| abstract | - Alright, now I know that those articles being VfD'd and really minor articles need to be moved over here, but what about larger more well known articles? I know they should remain on Wikipedia, but should they also have a copy over here? Shadowtrooper 02:33, 14 Mar 2005 (GMT) That's something we (the SWW community) need to decide. I'm not really sure what I think at this point. One pro of having our own copy is we could have a more detailed article than what may be appropriate at Wikipedia. But a con is I also don't like the idea of having duplicate info. Right now, I'm leaning toward making a copy of the Wikipedia article and from then on it's our own article. Thoughts? Cbarbry 03:54, 14 Mar 2005 (GMT) That sounds like a good plan to me. People might eventually question the value of having the articles on Wikipedia if they're here too, but I think it's still worth it, if it makes this site more complete (or less glaringly incomplete). When this site starts surpassing Wikipedia in some categories, we can make external links. Right now, it looks funny. We've got all these minor facets of Star Wars but we're missing a ton of huge stuff. Ideally, this should be a repository for any Star Wars Wikipedia content, and any other valid Star Wars content. Unless there are any hardware limitations or anything? (This was me, March 14)-LtNOWIS 20:15, 16 Mar 2005 (EST) No limitations that I've been made aware of. Cbarbry 06:35, 16 Mar 2005 (GMT) Alternatively, we could have this be specifically for Star Wars content forced out of Wikipedia. I don't think that would work as well, too many links would go to Wikipedia. -- Riffsyphon1024 13:27, 31 Mar 2005 (EST) -LtNOWIS 16:35, 14 Mar 2005 (GMT) For the links back to Wikipedia, especially ones used frequently in articles and around the site, a simple redirect can be created. I have already done it for various actors like Ian McDiarmid because his name shows up in various articles on the movies and of his character Palpatine. It made more sense to create an article with his actor name and then redirect back to an article that will always be monitored and updated as his career expands. The same concept was applyed to the link for 2005 in the Current Events, as that article is constantly being updated. Now as for the other minor links, extras should be deleted and ones important to defining a term, but only found in that article, should be manually redirected (i.e. Wikipedia:whateverweregoingbackto). On another note, we will get the large articles moved over, plus create brand new articles for every nook and cranny of the Star Wars galaxy. -- Riffsyphon1024 17:31, 14 Mar 2005 (GMT) I was kinda thinking something along those lines. If this is the Star Wars Wiki, it should probably be a one-stop-shop for Star Wars info--everything you need to know and then some. Major articles (especially the main Star Wars article due to its cultural significance) should remain at Wikipedia but have a copy (maybe with more info) here. Shadowtrooper 02:14, 15 Mar 2005 (GMT)
* OK, sounds like we're all pretty much in agreement then. After thinking about it several days, plus with the discussion at Wikipedia, I really think this is what we need to do - we need to have everything - and the easiest way to get started is copying the articles that are already in Wikipedia. Cbarbry 06:35, 16 Mar 2005 (GMT)
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