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# What is involved in implementing this idea? '''Most important part: We need to find screencaps of all of these unnamed-yet-credited Marines/Galactica Crew/Civilians, match them with the actors listed in the credits, and then put them in new "List" articles. I do not personally have screecap capability and cannot do this myself''' | # What is involved in implementing this idea? '''Most important part: We need to find screencaps of all of these unnamed-yet-credited Marines/Galactica Crew/Civilians, match them with the actors listed in the credits, and then put them in new "List" articles. I do not personally have screecap capability and cannot do this myself''' | ||
# Who is going to do it? '''Everyone who can''' | # Who is going to do it? '''Everyone who can''' | ||
# Why should we do it at all? '''Makes us even more of an exhaustive source of BSG information. Plus, sometimes minor backround people turn into bigger characters years later ([[Cally]] being an extreme and not quite comparable example, as she did have a name and many speaking lines); a better analogy would be someone like Petty Officer [[ | # Why should we do it at all? '''Makes us even more of an exhaustive source of BSG information. Plus, sometimes minor backround people turn into bigger characters years later ([[Cally]] being an extreme and not quite comparable example, as she did have a name and many speaking lines); a better analogy would be someone like Petty Officer [[Sion]], who has actually been a backround extra in CIC since the Miniseries, but only got a name and dialog in "[[Sacrifice]]". Further, that tall, balld, tatooed Asian pilot (apocryphally dubbed "Dragon" by fans) has appeared in many episodes starting with "33", and advances reports say he'll officially get speaking lines and a formal name in Season 3''' | ||
# How will we use the idea? '''Just need people to track down pics of all of these people, and match them with actors; the rest we can handle''' | # How will we use the idea? '''Just need people to track down pics of all of these people, and match them with actors; the rest we can handle''' | ||
# Should the proposal pass, when will work start on this idea? '''Right away''' | # Should the proposal pass, when will work start on this idea? '''Right away''' | ||