Editing Template talk:Characters

== Formatting and Defining Characters in Template ==

Thanks to [[User:Undc23|Undc23]], we have a character template that makes it easier to navigate to characters. There's probably some that choose to adjust the formatting; I've already put my 2 cents in and quickly reached my wiki coding limits. I recommend that contributors compare the format to the template used in Wikipedia for [[Wikipedia:Template:matrix|The Matrix saga entries]] listed there.

We also need to determine two additional points:

* What characters should appear in this list. I feel that characters who have been in at least 3 episodes qualify, but if they are dead for longer than 2 seasons, the entry could be removed unless their contribution to the overall storyline is significant. [[Crashdown]], for instance, may deserve retention here because his death is a critical juncture for [[Gaius Baltar]]. [[Hadrian]] and [[Wallace Gray]], at present, aren't really characters of depth. I haven't removed or added any characters due to my wiki code skill limits, so look over the template and consider my thoughts and share your own.

* The [[TOS|Original Series]] character lists would benefit greatly from a similar template, probably similarly named as [[template:toscharacters)]]. Although the series ran for just a season (and 1/2, counting the dreaded ''[[Galactica 1980]]''), the "planet of the week" and "alien of the week" formatting generated dozens of characters. Maybe Undc23 will step to the plate for this, or someone else.

--[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:11, 28 December 2005 (EST)

:I agree. The TOS could probably use something like this. I'm not sure whether it would be better to follow this example (main characters only) or the matrix one (to organize all the secondary/minor characters as well).  I'd be afraid of having an excessive amount of minor characters cluttering it up, but perhaps one season wouldn't be that bad.  --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:09, 28 December 2005 (EST)
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-Wouldn't it make sense to move Tory and Anders to "Supporting" now, since they'll have a much bigger role in season 4? [[User:Ausir|Ausir]] 03:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
+Thanks to [[User:Undc23|Undc23]], we have a character template that makes it easier to navigate to characters. There's probably some that choose to adjust the formatting; I've already put my 2 cents in and quickly reached my wiki coding limits. I recommend that contributors compare the format to the template used in Wikipedia for [[Wikipedia:Template:matrix|The Matrix saga entries]] listed there.
-== Template bloat ==
+We also need to determine two additional points:
-We're running into the same problem we've [[Template talk:Characters/Archive1|run into before]] with the sudden bloat that this template has taken on. We need to seriously discuss this, otherwise I can see it getting ridiculous real frakking quickly. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 07:00, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
+* What characters should appear in this list. I feel that characters who have been in at least 3 episodes qualify, but if they are dead for longer than 2 seasons, the entry could be removed unless their contribution to the overall storyline is significant. [[Crashdown]], for instance, may deserve retention here because his death is a critical juncture for [[Gaius Baltar]]. [[Hadrian]] and [[Wallace Gray]], at present, aren't really characters of depth. I haven't removed or added any characters due to my wiki code skill limits, so look over the template and consider my thoughts and share your own.
-:Agreed, recurring characters was completely out of hand, I cleaned it up, removing [[Richard Adar]], [[Layne Ishay]], [[Peter Laird]], and [[Kendra Shaw]] while fixing line breaks, I think it looks better now. It can probably be tightened up a little bit more.  [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 21:28, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
+* The [[TOS|Original Series]] character lists would benefit greatly from a similar template, probably similarly named as [[template:toscharacters)]]. Although the series ran for just a season (and 1/2, counting the dreaded ''[[Galactica 1980]]''), the "planet of the week" and "alien of the week" formatting generated dozens of characters. Maybe Undc23 will step to the plate for this, or someone else.
-:: I might go one step further and just say we need a "recurring characters" plate for those pages with important recurring characters, and have that applied to those pages only. Also, I would probably remove [[Jean Barolay]] too.  -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 21:36, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
+--[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:11, 28 December 2005 (EST)
+:I agree. The TOS could probably use something like this. I'm not sure whether it would be better to follow this example (main characters only) or the matrix one (to organize all the secondary/minor characters as well).  I'd be afraid of having an excessive amount of minor characters cluttering it up, but perhaps one season wouldn't be that bad.  --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:09, 28 December 2005 (EST)