User talk:SparqMan

SparqMan, -- Riffsyphon1024 18:25, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Not to be rude or anything, but when will you ever make a user page? It's clogging up wanted pages. -- Riffsyphon1024 22:42, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, ha ha. -- Riffsyphon1024 22:53, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey, it does the job. That's what matters, right? ;-)  Now we just have to get on Fade, JimRaynor55, and Vermillion. ;-)

Do you have a picture of Cin Drallig SGCommand

Rebel Alliance
Sparq, what are you accomplishing by redirecting Rebel Alliance to this other long name that noone, not even me, knows. "Alliance to Restore the Republic" can be included in the article on Rebel Alliance and the term redirect to Rebel Alliance, but not the other way around. -- Riffsyphon1024 03:07, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The same thing we're accomplishing by titling articles "Galactic Empire", "X-wing starfighter" or "Ulric Tagge" -- giving them titles based on their full, proper name. If users put "Rebel Alliance" into the box, they will be directed to the page with its proper title. That's why. --SparqMan 03:09, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * But how many people will actually type "Alliance to Restore the Republic". The most commonly used term is the one that the title of the article should be. Everyone can relate to the Rebel Alliance, and I've never heard the longer title in any movie, that is something invented by EU literature. Should we also change Galactic Empire to something on the order of "Galactic Empire to Rule All Below It For A Thousand Years"? -- Riffsyphon1024 03:13, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * "Should we also change Galactic Empire to something on the order of "Galactic Empire to Rule All Below It For A Thousand Years"?" If it was supported by canon, yes, we would. If we're going to use the thing that most people will remember, then we should forget about redirects and simply change the titles to "X-wing", "Tarkin" and "Vader". No one has to type "Alliance to Restore the Republic". If they type "Rebel Alliance" it will take them there. That's the magic automatic redirects. So we should title articles appropriately, and allow redirects to handle the rest. --SparqMan 03:19, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * But Rebel Alliance in this case is the most used form, there is no shorter form, however compare this to Grand Admiral Thrawn. His full name is Mit'thrawn'udo. Now who will actually want the article titled that when only a fraction of people have actually known how the thing is even spelled, but 10 times more people can relate to Grand Admiral Thrawn? With the Alliance to Restore the Republic, it does not need to be the title because less people associate with it, not to mention all the unnecessary redirects that will be created. Alliance to Restore the Republic can redirect to it, because less articles will use it and less people will refer to the Rebel Alliance as it, and then you can leave it in the Rebel Alliance article as another name in bold. Why must I argue with you on this anyway? Shall we have a vote by other members on this issue? -- Riffsyphon1024 03:30, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * If you want to bring it to a vote, go ahead, but it will undo the entire precedent set forth on naming articles. Maybe you fail to understand how redirects work. Enter "Rebel Alliance" into the search box, or click on a wikilink to Rebel Alliance, and it takes you to the full, proper name. Wikipedia does not title the article on the United States of America as simply "America", "USA" or "the States" just because that what most people refer to it as. I'm glad you brought up the Thrawn issue. As long as redirects are in place, the full article should be titled with his name. Otherwise we aren't creating much of an encyclopedia here, are we? --SparqMan 03:40, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * That's not the point. Of course I know the redirects will work, but its the question of why go through all that. I voted For on the precedent with exceptions. -- Riffsyphon1024 03:45, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Go through all what? It requires one quick shift on our part. If you don't want this to be as informative and accurate as possible, why continue to be involved? You may have vote for exceptions, but that not everyone else did. If you believe that this requires a new vote, then go for it. Other articles, such as Confederacy of Independent Systems seems to do just fine on redirects from Confederacy. --SparqMan 03:57, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Your quick
You were quick with that post, Anywhere I always check to see if there is another same article, I just assumed there wasn't. Will do next time, Thanks! [User:SGCommand]]

Garm Bel Iblis
Garm Bel Iblis; Just came across this, not sure if you've checked it recently. You're being nagged :P --Fade 14:37, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Holonet News
I like your idea of the HNN page. I was able to give Quantill City a small city stub to expand on. Can't wait for more. -- Riffsyphon1024 23:14, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Glad you like it. I'll try to add as quickly as I can, but there are at least 8 article per issue. --SparqMan 00:00, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)