Wookieepedia:Featured article nominations/Booster Terrik

Booster Terrik

 * 1) Razzy1319 14:56, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) &mdash;Jaymach Ral'Tir (talk) 22:14, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 3) TIEPilot051999 23:46, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 4) Danik Kreldin 23:49, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 5) CooperTFN 23:51, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 6) ThrawnRocks 02:04, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 7) --[[Image:BFguy.gif]]--Inmobilus 17:06, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 8) Darth Benobi 17:58, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 9) QuentinGeorge 10:06, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Hey, this article kicks ass! KEJ 11:45, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) &mdash;Darth Culator   (talk)  12:39, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 2) Ozzel 19:32, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Objections
 * The article is good. I can't argue that. A little heavy on the quotes to my taste. But the introduction in very un-encyclopedic. Also some of the headers are somewhat ambiguous; what does "Stability and purpose" mean? --UVnet 18:30, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * The intro is supposed to summarize the guy's life and character in a paragraph. If I can't be any more florid than "Booster Terrik was a smuggler who owned a Star Destroyer", I might as well stop now. http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/9.gif I would think "stability and purpose" would be self-explanatory to anyone who knew what the words meant and read the article, but it's referring to his financial stability in the wake of Yaga Minor and his protection of the Jedi students giving him a higher purpose for his life, pulling him into the moral cause of the war. CooperTFN 03:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * What's so complicated? How about something like he was a smuggler, from corellia, the father of mirax terrik who would later marry corran horn, took sides with the new republic and the NJO and the owner and commander of the star destroyer errant venture. Now take all that and make it encyclopedic ("an imposing gundark of a Human"?) and voila. And for the example "Stability and purpose" - how about splitting it into two different sections (it is quite long any way), and naming them something like "Financial stability" and "joining the war" or "protection of the Jedi students" or somthing like that. --UVnet 18:45, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It's not a matter of complicated, it's a matter of good and bad. On the other points, I just disagree in general. CooperTFN 04:22, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Can someone just explain to me what is "an imposing gundark of a Human"? --UVnet 21:51, 28 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It's like saying someone's a bear or lion of a man on Earth; it just means that they're large. I included it as a reference to one of his appearances, where Corran (I think) describes him as such. CooperTFN 00:48, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Found it. From EoV: Rebirth; Mara's POV: "Booster Terrik, captain and owner of the Errant Venture, stood in front, a great gundark of a  human with an impressive, well-tended beard and curling  mustachios." CooperTFN 01:02, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Comments
 * Just about time too... It may need some more images but basically it looks great. --Razzy1319 14:56, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * It sure looked a hell of a lot better than it did the last time I checked it (which was two days ago).TIEPilot051999 23:46, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Looks pretty good. --Danik Kreldin 23:49, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I was gonna give it a few days in Peer Review first, but whatever. http://media.ign.com/boardfaces/4.gif CooperTFN 23:51, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Hell, yeah! The article looks great, Cooper! ThrawnRocks 02:04, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * BTS = Thumbs up! --UVnet 18:03, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I like. Especially the BTS about Zahn and Stackpole. I love that kind of stuff. And the writing style just works for me, so I also vote to encourage its proliferation. &mdash;Darth Culator   (talk)  12:39, 27 March 2006 (UTC)