Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Redwall

message: Ideas? Anyone read the thing and know the major characters, such that would have independent significance outside the work? There may not be any. - CrazyRussian talk/email 20:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Would we leave Martin the Warrior (Redwall) at his own article or merge him as well? --tjstrf 20:44, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was thinking Martin, and maybe one or two others (Maybe Matthias, Mattimeo, and Cluny as the main characters and main villian in the early books and movie/tv adaptions) could keep their own articles but still get mentions in the main list.  We'll have to be really careful about what we do and don't merge though. ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 20:49, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just noticed though, that both Martins are covered in the same article.  I think "Martin the second" should be just in the list.  If we were leaving everything else as is I would think he should be treated in a seperate article from Martin. ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 20:54, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Identifying character articles NOT for merging

message: :Would we leave Martin the Warrior (Redwall) at his own article or merge him as well? --tjstrf 20:44, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was thinking Martin, and maybe one or two others (Maybe Matthias, Mattimeo, and Cluny as the main characters and main villian in the early books and movie/tv adaptions) could keep their own articles but still get mentions in the main list.  We'll have to be really careful about what we do and don't merge though. ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 20:49, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just noticed though, that both Martins are covered in the same article.  I think "Martin the second" should be just in the list.  If we were leaving everything else as is I would think he should be treated in a seperate article from Martin. ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 20:54, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Copied discussion about this topic from user talk pages

message: How shall we structure Wikipedia:WikiProject Redwall/List of Redwall characters: by book? by species? alphabetically? - CrazyRussian talk/email 21:02, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Additionally, should it be List of Redwall characters or Characters in Redwall? iirc, if you are using the mini-bio format the latter name is preferred. Also note that there's nothing preventing us from listing by all 3, through the creation of secondary lists which link to the relavent subsections of the main article. --tjstrf 21:30, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Latter is better. Let's build it in WP space though without taking it to mainspace first. Then we'll move it to whatever's more appropriate. - CrazyRussian talk/email 22:46, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was thinking by book, but all three might be a good idea too.  ~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 00:10, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Doing the listing by all three criteria would save a bit of trouble for people looking for characters that appeared in multiple books as well. --tjstrf 00:16, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

text: I think alphabetically or by whoever appeared most would be a good way to do it. That is, arrange the main list alphabetically, so that you could find a char easier. Then, while describing each character, have it say 'first appeared in Mossflower' and link Mossflower to a list of characters in Mossflower. Additionally, it would also included species names, possibly with more lists. Of course, that could potentially be a whole load of work that no one wants to undertake, or just a pain in the neck, but it's an idea. Best regards.--Song 20:34, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Structure of the list 

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thread_title:  Project directory 

message: I made a template to add to Redwall articles like the other wikiprojects have.  I did not include any of the parameters for rating the articles because I really have no clue what I'm doing with templates.  Considering that I think a lot of the Redwall articles should ultimately be merged and redirected so that there end up being far fewer articles (and far more redirects) it would be nice to have some sort of parameter on the template to say, "this article should be merged" or "this article can stand alone".  Maybe where other wikiprojects have ratings?  What do other people think? ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs) 15:18, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added the template to everything in :Category:Redwall and everything through M in :Category:Redwall books, if someone wants to pickup where I left off. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs) 15:49, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Finished :Category:Redwall Books.  Other sub-cats need it still. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs) 03:25, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Finished :Category:Redwall characters.  All that's left is the locations I think. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs) 19:12, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If there's anything left to do I'll finish it up.--Song 20:38, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Done. Every article currently in the category has been marked.--Song 21:59, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template 

message: Beginning to add the project template to various articles I noticed that :Category:Redwall has several articles about on-line fan websites.  Most of the articles about the books themselves are in subcategories, so in essence most of :Category:Redwall is fansite articles.  Any idea what should be done about these?  I'd like to eventually reduce the total number of non-redirect articles so that we don't need subcategories for characters, etc.  However, if we re-arrange it so that all or most Redwall articles are just in :Category:Redwall it almost seems like it would be silly to have fansites in that category.  Perhaps we would then need a subcategory for fansites?  Perhaps we need that now? ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs) 15:32, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Articles about fan clubs. 

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message: Hey all, it looks like there hasn't been any real activity in here for a while, but hopefully this will still be seen. I've been doing some behind the scenes work of late; I made articles for Fortunata, Shang Damsontongue, Dingeye, Thura, Bloodwrath, Midge Manycoats, and started a proper one for Verdauga Greeneyes.
I also spent all night making all the articles listed under the "Redwall characters" category consistent; bold name with a one line intro including the book they appeared in, as well as any and all actors that voiced them in the audiobooks or animated series. Then a few paragraphs for the body, linking wherever I could to other Redwall articles. Then I made sure to include the Redwall template at the bottom of each. 
Hope this is okay with everyone. I've also been making a lot of changes to the List of species in Redwall article. Anyway, I'd love some feedback on my talk page or any of the talk pages of articles that I've made or been changing. Thanks! GlassCobra 12:31, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll take a look at your articles when I get back, see what I can do.--Song 22:00, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

text: I read them, and liked what I saw. Just one point: Wouldn't it be wiser, for the shorter of your articles, to just put them in the big list? Otherwise, good work!--Song 03:27, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Changes 

message: We probably need a better 'to-do' list. I've already added the Redwall template to all the articles currently in the list, so that's done. What else can we do? Ideas anyone?--Song 17:24, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This might be a little far out, but...maybe we could use a portal? Most other WikiProjects have one. It would require quite a bit of work though. GlassCobra 20:19, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually...that sounds like a great idea! I'll start reading up on portals- as of now I know almost nothing. In the meantime, could you add that to our to-do list? Is there a 'person in charge' or something like that, or is it just us two?--Song 03:23, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Hello all - I stumbled here somewhat by accident, as I have a passing interest in the Redwall series. If there's anything I can do to help set up a portal, let me know, as I have some experience with them from another project.Carom 03:17, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What should be done? 

message: Okay, well I've been looking at some of our participants' contribution records, and some people on the list haven't been on here on months, or even years. Thus, to reduce membership to people who are actually around, I'll be conducting a roll call of all members. I'll be moving all members to a Potentially Active list, and then leaving messages on everyone's talk pages to come and add their names back to the Active list. If there's no response within a few days, your name will be moved to the Inactive list, but it can be moved back to the Active list at any time. Please don't be offended if you just joined, this is only to figure out who's active and who's not, okay? Thanks everyone! GlassCobra 18:12, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm here, but truth be I haven't done anything related to Redwall in a while (too much to do in the Halo universe, I guess.) But I'll definitely try and work on a book, at least. Good idea for the roll-call, I did it over at WP:HALO as well. David Fuchs (talk) 19:28, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We need a Partially Active list, for the people who are insanely busy but will try to help out wherever possible. *sigh* That's me. High school is taking up a lot of my time, along with Seminary, so I haven't been active for a while. I think I'll just be here on weekends.--Song 18:54, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Partially active is active enough for us. We're not a high-maintenance WikiProject here. :) GlassCobra 20:18, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Heh. *glances around guiltily* Since school started, I've been too busy to do much. I'll come on here when possible and try to keep the peace in the background, but I don't know if I can do anything about the actual articles. Sorry. Song 07:16, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Roll Call 

message: This image is specifically stated as able to be used for whatever purpose as long as the creator is credited. Can we make use of it somehow? We'll probably need an image for the portal; also, we need one for the userbox and other templates. Thoughts? GlassCobra (talk • contribs) 02:20, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice...me likee. I'm sure we can put it in somewhere...but where? The portal will eventually need a picture- is anyone actually working on that thing or is it just a dream still? Maybe you could cut out the badger head and make a userbox of it- assuming that's allowed, of course. Oh, while I'm thinking about it, maybe we could create a background for this portal of ours. Find out what the Redwall colors are and build off that, or just make something that appears in theme. Or out of theme. I'm not picky. I like that green/white background on this pic- very nice. Hmm...also deciding on a color scheme would probably be smart. Is anyone actually worki- oh, I asked that already. Oh well. *shrug* :-)  Song 04:41, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, Carom volunteered to help out by starting a basic portal frame for me, and then I'll go in and modify it. I like this picture too, it's the only Redwall-related one I could find here or on Commons. The only thing I don't like is that it's essentially an ad for a site. Are we okay with condoning a particular site like that? On another note, I'd like to contact that Sean R guy and ask him if he'd be willing to upload more Redwall images for us to use. Looking at the site in the picture and his site, there are a lot of great other images that would be great to use, and I certainly don't mind lending him credit. Everyone okay with this? GlassCobra (talk • contribs) 16:36, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I suggest that we work on getting the articles up to snuff first; if we don't have good content to put in the portal, whats the point? That's why I stopped working on Portal:Halo. David Fuchs (talk) 22:57, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Free Image 

message: :Hi, might I direct everyone's attention here. May as well not waste time. --79.73.143.255 17:59, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, good! Do you think that that site will have any images we can use? Might we be able to use it as a reference?--Song 03:47, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The IP is suggesting that the Redwall wiki is intended to replace the Redwall content here. GlassCobra 05:20, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  *smacks forehead* I should have known...--Song 17:19, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Sure. If you think it's a stupid idea, don't create the articles here, and delete the ones that exist. Do you also believe that every single Wookieepedia article belongs here? Don't be ridiculous. Detailed comprehensive coverage already exists with a community willing to provide that coverage. Either transwiki to existing content or delete it here. Perfectly logical. --79.73.169.20 22:24, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How is that ridiculous? Just because an article is in one wiki doesn't mean it shouldn't be here as well. Wikipedia is intended to be a collection of as much knowledge as possible. GlassCobra (Review) 23:44, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It's a waste of efficiency, that's why. And that's not entirely true, otherwise there wouldn't be as many policies as Wikipedia has, and Jimbo wouldn't have started Wikia if Wikipedia was the be-all-end-all. --79.74.213.8 12:08, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: How is it a waste of efficiency to have articles in more than one place, on more than one site? It seems to me that it would much more efficient and convenient to have everything in one place. GlassCobra 18:10, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If it already exists somewhere else, it's a waste of effiency to recreate it here with different (or even the same, which I've seen in some cases) words. --79.76.202.82 22:47, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Why do I care? Because it detracts from the actual resource. Of course it's not hurting you, it's the fact that it's hurting the RW. The resource already exists, re-creating articles is senseless. Especially, when as I've said, I've seen people lift word-for-word text from the RW and paste it into new articles here. --79.75.209.148 (talk) 23:58, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I am a user on the RW, and I can safely say that it doesn't matter. The RW never has, and never will have anything to do with Wikipedia. Honestly, this is senseless. There's no reason to delete the articles here, but if you want to you could link to it under external links, like many Star Trek articles do for Memory Alpha. The RW does indeed have much more expanded articles on all of these, except for publishing information and critical reception. Most of it is strictly in-universe. Although publisher article do exist, and to my knowledge there is an unofficial project more real life topics, it mostly is all in-universe. Also, there are a LOT of images there. Also the UK and US covers for every single book, as well as most of the audiobook covers as well. --71.37.166.113 (talk) 00:41, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

text: And since I am ignored, I would point you towards Wikipedia:Fancruft --71.91.119.143 (talk) 06:52, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: 95% of the time, cruft is translation for WP:IDONTLIKEIT, and that is probably why you're being ignored. McJeff (talk) 05:47, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Transwiking

message: Yes, me the avid Redwall reader who can name any major character and tell you what they did, is obsessed with Martin the Warrior and his sword, is not a member of this most awesome wikiproject, would like to join. Please tell me how.
User: warriormartin  —Preceding comment was added at 00:29, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: To join, just place your name under the Active participants section on the project page.  Then consider placing  on your user page to notify others you have joined.  Happy Holidays!! Malinaccier Public (talk) 00:34, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  How do you join? 

message: I've been working on several Redwall articles on decided to join this project. So.. hi! ^^
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replies: text: You would honestly be better off helping out the Redwall Wiki. --71.91.119.143 (talk) 22:19, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Hello..

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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: I am a constant reader of this series and noticed that the Doomwyte page was lacking, so I looked at other pages and saw that they could be better and up to date. I have a question. How can we have a page on Midge Manycoats, but not a page on Tammo? He is the main character of the book. Midge is just a supporting character. Alphasquadron138 (talk) 13:20, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hi 

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