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[edit] Reformat

I dislike the new format. The words are to small and the centering of the text makes it hard to line up the catergories names and the objects. Jedi6 17:23, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

I formatted it this way so as to limit the amount of space, as that was the primary complaint last time we merged the film and EU templates. The Wookieepedian 11:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
Any ideas where to put the portal link at, Portal:Star Wars? Jedi6 22:19, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Capitalization

Complaint: I think "KotOR" looks really bad; any reason it shouldn't just be "KOTOR"? I only ask because there's a discrepancy between KOTOR 1 and KOTOR 2; the first refers to itself repeatedly as KotOR, while the later says KOTOR. I prefer all upper-case letters, personally. EVula 04:41, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

While it looks bad, the correct form is KotOR because in Knights of the Old Republic the "of" and "the" parts of the title would be lower case. Jedi6 06:59, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shrink

Basically, there are two choices - either to shrink the list or delete the Star Wars categories. The size of this template basically nullifies the need for the categories. - A Link to the Past (talk) 20:58, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

three choices - either to shrink the list, delete the Star Wars categories, or just keep them how they are*
The categories are to categorise the articles, the template is to assist in navigation between them. Voretustalk 02:07, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
There is no reason to delete the categories and there is no reason to have the template list just the films. The template serves the purpose of giving a general overview of related articles. Listing just the films does not serve this purpose. Yet, Link, you seem to talk like the template lists everything, which it does not... It lists an overview of articles from each part of Star Wars. The Wookieepedian 02:25, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
General overview? This is one of the biggest templates I've seen. And we do NOT need to assist people in navigating from Episode I to Super Star Wars, no we do not. It is inane to have such a massive template. See: Template:Sonic games, for instance. - A Link to the Past (talk) 04:14, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Horrible example. Star Wars is much, much larger than the Sonic franchise (ten times over).
I wouldn't be opposed to slimming down the existing template, and perhaps spinning some of the sections off into their own templates ({{Star Wars Games}} or similar). But A Link's massive reductions to the template are a bit extreme. EVula 05:56, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
If you want to talk a large template, see {{Buffyversenav}}. But with the Star Wars template, I've just drastically cut down the template, yet the it still remains comprehensive. Take a look. The Wookieepedian 06:38, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
I think that makes the template less useful. It's harder to branch out to multiple windows with that template. I don't see what was wrong with the old one.Rhindle The Red 21:18, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expanding the template

There is barely anything on the current template. I think that, at the very least, the six films should be added to it. I think it would be smart to also add the TV series and TV movies. --Hotdoglives 07:52, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

I expanded the template. I don't think we should add any of the books/comics/games to the main template, or it will get too messy. The links to the lists of books/comics/games should do. --Hotdoglives 22:17, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
The full scope of the template has changed several times. Edit with caution. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 23:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Great Heep

I added the Great Heep TV special (the follow-up to the Star Wars: Droids series) to the "Spin-off films" section of the template. Even though it was produced by the same people as the series, it was produced and aired separately as a TV special, not as an episode of the series; so I think it qualifies to be listed on the template. --Hotdoglives 07:32, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Universe

I added a 'universe' section, with links to directories of Characters, Locations, Creatures, Vehicles, Items, Conflicts, and Dates. This should eliminate the need to add long lists of characters and the like to the template. Hotdoglives 02:09, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Font and color change

I changed the title text to yellow and the group header text to blue, and all of the header texts to sans-serif according to the movie title and credits. I declared sans-serif for the header texts because I, for one, like to read most stuff in serif text (specifically Palatino Linotype) but this Star Wars template should be an exception. If you want to revert it for whatever reason, I'd recommend simply not declaring any specific coloring or anything. After all, when do you ever see white text in one of the six Star Wars movies? D. F. Schmidt (talk) 05:23, 13 January 2008 (UTC)