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Battlestar Wiki has two items where news on the shows, their cast or crew, or media can be published: the [[Battlestar Wiki:News|News]] portal (which allows a brief bullet item that will appear on the Main Page), and the [[Battlestar Wiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]]. | Battlestar Wiki has two items where news on the shows, their cast or crew, or media can be published: the [[Battlestar Wiki:News|News]] portal (which allows a brief bullet item that will appear on the Main Page), and the [[Battlestar Wiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]]. | ||
Because not all "news" is genuine, authentic, or sourced, it is '''strongly recommended''' that contributors (including administrators) post the item FIRST on the [[BW:AN|administrator's noticeboard]] as a query to other administrators. This way, other administrators (who are tasked with enforcing the wiki's [[BW:CJ|citation and sourcing policies]]) can determine if the item is authentic ''before'' the item is posted to the Wiki or relayed to a news partner. This | Because not all "news" is genuine, authentic, or sourced, it is '''strongly recommended''' that contributors (including administrators) post the item FIRST on the [[BW:AN|administrator's noticeboard]] as a query to other administrators. This way, other administrators (who are tasked with enforcing the wiki's [[BW:CJ|citation and sourcing policies]]) can determine if the item is authentic ''before'' the item is posted to the Wiki or relayed to a news partner. This make take time, but time is important for verification. | ||
One example of why verification is crucial happened in the month of May 2007, when cast members [[Edward James Olmos]] and [[Katee Sackhoff]] [http://web.archive.org/web/20070513072009/http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2463&Itemid=99 told a web news source] that [[Season 4]] would be the last season of the [[Re-imagined Series]]. However, hours later, series co-executive producer [[David Eick]] [http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=41457&type=0 released a statement] that retracted the cast statements, indicating no such decision has been made. While Eick and Ron Moore eventually confirmed the cast's information several days later, it noted the importance of verifying sources. | One example of why verification is crucial happened in the month of May 2007, when cast members [[Edward James Olmos]] and [[Katee Sackhoff]] [http://web.archive.org/web/20070513072009/http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2463&Itemid=99 told a web news source] that [[Season 4]] would be the last season of the [[Re-imagined Series]]. However, hours later, series co-executive producer [[David Eick]] [http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=2&id=41457&type=0 released a statement] that retracted the cast statements, indicating no such decision has been made. While Eick and Ron Moore eventually confirmed the cast's information several days later, it noted the importance of verifying sources. | ||