WookieeProject: Aliens | |
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Project information | |
Founder(s) | |
Founded | |
Focus |
Sentient and semi-sentient species and subspecies |
Article information | |
Current main focus | |
Featured articles | |
Good articles | |
Comprehensive articles | |
Total articles |
1,468 species (As of 20 July '11) |
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Guest writers |
Cavalier One |
- "In our efforts, we have learned that life is not rare. Rather, given a chance, life will occur. It is tenacious, aggressive—it seems to crave existence."
- ―Tem Eliss; Sentientologist
WookieeProject Aliens is a WookieeProject intended to make our coverage of the hundreds of sentient and semi-sentient species in the Star Wars galaxy as comprehensive as possible. This mandate extends from the most prominent species that may appear in nearly every Star Wars product to the most obscure, one-shot, minor-mention only species. We strive to produce quality Featured articles—the pinnacle of Wookieepedia research and writing—as well as quality Good articles and Comprehensive articles. Even if not working toward one of these goals, members of this Project try to raise the quality of species articles wherever possible. As of July, 2011, we have covered nearly 17% of the named species across all Star Wars media.
Please join our Project, one of the most active on Wookieepedia, and help in any way that you can. Here you will find a Forum which includes a general notice board for news relating to our WookieeProject, as well as places to request help in tracking down sources. We also have a tutorial giving advice on how to research and write Featured articles. This page also contains links to our various portfolios, showcasing the work of individual users who are part of the Project. These can all be found in the tabs at the top of the page.
We also welcome guest contributors, so if you've never written a species article before, this is a great way to try it out!
Project goals
Our main goal is to make sure Wookieepedia is a reliable and excellent source of information about any and all sentient and semi-sentient species in the Star Wars universe. Although we realize that not every such article will be able to be made into featured status, any species can reach Good or Comprehensive status, meaning that the article is still as complete and comprehensive as possible.
Editors may also encounter numerous organizations on Wookieepedia that are currently categorized as sentient species without canon making this clear. When such articles are found, they should be moved to Category:Undefined social groups or Category:Planetary cultural groups as appropriate.
Writers
- Write balanced and without POV.
- Do not add any speculation to an article.
- Write about whatever interests you, but try and help out with the current main focus as well.
- If the Manual of Style and Layout Guide are prohibiting you from contributing your best, ignore them! The editors will help you.
Editors
- Make sure articles have flawless grammar and spelling.
- Fix articles to comply with the Manual of Style and Layout Guide.
- Fix templates and excessive links.
- Source quotes.
- Search for new items for the "Appearances" and "Sources" sections of an article.
Article guidelines
Article Design
There are some guidelines for the organization of species articles within the Wookieepedia. Ideally, they are organized into four main sections:
- Biology and appearance deals with the physical characteristics of the species. This includes descriptions of both their physical, instinctual and mental abilities, with particular emphasis on unique factors.
- Society and culture deals with the sociological organization of the species, including such features as language, temperament, and family and societal structures.
- History deals with the major events in the history of the species. This includes such events as wars, discovery by the galactic community, and other important epochs.
- [Species] in the galaxy provides an overview of the species involvement in the galactic community with particular emphasis on species trends and notable individuals. Depending on the available information, this section in particular may be incorporated into the earlier sections.
- Behind the scenes tells about the species' concept and creation from an out-of-universe perspective.
Each of these sections may be further subdivided as appropriate.
Completed projects
Our achievements so far. These articles should still be maintained, to keep them at a high quality.
Featured articles
119 |
Currently, this project and/or its participants have produced 119 Featured Articles. For a full list of the articles which have achieved Featured status since the project's creation please visit here → WP:AS's Featured article portfolio (Update)
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Good articles
138 |
Currently, this project and/or its participants have produced 138 Good Articles. For a full list of the articles which have achieved Good status because of this project since the project's creation please visit here → WP:AS's Good article portfolio (Update)
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Comprehensive articles
59 |
Currently, this project and/or its participants have produced 59 Comprehensive articles. For a full list of the articles which have achieved Comprehensive status because of this project since the project's creation please visit here → WP:AS's Comprehensive article portfolio (Update)
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Related articles
13 |
Currently, this project and/or its participants have produced 13 status-level articles related to species. For a full list of the articles which have achieved Comprehensive, Good, or Featured status because of this project since the project's creation, but which are not about species per se, please visit here → WP:AS's portfolio of related articles (Update)
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Discussion area
Forums
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Topic (Archive) | Last edit | Last author |
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Species year by year | 18:30, 20 March 2024 | RoboCade |
Save the Gotals | 07:27, 23 February 2024 | Supreme Emperor |
GAs that can become FAs | 19:05, 9 January 2024 | RoboCade |
Aliens in The Essential Atlas | 18:25, 9 January 2024 | RoboCade |
Source hunt | 19:28, 24 August 2023 | RoboCade |
Species by region | 12:59, 3 May 2023 | 01miki10-bot |
The Phantom Menace aliens | 23:06, 21 November 2022 | 01miki10-bot |
WookieeProject Aliens milestones | 04:57, 3 April 2022 | Supreme Emperor |
Style guidelines | 04:56, 3 April 2022 | Supreme Emperor |
Hutt Space species | 04:52, 3 April 2022 | Supreme Emperor |
Alien article announcements | 04:51, 3 April 2022 | Supreme Emperor |
IRC
If you want immediate assistance with a query or request, you could try asking in the Wookieepedia IRC channel. In addition to members of this Project that frequent the IRC, other members of the Wookieepedia community may be able to help. The IRC channel can be accessed from:
Templates
Template:Species should be added to all articles on sentient and semi-sentient species where enough information is known to fill in even a single field. Since it's an auto-hiding infobox, fields should be left empty or simply omitted rather than filled with "unknown." Template:Species is for non-intelligent and intelligent creatures alike.
Use the template by pasting the following code into the top of the article, filling all relevant fields:
{{Species |imageBG= |image= |name= |designation= |class= |planet= |habitat= |diet= |language= |height= |length= |wingspan= |skincolor= |haircolor= |feathers= |eyecolor= |distinctions= |lifespan= |races= |members=}}
Talk page tagging
To tag an article to show it is within the scope of this project, simply place the following template near the top of the article's talk page → {{WookieeProject Aliens}} and it will produce the below template. Currently, we are only placing this template on articles we have completed—either FA, GA or otherwise complete.
Useful sources
Template:Speciesnav The following references are important sources for alien species. If any alien species appear in these sources, information on then should be easy to add:
Online
Books
- Galaxy Guide 4: Alien Races
- Galaxy Guide 12: Aliens — Enemies and Allies
- Alien Encounters
- The Essential Guide to Alien Species
- Ultimate Alien Anthology
- Alien Anthology
- The New Essential Guide to Alien Species
Important Wookieepedia Pages
- Category:Sentient species
- Category:Semi-sentient species
- Category:Races and species stubs (some of these are one sentence long: they could use some help)
- Category:Human races (although these lie outside our official scope, many of these could be written up to the same level of detail as articles on non-humans)
- Category:Images of sentient species
- Wookieepedia:University of Eyrezer Guide to Intelligent Species FANs