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First of all, thanks for the advice. Second of all, you are right. I own no novels, and I have only played Wing Commander 3 in full. WC1 and WC2 were released around the same time I came around, and somehow I never acquired them. I recently got WC4, but can't play it due to some technical issues on my computer. Please don't consider me a useless contributor. I LOVE Wing Commander. The third game and I had some great times killing the kats. I have extensively explored the rest of the universe and feel myself to be a member of its awesome fanbase. However, you deserve to know that I may not be up to speed with you guys, who have probably played all of the games. But please, allow me to help you guys in any way I can. Wing Commander is a series well worth the effort for accuracy, and I dedicate myself to that effort.

- Aeronautico

While your love is understandable and appreciated, I think you should take some time to explore as much of the CIC's databases as you can before contributing more. I just cleaned up the Ralarrad article because there were far too many liberties taken in it.

I don't really understand how you thought you could create some of the articles you did without owning the sources, especially the False Armistice which is laid out fully in Fleet Action.

Also, just copying and pasting from existing CIC archives isn't exactly contributing. If we wanted to do that we wouldn't have started WCPedia in the first place. The whole idea is to incorporate every source we can into every article. Take some time and look at the old game manuals, ClawMarks, VictoryStreak, KS manual, Voices of War, etc. Check out the document archives, the holovids section, etc and learn as much as you can.

- Dundradal

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-KIS Sivar as in the SM1 ship I assume. I already did a basic Sivar-Class page however it is missing stuff from the movie to a degree. Make sure you check every source for that ship as some of the information is spread around.
+First of all, thanks for the advice. Second of all, you are right. I own no novels, and I have only played Wing Commander 3 in full. WC1 and WC2 were released around the same time I came around, and somehow I never acquired them. I recently got WC4, but can't play it due to some technical issues on my computer. Please don't consider me a useless contributor. I LOVE Wing Commander. The third game and I had some great times killing the kats. I have extensively explored the rest of the universe and feel myself to be a member of its awesome fanbase. However, you deserve to know that I may not be up to speed with you guys, who have probably played all of the games. But please, allow me to help you guys in any way I can. Wing Commander is a series well worth the effort for accuracy, and I dedicate myself to that effort.
-What about your other articles that need cleaning up? You should handle those first before moving off to something else.
-- Dundradal
-Well, that would help me to focus a bit on areas where I can truly be useful. It is a little overwhelming to consider where I can contribute when most efforts are on WC1. Okay, I'll focus on fixing my current articles for the time being.
-One more thing I would like to confirm: Is the CIC Encyclopedia a legitimate source here? That's where most of my info comes from. Most of my articles are composed of information gathered and reworked from related articles referring to related topics. This is something I need to know, because now I doubt my own works myself.
-- Aeronautico
-ONE more question, and then I'll shut up: Shall we create a category for superweapons, for things like the Temblor Bomb, Gravition Gun, Proton Accelerator Gun, Mace Nuke, etc.? These weapons don't seem to fit into the existing Missile category or weapons list, which focuses on lasers. Just a suggestion.
 - Aeronautico
-The old CIC encyclopedia is a source to use sparingly. It contains some errors and lacks a lot of information generally. It is best if you only work on articles that you have the sources for. So that you can fill in the blanks that are in many of the old encyclopedia entries. Don't just copy and paste information from there to here.
+While your love is understandable and appreciated, I think you should take some time to explore as much of the CIC's databases as you can before contributing  more. I just cleaned up the Ralarrad article because there were far too many liberties taken in it.
-I told you to only clean up your previous articles before moving on, otherwise you are just leaving them for me or someone else to clean up. Something I don't want to have to do. If you have a question about an article...ask it at the forums...you've got hundreds of WC experts willing to help.
-Lastly, don't worry about creating a superweapons category. That is something we will discuss at the IRC meeting when the time comes. No need to continue to divest focus by jumping all over the place. For now again, FOCUS ON CLEANING UP YOUR ARTICLES. After that's done we can talk about where you can focus. As it stands now I'm the only one working on WC1 (mission entries) and I should be done most of them in a week or two.
+I don't really understand how you thought you could create some of the articles you did without owning the sources, especially the False Armistice which is laid out fully in Fleet Action.
-What WCs do you own? and what manuals/sources do you have? The CIC hosts many of the old manuals so you can use them. I'm guessing you own none of the novels. You need to really stick with stuff you can actually research and then produce articles.
+Also, just copying and pasting from existing CIC archives isn't exactly contributing. If we wanted to do that we wouldn't have started WCPedia in the first place. The whole idea is to incorporate every source we can into every article. Take some time and look at the old game manuals, ClawMarks, VictoryStreak, KS manual, Voices of War, etc. Check out the document archives, the holovids section, etc and learn as much as you can.
 - Dundradal
-First of all, thanks for the advice. Second of all, you are right. I own no novels, and I have only played Wing Commander 3 in full. WC1 and WC2 were released around the same time I came around, and somehow I never acquired them. I recently got WC4, but can't play it due to some technical issues on my computer. Please don't consider me a useless contributor. I LOVE Wing Commander. The third game and I had some great times killing the kats. I have extensively explored the rest of the universe and feel myself to be a member of its awesome fanbase. However, you deserve to know that I may not be up to speed with you guys, who have probably played all of the games. But please, allow me to help you guys in any way I can. Wing Commander is a series well worth the effort for accuracy, and I dedicate myself to that effort.
-- Aeronautico