Battlestar Wiki talk:Think Tank/Research proposal for Cylon name - Revision history

OTW at 23:33, 22 August 2007

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	Well, I don't think the Think Tank is really appropriate for this. But this would probably have been answered in the ''[[Caprica (series)\|Caprica]]'' series. There was an [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06195/706019-352.stm interview] with SciFi suit Mark Stern where he partially answered it: "Cybernetic, something, organism". But he couldn't remember it completely. --[[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 01:04, 22 August 2007 (CDT)		Well, I don't think the Think Tank is really appropriate for this. But this would probably have been answered in the ''[[Caprica (series)\|Caprica]]'' series. There was an [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06195/706019-352.stm interview] with SciFi suit Mark Stern where he partially answered it: "Cybernetic, something, organism". But he couldn't remember it completely. --[[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 01:04, 22 August 2007 (CDT)

	*I thought it might relate to "Cyclops", stemming from the prominent one eye of the Original series Cylons. Changing the word a bit makes it sound more robotic and scifi-esque. This is just my guess though, no evidence. Chances are they just made up a name that sounded ~~spacey~~ and menacing. [[User:OTW\|OTW]] 18:28, 22 August 2007 (CDT)		*I thought it might relate to "Cyclops", stemming from the prominent one eye of the Original series Cylons. Changing the word a bit makes it sound more robotic and scifi-esque. This is just my guess though, no evidence. Chances are they just made up a name in 1978 that sounded space-age and menacing and any explanation they offer now is a [[w:Backronym\|backronym]]. [[User:OTW\|OTW]] 18:28, 22 August 2007 (CDT)

OTW at 23:28, 22 August 2007

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	Well, I don't think the Think Tank is really appropriate for this. But this would probably have been answered in the ''[[Caprica (series)\|Caprica]]'' series. There was an [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06195/706019-352.stm interview] with SciFi suit Mark Stern where he partially answered it: "Cybernetic, something, organism". But he couldn't remember it completely. --[[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 01:04, 22 August 2007 (CDT)		Well, I don't think the Think Tank is really appropriate for this. But this would probably have been answered in the ''[[Caprica (series)\|Caprica]]'' series. There was an [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06195/706019-352.stm interview] with SciFi suit Mark Stern where he partially answered it: "Cybernetic, something, organism". But he couldn't remember it completely. --[[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 01:04, 22 August 2007 (CDT)

			*I thought it might relate to "Cyclops", stemming from the prominent one eye of the Original series Cylons. Changing the word a bit makes it sound more robotic and scifi-esque. This is just my guess though, no evidence. Chances are they just made up a name that sounded spacey and menacing. [[User:OTW\|OTW]] 18:28, 22 August 2007 (CDT)

Serenity: reply

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	There is an open inquiry on this done by [[User:Sauron18\|Sauron18]] and is on our [[BW:OC\|Official Communiques]] page, which [[Bradley Thompson]] (one of the producers for the new series) answers questions on, when his schedule permits. Thus far, the question hasn't been answered. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 00:52, 22 August 2007 (CDT)		There is an open inquiry on this done by [[User:Sauron18\|Sauron18]] and is on our [[BW:OC\|Official Communiques]] page, which [[Bradley Thompson]] (one of the producers for the new series) answers questions on, when his schedule permits. Thus far, the question hasn't been answered. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 00:52, 22 August 2007 (CDT)

			Well, I don't think the Think Tank is really appropriate for this. But this would probably have been answered in the ''[[Caprica (series)\|Caprica]]'' series. There was an [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06195/706019-352.stm interview] with SciFi suit Mark Stern where he partially answered it: "Cybernetic, something, organism". But he couldn't remember it completely. --[[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 01:04, 22 August 2007 (CDT)

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: beginning discussion

2007-08-22T05:52:06Z

beginning discussion

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There is an open inquiry on this done by [[User:Sauron18|Sauron18]] and is on our [[BW:OC|Official Communiques]] page, which [[Bradley Thompson]] (one of the producers for the new series) answers questions on, when his schedule permits. Thus far, the question hasn't been answered. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 00:52, 22 August 2007 (CDT)