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Hello?
Hi... you added and then deleted a comment on my userpage. I guess my only question is: do I want to know? --McEwok 13:58, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It wasn't derogatory. I wanted to tell you I'm in your camp on the whole Saxton thing, but it looks like the guy has snuck his BS into the canon through picture books.  However, I didn't want to start a Talkpage debate on your page, because I didn't want everyone to think I was completely affiliated with you, so I deleted the comment.  I must warn you, and everyone out there, against Fan Speculation.  Wait it out; a book or even a movie may prove you right or wrong soon enough, and you'll regret ever telling anyone what you thought the deal was. -- Graestan 16:52, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the advice. No worries&mdash;but just for clarification, I try to distinguish between my own ideas (which I'm well aware are just mine, and which I have no desire to impose on anyone) and my opinion that existing canon should be respected and accurately represented (which is a position that can be challenged, sure, but it isn't quite "fan speculation"). That said, I do see the gist of what you're saying. Thanks! --McEwok 03:26, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

CIV Table
Hi! I told Xwing328 that I would set up a master schedule for our CIV table, to ensure that someone is always covering the table. It's over on my talk page (Manning the CIV Table). You mentioned that you could be available either Saturday or Sunday. I have slots open on both days from 1-4pm, if one of those works for you. You're also welcome to show up at any other time and relieve someone else. --Bobvitas 13:27, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Fanon...and the draft scripts
It's interesting that you brought up the fanon issue. I was pretty casual about Wookieepedia, but I enjoy literary (and cinematic) research. I was reading The Making of Star Wars and thought to add a few things to the relevant articles... typed in "Granicus"... it redirected to Supershadow. I couldn't let him get the last word on one of Lucas' inventions... I kind of went head first then. What I'm hoping to do is allow people to discriminate fanon based on his drafts from the drafts themselves. I think (and this is just an intuition) that much of the wind is out of fanon regarding the drafts, now that we actually have the prequels. What's interesting to me is how much Lucas re-used. Funny that all the fanon writers didn't have the faintest idea what or how. Thanks for your comments, & Cheers :) --Jeffbacca 16:29, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Bluemilk
Hmm, bluemilk...*wink wink*, nuff said ;) Greyman ( Paratus ) 02:27, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Wookiee-Cookiee

 * I should also mention that I'm unfortunately not going to be able to head up to St. Louis as previously thought. Sorry. --  Riffsyphon  1024 16:58, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

Lepus Carnivorus

 * I think your objection is now resolved on this FA nom. --Eyrezer 00:04, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Re:Wedding
Thanks Graestan :) Greyman ( Paratus ) 19:04, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Re:Dia Dhuit

 * Thanks a million for all your help. There is one more thing you can do: have a go at organizing the appearances section in chronological order (it shouldn't be too hard, it's already somewhat in order). If you could do that it would be a great help. Slan, -- [[Image:AckbarSig.jpg|40px]] dmirableAckbar  ( It's A Trap! ) 12:13, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, we would not have been able to do this without you. --Jedimca0(Do or Do Not, There is No Try) 12:16, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

XM-1 Nova Wing
I need a source for Cygnus Spaceworks being the manufacturer. I know this is factual, but I don't have any proof. You got anything?--MIS Tau 1 11:07, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hey Grae, I thought you deserved this for all the copy-edits that you've done for my FAN's and GAN's. This is also being awarded because those copy-edits are *good*, and you don't hesitate when I ask you. Thanks bud, Greyman ( Paratus ) 01:30, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd like to second that statement. And on a related note, I've finished the expansion on Memit Nadill, so it's ready for another copy-edit it you are up to it. :) -- [[Image:AckbarSig.jpg|40px]] dmirableAckbar  ( It's A Trap! ) 20:22, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Crado
Hello! I take you saw my edit about Crado's name being changed in the french version quite suspiciously, which is quite a normal attitude I think. Nonethelesse, I'm NOT a fanon maker. Would an excerpt of this french comics, along with its references be fine to prove I was not telling oddities? Here it is: http://storage.canalblog.com/75/29/145375/17271416.jpg "Star Wars Légendes des Jedi: la Guerre des Sith", Dark Horse France, 1996, ISBN 2- 84164-070-1

Bye!LelalMekha 19:22, 21 September 2007 (UTC) If you think it is wiser not to mention it according to some policies on featured article, I'll follow your piece of advise. LelalMekha 19:45, 21 September 2007 (UTC) Have a nice night -tought it might not be night in the USA yet- LelalMekha 20:34, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * No offense was meant, my friend. I was merely following a precedent I've seen where trivia is removed, especially on Featured Articles. In fact, I've specifically seen trivia referring to translation issues removed on articles like Pil Diller. I believe you, and I do know some French, so their choice to change his name makes sense to me. Feel free to revert my edit if you like.&mdash; Graestan [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( This party's over ) 19:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * No offense taken either on my side. ;)
 * It's less of a policy than a guideline, and even then it's based solely on precedent. Don't fool yourself for a minute that I make the rules. At any rate, I wasn't trying to ruin your work or anything.&mdash; Graestan [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( This party's over ) 20:12, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I perfectly understand. This is absolutely no argument ;). And I know you don"t make the rules, don't worry about that. :)

Children of the Jedi
How can it be called a duology when it is a three book series? Even if someone wrote the middle book, that would either still make it a trilogy, or you couldn't call it a duology either as it doesn't claim to be a direct continuation of Children of the Jedi, and Anderson's takes place in the middle continuity wise and with release dates, so it's not a case where someone is writing a book set in between novels either. Livingston  ( The Force will be with you. Always. ) 03:20, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * There wasn't a "middle book." Darksaber isn't about the same things as the other books, and was written in a completely different plotline. Furthermore, the books were not released as a trilogy, but rather as individual books. They are never sold together, and it's actually a stretch to call the Hambly books a duology, as they weren't authorized together.&mdash; Graestan [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( This party's over ) 03:30, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Well that was my point. If you can't call it a trilogy, you can't call it a duology either, as the two from Hambly aren't really any more of a series than the one from Anderson. Livingston  [[Image:Jedi Order2.jpg|25px]] ( The Force will be with you. Always. ) 05:28, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Re:Thon
Thanks for the cookie. I was going to work on the Thon article, and I put an inuse tag on it. I was planning on doing the early life and going to Ambria stuff, but anything after that that you feel like doing then fire ahead. Oh, and congrats on becoming an inq. --  dmirableAckbar  ( It's A Trap! ) 07:31, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Re:Cookie

 * If I deserve one then so do you. -- [[Image:AckbarSig.jpg|40px]] dmirableAckbar  ( It's A Trap! ) 07:31, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

GA nom: Taris dueling ring
Hello, Graestan.

I was curious about the Taris dueling ring GA nom. I hope I have met your requirements, but I am concerned about the in-text citations. I know that there has been detailed discussion about upgrading the GA requirements. I scaled back some of the in-text citation because I had one almost every-other-sentence, at one point. Does this count as being fully sourced within the article? Thank you very much and have a stupendous day. Master Aban Fiolli (Alpheridies University ComNet) 21:45, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Signior Fiolli, you really don't need so many. If a paragraph's content is from one source, just put the tag at the end of the paragraph. Otherwise, put ref tags at the end of passages of information from any source, only retagging when information in the same paragraph comes from another source. The sourcing is fine. I just wanted you to drop the "Sources" section after the "Appearances" section and before the notes and references, as it is redundant. You've done very well with the improvement, and with handling the objections. -  Graestan  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( This party's over ) 22:12, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your help in improving the article and your kind words. Do you think this article could really be upgraded to FA? I am personally not sure what more could be added other than information about champions. I've searched all of KotOR to see what I could find. If you have any suggestions, I'm open. I am, however, focusing on restoring Manaan to FA status at the moment. I'd be happy to get back to the dueling ring in a couple of weeks or so. That way my eyes are fresh looking at the text. Master Aban Fiolli (Alpheridies University ComNet) [[Image:NewRepublic.png|20px]] 04:33, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Help... Please?
I know that it's my own problem, and I should be working on it myself, but can you help guide me through the process? I'm somewhat of a noob... Jedipilot94 *Fo-Shizzle*  01:55, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, what do you want to know? Ask away. &mdash;Graestan [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( This party's over ) 02:32, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I would like to know not only how to right a great article, but how to fix up an article in dire need of fixing. (Thermal...) And how to read through and pick up things needed to be fixed, before anyone can find them. Thank you!! I'm in your debt. (How 'bout a life debt?) Jedipilot94 [[Image:fordocw.jpg|25px]] *Fo-Shizzle*  01:16, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Re:Thon
How unfortunate. That happened to me once (on a much smaller scale), and I know how annoying it is. I really like everything else you've added. Good luck, --  AdmirableAckbar  [Talk] 10:16, 20 October 2007 (UTC) (p.s.If this is just an excuse then it's been pretty effective :P)
 * Great work! I'm not going to have too much time today (t'is my birthday), but I'll have a look at the P&T and see what I can add. I added a tiny bit in the Bio, which I hope fits in well. I will take care of the redlinks this afternoon also. About the intro, I agree it needs to be re-wrtitten &mdash; I just cobbled something together because I hate having text alongside the infobox. Hopefully we'll have it ready real soon --  AdmirableAckbar  [Talk] 10:04, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Graestan. I've looked over what you've done for Thon, and I think it's great. I've sorted the redlinks, so other than the images and the intro I think it's ready (once you're happy with all my sections). You're ok to do the intro, right? So hopefully we can nominate it tomorrow (or the day after if we're having trouble getting the images). :) Oh, and I've finished working on and looking over Finhead Stonebone, and I was wondering if you could give it a copyedit. Thanks, --  AdmirableAckbar  [Talk] 23:05, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for reverting vandalism on my page.  Chack Jadson  (Talk) 19:35, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Ood Bnar
I thought it would be good to have an image of Ood as the gatekeeper of his own holocron in his article somewhere. So I uploaded this image of him giving his prophecy to Nomi Sunrider. As I know you and AdmirableAckbar are working to get this one nominated as FA (which I voted for) I'll let one of you two decide if and where in the article it should go. - JMAS 03:08, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

RE:Qrrrl Toq
Sounds good! I'm happy to do the P&T/P&A too if need be. :) --  AdmirableAckbar  [Talk] 11:48, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

What
What are you talking about...? I have no clue.&mdash; Darthtyler http://images.wikia.com/swfanon/images/1/18/Scuba_Diver.gif Talk 03:30, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, that. Well, actually, it's not considered rude to fix a userpage's spelling and grammar.&mdash; Darthtyler http://images.wikia.com/swfanon/images/1/18/Scuba_Diver.gif Talk 19:58, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Whatever. But anyways, had I been right, it would have been completely appropriate for me to fix your userpage. I did not modify the content. I merely fixed what I thought was a problem.&mdash; Darthtyler http://images.wikia.com/swfanon/images/1/18/Scuba_Diver.gif Talk 21:54, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Graestan, I have given the above user an administrative warning regarding this event. Please contact me if you experience any further troubles. Greyman ( Paratus ) 15:35, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Re:Noticeboard

 * Yes, I saw that, and it was more of a blanket "cut it out" than directed to any one user. Also, I realize that while it had been inactive for several hours, I tend to measure inactivity it terms of days, not hours. Your restraint and concern are appreciated and I hope that the matter is indeed resolved. Atarumaster88  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( Talk page ) 00:04, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!!
Thank you for taking the time to set up my User Discussion page for me. I greatly appreciate you doing that. May the Force be with you. TrueJedi 18:05, 5 November 2007 (UTC)