User talk:Silly Dan

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added
i thpught i did. o i forgot to log in... stupied me:) o well.

srry
srry i thought that swc was cannon. That means that the planet wasnt real. ok ill deleat that.
 * Already done. (Only admins can delete pages.) &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 02:20, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

A question.
Hey Silly Dan, I've been thinking lately about how I've been the subject of numerous personal attacks by various people. I was wondering if you could give me some advice on how to avoid them. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) 22:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
 * You could try being a bit less aggressive when arguing with people, but people have told you this before, and you have been a lot more polite lately, so I don't think that counts as advice at this point. A lot of your personal attacks seem to be coming from return vandals: the only way I can think of to avoid that might be to treat them very dispassionately &mdash; i.e. use the blandly-worded boilerplate templates to warn them, report vandals on the VIP page by saying something unemotional like "minor vandalism on Don-Wan Kihotay" rather than "the idiot messed up Don-Wan Kihotay, someone ban him already!", and generally don't let them think they've got to you.  This won't reduce it to nothing, because repeat vandals are, deep down, a bunch of idiot jackasses who get off on being annoying for some reason I don't understand because I took Greek mythology rather than abnormal psychology at university, but it might lessen it.
 * Secondly, if things are getting to the point where Wookieepedia is becoming a source of stress for you, take a few days off. Whatever was annoying you will probably seem less important by the time you come back.  I'm taking some time off myself &mdash; mostly for work-related reasons, but partly to take a vacation from a fairly time-consuming hobby.... &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 23:50, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I've been working to be less agressive ever since that failed admin nomination; glad to hear that I'm improving a little. Anyway, I think I'll probably be on less every day... I'm not sure I could take a vacation from Wookieepedia. ;) Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 00:37, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It's like The Godfather Part III: every time we try to get out, they keep pulling us back in! 8) &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 16:00, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Correct spellings
Why is the 'Correct spellings' feature in 'Things To Do' unavailable? Do you know when it will become available? Thanks.Snoop 09:26, 19 June 2006 (UTC) &mdash; ironically, because they weren't being maintained. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 16:00, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Several maintenance features were removed in newer versions of the MediaWiki software

Farghul (species)
I noticed you closed my editted section on Farghul (species) for copyright, however this was not, to my knowledge, copyrighted. I'm just curious where you got that idea from.
 * It was almost word-by-word identical to the description in Alien Encounters, which meant to me that you either copied it directly from that book or from a website that copied it. (A lot of WEG material is copied verbatim and put on the web: since it's out of print, some people think it's no longer under copyright.  This is not true.)  If you want to expand it again, please ask someone else to check if it's OK: as I mentioned on my talk page, I'm mostly offline for the next few weeks. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 16:00, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Episode III Vandalism
Just 2 let u know! Anakin Thomas 19:33, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Hiya Silly Dan, we haven't met
Hi, I'm Anakin Thomas, Hate to go telling tales, but Jack Nebulax removed a pic of force lightning being used by Dooku that I took from Force Lightning and put on Anakin Skywalker and Dooku. Do you know why he deleted them? Do I have you're permission to put them back?

Cheers

Anakin Thomas 16:47, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
 * He explained why on the edit summary and on his talk page. If you think that they should be put back, state your reasons on the talk page for the respective articles rather than immediately asking an admin to step in.  I suspect you'll find a lot of users won't want the pictures added, as there isn't much room.  Too many pictures can make the text hard to read. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 02:38, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Second Battle of Bothawui
I changed the infobox to a four-way battle if you want to check it over. I tried to simplify it a bit so not to be too huge. --Eyrezer 01:15, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 02:38, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey
erm...silly question..but when i revert i look throught the article and delete the offending material..is there an easier way to do a revert? Thanks in advance, Jedi Dude 16:33, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
 * There sure is! Click on the history tab for a page, which will take you to a page looking like this.  Click on the date for the last non-vandalised version.  The old version should appear, complete with an edit tab (see here for an example.)  You can then edit and save the old, non-vandalised version.  The software will warn you that you're editing an old version, but if you're getting rid of vandalism, this is obviously exactly what you want to do.  (We administrators have access to a "rollback" button on contributions page, history page, and diff page which includes the current version of a page.  This allows us to do that reversion a lot faster.  8) )&mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 16:42, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
 * oh i get ya, i didn't thinking of using the history page to get rid of efforts...cheers. Jedi Dude 17:10, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
 * haha another question..how do you creat articles...without having to click on the redlinks...cheers in advance Jedi Dude 11:37, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Easiest thing to do is go to the search box and search for the title of the article you want to create: if an article doesn't exist with that title, a link you can click on will appear asking if you want to create the article. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 11:39, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Alien recategorization
At the moment the actual category page itself specifies that it is for sentient species. Will that be okay? Going back and changing them will be a little bit of a pain at the mo... I haven't have worked out what categories to put all the "mammal" species in. Perhaps I can implement it then? --Eyrezer 11:26, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I added to the discussion on that talk page. --Eyrezer 11:55, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Interesting facts
Hi Dan, sorry if I once again writes at the wrong place, but I'm about to establish myself here on wookiepeedia and hopefully i will learn in time. But I need you attention, Wikipedia is using a hull and shield rating statistic as well as the maximal output of the weaponry on all of their ships and vehicles. And I'm just wondering if it possibly could be done here on Wookipeedia. Just thought that this wiki should have at least as much facts as the main wiki.

check out the link if you are intrested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Destroyer

Thanks for your time. Lorth Needa 01:05, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
 * You might want to clear any major additions to the article on Talk:Imperial I-class Star Destroyer. Spacecraft in Star Wars tend to have a lot of contradictory statistics floating around, some of which are completely unofficial fan-made statistics, and some of which are from official publications which are contradicted by other official statistics. I try to stay out of these discussions myself. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 01:38, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah I know, will do from now on. But I have edited and made at least 2 new articles. I promise you that my userpage isn't the thing that will draw my attention the most. Thanks for your patience. Lorth Needa 21:51, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm new here
I see you tried to contact me, but I'm new here so I don't really know what I'm doing. Any help would be appreciated.Super Destroyer 92
 * What do you need help with exactly? Demolitions Expert RC-1187 Helmet Comlink [[Image:Galactic_Republic.JPG|20px]].

Hey there!
Let\\\'s chat, \\\"friend\\\". PepsilonRisesAgain 01:57, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Um, no. And fix your apostrophe key. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 01:58, 30 June 2006 (UTC)(**
 * Seriously, come on....I might just stop vandalizing. Must you ban me? I think we can all get along just nicely... PepsilonTheUnstoppableDeity 02:02, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

RE:Timezone template
No prob. I actually got that image from Wikipedia: Template:User_UTC-8. I just resized it a bit in order to make it match all the other userboxes. If you need any help with the timezone templates, feel free to leave me a message. I actually enjoy tinkering with templates. (yes, I know that is a little weird) ;) – Sentry &#91;Talk&#93; 03:31, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * You might want to check out: Wikipedia:Userboxes/Time-- Sentry &#91;Talk&#93; 03:34, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'm trying to figure it out now....&mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 03:38, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi
Thanks for the message i new here and i dont exactly know what i am doing if you could help that would be appreciated - User:Jaina Solo555 09:03 5 July 2006

Anons adding fanon.
Is it me, or are these anons ignoring the fanon warnings? I wrote a list of anons adding fanon on User talk:StarNeptune. If they keep it up, could you please ban them? Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) 14:58, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Also, I have a very strong feeling that all of these anons are the same. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 15:00, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 15:08, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I guess AOL works the same in the UK as it does in the US. Oh well, hopefully he doesn't bother coming back tomorrow. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 15:10, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
 * If he does, may I suggest a week or two for his block? Fleet Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Implogo.jpg|20px]] 15:12, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
 * That's quite a bit longer than recommended for AOL range blocks, so probably not, unless it gets really obnoxious (or another admin catches it and thinks a longer ban is needed.) &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 15:18, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Apple Barrier
Hello Silly Dan. What is a VDF? where are the VDF pages? Sorry i deleted, didnt know what it was. I'll discuss it there, its canon! I just read it tonight..and scanned it :) cheers fella.
 * It's VFD, not VDF. See Votes for deletion and Votes for deletion/Apple Barrier. Please provide specific evidence, if possible. Thanks for your cooperation! &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 02:45, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

parantheses
what are parantheses? Do they look like Braces?
 * Parentheses look like , braces look like {}. Braces are what you use for templates. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 03:31, 16 July 2006 (UTC)