User talk:R5-X41238-G8-R3-3124-D2

 Archive 1 | Just... stay away from this

minor request
Could you please put your signature at the end of your comments rather than the beginning? There's nothing wrong with it, really, but it makes talk pages easier to read if everyone else is using the same convention. Thanks. &mdash; Silly Dan 00:42, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

--Master Starkeiller 02:03, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)Tell me how to do it and I will. Yeah, I used to add the thing before the sentence. Thanks for the advice! --Master Starkeiller 02:08, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * Like this. ~ (as typed at the end manually with four tildes, thats ~'s)-- Riffsyphon1024 02:06, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Starkeiller.  &mdash; Silly Dan  12:44, 25 Aug 2005 (UTC)

Image:EISTEOLOISASMALAKES.jpg
Bloody Greeks ;-) --Azizlight 15:10, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * No, that was a mistake, really! The name was intended for another picture which was not for Wiki. I named the other picture "Charal1" and uploaded the Charal one with the name of the other picture... Sorry... I am uploading a bunch of pictures on two sites right now and it seems I messed it up. Can it be deleted? --Master Starkeiller 15:16, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Haha yeah it can be deleted, and for good reason too since I uploaded exactly the same picture of Charal right before you did :-) So I trust your reseach for What's The Story? is going well then? Man I hate those Ewok movies :-) --Azizlight 15:22, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Me too and that's why I find it so difficult to write a backstory for that stupid Sanyassan! I want to work in some ret-cons for the magic, but damn them these movies are silly! --Master Starkeiller 15:27, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Your Dooku Image
I reverted your replacement of the already existing image because I feel that what we have already is good. Do you have a thing against speech balloons? -- Riffsyphon1024 18:39, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * It's just the same without the baloons. They look bad in an encyclopedia. --Master Starkeiller 18:41, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * But don't you feel the impact when he says, "What have we done?"? It's eerily similar to Anakin's "What have I done?" in ROTS. There's a sort of emotional effect there in that, and yet as I think about it, POVish. Damn. -- Riffsyphon1024 18:43, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * I haven't thought of that. I'll leave that one, but I can keep editing out the baloons in others, right? It kind of looks like we have an image from a video game with the energy bar in it... Some of them look even really bad with half a baloon missing and such things. --Master Starkeiller 18:46, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * In those cases, cropping is needed and you are allowed to fix those, but I thought I'd tell you why I wanted the Dooku one to remain. -- Riffsyphon1024 18:50, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Yep, it deserves an exception! --Master Starkeiller 18:51, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Pictures

 * Can you hold off on the cropping of all those pictures? Some of those scenes were specifically chosen for their context, and don't look as good when you crop it down to just the person's face. QuentinGeorge 21:25, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Pictures with word baloons look really bad in an encyclopedia. If there is any special context, I keep it. If there's an unnecessary baloon, I crop it. --Master Starkeiller 21:30, 7 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Firstly, I don't think it's a "fact" that balloons look "really bad" in an encyclopedia. Secondly, why did you crop the Tholme one? It looks better with Quinlan in it, as it places it in the context of the scene (ie, Tholme and Quinlan falling out on Saleucami). Otherwise, it's just a picture of Tholme looking haggard and not particularly interesting. I see a similar point was made above with the Dooku picture. I think the same applies to this one. QuentinGeorge 05:57, 8 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay, then. If this one falls under the "special context" category, it's back. --Master Starkeiller 09:21, 8 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Dark Side vs. dark side
I'm sorry, but "dark side" has been established as a consensus due to it being the most popular form in official sources. Star Wars talk:Community Portal/Namespace dispute. Sikon [ Talk ] 16:00, 29 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, a while back, I changed it back to "dark side" based on this, but I was corrected. In the Wiki, it is as "Dark Side" everywhere. We'll have to edit the whole encyclopedia... --Master Starkeiller 16:33, 29 Sep 2005 (UTC)
 * We will, if we have to. The same story was with "Behind the s/Scenes". (Sorry, wrong link, the correct one is Star Wars talk:Community Portal/Sides of the Force. - Sikon [ Talk ] 17:37, 29 Sep 2005 (UTC)

Force bond
And if I replace the female Exile with a male Exile, will it be any better? :) We don't know the Exile's canonical gender anyway. Considering "visible Force", most people will realize it's an UI element. And if they don't, we can explain it. - Sikon [ Talk ] 08:34, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Isn't the bald male Exile with the goatee the canonical one? --Master Starkeiller 09:51, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * No, it's just Obsidian's promotional art. According to Leland Chee, the Exile's canonical gender hasn't yet been determined, but he's trying to make it female (although we shouldn't assume he will succeed). - Sikon [ Talk ] 11:12, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Then why is this image in the Jedi Exile page? I'm removing it. --Master Starkeiller 11:55, 1 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Image:VisasMarr.jpg
Cool image! Where did you get it from? (Necessary for tagging it with a copyright template.) - Sikon [ Talk ] 16:07, 4 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * It's from Hyperspace. Not exactly though... It's from the blogs. --Master Starkeiller 20:19, 4 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Images
Please, when uploading images - include a description, (where it comes from) and, most importantly, a copyright tag, such as for stills from the movies. QuentinGeorge 11:59, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Okie-dokie. --Master Starkeiller 12:00, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Why are you removing links from image pages? It seems extremely counterproductive. MarcK 14:03, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm removing them from the descriptions of the images but I keep them in the description of the image within the page that links to it. We don't need links if the image itself links to a page. I'm only keeping "behind the scenes" link for the discriptions. --Master Starkeiller 14:06, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Upload
How do you upload something onto the Wookiee? -- SFH 19:52, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Excuse me? How do I upload images, you mean? --Master Starkeiller 19:57, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * I meant in general. I'm trying to upload the picture of Palpatine debarking his shuttle in Episode VI, but it just doesn't say how to upload it. I'm in over my head and I need help. -- SFH 20:00, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Go to the upload "file" option at the toolbox, or through "Special Pages". Then choose the pic, add a description, a or a  or  and upload it. --Master Starkeiller 20:04, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank You. if only they would put that in the help section. -- SFH 20:05, 16 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Atris
Actually, that text was commented out as a copyvio... I think it can be safely deleted. - Sikon [ Talk ] 15:45, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Can I finish it, then? --Master Starkeiller 15:47, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Exterminate it without mercy. - Sikon [ Talk ] 17:14, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)
 * Done. --Master Starkeiller 19:23, 23 Oct 2005 (UTC)

Links on pics
Putting links in a picture description screws up the ALT text, at least in this version of the MediaWiki software. So, for example, "Kit Fisto leads a group of clone troopers in the Battle of Geonosis" becomes "Kit Fisto leads a group of in the ". That's why I generally remove links in picture descriptions. &mdash;Darth Culator  (talk)  16:38, 10 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * Hmmmm... I'm not sure I understand... What's the ALT text? --Master Starkeiller 17:10, 10 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * It's the text that pops up when you hover your mouse over a picture. Firefox doesn't display it by default without an extension, but MSIE does. It's part of accessibility certification for blind users. &mdash;Darth Culator   (talk)  17:29, 10 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * But if the links are removed from images, Wookiepedia articles will be more diffult to access. The links exist so the reader can access an article about what he or she is seeing, which is very useful. --Master Starkeiller 17:34, 10 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm going to leave the links from now on anyway, since I've just realized the current MediaWiki version in use on Wikipedia has fixed the problem. &mdash;Darth Culator   (talk)  17:49, 10 Nov 2005 (UTC)

User pic
That pic of Ian on your user page scares me! *Adam runs and hides under the covers* ;) Adamwankenobi 11:52, 13 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * That pic is the best one in the encyclopedia! And it's miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!!! --Master Starkeiller 12:25, 13 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Aliens
Why do you keep removing alien pics from the alien pages?JustinGann 06:24, 14 Nov 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't. I just crop them if they have problems, then put them back. I have removed only a few very bad quality pics that were either unnecessary or impossible to repair with cropping. --Master Starkeiller 14:47, 15 Nov 2005 (UTC)

Images
Just wondering, but why did you have to re-upload some of the images for the holiday special article? Adamwankenobi
 * My friend, I'm mad. I'm crazy. I'm a lunatic. Face it. Jar-Jar's sane compared to me. I cropped them because they had black spaces and distortion at the edges. I'm a perfectionist to the point of madness. I also aligned them correctly, capitalized the holiday special and removed the fullstops. --Master Starkeiller 16:08, 4 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Understandable, understandable. ;) But, please, please, no matter how crazy you may be, don't lower yourself lower than Jar Jar! :O Adamwankenobi 17:25, 4 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay. Boss Nass then? --Master Starkeiller 12:57, 5 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Capitalization of Human and Near-Human
I think we should capitalize Human and Near-Human in the in-universe text of articles, just as we capitalize the names of all the other alien species. &mdash; Silly Dan 15:07, 15 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * I have yet to see a source that capitilizes humans. --Master Starkeiller 15:11, 15 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll go look for one this evening. (Mind you, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it's wildly inconsistent.) Dan, not logged in.
 * The statement that I would check the souces tomorrow was only true from a certain point of view. 8) Watch Talk:Human for my findings.  &mdash; Silly Dan  17:54, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)

About Palpatine contacting clone commanders one by one
Dear 'Keiller,

On the subject of Sidious contacting each clone commander one by one: you kindly put to me, "Sorry, Erik, but as nicely as you put it, it can't have been that way. There are thousands of clone commanders, he couldn't have contacted all of them personally." True, it sounds implausible, but in this I am bound by what was written in the young adult novelization of Revenge of the Sith (p. 122-123), which says specifically:

Reaching out, he keyed a frequency into his hologram projector, and waited... A small hologram of the first of the clone commanders sprang up before him [Palpatine then issues Order 66 to this first commander, and the transmission ends] ''Darth Sidious keyed in the next frequency, and another, identical hologram appeared. Again and again, he repeated the same words to clone commander after clone commander, on world after world. With every message, his faint smile grew.''

So despite the seeming illogic of it all, it seems that instead of just sending the signal once over all commander's channels, he personally ordered every commander separately. Why? Dunno. Maybe just so it would last longer. After all, if you've been waiting to do something all your life, youldn't you savor it?

So I have no choice but to put it back as it was. But in respect to NPOV, I'll leave those bits out. A shame though: Sidious really would have referred to those poor dead Padawans and younglings as "the Temple's brats."

Best wishes! Erik Pflueger 18:01, 18 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * I didn't know that, sorry for removing it. I'm sure he only contacted the commanders under the most "dangerous" Jedi, like Yoda, Kenobi, Mundi etc. He CAN'T have contacted five thousand clone commanders or something! And yeah, he probably was thinking, "Heh heh, I've waited all those years to do this, I'd better have some fun while at it". And I'll put back the "Temple's brats". --Master Starkeiller 18:08, 18 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Assuming it took him about seven seconds for each order (about five to give the order, and two to switch to the next channel), it would take him almost ten hours to reach every one of 5,000 commanders. That's a long night, but one that the timeline of Episode III does seem to have room for, assuming Palpy didn't sleep the night he made the order. jSarek 22:00, 18 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * It's plausible, since Palpy doesn't sleep. --Master Starkeiller 12:58, 19 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Music italicization

 * Song titles aren't supposed to be italicized, and neither are band names. That's how it is on Wikipedia and that's how it should be here. --MarcK [talk] 11:20, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Song titles maybe, but band titles should be. --Master Starkeiller 11:22, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Why? I've never seen band names italicized anywhere, including Wikipedia. --MarcK [talk] 11:25, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * 'Cause I saw, "The Emperor's New Clothes" and I thought "What the #$@$ is that?" before I clicked on it. I'd think the same if I saw a ship name that wasn't italicized. --Master Starkeiller 11:27, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Well you found out what it was once you clicked through to its article didn't you? And the reason ships are italicized is because that's how it's done in the real world, such as, for example, USS Missouri. Bands have never been italicized in any publication I've ever seen, and I don't see any worthwhile reason that we should do it. --MarcK [talk] 11:33, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay, whatever. I just don't like it. --Master Starkeiller 11:36, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * There. It doesn't feel right, but I put back everything as it was. --Master Starkeiller 11:44, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Just to throw another wrench in the works, the source for these bands, Galaxy Guide 9: Fragments from the Rim, *does* in fact italicize their names. jSarek 12:01, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'm done with bands. No more bands or songs or... anything! *Runs away* --Master Starkeiller 12:02, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * ::::Sighs:::: I was afraid this might happen. ;-) jSarek 12:06, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'm done with editing band names! Someone with a Pit Droid Award do it, I'm outta here! --Master Starkeiller 12:08, 30 Dec 2005 (UTC)

GIF
Please avoid using GIF in favor of PNG (lossless compression) and JPEG (lossy compression). - Sikon [ Talk ] 12:48, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Okay, I couldn't fit this one into the article anyway. --Master Starkeiller 12:51, 31 Dec 2005 (UTC)

apology
Don't worry, everything's cool. :P--Xilentshadow900 17:31, 1 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, it's just that I felt like an idiot after being rude myself without understanding it. --Master Starkeiller 17:32, 1 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Palpatine page
On the history page you you mentioned that I should respect your original version because you respected my original saber picture. You never respected my original picture because you replaced it even before the vote was done and then attempted a coup de'tat with some new lightsaber images. You are lucky the article got locked when it did because for now, as far as the article is concerned you have the last word.--DannyBoy7783 20:22, 1 Jan 2006 (UTC) Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. Everybody! Matilda, Matilda, Oom, ba-locka-chimba! Relax and enjoy the vacations!--Master Starkeiller 22:22, 1 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * I said I CAME TO respect it. At first it seemed unfair 'cause you didn't win the vote, but I now understand it came first and apologize. You should do the same in this case. But now it's locked anyway. --Master Starkeiller 20:24, 1 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, I should wait 3 weeks while I replace your wording and then if I lose apologize. That is the equivalent of what you did.--DannyBoy7783 22:19, 1 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Sheeesh, man, relax! Now you accuse me of seeing your point? R-E-L-A-X... I propose you listen to some relaxing music... Harry Belafonte maybe? Come on, sing with me...

Image Replacement

 * Question -- What am I not seeing in the Editing Image pages? I'm helping JustinGann brighten the images he has been uploading, but I'm not sure how to replace the old version with the new one.  Everytime I try, I'm just making doubles of the same image and I don't think anyone wants to deal with deleting all of the doubles.  I've seen you replace images before so how do you do it? DarthMaul431 22:04, 2 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, it's easy. Name the brightened pic just like the one in the Wiki you want to replace. For example, if the image you want to replace is called {Image:The Sith Own The Universe.JPG}, just name the brightened pic {Image:The Sith Own The Universe.JPG} and upload it. --Master Starkeiller 22:12, 2 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * I tried that two different ways. First I named it exactly as the original, but when it uploaded it changed the .jpg to .JPG.  Then the second time, on the upload screen, I changed it to .JPG before the upload.  After the upload it brought me to the original dark image with mine nowhere to be found.  What am I doing wrong?  DarthMaul431 22:19, 2 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * In the second case, refresh the page and I think you're in for a surprise! --Master Starkeiller 22:22, 2 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay I see it now. Thanks! DarthMaul431 22:32, 2 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem. --Master Starkeiller 22:37, 2 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Second Battle of Coruscant (Clone Wars) pictures
Please see Talk:Second Battle of Coruscant (Clone Wars). Admiral J. Nebulax 18:12, 7 Jan 2006 (UTC)
 * Please see your discussion page. Haha! --Master Starkeiller 18:13, 7 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Full stops in captions
Full stops in captions are considered proper in almost every style guide I can find. Is there a guide you're following that says otherwise? --SparqMan 19:10, 8 Jan 2006 (UTC)