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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Abnett Interview */ new section

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Abnett Interview: new section

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	::Since the product is a publication, we have to be careful not to host too many such images (and the artwork is rather unremarkable, actually) to prevent copyright issues, but we should be able to use a panel per article, I would think, for remarkable items, like the [[antebellum Centurion]]s, or the [[Phaeton 5]]. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 15:36, 25 April 2007 (CDT)		::Since the product is a publication, we have to be careful not to host too many such images (and the artwork is rather unremarkable, actually) to prevent copyright issues, but we should be able to use a panel per article, I would think, for remarkable items, like the [[antebellum Centurion]]s, or the [[Phaeton 5]]. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 15:36, 25 April 2007 (CDT)
	:::Well, that's more or less what I had in mind. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 19:30, 25 April 2007 (CDT)		:::Well, that's more or less what I had in mind. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 19:30, 25 April 2007 (CDT)

			== Abnett Interview ==

			Posting here for future use: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/spaced-out-talking-science-fiction-writing-and-battlestar-galactica-with-dan-abnett/ -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 19:18, 7 April 2020 (PDT)

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Couple comments... */ reply

2007-04-26T00:34:58Z

Couple comments...: reply

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	:: To be honest, I think we'll need this, particularly in light of the Zarek comics, since those comics aren't strictly canon, but do gain a lot more insight into the character. (Also, as I recall, [[Richard Hatch]] was promoting this comic line as well.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:58, 24 April 2007 (CDT)		:: To be honest, I think we'll need this, particularly in light of the Zarek comics, since those comics aren't strictly canon, but do gain a lot more insight into the character. (Also, as I recall, [[Richard Hatch]] was promoting this comic line as well.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:58, 24 April 2007 (CDT)
	:::Perhaps it's practical just for the special break-outs of characters like Zarek, although not for Adama necessarily. It'll be a judgment call I guess based on the significant background changes and differences. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 21:10, 24 April 2007 (CDT)<sup>([[User_Talk:Spencerian\|Talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Spencerian\|Contrib Skillz]] - [[Special:Editcount/Spencerian\|Edit Skillz]])</sup>		:::Perhaps it's practical just for the special break-outs of characters like Zarek, although not for Adama necessarily. It'll be a judgment call I guess based on the significant background changes and differences. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 21:10, 24 April 2007 (CDT)<sup>([[User_Talk:Spencerian\|Talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Spencerian\|Contrib Skillz]] - [[Special:Editcount/Spencerian\|Edit Skillz]])</sup>
			::::Sounds like a plan, at least. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 19:34, 25 April 2007 (CDT)

	== Images ==		== Images ==

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Fun for the Summer '07 Hiatus */ agree with Shane

2007-04-26T00:34:13Z

Fun for the Summer '07 Hiatus: agree with Shane

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	:We also might want to ditch the (RDM) in the categories and just do Comics (RDM) and that would be easier that having to add the "{{tl\|separate continuity}}" tag to each article. Include <code><nowiki>[[Category:Comics]]</nowiki></code> as a top level category in [[BW:SAC#Category_Rules\|BW:SAC]] [[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 21:23, 24 April 2007 (CDT)		:We also might want to ditch the (RDM) in the categories and just do Comics (RDM) and that would be easier that having to add the "{{tl\|separate continuity}}" tag to each article. Include <code><nowiki>[[Category:Comics]]</nowiki></code> as a top level category in [[BW:SAC#Category_Rules\|BW:SAC]] [[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 21:23, 24 April 2007 (CDT)
	:Could also bring in [[Portal:Comics]] [[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 21:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)		:Could also bring in [[Portal:Comics]] [[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 21:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

			:: Agree with the new category scheme, in addition to the portal. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 19:34, 25 April 2007 (CDT)

	== Couple comments... ==		== Couple comments... ==

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Images */ reply

2007-04-26T00:30:05Z

Images: reply

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	:As someone who has no access to ther comics, pictures in some of the smaller articles about ships, people and stuff would be nice to see. --[[User:Mercifull\|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull\|Contribs]])</sup> 03:03, 25 April 2007 (CDT)		:As someone who has no access to ther comics, pictures in some of the smaller articles about ships, people and stuff would be nice to see. --[[User:Mercifull\|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull\|Contribs]])</sup> 03:03, 25 April 2007 (CDT)
	::Since the product is a publication, we have to be careful not to host too many such images (and the artwork is rather unremarkable, actually) to prevent copyright issues, but we should be able to use a panel per article, I would think, for remarkable items, like the [[antebellum Centurion]]s, or the [[Phaeton 5]]. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 15:36, 25 April 2007 (CDT)		::Since the product is a publication, we have to be careful not to host too many such images (and the artwork is rather unremarkable, actually) to prevent copyright issues, but we should be able to use a panel per article, I would think, for remarkable items, like the [[antebellum Centurion]]s, or the [[Phaeton 5]]. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 15:36, 25 April 2007 (CDT)
			:::Well, that's more or less what I had in mind. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 19:30, 25 April 2007 (CDT)

Spencerian: /* Images */

2007-04-25T20:36:56Z

Images

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	We may also want to scan in images of the characters, tech, and other items from the comics to illustrate the pages, as well. (No doubt would this entail the creation of new image tags and the like, however.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)		We may also want to scan in images of the characters, tech, and other items from the comics to illustrate the pages, as well. (No doubt would this entail the creation of new image tags and the like, however.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)
	:As someone who has no access to ther comics, pictures in some of the smaller articles about ships, people and stuff would be nice to see. --[[User:Mercifull\|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull\|Contribs]])</sup> 03:03, 25 April 2007 (CDT)		:As someone who has no access to ther comics, pictures in some of the smaller articles about ships, people and stuff would be nice to see. --[[User:Mercifull\|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull\|Contribs]])</sup> 03:03, 25 April 2007 (CDT)
			::Since the product is a publication, we have to be careful not to host too many such images (and the artwork is rather unremarkable, actually) to prevent copyright issues, but we should be able to use a panel per article, I would think, for remarkable items, like the [[antebellum Centurion]]s, or the [[Phaeton 5]]. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 15:36, 25 April 2007 (CDT)

Mercifull: /* Images */

2007-04-25T08:03:08Z

Images

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	We may also want to scan in images of the characters, tech, and other items from the comics to illustrate the pages, as well. (No doubt would this entail the creation of new image tags and the like, however.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)		We may also want to scan in images of the characters, tech, and other items from the comics to illustrate the pages, as well. (No doubt would this entail the creation of new image tags and the like, however.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)
			:As someone who has no access to ther comics, pictures in some of the smaller articles about ships, people and stuff would be nice to see. --[[User:Mercifull\|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull\|Contribs]])</sup> 03:03, 25 April 2007 (CDT)

Shane at 02:55, 25 April 2007

2007-04-25T02:55:48Z

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	:We also might want to ditch the (RDM) in the categories and just do Comics (RDM) and that would be easier that having to add the "{{tl\|separate continuity}}" tag to each article. Include <code><nowiki>[[Category:Comics]]</nowiki></code> as a top level category in [[BW:SAC#Category_Rules\|BW:SAC]] [[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 21:23, 24 April 2007 (CDT)		:We also might want to ditch the (RDM) in the categories and just do Comics (RDM) and that would be easier that having to add the "{{tl\|separate continuity}}" tag to each article. Include <code><nowiki>[[Category:Comics]]</nowiki></code> as a top level category in [[BW:SAC#Category_Rules\|BW:SAC]] [[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 21:23, 24 April 2007 (CDT)
			:Could also bring in [[Portal:Comics]] [[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 21:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

	== Couple comments... ==		== Couple comments... ==

Shane at 02:24, 25 April 2007

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	:::::Yeah, the RDM comics are full of bad comic writing/art that reminds me of the ''Star Trek'' comics in the 1980s, where ''Enterprise'' shows up sometimes with a third nacelle or something. Overall, the [[Returners]] storyline is interesting and the [[antebellum Centurion]]s are fun to see. The character voices are improving a bit each issue. -- [[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 17:20, 24 April 2007 (CDT) <sup>([[User_Talk:Spencerian\|Talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Spencerian\|Contrib Skillz]] - [[Special:Editcount/Spencerian\|Edit Skillz]])</sup>		:::::Yeah, the RDM comics are full of bad comic writing/art that reminds me of the ''Star Trek'' comics in the 1980s, where ''Enterprise'' shows up sometimes with a third nacelle or something. Overall, the [[Returners]] storyline is interesting and the [[antebellum Centurion]]s are fun to see. The character voices are improving a bit each issue. -- [[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 17:20, 24 April 2007 (CDT) <sup>([[User_Talk:Spencerian\|Talk]] - [[Special:Contributions/Spencerian\|Contrib Skillz]] - [[Special:Editcount/Spencerian\|Edit Skillz]])</sup>

			:We also might want to ditch the (RDM) in the categories and just do Comics (RDM) and that would be easier that having to add the "{{tl\|separate continuity}}" tag to each article. Include <code><nowiki>[[Category:Comics]]</nowiki></code> as a top level category in [[BW:SAC#Category_Rules\|BW:SAC]] [[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 21:23, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

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	We may also want to scan in images of the characters, tech, and other items from the comics to illustrate the pages, as well. (No doubt would this entail the creation of new image tags and the like, however.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)		We may also want to scan in images of the characters, tech, and other items from the comics to illustrate the pages, as well. (No doubt would this entail the creation of new image tags and the like, however.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)
	:We also might want to ditch the (RDM) in the categories and just do Comics (RDM) and that would be easier that having to add the "{{tl\|separate continuity}}" tag to each article. Include <code><nowiki>[[Category:Comics]]</nowiki></code> as a top level category in [[BW:SAC#Category_Rules\|BW:SAC]] [[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 21:23, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

Shane: /* Images */

2007-04-25T02:23:51Z

Images

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	We may also want to scan in images of the characters, tech, and other items from the comics to illustrate the pages, as well. (No doubt would this entail the creation of new image tags and the like, however.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)		We may also want to scan in images of the characters, tech, and other items from the comics to illustrate the pages, as well. (No doubt would this entail the creation of new image tags and the like, however.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)
	:We also might want to ditch the (RDM) in the categories and just do Comics (RDM) and that would be easier that having to add the "{{tl\|separate continuity}}" tag to each article. Include <code>[[Category:Comics]]</code> as a top level category in [[BW:SAC#Category_Rules\|BW:SAC]] [[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 21:23, 24 April 2007 (CDT)		:We also might want to ditch the (RDM) in the categories and just do Comics (RDM) and that would be easier that having to add the "{{tl\|separate continuity}}" tag to each article. Include <code><nowiki>[[Category:Comics]]</nowiki></code> as a top level category in [[BW:SAC#Category_Rules\|BW:SAC]] [[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 21:23, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

Shane: /* Images */

2007-04-25T02:23:30Z

Images

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	We may also want to scan in images of the characters, tech, and other items from the comics to illustrate the pages, as well. (No doubt would this entail the creation of new image tags and the like, however.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)		We may also want to scan in images of the characters, tech, and other items from the comics to illustrate the pages, as well. (No doubt would this entail the creation of new image tags and the like, however.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)
			:We also might want to ditch the (RDM) in the categories and just do Comics (RDM) and that would be easier that having to add the "{{tl\|separate continuity}}" tag to each article. Include <code>[[Category:Comics]]</code> as a top level category in [[BW:SAC#Category_Rules\|BW:SAC]] [[User:Shane\|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane\|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane\|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane\|E]])</sup> 21:23, 24 April 2007 (CDT)

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	:As someone who has no access to ther comics, pictures in some of the smaller articles about ships, people and stuff would be nice to see. --[[User:Mercifull\|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull\|Contribs]])</sup> 03:03, 25 April 2007 (CDT)		:As someone who has no access to ther comics, pictures in some of the smaller articles about ships, people and stuff would be nice to see. --[[User:Mercifull\|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull\|Contribs]])</sup> 03:03, 25 April 2007 (CDT)
	::Since the product is a publication, we have to be careful not to host too many such images (and the artwork is rather unremarkable, actually) to prevent copyright issues, but we should be able to use a panel per article, I would think, for remarkable items, like the [[antebellum Centurion]]s, or the [[Phaeton 5]]. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 15:36, 25 April 2007 (CDT)		::Since the product is a publication, we have to be careful not to host too many such images (and the artwork is rather unremarkable, actually) to prevent copyright issues, but we should be able to use a panel per article, I would think, for remarkable items, like the [[antebellum Centurion]]s, or the [[Phaeton 5]]. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 15:36, 25 April 2007 (CDT)
			:::Well, that's more or less what I had in mind. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 19:30, 25 April 2007 (CDT)

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	We may also want to scan in images of the characters, tech, and other items from the comics to illustrate the pages, as well. (No doubt would this entail the creation of new image tags and the like, however.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)		We may also want to scan in images of the characters, tech, and other items from the comics to illustrate the pages, as well. (No doubt would this entail the creation of new image tags and the like, however.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]]</sup> 17:55, 24 April 2007 (CDT)
	:As someone who has no access to ther comics, pictures in some of the smaller articles about ships, people and stuff would be nice to see. --[[User:Mercifull\|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull\|Contribs]])</sup> 03:03, 25 April 2007 (CDT)		:As someone who has no access to ther comics, pictures in some of the smaller articles about ships, people and stuff would be nice to see. --[[User:Mercifull\|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull\|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull\|Contribs]])</sup> 03:03, 25 April 2007 (CDT)
			::Since the product is a publication, we have to be careful not to host too many such images (and the artwork is rather unremarkable, actually) to prevent copyright issues, but we should be able to use a panel per article, I would think, for remarkable items, like the [[antebellum Centurion]]s, or the [[Phaeton 5]]. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 15:36, 25 April 2007 (CDT)