User talk:Xwing328

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Aybock

 * Hey, Xwing, the FAN seems to be languishing a bit. Out of curiosity, are you still planning on working on it? If you've been busy, that's fine&mdash;just wondering if you were still interested. Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 01:10, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey, sorry, I just got back in town Friday. Yes, I should be finding time to work on it in the coming week or two. I hardly had any time over the last month being gone, with finals, and other priorities. I'm sure you know how that goes. Anyways, hopefully I can fix it up soon. —Xwing328 (Talk) 21:07, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay, sounds good. Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 20:22, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

End of 2008 status report: Wormie
I realize that the original goal I set&mdash;which was to nominate Luke for GA by the end of 2008&mdash;was not accomplished. For one, I didn't know exactly how much stuff there is out there on Luke. Turns out, about half of all continuity. Two, I've been distracted with other, smaller projects, particularly over the past few months. However, I've not given up on this idea, and I'm hoping to get a lot more of it done in 2009! Cheers. Atarumaster88  ( Talk page ) 20:22, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Just in case you're curious as to where this little project stands, here are the statistics:
 * 1) Total length: 309 kilobytes, which is 90 KB longer than the actual Luke Skywalker article. Does not include material on the second page.
 * 2) 110 sources crossed off the expansion list.
 * 3) Unique references: 143
 * 4) Net growth over 2008: 180 KB.

Re: Succession boxes
Hi, Xwing. Yes, I would like to have the parenthesis installed into the boxes for the 'predecessor' and 'successor' years. The reason they were left out was because I am not privy to the exact code that needs to be written so they do not appear should those fields be left blank. Any help you could provide would be tremendous. Thank you, sir. &mdash; Fiolli  {Alpheridies University ComNet} 13:41, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing that for me, Xwing. Originally, I had also planned on a color option, but I can discuss that in greater detail with you the next time we are both in IRC. It is nothing imperative or even needed at the moment. It was more for the purpose of greater customization further down the road. Have a great one; and, thanks again! &mdash; Fiolli  {Alpheridies University ComNet} 01:22, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

nameless categories
Hey Xwing328, I've just seen some "nameless"-categories, and wanted to ask if your bot could recategorize the content of these categories into new categories. The old categories are: And the new ones: I'd appreciate if you could do this.  Pranay Sobusk  ~  Talk  11:51, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Category:Images of nameless Sith
 * Category:Images of nameless Jedi
 * Category:Images of nameless individuals
 * Category:Images of unidentified Sith
 * Category:Images of unidentified Jedi
 * Category:Images of unidentified individuals
 * Done! —Xwing328 (Talk) 17:36, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Great. Thank you for doing this.  Pranay Sobusk  ~  Talk  20:48, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Inqmoot 23
The twenty-third Inq meeting has been scheduled for Saturday, February 21st at 7pm Eastern time. Your presence or input on the meeting page would be appreciated. Graestan ( Talk ) 15:58, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry
Sorry about the FOTJ Villain question on Senate Hall, I didn't read the rules, thanks for telling me. -User:Jedi Master Craighead

FYI

 * There's been some issues with Battle, just so you know. GT's been working on it, but apparently the auto-sizing is off. Or something. Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 00:21, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * See Battle of Bothawui (Galactic Civil War). The div sticks to the width property, but the table inside it apparently stretches to fit the text in it, ignoring the width and causing some overlapping with the article text. Green Tentacle (Talk) 00:26, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, the same thing happens with anything like Character infobox if you put a long enough word in it. I'll try to think of something. —Xwing328 (Talk) 00:55, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * It looks like the width on .infobox in MediaWiki:Common.css is causing the problem. I'm pretty sure this can be safely removed and everything would work, but it would affect all infobox templates, so there might be some unforeseen side effect. —Xwing328 (Talk) 01:16, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I've managed to get it working in both Firefox and IE7. It's still not perfect (the round top had to go along the way and it shrinks horizontally as well as vertically when you click hide) but it seems to render properly so I think this is as good as it'll get unless you can find a better fix. Green Tentacle (Talk) 23:35, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Whistler request
Me again. Sorry to bother you but Hyperspace needs some changes that I'm hoping Whistler can help me with. You modified the template a while ago to allow for pages at 'starwars.com/fans/hyperspace/' as well as 'starwars.com/hyperspace/member/' but not all Hyperspace content fits into either of these now. Fists of Ion, for example, is at 'starwars.com/hyperspace/fiction/'. The only constant is the 'starwars.com' bit, so I want to change the pre-filled part of the URL in the template to that and then force people to supply the rest. This will make it a lot more flexible, but leaves us needing to change all the pages that already use it. Would it be possible for Whistler to change the URL parameters appropriately based on whether or not the new parameter is set? Thanks. Green Tentacle (Talk) 01:31, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Should be possible. I'm not feeling to good right now, but I should get to it this weekend. —Xwing328 (Talk) 03:11, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Hoth (comic)
I was thinking about doing some editting to Hoth (comic) page and then renominating it to for GA status. Since it was your GA, I feel I should ask you just incase you're planning on doing the editting yourself. If you permit me to do the editting, I'll look forward for your support when I nominate the page. Kilson Likes PIE 11:22, 08 April 09 (UTC)
 * Feel free to edit it. —Xwing328 (Talk) 03:23, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

The new Triage system
After the Inquisitorius' most recent meeting, it was decided to enact a triage system for dealing with the large number of nominations on the FAN page. The Triage page has been set up in the Inquisitorius forum to make it easier for Inqs to see what nominations are best focused on for clearing out the nomination page. This is a tool for helping Inqs combine their efforts on articles, and shouldn't be taken as mandatory; as usual, any Inq is free to review any article they want. - Lord Hydronium 03:21, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

WookieeProject
Hey! I just started a WookieeProject on real world music, if you wuold like to join. Master Fredcerique 12:42, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Combined Clan Center Building GA nom
Hello Xwing, I'm not sure if you've seen yet, but I've made some... controversal objections to your Combined Clans Center Building GA nom. Greastan thought I was out of line by saying that your nom was lacking in information, and if so, I apologize if I offended you in anyway by putting up that objection. My objection was meant towards the article you nominated, not towards you personally or anything, and I don't see how that's out of line. I realize that I'm not an AC member, but from my perspective, the article is lacking in information, especially in the history section. My objections still stand, and I would appreciate it if you could address them the next time you have a free moment. Kilson Likes PIE 00:59, 20 April 09 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, I don't take it personally. But Greastan was right, much of that information you were asking for just plain isn't available. —Xwing328 (Talk) 01:35, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I understand, and I should point out that I have not read neither novel in the Hand of Thrawn duology, so I was unsure what exactly what was going on in the article. Next time, I'll try to make objections to articles that I know more about. I probably exaggerated when I said the nom needs a lot of information, and I'm sorry for that. It just needs some context here and there. Also, don't worry, I can wait until you've finished your project or anything else you're obligated to do outside of this site. Kilson 02:27, 30 May 09 (UTC)

Template trouble
Have a look at Skine Bounty Hunter College. In the source list, the Journal template is used in conjunction with | yet for whatever reason it is no longer working. Are you able to fix it? --Eyrezer 12:11, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you just needed a normal pipe instead of |, because there's an optional "formatted" field on the Journal template that you weren't using. Regards. (update) From the looks of it, when I need a name added that field, it made it so that using the exclamation mark makes the template think all of that is the first part of a link, since you can't have two pipes in one link. —Xwing328 (Talk) 23:30, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for that. It may happen quite a bit. Is it possible to give Whistler a run through them? --Eyrezer 03:33, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

File: to File:
To answer your question from IRC when I wasn't actually there but forgot to set awayness: Yes, actually I did have a system. I ran all current FA and GA nominations, then all current FAs and GAs, then all former ones. Then I ran all the pages that hadn't already been done from the list of the 500 longest, then the 500 most revised, then the 500 most visited, then the 500 most categorized, then the 500 "Most popular articles (from database)" whatever that means. Basically just to introduce editors to the system, to go to the most likely pages to be edited or source-viewed and say "this is how MediaWiki works now." If you want to run all pages in sequence now, go ahead, but I don't particularly want to occupy either of my computers with that at the moment. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 03:09, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Imperial Era -> Imperial Period
Hey Xwing328, I just wanted to ask if your bot could help me with some moves and the subsequent link fixes. The term "Imperial Era" is an OOU term, but we still have six pages with this term in the title. Now I wanted to ask if your bot could first move them to the IU term "Imperial Period" and then fix all the links. I'm not sure if bots can move, so if this isn't possible, I'd have no problem moving them myself, but I'd be thankful if your bot could fix all the links.  Pranay Sobusk  ~  Talk  19:07, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The bot can move pages, but in a case like this, it's easier to move them by hand. Fixing the links won't be a problem. —Xwing328 (Talk) 21:15, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

RFB
Xwing, I can't thank you enough for your consideration and support of my nomination. Level-headed, hard-working admins like yourself are exactly the sort of users I look up to, and your objectivity is exactly what I'll be trying to emulate and make my own in the coming months of my new position. Again, thank you. Graestan ( Talk ) 19:05, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Inq Meeting XXV
An Inquisitorius meeting has been scheduled for 23:00 UTC on the 24th of May. Your presence is requested. Apologies for the late notice. Thefourdotelipsis 00:12, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

INQCON
The new INQCON system is now in effect. For details on this new tool, please review the linked page. It is requested that you check any current featured article nominations that you have fully read and are currently objecting to, and change the respective INQCON number on the nomination if you are intending to ultimately support the article once your objections have been resolved. Also, please remember to change the Triage page when altering INQCON numbers. Any queries about the process can be made on the afore-linked INQCON page. Thanks, Thefourdotelipsis 00:49, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Need some help
Hi, Xwing. You seem to be the right person to ask about all this technical stuff. On one of other Wikis that I contribute to, there is a need for a battle template with five factions. I wanted to use the one from Wookieepedia, but is supports only four factions, and it is too complicated for me to modify it. So, could you please provide me with a source code for a five-way battle infobox? I would greatly appreciate it. QuiGonJinn There's always a bigger fish. 20:52, 31 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That template took a lot of work and there's no simple source code version of it. It relies on a ton of parsing statements, and honestly, I don't have the time to further modify it. Sorry :/ —Xwing328 (Talk) 21:57, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

CT archive
Xwing, you made a mistake on archiving that CT. The "winning" decision was to place Source list item at Galaxy Guide 3, Second Edition -- without parentheses. Toprawa and Ralltiir 21:53, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Already changed it, but thanks! —Xwing328 (Talk) 21:54, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ah, yeah, I see you got it. Sure. Toprawa and Ralltiir 21:54, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Triage
A new Triage meeting has been scheduled for next Sunday, June 14, at 23:00 UTC. We hope you will be able to attend, as there are a fair amount of nominations that need sorting.  Chack Jadson  (Talk) 14:01, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Inq meeting
Hello. An Inq meeting is scheduled for Saturday, June 20, at 2300 UTC. Please try to attend, because we will be talking about the current state of the FAN page, what with all the summer noms. Apologies for the late notice.  Chack Jadson  (Talk) 00:59, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: WP:TC archive
Thanks a lot, Xwing. I really appreciate it. I took a good look at the archives last night and was driven insane :P Cylka  -talk- 02:30, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Appearances

 * I linked my appearance subpage to the CT. I didn't add in The Force section yet, but that shouldn't pose any difficulties. Thanks again, Xwing. Cylka  -talk- 09:08, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Good work on the template, Xwing. I just have one small complaint, probably not worthy of the whole CT.  When the section is "hidden", but the subsection TOC is still there, clicking on any of those subsections doesn't do anything.  Maybe the subsection TOC should be hidden as well?  Just a suggestion. -  Esjs (Talk) 21:59, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Jedi Apprentice
Hey. I saw you have Jedi Apprentice Special Edition: The Followers listed in your collection. I'm trying to address an outstanding FAN objection and I'm having trouble obtaining this book. Could you go through it and quote me any information regarding Melida/Daan or any references to Obi-Wan leaving the Jedi, if there are any? If you could do that I'd appreciate it. &mdash;Master Jonathan(Jedi Council Chambers) 19:08, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Template:App
The CT has been closed, so feel free to transfer your test template to Template:App. The old template has been moved to Template:Hide. --Imperialles 18:54, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Would it be possible to change the template so that the summary box with headings for characters, etc, is not hidden? --Eyrezer 22:10, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but somebody already asked me if we could hide it too, as the links didn't appear to do anything when the appearances were hidden. I'm going to start a Senate Hall page where we can work out details like this. —Xwing328 (Talk) 01:50, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Can't get Template:Appearances to work
After the Consensus Track decided to adopt your solution to the overabundance of appearances, I decided to go ahead and try to convert Star Wars: Dark Forces to the new method. However, it doesn't seem to be working right. Whenever I preview the article, all I get is a red link for Template:Appearances. Is something preventing the template from working right? Am I doing something wrong? Here's what I wrote:

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, if it's not too late, I think this template should be hidden by default, otherwise it doesn't really save any space. Thanks, -

It's at App, not Appearances. I believe that's all. Also, per my comment in the CT, there should probably be a new, smaller CT to discuss if they should default to hidden since people seem very vocal about it. —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:52, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

App template

 * Thank you for all the time and effort you put into the App template. Whether or not you had to put in time or effort, I don't know, but even if you only had to spend the slightest amount of time on it, it still looks beautiful. (:P) Great work with it, O Xwing, Master of Wiki Coding. :)  CC7567  (talk) 05:06, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks CC! (now hopefully my mastership of wiki coding can help me figure out one or two other bugs :P) —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:13, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * If I may suggest, could you add a food and/or beverages parameter to the template, for articles such as Star Wars Galaxies.  OLIOSTER  (talk) Imperial Emblem.svg 06:40, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Here's a place to talk about that now: Forum:SH:Appearances_revamp_project —Xwing328 (Talk) 06:50, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Appearances Needs Work
Hello, Xwing. The Template:Appearances Needs Work seems to be working incorrectly. It is already included on the number of pages, yet Category:Appearances need work is empty. Please look into this once you have time.  Mauser  Comlink 05:53, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey Mauser, I already fixed that. Unfortunately, the pages that already have it won't be added until they are "refreshed" on the server. —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:56, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * In addition, I must ask you: where are you going to process other categories listed on Forum:CT:Appearances revamp project? So far only Category:Multimedia projects has been processed, the others need to follow a new standard as well.  Mauser  Comlink 09:08, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Once I have time, I'll keep going down the list. Unfortunately, I have to watch each bot edit, as this script isn't always perfect. —Xwing328 (Talk) 04:42, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Triage
A new Triage meeting has been scheduled for Sunday, July 19, at 0:00 UTC. Please try to attend. Thank you.  Chack Jadson  (Talk) 15:53, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Since I didn't see a meeting page to RSVP on, I'll do so here. Can't be there as I'll be out of town all day tomorrow. —Xwing328 (Talk) 02:49, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Bot
One task your bot could do is to change the occurrences of ==Plot== to ==Plot summary== per the MOS. --Eyrezer 11:50, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Added to my cleanup script. —Xwing328 (Talk) 02:50, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Bot question
Hello. I have a question concerning the recent policy update. Is there any way a bot can check through all userpages and replaces them with Inactive unless the user in question made any edits during the last year? Also, how's the appearances revamp going?  Mauser  Comlink 07:12, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I imagine there's a way, but not one that I personally know of. Appearances is going ok. I haven't really had much time recently to keep going with it. Hopefully tomorrow night or Friday night I can get some more done. —Xwing328 (Talk) 05:40, 16 July 2009 (UTC)