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A ''Especulação'' baseia-se nas atitudes ou afirmações das personagens para explicar as suas motivações ou a direcção possível da trama. No caso de falta de informação de fontes oficiais, pode contribuir para a reflexão e discussão sobre os assuntos apresentados num artigo, quando devidamente apresentada e justificada. | A ''Especulação'' baseia-se nas atitudes ou afirmações das personagens para explicar as suas motivações ou a direcção possível da trama. No caso de falta de informação de fontes oficiais, pode contribuir para a reflexão e discussão sobre os assuntos apresentados num artigo, quando devidamente apresentada e justificada. | ||
A especulação é a única fonte de informação para conteúdos relativos à [[Original Séries/pt: | A especulação é a única fonte de informação para conteúdos relativos à [[Original Séries/pt:Galactica (TOS)|Série Original]], visto que há poucas fontes oficiais disponíveis para consulta ou pesquisa desde que a série terminou. | ||
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=== | ===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]]. | |||
===Templates | ===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. | |||