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Hey, welcome to the project. I look forward to working with you. Deckiller 00:55, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, as soon as I saw a Star Wars project was up, I had to join! There sjhould have been one long ago (and maybe there was, in a galaxy far far away...) -Xol 00:57, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the comment. Yeah, I agree; I think once we clean up/merge/organize every article appropriately, we'll be home free to begin with prose improvement. We can then rack in the good and featured articles :) Deckiller 01:04, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Your welcome, and yes, a featured article would be great! -Xol 01:06, 14 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] WikiProject

Hey, check the things to do page for some more ideas relating to that split, namely a wikilink subproject in the future. Deckiller 01:44, 14 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Manipulating Google

Xol, you should check out the web page http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/ThirdParty/WebCrawler/. It is all about building your own web crawler in Java. At the bottom of the page is a link called "The Web Robot Pages." Clicking on this link brings up a table of contents for access to other related Java/Sun Microsystems sites. This message is in response to what we discussed about seeking a way to perform better in Compute This. -bytesizebrain

Got it. -Xol 22:30, 19 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Star Wars Selected Voting

Make sure to vote for the selected article for next week at Portal:Star Wars/Vote. Jedi6 03:18, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, gotcha. -Xol 01:38, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Star Wars Collaboration of the week

Make sure to vote for the Star Wars Collaboration of the week for next week at Wikipedia:Star Wars Collaboration of the week. Jedi6 04:17, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Star Wars voting

Please make sure you vote for the Star Wars selected article, list and picture by Monday. Jedi6 11:34, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I've done just that. Sorry, I've been busy lately (not on WP)... -Xol 04:53, 1 March 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Revan and Kreia

I don't know how to send messages, so sorry if this turns up wrong. If you get high enough influence with Kreia, then you unlock a video about how she fell to the darkside.She also tells you how she knew Revan and Atris. --09bmarcu (talk)

Thanks -Xol 02:38, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hey Xolatron, how is it going? Thank you for supporting my Request for adminship! It passed with a final vote of 73/1/1, which means that I have been granted adminship! I look forward to using these tools to enhance and maintain this wonderful site. I will continue regular article/project contributions, but I will also allocate a sizable portion of my wikischedule toward administrative duties :) Thanks again, and if you have any questions/comments/tips, please let me know! — Deckiller 04:28, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal

Hey there, your welcome ^_^. Next time he vandalizes, he'll get a 24 hour block. — Deckiller 23:15, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vibro??

Well, I'm not sure about the suffix; I think we should generalize it to Vibroweapons, as blades is more specific. Only, how much do you know about them? I don't doubt you at all, it's just that we can't make the article with only my limited knowledge. M o P 04:22, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes Vibroweapons would be best. The 's' should stay because we're generalizing, but obviously some redirects can be made. As far as info goes, here are some links (many KOTOR text screenshots):
Aside from that, I could list some random stuff off from KOTOR, and I can continue my latest KOTOR playthrough. Remember that for an article, the amount of information needed is relative to how much information exists. This article won't be as long as the lightsaber one, but the information available warrants more than a short entry in a list. Also, would you like to have a draft first, either User:Xolatron/Vibroweapons or User:Master of Puppets/Vibroweapons, or just start the article? -Xol 22:14, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Sorry for not replying sooner; I think I may have to change countries, for my teachers have unloaded upon me 12 loads of French, 11 piles of math, and you get where that is going. I'm going to try to start a draft soon (because if we start the real thing we risk it getting deleted). M o P 02:37, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Ta-da; its here. I put it up at User:Xolatron/Vibroweapons, hope you don't mind. It is need of a lot of improvement, but I think it's a start >_> M o P 17:19, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
Hehe, thanks. :) Do you think it (the draft) is ready for the real world? _-M o P-_ 20:55, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Thanks for the status trick

You're welcome. I can't take all of the credit. I stole it when I saw Master of Puppets talking about it :). Have fun with it. tv316 23:17, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hey, thanks for fixing up my talk page :). —Mirlen 22:44, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

If there's anything I can do for you, just tell me so on my talk page :)! —Mirlen 01:12, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, thanks, Xol — CBD told me earlier. I was just being stupid, I should've checked the logs first :P. —Mirlen 10:38, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your support and advice, Xol. But I didn't mean that I wanted to be an admin now, just that I wasn't sure if I wanted to be. The subject came up because they had this user-improving program at Esperanza that was called admin coaching. But to tell you the truth, I don't feel ready at all. I don't feel fitting or ready for the position at all. If I am interested in the future, I'd have to feel at least that I was worthy of it, and stop feeling like a novice. Thanks again, Xol :) — I appreciate what you said. —Mirlen 23:40, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Heh, thanks. ^_^ —Mirlen 23:03, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thought you should know

Vibroweapons has been nominated for The Star Wars Collaboration of the week. ILovEPlankton 01:41, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Easter!

They were laid by a chocolate bunny. Go on, take them! :P _-M o P-_ 04:09, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
They were laid by a chocolate bunny. Go on, take them! :P _-M o P-_ 04:09, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy Easter! :D _-M o P-_ 04:09, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

I spy some chocolate bunnies, do you? —Mirlen 19:42, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
I spy some chocolate bunnies, do you? —Mirlen 19:42, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Hey, Happy Easter! But even if you don't celebrate it (like me), you can't forget about the chocolate, right? ;) —Mirlen 19:42, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] {{#if}} and {{#switch}}

Glad you like them. See m:ParserFunctions for more information. HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 22:30, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! -Xol 23:19, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vibroweapons

We made it into being the selected article of the week for Star Wars! :D Cheers! _-M o P-_ 00:28, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Theres still a lot of info to be added (i.e. who used it, when, why its considered contraband, etc.), so don't lose hope yet. :P _-M o P-_ 01:10, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userboxen

I thought you might be interested that I made a Star Wars date userbox (on my userspace), using the new m:ParserFunctions. It displays the equivalent Star Wars date based on Earth's date:

Today is 3 Nelona 2008.

How do you like it? I'm thinking of changing the image + colors of the background. -Xol 23:26, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

That is the awesomeness. Can I make it so that the person inserting the box can specify the color? I'll do it by putting in {{{1}}} and stuff. MoppEr Speak! 23:28, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Sure, of course :). Do whatever you like with it. -Xol 23:31, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Today is 3 Nelona 2008.

Here's a prototype. I made it in your place; if you don't like it, feel free to revert. MoppEr Speak! 23:31, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Looks great. I might add some default colors and use User:Xolatron/userbox because that won't mess with the {{{1}}} parameters from {{Userbox}} itself. -Xol 23:35, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your Signature

I have nominated your signature for review at Wikipedia:Signature Poll. Now, first of all, before you say, "Hey! GeorgeMoney just wants me to make my signature smaller! He is mean", I am helping you. By doing a Signature Poll, it helps you because when people bug you about your sig, then you can link to your poll and they can't bug you anymore.

Wikipedia:Signature Poll/Show


--GeorgeMoneyTalk  Contribs 04:14, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks for your concern. I 've already shortened it significantly. Thanks, – Xolatron 15:29, 6 Telona 2006 (7 May)

Why not just have a template with that big code, then use <includeonly>SUBST:</includeonly>. --GeorgeMoneyTalk  Contribs 17:41, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm not quite sure what you mean... what does "" do?... That big code is a template... I'm farily certain I've done everything possible to shorten my sig length. It has to take the date from User:Xolatron/SW date and subst it in... which is a very complicated process... involving User:Xolatron/subst SW date. To see how my sig is rendered behind the scenes, see User:Xolatron/Signature. – Xolatron 22:14, 6 Telona 2006 (7 May)
No problem. :) Kotepho 22:37, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yoda

Thanks for adding the succession box to Yoda and Luke Skywalker, but there is no evidence that such a title as "Grand Jedi Master of the Jedi Order" exists/ed. Sorry, but I've removed the boxes. – Xolatron 23:30, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Dear Xolatron!
In Wookiepedia, it stands that Yoda was a Grand Jedi master of the Old Jedi Order. It stands also that luke Skywalker succeeded him as Grand jedi Master of the New Jedi Order. I don't know why you edited the page again and took the succesion box away, which was hard to create for me (I'm new here).
Your Zwetelina
I'm very sorry, you are completely right. I should have looked on Wookieepedia. I'll put back the boxes right away. By the way, I was impressed with the boxes, they were perfect, and I've never seen a new user do so well right away. Welcome to Wikipedia, and sorry. They'll be back in a few minutes. – Xolatron 19:09, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
I've done it, your boxes are back. Once again you were entirely correct to put them there and I'm really sorry that I reverted them. By the way, to get previous content back, you can always click the history tab above a page and then click on the date of the past article, from which you can click edit to see the code for. Good editing :). – Xolatron 19:14, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Dear Xolatron,

it doesn't matter. Thank you for the complement!! It was very nice. I hope that we can talk also about other things.

Greetings
Your Zwetelina
P.S.: My English isn't so good. I'm from Bulgaria. But I live in Germany because therre is life better then in Bulgaria. So it is maby a little bit difficult for you to understand me.
Don't worry, your English is good. It's not difficult to understand you at all. I'm amazed that you speak English so well. I'm taking Spanish and would be crazy to try to talk on the Spanish Wikipedia :).

[edit] Yoda

Dear Xolatron, I can't speak Spanish well. I learn it in school this year. I'm not so good in it. You can possibly help me. Zwetelina

[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] Image:Bastila.jpg

Hello Xolatron, an automated process has found an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, such as fair use. The image (Image:Bastila.jpg) was found at the following location: User talk:Xolatron/SW character. This image or media will be removed per statement number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. The image that was replaced will not be automatically deleted, but it could be deleted at a later date. Articles using the same image should not be affected by my edits. I ask you to please not re-add the image to your userpage and could consider finding a replacement image licensed under either the Creative Commons or GFDL license or released to the public domain. Please note that it is possible that the image on your page is included vie a template or usebox. In that case, please find a free image for the template or userbox. Thanks for your attention and cooperation. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 10:10, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Star Wars character-box template colors

Ok, I found the current colors a little bit restrictive and overlapping—I decided to update it a bit. It could use some work and/or change, but please tell me what you think. Arwen Undomiel talk 16:37, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

color = color
Jedi blue
Sith red
Rebel Alliance gold
Galactic Republic yellow
New Republic green
Galactic Federation of Free Alliances light green
Galactic Empire dark grey
Confederacy of Independent Systems black
Confederation (Corellian) orange
Mandalorians silver-blue
Yuuzhan Vong tan
Wookies brown
Independent grey