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| :I'm not asking for special treatment for our group or any other, I just think some of the remarks here have been a tad arrogant. If you really want to get down to the facts, both Battlestar Galactica RPG 2003 and the Battlestar Fan Fiction Site have been around quite a bit longer then Battlestar Wikipedia, Both sites have done their own share to foster interest in the series in my opinion as has this site. I don't think what you consider 'small' groups should be written off, truth be told the following of Battlestar Galactica since the end of the original series could be considered a ''small-scale, localized fan base''. I thought the fan base was suppose to stick together and support each other, Maybe I was wrong. These sites are successful in their own right and could very well grow to be a lot larger, if you just don't want any sort of web sites with advertising on your front page? Thats cool, I understand it but don't pass judgment that noone cares about fan fiction or role playing, because that's far from the truth. --[[User:RWL|RWL]] 09:18, 6 March 2006 (CST) | | :I'm not asking for special treatment for our group or any other, I just think some of the remarks here have been a tad arrogant. If you really want to get down to the facts, both Battlestar Galactica RPG 2003 and the Battlestar Fan Fiction Site have been around quite a bit longer then Battlestar Wikipedia, Both sites have done their own share to foster interest in the series in my opinion as has this site. I don't think what you consider 'small' groups should be written off, truth be told the following of Battlestar Galactica since the end of the original series could be considered a ''small-scale, localized fan base''. I thought the fan base was suppose to stick together and support each other, Maybe I was wrong. These sites are successful in their own right and could very well grow to be a lot larger, if you just don't want any sort of web sites with advertising on your front page? Thats cool, I understand it but don't pass judgment that noone cares about fan fiction or role playing, because that's far from the truth. --[[User:RWL|RWL]] 09:18, 6 March 2006 (CST) |
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| :: I think y'all're misreading some of us (at least). I, for one, ''do'' have an interest in roleplaying. I'm not sure how it became obvious that all of us don't. BSG roleplay isn't my thing, and RPing over a BB throws me off my game, but I'm not gonna hate on someone because they do things differently. However, the concern is not that BSG Wiki doens't like BSG RPGs. The initial concern, anyway, was that we wanted to head off a potential attention-grabbing contest, which is a ''verry'' common problem Wikis have. I don't think we should remove the links. If we get more than two games that warrant linking, then we might make an article about BSG RPGs and link from there (and link that page in the community box). I definately think images should not show up on the main page... Lots of little images looks cluttered to me.
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| :: Now... fanfic is a different beast, I think. We are cautious of fanfics because often some popular topic will be discussed in many fics that is, more or less, directly contrary to much on-screen evidence (Cf. "Lee is a Cylon"). However, because of the number of people who like whatever idea, there becomes a demand for us to act as if it were a valid theory. Fanfic is, at best, speculation (which, unless noted very obviously as such, [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|we]] dislike) and at worst contradictory. Additionally, there are some legal question marks regarding copyrights that I, personally, would really rather BSG Wiki ''not'' get anywhere near.
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| :: In any case, I think the idea above about removing links to such things was to keep an eye on our goal, which is to become a reliable resource for information about the characters, ships, plots, actors, creators, etc. of ''Battlestar Galactica'' (all vcersions). Being a catalog of BSG RPG and/or fanfic sites is, strictly, outside the scope of that goal. Don't, please, take it personally. Now, I don't see it as so far outside the scope of our goal that we couldn't drop a link here or there. We just have to be careful not to let it take more than a supporting role, as it were. However, I allow that a rational person could disagree, so there's room for debate on that issue. --[[User:Day|Day]] 23:24, 7 March 2006 (CST)
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| :::I am new to the wiki format. I am one of the admins to Kobol's Legacies. I apology for causing any trouble. When I saw the fan stuff section I added our rpg to it. I apology for being the first to add a mini banner to it, I did not know I started an ad war. I understand the need for uniformity on the board, and now that it seems that more rpg or fan stuff sites are being added with descriptions, while no other link sections have them on the front page. I am willing to just go to a link only format like the other sections on the front page.
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| :::I understand the concern others have about this site, and that they only want to make it better, like I want to make the role playing community site I am part of better. I will have to agree, BSG is a new fandom that is growing larger every day, and that it takes time to establish a reliable fan site. New sites have to be given a chance to grow. Fanfiction and role playing has a place in the fandom ... Thanks for your time, Oversurge
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| I'll make sure these links have been migrated to the new design (community portal) before I delete this. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:48, 2 August 2006 (CDT)
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