Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Star Wars/Archive 6

message: In looking at a lot of the in-universe articles, I see a lot of battle articles on KOTOR. In other words: RPG plot summary articles with in-universe titles. I suggest all this get compressed into either a plot summary on the main page (which may be tough), or in an article entitled something like Storyline of Knights of the Old Republic (I and/or II, depending on its length). This will be a small step in the right direction, but a tangible one for the time being. — Deckiller 01:14, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I would also like to reaffirm a common point that Wikipedia approaches topics from an out of universe perspective; meaning, our priority is to describe the works and the plots, not just the plots. In other words, we need to limit our in-universe articles (battles, weapons) as much as possible, unless they are significant enough to have a plethora of in and out of universe info, and/or they encompass several works (such as the Battle of Endor or Star Destroyer articles). We should always redirect users interested in an extremely detailed and in-universe source to Wookieepedia. — Deckiller 01:24, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Exactly; but I'd rather do it in phases (like I've been doing with a lot of merges), so everything isn't so sudden and a huge tax on time. — Deckiller 03:46, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: A major issue

message: Hello. The WikiProject Council is currently in the process of developing a master directory of the existing WikiProjects to replace and update the existing Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory.  These WikiProjects are of vital importance in helping wikipedia achieve its goal of becoming truly encyclopedic. Please review the following pages: 
*User:Badbilltucker/Culture Directory, 
*User:Badbilltucker/Culture Directory 2, 
*User:Badbilltucker/Philosophy and religion Directory, 
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*User:Badbilltucker/Geographical Directory/United States, (note: This page will be retitled to more accurately reflect its contents)
*User:Badbilltucker/History and society directory, and
*User:Badbilltucker/Science directory
and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory.
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It is my hope to have the existing directory replaced by the updated and corrected version of the directory above by November 1. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 21:06, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry if you tried to update it before, and the corrections were gone. I have now put the new draft in the old directory pages, so the links should work better. My apologies for any confusion this may have caused you. B2T2 23:51, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project Directory 

message: Does anyone know where I might be able to get backing that Ian McDiarmid was the only person to be recast in a human role for the prequel trilogies? Thanks. b_cubed 22:09, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: My guess would be either here or here. --Sasuke-kun27 22:13, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prequel & Original Trilogy actor/actresses 

message: (Started a new roll call, since "August/September" was well over a month ago. See archive5)
#Hi! I just signed up. I've been wikifying the Viqi Shesh and Anakin Solo articles (you can tell i'm a fan of the New Jedi Order) and also Padme Amidala. Hopefully this project will help me with more ideas about where to edit next- CattleGirl  talk | e@ 08:15, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: November/December Roll call

message: Would some other folks mind poking their heads around Star Wars canon and the talk page.  There's a slowly brewing edit war, and a somewhat established user got themselves blocked for 3RR.  The same two or three parties have been having a rather heated back and forth for many, many months, and the article, and discussion, could benefit from uninvolved parties with knowledge of the subject.  Thanks.  --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 09:43, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Star Wars canon]] 

message: If anyone knows of any reliable sources that mention the Backstroke of the West meme, please add them to the article; it is now being discussed at AfD. Kavadi carrier 13:47, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for sources 

message: According to Wikipedia policy, external wikis may not be used as sources. This includes Wookieepedia. I've noticed that some articles in this project have been copies articles from Wookieepedia. Transwiki-ing articles involves moving articles across Wikimiedia's wikis, not every wiki throughout the entire internet. Wikis with poor oversight are not as reliable as Wikipedia. Any articles which have been copied from Wookieepedia need to be re-written. Robocracy 13:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wookieepedia is not a credible reference 

message: Beginning cross-post.
:See Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team#Stablepedia. If you wish to comment, please comment there. ★MESSEDROCKER★ 23:30, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stablepedia 

message: To give some coherency to the many little sf-oriented communities on Wikipedia.--ragesoss 20:22, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: New WikiProject: [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Science Fiction]]

message: I see there are some minor characters that have their own entries (Cade Skywalker, Kol Skywalker and others). Shouldn't they be merged with the respective lists? What is the consensus about this matter? — Canderous Ordo 22:45, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I try to merge some cruft/minor characters every now and then, but it's occasionally met with resistance. One of the KOTOR character merges was just reverted, for example. We need to make it clear that minor in-universe characters/items don't need their own articles. — Deckiller 01:19, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Now that someone else understands the importance of merging at this stage of the game, I don't have to worry as much :) — Deckiller 15:05, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Minor characters

message: What's happened to our  logo? Cheers! Yuser31415 05:04, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image missing 

message: Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 16:04, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia Day Awards