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A ordem pode ser alterada quando existir informação comprovada de fontes especializadas. Factos apresentados nos episódios têm precedência aos comentários dos produtores; os erros de filmagens e bloopers devem ser ignorados | A ordem pode ser alterada quando existir informação comprovada de fontes especializadas. Factos apresentados nos episódios têm precedência aos comentários dos produtores; os erros de filmagens e bloopers devem ser ignorados | ||
Caso um comentário venha a ser desmentido em informações posteriores, dá-se prevalência à informação actual, deixando uma nota na página [[Continuity errors (RDM)/pt:Erros de Continuidade (RDM)|Erros de Continuidade (RDM)]]. | Caso um comentário venha a ser desmentido em informações posteriores, dá-se prevalência à informação actual, deixando uma nota na página [[Continuity errors (RDM)/pt:Erros de Continuidade (RDM)|Erros de Continuidade (RDM)]]. | ||
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'''Lista de fontes não fiáveis'' | '''Lista de fontes não fiáveis'' | ||
*'''Battlestar Wiki'''. Qualquer informação que não tenha sido confirmada pessoalmente pode não ser fidedigna. | *'''Battlestar Wiki'''. Qualquer informação que não tenha sido confirmada pessoalmente pode não ser fidedigna. | ||
** Excepto as informações fornecidas pelas '''Sources:''' e comentários do elenco ou equipa nos [[BW: | ** Excepto as informações fornecidas pelas '''Sources:''' e comentários do elenco ou equipa nos [[BW:OC|Official Communiques/pt:BW:OC|Comunidados Oficiais]] | ||
*'''[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia].''' Sempre que a informação não for devidamente citada. | *'''[http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia].''' Sempre que a informação não for devidamente citada. | ||
*'''[http://www.imdb.com/ IMDB]'''. Sempre que a informação não for devidamente confirmada. | *'''[http://www.imdb.com/ IMDB]'''. Sempre que a informação não for devidamente confirmada. | ||
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== | ==Our Weapons== | ||
=== | ===Derived Content=== | ||
Battlestar Wiki is an encyclopedia on works of fiction. As with all fiction, the characters, technology, events and other items in ''Battlestar Galactica'' are never fully explained or defined. Because of this, contributors are allowed to add material that helps in adding intriguing interpretation and explanation into an article's content, provided that the addition is based on logical or actual events, characters, and objects from official sources. We call this ''derived content''. There are two forms contributors can use as appropriate: '''plausible speculation''' and '''logical deduction'''. | |||
====Plausible speculation==== | |||
The ''plausible speculation'' method best works in filling the gaps of data on character motivation or plot direction based on the behaviors or motives expressed by any and all characters as appropriate. When done correctly, plausible speculations add "color" and insight to the article, as well as defining the article's content for readers who may not have realized a significance to the subject matter presented in the article. | |||
Plausible speculation occurs when official sources on the subject are sparse, but substantially important events and results occur in the official sources that logical possibilities can be generated. Plausible speculations are ''highly'' fluid and subject to extreme editing as new official information occurs. Again, '''plausible explanations lend themselves best to character behaviors and motivations.''' | |||
One significant example of an article that uses a great deal of plausible speculation is the article on [[Humanoid Cylon speculation]] and [[Case Orange]]. For contributors of [[Original Series]] content, plausible speculation is all that can be drawn upon on since the Original Series and its [[Galactica 1980|spinoff]] have long ceased production, and there are very few official resources available to consult or research. | |||
==== | ====Logical deduction==== | ||
The second method is ''logical deduction''. The logical deduction approach differs from plausible speculation in that much more information is available from official content and sources to derive strongly supported article content, despite the fact that the subject matter ''per se'' may not be discussed in any one source, but over a series of sources. '''Logical deductions usually lend themselves best to explanations of technology, terminology or procedure, with technology that has been illustrated, although not fully explained.''' | |||
The subarticles in the [[Science in the Re-imagined Series]] parent article are good examples where logical deduction from sources gives greater insight and detail on a topic from the analysis of screenshots of displays, dialogue, scientific principles, and the like. | |||
===Special considerations in using derived content=== | |||
Using either plausible speculation or logical deduction methods require all contributors to cite '''credible official sources that support their speculation or deduction.''' Be sure to use footnote templates or the Sources namespace (see later sections) to add in the references that support your hypotheses. | |||
It is also very important to note the subtle differences between logical or plausible interpretation of observed concepts and events of the show, and '''generating''' ideas of what you or other fans of the show ''believe'' has happened. Don't attempt to explain away a plot hole, circumstance, mistake or other event in the show with your own created idea that hasn't an official source. This mistake is known as [[BW:FANW|fanwanking]]. As a wiki that encyclopedically chronicles a work of fiction, Battlestar Wiki policy on derived content treads all too closely to the problems created in using [[Wikipedia:No_original_research|original research]], which is why '''official sources are critical for any derived content'''. | |||
Articles without obvious official sourcing will be marked for deletion, where contributors have a period of time to improve the article. Articles without any internal links to episode information, characters and events (common to fanwanked articles or fanon) may be marked for [[Battlestar Wiki:Candidates for deletion|speedy deletion]]. | |||
===Footnote Templates=== | |||
Battlestar Wiki supports the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php Cite.php] script for the purpose of making footnotes where in-text citations become too cumbersome. This is the preferred way of citing sources. If you use this method, please make sure the <code><nowiki><references/></nowiki></code> tag is flanked like so: <code><nowiki><div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div></nowiki></code>. In addition to using the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php Cite.php] script, all citations are to be in proper format. [[:Category:Citation templates|Citation templates]] have been imported from ''Wikipedia'' to help. Please review the template pages to understand how they are used. These templates should be placed within the <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code> tags. | |||
In the past, we have used <nowiki>{{ref}} and {{note}}</nowiki> (imported from Wikipedia) for this purpose. They have been removed from the system. Please see [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php Cite.php] script for examples on how to use the new tags. | |||
We also have taken the liberty of adding {{tl|citation needed}}, a template which does double duty by adding articles needing citations to the [[:Category:Articles requiring citations|Articles requiring citations]] category as well as indicating which paragraph or sentence requires the citation. | |||
Footnotes are most useful to keep the voice of an article from oscillating between describing a viewer perspective or behind-the-scenes notation as opposed to the "in-universe" description of the character or event. Here is an example of where a footnote would aid in keeping the focus of the article on the subject matter and not related matter: | |||
<blockquote>"Ragnar Anchorage resides inside the gas giant, Ragnar. '''Filmed in a sugar mill near Vancouver''', the Anchorage is a Colonial storage depot. '''The main depot area is later used as the Temple of Five in the episode, "The Eye of Jupiter."'''</blockquote> | |||
Here, the out-of-universe comments (shown in bold, above) on the real-world scenery take away the article's attempt to describe Ragnar Anchorage as if it were a real place. By moving these comments to a footnote, the "flavor" of the article and its subject matter is retained. | |||
:''For more on using footnotes to keep an appropriate voice to an article, see [[Battlestar Wiki:Real Point of View]].'' | |||
===Sources namespace=== | |||
The Sources: namespace exists to host primary source content. See [[Sources:Correspondence with Jose Perez]] for an example. All primary source pages can be seen at [[:Category:Sources]]. | |||
===How to cite print sources=== | |||
Print sources, such as ''Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine'', should be cited with a full MLA style citation in the footnote and, where possible, a brief and pertinent quote. See [[Saul Tigh#References]] for an example. | |||
==Our Missions== | |||
===Articles needing sources=== | |||
[[:Category:Articles requiring citations]] provides a list of articles already tagged with {{tl|citation needed}}. | |||
*Any of the alleged [[Zoic]] battlestars not authenticated in episodes or elsewhere: Prometheus; [[Pacifica]]; [[Rycon]] (of which a battlestar ''does'' exist in TOS); Poseidon; Argo; [[Acropolis]]. | |||
*Need source on director Ahmer Lateaf from TOS episode "[[Greetings from Earth]]"; does not appear in IMDB. | |||
===Widespread misconceptions (aka "[[Wikipedia:Fanon (fiction)|Fanon]]")=== | |||
*The RDM ''Galactica'' is not equipped with [[railgun]]s (see the article, [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series]], for more information). | |||
*No official sources back up the assertion of the Original Series battlestar ''[[Columbia (TOS)|Columbia]]'' as the namesake for the battlestar class of the [[Colonial Fleet (TOS)|old Colonial Fleet]]. | |||
*In addition, while [[Glen Larson]] himself has claimed that there were likely more than twelve battlestars, it is believed by fans that there were only twelve, one for each colony. This is not the case, as no exact number has ever been established, other than those battlestars seen or mentioned in the Original Series' run. | |||
*No official source implies that there are specifically twelve [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#Belief|Lords of Kobol]]. | |||
*The Re-imagined Series of ''Battlestar Galactica'' does not necessarily take place in the "future" relative to our present on Earth. Executive producer [[Ron Moore]], as well as many of the cast and crew, consistently point out that the timeframe of the series is deliberately ambiguous, and could be set in the past, present, or future relative to Earth today. | |||
==Members== | |||
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*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:19, 29 September 2005 (EDT) | |||
*[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:20, 29 September 2005 (EDT) (self-dubbed Lord of "It's ''Galactica'' not '''the''' ''Galactica''" Corrections) | |||
*[[User:Day|Day]] 21:49, 30 September 2005 (EDT) | |||
*::"Your episode citations go ''inside'' the period." | |||
*[[User:BMS|BMS]] 17:45, 30 January 2006 (EST) I need to start citing my contribs, and I'll get right on that from here on | |||
*[[User:Fearpi|Fearpi]] 15:50, 11 February 2006 (EST) | |||
*[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 11:21, 17 April 2006 (CDT) | |||
* [[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 09:43, 27 July 2006 (CDT) - Template Updating Only | |||
*[[User:BklynBruzer|BklynBruzer]] 12:21, 3 October 2006 (CDT) | |||
*[[User:Madbrood|Madbrood]] 14:28, 29 November 2006 (CST) | |||
*[[User:Catrope|Catrope]] 11:47, 8 February 2007 (CST) I hardly ever write anything that ''needs'' citing, but this is a good project. | |||
*[[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 08:40, 10 April 2007 (CDT) - A worthy project. | |||