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>Star Wars
>was one of the largest, most detailed and explained universes in scifi, fantasy and overall fiction with plenty of good and bad tales that could be enjoyed for varying tastes
>had a lore-keeper who always made sure to correct contradictions in new media while not disrupting the creative flow of the author
>had the largest, most detailed and comprehensive fan-based encyclopedia out there
>red links were almost non-existent
>no subject that wasn't covered
>Lucas sells out
>3 good movies, 3 average to mediocre movies, and 3 new films that are unoriginal and overhyped generic dirt
>lore don't mean shit. write trump and clinton into a book as long as it makes money Mr. Wendig
>encyclopedia gets taken over by Disney, Disney shills and a paid newfag fan who screw up entire format of the site and its content rather than simply making a brand new encyclopedia to cover new garbage while also kicking out or forcefully converting major editors with the risk of ban or sjw threats, in effect making the official product worse than when it was fan-based
>shit is nothing but red linked empty articles now
>poorly summarized or incomplete shit in every corner with the shortest paragraphs for the majority of articles on any encyclopedia
>every new piece of media gets worse and no one cares about documenting it but the few shill slaves do it anyway because they don't know any other life
How the fuck did shit get this bad?
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No.9389
Made a quick logo. >>8588 was perfect, text I used translates as "Holonet".
Having had a read through common.css I'm pretty sure it would fix our infobox problem, but I have no idea if it or the monobook.css are being properly applied.
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No.9390
>>9389
good job. it fits like wookiepedia logo aesthetically
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No.9392
>>9389
Do you think we should change the layout and color scheme of the wiki to fit the holocron's color scheme?
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No.9398
>>9392
Can it be done? Do we know how to do it?
>>9389
As the guy who applied the monobook.css, I have no idea if it's even working, or if there's some necessary trigger that it's lacking right now.
>>9387
Weird. Has anyone tried to make him open up?
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No.9402
>>9398
>Can it be done? Do we know how to do it?
I know how to do it, but only on monobook but I have too much work and I'm really bad at handling my free time since today was my day off and I spent 80% of it shitposting and trying to see if I could make Fallout 4 not be a pile of shit. If I stop being a procrastinating piece of shit, I'll head on over and edit the monobook when I get the chance, but it also depends on whether or not the swholonet founder wants to change the color scheme to match the holocron or if he wants to do something different. Now excuse me, I gotta take a shit.
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No.9410
>>9389
anon that is fucking fantastic
you got it in a bigger res?
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No.9414
>>9392
This. Maybe something more akin to the colour palette used by the Empire would give the wiki a distinct look – black/white/grey/red colours in particular. I really dig the look of the Empire tech in the OT, so something that looks like it would fit right in in the Empire of the OT maybe?
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No.9434
>>9380
>tfw Wookieepedia changed its background to a Rebels wallpaper despite that shit getting canned soon and Wookieepedia never having changed its fucking grey background in over 8 years
>tfw Gas
Holy crap everything is awful.
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No.9446
>>9434
J-just what are you implying there, Trooper?
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No.9465
>>9446
Wookieepedia changed its background to "honor" Rebels and the Gas article is now the stupidest article on the wiki, even more so than the old Charis article (which was at least funny, but now its gone).
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No.9467
>>9465
>Charis
I meant chairs. Fuck.
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No.9514
>>9446
The mouse now owns Wookieepedia. It should come as no surprise since now they own some parts of Wikia and you can see a shit ton of ads and official contests by Disney on their now.
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No.17043
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No.17047
>>747
>Brandon Rhea
>with his "haha your EU's not canon anymore, deal with it :)))" attitude
can I get a quick rundown? I think I've seen him like once in the JCF before I got banned
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No.17048
>>6792
>>6824
clone wars or the dathomiri stuff didn't really change Mauls backstory at all. Haven't you guys read Plagueis? Everything remains intact
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No.17063
>>17043
Which one of you loveable cunts did this? Was it the guy who did the Gas edit?
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No.17065
>>17047
Someone already talked about him in detail in one of the other threads discussing the wiki. Its hard to find among all the topics, but here's one I did find >>11450
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No.17098
I swear Disney's got legit shills or shitposters ONLY PRETENDING to be shills. Not just on the Wiki, but other places. Reddit's been bought out for years now by media interests, and even halfchan/tg/ which is fairly decent at times is chock full of the unironic "Solo was an amazing movie" types.
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No.17113
>>17048
This.
READ PLAGUEIS
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No.17134
>>6792
>>6824
>>17113
>>17048
Well except for the fact that he was now born on Dathomir. But in actuality, the actual major changes Dathomir brought were to Ventress. Such as retconing her into a Dathomirian Zabrak, changing her homeworld and backstory significantly, Rattatakis no longer existed as we knew them and instead Rattataki is just another word for Siniteens, etc.
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No.17216
>>6787
>Lightsider is at the top of the mountain.
>Darksiders don't have force absorbtion since thats a light side master only power.
Force Push all day, Obi Wan easily.
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No.17223
>>17134
The oldschool bald-human rattataki still remained canon in the EU at least. I guess it just means they share their homeworld with siniteen.
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No.18636
default skin is now monobook.
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No.18660
Wookiepedia used to be a great resource, now it's gone to shit. I'm glad I'm not the only one who's noticed this.
also, I can confirm that Wikia is a terrible company that exploits and mistreats many fanbases, which is why a number of them have split off to create their own sites. of course, Wikia refuses to delete the old content after a fork, because they don't understand any form of human decency.
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No.20975
Is the new wiki project dead? Is there a way to revive it?
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No.20988
>>20975
I was thinking, maybe the SWholonet could import content from Wookiepedia that predates nuwars, eg 2012 revisions. that way it would be comprehensive, and I could browse through the content I used to read without any mouse droppings, and without the canon/legends split.
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No.21038
>>20988
Alright. It looks like the plan was to move the wook's entire content over (prolly via >>4765 ) and then have the nu canon pages removed automatically. They asked the shoutwiki staff for access to the page to do that but didn't get a response
>May
http://swholonet.shoutwiki.com/wiki/User_talk:SpasticColon#Import_Permission
I don't know if this is the only option for a mass import. And if mass importing isn't an option where does that leave us?
We could get organized and try to move at least the bare bones over. You know, move from era to era and media to media. Work out what templates to use when moving stuff over, like >>5904 . Stuff like that.
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No.21081
>>21038
mass importing should definitely be an option. there are various tools out there for dumping/forking wikis. it's just a matter of how complete & efficient the process will be.
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No.21120
>>21081
Alright, I've started playing around with pywikibot and moved some +1000 articles over from the wook's "Legends" category.
>alphabetical order, so don't get too excited.
>articles with "Legends" in the title and text will need clean up
>most templates don't work simply because they haven't been moved over yet
>no pics and unless one of the bot's other scripts does that we need a custom one for that or a different solution
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Pywikibot
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Legends_articles
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No.21139
>>21120
there will be alot to sort out, but it's a start.
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No.21557
Managed to move +5000 articles (~2500 actually since there's a separate history page for every article) before I got myself blocked for "disruptive editing". Oh well, it was a shitty way of building up the wiki anyways.
I'll leave it to someone else to find a better solution.
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No.21591
>>21557
Honestly it was the best method we had. Support is fucking useless. Have unbanned you, really appreciate the effort you put in.
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No.24060
http://archive.is/6CsEh
Apparently there was some pointless controversy over the boobies article on Wookieepedia. Surprisingly enough, they didn't cuck out.
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No.24066
>>24060
Not much of a controversy. More like a light argument. Still, glad to see those fucks haven't lost all of their scruples.
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No.24067
>>24066
Its actually far bigger than it looks. In 2011 that shit was filled to the brim with faggotry, and Disneyfags have recently dredged this up after so long to finally get rid of the last of the old guard on Wookieepedia and remove all traces of Legends. This is all the more reason why we need to get our Holonet wiki up and running. Once Wookieepedia begins to collapse, it'll be up to us to be the last protected outlet for Star Wars info.
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No.24069
>>24067
So that's why that one e-celeb faggot recently made a video about it. I'd contribute to Holonet, but my collection of Star Wars books is surprisingly minimal at the moment- though I do have a TCW CYOA book, that may be worth mining for wiki material. i thought I had Rebel Force: Target as well, but it currently eludes me.
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No.24079
>>302
>Galactic Basic
>"Zhe"
What in the blue fuck?
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No.24083
>>24067
>we need to get our Holonet wiki up and running. Once Wookieepedia begins to collapse, it'll be up to us to be the last protected outlet for Star Wars info.
yes.
and in the meantime, I'd like to be able to look up Star Wars info without being exposed to the viral load on there.
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No.24136
>>24069
>i thought I had Rebel Force: Target as well, but it currently eludes me.
I have Rebel Force Target in epub format if that helps.
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No.32282
Wookieepedia just changed the url from wikia to fandom to bury the old wiki even more.
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No.32285
>>32282
The transformation is complete? Its treason then… How long until they start removing the 'legends' content?
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No.32299
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No.32305
>>32299
>Legends
>they actually added that shit hole to the EU
>SWTOR did it
Fuck you to hell and back Bioware/EA.
>Love and compassion were taught and practiced fondly by the people of Gatalenta, and crying openly was considered a virtue and proof of a caring heart
Gag me with a fucking spoon
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No.32334
>>32305
WTF?? I didnt see that.
Why Bioware??? Star Wars TOR is not as good as KOTOR but a decent Star Wars game
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No.32339
While i agree modern star wars sucks more ass than 9gag, id take The Farce Awakens over attack of the clones ANY day of the week.
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No.32343
>>32339
How about not having shit taste and picking neither modern Disney or AoTC?
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No.32344
>>32339
Also try not to be an uninformed faggot and realize that Jew Jew basically shat over Hamill almost as much as Rian. At least Lucas treated Hamill like an equal instead of a piece of shit.
http://archive.is/fhnSh
By defending TFA you're defending their right to trample over and insult Mark and his legacy. The man was practically bullied by those ratfinks for trying to fix Disney's mess.
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No.32359
>>32339
>being this much of a brain dead soy faggot
<defending anything disney wars related
You are one of the many reasons why Star Wars went to shit.
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No.32392
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No.32414
>>32339
Force Awakens is such a bad rehash with no world building that even the prequels look good compression
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