Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Highlander

message: Gah! all of them, done by hand, using the following template:

:Wow. All of them by hand ! That is awesome. Excellent job ! *hands Arcayne some salve to soothe his aching fingers* Rosenknospe 07:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Application of the new Highlander Template

message: EDIT: I created Guardian (Highlander). Please help us expand upon it.--SGCommand (talk • contribs) 20:08, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Created (Guardian) Highlander

message: (cross-posted from the Connor McLeod Article here)
: I am a bit concerned that the press photo for the series showing Paul/Lambert
has been licensed as a free image released by the copyholder. A closer look at the uploading indicate it was taken from a MySpace page of someone named "Donut", who I am guessing wasn't closely associated with any aspect of the series aside from watching it on tv. I am afraid this image is facing speedy removal for improper licensing. I am noticing this license side-stepping popping up more and more, but then it could just be due to me learning more about them.
: I am thinking we might want to go over all the images (in all the Highlander articles) and make sure of the licensing. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 22:12, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of them are listed at :Category:Highlander screenshots. Have a nice day. Rosenknospe 11:19, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for checking. Wait...most of them? Which ones weren't? - Arcayne (cast a spell) 21:57, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, actually it was a manner of speaking as I was not sure if all HL screenshots were actually in this category. If all of them are, that's excellent, but I haven't checked ;D Rosenknospe 10:42, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Image provenance

message: List of Highlander: The Raven episodes is now a Featured list ! ♫ Dam, dam dam ♪ :D Rosenknospe 11:55, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: List of Highlander: The Raven episodes is now featured in the Wikipedia Signpost ! Rosenknospe 16:12, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured list 

message: We just got tagged as inactive, so in order to keep this place busy I suggest once a month (or week, or whatever) we choose an article to improve (at least to GA status if at all possible) Suggestions? Comments? Feedback? Stormin' Foreman (talk) 01:09, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I feel Tessa Noel is nearly good enough for GA. It needs a bit more outside references, a good pruning of the citations that are there (I like to have the original text under my eyes until it's time for the final copyediting) and a real good picture because we won't be able to keep the three ones that are there. So if you feel the need ;D  Rosenknospe (talk) 17:21, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Something to kick this Project off

message: Hi, I just read across the various timeline pages. Apparently their talk pages are all blank, so I put my remark here. These timelines seem to be somewhat incomplete. Specifically, there seem to be very few references to season 3 events. Is this work in progress ? Wefa (talk) 03:55, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Timeline issues

message: Well, as it's time to get back to work and you asked for it ;D Here's something we could do :
I intend to make a massive cleanup on Highlander pages, which is why I bring the discussion here rather than on the particular pages; there are too many of them. I want to make redirects of all articles on immortals that appear only once, be it in a movie or a serie (animated or not). Those redirects would point to a projected List of Highlander characters, of which there is a draft in my sandbox to see and discuss and make better. (Please ;). There those characters would be briefly described. 
I list here the pages I feel should be kept :
*Connor MacLeod
*Ramirez
*Heather MacLeod, not sure if we can keep her, but she appears in two movies
*Rachel Ellenstein, not sure if we can keep her, but she appears in two movies
*Duncan MacLeod
*Joe Dawson
*Methos
*Richie Ryan
*Tessa Noel
*Charlie DeSalvo, though at the moment I don't have much sources on him, not sure if he can stay
*Anne Lindsey, same as Charlie
*Darius (already a GA ;)
*Xavier St. Cloud, I couldn't find much on him either, maybe he'll have to go
*Amanda
*Hugh Fitzcairn
*James Horton
*Maurice, listed here only because he's in a lot of episodes, but I don't have much on him either
*Kronos, Caspian and Silas, not sure if they can stay as separate articles because of lack of sources, we might have to merge them to Four Horsemen instead.
Everyone else doesn't deserve their own article, in my opinion, because they are non-notable and fail WP:NOTABILITY, and because there is no way whatsoever to make GAs from them without sources.
This merge would likewise affect several lists that would also become redirects:
*Characters of Highlander Movies
*Characters of Highlander Series
*List of Highlander Books Minor Immortals
*List of Highlander Immortals
*List of Highlander Watchers
*List of Highlander movies minor Immortals
*List of Highlander series minor Immortals
So, guys, what do you think ? I eagerly welcome and await comments, ideas, criticism, etc. Please go ahead. Rosenknospe (talk) 17:40, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's been five days... No opposes ? OK, I'm going for it. Rosenknospe (talk) 14:27, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

text: No worries, take all the time you need. I'm concentrating on the articles that are not in the list and you won't believe how many of them there are ;D Rosenknospe (talk) 11:28, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Let me know if you need any help Rosen.  Stormin' Foreman Got something to say? 12:17, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you Foreman, I'm fine. I actually enjoy this, y'know ;D *slashes at another bad-behaving article* Rosenknospe (talk) 16:55, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Trying to up your Quickening count,"Kell"? :-P (j/k)  Stormin' Foreman Got something to say? 18:14, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: LOL Rosenknospe (talk) 08:47, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Start-of-the-year sweep 

message: Several new or still-unmade articles are being worked on.  Any help or assesment is valuable.  These include the Highlander: The Game article, the two Dyname Ent. Comic Book articles, and once some more information gets released Owen MacLeod, the main character of the game.  If he is a MacLeod I'd say he deserves a page. Hooper (talk) 15:22, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, if you can find information about how the game designers found him out, developed his character, designed his appearance, and how much money was used in the process, and the public reception, and so on, then yes, he deserves his own page. A good article contains a lot of out-of-universe information. Rosenknospe (talk) 16:48, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm guessing we won't have enough info till either after the game is out or near it.  Best to wait.  Hooper (talk) 20:46, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. Also, I hope you won't mind if I remove OwenMacLeod'd redlink from the template until then, but people are currently mistaking him for Colin MacLeod. Rosenknospe (talk) 14:39, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, go for it.  Jumped the gun.  I'll have the second comic page up today with good refs and I'll correct the ref on the first one.  Hooper (talk) 17:08, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Now that you mention it though, why doesn't Colin have his own page?  Is there a particular reason or is it just one of those no-ones-got-around-to-it things? Hooper (talk) 20:17, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: In response to myself, I now have in my sandbox User:HooperBandP/Sandbox a possible page for Colin if he is deemed worthy and notable enough.  Any assistance is appreciated. Hooper (talk) 19:25, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I'd say the biggest problem is, you haven't any reliable source for your article yet, and to answer your question, that's why I redirected it in the first place. The article was a proposed merge months ago diff. Unless you can prove Colin had an impact on the real world, I'm afraid he won't keep his own page very long. Tell you what, I suggest you work on the Highlander: The Search For Vengeance article, and if you find enough stuff on Colin on your way, you can improve your sandbox article. I admit I don't have much hope, though, but if you can prove me wrong - please do ! Rosenknospe (talk) 09:03, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

text: Yeah reading thru that merge I see what everyone is saying.  I'll keep the sandbox for a while in case I do find stuff but I'd say its about right about just having the one page for the movie and thats all.  I'll keep looking though, just cause I got the time to kill. Hooper (talk) 15:36, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Comics and Game

message: Sorry, not much to do at work today so I've been wiki'n away, came across this very rough page: Highlander: The Card Game.  Anyone know anything more about the old games? Hooper (talk) 21:45, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Card Game

message: Like I said the other day, nothing to do at work + internet access = way too much time on the ole Wiki.  I got to playing around with WikiProject Awards and made this.  You guys feel free to alter it and vote for something good so we can then reward those of you who deserve it. The code is located at User:HooperBandP/Sandbox2 if you wish to edit it and make it pretty. Its just very rough and basically a starter layout at moment, so feel free to change the image and rename and reword it and all that. Hooper (talk) 05:45, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunaltly fair use pics can not be used anywhere else but articles themselves. Give me a couple of days and I'll see if I can find a free version of the MacLeod claymore.  Stormin' Foreman Got something to say? 13:28, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What about using the clan tartan, as seen on Clan MacLeod?  Just a thought. Hooper (talk) 16:57, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Award

message: I'd say its safe to assume that there won't be a trilogy and the source is stand alone, but you don't assume on wikipedia, so has anyone found anything online discussing this since The Source's release? Hooper (talk) 19:47, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Trilogy

message: Guys, Highlander (Dynamite Entertainment) is tagged for deletion. The discussion is at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Highlander_(Dynamite_Entertainment). A good way to help our case would be to improve the article, add references, etc... Rosenknospe (talk) 16:55, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm trying to find information on the two trade paperbacks that were released to furthur the article.  But other than the official dynamite site there isn't much other than speculation about before they were released.  Just a heads up if anyone else knows anything about it. Hooper (talk) 17:58, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Highlander (Dynamite Entertainment)]] 

message: Okay, I'm done (since last week actually, but what with this AfD and other things... ;). Here are the character articles I've kept, with my comments :
*Ahriman (Highlander) 
*Amanda (Highlander) 
*Anne Lindsey : not much on her, don't know if she should stay
*Caspian (Highlander) : should he be merged with Four Horsemen ?
*Charlie DeSalvo : not much on him, don't know if he should stay
*Connor MacLeod
*Darius (Highlander) 
*Duncan MacLeod
*Four Horsemen (Highlander) : should it stay or be divided into the respective Horsemen articles ?
*Heather MacLeod : not much on her, but features in two movies
*Hugh Fitzcairn
*James Horton
*Joe Dawson
*Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez
*Kronos (Highlander) : should he be merged with Four Horsemen ?
*Maurice (Highlander) : not much on him, don't know if he should stay
*Methos
*Nick Wolfe : I kept him as a second thought, but much work needed on this one
*Rachel Ellenstein : not much on her, but features in two movies
*Richie Ryan (Highlander)
*Silas (Highlander) : should he be merged with Four Horsemen ?
*Tessa Noël
*The Kurgan : kept on second thought, but not sure if he should stay... hey... he's... looking at me...
*Xavier St. Cloud : not much on him, don't know if he should stay
Well then, everyone's up for grabs, you know the drill, it's GA or bust ! Of course you have all the time in the world to do this, and I have updated the to-do list on the main page to highlight the most urgent work. Happy editing ! Rosenknospe (talk) 14:00, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Start-of-the-year sweep (end) 

message: They put The Source out a week and a day early.  I even was honest and told them, and they still let met buy it.  Nothing Wiki-related, just had to tell people who would care. Hooper (talk) 03:52, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: And to note: DVD was alot different than the SciFi or other region versions.  Some for the better, most for the worst. Hooper (talk) 14:43, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: I love our local Suncoast

message: Whats with the redirect and deleting some of the original character's pages? I tried to get the page of Sean Burns up from wikipedia and it redirected me to a two line summary of the character. There was tons of other information on Sean and his backstory, I believe. 
Please fix up and repair the page for sean burns.
67.167.21.138 (talk) 04:09, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I redirected that article as part of the start-of-the-year sweep (see above) because there was not enough out-of-universe information from reliable third party sources. This includes things like, why was Michael J. Jackson chosen for this role, how did he envision it, what was the function of the character, how was the job made, what did they change, how did they work together, what the audience said about it, did the character have an influence on the series, etc. It is really difficult to find this kind of information for a recurring character and so I couldn't keep the article. Please see Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) for more details. Have a nice day, Rosenknospe (talk) 14:49, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirect

message: After 29 days, 18 hours and 37 minutes of unbearable suspense...
Highlander: The Series (season 1) is a Featured List !
♫ "I'm a man that will go far, fly the moon and reach for the stars" la la la ♪
So what can I tell you... Bring on the beers ! 
Cheers, Rosenknospe (talk) 09:16, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm planning to do season 2, but first I want to make Tessa Noel a GA, and it needs to be knocked into shape. And frankly, see how I look like ? I need some rest ! ;D In the meanwhile, don't be shy, take a seat and join in the fun ! And oh, have a beer, there's plenty in the fridge ;D Rosenknospe (talk) 07:14, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Another Featured List

message: I have noticed that there are a few aspects of Duncan MacLeod's Timeline that are missing from the article. The only one I can cover right now is the 1780's meeting with May-Ling Shen in Outer Mongolia. This is a very important meeting, as it is the time at which Duncan learned a great deal of the martial arts skill he based most of his subsequent fighting styles on. This is also the earliest chronological appearance of a Watcher on-screen (as seen by his medallion in the flashback). May-Ling was also Duncan's first female combat teacher (not to be confused with etiquette teacher, like Kristin Gilles in 1659).
Anyways, here we can bring up more to add to peoples' timelines and discuss interpretations of what's not solid fact. I also noticed that there is some stuff missing from Methos' page, too. Most notably his education in Heidelberg and subsequent career as a doctor.
Ristaron (talk) 02:58, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Although I created three of these pages myself, I'm still not sure they comply with Wikipedia policy about reliable sources and out-of-universe perspective (one of them is already tagged) and I certainly can't see them go through GAC sucessfully. I think important moments of Duncan MacLeod's life can maybe go in his article, and this goes for Methos as well. In any case, we can't interpret anything. Every opinion must be referenced to reliable sources. Cheers, Rosenknospe (talk) 14:28, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expanded Timelines 

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thread_title:  WikiProject Media franchises 

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thread_title: Franchise naming convention discussion at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Media franchises|WikiProject Media franchises]]

message: Er, I am encountering a new user in the Highlander article who is suggesting that McLeod and Ramirez jumped off a cliff together to prove the Quickening, or some such. On the off chance that I missed a fairly notable fact over the past twenty-two years, I re-watched the relevant scene. I didn't see any such thing. I might need a little bit of help convincing the new user of this fact. Might someone pop over and join the chorus? - Arcayne (cast a spell) 14:28, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yup. Just gimme time to check my disks and I'll post over there. Rosenknospe (talk) 19:06, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Couldn't see it on any of my Highlander movies. --Kensane (talk) 11:38, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leaps of Faith 

message: Hey everyone. I noticed in the Highlander II article there's information about a fourth version of the film that was put together by fans. There are no sources on the info, nor are there links to where one might be able to obtain this fourth version. Any info on where I can view this film would be appreciated, I'd be interested to check it out, and I'm sure many other fans of the Highlander franchise would too. Cheers!! --Kensane (talk) 11:37, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Highlander II fourth version?? 

message: Could someone from the project please weigh in at List of science fiction film and television series by lengths as to whether Highlander is science fiction? An IP added the Highlander films to the list; unfortunately, another editor reverted, it was restored by a third editor (and so on). I've restored it for the time being, but would like to invite someone who knows the material to comment. (I don't care either way; this post is as an admin.) Thanks in advance. --Ckatzchatspy 06:50, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, I answered on the article's talk page. Rosenknospe (talk) 08:59, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of science fiction film and television series by lengths 

message: Was recently removed off pre-order lists and the release date(s) where revoked.  Trying to find some sources to ref for the article.  Any help is appreciated. Hooper (talk) 15:55, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added some but couldn't find much. Looks like the game is pretty doomed at the moment, from where I'm standing. Rosenknospe (talk) 12:00, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sadly I think you're right.  They refunded my pre-order (wasn't even going to play it, but wanted it for the collection). I guess I'd actually have to be immortal to see it released eventually.  Such is the life of a Highlander fan though.  Still waiting on the other two films in the Source trilogy..........   But back to wikiness, thanks for trying. Hooper (talk) 14:43, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Highlander: The Game

message: Highlander: Reunion .  Anyone know anymore about this? Hooper (talk) 21:20, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmmm... Didn't they do that for a Highlander Worldwide convention ? Or something. ;D No, sorry, I don't know anything about it. Have a nice day, Rosenknospe (talk) 20:47, 25 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: New DVD

message: Just a head's up on this comic  coming in February. Hooper (talk) 03:27, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Another Comic Coming

message: Is the "goof" mentioned in Episodes_of_Highlander_(season_4)#Deliverance really accurate?  I can't find any references confirming the mistake, and there have been several quickenings that made it appear as if it had suddenly become night, some of which reverted to day immediately afterward and some did not. Bufori (talk) 06:12, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  4x14: Deliverance Goof 

message: Should we start preparing for the remake at all?  I'm sure a lot of incorrect information is going to continue being placed on the wiki about it. Hooper (talk) 00:29, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remake 

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The two opposing positions which have the most support is:  
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thread_title:  Request for comment on Biographies of living people

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thread_title: Tools to help your project with unreferenced Biographies of living people

message: Donno how active this project is, but a recent proposal i made could use some further constructive input. It relates to a merge please see here for further details; Talk:Highlander_(franchise)#Merge_Discussion_of_Highlander:_The_Reckoning, Thanks Ottawa4ever (talk) 12:01, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Input

message: I have decided to tackle the creation of a single comprehensive List of multimedia franchises. If you feel that Highlander is an appropriate addition to this list, please add it, with links to the supporting media. Cheers! bd2412 T 19:23, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[List of multimedia franchises]] 

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