 Jul 2005 (UTC)
 * So be it, Jedi. WhiteBoy 06:07, 31 Jul 2005 (UTC)

Domain
Shouldn't we decide on a name before asking for this? I think Angela would appreciate that :P --Imp 10:16, 7 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * *snip*....moving this to the Community Portal. WhiteBoy 02:51, 8 Aug 2005 (UTC)


 * I've commented on this at Wookieepedia talk:Community Portal. Angela (talk) 19:19, 6 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Puter trouble
Hard drive crashed, so I've been out of pocket for a while. I should be getting it fixed shortly. :p WhiteBoy 19:15, 21 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * Still haven't had time to fix this thing. Lots of stuff going on at work and at home!  I'll get it going soon, tho.  WhiteBoy 08:25, 4 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * I hope you don't mind that I made both JustinGann and QuentinGeorge WotM for September. -- Riffsyphon1024 09:09, 4 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * No problem at all. Sorry I haven't been around much.  (Just dropping in at work right now.)  Thanks for keeping things running, as always.  :D  WhiteBoy 16:58, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Holiday Special
There is a much better copy that I have, where can I post it at?
 * Wookieepedia doesn't allow very large files to be uploaded. So what I did was hosted it on my personal web site.  You can put it on your own web site (if you have one) and update the link, or you can send it to me and I'll update the one on my web site.  WhiteBoy 17:00, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)

New request for admin
I have talked with various members of Wookieepedia, including Aidje and they have agreed that we could use another admin, and our overall choice was SparqMan. Other names did come up however they don't quite have the seniority that he possesses, plus having dealt with so many users before. In the near future I might suggest we make QuentinGeorge, JustinGann and maybe even Azizlight admins as they have all helped immensely. NOTE: This list is only a sample of the great users this wiki has produced. -- Riffsyphon1024 23:58, 22 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * I would like to second this request. Wookieepedia has grown large enough that it's attracting large numbers of both well-wishing but ill-informed and stubborn contributors, and malicious spammers.  More admins would help keep them under control, mitigating problems like yesterday's Palpatine edit war.  In fact, I would go a step further than Riffsyphon1024, and suggest not waiting for the future to make some of the others listed into admins, as well. jSarek 07:34, 23 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * FYI, I have now made SparqMan and QuentinGeorge admins. WhiteBoy 02:26, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * All hail the WhiteBoy. :P -- Riffsyphon1024 02:33, 25 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Domain (again)
Why don't you agree to transfer the domain to Wikia? :( - Sikon 10:23, 27 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * My thought was I'd rather the community own the domain than a company, even if it is one we trust. WhiteBoy 22:09, 30 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Now that Angela doesn't agree to move Wookieepedia to a domain not owned by Wikia, what are you planning to do with it? - Sikon [ Talk ] 07:56, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * For now I'm just pointing www.wookieepedia.com to starwars.wikicities.com. Wikicities web servers aren't set to accept it yet, tho, so it just defaults to www.wikicities.com.  :(  WhiteBoy 18:47, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry to butt in, but what is to stop us from migrating the content of the wiki to another hosted MediaWiki at the domain name of our choice? The content is available under GFDL, and if the community moves with the domain, what is left here will just be a shell. If we were feeling particularly bitter, we could (A) delete the content, (B) sabotage it with plentiful incorrect information, or (C) some combination thereof. --SparqMan 08:01, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * You're not butting in, but you are scaring me here a little with this kind of talk, SparqMan. But ultimately that is why Angela has the opinion she does because that's exactly what we could do if we own the domain.  From the community's perspective, that's why I want to hold on to the domain: if something happens to Wikia or they decide to start charging or whatever, the community can changing hosting providers and keep the wiki alive.  (To be clear, the only reason I see to ever make a change would be if Wikia changed their hosting policy.  I've been very happy with what little working with Angela and others I have had.  They are very helpful.) If we (the community) should ever decide this were necessary, we should and would not do A, B, or C that you've mentioned above...that would be simply spiteful and malicious.  From their (very legitimate) perspective: if the wiki becomes known as wookieepedia.com then it can easily be redirected to another host, killing whatever revenue they receive from the site.  Wikia is a business and has to make money, so I definitely see their POV, too.  WhiteBoy 18:47, 3 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I just want to add, that I'll do whatever the community wants. If we decide that it's best to give the domain to Wikia, then I'll sign it over.  WhiteBoy 03:56, 12 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Main page
Hmm.. so you're saying that the main page must be your way or else? Sounds an awful lot like a dictatorship to me. Adamwankenobi 16:10, 21 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * No, you're the one that seems to be saying that by insisting on putting your changes in, despite several users taking them out and being outvoted on the discussion page. Let it go, my friend.  WhiteBoy 16:12, 21 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't think that's quite the case. I conceded to the last version of the page, but this is a compromise which I am willing to make. That's fair enough, I believe. And, I'm not involved in any edit wars but this one. I don't know what would lead you to believe that. Adamwankenobi 16:14, 21 Oct 2005 (UTC)

You deserve your own article :-)
Hi WhiteBoy... i just created Category:Webmasters, and since you are the creator of this Wiki, I think you really deserve your own article to link from this category. Care to make an article about yourself? Or if you feel funny about making your own article, just drop your real name here and someone will make the article for you :-) And thanks for creating this awesome site! --Azizlight 01:11, 25 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * lol, cool. I'm so tempted to make an article about myself. :P  Go for it WhiteBoy! --beeurd 02:51, 25 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll help with some bio info from Wikipedia onward. -- Riffsyphon1024 03:04, 25 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * LOL. I'm not worthy!  Dunno...I think I'd feel kinda funny making an article about myself.  Maybe I'll just edit it once it'd made.  Real name's Chad Barbry.  But y'all are the ones really making the site.  Lord knows I don't have the time to keep this site up...I'm an old (heh...32 next month) married guy with three kids!  :D  And it seriously never would have taken off if it hadn't been for Riff, so I'd say let's put him up there, too, as the co-creator.  He was the "PR" man that got out there and put the word out; plus he has contributed much more time than I have to articles.  WhiteBoy 15:54, 27 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks man. -- Riffsyphon1024 21:18, 27 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Long live Chad Barbry! We also need to know Riff's real name. --Azizlight 23:20, 27 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Heh, I know it, but I'll wait for him to offer it up. WhiteBoy 00:57, 28 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * WhiteBoy, can you help us with the Steven Greenwood page? Since you know the history better than any of us... thanks :-) --Azizlight 01:47, 2 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * I didn't know that Chad would know me more than I would. :P == Riffsyphon1024 06:16, 2 Nov 2005 (UTC)

I'm just fixing some broken links on your talk page

 * Don't mind me. &mdash; Silly Dan  23:01, 27 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * heh...they should have a disorder for the obsessive-compulsive correcting of links on a wiki. Or at least a sniglet. Hyper-correcto maniac?  :D  WhiteBoy 01:05, 28 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * ... we really need to find a Star Wars fan out there who knows how to program wiki bots for this sort of thing, don't we? Ah well.   &mdash; Silly Dan  01:17, 28 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm sure they're out there. I wonder if it's just regular expressions?  I may investigate a bit.  WhiteBoy 01:29, 28 Oct 2005 (UTC)

In case you're wondering...
S'mores ice cream from Schwan's is awesome! MMmmm.... WhiteBoy 07:03, 28 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Wookieepedia Search Plugin
Is there any way we can put a link to LouCypher's SW Wiki search plugin somewhere on the site? It works with Firefox and Netscape.

Plug-in Shadowtrooper talk 18:04, 27 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Done. I put it in the Community Portal.  Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for the plug-in, LouCypher.  WhiteBoy 03:44, 28 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Admin meeting
Moving it to User:WhiteBoy/Admin meeting.

MarcK
MarcK is now ready for your admin abilities to be pronounced onto him. The deadline has passed. -- Riffsyphon1024 04:01, 25 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * oh...done. WhiteBoy 10:56, 29 Dec 2005 (UTC)

blamed fro

 * shouldn't banned members have the reason for them being banned on their pages? a few people may want to know why.-user:remoh
 * I think it's better that they don't get publically shamed...at least one user who was temporarily banned has come back to make good contributions. Mind you, it shouldn't be covered up, and the reasons will probably appear on VIP or the talk page of the user in question anyway.  But there's no need to stamp it all over the user's page, IMHO.  &mdash; Silly Dan  03:52, 6 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree, SD. The banned user can still email the admin who banned them to find the reason (if they don't already know).  I would venture to say that the admins are judicious enough with the bans that the user will most likely know why they are being banned.  WhiteBoy 16:09, 7 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Jabber
could you help me get jabber so i can participate in next talk? thxJustinGann 05:26, 9 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Sure thing. You can hit my post in the WP:CP for suggestions on a client.  It's fairly straightforward, but I've been thinking about creating a step-by-step HOWTO page to walk people through it since it looks like we might make this a regular thing.  If you have another IM, lemme know and I can walk you through it as you're doing it if you like.  WhiteBoy 06:46, 9 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Weird Link
Whiteboy, click on this link: pilot... That's kinda weird, isn't it? :| And I have no idea how to solve that :S ----Inmobilus 09:24, 14 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, kinda pointless. I removed the page.  Thanks for the heads-up.  WhiteBoy 09:28, 14 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem ;) --[[Image:BFguy.gif]]--Inmobilus 09:35, 14 Jan 2006 (UTC)

DB
Has Angela contacted the various Wikicities founders with info on the DB strains? If it will help, we should clamp down on the images that exist solely in and not articles. --SparqMan 17:07, 14 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * No, haven't heard anything. There is a Special:Unusedimages page and currently there are 346 unused files (although some are probably PDF and OGG files).  My preference would be to use/link to them in the appropriate articles as opposed to deleting them.  WhiteBoy 18:02, 14 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Mispeelings special page?
Hiya, do you know what happened to Special:Maintenance/mispeelings? I just noticed it's now a dead link on Things to do. Cheers. --Azizlight 09:06, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Dunno. I'll check.  I know they had to disable some of the special pages for performance reasons, but that was a while ago and I thought they'd turned it back on.  I'll see what I can find out.  WhiteBoy 09:12, 29 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, the Misspellings feature was removed from MediaWiki 1.5, which this wiki upgraded to in January 2006. The Misspellings feature, along with other parts of Special:Maintenance, were not maintained within the MediaWiki code and the development team announced that they would need to be removed unless they were rewritten in an efficient and safe manner in the future. Angela (talk) 09:23, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks. --Azizlight 09:40, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

BTTF II
I didn't think it was that bad. Maybe we can discuss the movie and I can convince you otherwise. -- Riffsyphon1024 03:46, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Heh, well... There were definitely some good parts of it, but overall, I just thought it was not on the caliber of the first one.  WhiteBoy 15:03, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Of course it wasn't the first one, but I appreciate their creativity in continuing the trilogy. Flying Deloreans, other selves, deja vu, sports almanac, sent back to 1885. What's to dislike? -- Riffsyphon1024 17:38, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Not to butt in, but I simply will not sit by and allow Back to the Future 2 to be criticized. 3, I could live with, but not 2. =p CooperTFN 09:19, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * BTTF = Greatest movie trilogy. EVER.  Thanos6 09:27, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I was just going to let it die, but since others have joined the conversation, I can't. :)  I liked all that stuff Riff mentioned above (and don't forget the hoverboards), so I'm having a hard time putting my finger on it.  Maybe it's the acting (Crispin Glover was a great George McFly...missed him in 2 and 3); it's so over-the-top.  I love that about Doc, but grow weary of it with Biff.  :)  Maybe it's the vision of the future (which every movie set in the future of course gets wrong).  It was weird watching that and saying, "2015, eh?  That's less than 10 years away...won't happen!")  I don't think it was the special affects.  They were really well done, and stand up amazingly well to today's standards.  OK, I guess, I'm rambling now.  In short, I can't say right off what it was, but it just wasn't as charming as the first one.  WhiteBoy 16:01, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Not as charming, maybe, but that's not what appeals to me about it. 2 is, and this is coming from a guy who's read a great deal of the Star Wars EU, hands-down the most magnificent and iconic retconning in the history of the concept. I mean, half the movie takes place literally in the background of another movie! I mean, really just think about that for a second. And besides that, it's still every bit as cool as the first movie, even if it's not as quaint - but then, no sequel would've been. CooperTFN 21:16, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * BTTF II is in my opinion a great way of reconnecting all the themes and secnes, much like the two SW trilogies. Also when they released BTTF II in 1989, 2015 was still 26 years away. Biff/Griff/Buford rocks no matter what year it is. And yes hoverboards are coming. :) -- Riffsyphon1024 05:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Justin wants Jabber
yes, please! JustinGann 20:09, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Azizlight and Kuralyov
Their deadline is up, and they both need your magic touch to be opped as admins. :) StarNeptune 11:28, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I have waved the official magic sysop wand. :)  WhiteBoy 14:39, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

BTTF in society
Speaking of Back to the Future... has anyone else seen an increase in the number of references to BTTF? Over the past few months, it seems like I've noticed an increase in pictures of Doc, references to 88MPH, etc. Just wondering if anyone else has? Has BTTF become cool again or something? Not that it ever became un-cool in my book, but I don't pay much attention to society's measure of coolness. :) WhiteBoy 16:06, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I have seen an increase in BTTF references on the internet recently. I don't mind it really, because BTTF is cool. I'm guessing it's because the people who were too young to see it (or weren't born yet) when it first came out are now discovering its coolness and want to spread the word over the internet. Hard to beleive that it was 21 years ago that the first one came out, though. :) StarNeptune 16:14, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * We only have nine years to get those hoverboards working, people! &mdash; Silly Dan 17:10, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Has BTTF become cool again or something? - it stopped being cool? CooperTFN 21:18, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * My very next sentence was... Not that it ever became un-cool in my book, but I don't pay much attention to society's measure of coolness. So, not to me, but maybe to society in general.  WhiteBoy 19:56, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Once we hit 2015, the coolness factor will explode exponentially. 1.21 jigowatts!!! -- Riffsyphon1024 05:04, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * LOL...friend sent me this today - Brokeback to the Future.

Ban Dilemma
I recently banned an anon for vandalism, and soon later I got an email from a registered user telling me that their account was also blocked by that action. He claims that he did not perform the vandalism, and I believe him. So what do i do? I'd like to unblock the anon IP so the registered user can be unblocked too. Though that might mean the vandal might come back. Arrg what to do? :-( --Azizlight 16:16, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I would give him a warning via email and put the same thing on his talk page; then unblock him. Even if he's the one doing it, six months is a bit long of a ban, IMO, for simply removing images.  To me, that's noob user issue instead of vandal...ya know?  Oh, and you can't believe everyone when they say they didn't do it.  :)  I believed a guy the first time...the next time I shortened his ban....from there on I just ignored his pleas for release from bandom.  :)  WhiteBoy 16:24, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok thanks WhiteBoy, cheers. --Azizlight 16:51, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Copyright Question
I was looking at the Memory Alpha Copyrights (Creative Commons) and at the Copyrights (GNUFDL) and I noticed that they are under different policies. Since Star Trek and Star Wars seemed like they should be similar policy wise, I looked at why they don't use GNUFDL. Some of their reasons (especially the commercial use reason) seemed like they would apply to Wookieepedia too. Comments? --Jediarchives11 23:11, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

I talked to Riffsyphon1024 about this and he said to ask you. --Jediarchives11 21:53, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * This is certainly interesting. We should definitely discuss this, possibly in a Consensus track. Will Wikicities allow us to change our copyright policy? --Imp 21:57, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I added it to the consensus track at Consensus track/Copyright Discussion. --Jediarchives11 00:25, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think we would have that option. Memory Alpha existed already, then moved to Wikicites, so I think they are a special case.  I could be wrong, but I think all wikis which started with Wikicities would have to be GFDL.  WhiteBoy 22:55, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Well the fact that the GNUFDL allows commercial use of the material on the wiki seems like it would be a cause for concern anyways, considering that Lucas owns the copyright to all this stuff. --Jediarchives11 04:35, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree....the "commercial use" point seems to be the most compelling reason to consider a change. Worth noting is that we have copied several articles from Wikipedia, so we would have to identify which ones those are and totally rewrite them, if they have not already been totally rewritten.  WhiteBoy 16:28, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

(copying the discussion to the WP:CT...please continue discussion there.)

hi
Hello, I'm new and I just wanted to say hello to the admin. You will probably start seeing my comments pop up in various discussion pages, though my main area of expertise is vehicles. So, look for my comments, and I hope I'll be talking to you more in the future. Also, how do you make that box at the bottom of your page that shows how well you know Star Wars and whate language you speak and stuff?--General Antilles 21:14, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Welcome! The page you ought to check out is Template messages/User namespace/.  It should list all the namespace templates have been added.  WhiteBoy 22:53, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Redirect Page
You shouldn't need a hosting account to have the domain name redirect here. Who did you buy the name from? I own helikitty.com, which is gonna be my portfolio site eventually, but I've got it pointed at TFN Books for the time being. There should be a forwarding thing somewhere in your account options. CooperTFN 23:04, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * GoDaddy.com. I don't remember seeing that as an option, but I'll check again.  WhiteBoy 00:47, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I feel like a noob. It was right there bigger than Dallas!  :p  I've got it changed now.  Thanks for the tip.  WhiteBoy 00:55, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Niiiice. I don't have to type "starwars.w" to get around the official site in my cache anymore. =) CooperTFN 04:46, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * FWIW, I forwarded starwarswiki.org, too. :)  WhiteBoy 19:24, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Chats
Did you get my last e-mail? Any further thoughts on the matter? CooperTFN 04:54, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I did. I really appreciate your thoughts on that.  Sorry, I haven't had a chance to reply yet.  I'm multitasking with some work remotely, so I'm trying to do something that doesn't require much brainpower.  Like speedies.  :)  I'll try to get back to you tonight.  WhiteBoy 04:58, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Or you could hit the IRC channel and we could chat about it. :)  WhiteBoy 04:59, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Aw, man...had pulled up the email so we could discuss. :)  Ah, well.  I'll just email ya.  WhiteBoy 05:28, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I had to get off; you guys seemed to be in the middle of something anyway. I'll be around now that I know it's there. CooperTFN 05:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * No biggy. As often as I think about it (most every day) I just login and leave that window open and "hang out."  Jaymach, too.  Drop in anytime.  WhiteBoy 06:05, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Three amigos?
I don't get it. --UVnet 14:38, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I kinda figured not many would. Have you seen the movie?  It's one of my (and my friends') favorite movies to quote.  WhiteBoy 14:56, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, but what does it have to do with a plethora of star wars spoilers? UVnet 07:25, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It really has more to do with a "plethora of gifts." :D  (quote from the movie, if you didn't catch that)  WhiteBoy 07:33, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Lemme see....
 * Would you say I have a plethora of Star Wars spoilers?
 * Yes Whiteboy!
 * Tell me, what is a plethora?
 * I don't know, Whiteboy!
 * Well if you don't know, how do you know I have a plethora?
 * Something like that... QuentinGeorge 07:35, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

So is it bothering you? Would you rather I take it off? WhiteBoy 07:34, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Jedi Archives
Hello. I am one of the founders of jediarchives.info, the Star Wars wiki site that you left a message at. You asked why am I duplicating effort and why don't I join you at Wookieepedia.

I started thinking about a Star Wars wiki before I found Wookieepedia, which I then discovered during the course of my wiki research. I liked it, but realized it had quite a few limitations that ultimately hindered it. The first was the ads. Wikipedia doesn't have them, so I don't think anyplace else should either. I will always run Jedi Archives ad-free, paid for either by me or by contributions, possibly. The second was the fact that it was through Wikicities. While it is a wonderful organization, it limits the type and the speed with which some things can be done.

I set up jediarchives.info and tried to improve upon some of the shortcomings that I found in Wookieepedia. I hope you understand what I'm trying to do. --Jediarchives11 03:46, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the response. Regarding your first point, I can understand your not liking the ads.  I don't particularly like them either, but they are not very obtrusive, so I can live with them if that's what it takes for WikiCities to be able to make enough money to maintain their servers.  (Rumor has it that you can personally turn this off, BTW...just not site-wide.)  As to your second point, I don't know what you have in mind to do, but WikiCities has been great to work with.  They have been great in supporting any questions I have; they have been proactive in asking us if we need other things besides just the wiki; and they seem to be very open to suggestions.  However, I can see what you mean...ultimately we are limited to what they are willing to do for us.  So if we wanted something off the wall, like hosting a Quake server or whatever, they would have to be willing to do that.  Up to this point and for the forseeable future, our goals are very compatible, and they have done everything we needed.  WhiteBoy 06:08, 23 February 2006 (UTC)