Allies in Scandinavia. Allies is always a good thing... plus it's presently the largest SW-related internet community in Denmark. Their admins like the idea of an official friendship between Wookipeedia and Skywalker.dk KEJ 20:13, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
I can't understand a word of that page, but it certainly looks nice. :-) —Darth Culator(talk) 14:03, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Looks good to me. Just hope they don't make any cartoons of Lucas. Kuralyov 04:33, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
I think they'd be perfectly safe if they made cartoons of GL. If they made cartoons of Karen Traviss, though, then I'd be worried for them. —Darth Culator(talk) 15:20, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
There is a difference though. The Muhammad drawings were published by a right-winged newspaper that generally does not sympathize with Muhammad. These people on the other hand, do sympathize with George Lucas and Karen Traviss. Had it been a buch of Trekkies, then I'd start to worry :-P 130.88.187.151 16:21, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
hey, I'm a skywalker and I think it great with a little support. ;) and we do have a little international section, Lora Skywalker, 31/1-07
It's a page with so many active users and postings every day.. It would be great with them as friends :) - Bakse 14:58, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
They link to us in their 'affiliates' section, and besides, it's a wonderful idea. The chance to be what we wished Insider was. Kuralyov 04:18, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the nom. I'm hoping to enlist at least two Wookieepedia admins for Issue 2. --Azizlight 13:35, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
I sent you an email on that...Kuralyov 16:58, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the support everyone! But let's hold this off until Issue 1 is released. --Azizlight 06:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
So how are things holding up with this now that Issue 1 has been released? -- Riffsyphon1024 08:03, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
We should probably finish this up now. Kuralyov 23:29, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Since this is technically Aziz's project, should we bug him to accept the nom by now? -- Riffsyphon1024 05:26, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
As nominator and member of the site. JMAS 22:18, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Although not a member myself, I've often found this site to be quite informative, appears to have an active online community, and the galaxy map has been quite helpful to me in the past. Greyman(Paratus) 22:30, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
A great site that's been around for many years. Star Wars news, forum, multimedia and a fantastic interactive galaxy map. - JMAS 22:18, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
This site is also a good site. Containing a fine interactive map as well as scripts and sound clips, it's on my bookmarks, and I visit it on a daily basis. (As for me, I'm usually found on WoWWiki, but I do visit this site occassionally.)--Slxception 09:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
An active and growing wiki, which I've watched Jedimca0 take from a "nothing" wiki and transform it into something worth contributing to. Greyman(Talk) 01:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
A newly-adopted (by Jedimca0) wiki that could certainly use the connections. Wonderful place to redirect our highly enthusiastic editors of the Lego Star Wars articles. Graestan(Talk) 05:53, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
Y'know, I usually vote against non-SW sites reflexively, but TFWiki is unique. They're a shining example of a site that has successfully escaped from the Wikia tar pits. While we get dragged down with "innovations" like Monaco (spit) and video embedding (spit), they get to stay slim and trim and functional. And they do have unique Star Wars content that we don't even cover. TFWiki is like the Kyle Katarn of independent wikis. -- Darth Culator(Talk) 14:28, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
They were polite, asked nicely, and have unique SW-related content. I see no reason not to approve this. Atarumaster88(Talk page) 20:02, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Per Ataru, and because even though I heartily dislike Transformers, I find the wiki awesome. Though I'd suggest a change of referencing system. -- AdmirableAckbar(Talk) 22:10, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
Per Culator and Ataru. Cylka-talk- 05:23, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
#This is an unique site, especially its view towards NPOV (there isn't any NPOV). It's well-organized and has a strong, fun-loving editor base. However, all of our current partners has something to do with Star Wars, which is a quality tfwiki.net lacks. Neutral for now. --Michaeldsuarez(Activate Holocron) 04:00, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
If the community is willing to accept a non-SW site as an official friend, TFWiki would be a good candidate. It's a well-organized and well-established wiki, with a good selection of quality articles (including some Star Wars articles.) —Silly Dan(talk) 04:14, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
A wiki dedicated to the upcoming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMORPG by BioWare. Unlike Wookieepedia, the focus of the wiki is of course the gameplay side of things, which falls out of Wookieepedia's scope (and it will be a good place to direct users to once the game comes out and some of them start adding things like character or item stats here). The wiki already links to Wookieepedia for additional background info, and some of its admins, like Alexsau1991, are also Wookieepedia contributors. Some of the content is currently copied from Wookieepedia, but always with the appropriate CC-BY-SA-compliant source template. Ausir(talk) 00:09, September 14, 2010 (UTC)
Two-week deadline from first request, voting ends no later than September 28, 2010.
I see some good potential in this wiki. OLIOSTER(talk) 00:09, September 15, 2010 (UTC)
I've been thinking about this one. One of the key things I look for in a potential Official Friend is "how will they benefit us?", and unlike many nominations on this page, there is a (small) benefit to us, in that this wiki would be a good place to direct the users that inevitably will come here and try to add gameplay stuff as Ausir described. Indeed, it's possible that just having this wiki linked under "Official Friends" on the Main Page could help draw users over there before they flood the Wook with trivia beyond our scope, and that would be good for us. The TOR wiki also has some good potential, as Olioster pointed out, and there's no reason to vote against, so this will be the first OF nomination that I will give a support vote to. —Master Jonathan(Jedi Council Chambers) 03:21, September 15, 2010 (UTC)
--Darth Stefan (Talk) 09:00, September 19, 2010 (UTC) (Vote struck per policy: Less than 50 main namespace edits. -- 1358(Talk) 09:49, September 19, 2010 (UTC))
Per MJ. --Tm_T(Talk) 12:09, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
I support this friendship, especially as there are links back to us. But what is with the Darth Darth Binks image in the category footer? -- Riffsyphon1024 22:13, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
Hah, the basic skin for the SWTOR wiki is Monaco, and the Monobook skin for it was unreadable until recently, so I temporarily just grabbed the CSS off the first dark-skinned Star Wars wiki that came to my mind, given that lots of Wookieepedia users use Monobook. It's still work in progress, though, and I somehow failed to notice Darth Darth Binks there. :) Just removed him. Ausir(talk) 22:18, September 19, 2010 (UTC)
It looks awesome. 1358(Talk) 17:54, September 22, 2010 (UTC)
I agree that this will be a mutually beneficial relationship, and that the information this site provides will be distinctly different from what we offer here. In addition, the TOR wiki will attract users who may not otherwise come to Wookieepedia, but the links to our pages might increase our readership in that demographic. And their compliance with CC-BY-SA is impressive—we all know there's been instances of other websites blatantly copy-pasting large chunks of our articles and calling it their own work. Still, I think one of the best parts of this is that it's a place to redirect questions or comments that fall outside of our scope. Darth Trayus(Trayus Academy) 19:29, September 22, 2010 (UTC)
I'm sure I'll be spending plenty of time there once the game comes out! JethLordMaster(Xia Order) 06:09, September 23, 2010 (UTC)
Voting deadline is up. Thanks for all the votes! Can one of the admins add SWTOR wiki to the official friends list, then? :) Ausir(talk) 09:24, September 29, 2010 (UTC)
Two-week deadline from first request, voting ends no later than February 15, 2011.
Sister project founded by Brandon Rhea in 2008 "to document all information regarding the Star Wars fan community." An excellent place to direct those whose projects don't meet our notability standards. Run by Wookieepedians and friendlies. I imagine more support from Wookieepedia would increase activity on the Fanpedia considerably.
Since most of Fan-based articles that are TC'd get moved to the Fanpedia, I think it is a great idea to make the partnership official. Grunny (talk) 01:45, February 1, 2011 (UTC)
A FANtastic idea. This wiki is a FANtasy for FANs who would like to document the activities of their fellow FANs. Darth Trayus(Trayus Academy) 03:39, February 1, 2011 (UTC)
Trayus's groan-worthy jokes aside ;), this is a good fit. - JMASHey, it's me! 03:45, February 1, 2011 (UTC)
A last missing bit from SW-wiki puzzle of ours? –Tm_T(Talk) 06:20, February 1, 2011 (UTC)
With this site as an official friend, we can tell those "But you don't understand! My fan club is different, we deserve a page because of (x)!" people where to go. Holocron(Complain) 07:39, February 10, 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the nomination, Grae. I hadn't nominated it earlier because I wasn't sure if it would pass due to the level of activity, but I also think that an official friendship with Wookieepedia would be mutually beneficial for both wikis; you'll have an official friend to point fan articles towards, and we'll reap the benefits. =) - Brandon Rhea(talk) 05:07, February 1, 2011 (UTC)
I support this even though it's not a Star Wars relationship I think that both sites could do well from expanding into more than just their original fan base, having more people come in to work on both sites from both sides could give both a neutral point of view and also add a fan base to both sites N.Y.N.E.Comlink30px 04:52, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
I just want to say that having people who know nothing about Star Wars come here to work on us would not give us an NPOV, it would just give us a bunch of people who know nothing about Star Wars making (possibly ill-informed) edits. The same with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Kuralyov 15:19, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps we should just make a rule saying that an official friend must be a Star Wars-related or -focused website, organization, or person. —Silly Dan(talk) 00:22, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
I second that. — beeurdtalk 01:45, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
I believe it would be a good idea to add this wiki as an official friend of Wookieepedia, becuase this wiki is all about the Lego side of Star Wars. Plus it would show more people that that wiki is a real wiki and more people would visit it and help out. --Grubish360 22:40, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
I can't help but wonder whether a Lego SW Wiki is needed since there's already SWMerch and SWGames. Gonk(Gonk!) 12:56, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
A brilliant website that's been around since 1999; if it's not the oldest and largest Star Wars roleplaying board on the internet, it's one of them. A brilliant place and I love it to bits! Kypzethdurron 04:49, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
It looks ridiculous and in browsing the forums I noticed that they're both rabid movie purists and have pretty vocal anti-Wiki sentiments. Kuralyov 16:35, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
As nominator I really enjoy this site. Great look and great discussion of not only Star Wars Miniatures but all thing Star Wars. Has some fun articles and also supports the Role Playing Game. --Dnemiller 04:21, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
I also support this site as it has a link to here... there are also Star Wars discussions on all things Star Wars. Nice looking site too. --Antilles Red2 18:45, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Looks brand-new. Gonk(Gonk!) 12:56, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
So newness counts against content??? Wow with that mindset I am surprised you even watched the original if you were alive at the time..... --Dnemiller 06:28, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Official Friendship is not an advertisement for brand new sites. Tell me, how exactly will this benefit Wookieepedia? -- AdmirableAckbar(Talk) 08:25, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Wikia may accept pretty much every wiki request that comes down, but that doesn't mean we have to take the same stance. Graestan(Talk) 18:39, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
Even though Ratchet & Clank is not Star Wars, it should become friends with Wookieepedia. I also noticed that Ratchet & Clank Wiki is friends with SWGames. Lombax JerkJerk's Talk--I'm Watching Vandals 04:46, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Don't we have a rule that says OF nominations should be, y'know, relevant somehow to our raison d'être? Well we should. -- Darth Culator(Talk) 14:18, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
No need, I'm an admin on the Ratchet & Clank wiki as well, a friendship has to be discussed there before being proposed. Hunterj|My talk 18:52, 5 December 2008 (UTC)
Histories, pictures and descriptions of the many lightsabers, and the people that uses them, in the Star Wars Universe. User:SabersmithSabersmith 17:55, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
It's 99 if not 100% fanon. - JMASHey, it's me! 00:00, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
This is actually the place where K'Kruhk's lightsaber was mistakenly identified as canon. But still, the rest of them are fanon.—Darthtyler(Talk) 14:43, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Darthipedia isn't particularly informative, but it's an official friend. If you want changes, feel free to suggest them, but I don't think that "Jack Nebulax moderates VE" (false) or "not informative" are compelling reasons, either. I think that the Vast Empire would benefit from being friends with the Wook, and perhaps the VE may draw away fanon editors from the Wook? Glaug-Eldare 22:00, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Anything that's moderated by one Jack Nebulax gets a "No" vote from Toprawa. Toprawa and Ralltiir 21:36, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
I think we should introduce a practice for new nominations that an actual reason for why we should want this friendship should be included with the nominations. "We have lots of good times" is not a compelling reason. With all due respect, why should we care? I don't have a clue what the site is about and what its users are like, and the first bit of it I see only tells me to join the Empire...not particularly informative. -- AdmirableAckbar(Talk) 21:47, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Honestly, this official friends page is pretty much useless nowadays. Chack Jadson(Talk) 21:59, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
I am not sure who Jack Nebulax is, but they have never been a division head in the Vast Empire, so why punish the group without explanation The VE is a storywriting and gaming club, set as an Imperial faction, currently during the Thrawn era. Club services are both Army (Stormtrooper) and Naval with additional potential Dark Jedi and Engineering Corps membership activity. As members, there is access to a virtual - and very imaginary - Imperial bank, stock market, store, health care system and other options in development to better flesh out our characters. Been a member for seven years now and currently head the virtual store for members and allies. —Unsigned comment byDarNamell (talk • contribs).
I think the key words of your comment here are "very imaginary." I don't think we need anything to do with a completely fanon website. Toprawa and Ralltiir 21:56, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Apologies for upsetting the apple cart. Just delete the entry if you feel so strongly about this. Having logged out, I see your Jack Nebulax reference, which is one of a series of personal recommendations when the main page was redone a few years ago. Since I use cookies, I can't say I've actually seen said page to spend time on it. But hey, I guess you are entitled to mock people as an admin. I have been informed that he was once a member in the naval part of the club, and has not been for years. Look, I wasn't looking to start trouble, but the hostility immediately presented proves that this was obviously a horrible idea. So much for "community", eh? Seriously, on consulting with other club members, please just forget it. - DarNamell
I'm not mocking anyone, and certainly not yourself. You can feel as insulted as you want that I strongly oppose your nomination. That is really none of my concern. I'm trying to prevent any sort of Nebulaxian anything from ever infesting this site again. In the words of Michael Corleone, "It's not personal. It's strictly business." —Unsigned comment byToprawa and Ralltiir (talk • contribs).
Please consider our newly founded community to be a friend of Wookieepedia. It was started by Bulldog180 and I, ZEM, soon became an admin there also. I have designed all the graphics for the forum; using mostly Wookieepedia images, and having found this wiki to be a useful resource, have already linked the wiki to multiple threads on the forum, as well as a special icon directly to the wiki beneath the logo. Please take a look at the forum, and consider it before voting. I appreciate your time. (Also be advised that the background I created for the forum is not functioning at the moment, and that we are so new that we only have 5 members.)ZEMtalk to me! 19:08, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
As above. Also, design tip: Shrink that giant header image. I almost mistook it for a small moon! — beeurdtalk 03:30, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
Per above, and yes, the header is way too big and bright; it hurts my eyes. --Michaeldsuarez(Talk) (Deeds) 17:25, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
I believe this site will have a great future, but as of now, it is just not ready. Sorry. QuiGonJinnThere's always a bigger fish. 09:39, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Now has new logo, more questions. Wookieepedia started small too! ~Darth Starbo 19:18, March 23, 2010 (UTC) (Vote struck per policy: Fewer than 50 mainspace edits -- Toprawa and Ralltiir 19:30, March 23, 2010 (UTC))
The nominee (the site) has three articles at the moment. I don't find it sufficient. The logo is copied and the CT is usually used before creating spinoffs of the Wook. So, I say no. -- 1358(Talk) 13:45, March 23, 2010 (UTC)
Question: Does Wikia have any quality controls whatsoever? Answer: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! -- Darth Culator(Talk) 14:58, March 23, 2010 (UTC)
Now over 5000. ~Darth Stabro 21:30, March 25, 2010 (UTC)
Yet one could answer probably all of the Star Wars questions one could ever have by simply reading our articles or asking on the Wook's KB. Simply put, I see no way that we are being in any way advanced by this partnership. Jonjedigrandmaster(We seed the stars) 21:34, March 25, 2010 (UTC)
The amount of questions may be growing quickly, however, the quality of the answers is suspect. I'm not even talking about false answers, but speculative answers. One of our main goals on Wookieepedia is to remove as much speculation as possible and provide only verified information. I don't believe that we would benefit from a partnership with a site that, as of right now, is the opposite of what we strive to achieve. Cylka-talk- 21:48, March 25, 2010 (UTC)
I'm still unsure behind the reasoning of edit points. Is editing now a competition? And what are "cybornitic limbs"? -- Riffsyphon1024 14:27, March 27, 2010 (UTC)
You may be aware of the Wikianswers Widget. It's shown by default to unregistered users on this wiki. Right now this points to the Star Wars category on the central answers site. Should it stay that way, or would it be better pointing to the specific Star Wars Answers site? (Feel free to move this comment if this isn't the right forum for it). Angela (talk) 04:56, March 31, 2010 (UTC)
Thoughtful Channel Wiki is a small wiki that has one simple subject, fanon. It has a lot of Star Wars storys that should make it Star Wars worthy. It has no one subject on one TV show. It has many shows that weren't ever written. We would be greatful to be friends. Thanks, Thoughtful Channel Wiki Community (Bigman602, The Cool Guy 15:39, May 15, 2010 (UTC))
They may have some nice fanon Star Wars stories, for all I know. But we don't even formally associate ourselves with the Star Wars Fanon Wiki. Considering fanon is the antithesis of what we strive for here on Wookieepedia, I'm going to have to vote no. Toprawa and Ralltiir 23:43, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Toprawa raises a good point. CC7567(talk) 23:45, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Per Toprawa and Ralltiir. --Imperialles 23:46, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Per Tope. And besides, you haven't supplied us with any real valid reason for why a partnership would be beneficial. You just tossed up some fanon wikis with a remote connection and then complained when we felt that partnering with those wikis was not beneficial. Trak NarRamble on 03:35, May 16, 2010 (UTC)
Do you happen to have a link to this wiki? -- 1358(Talk) 15:58, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Further to that, do you have any links to these Star Wars stories? A category would be best. NAYAYEN:TALK 19:33, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
This is a bunch of junk. Whats wrong with it being fanon. Everyone wiki has a topic that benefits it. Even if Wookieepedia is the Star Wars canon wiki, it can still benefit from a fanon wiki. Working together helps better than working alone. If Thoughtful Wiki and Wookieepedia can work together, both the wikis can benefit from it. Bigman602, The Cool Guy 02:34, May 16, 2010 (UTC)
Quite frankly, whether Wookieepedia can benefit from a partnership is debatable. Wookieepedia seeks to promote canon, not fanon, and supporting a site that doesn't do so isn't necessarily going to further that goal. CC7567(talk) 03:30, May 16, 2010 (UTC)
Spongebob Fanon Wiki We wish to become friends with the incredible Wookieepedia Star Wars Wiki, home of the great Wookieepdians! Together the Wookieepedians and Sponges (current name for users of our wiki) will "bring balance to the force" (meaning we might become great friends!). Thanks, Spongebob Fanon Wiki Community (--Bigman602, The Cool Guy 02:01, May 15, 2010 (UTC))
Why Star Wars?! I believe that comment has no meaning, Master Jonathan and Star Wars isn't the only thing that is very famous. Spongebob Fanon Wiki is not only helpful, but it is friendly. And I believe the other two comments shouldn't count because they need a reason. --Bigman602, The Cool Guy 04:51, May 15, 2010 (UTC) (Vote struck per policy: -- Havac 05:06, May 15, 2010 (UTC))
In point of fact, no, they don't. - JMASHey, it's me! 04:57, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Wookieepedia should be glad to be considered spongeworthy. Also, I'm not a racist. Thefourdotelipsis 14:00, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Wow, the SpongeBob Wiki is a whore; they bought a whole box of those things! ;) Chack Jadson(Talk) 01:17, May 16, 2010 (UTC)
All of our current Official Friends are connected to Star Wars in some way. This site has no such connection. —Master Jonathan(Jedi Council Chambers) 03:45, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
I simply have no comment on this. JangFett(Talk) 04:12, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Needs to be Star Wars related. Havac 05:06, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
It probably wouldn't be a bad idea to add a sixth point to the "Selection process" requiring nominations to at least have some remote connection to Star Wars and what the aim of our project is here. Toprawa and Ralltiir 05:08, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Not Star Wars related, so no. I care not for the references people put in their fanon, it's still a no from me. Trak NarRamble on 05:23, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Bloody confusing. -- 1358(Talk) 05:24, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Per everyone else, this is a Star Wars encyclopedia, not even remotely related to Spongebob fanon. It's not racist and no, I don't care if it "ruins God's plans". NAYAYEN:TALK 07:13, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
See below comment.--Bella'Mia 08:35, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
This is so stupid, my head almost exploded. OLIOSTER(talk) 08:49, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Is this stupid, Oli, or is this a joke that's so brilliant it totally blew your mind? -- Darth Culator(Talk) 11:19, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
No, it's stupid. One of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Also, every Wookieepedian is racist. Chack Jadson(Talk) 12:15, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Per everybody above, especially Olioster. Furthermore, even if the site was related to Star Wars, I wouldn't be voting for it, considering Bigman's humorous history of irrationality here on the Wook. Jonjedigrandmaster(Talk) 13:14, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
I am hearing alot of comments about it not being Star Wars related. That sounds racist to me not excepting a wiki, just because of the subjuect. It shouldn't make a difference if one wishes to become friends. Isn't it God's plan to have everyone be friends. But it seems people have to try to ruin His plans. --Bigman602, The Cool Guy 05:54, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
We are a Star Wars encyclopedia. Do we really benefit that much by having something like Spongebob Fanon as our friends? And btw, this has nothing to do with God, but with Wookieepedia. -- 1358(Talk) 05:55, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Racism is described as "the belief that race is a primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race." The fact that a wiki is not Star Wars related and therefore not eligible to be a "Friend of Wookieepedia" does not constitute as "racism." Trak NarRamble on 05:58, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
Bigman, I believe the word you're looking for is "prejudiced". And only in the sense that as a Star Wars Wiki, one would expect "friends" to have at least a tangible connection to Star Wars. Unfortunately, a wiki dealing with Spongebob is not. I hope you're not put off by this—it's nothing personal, nor is it a statement against "God's plan", or even Spongebob—and that you can continue to enjoy/contribute to Wookieepedia in the future.--Bella'Mia 08:35, May 15, 2010 (UTC)
I know this wikia is small. But I just adopted it. Currently it barely has any information and I need help from users here. I felt as a friend nominating this website it would help this Wikia to build a larger site even if this is unsuccessful I think that it would help this Wikia a great deal. I know I could just ask to copy past some of these articles but having a community would help a great deal. I hope you realize that in the future with the next Force Unleashed game coming up this link could help a great deal. Thank you Kajalamorth 15:35, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
Considering the fact that I am the nominator I would say a go. On several articles I have written I linked some of the information ON this WIKIA! I will take them off if you wont do so for this wiki. I feel slightly insulted by this. You all a ranted about the removal of darthpedia and how they took you guys off because of the one link ordeal. But sorry even if my wikia currently doesn't get any visitors is not because its a bad wiki its because no knows if it f*ck*ng exists. This no a chance to advertise its a chance to make this wiki bigger and it seems that some people on this wiki (Not pointing any fingers* have large lack of respect. Its fine to have opinions but at least make sure you don't other people in voicing the me out dammit. Sorry if I pissed anyone off but its how I feel. And thats what I have trying to say. I needed to contradict my self to prove a point. How retard is that? Kajalamorth 16:31, July 17, 2010 (UTC) (Vote struck per policy: fewer than 50 mainspace edits -- Toprawa and Ralltiir 20:00, July 17, 2010 (UTC))
THE FORCE UNLEASHED JangFett(Talk) 16:09, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
So what you oppose this just because you don't like the force unleashed? I feel slightly insulted by that. *-_- Kajalamorth 16:27, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
Okay, it's a Wiki, not "a Wikia", as is Wookieepedia. And what does Wookieepedia benefit from this relationsship? -- 1358(Talk) 21:06, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
No, primarily because of the comment below, but also because it fails to meet notability standards. Darth Trayus(Trayus Academy) 21:08, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
I give up... I am tired of this I am astounded by the lack of respect here. I will leave here and I will take this nomination off. This won't help the wiki if you can't respect other people. You don't oppose a wiki because you don't like it you don't oppose it because it doesn't benefit itself. I thought it would be chance to benefit both wiki's but you know what? I tried to do what I can but I can't stop from being annoyed and frustrated of lack of respect. I can't stand people like this it pisses me off. I won't take that. I won't be a big loss I don't expect people to care. I respect people and their work. Kajalamorth 21:13, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
Because I feel that establishing an "official friend" relationship with another site should be a two-way deal, i.e. both sides should have something to gain from the relationship. Many of our current Official Friends are either VIPs (e.g. Abel Pena, Daniel Wallace) or other prominent fan sites (e.g. CUSWE, Club Jade), so there is clearly a benefit to us to be associated with them. However, I don't see where we would gain anything from associating with what appears to be a newly started wiki that's barely known and that partially duplicates our effort (in that we cover TFU-related stuff also). —Master Jonathan(Jedi Council Chambers) 21:16, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
Okay first of all whoever is constantly undoing the post I am deleting please stop its very frustrating and annoying. Second sorry for my previous tantrum it also be nice if people would stop reverting that post of my tantrum. I understand your opinion. But I thought perhaps people who helped with those articles would see this nomination and may help our wiki. If I don't succeed I will work and make it increase in size and I will try again. I am sorry about my tantrum again. But its a very touchy subject and I felt like people were insulting the wiki. Thanks againKajalamorth 21:27, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
On several articles I have written I linked some of the information ON this WIKIA! I will take them off if you wont do so for this wiki. I feel slightly insulted by this. You all ranted about the removal of Darthpedia and how they took you guys off because of the one link ordeal. But sorry even if my wikia currently doesn't get any visitors its not because its a bad wiki its because no knows if it f*ck*ng exists. This is not chance an advertisment its a chance to make this wiki bigger and it seems that some people on this wiki (Not pointing any fingers) have large lack of respect. I worked my ass off for how it is now and it is still cr*p. Its fine to have opinions but at least make sure you don't hurt other people in process voicing it dammit. Sorry if I pissed anyone off but its how I feel. And that's what I have been trying to say. I needed to contradict my self to prove a point. How retarded is that? Kajalamorth 21:04, July 17, 2010 (UTC)
Two-week deadline from first request, voting ends no later than September 12, 2010.
We are a real-time role-playing experience set in a Star Wars Universe of our own design. Role players on Legends of the Jedi join our world to create dynamic characters that live and interact with others and add to the global storyline that affects all players.
Commonly referred in the RP gaming community as a “sandbox” style game, Legends of the Jedi’s unique timeline begins at an early point in the Star Wars Extended Universe, and players work together to write their own adventure, playing the parts of heroic Jedi Knights, benevolent Republic Senators, crafty ship builders, dangerous crime lords and dark and mysterious Sith Masters.
Wookieepedia is Legend of the Jedi's single best player resource for all RP needs. <3
Two-week deadline from first request, voting ends no later than June 10, 2011.
Hi! I'm a User on Star Wars Roleplay Wiki, a wiki dedicated to finding users who want to make their own characters and explore the Galaxy. Whilst we are admittedly a rather small wiki, we are rapidly expanding. We need dedicated people who love Star Wars to help us expand further and maybe join us and forge your own way in the Galaxy!
Obviously, this would make this deal more useful for us, but we still believe that this friendship will be used by many a dedicated, respected Wookiepedian to discover and experience our wiki! We hope that this reason is enough, but you may visit our wiki and have a look around, but please remember we are still under construction, so we will look better in the future!
One last thing, I am Anti-Umbridge league on Star Wars Roleplay Wiki due to a misunderstanding. Hope to see you there! Babaric fett 20:44, May 27, 2011 (UTC)
The wiki has existed for about a month, has less than 10 users, has no standards for attribution (and uses several images that I or other users rendered specifically for this site), and you misspelled Wookieepedia. -- Darth Culator(Talk) 21:22, May 27, 2011 (UTC)
Per Culator. It's simply too early to be anything we (I) could support. –Tm_T(Talk) 06:41, May 28, 2011 (UTC)
Official Friends is not a way to leech legitimacy from Wookieepedia for the wiki you created last week. Toprawa and Ralltiir 17:30, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
I thought it had to be canon to be a "Friend." MasterFred(Whatever) 17:34, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
I was mistaken, but this site is still not ready. Come back when the wiki and its community are larger and more matured (the wiki, that is :P). Good luck. MasterFred(Whatever) 20:06, May 31, 2011 (UTC)
I don't get it, what is the point of this wiki exactly? Is it a repository for people's characters from the Star Wars Roleplaying Game? OLIOSTER(talk) 21:14, May 27, 2011 (UTC)
Two-week deadline from first request, voting ends no later than March 15, 2012.
You know, I don't know why I didn't think of this before, but it would only make sense. Until its discontinuation, the game became a sneak preview into what was in store for each next season of TCW. Even long after it was gone, interest in the game continues to generate responses and questions about many elements of the cards and units, including how they fit into the Star Wars universe. The official website for the game remains a resource to fill this need, and will also continue to provide support to this wiki, as well. GethralkinHyperwave 07:29, March 1, 2012 (UTC)
May I ask whether that website has been contacted with an overture to be an Official Friend? Although this is not a formal requirement for purposes of voting on this nomination, I think this is generally a good thing to do before we go too far in the process and then find out they're not interested, etc. Toprawa and Ralltiir 21:14, March 1, 2012 (UTC)
As I am one of the owners of the site, I am definitely interested. GethralkinHyperwave 07:57, March 2, 2012 (UTC)
The swpocketmodels.com website provides official pictures and information for characters and starships/vehicles/etc. that appeared in the trading card game. The Wookieepedia actually references many official images and pieces of information found on the site, much the same that Decipher and WotC were once resources for images and info. Similar to the SWPM site, Decipher and Wizards of the Coast both provided info and images that this wikia used to cite facts. However, Decipher now requires membership for viewing images and WotC no longer has Star Wars license, so the links for those resources have changed or are dead. The SWPM site, on the other hand, remains a live resource that continues to provide information—including new info as it is discovered through contact via its connection to the company's former representatives. Several IU sources have been drawn from the Star Wars license to produce game material incorporating elements from all of the films. Additionally, EU material was incorporated, as well, from video games to novels. swpocketmodels.com remains the official site for the game, with former representatives of the WizKids company administrating the site and forums. —Unsigned comment byGethralkin (talk • contribs).
Is there any actual link to Wookieepedia on the site? I couldn't find one on the main pages. nayayen★talk 13:59, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
If not, perhaps someone should contact them and tell them exactly what being "friends" with us is. "Friendships" are a two-way relationship. They need to endorse us just as we do them. MasterFred(Whatever) 14:10, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
While its safe to say we, for some things, have more information than the SWG wiki, my bias towards the game means I have to vote positively for this. OLIOSTER(talk) 16:20, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
The Star Wars Galaxies wiki. The game may no longer be be (officially) in operation, but this wiki is perhaps the oldest Star Wars-related wiki still in existence, pre-dating even Wookieepedia, and contains a wealth of information on the universe. Many articles already include links to their counterparts on Wookieepedia. —Unsigned comment byPeltarius (talk • contribs).
Are there any actual article/content policies enforced? nayayen★talk 15:03, April 4, 2012 (UTC)
The Clone Wars Adventures wiki. Based on SOE's latest Star Wars MMO which recently reached ten million subscribers, this wiki is the number one source of information on the game. Many articles already include links to their counterparts on Wookieepedia. —Unsigned comment byPeltarius (talk • contribs).
I nominate The Clone Wars Wiki ([1]) to be an official friend of Wookieepedia. Their main focus is the Clone Wars, so they are eligible. With over 1000 pages and 110 users, they could be a valuable friend of Wookieepedia. ObiKenobiUPC 13:14, June 20, 2012 (UTC)
Two-week deadline from first request, voting ends no later than 7/4/2012
With only over 1000 pages and 110 users, they have nothing to offer Wookieepedia. Our coverage of the Clone Wars is far far greater. OLIOSTER(talk) 13:54, June 20, 2012 (UTC)
The wiki is like a mirror of Wookieepedia, but it only covers the Clone Wars era and has much lower article quality. I don't see how we would benefit of a friendship. 1358(Talk) 14:05, June 20, 2012 (UTC)
Limited scope, disregarding of applicable canon information, speculation, as exemplified here, lack of proper referencing… TK999 14:22, June 20, 2012 (UTC)
It's a shame Wikia even lets these splinter wikis exist to begin with. We shouldn't be promoting something that should rightfully fall under Wookieepedia. Toprawa and Ralltiir 15:21, June 20, 2012 (UTC)
Per Tope. —MJ—HolocommWednesday, June 20, 2012, 15:24 UTC
Per Tope and TK. CadeCalrayn 15:53, June 20, 2012 (UTC)
I propose we add some items to the OFW requirements: "May not have been founded by anyone who flounced or was banned from Wookieepedia." "May not exist solely to cover a limited subset of the same material as Wookieepedia." "May not have the appearance of having been created in response to Wookieepedia's rules and regulations or Wookieepedia's lack of 'cool' features." "Improperly formatted requests will be immediately deleted and may not be renominated for a minimum of one month." -- Darth Culator(Talk) 16:40, June 20, 2012 (UTC)
Lack of proper formatting makes me sick. Per Tope and Xd very much.—Cal Jedi(Personal Comm Channel) 16:44, June 20, 2012 (UTC)
I am Maestro_Tholme and represent www.swx.it, an Italian fansite, hosting the largest Star Wars databank available in our language (which has been using the Wikia service since 2008 in order to enhance users’ participation at the project).
We would like to advance a proposal to you and, through you, to the whole Wookieepedia staff. We highly admire the work done by you to gather virtually all information about the huge universe of Star Wars, putting it at everyone’s disposal and pleasure. We ask you to consider our request to be listed as Official Friends of Wookieepedia. In turn, we will publicly endorse Wookieepedia. For more information regarding our website there is a voice on Wookieepedia of SWX.it that you can find on the link here below.
Hey guys, MasterTholme wanted to bring this friendship possibility to our attention. I'm just putting it up for him. NaruHinaTalk 08:58, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
I have several concerns. I'm naturally skeptical whenever I see a new Friends request, simply because we've pretty much befriended all the major relevant SW communities out there. We are the best in the business when it comes to what we do. There really isn't anyone out there left for us to partner with from whom we will benefit as much as they will benefit from us. The reason people want to be our friends is because we are the best, and they know this, so, forgive my condescending language, but they want to leech off our immense success by getting us to advertise their website on our Main Page. When I consider a possible "friendship," I feel like the relationship should be benefiting us as much, or more than, it's benefiting them. And I really don't see that happening with this website. According to our internal page on them, they have 2,000+ articles. We have almost 100,000. Can anyone give me an idea of what their userbase size is? I'm guessing it's fairly low, especially compared to ours. They promise that they will publicly endorse Wookieepedia (which is expected, naturally), but they already publicly endorse us on their "Recommended sites" (translated) list on their Main Page. Why do we need to do anything more here? I see this partnership as a great benefit for them, and negligible at best for us. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 16:44, September 1, 2012 (UTC)
This site happens to be owned by myself and Porpman—respectively, former Promotional Envoy and Rules Arbitrator/Preview Writer for the Topps/Wizkids Star Wars brand line. We have long used links to Wookieepedia articles to share details about PocketModels units and cards with fans of the game. Coincidentally, the reverse is also true in that canon details are found in the game with which the Wookieepedia benefited from, in the form of our card and unit catalog. The Facebook page was recently added and will highlight weekly a Wookieepedia article pertaining to the SWPM game. The Wookieepedia FB page is also advertised as a Liked page on the site. —GethralkinHyperwave 11:02, September 20, 2012 (UTC)
Voting has ended for the above nomination but there were no votes or even any discussion for or against, here. Is anybody even looking at this nomination page? How does this process get the attention it deserves? —GethralkinHyperwave 01:29, October 15, 2012 (UTC)
I am User:Weirdo Guy and I'm here to represent Star Wars: Role Play Wiki. We are one of the only active Star Wars Role Play Wikis on Wikia at the moment. We want to bring a possible friendship offer to you as a sign of good will. We love your work and appreciate all you have done. Despite our rather small size, we would like to apply to become an official friend of Wookieepedia, and in exchange, we will publicly endorse Wookieepedia on our wiki. Thank you. - Weirdo Guy (talk) 19:40, September 16, 2012 (UTC)
Pretty much per the same reasons than with previous RPG wiki requesting this, and even on bigger reasons this time. a week old wiki? Less than 400 edits total? A yet another wiki instead of maintaining some existing wiki? To make it short: few years of solid development and reasonable size and I see we can review this again. (: – Tm_T@Wookieepedia:~$ 20:08, September 16, 2012 (UTC)
I don't have a few years. And I'm not going to lie. We don't have much to give. To be honest, what can anybody give? You're one of the biggest wikis on Wikia. You have all the official SW sites affiliated with you. You are pretty much the official Star Wars Encyclopedia. But our wiki meets the requirements, so I don't see no reason why it should be turned down. Weirdo Guy (talk) 03:38, September 18, 2012 (UTC)
The Star Wars Chronology Project is a blog started by MKB in 2009. MKB describes himself as a high school teacher who teaches the subjects of Literature and Theology at the High School level. His intent is to cover the in-universe chronological history of Star Wars in all its variant media forms, and record his thoughts and musing on his blog. To date, he has read the entirety of Star Wars history up to 32 BBY.
Many of his posts are literary critiques of Star Wars literature in general, wherein he defines the vast majority of Star Wars mythology as intertextual.
Petition to be recognized as an Official Friend to Wookieepedia.
Hello to all the Wookieepedians reading this,
Please consider the edited addition to this page as my petition to you all to be recognized as an Official friend of Wookieepedia. As the little blurb about my blog indicates, I’ve been reading/playing/listening my way through Star Wars history for the last three years.
I would like my blog to be recognized as an Official friend of Wookieepedia because I feel connected to the fraternity (used in the gender-neutral sense here) of Star Wars fans around the world. I would like to count myself among this fraternity of fans in a more official manner. To become, like all of you, one of its ambassadors.
I’m not sure what the requirements of becoming an Official Friend to Wookieepedia are. I link and promote Wookeepedia on my site regularly, but I cannot see myself as one who would edit or add to Wookieepedia personally. I think the editors and contributors to Wookieepedia are people with a vast knowledge of Star Wars, and though amongst most people around me I would call myself an expert on Star Wars, in this particular fraternity I would not. I’ll leave the editing and contributions to this site to the experts.
Please peruse my blog and consider favourably my application to become recognized as an Official Friend of Wookieepedia
Regards,
MKB —Unsigned comment byMKB-SWCP (talk • contribs).
I was asked to put in my opinion, and it seems like a number of people are already aware of this nomination but are waiting for someone to go first, so it might as well be me. As I just told some others on our IRC channel, and as I've expressed previously, I feel like at this point in Wookieepedia's development, there is almost no one we are not already friends with who can offer us a legitimately mutually beneficial partnership, VIPs excluded. Aside from TheForce.Net, we're probably the most well-known Star Wars fan site out there. Heck, StarWars.com even links to us in their Encyclopedia feature as a "read further" option and recognizes us on their fan site page. You can't get much better than that. At this point, the vast majority of Official Friend requests are just like this one: someone starting out a new project who sees Wookieepedia's immense popularity as something they might be able to use to help grow their own interests. That's great, but it offers very little, if anything at all, to us. I feel like we owe it to ourselves, given our size and prominence, to be extremely discerning in who we lend our name brand to. And while MKB offers some intriguing potential benefits in regards to some of our lesser developed articles, I just can't see this man's single blog being worth our time right now. To me, it's almost like an unwritten rule at this point that a request should also demonstrate notability and massive traffic. In other words, we probably should have heard of you before you come knocking on our door. And this one just doesn't meet that. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 04:25, January 14, 2013 (UTC)
Response by MKB
Thanks for the comments Toprawa and Ralltiir.
I’ll preface my comments with the promise that this will be my last comment in this thread. I don’t want to bog down the process with my voice. I’ll leave it to other Wookieepedians to judge the merits of my petition.
Regarding your points Toprawa and Ralltiir, I agree. I’ve reflected on what you’ve written and there is very little I can protest. Indeed, I’m a very small fish in a very large pond of Star Wars fans sites.
There are no other fans sites, outside of VIPs, that can benefit Wookieepedia as mutually as Wookieepedia can benefit them. You all have essentially reached the top of the heap. In that respect, why have the Official Friends nomination process? How many other Star Wars fan sites out there can give to Wookieepedia what Wookieepedia can give to them? Very few perhaps.
What is more, you are correct in saying that I am looking to leverage Wookieepedia’s vast readership into my blog. I like discussing Star Wars, and I’m genuinely interested in other fans opinions on the material I’ve examined.
Before I started my blog I used to read other Star Wars forums, and more often than not much of the content on those forums concerned the most popular elements of the Star Wars universe: the latest book, or video game for example. Which is fine (and something I do truly enjoy), but there are only so many of those types of forum posts that hold my interest. Also, many of the conversations on these forums often descended into flaming and vitriol. Aspects of online conversations I had no interest in participating in. Since I was uninterested in entering these conversations (because they were not talking about the things I wanted to talk about) I decided to go my own way and construct the Star Wars conversation I wanted to have independently. As I said before, my blog has a theological / literary theory bent to it, because these are the aspects of Star Wars I enjoy looking at (and likewise, not for everyone). I can honestly say I take pride in elevating the importance of Star Wars literature on my blog. I take seriously (perhaps to a fault) the importance of Star Wars literature and the importance it will have in time to come. In the literary world, there really is nothing like it.
I want to direct other Star Wars fans, through Wookieepedia, to my own site to see if they too are interested in have these types of discussions. I’ll let the merits of my writing speak for itself. It’s an authentic and honest attempt to talk about Star Wars one little piece at a time.
I agree, Wookieepedia does owe it to itself to be discerning of who it includes and excludes. Can I demonstrate notability and massive traffic? No, but also, I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to demonstrate this. At its core, I’m not sure that’s what The Star Wars Chronology Project is all about. Would I like more readers? Absolutely, because I think I’m participating, constructively and positively, to the online discussion about Star Wars, and I think more voices, like any good democracy, add to a good conversation.
Indeed, I’ll benefit more from Wookieepedia’s recognition than Wookieepedia will from mine. I think the question Wookieepedians who will be voting on this petition need to ask is if they think the inclusion of the Star Wars Chronology Project on the list of Official Friends to Wookieepedia ultimately detract from Wookieepedia, or add, (as slight as an addition as that me be) to Wookieepedia.
Cheers,
MKB.
Thank you for your civil response, MKB. Likewise, I don't disagree with anything you say here. Is there any harm in adding you to the list of friends? Of course not. But I think you raise some excellent points that I myself have offered up in the past: Is there even any point in having the Official Friends system anymore? In my opinion, almost without exception, no. And while there may not be any harm in adding you or anyone else to the list of friends, I think it begs the question, where do we draw the line with that? We could apply that same reasoning to any and every Star Wars fan site out there, of which there are many, and add them all to the list in the interest of trying to generate one more extra ounce of traffic. Ultimately, with that in mind, I tend to land on the side of the fence that thinks we should be done adding anyone at all and only continue to let people add their sites to the afore-linked list of fan sites. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 19:01, January 16, 2013 (UTC)
I have to agree with Tope. While I appreciate your desire to want to be affiliated with us, MKB, you have to understand our situation. We are a huge site that cannot afford to let everyone be an official friend. We have to restrict it to those that can bring us major benefits as well. I won't go on about this, though, since Tope pretty much covered all major points already. Just note that it's nothing against you personally, MKB. I hope you do extremely well with your site/blog.—Cal Jedi(Personal Comm Channel) 19:28, January 16, 2013 (UTC)
After considering this and reading the comments here, I'm going to agree with Tope. At this point, there's really no use for the Official Friends system. It was nice when we were starting out and trying to get attention, but now that we have the attention, there's really no one out there whom becoming friends with would be legitimately beneficial to us. Like Cal said, this is nothing personal against you; from what I saw of your blog, it looks very interesting, and I hope it works out for you. We just can't list every little fan site out there as a Friend; doing so would cheapen the whole concept of Official Friends. I do thank you for being civil and polite about this. :) —MJ—Comlink 19:53, January 16, 2013 (UTC)
I'll hold my vote until others have commented, but in general we expect Official Friend relationships to be mutually beneficial, i.e. that Wookieepedia would benefit from the relationship as well. What potential do you see in terms of the benefit to Wookieepedia from your proposed relationship? (Note that I have not yet looked at your site, but I will do so soon.) —MJ—Comlink 04:10, January 13, 2013 (UTC)
Response by MKB
Thank you for the comment Master Jonathan,
At this point the only benefit I can see providing to Wookieepedia would be the highlighting of articles where there is little attention. Since it is my intent to be exhaustive in my quest, I will be referencing the obscure and lesser known levels of Star Wars canon. For example, in my last post on The Invasion of Theed Adventure Game I made reference to the WEG sourcebook No Disintegrations. I referenced it in relation to a story I told about an RPG club I used to run at my former school, and this was the sourcebook we started with. When I linked to Wookieepedia’s page, I noticed very little was written about the source. An astute Wookieepedian can pick up on this, and begin to fill in some more in-depth information. All-in-all, by my blog being recognized as an Official Friend of Wookieepedia, I can assist, in my own way, the recording of Star Wars history, which is what Wookieepedia is attempting to do – maintain a living document of a living and ever expanding universe. —Unsigned comment byMKB-SWCP (talk • contribs).
Hmm. I'll wait and see how others feel. In light of the fact that many recent nominations have been mostly ignored, I'll ping a few established users to get some more attention on this. —MJ—Comlink 03:13, January 14, 2013 (UTC)
Disney owns the Star Wars now and i believe that in the future Disney Wiki will have alot of information relating to Star Wars. Byzantinefire 02:45, March 2, 2013 (UTC)
Please although it doesn't float everyone's boat with the voting I think it would be awesome addition to have the Disney Wikia as partners. We also give credits to the character and vehicle articles to your site not to mention having Episode VII and the Star Tours attractions at the Disney Parks.--Doofenshmirtz95 (talk) 05:16, March 2, 2013 (UTC) (Vote struck per policy: Fewer than 50 mainspace edits -- —MJ—Council Chambers 05:19, March 2, 2013 (UTC))
I agree with this idea, also I continually help out on Disney wikia with Star Wars related links directly to your site.--MikeyBlumberg2468 (talk) 05:45, March 2, 2013 (UTC) (Vote struck per policy: Fewer than 50 mainspace edits -- CadeCalrayn 05:47, March 2, 2013 (UTC))
The Disney wiki has already added numerous pages from Wookieepedia. How many have you added to yours from ours? Few if any. The main advantages of our mutual affiliation will be the links on our respective affiliation pages between our wikis. Disney dork777 (Vote struck per policy: Fewer than 50 mainspace edits -- —MJ—Jedi Council Chambers 03:51, March 4, 2013 (UTC))
Semi-violates rule #2: "Nominations must be related in some way to Star Wars, Wookieepedia's sole concentration." Also, we gain nothing from becoming Official Friends with them, while they would get to capitalize on our reputation. CadeCalrayn 02:39, March 2, 2013 (UTC)
Nominator not an admin at the nominated site, one of the sites bureaucrats opposed, and per Cade. -- Darth Culator(Talk) 04:03, March 2, 2013 (UTC)
To expand on this, Fred and I have visited their site's chat, and it's fairly clear that the general users and admins of the Disney Wiki are opposed to our site in general. CadeCalrayn 23:51, March 3, 2013 (UTC)
Per Culator's first two points. However, I should point out that Disney is related to Star Wars in that they own the whole freaking franchise, and I prefer to be as liberal as possible (within reason, of course) with that rule. Plus the wiki does have an article on Episode VII. So in short, I don't buy the "not related to Star Wars" argument, but the other two made by Culator are valid. —MJ—War Room 05:03, March 2, 2013 (UTC)
If in the future the Disney Wiki betters its coverage of Star Wars content and the quality of the site's content in general, I would consider supporting such a partnership. As for now, Wookieepedia is just too high quality to gain anything of value from this friendship. A suggestion, though, would be to link to Wookieepedia in the Disney Wiki articles. That would also help make me lean toward support next time. MasterFred(Whatever) 05:06, March 2, 2013 (UTC)
I'm from the DisneyWiki as well, but I am ambivalent. I do agree that since the franchise is owned by Disney now, we should become partners. We have information recorded of Star Wars, but the wiki should improve on coverage to Star Wars, I agree. Despite claims, I think both wikis can gain benefit from this friendship, become much closer and open. But for now, I want to see the wikis get along better then I think we will get somewhere. SilverFlight (talk) 03:21, March 3, 2013 (UTC) (Vote struck per policy: Fewer than 50 mainspace edits -- CC7567(talk) 03:23, March 3, 2013 (UTC))
Star Wars is owned by Disney now, but I feel this shouldn't happen. I am the bureaucrat on the wiki if you have questions. So many edits,so little time. 02:42, March 2, 2013 (UTC)
Admin archiving note: Closed early because it's been made clear that the Disney Wiki will not approve the relationship.—MJ—Council Chambers 04:03, March 4, 2013 (UTC)
Star Wars Combine is an international community of SW fans who have been playing continuously for over 15 years now. The game is set in the Star Wars Galaxy and is an MORPG and economic simulation with combat elements. SWC Administration are excited about the prospect an official friendship between Wookipeedia and the Star Wars Combine.
At a quick glance couldn't find any linking or reference to Wookieepedia, nor I have seen or heard any benefit this would bring to us. Also there isn't any particular notability on that website/community that I can see. Good to hear you've been running so long though. (: – Tm_T@Wookieepedia:~$ 06:32, March 19, 2013 (UTC)
Star Wars Answers is a site dedicated to answering questions about Star Wars. So instead of every time someone has a question they don't have to go to a member of Wookieepedia to ask it. Cause that would get annoying! It has recently gone under remodeling so it looks excellent. So if this nomination wins we will forever be in thanks to all of Wookieepedia. —Unsigned comment byWolf Screech (talk • contribs).
I'm gonna have to oppose due to the fact that most of the answers provided have no sources listed, meaning users have to take your word for it. I also noticed a number of answers on your wiki contain speculation. Small other note, Wookieepedia is spelled WookieePedia a number of times there :P Best of luck with the site, Supreme Emperor (talk) 19:10, April 16, 2013 (UTC)
As I told you previously. CadeCalrayn 19:11, April 16, 2013 (UTC)
Only if they change their name to "Wookieepedia Answers" and advertise us 24/7. Also pay tribute to us and become our vassals slaves. But that would probably do us more harm (like stealing Cade's job for instance) than good..so nah. Winterz (talk) 13:50, April 17, 2013 (UTC)
To be honest, I genuinely feel sorry about having to oppose this. It was a Star Wars Answers site (not this one, per se, IIRC, but still) that got me involved in Wookieepedia. However, I can't with good conscious support this. The system for Wookieepedia to accept new friends is extremely stiff, and this site would need a huge upgrade in order to be accepted. Maybe if you can do this, I would be willing to support in the future. But I have to refrain for now. Regardless, keep up your hard work on the site, and good luck.—Cal Jedi(Personal Comm Channel) 15:09, April 17, 2013 (UTC)
I get bored enough to go there sometimes and have seen numerous problems like completely false answers and extremely ridiculous questions or ones that could have answers if people used the search box here. Commander Code-8G'day, mate 02:54, April 20, 2013 (UTC)
I am going to remain neutral for reasons that I don't feel like explaining. Fe Nite (talk) 21:34, April 16, 2013 (UTC)
Oh snap. I was hoping this would go through, but I guess not. By the way can I vote for this to go through even though I made the request?Wolf Screech(That's a knife!) 12:50, April 17, 2013 (UTC)
Nope, but still you should sign your nomination. Winterz (talk) 13:46, April 17, 2013 (UTC)
Basically, the link about shows it all: their site no longer exists. At the moment, though, we are still linking to them from the main page. If they come out with a second issue, it would be easy enough to add them back. --Eyrezer 07:34, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Ugh. This pains me, but if the site isn't there, it just plain isn't there. :-( jSarek 07:43, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
I think just as a technical matter we should have removed this from the OFW box on the main page as soon as someone discovered it had become a link farm. -- Darth Culator(Talk) 18:37, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Given that it was essentially voted through here because Darthipedia's founding users were established Wookieepedians where other similar nominations would be steadfastedly opposed, and given that it was a friendship that obviously only ever benefited one side, I find it a bit ridiculous that Darthipedia's decided to terminate the friendship without any mention of it to us. So, their loss. -- AdmirableAckbar(Talk) 16:51, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
I wasn't really sure this even required this level of formality after they terminated it on their end. I was going to bring it up on the noticeboard after it was brought here by one of their remaining users who hasn't done enough retarded shit to get banned here yet, but apparently none of them have the balls. -- Darth Culator(Talk) 13:17, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
I've never visited Darthipedia, but if they don't want to be friends with Wookieepedia - don't be friends with them! There's no point. ZEMtalk to me! 00:06, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
I don't think either wiki has considered the other a friend in quite a while.--Darth Oblivion 03:42, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Go to hell, Madclaw, Goodwood, Supergeeky, Gump, and all you other rude Darthipedians. Yeah, Chack's getting opinionated. Yeah, you've succeeded in really ticking me off. Chack Jadson(Talk) 21:10, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
Yes, I'm a supporter of Darthipedia, but I don't usually edit there much. I must say, even if I'm a wave of one, that it's not healthy to just terminate Darthipedia as a friend just because they terminated Wookieepedia. Many people who contribute to Darthipedia have been banned from Wookieepedia, some for as of yet unclear reasons, and they're probably just miffed. If there could be a dialogue between the two groups, excluding certain people from the Wook that are at the epicenter of the conflict (no offence meant), I'm sure they could work out their differences in a less "they terminated us so we should terminate them just because" fashion. NaruHinaTalk 21:05, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
Here is my response to the concerns Naru has raised, and any questions I can anticipate concerning Darthipedia and certain Darthipedians:
Our link to them does not benefit us; it benefits them. Conversely, their link to us only benefited us, and not them. Therefore, when they eliminated their link to us, we lost all ability to gain anything from our partnership with them. People can't follow the link from their main page to our site now. I don't see the point in a partnership that only benefits one party; we already showed them patronage enough when they were founded and in the many months where our exponentially more popular wiki was a pipeline to theirs.
As far as people from Darthipedia being banned from Wookieepedia—and I assume you mean #wookieepedia as well, not seeming to be able to distinguish the difference between the media and their separate administrative approaches—the decisions have always been made about individual users and not their site itself. And for the "as yet unclear reasons," you're listening to pure propaganda. A reason has always been provided in every instance of a block from this wiki, and those who have been blocked must be attempting to gloss over the reasons they are completely aware of being blocked for. The fact that a fair number of users who have been banned edit Darthipedia is simply a sad coincidence—sad for Darthipedia, that is.
What have people been blocked for? Well, on IRC and even on their wiki and, to some extent, on our wiki, these people have:
Slandered Wookieepedians on their wiki, even to the extent of creating a page for the sole purpose of slighting a certain individual. Even when a Darthipedia-friendly Wookieepedian attempted to put a stop to this page, a forum was created on Darthipedia for the sole purpose of slandering the user who raised concerns.
Trolled the Wookieepedia IRC channels for months on end, harassing more than a few Wookieepedians and hindering the use of the IRC channels for our wiki's purposes. This includes attempts to disrupt our most recent Mofference.
Paraded around personal information about Wookieepedians. Even that of some Wookieepedians who never made their personal information public and do not wish anyone online at all to know it.
My personal opinion of Darthipedia as a site is this: It has long since drifted far from being what it claims to be, what would be of any use to Wookieepedia whatsoever—a Star Wars humor wiki. Founded on the original intent of being a home for ironic wit concerning Star Wars topics, Darthipedia quickly saw a shift in themes to making fun of other topics while cursorily applying Star Wars themes to them. Since then, it has increasingly become something more of an in-joke wiki, such as Uncyclopedia has become, and a slander wiki, not unlike Encylopedia Dramatica. Meanwhile, its community has become a springboard for disruptive, heedless pranks and attempts to annoy people on other wikis and at Wikia itself—sadly often incorporating their wiki into the fun and games. Sure, there is still some decent Star Wars material on Darthipedia, but for the most part it is almost nothing of what it claims to be anymore: a Star Wars humor wiki. I simply see no merit in retaining their partnership, regardless of the relations between their wiki and ours.
I'm done. I'm done explaining why I've done this and why other administrators—as though I'm their mother or something—have done that. Darthipedia can be removed from our Official Friends for wiki-specific reasons, and as always their users, particularly ones who are also our users, will continue to be dealt with on an individual basis concerning their actions on the wiki and in IRC. Anyone with further questions—and I'm only apt to answer good and constructive questions—can send me a private message on Freenode or e-mail me, but anyone who wishes to further criticize my actions or those of my fellow responsible administrators can remove their head from where the sun doesn't shine and accept what's been done. Graestan(Talk) 13:22, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
Your a hypocrite, Grae. There are large portions of the Darthipedia community that you have banned just because they insulted you, not wookieepedia, not the site in general, not the users in general, but you. You say how Darthipedians being banned is a coincidence, how they are attempting to gloss over the real reason why they have been banned, but it seems more like you are attempting to gloss over your reasons for each ban, most of which are in #wookieepedia itself, not the site. In truth, you are no better than what you say the darth has become, a general insulter of targeted users. But, I will not vote on this matter because I've voluntarily left wookieepedia. This should not have even been put to a vote, since we cut the line on our end, you should have just discretely taken us off the main page. No, instead you guys put it to a vote so everyone could get riled up. Lets put an end to this conflict so you stop flaunting your power, Grae. No one cares. The Almighty NinjaTalk 14:22, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
An attack against any real, productive Wookieepedian is an attack against all of Wookieepedia. People are only banned from the site or the related chat for instigating, participating in, or condoning malicious behavior, by word or by deed, against Wookieepedians. You don't have to actively participate in something to be complicit. We know your masters didn't want this explained to the usership at large, which is why it had to be done this way. -- Darth Culator(Talk) 23:57, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
My "masters"? Hell, Culator, I did this on my on time, with my own words. No one had anything to do with it but me. This was my response to the situation, not Geeky's, not Madclaw's, not Gump's, and not Goodwood's, since he somehow is included in a list of current and former administrators. This is what I beleive, and what I see happening before my eyes. Their is no lies being whispered in my ear. This is my public opinion on the matter, and I speak for no one. And I'm sure as hell not going to let anyone speak for me, or choose my words. And as for an attack against a "productive Wookieepedian", I've already stated my opinion on how productive Graeston is. The Almighty NinjaTalk 22:05, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
This is precisely why I said that certain people should be excluded from the conversation. Because they cause the conflicts. Anyway as a response to Grae, I'm not going to write a book for each one but:
You cannot use a "one-sided link" excuse because that is not true. The Official Friends don't actually get clicked all that much in the first place and even then, you can't assume that the Wook link is the only one being clicked.
Its true that some parties may have been insulted but, hell, you insult me all the time in both IRC and even here on the Wook upon occasion. How are you going to define an active, productive member of the Wiki? I'm very active and I've been very productive over this past year, should you be banned for insulting me? I don't think so, neither should anyone else. Its a matter of opinion and just because your feelings got hurt, you shouldn't use your admin powers to get revenge.
You and I both know that not all of the people blocked from here and the IRC did those things. Some of them were even told flat out that it was because they were a Darthipedian. Some of them were banned for what they said in #darthipedia, an IRC channel with absolutely no ties to the Wook or its IRC "Don't be a dick" policy, one that is, as I said, broken by certain people, you included Grae, Culator, and especially Toprawa; on a regular basis.
I'd like to make this perfectly clear, I say this not against you and the others mentioned but to help heal the rift. What you have said and done to Darthipedians, in some cases, was wrong and broke policy descisions actually set by you and for the people in the channels and the Wook itself. However, the blame is not one sided. Darthipedian have insulted you, in ways and places that should not get them banned but that is a truth. I think we should just let bygones be bygones. I'm not asking for any resolution anymore as both Grae and Culator have shown here that it would not be possible, well I shouldn't say that, accepted by the administration or the population that follows the administration. I'm sorry if I was ted your time by writing that and causing you to respong Grae, Nina, and Culator. NaruHinaTalk 22:17, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
This is all rather unproductive, and completely irrelevant. Please stop. -- AdmirableAckbar(Talk) 22:23, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
I agree. I think this argument is pointless and is only stirring up the bees nest. This is partly due to me. Lets severe the ties and be done with it. The Almighty NinjaTalk 22:36, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
As strongly as I pushed for this OFW back in the day, the site is not the same. It is no longer a Star Wars forum and news site. It redirects to its current incarnation as a movie news site, with so little to do with Star Wars, it may as well be nothing. After a cursory look over the site, I couldn't find any linking to or any mention of Wookieepedia. It's time to cull this one from the OFW list. - JMASHey, it's me! 23:55, February 1, 2012 (UTC)
Per Culator. We need to get rid of this. I don't even see one mention of Star Wars on it.—Cal Jedi(Personal Comm Channel) 03:12, February 2, 2012 (UTC)
Hmm... No Star Wars? No Wookieepedia? No thanks! Bella'Mia 05:55, February 2, 2012 (UTC)
You know, I do enjoy a good snowball. I've been without snow for quite some time. Trak NarRamble on 05:58, February 2, 2012 (UTC)
I don't our deliberative process is a bad thing; the world won't end if these guys are on that page for another fortnight. That said, these guys gots ta go. jSarek 14:29, February 2, 2012 (UTC)
I had intended to wait until this was officially removed before TC'ing the article. But it seems fairly obvious this will snowball. - JMASHey, it's me! 00:47, February 2, 2012 (UTC)
I went ahead and made an executive decision to remove them from the main page ahead of the obvious snowball, since the site as we knew it no longer exists. If anyone cares to argue against this, I'm all ears. -- Darth Culator(Talk) 17:06, February 2, 2012 (UTC)