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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WOOKIEEPEDIA! Smuggler Freak 06:43, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

New Look Discussion
HOW DO YOU GET AROUND? NO WAY TO GET TO ARTICALS OTHER THAN USEING THE "SEARCH" BOX. SOMEONE PLEASE DO SOMETHING!!!
 * Sign your posts, Tnu. &mdash; Gonk  ( Gonk! )

Awesome new look. Looks very professional. The design is better than wikipedia's!!!;). Keep up the good work guys!

Very professional indeed.

I liked the old one better, this one has more of a mass produced look

I love it. It looks cool and is relatively simple. I need more pictures though!

The top box doesn't work properly in IE at a resolution of 800x600. --  I need a name  ( Complain here ) 22:11, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your input. This is very much under construction. =) --Imp 22:20, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, the Search box in IE7 at 1024 x 768 resolution. Just letting you know. 23:29, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I too have a problem with it. The upper and left borders of the input box seem to be 2 pixels wide as opposed to the "Go" button whose border is 2 pixels wide to the lower and right (This could maybe be solved by modifying some .css pages). --Imp 23:54, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks great Imp. --Eyrezer 01:32, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks good with Firefox, Nice job. Greyman 17:36, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The featured article is seriously confined to four or five words a line while the news and stuff is massive. I'm using Safari and it looks very disproportionate (i cant spell that word) The Ravager 18:34, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, same problem here. I'm also using Safari...and the FA is really small. Darth Fett 13:43, 22 Februrary 2007 (UTC) - actually posted by User:131.123.49.149
 * Screenshot, please? There seem to be no problems in all browsers I have (Firefox, Opera, IE and Konqueror). - Sikon 18:51, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks good Nejee16 21:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I like the old one better. It was more better.
 * I like the extra features that are now on the main page like "On this day" and "In the News". The new design also doesn't bother me much at all. I can definitely get used to it. Kyp Fisto 01:18, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * A short addendum though. I would like to have the era and regular star wars boxes that used to be on the main page to be placed there again. Kyp Fisto 19:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * They're still on the main page. Just hidden. Press the "click for article navigation" button to show them. - Sikon 19:51, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Eck, horribly inferior to the previous version. The previous one had some pizzazz.  This one screams 'Look at me!  I'm like lukewarm oatmeal!'  I also deplore the lack of Era links on the main page. 68.228.89.148 07:46, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Read the post directly above yours. The era links are still there. Really. - Sikon 07:55, 4 March 2007 (UTC)


 * There is problems when one resize the web browser. No one should be forced to use a fullscreen mode to read a web page. But now, when I see Wookieepedia (around 640px to 800px wide, on Firefox 2), all the texts of the main title, including the input/text field overlap each others. This only happens on the title section. this anomaly DOES NOT happen on the sections below (e.g.: the "Click for article navigation" (I like its display none/block feature, by the way), "Quote of the Day", etc.), where the text reflows to accommodate given width. Paercebal 22:25, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ahem... Must be me, but, looking at both Anakin and Obi Wan articles, I saw a grave disturbance on the CSS: The white "page body" background featuring the article disappears when the browser's width is under 800px... I switched to Linux recently, so I can't tell if it is my Firefox whose bugged, or if something in the new design caused this. I took a screenshot. I'll try this on Windows (Firefox+Internet Explorer) as soon as possible, and add information here when I have more. Paercebal 10:33, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * There is two search boxes. The one on the title section, and the Chewie box at the left side. There should be only one. Perhaps moving the Chewie Search above the navigation menu, under the Death Star Logo, and removing the search box in the title section? Everything else is very cool. Congratulations to the people who worked on the new theme. Paercebal 22:25, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The Chewie search box can't be moved. It would possibly make sense to dispose of the search box on the right, though. It's causing nothing but problems. - Sikon 18:22, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hate the new look. Sorry, just do. It seems like it's lost the spirit of Wikia with the new look.
 * I think its too...modern perhaps? It doesnt blend well with the rest of wookieepedia. Its just not our format.
 * After thinking about it, it seems too much blurry: We have at least two sections defined by their light background color and no borders, where the other sections have a clear defined border. I still hate the title section with its search box, and still love the "click for navigation" section's display mode. I visited the other, localized Wookieepedia, and the one that impressed me was the german one, "Jedipedia": Easy to read, we know what's the page, and what are border info (with the yellow background). Anyway, I would not have believed someone who told me one could do a cool Jedi web page with a yellow background color. But the results are there. The light blue one used on the Wookiepedia is almost invisible, which means that it has no use (unlike the yellow from Jedipedia). Paercebal 09:55, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps we should think about a more "Star Wars"-like look. I'm not talking about a black background and a yellow font-color!... ;op ... Looking at Memory Alpha we see a different, Star Trek-like style. Ok, it's almost unreadable for someone with a bad screen or poor sight, and it's not what I want (accessibility is important). But at least, when we reach the page, and look at the GUI, we know this is Star Trek, and not some random wiki page. Paercebal 09:55, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * There is some gizmo add-on that could be done easily: If we could find a free auresh font, and provide a link to download it on Wookieepedia, changing the actual font of the Wookieepedia into auresh, and back to normal would be an easy thing to code (I can provide the D-HTML code for that). As most characters, if not all, in Wookieepedia are english-based (ASCII), there should be little problems. This is useless as a feature (who's reading auresh, anyway?), but this is the kind of feature that could add a Star Wars-like mood to the Wookieepedia. Ok, it is borderline childish, but... : / ... Paercebal 09:55, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * How about no, okay? :) I know the needed HTML code (and the term "DHTML" is a meaningless buzzword, forget it), but no websites do that. It's inconvenient, and it's considered bad practice to ask users to install a font. If there's going to be any Aurebesh on Wookieepedia, it will be a pre-rendered image. - Sikon 10:36, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok for the "no font download", you're right about "no website do that". The point of the Aurebesh thing was to illustrate with an exemple the possibility of giving Wookieepedia a more Star Wars-like gui. I'm sure, if the "Star Wars GUI" idea is good, someone will find a convenient way to put it up. Now, your pseudo-technological comment "forget about DHTML" is both wrong, arrogant and misplaced. I never intended my help offer to be a way to bully an "hypothetical technological superiority" over my fellow Wookieepedians. This is plain silly. I won't enter a flame war on Wookieepedia about technological vocabulary issue, just because I offered help if needed. Apparently it isn't, so forget about it. Paercebal 12:14, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * What about having the "Wookieepedia BETA" thing at the top done using the same font as "Star Wars" at the beginning of the crawls. This would go well with yellow text where there is black text and black background where there is blue, and maybe gray behind the white backgrounds. That blue by itself is not just not starwarsy. And yellow borders. HM-005 00:40, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Not everyone has this font installed. In fact, hardly anyone. - Sikon 08:10, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I mean an image of the words "Wookieepedia beta" in that font. HM-005 00:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Im just not feeling the 'quote of the day' at the top, the featured article should really be the most prominent thing. Its not a big deal or anything just wondering what other people thought. The Ravager 07:29, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! I leave for about a month and Wookieepedia is destroyed!!!!! That's it I'm joining Wowwiki instead!!!!! Goodbye! Lowbacca5 04:07, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism already??
Uh, the main page has been a subject of porn vandalism...would change it, but I can't. Can someone with the proper access do it? Thanks! Greyman 17:39, 22 February 2007 (UTC) Eesh, possibly a virus on a Moderators computer? Yhiro0 13:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

This isn't even funny. Avian Starr 8:32, March 31, 2007 EST Man, what a great thing to do an april fools joke on! woot for Katarn! 72.205.13.185 01:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Umm.......Katarnipedia? Who did this? Is SuperShadow a canadite?
 * Don't panic. Everything is all right. -- SFH 00:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * HAHAHAHA!Damn funny.I thought it was some vandal until I realised the whole of wookieepedia is affected...Lord Thanatos 04:26, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

30 years
Where's the in the honnor of 30 years of Star Wars go vote...etc. ???Darth Nospher 17:45, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, by now, everyone should know where to find it. Plus, the votes should be closing soon. For future references, it's WP:CtE and WP:LtE, I think. 18:09, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, that's not a good argument. Newcomers will probably not know where to find it, or might not even know about its existence at all. The 30 years of Star Wars stuff should be brought back to the front page. KEJ 10:36, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I have been gone for awhile so I have no idea where the 30 years of Star Wars page is. It would really be helpful if they put it in the news or provided a link to it on the front page.  Taktwo (Holonet News)[[Image:Crest2.PNG|20px]] 23:51, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I dislike the elimination of the direct links
Since I don't have an account, I guess this is the spot to comment on the main page beta.

The problem I have with this beta design for the main page is the elimination of the direct links to the movies and EU topics. I know that one of the purposes for the beta was to streamline the main page and make it appear more similar to other Wikipedia pages. Yet, in doing so, it has limited the ability to casually and easily surf Wookiepedia, and access general information. I found the direct links to the movies and various EU subjects on the main page to be extremely useful to bring up information quickly, as well as to simply browse all around the site. Sure, the News and "On This Day" features can provide interesting tid-bits, but as I've stated, it is eliminating extremely helpful quick links to - what I would imagine - are highly visited pages and topics.

If this beta does become the permanent main page than perhaps the removed direct links could be worked into the navigation bar on the left-hand side of the page. Add links to pages with titles similar to "Episodes I-VI", "Expanded Universe", "Eras". Then on the appropriate pages the information that used to be displayed on main page could be listed.
 * Do you see that big blue button titled "article navigation"? There your direct links are. - Sikon 19:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think we really should reconsider the dropdown box thing, because this isn't an uncommon complaint. -- Ozzel 19:47, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Back on the forum for this, when I suggested an "on click" rather than an "on mouseover" for the dropdown box. This was interpreted to have it be an "on click" link to a separate page. However is there any reason it can't go back to being the dropdown box as it originally was, but just have the box be triggered by "on click" rather than "on mouseover"? - JMAS 20:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It is a dropdown. You just have to push it. It doesn't go to another page. 00:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * One issue with the dropdown; the pic that links with the article of the week doesn't move with the rest of the text, blocking part of the link for the second movie on the left-hand side (didn't really take a look to see what order you'd put them in).
 * That's a glitch with IE7. It only happens every once in a while though. 02:37, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

new page
It looks okay but i think the other version was simpler and better. And it would be easy to vandalise the "in the news" and the "on this day" boxes. The edit for those boxes should only be available to established users and the categorie box should be on the main page like the other version. The "on this day" and "in the news" should be added in to the categorie box with everything else.

P.S. I would appreciate comments on this. 22 February 2007

(user:Jediknight2121) * Yeah I dont mind how it is but looks like somehting thats just full of icons and it is well... almost to much though no? Like I notcied at quote of the day it had the little speaker sign to show it is the quote but some peple might think its a sound or wav bit so they wud "listen" to the quote as if it was that. So maybe that needs to be addressed but all this stuff I dont mind im used to keeping things basic maybe I dont know haha

(user Crazyman93) It looks lame, like a beginner did it, the old one was betterCrazyman93 00:30, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

The old one was better. It was more simplier. Everything is clumped together.

BRING THE OLD PAGE BACK!!! 71.208.59.54 04:36, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Icons
Those icons for each section... suck. Badly. It looks like someone when into the Windows shell and decided those icons would fit well on a Star Wars site, or any site for that matter. The rest is acceptable enough, though I preferred movies/eras/etc being on the front page instead of a click after the front page. Uxviii 01:00, 23 February 2007 (UTC) OK, here's three possibles. Left-right: Featured Article, Improvement Drive, and News. The news one is the icon for TriNebulon News. - JMAS 02:03, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * If someone can make "Star Warsy" icons, they will be added. By the way, those are not from the Windows shell - they're from the Tango project, available under the CC-BY-SA license. - Sikon 07:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll see what I can come up with when I get home, if someone doesn't beat me to it. What width and height dimensions? - JMAS 18:02, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The current ones are 22*22. I think 20*20 to 24*24 will do. - Sikon 18:22, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The page does look kind of cool, but yeah, Star Wars icons would help. The current ones make it look like a Yahoo page. HM-005 19:08, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * If anyone has any ideas for Star Wars icons that would be good to use, post it here. Thanks. - JMAS 21:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * How about crossed lightsaber blades for the little plus icon? At the top of the Featured article section. HM-005 00:43, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The first two look great, but I don't know about the news one. Maybe have a picture of a comlink instead? And for "Did you know", should the question mark be in Aurebesh instead of one from Earth? - 02:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Click here to see how it looks with those three in place. The only other one I think really needs to be changed is the WotM icon. I'm trying to find something IU that's fitting. Good idea for the Did You Know. Let me give it a go.- JMAS 02:13, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Personally I dislike the FA icon. --Eyrezer 02:25, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Eyrezer, then please give some suggestions for an alternate. I just updated some other icons in my test page. As it is right now: Featured Article is a lightsaber asterisk, made from all the blade colors seen in the films. Did you know is the Great Holocron. Improvement drive is the Death Star II. In the news is a hovercam droid. Wookieepedian of the Month is a flared Rebel Alliance icon. - JMAS 02:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * JMAS, I think your version looks much better. The icons match their topics perfectly. &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 02:57, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Jack. =) Hopefully others will like it too and an Admin will put them up on the real thing. - JMAS 03:19, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Well I think the current FA symbol is fine. I didn't find it readily apparent as to what the FA icon was composed of. With regards to the other icons, I think the Holocron is great, as is the WOTM - although some might say it was biased to the NR ;) --Eyrezer 05:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The one I want to see replaced is the QotD one. Even a pair of quotation marks would be better than the speaker icon, which makes me want to click it to listen to the quote.  As for Featured Article, what about a version of our Featured Star? jSarek 05:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I think JMAS's icons look good. But can you please reupload them in the PNG format with transparency? They're icons after all. - Sikon 06:41, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree with JSarek the quote icon is a bit annoying. And maybe change the "on this day" icon to something like a datapad so that all of the icons are Star Wars related? - 06:50, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I did the icons as they are as kind of a quick thing to see how they'd look. If any of the ones up there are wanted to be implemented, I'll take the time to redo them with a transparent background in png format. I'm working on one for "On this day" and I was thinking of a comlink for the QotD. - JMAS 03:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, JSarek's version does look a whole lot better. However, I do have some complaints&mdash;and I supposed there will always be some no matter what&mdash;I could not distinguish what on earth the news icon was until I read it here. My suggestion would be to make it a kind of datapad. The improvement icon as the Death Star II is a good idea, but it is sort of misleading, as it is our logo. Perhaps an astromech head? The featured icon looks, to put it bluntly, like a disco flower-thing. Perhaps a company symbol, such as KDY or the Incom corporation? Having a holocron as the Did you Know? icon is a very good idea, but perhaps not the great Holocron, as I mistook it for an asteroid. The Wookieepedian of the Month icon I'm fine with, and I agree with the idea that the QotD icon should be a comlink. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  20:51, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, got all the current ones I did up on the test page are now in png format with transparent background. - I'll work on the QotD one. - JMAS 04:04, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I changed it up a bit. I put the "Featured Article" icon as the WotM one instead and put a new on for the Featured article. - JMAS 04:13, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Here's all the icons in a gallery and what they are for. See them in use on the Test page. - JMAS 04:28, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Great, I added them to the main page. - Sikon 05:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow, now this page is excellent. The icons are now Star Wars-y (so you users whining about non-SW icons can shut up), and they look good Star Wars-y. Great job! 06:20, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The current image for "Official Friends of Wookieepedia" is very similar to the one for "Improvement Drive." How about this new one (last image in the gallery below) instead? You can see how it looks on my Test Page. - JMAS 21:51, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

More criticism

 * I don't really like the new look. It's not Star Warsy enough... maybe some Star Warsy icons might help... immensely. I also think movies/eras/etc. should be on the front page, but I do see the point with the "Article Navigation"-thingy. It should probably be called somwthing else than just "Article Navigation" though since it's not totally apparent that it lets you browse media, eras etc. that it lets you . The link to "Coolest thing..." should also be brought back even though that's of minor importance right now. I could live with it if the icons were made more Star Warsy though. KEJ 10:32, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * So the old main page, which was basically a ripoff of Wikipedia's main page, looked "Star Warsy enough"? Or perhaps our first main page looked Star Warsy? - Sikon 11:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hold on. Note that I didn't mention the older versions, so you have no grounds for making that assumption. But since you bring it up, the first version was not Star Warsy at all, I'll give you that. The second version seems more Star Warsy due to the presence of Star Wars symbols like the era-icons and other Star Wars imagery. Anyway, as I said, some Star Warsy icons could do the trick, and they might even make this version more Star Warsy than ever, as the icons will be spread all over the page whereas, on the former version, all the era icons are placed in the same section. The color scheme could possibly also be made more Star Warsy (maybe some yellow/black stuff like the opening crawls, or something else). KEJ 11:37, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The Categories section is more of an index now and is difficult to navigate. It should be switched to its previous format. Karohalva 15:48, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with replacing the icons with more Star Warsy ones, and to be honest, the menu could be reworked somehow so that it doesn't have to be expanded... - \\Captain Kwenn// &mdash; Ahoy! 15:51, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * How about no. Making the main page more cluttered won't help. Clutter was exactly what was wrong with the previous main page. - Sikon 18:22, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ya, don't like it either. It looks more Wikipedia-like than Wookieepedia. It just doesn't look right. -- Cato Neimoidia 01:48, 26 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Agreed i dont like it at all, it looks fresh but not unique.

Question about "article navigation" box
Hello all.

The Star Wars Merchandise Wiki shares the same main page. I made the "Project:Article navigation" page, but instead like it was done here, I made it as one page without any templates. Now that thing is not collapsible! What's the problem? And could somebody help me? Thanks. --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 17:25, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The collapsing box is implemented via JavaScript, and I don't see any custom JS on the merchandise wiki. - Sikon 18:22, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I figured that would have been the problem. 18:51, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I give up. What have I forgotten? I added Common.js, modified Common.css and Monobook.js. This thing drives me mad! Reminds me why I rather study PHP code than on this. I purged my cache and still nothing, thus telling that something is wrong. --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 19:34, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I did full copy and paste for all of those three files and finally it works - not. Well, it is collapsed now. It's just impossible to open it by clicking "Click for article navigation". That link takes you to "Project:Article navigation" page. I don't get this thing. Somebody please help me! --Jack Phoenix (Contact) 21:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Category Catastrophe
Can someone please tell me what happened to the Category page? It has been transformed into a category index! Navigation through Wookieepedia is now terrible! Karohalva 19:51, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * What category page?! - Sikon 23:32, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The page you get to from the Main Page which is labeled Categories.
 * This isn't related to the Main Page. Wikia controls the special pages, ask them. - Sikon 01:32, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Really? Who'd've thunk it? Karohalva 05:12, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You should be mistaking pages, what most people misses is the box with the base index "In-Universe: Characters, Ships, Planets..." and "Real World: Movies, Comics, Novels...". I don't think Wikia controls that one, and was really most needed Thinortolan 10:58, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * IT IS HERE. All you need to do to open it is click the "click for article navigation" link. How many more times should this be said? - Sikon 14:46, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * There should be some way that the poeple who want to see the "hidden/hard to navigate" dropdown page if they want to get at it without the click. The whole point of the main page is to be the gateway to the site. If some people (not necessarily me) want to navigate the site easier, we should make it happen.--ShadowTrooper 21:59, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

New main page format poll
This poll will end on March 9th,two weeks after this polls creation.
 * Lets make this simple.RC 2413 00:38, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * ...And the point is? To see whether or not people like it? - Sikon 01:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * the point is that by the end of the poll we will see the consensus of wookieepedians who like and who dislike. We were told to leave an opinion, and on march ninth, we will have an opinion.RC 2413 05:44, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I personnaly think the poll is a brilliant idea 24 February 2007
 * Polls using the MediaWiki poll extension cannot be used to determine consensus. They're extremely vulnerable to vote rigging. This one has already been vote-rigged (45 votes... very funny, whoever did it), so I removed it. But even if it remained, it would never be used for any administrative decision. - Sikon 07:02, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I am not going to start a new poll, but how do we know that it was rigged, what if people acutally did vote that way. Now, if there is a way for you to know 100% then i apologize, but i do not know for sure. Also, the poll was not for an administrative decision, but simply a poll. It is a not a vote and does not require any admins to go back and change the main page to the old version. Do not hamper anyones ability to express their right of free speech (if any)on how wookieepedia is or should be structured.
 * Is that an order? And since when is "free speech" a Wookieepedia policy? And I think that having even votes for hours and then suddenly one side gaining 45 votes in mere minutes is a perfect example of vote-rigging. - Sikon 19:57, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * No. A request. I am not saying youre decisions are wrong, I just disagree with how its presented. I m not trying to start a fight. As for the votes, like I said i would; I apologize. My local time had me go to sleep so you must have been on wookiee longer than I, I did not see the votes flare up. Its a shame that there are Dikuts (pardom my mandolorian) that would do that, especially when they should know that it was not a vote, just a query on what poeple liked. I dont want to argue over this anymore, and im sorry it got started anyway. However, you might think of wording things a little bit nicer, there is a bad impression.

Safari Problems
As mentioned at the start of the discussion, the featured article column is very thin and a lot longer that the second column. Can someone please fix this if the new page is going to go ahead? - 02:42, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm. That's interesting, because I couldn't reproduce this in any of the browsers I have (Firefox, IE, Opera and Konqueror). If someone having Safari could fix the Main Page, I'd be grateful. - Sikon 03:14, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Does this problem occur now? - Sikon 18:15, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * looks good to me...everything is nice and even...thanx - Darth Fett 19:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Definately a lot better now. Thanks for fixing it - 21:49, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Improvement Drive and Wookieepedian of the Month

 * This may seem stupid and pointless to some, but I liked having the ID and WOTM next to each other. It may just be my browser, but I still think it would be good to keep them together. They do go hand in hand. Darth Fett 22:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It has been decided on the Mofference to move the ID box up to make more people participate. - Sikon 03:29, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

safari problems
If you have problems with the main page and you use safari try E-Mailing the people at safari to fix the problem.Febuary 24

please leave a comment


 * Please sign your comments.......................... and dont be dumb, thanks The Ravager 07:21, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

The new page
If this new page is adopted as the official main page of Wookieepedia then lets have the old page avialable to at the same time for those who dont like the new version.

P.S. I would like comments on this 24 febuary
 * Dear anonymous user (I don't know your name, so I'll call you Mysterious Stranger; it's a better name than 216.211.*.* anyway), please register and learn to sign your comments. Your dynamic IP makes your unsigned comments hard to trace. - Sikon 07:08, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * What do you mean hard to trace:)
 * I have to sign your unsigned comments manually. Please use this: to sign your comments. - Sikon 12:48, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Problems For a few hours

 * For a few hours I could not access the new Beta main page but I could get on to the old one no problem although every page I went into was for lack of a better word...Extremely Screwed Up.
 * The search bar was on the bottom of the pages and the external adds were on the bottom to.
 * And at the top of the page were the the article-discussion-edit-history buttoms are supposed to be they were underneath the article. And a lot of things were jumbled around and frankly it was pathetic.
 * The same thing has happend to me on wikipedia before.
 * If this has happend to others please leave a comment on this subject.
 * Febuary 24.
 * Signed The Mysterious Stranger.
 * P.S. What happend to the Poll?
 * I removed the poll, it was pointless and vote-rigged. - Sikon 12:48, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Why?
Sorry to bring this up, but why this hostile reaction towards the critique of the new pages? KEJ 13:19, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * What hostile reaction? - Sikon 14:27, 24 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Let me tell you why, The Direct links (specially category's) are gone, the wording is all cramped to gather like someone trying to fit twelve lines of size 12 font into six lines of size 10 font space, it looks ugly in general, and is hard to navigate even for veteran user's

All in all this looks like a grade six primary student did it for IT class!

In General when ever you want too trail something new Always make sure the Alpha/Original is still accessible, Oh and put this beta page to a vote! - "Awar 16:08, 24 February 2007 (UTC)".
 * Once again: THE DIRECT LINKS ARE NOT GONE. Really. If you can't find them despite a BLOODILY OBVIOUS BLUE BUTTON opening them, it's your problem. Sorry for the uppercase, but these pointless objections really annoy me. (As for a vote: there already was one. No point in making another one.) - Sikon 17:38, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * (There's one). KEJ 14:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * First off, The catagory's are in a hidden window that when you open makes the page look ever worse/uglier than it was before! (Since there not openly visable on the page, They are coounted as hidden). Second fix the text size & spacing so it looks readable! Third you asked for an opinion why people don't like the beta page, so don't flame me because you get one! - "Awar 05:40, 25 February 2007 (UTC)".
 * I'm not flaming anyone. What do you mean by "looking readable"? Is the current layout unreadable? Why? Give arguments and suggestions for improvement, not just "I don't like it" comments. - Sikon 16:59, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

I think the history part needs to provide older items.
Events from just the past few years are too recent. One or two a week from the past 10 years should be suffiecent. 60% should be from when Lucas was still working on the concept up through the time when ROJ was released. The rest should be the remaining years. Will (Talk - contribs) 20:57, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps when the new Making of Star Wars book comes out, we'll have more exact dates. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 04:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Discontinuity
The front page could still use some work, but why don't the article pages look similar to it? They don't have the same slick feel as the Main Page. HM-005 00:49, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't give ideas. The articles are the only part that still look slick. Inigo Montoya 00:59, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you mean infoboxes? - Sikon 06:37, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Well... Kind of. The article pages would match the main page if the infoboxes had curved corners and were blue with no borders. Same for the image boxes. If Wookieepedia's look is going to be changed, at least change all of it. The pages should all match. HM-005 16:50, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * A valid point that I am looking into right now. =) --Imp 17:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Problems
I already posted a thing on this but since no one answered im asking again did anybody have problems accessing Wookieepedia in the early hours of Febuary 24 2007 if you had problems please respond. 04:23, 25 February 2007 (UTC)Mysterious Stranger
 * Yeah, I did too! Actually, a few times, even the night before I was having problems.  Strange! supergeeky1 [[Image:BobaFett.jpg|20px]] The Cantina 11:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

New logo
I propose we change the logo for the rest of the year to have something about 30 years of Star Wars in it. Maybe we could change it to the Death Star completed, instead of being built? What do you think? supergeeky1 The Cantina 11:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * In a way, the death star shown is complete. It isn't the one from A New Hope, but the one from Return of the Jedi. Will (Talk - contribs) 00:44, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I dont know, to me it makes it more like the wikipedia image-incomplete. It is also a sign that wookiee is always being built upon, that it will never be finished because there is and enless future for starwars. I say keep it. Plus, it looks cool. RC 2413 17:43, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I think if not a new logo for this momentous year, than something. I know we have this whole best thing in star wars vote, but we should do something extra special, like put logo or something like that on the main page. Eh...any other ideas? - Darth Fett 21:34, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
 * What about creating images with, for example, Anakin/Vader's head, sliced down the center, with Luke's head on the other side? Padme/Leia, Jango/Boba, Young Obi Wan/Old Obi Wan, etc.  Then add something like 30 YEARS OF THE FORCE, place it on the Main Page.  If possible, we could do a random image each time you click on, how about that? supergeeky1 [[Image:BobaFett.jpg|20px]] The Cantina 22:15, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * This is what I came up with...they're not incredibly good, but if anyone could clean them up or something, that would be much appreciated - Darth Fett 05:15, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok...so wikipedia won't accept .tiff files, and I can't figure out how to change the format on my pictures...so once I figure that out, I'll put them on. - Darth Fett 05:40, 27 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Those are great! Nice job!  Is an admin. gonna put it on the Main Page?  Like I said before, I think the best thing we could do is make them a random image each time you click on, if it's possible.  Also, there needs to be something about the 30th year of Star Wars on it. supergeeky1 [[Image:BobaFett.jpg|20px]] The Cantina 21:21, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * For the love of Waru, Katarn, and pants, no. Havac 04:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Per Havac. - Sikon 04:34, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Per Havac, with a gun. .  .  .  .  04:39, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Per Havac. Better suited for a forum, methinks. 04:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * What the? You'll scare people off with these. --  Riffsyphon  1024 05:13, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, the Fetts one is nice, but the others kind of stink (especially the Kenobi one. *shudders*). They're a bit too mismatched. It's a nice idea, just poor execution. Darth Metus 16:18, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Some, I must agree are a bit odd. That said, the second Kenobi one and the Padme/Leia one are excellent.  DarthSeafort 20:53, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * You know, I even said myself they weren't amazing...I also said that someone should clean them up or something...and I want to see you guys make two different faces line up perfectly...ewan's and alec's faces are completely different sizes...and alot of the coloring is off in the original trilogy...oh, and thanks for all the wonderfully descriptive reasons why you don't like these...dickheads. - Darth Fett 23:02, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Calling people who don't want to use your idea "dickheads" is probably not the best way to get them to change their minds. A couple already explained that while it's sort of a cool idea, it's been poorly executed and these images simply don't reflect the kind of quality we want as our face to the world. For your idea to be successful, we would basically have to have a professional or semi-pro graphic artist make the images from scratch rather than just pasting mismatched images on top of one another. If there is interest in trying to come up with a really professional-looking version of one of these images, then I think that's worth pursuing, but the images as they are right now don't belong on the main page. I think that's all anyone is trying to say. Israi 19:21, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * And yet again, you're not listening to me...I know they're not good enough to be on the front page, and like I said, if anyone is willing fix them up or, maybe I didn't mention this, use the ideas to create something new...and no, I'm not calling the people that don't want to use my idea dickheads...That's not important...It's the fact that instead of giving me constructive criticism they just said, and I quote, "For the love of Waru, Katarn, and pants, no." I'm sorry, but that really doesn't seem very useful...All that tells me is that you don't like it...and I do thank the people that actually gave reasons for not liking them...and like I said, I know some of them look really bad, but I did them at 3 in the morning, and really wasn't trying too hard...and even if I was, those faces are hard to line up...and that's all I'm getting at. - Darth Fett 05:07, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I am listening to you. My point is that we should bring this idea up somewhere that the sorts of people who are good at this thing might be paying attention to. A Mofference maybe? I'm not sure. It's a good idea, but I think we should find someone who can make them look really professional. Israi 18:02, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

New icons

 * Great job. KEJ 23:14, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Long QOTDS and FA in 1024 x 768
On the 1024 x 768 resolution, long QOTDs push the FA totally off the page. Is there any way to move the QOTD box underneath or to the side of the FA box? I feel the FAs should have a prominent place at the top of the page, not the QOTD.  StarNeptune Talk to me! 07:07, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Possible Bug
For the past couple of days I have not been able to edit. When I try to the page goes blank nothing but blue. So I was wondering if anybody has had the same problem. 216.211.76.240 10:38, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * What page? 15:46, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Every single one 216.211.76.240 16:33, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * This is not related to the main page, so you better ask the Wikia staff on IRC. And please register. - Sikon 17:13, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

WOW!
I've been gone for a month, and I can see that this wiki has made some great progress! Great job guys! And that main page! WOW! Adamwankenobi 02:15, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Main Page Style

 * Yeah, I know this was already mentioned somewhere in here, but it needs reiterating. We really should have a different style to the Wookieepedia main page. I'm not talking about what has been changed so far, but more along color schemes. It may not be important to some, but a lot of the other wiki's I've seen have intresting color schemes, usually giving them more of a feel towards what they are about. Now I know yellow text on a black background isn't exactly a plausible idea, but anything is better than black on white. It's so boring! Other than that, though, I think the main page looks great. - Darth Fett 22:02, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Hooray! Wookieepedia's 2nd!
Let me just say it has been an honor serving Wookieepedia for... 2 months. Yeah. So I'm a newbie. But I would just like to say that without Wookieepedia, I would have never known about Sith (species), or Darth Bane, or even Coleman Trebor. Wookieepedia is definitely the best Star Wars resource on the web, and I look forward to contributing for a long, long time. Truly yours, Smuggler Freak 06:33, 4 March 2007 (UTC).

Infoboxes
Okay, I think the new infoboxes look like a piece of bologna compared to what they were before. They look too precise, they need to be more ummm... I don't know, but the ones before were a lot better. -- Cato Neimoidia 22:07, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I think the lack of borders makes them look a bit odd, though of course it'd be difficult to fit borders to the rounded edges - \\Captain Kwenn// &mdash; Ahoy! 22:12, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Also I think they're too small. Sure they take up less space, but they look kinda wierd to me, you know like when you look at something too big or I see small, its a bunch of squares with different colors, and when merged together make a picture, it looks all messed up when you can see them. -- Cato Neimoidia 23:57, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The current infoboxes have the exact same width as the old ones: 250px. - Sikon 16:25, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * They are the same size, but they have no borders. Bring back the borders please--Gonzalo84 16:40, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * As I said, the elimination of borders was a conscious design decision. - Sikon 21:21, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I guess the lack of borders makes them look smaller. -- Cato Neimoidia 21:48, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

 * Two fucking men are damaging the Deliah Blue file. Pleas ban them somehow -Bazza- 14:57, 8 March 2007 (GMT)
 * It's been taken care of. --Imp 13:59, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Help If Possible
Yo peoples I just made an account here. I hope I don't drive everyone here insane, since Im kinda stupid lol, anyway I wanted to know if anyone could like show some pictures of diffrent types of sith swords or war swords. There is a certain one I've been looking for, I found it once but I can't find it again. Well anyways thank for the help


 * you could start by signing your items by typing this: --~ . --Amthyst fire 19:10, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Try going here: Sword. It should have links to other swords, where you can probably find the pictures you are looking for. - Solus (Bird of Prey)  19:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Help With the Date
In the upper right hand corner, where it says ___articles since march 4, 2005, could someone do me a favor and capitalize the m? Thanks. Chack Jadson 20:11, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Taken care of. 02:21, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok, here's my two credits

 * 1-Is it possible to change the number on the "on this day" to whatever the current day is? Instead of 12, it'd be 11 today for example.
 * 2-When I search, it does not keep a history of past searches. It does on Wikipedia, but ever since we went to a new main page, it hasn't. It used to in the search box in the upper-right hand corner, but now that's gone. And by a "history of past searches", I mean like when you click in the box, it displays things you have previously searched for. Chack Jadson 17:12, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 1. The "on this day" box displays the current day in UTC. 2. This is a browser feature, not related to the site design. - Sikon 03:22, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
 * 2: That's the damnedest thing; the same thing happened to me. The saved form history on Firefox doesn't work here any more for me either, and I thought it was just my computer. - Lord Hydronium
 * Yea you have to deal with time in respect to Greenwich Mean Time. --  Riffsyphon  1024 03:35, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No, I mean the 12 on the little ring icon. It's annoying that it is just a random day. Chack Jadson 20:45, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, the fact that it doesn't keep the search (a record) is annoying. Chack Jadson 19:50, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

FA link
Is it really necessary to have three seperate links to Featured articles on the Main Page? Adamwankenobi 19:06, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Browse Category Needed
I would suggest that Category:Browse should be created and placed at the bottom of the main page. The Browse category would, of course, include only those categories which would be sufficient for a user to start from to get to any category on Wookieepedia. I would suggest Category:Star Wars and Category:Wookieepedia as subcategories for a Browse category. ~ Jaywin
 * I second that idea. Adamwankenobi 01:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Blue?
Does anyone else think the light blue fill color around everything is a bit odd? Israi 16:17, 16 March 2007 (UTC) I see a light blue, not dark blue.--Hencho414 17:02, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes. --  I need a name  ( Complain here ) 16:28, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It was blue before, actually; I just made it darker so it would fit with the new main page. - Sikon 16:36, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It just doesn't quite..."fit"... Maybe if it was darkened again, but the light blue is "off" IMHO. --Hencho414 16:39, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I prefered the darker blue as well. It did match better. 16:40, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It was a lighter shade of blue. It is darker now. - Sikon 16:45, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm, that's odd. When I posted that, it was still the light blue. I cleared history and stuff, and now the dark blue shows up. But it looks great now. 16:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Try purging your cache (by deleting cookies, files, and history). 17:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I did, still see a light blue.--Hencho414 17:18, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I dislike the light blue. The boxes containing page sections (like 1-Biography, 2-Behind the scenes, etc) no longer have outlines visible. The words are just floating in space. Chack Jadson 17:23, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah it does look a bit strange 22:27, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. -- Cato Neimoidia 00:15, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Don't like it. Stick with the white with borders. - Lord Hydronium 00:34, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with Lord Hydronium. Adamwankenobi 01:12, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * What was that disorder that Jack Nicholson's character had in As Good as It Gets? .  .  .  .  01:18, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Social anxiety disorder? -- http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/e/e5/ATATatarismall.png 01:19, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * It was Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Adamwankenobi 01:23, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, right. No, it's just that this whole thing, and the complaining about the main page reminds me of that scene where he gives Larry Kasdan hell for moving the furniture. .  .  .  .  01:39, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * In any case I think we ought to fix the blue borders. It isn't even the same hue as all the other blues present on the page, and it just looks random and sloppy. We should either change it to white, or whatever color it was before. Does anyone know how to do this? Israi 19:16, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * IMO, the current blue is DAMN UGLY. And is that what is causing some pictures (thumbs) to have those god-awful uneven black borders? I say get rid of it! --Azizlight 06:14, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm, black borders? I tested it in IE after you mentioned them and indeed, there they were. Fixed. - Sikon 06:47, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks :-) --Azizlight 06:51, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Bring the old look back thats all I have to say. 216.211.49.221 11:32, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I too find the whole thing very distracting. supergeeky1 [[Image:BobaFett.jpg|20px]] The Cantina 16:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

First Discussion
Hey Everybody!=) this is my first discussion but sadly =( I HAV NO TOPIC!! Anything about Star Wars is great topic material, so please help out!
 * This page is for discussion of the Main Page, not general Star Wars discussion. Green Tentacle (Talk) 23:28, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Advertisements
I'm just wondering whether there was a way to disable ads down the right-hand side of all pages. They've just been really annoying me lately (the ads for other Wikia are ok though since they're kind of relevant). (Sorry if this shouldn't be on the Main Page discussion, I wasn't sure where to put it) - 08:35, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Adblock if you have Firefox. - Lord Hydronium 08:39, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Alternatively, add this to your user CSS:


 * 1) column-google { display: none; }

- Sikon 09:13, 22 March 2007 (UTC)


 * That's fixed it. Thank you :) 02:06, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Searching
I remember searching for an article some time back (2-3 weeks), there were no search results; however, I got an extremely interesting message along the lines of "Perhaps the archives are not complete."

Has this feature been removed? Why? --Shreshth91$ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-| 15:02, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Anyone can edit it?
I created a new article. I wrote it because I found in another article some hints for an unknown queen of Naboo. And just 5 minutes later it was delited? how can this be? give me please an anwser. 212.80.234.56 17:15, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * What was the article? If it appears to be fanon, or nonsense, it will be deleted. Also, it may have been redirected. Chack Jadson 19:06, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * I saw where it was deleted, but didn't get a chance to see the article. Looks like Sikon was the one who deleted it, so you might take it up with him. -- Ozzel 19:12, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Admins need to clean this up!
The main page has been vandalized. Somebody fix it!
 * Look at the FA!!! WTF?!? Chack Jadson 23:45, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Chill, guys. -- SFH 23:46, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * lol  Stake black   msg 23:51, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Please, Please, Please tell me you're kidding! Look up Jedi knight 1 2 or 3! He's also in many other books and is the coolest Jedi ever! (He would still be owned by Boba Fett.)Joseph Leito
 * Yeah, I just realized the date. Man, I feel stupid now. Still, pretty funny. Chack Jadson 23:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Under the navigation bar on the left side, it still says Wookieenews, not Katarnnews. Chack Jadson 00:11, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I like the "stop stalking" sign at the top. It makes Kyle and all of Katarnipedia safer. -- Cato Neimoidia 00:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * At first I didn't get the joke, it's still the 31st for me. Then I freaked out, looked at the calander, and sighed in relief. TheNewDarthMalevlent ( The Sith shall rise to power!) |undefined 00:42, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Isn't it still March 31st? Or are people celebrating April Fool's somewhere else around the globe already Lalala la 01:05, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow. That was a bit of a shock for a second. Its still the 31st where I am. I'm just like WTF?
 * Wookieepedia is on Universal Coordinated Time. Basically, if it's April Fools' in Britain, it's April Fools' here. Why?  Kyle Katarn said so. jSarek 01:13, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * wow that scared me for a while untill i realized what day it is. Vadahata2 01:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * By the way... who is Kyle Katarn?

Hahaha... I knew this was an April Fool Joke when I frist got here. I had experianced the same thing in the other site. No fear boys and girls, it's not a chaos

(Joekido 01:27, 1 April 2007 (UTC))

Katarnipedia
Whoa! What's with the Kyle Katarn theme? Is this vandalism? It's better the old way, so whether it's vandalism or not, it should be fixed. 69.12.155.64 04:13, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Check the date you typed what you did. What day is it? TheNewDarthMalevlent ( The Sith shall rise to power!) |undefined 04:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

WOW, my name has been featured on the main page. What did it do for it toi say "The Kyle Katarn facts repository that anyone can edit. Except Master Nikolce"? Master Nikolce 04:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It's USERNAME, again. - Sikon 05:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Vote for the coolest thing of star wars ever!
Just a reminder, the competition is still going, so you have the chance to vote for the coolest thing ever, also, the lamest.

Master Nikolce 05:02, 1 April 2007 (UTC)