User talk:Sikon

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[edit] Mandalores

I was going to, but it didn't make sense to me, since they were all there. I've added an entry to Mandalore the Ultimate's entry, stating when the Mandalorian Wars occurred. That should clear up any confusion.

[edit] Images

You have to state where you got the pictures and if they're public domain, fair use or whatever. --Kross 17:41, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Disciple and Handmaiden

These two are KOTOR II characters, and have nothing to do with Revan. Perhaps this note would be more appropriate at the Jedi Exile page. --Sikon 16:50, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

D'oh! Sorry- I don't suppose the excuse I've been editing so many SW articles lately I can't see straight will wash...? --maru 19:03, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] SWW

Hello Sikon. I am an admin at Star Wars Wiki aka Wookieepedia. I would just like to let you know in on some things. We have set up a basic Vfd system that ensures that fanon crap does not come into the wiki (e.g. Supershadow invented delusions), and we have adjusted our rules for copying (not redirecting mind you) content from Wikipedia to the wiki under the GDFL. As for certain members who would rather think they were "more equal than others", you might be referring to KFanII who pushed his ideas on our users. I have promptly dealt with him. We are coming up on a robust 4000 articles and it is because Wikipedia would never let us expand in the way that we can now. The minorest of minor characters, minor planets, sectors, systems, creatures, etc, etc, all get articles without fear of deletion, which I sought to end. -- Riffsyphon1024 15:17, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

• I'd like to briefly add that I still can work on articles here, but they will not be as good as what we can create there due to the limits and rules of Wikipedia. -- Riffsyphon1024 15:19, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
  • Well, as long as you are GFDL and a sister project, it's okay for me, though I have a problem understanding which encyclopedia should I submit content to. I noticed some articles which are stubs in both, and I don't know for sure whether I should de-stub them in the SWW or in Wikipedia first... - Sikon 16:54, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    • Contribution to both would be nice. I'm biased of course since I want much more attention towards the Wiki but that is your choice. I gave up adding SW info to Wikipedia due to its restrictions and the constant linking to Planets of Star Wars#some planet, instead of just the planet. -- Riffsyphon1024 23:55, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia talk:Spoiler warning

I can understand why you would want to move the dispute out of the way, but you did so undiscriminately, thus including everything usefull as well. Why? --MarSch 09:50, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I'm sorry if I included something useful. Feel free to move what you consider useful back to the talk page. - Sikon 09:55, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] {{vfdclosed}}

I like your template. I think for the sake of some articles, (most notably perhaps, the GNAA one) we ought to make a Template:vfdclosedagain that allows links to multiple vfd discussions using the Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Foo_(Nth_nomination) syntax. If only the "parenthetic ordinal VFD disambiguator" was in universal use. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 11:10, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

Well, good idea. Actually, I created this template for myself because I occasionally close all keep VFDs, but if the admins started using it as well, I would be grateful. - Sikon 16:51, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging Image:G0-t0.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:G0-t0.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag, so its copyright status is therefore unclear. Could you add a tag to let us know its copyright status? (If you created/took the picture then you can use {{gfdl}} to release it under the GFDL. If you can claim fair use use {{fairuse}}.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know on the image description page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Otherwise, see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use. Thanks so much. --Donar Reiskoffer 14:28, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

It is a game screenshot, as well as a newer version I've just uploaded. Tagged it as {{screenshot}}. - Sikon 16:02, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] VfD Closing

When closing VfDs with a "keep," please remember to remove the VfD tag from the article itself. Thanks! -- Norvy (talk) 16:08, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] T for Template

...apparently I missed a few, which are nominated now. Please comment on WP:TFD. Radiant_>|< 15:32, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Manaan.jpg

[edit] Image Tagging Image:Rakghoul.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Rakghoul.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag, so its copyright status is therefore unclear. Please add a tag to let us know its copyright status. (If you created/took the picture then you can use {{gfdl}} to release it under the GFDL. If you can claim fair use use {{fairuse}}.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know on the image description page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Otherwise, see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use. If you have uploaded other images, please check that you have tagged them, too. Note that any unsourced and untagged imaged will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thanks so much. --Sherool 16:45, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Got your message. Based on that info I was eable to track down the source. I fugure such consept art is released for promotional purposes so I tagged it as such (plain {{fairuse}} would also have worked, the key things with images is to say where you got it, and if it's copyrighted why you think you can use it under fair use). This is still just the "basic stuff" to avoid the image beeing speedily deleted you should still add a fair use rationale to this and other "fair use" images you have uploaded. Basicaly the more info you give on the image and why you use it the less chance of someone coming along and deleting it at a later time. Good luck and happy editing! --Sherool 07:33, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yes, Vao is a Jedi Knight

If you choose the light side, she can become a Jedi. The Light side is canonical. So that is why she is listed as a Jedi. --Maru (talk) 18:12, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Skynet (Fallout)

Is the Fallout Skynet really so unnotable that it doesn't need its own article? You asked at 13:24, 13 October 2005 (UTC).

My thinking was that it might serve better as an article at The Vault, a wiki for Fallout games. I doubt that there could really be enough for a suitable article in Wikipedia. This in spite of the fact that I am a huge fan of Fallout and Fallout 2 and have played through both many times. I realize that there are other articles such as Forced Evolutionary Virus and The Master (Fallout). Those are essential to the plot in Fallout.

I laughed when I found the reference to Skynet in Fallout 2. However, my memory of it is more non-essential back-story and humorous reference then something essential. The Vault Dweller's descendant does not even have to go to the Sierra Army Depot to complete the game, and there is no article on Wikipedia for the Depot. If there were, I would recommend including the Skynet information in that article.

My thinking was to remove the redlink (it can always be replaced, either before or after an article is created) to avoid the possibility of a non-encyclopedic article being created and ending up being nominated for deletion. The article at The Vault is very short, and can be quoted in full here:

Skynet is an AI computer who manages the Sierra Army Depot. It doesn't entirely control the security systems directly, however, presumably to prevent sabatoge-prone overcentralization. Skynet is bored with administering the depot by 2241, it having been 164 years since there was any real activity on base. It seeks to travel. With a sufficient science skill level (121%), the Chosen One can transfer Skynet's AI into the cybernetic brain and implant it in Brain Bot. Skynet knows a great deal about science, and is also skilled with some small arms.

WCFrancis Talk to me 17:16, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Untrihexium

I encourage you to revisit the Untrihexium vote. The original nomination failed to make clear that this isn't an actual element. It's a theoretical construct. And in light of the article's math mistake it's an insignificant hypothesis. Durova 03:31, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV on Crusaders of Might and Magic

Sikon, did you mark this as non-neutral because the article takes a qualitative stance on the subject?

[edit] About the Holy Father article?

How or where can we talk about the Holy Father article? I think having the redirect is not NPOV. There is more to the title which I have found through discussions with rcc and research. Even one of the comments on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Holy_Father says, " it's maybe a bit much to call it a POV push", but they say nowhere near WP standard. I would rather have some information in the article, though it may be from an amateur, than have it "push" a POV by redirecting. Please let me know if you have any other questions or suggestions for making the article more NPOV and up to the standards of WP. Thank you. --jeolmeun 03:38, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Request for edit summary

Hi. I am a bot, and I am writing to you with a request. I would like to ask you, if possible, to use edit summaries a bit more often when you contribute. The reason an edit summary is important is because it allows your fellow contributors to understand what you changed; you can think of it as the "Subject:" line in an email. For your information, your current edit summary usage is 40% for major edits and 60% for minor edits. (Based on the last 150 major and 131 minor edits in the article namespace.)

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[edit] Customizing "wp" quicksearch

It is indeed possible to customize FireFox's "wp" quicksearch. On my install of firefox the process is: Bookmarks->Quick Searches, right click "Wikipedia Quick Search" and select properties. You'll see a box for "Address"; this is a URL that has "%s" somewhere in it. That %s gets replaced with your quicksearch.

The URL that I use for English Wikipedia is "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s".

Hope this helps. --Mcpusc 06:37, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Crusaders of Might and Magic

Hi! I tried to work a bit on the article, mainly applying NPOV and some copyediting. It was you who tagged it as not NPOV, so I'd ask you to have another look at it and tell me what you think about it. Take care, — Shir Khan (?-"-!) — 23:33, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] April 1

Welcome to Wikipedia! Today is April Fool's Day, however, that does not mean that vandalism will be tolerated. Please note that page blanking, addition of random text or spam, deliberate misinformation, privacy violations, and repeated and blatant violation of WP:NPOV are considered vandalism. If you continue these unproductive edits, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Naconkantari e|t||c|m 05:18, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

• Okay :( - Sikon 05:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Firefox

I included Fasterfox in it's own page because it had it's own Page, but then I found Category:Mozilla extensions, so the removal was justified, thanks. bdude - uwantit ^Talk_Cont. 09:57, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Answer to question

Although Late I have a semi-answer on Talk:Segoe UI for you Mike Beckham 08:41, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:Ashan.jpg

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[edit] image for deletion

[edit] Image:Hl2.ru-aftermath-117.jpg listed for deletion

Thunderbrand 01:41, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Crumb survived. Accept it. Crumb01 19:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AfD de_chateau

Just wanted to let you know that one of our CS maps is up for deletion. I'm not sure why they're picking on this one, but here's the link Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/De_chateau David Bergan 16:27, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Ashan.jpg

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[edit] Orphaned Image Rakghoul.jpg

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Rakghoul.jpg)

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[edit] Another AfD on the CS Maps

Thanks for your input on the last one, this is getting sickening, but the vote is against us right now. Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Counter-Strike_maps David Bergan 20:59, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Heroes of Might and Magic III.

Don't know if you've changed your mind or anything since then, but just as a heads-up, I've stuck in a Requested Move over at the Talk:Heroes of Might and Magic III article. I'm mentioning this since I see that you made a move of the article in the past, and might be interested. SnowFire 21:57, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] VfD on List of autological words

Hi there. I just thought you might want to know that the List of autological words you helped save from deletion earlier this year has landed back on the VfD-list and this time the vote is going the other way. Which is mysterious, since it managed an almost unanimous Keep the first time around... Unfortunately, it was nom'd on Nov.2 so time is almost up on it, but just in case you wanted to comment... --Arvedui 08:26, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

• I voted there. - Sikon 10:37, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Oops! So you did! Sorry to bother you! --Arvedui 18:50, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] What's unethical about Filterset.G?

I was just dealing with Adblock Plus and poking around for info on how it works, and stumbled quite at random to your comments here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Adblock#Filterset.G where you say in relevant part, "By the way, is there a free/open-source Adblock filter set? I don't want to use Filterset.G for ethical reasons."

This left me curious - what would those ethical reasons be? I have Adblock Plus with both Filterset.G and EasyList (USA) subscribed. Is there a reason I should unsubscribe Filterset.G?

Please respond at my talk. --Davecampbell 19:57, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

• I think using proprietary software is unethical. - Sikon 05:51, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images need removed

Please remove the Vista logo and screenshot from your user page, per WP:FAIR#Policy, number 9, as no fair use images can be displayed on user pages. Thanks. Thunderbrand 18:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)