Talk:Stars!

message: Moved back; it doesn't need a disambiguation, the exclamation mark disambiguates it. - Hephaestos 08:37, 22 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: In which way is it possible to trade technology directly (as implied)? As I recall there are a few ways of doing it, but only by indirect means - such as a battle.
- jptdrake
    Good point. I've updated the article accordingly - --Staz 23:29, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trading Technology 

message: Is there much value from using the common acronyms for terms?  It strikes me that the proper thing to do would be to write-out all the acronyms so that a lay reader will have no trouble deciphering the article. Thanks, Dan Slotman 17:17, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  PRT, PGR, LRT, and other acronyms 

message: There is a suggestion to merge the Mystery Trader article in with this one, which I think is a good idea, as long as it is reduced in size during the process. Staz 22:41, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes merge. The Mystery Trader is hardly notable according to wikipedias notability guidelines. Gible Fog 11:40, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I took another look at the MT page, I'm not sure how to merge it in without reducing it to little more than a comment that it appears randomly and give away stuff. PS been looking for references on the web, there's nothing I can find except fan sites, references to the wikipedia article and S!SN...the web simple wasn't around enough in '95 Gible Fog 09:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: My suggestion would be to sit on it.  MT isn't nominated for deletion or anything, and I personally found the information useful.  I agree that it can't merged without removing almost all its content. Thanks, Dan Slotman 18:57, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mystery Trader 

message: I have just given the gameplay section its own article under Gameplay of Stars!, similar to the Gameplay of Starcraft article. Whether or not it actually survives there remains to be seen of course. I've removed the more detail-y parts from this article, but what remains should still probably be summarized better. Once that's done, I'm sure we can get rid of that gamecleanup tag. --ADeveria 16:30, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have severly summarized the gameplay of Stars!, largely ignoring what was already there as its all the the Gameplay of Stars! article. and boldly removed the cleanup tag. After a bit of reflection, I have to agree that it does look a lot more like an encyclopedia entry than it did before. Tantalysing without any real detail...oh well. If the Gameplay of Stars! article survives on its own merit, then the MT probably should too. Gible Fog 14:09, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Gameplay clean-up

message: During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!
* http://www.crisium.com/stars/index.html
** In Stars! on 2007-06-03 14:32:29, Socket Error: (10060, 'Operation timed out')
** In Stars! on 2007-06-10 16:29:12, Socket Error: (10060, 'Operation timed out')
--Stwalkerbot 16:31, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dead link 

message: :Image:Stars!BoxCover.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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BetacommandBot 03:55, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Stars!BoxCover.jpg

message: IMO By culling them down to Just SAH and Crisium(and still marked as dead!) User:Thingg (an admin) hugely overdid the link trimming, but the anon IP user may have a point. Gible Fog (talk) 03:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  External link 

message: The links are bad because the publisher is now defunct. Empire_Interactive According to the Empire article their IP was sold to "New World IP" who has leased the publishing rights to Zoo Games. Zoo Games does not appear to have published the game at this time. Should this be added to the article?
--71.182.250.67 (talk) 00:45, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Empire Interactive now Defunct 

message: The Wiki rule you linked to says "generally" and is not a hard rule. The stars! IRC and Autohost are the ONLY sources for Stars! anymore. It's been the official IRC for almost 20 years, and is the single best place to find anything related to Stars!. It was on the wiki for over 10 years and attracted many new people looking for information about the game. Can we please get this allowed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.152.2.158 (talk • contribs) November 19, 2014‎
:Tough. I am a big Stars! fan, but IRC channels are pretty bad as ilinks; they tend to come and go. We don't usually link to IRC. Regarding Stars! websites disappearing one after another, I'd suggest creating a Stars! wikia. Wikis are much more permanent than Web 1.0 sites. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 13:23, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The Stars! IRC has been around longer than Wikipedia itself has, and shows no signs of going anywhere.  How is that in any way coming and going? 71.227.177.177 (talk) 14:25, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hey, ... There are currently two links already in External Links. Perhaps you can have the IRC link added to that Stars! FAQ site instead. Linking to a newly created Starts! wiki would run afoul of WP:ELNO #12. The IRC link runs afoul of WP:ELNO #10 (chat sites). I think your best bet is getting a mention on the existing sites already linked. Good luck! Stesmo (talk) 17:49, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stars! IRC Link 

message: Barry 07738271936 or barrywhalley@icloud.com 90.217.91.176 (talk) 17:18, 19 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Playing stars does any one still play it