User talk:Joppyhoppy

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(Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 06:50, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Star Wars newsletter

Project updates
Greetings, Star Wars editors! Deckiller here. It's the first edition of the WikiProject Star Wars newsletter, and yes, it's a semi-ripoff of the Esperenza newsletter. I think it's important to begin with some good news: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and Jabba the Hutt have reached featured article status! Kudos to the editors who helped obtain these achievements!

WikiProject Star Wars is also on a mission to improve Star Wars articles using the following ideas:

  • An out of universe perspective versus an in universe perspective (see Wikipedia:Writing about fiction and the future ammendments to our manual of style)
  • Evolving lists into regular articles
  • Moving excess information and specifics to Wookieepedia (and providing links to Wookieepedia per the "see also" and/or "external links" sections)
  • Enhanced communication amongst WikiProject members
  • More to come

These should provide the basic steps needed to improve and "encyclopedia-fy" the Star Wars series of articles.
Things to do
There are plenty of Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Wars/things to do. An update to the page is coming very soon, and it will represent the new and exciting changes that Star Wars pages will be receiving!
Out-of-universe versus in-universe perspectives
Although details are forthcoming, I would like to take this time to explain the gist of this concept. Wikipedia has generally agreed that fictional articles should write about the topic from a "real world" perspective, focusing on real world issues and topics, with a section or two for plot synopsis and so on. Jabba the Hutt is a solid character example, and Clone Wars (Star Wars) is quickly moving toward an out of universe perspective.
Article evolution

As many of you know, lists of minor Star Wars-related themes are very common on Wikipedia; however, since these may be seen as violations of Wikipedia policy (and having seperate articles would breach even more policies), the tentative solution is to create general articles on a list's topic (for example, turning List of Star Wars devices into Technology of Star Wars, which allows us to cover everything from hyperspace to comlinks in a general encyclopedic fashion). This can be very tough for some broad topics, so the key is organization. I encourage all editors to list their ideas on the WikiProject talk page. It will be a very difficult — but tangible — effort.

For an example, let me point you to the Final Fantasy WikiProject. Some of us over at that WikiProject decided to turn various components of Final Fantasy X, such as Pyreflies, Yevon, and the backstory — into an article describing the world of Spira. Location descriptions were given a List of locations in Spira article, and the details themselves were placed on the Spira (Final Fantasy X) page. This is a decent template to follow — however, we will need to place priority on out-of-universe, "real life" topics and perspectives in realtion to the article.

Sounds confusing, eh? It won't, for examples will be popping up left and right in the near future!
Signed...
— Deckiller 03:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gundam 00

I'm attempting to restructure the Mobile unit section to match the Japanese wiki in information content, not vandalizing. If you have an issue with this, please contact me by sending me a message. Fallacies 06:03, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

  • But, you are in fact making the entire page look messy. If you do want to add in specific information, create a specific page for the gundams. Joppyhoppy
    • I introduced the current version of the page format in an earlier edit (with bulleted height/weight statistics, designers, and sources). After reviewing the Japanese wiki entry and some pages from the English Gundam wikiproject, I decided that the page format could use an overhaul. The end product was intended parallel the format of the Japanese wiki, which I feel is altogether cleaner. At the point at which you reverted the edits, I had just completed the localizations of the infobox template used in the Japanese mechanics entry, which was extremely time-consuming; I had only just begun with format synchronization on the page itself. I do understand that the page was rendered messier, but this was to be only a temporary state. Instead of simply reversing edits without comment, it would be more helpful for you to suggest pointers, etc. With your aid, I hope to continue the localization without update and replace the current page in a single edit later on. I am not interested in engaging in an edit war with you, and am willing to adjust the product until your are satisfied with it. Fallacies 08:38, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Uniformity is the point here. All other List of mobile units for other universes and timelines of Gundam are done in this fashion. Please note that this is the english wikipedia, not the japanese one Joppyhoppy 11:53, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
    • The point of the infoboxes was to provide a quick overview of the mechs's specifications without having to create a seperate page, but if you feel that there isn't a need to have such information on the main article, then I will comply and create specific pages for each of the mechs. I don't know that this is necessary, though. If I go ahead and proceed, is there even a need to have a main Mobile units article? Or will it simply become a contentless list page like the List of After Colony mobile units article? Fallacies 12:51, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
  • That is not the purpose of a list page, a list page is meant for summaries and overviews of the subject, not specific, "fan-boyish" information. I suggest you to create a specific article for the notable mobile suits instead. Joppyhoppy 14:54, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

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