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== Military Ranks ==<br />
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Just a few concluding remarks I don't blame you for what you did, where I in your position I would have done the same thing. The reason I didn't respond to Serenity's first post was because until yesterday I had been unable to figure out how. As far as fear of retribution, I've never really been involved with a wiki before so I wasn't really sure what to expect and was kind of intimidated. I appreciate you're addressing my issues. Not only did it help me understand why things were happening the way they were, but it also made me feel like my input was welcome and that was all I was asking for. I am anxious to see any clarification you can offer in the weeks ahead because I find this a rather fascinating topic.<br />
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Thanks again for the clarification. {{unsigned|Grandmaester314}}<br />
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== BG S4.1 in Latin America ==<br />
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In Latin America, Season Four of Battlestar Galactica airs on Saturdays and Sundays on [http://www.canalspace.tv Space].<br />
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== Dynamic Page List ==<br />
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Hi, I just checked all feature about BW and I didn't see the Dynamic Page List feature. Do you plan one day to install it because it's very useful?--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:32, 19 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
: Perhaps. I'll talk with [[User:Shane|Shane]] about this. -- [[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> 21:08, 20 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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=== Examples ===<br />
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Here are some examples I made for the Stargate Wiki FR:<br />
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* To see minor characters:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:LigneMineurs Automatic generation of a line with five stamps] using DPL with entry of the series, the season, and the first article sorted.<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Personnages_Universe/Mineurs/Saison_Un/Page_1 Automatic generation of minor characters for the first page] with automatic sort by last name<br />
**[http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Personnages_Universe/Mineurs/Saison_Un Automatic creation of minor character stamps page links] with automatic image update and automatic update of the first and the last character name of this page.<br />
* To see objects:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Ligne Automatic generation of a line]. All you juste have to do is to put the correct category.<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Armes Autogeneration of a page] with the famous lines.<br />
* To resume objects in a bottom navigation bar:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Divers Nav bar] automaticaly updated (put the right category)<br />
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All you have to do with this kind or templates is to put the right category and DPL (with a purge) will do the rest. The main purpose of DPL is to avoid editing when the database can do the stuff for you. You don't have to edit an article or a template to update with new article of the same category. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:28, 21 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== What about RFA and RFB for French BW ? ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br />
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I'm on the verge to edit the policy for the french version of [[BW:RFA|Request for Admninship]] and [[BW:RFB|Request for Bureaucratship]]. I need your help for this two policies.<br />
# Do I just translate the English version with the same vote system than the main site?<br />
# Do I have to do it in another way?<br />
# Is the principle of request the same than the main site?<br />
Thanks for answering.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: If you have any suggestions as to improve the policies in question, then that would work well. Until the French wiki has more contributors, I don't think the RFA and RFB are really going to work all that well, and so administrators are promoted on a case-by-case basis as determined by you, me, and Shane. -- [[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> 13:10, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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:: Until I design or translate all the templates needed and the main page, I think there will not be a lot of contributors. The main problem is the lack of French and French-speaking people who speak English fluently. French people are not very confortable with English, so it's very difficult for them to contribute unless they have seen the show and are fans. With your agreement, I will just create one page for RFA and RFB with the statement you said above (Shane, you and me).<br/>FYI, all the episodes of the [[Re-Imagined Series]] have been aired in France, and have been released in DVD format (I just saw the Season 4 Part 2 Set yesterday in a supermarket) . --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:22, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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::: Understandable. And, yes, this works for me. I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your hard work! It is certainly appreciated! :D -- [[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> 15:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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:::: Thanks for encouraging. ;-) -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 17:50, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Wiki Store (FR) and iTunes (FR) ==<br />
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Hi again,<br />
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I can see on the Support section of the sidebar many links to affiliates (like Amazon and iTunes). Can I (or not) create similar links to french Amazon and iTunes store with french official stuff from ''Battlestar Galactica'' Franchise? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 18:06, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: I'll have to look into it. So don't worry about it for now. -- [[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> 19:18, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
:: OK. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:15, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== German Battlestarwiki ==<br />
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For days, I have been trying to access the german Battlestarwiki - without success. Is it offline? Under maintenance?--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 17:01, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: I'm checking into it. I'll let you know when it's back online. -- [[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> 17:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: It's back up. ;-) -- [[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> 18:22, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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::Thank you!--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 18:59, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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* Hello. I cannot look at articles with galleries. E.G. if I open http://de.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Pegasus_%28RDM%29 i cannot see the article. If I kill the gallery everything is alright. Whats the problem? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 16:26, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I'm looking into this right now and will get back to you. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:29, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Ok, it's working now. There was a conflict with one of the extensions and MW 1.16. I've disabled it. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:14, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: Great, thank you. and can you tell me, where the mistake in this template is?: http://de.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Vorlage:Stammbaum --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 17:26, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::: No problem. As for the template: I would just port the english Familytree template over from scratch, and see if you get the same errors. I don't have the time to do it now, but I did put it on my to-do list. If you can't get to it, then I'll be able to do so after the Easter holiday. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:39, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::::I will try it tomorrow or this evening, but I can remember, that I once copy and paste it from the german wikipedia site and it also doesnt work correctly. {{unsigned|Enabran}}<br />
:::::: It's a complicated template. I know that [[User:Shane|Shane]] had problems porting it over as well... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:14, 24 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: I don't know anything about templates, but after hours of testing it seems to work :-) (maybe an easter wonder). As first attempt I created the [[de:Vorlage:Stammbaum zylonischer Evolution|german version]] of your [[Template:Cylon evolution tree|zylon tree]]. But I do not know why there is so much free space between the top and the first line. Maybe you can take a look at it? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 09:01, 25 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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Will the german wiki come back?<br />
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== Happy holidays ==<br />
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Hi Joe! Just wanted to say hi and happy holidays to you and yours. I am well, hope you are too. [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 04:43, 19 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
: Hi Jeremy! Happy Holidays! I am doing well, and I'm glad to see that you are 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> 17:57, 21 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Hah, I feel bad now. ==<br />
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Since I've joined here, the only thing I've been doing is tinkering with the Glare page. Now I feel bad that's all I've been doing. =/ I gotta help out for the reals, so do any pages need serious revision/are missing a lot of crap that I can help out with? --[[User:NeutraVega|NeutraVega]] 19:40, 26 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: Hi there! :D Sorry for the long delay in replying, but we had the database locked and the site moved to new servers, thus the delay. Anyway, we could use the most help on the [[Caprica pilot]] page and subjects relating to ''Caprica''. So if you'd like to start there, that'd be great. :) -- [[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> 16:27, 30 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Advertising and problem on media repository ==<br />
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Hi Joe and Happy New Year,<br/><br />
As I already said to Shan, I can see that you succeed to bring back the wiki. Congratulations. I have two point to ask.<br />
# I made a donation for the wiki to avoid advertising but I still have them on the screen, why? Thank you for your answer.<br />
# On the media repository, I tried to upload an image. It is actually somewhere in the directory but the sofware is unable to create a thumbnail. It says that it cannot find the "convert" file on the server. So for now, it's impossible to add new images on the media repository.<br />
Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:48, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Happy New Year to you too! :D <br />
: Anyway, I went ahead and upgraded your account to sponsor status, so you shouldn't see the ads. If you do, try logging in and out again. If that doesn't work, a hard refresh should clear the cache. As for the convert issue, I'll have Shane look into it. -- [[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> 15:55, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
:: Thanks, I've no ads anymore. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:57, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
::: Awesome! :D -- [[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> 16:33, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
: Fixed the issue with the media repository as well. Cheers. -- [[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> 21:16, 16 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== InterBot and BS Pegasus ==<br />
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Hi Joe.<br/><br />
1. It seems that [[:fr:User:InterBot|InterBot]] doesn't work because the interwiki link I made on the pages I created aren't duplicated on the other wikis.<br/><br />
2. I don't have access to [http://www.battlestarpegasus.com/ BS Pegasus] either. It says it's forbidden. Is there any problem since the server transfer or something?<br/><br />
Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 21:41, 14 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hi,<br/>Still doesn't work for both points. Do you have any answer for that please? Thanks. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:23, 29 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Sorry, I've been pretty busy. (Barely have had time to really work on the wiki, other than to greet the newcomers.) To answer your questions: <br />
: 1. Shane needs to reprogram the InterBot. He hasn't had time to do that as he's been working on projects for Best Buy.<br />
: 2. The BS Pegasus site is down. No ETA on when that'll be back up as it isn't priority. -- [[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> 01:35, 30 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Calendar dates on auction items ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br />
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I expanded the [[Colonial calendar#Different Dating Methods]] section with information from a couple of auction items and noticed in the process that you wrote at least some of the blog entries at battlestarprops.com. Do you recall seeing any calendar items I haven't mentioned yet, and if so, could you point me to their pictures? It would also be nice to see a higher resolution scan of Socrata's medal of valor document, if one is available.<br />
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Regards,<br />
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-- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 19:55, 28 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: I honestly never really paid all that much attention to the dating thing, since it was all made up anyway. (''Star Trek'''s "stardate" system is a very good example of this, actually. It isn't until they did TNG that they really put thought into it.) There is very little consistency behind the dating on any of the paperwork; in television production, much of it is thrown together—some of it even at the very last minute—even taking into account the quality of BSG's paperwork being higher than other genre television series. It isn't until ''Caprica'' that they really tried to address the issue of the Colonial dating method, because it's simply not natural not to have characters ''not'' say "Hey Lacy, meet me for lunch on Saturday." <br />
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: As for photos of the stuff, the [http://archive.propworx.com Propworx archive] has photos of everything that's been auctioned through Propworx. I also know of a few fans who have won many paperwork documents from the BSG auctions (both live and via eBay) that have taken the time to scan them, but most of their work is on private boards and some prop replication communities. -- [[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> 02:34, 29 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Thanks. The scans on that site have a much higher resolution and I already found a couple of items with supposed dates. I would like to document them in the article primarily to establish that there was no real system in the re-imagined series as opposed to ''Caprica''. Such random alphanumerics also suggest to the reader that the dates in Adama's dossier need not be correct necessarily (e.g. the year 20000+). -- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 18:16, 29 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== "pos" extended parser function ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I would like to ask if it is possible to add the "'''''pos'''''" Parser Function into the wiki, this will allow to do some research more easily (for example to do an action on pages with a certain text and not on the others). Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:57, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Do you have a link so I can check this out? I take it this is an extension to MW. -- [[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> 13:15, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:: Check [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions this link] to see. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 18:20, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::: It's now installed. I'd be interested to see how you use this. Cheers! -- [[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> 20:19, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::: One example for the moment:<br />
::::* The [[fr:Modèle:Apparitions Télésuite, 1re nuit|Modèle:Apparitions Télésuite]] template using [[fr:Modèle:Apparition]]. I use the '''''pos''''' to show the number of apparitions only on the Apparition page (condition) :<br />
::::** When you see it inside the episode: [[fr:Télésuite, 1re nuit#Apparition des personnages|Télésuite, 1re nuit#Apparition des personnages]]<br />
::::** When you see it inside the characters apparition page: [[fr:Liste des apparitions des personnages par épisode#Battlestar Galactica|Liste des apparitions des personnages par épisode]]. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:31, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== HTML activation ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I think the wiki has not the HTML function activated because I tried to import some Wikipedia template to adapt them to the wiki and those have htlm writing inside and it doesn't work. So, please, is it possible to activate html editing in the french wiki?<br/>Thanks a lot. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:34, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
: Which templates are affected? -- [[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> 16:39, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::[[fr:Modèle:Infobox/Ligne mixte|This one]] for example. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:47, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::: Why not just use the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables wikicode table syntax]? -- [[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> 17:06, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::: I tried it but there is an issue when you use a template using parser function inside another template using parser functions. It doesn't recognise at all a link (an image for an example) created by the template inside, it separates the link like a colspan. At least, is it possible to activate only the <code><nowiki><td><hr><tr></nowiki></code> tags? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:21, 23 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::: OK, I should get to activating those HTML tags sometime tonight. -- [[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> 17:44, 24 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== SVG generation ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I hope you're fine, I've seen a little problem with the SVG generator. It doesn't work properly. Here is the message I get :<br />
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<code>Erreur lors de la création de la miniature : /usr/bin/rsvg: not found</code><br />
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I think it's a missing file forgot during the transfer last december. Thank you for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:21, 16 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: It's that rsvg isn't presently installed on the new server. I'll send in a support request. -- [[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> 18:39, 17 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:: Hi, Joe,<br/>Still doesn't work, sorry. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:36, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::: Yeah, that's because I was sidetracked and neglected sending that support request. I've sent it in and hope to hear from someone in the next 48 hours. Sorry about that. -- [[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> 19:34, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::: OK, they've installed it. All should be good now. :) -- [[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> 00:29, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::: YES, it's working. Thanks. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::: Hi Joe, I think I've a bit too quick to say Hurra. There is still a problem. There is no generation of image but instead of, we have the name of the file. See [[:fr:Modèle:Drapeau]] or [[:fr:Michael Rymer]] for example. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:11, 12 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::: Looking into it now... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:13, 13 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::: I'd have to track down the exact error, since our server host doesn't supply tech support for MediaWiki (understandably so) an Shane is busy with projects. Of course, I have no time to do it right not until mid-October because I am committed to other projects right now. Would it be possible to use PNGs for the flags until we can get the SVG issue ironed out? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 01:37, 16 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== removal of my question ==<br />
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Hi !<br />
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Yes, it was a real question : how could the pegasus avoid further contamination by the Cylon virus. Is this answered in future episodes ?<br />
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Why did you simply remove my question ?<br />
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Regards,<br />
Nixab (new fan and new contributor here).<br />
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:I think it's a valid question, Joe, so I noted that the answer is in [[Razor]] and spelled it out in the [[Answered Questions from Season 2 (RDM)#Pegasus|Answered Questions from Season 2]]. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 03:25, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Fair enough, and I agree. Sorry for the inconvenience. -- [[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> 05:11, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Jupiter-class battlestar issue ==<br />
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I have a problem with your edit of my edit on the Jupiter class battlestar Galactica. The book I refered to is canon since it was written by the science advisor to BSG and sactioned by SyFy and Ron Moore. If yoiu prefer your wiki not to contain official information then that is fine and I will not bother to add any other information to your site. I will rely solely on official material such as this book. Cancel my membersip please. <br />
Good Bye. {{unsigned|Lonewriter}}<br />
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: Please refer to [[BW:CITE#Acceptable_Sources|Acceptable Sources]], which list the sources of what makes something canon. Just because there is an error in a book sanctioned by Syfy Channel, does not mean it is automatically canon. As I've only started reading the book, I've already noticed errors (mostly with spelling, such as Cally's name), that raises a few doubts in my mind when it comes to how thoroughly the book was copyedited. <br />
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: As I believe I had explained, the episode that the writers of the book refer to ("Pegasus") does ''not'' make mention of ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> class. ''At all.'' So, they made a mistake, or improperly cited the source. (Now, if it came from the script for that episode, I can see that. We've used scripts as sources before.)<br />
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: Now, if Ron Moore or David Eick were to come out and say "well, they're right, ''Galactica'' is a ''Jupiter'' class" then we will certainly note that, and cite that it came from them. Furthermore, maybe I wasn't clear, but I'm not saying that we should throw out the reference at all, but '''it needs to be pointed out that the way the information is present is in ''direct contradiction to what viewers saw on screen.''''' <br />
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: Believe me, were this information aired in "Pegasus" fans would have eaten that up, just like they (we) ate up the whole ''Mercury'' class reference that Adama made before Cain boarded the ship. :)<br />
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: Now, as to your immature comment, it does suggest that you probably wouldn't be a good editor here, because you don't seem to understand how to critically analyze information, or the necessity of viewing all information with a critical eye. That's fine. There are people who simply don't have that ability. There's nothing wrong with that. Also, you don't have to use the site, at all. I hate to be disingenuous and brusque, but if you're going to use appeals to emotion instead of actually bothering to do the research (which I, and many, many fans have done over the past five-plus years) then you're welcome to leave and never look back.<br />
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: However, let me be particularly clear when I say this: what I have done is pointed out this error, which you've brought to our attention, so thank you for that. Now, if you want to act like a prima donna and storm off in a huff, then that's your call. You're more than welcome to stay, or you are more than welcome to leave. Ball is in your court. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 02:58, 22 October 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== William Adama edits ==<br />
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I seem to find the spoiler tag formatting (I edit on wikipedia but we have nothing similar there) so I'm just going to be as vague as I can be and hope you understand. While reading over the spoilered info on William Adama's page that you recently added I realized that you have a character connection slightly off. If you check my edit history, you'll see I made a similar change on a related page. Hope that's enough for you to see what I meant (since I can't edit the Old Man's page). [[User:Millahnna|Millahnna]] 23:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Yes, I got what you meant! I'll make the correction now! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 02:41, 25 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Duram's files at Propworx ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br />
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Have you preserved alternate photographs of Duram's files which are now on eBay? The available photo makes Clarice's file halfway legible, but I'm curious what's in Amanda's and other files. I'm not planning on buying them though, since I'm only interested in the information, not in provenance. Even so, thanks for participating in the auctions — the photos have provided so much useful information that would've normally disappeared with the shows. -- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 22:10, 5 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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: I'd have to ask Jarrod, since he's the one who oversees the Caprica auction stuff out in LA. (I'm not in LA, so I don't have easy access to this stuff myself.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:00, 5 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== Reference in Template ==<br />
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What does putting the ref in break? I don't see anything unusual except that the 33 has to be bracketed to be a link. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 22:47, 7 March 2011 (UTC)<br />
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: Issue is that the brackets are printed out, and they really shouldn't be. I guess I'll have to modify the infobox template to deal with that. Basically a separate field that is only for references, like "|seenref=". -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:42, 8 March 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== Affiliation ==<br />
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Hello would you like this wiki to affiliate with my independent wiki http://stargate-wiki.org/ ? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 23:38, 25 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Hi there, feel free to e-mail me directly at joe@frakmedia.net so we can talk about it more. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:44, 25 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
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Not sure if you got my email or not, anyway, would you prefer to join the SIWA Network (Scifi independent wiki alliance)? http://siwanetwork.webs.com Basically just lets more people interlink with these wikis and its always good to have more links to your site laying around. It costs nothing and we dont really ask for anything in return. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 06:35, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Thank you for the offer, but I will decline. I really see no benefit for this wiki and its contributors in being a part of the SIWA Network. In fact, I feel that our inclusion would only be beneficial for you, seeing as we have a wide exposure. We've run into loose fan organizations like SIWA before, and frankly they are not worth the bandwidth that it takes to pull up the webpage. Our experience is that such things are not professionally run and are basically glorified fly-by-night operations operated by unprofessional, doe-eyed fans with unrealistic expectations. Nothing personal against you, it is just our experience. And, as for traffic and links, we've found that being a part of a glorified "webring" has no return on investiment. A majority of new traffic has always, and without fail, come from two sources: 1) word-of-mouth (forums and social networks), and 2) search engines. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:25, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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I had 22 new visitors to my site because of SIWA. Your loss i guess. Also it really doesn't make it less offensive when you call me: unprofessional, doe-eyed fan with unrealistic expectations then say no offence. Even you should see that. Well if you change your mind, let me know. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 11:56, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: And how many of those 22 people will stick around and contribute in the long-haul? Since there are so many Stargate wikis out there, those results aren't surprising... and, don't get your hopes up, as they will be short lived. Traffic from web rings and "alliances" is short-lived, and with extremely poor to negligible long-term ROI. I've been running websites for the last 15 years, so I am well aware of what I'm taking about. <br />
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: Furthermore, I was not making a personal attack against you: I was making a general observation about such organizations. However, since you are keen to make it about yourself: given your behavior in the past towards another member of this website (and bringing problems from an outside wiki to this Wiki directly and without provocation from us), I find ''that'' unprofessional. End of subject. Thank you for the offer, and have a splendid day. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:16, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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Wow, take it overboard much. I was going to link certain articles like actors other work here etc but because of that attitude, you can forget it [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 12:21, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Your attitude and sour disposition are the problems here. After all, you were the one who [[User_talk:LIMAFOX76|brought outside problems from another website to this one]]. ''You'' initiated it here. ''You'' deliberately sought the user in question, tracked them to this website, and brought ''your'' problems to an open forum instead of taking it up with the user via e-mail. ''You'' involved us, and ''I'' put a stop to it. I have no ill will towards you personally, but your immature behavior here and your inability to properly deal with issues in a mature manner exemplifies why we are careful in associating with other organizations and websites.<br />
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: At any rate, I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors. Farewell. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:39, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::Wow alcohol and wiki editing should never be mixed, i don't remember writing most of that. Back to my original idea of affiliation, one of your bsg wiki 'friends' perhaps. Many BSG actors have been on Stargate. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 01:21, 30 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: We'll think about it, thanks. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:50, 30 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::Any more news on this? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 08:12, 4 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::We've thought about it, and we're not interested. Thank you for the offer, though. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:02, 4 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::::Forgive me for asking, but why not? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 03:26, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::The reasons outlined previously still apply, and we do not see the real, tangible long-term benefit in it. We've operated for a very long time without the need to "associate" ourselves with other websites as part of an alliance or organization, and given our prevalence we don't really see how it would benefit us. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:08, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::::::You don't see the benefit in having a couple hundred extra links to your site?...... Ok then. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 15:02, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::::Question: How is it that a "couple hundred extra links" equate affiliation? Anyone can add links to any wiki and not be affiliated. At best, it's link swapping. My issue with the so-called "affiliation" proposal you set before us is that you haven't presented a clear idea of what it means, only vague concepts. Your proposal lacks details on these important elements: purpose, method of execution/standards and practices, and the responsibilities of each party. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:37, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::::::::I always thought of it more as like references on a resume (sort of) essentially that people trust your site and know that you would not affiliate with some fly-by-night operation-wiki full of useless crap. All it is is like a greenlight for users, they know that they can visit your site and it will be good, the only responsibility would be a link with any affiliates and any relevant links, which for me would probably be to actor/crew other work on either show. I don't know if you've even visited my site yet but I am growing it everyday and doing my best to reel in new users, your welcome to ask me anything about it. It's not some 142 page wikia site with no pics and a desperate admin trying to scam people. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 15:34, 6 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::::::Frankly, most of our web traffic has always come from either Wikipedia or search engines, and most people can already see the quality of the Battlestar Wiki... Link swapping does not work as well as you apparently think it does. So, not sure how affiliating with your network would really be to anyone's best interest, considering that we dominate search engine results. <br />
:::::::::::The best piece of advice I can give you is just develop content on your wiki to the best of your, and your team's, ability. Traffic will come naturally that way. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:33, 8 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Electronic smockers ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>There is another giant spam attack on the repository by electronic smockers. I just mark the articles and images for speedy delete. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:22, 5 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Sadly, I've noticed that... I've been trying a few different methods to block them, and think I've managed to block them on the EN wiki. We'll see. (I've just been battling it manually as I see it.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:15, 5 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Hi Joe,<br/>I found more old spammers who were selling certificates and car insurrances. I saw also two recent uploaded files: this one and this one. What do you thing about that? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:57, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::: Cool! I've also added those terms to the blacklist. As for the two files: those were uploaded by a spammer. Feel free to delete them. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:05, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::: Done. This spammer has been blocked too. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:13, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::: Hi Joe, I found iPhone spamming article on md. I added iPhone on both en and md blacklist. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:56, 8 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::::: Awesome! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:32, 8 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: Hi Joe, It's seems that the spamming business has goten other BW languages. I cleaned up the Chinese one and now I currently take the Spanish one but the spammers seem more subtil. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:08, 23 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: I think the Spanish wiki is cleaned now. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:41, 23 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Senior Chief rights on FR ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I don't know if I deserve them, but I would like to ask you if it is possible to grant me Senior Chief for the [[fr:|French BW]]. Thank you for your answer (Yes or No, no problem at all). --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:17, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I have no problem with giving you Senior Chief access. I just need to discuss this with Shane and a few others before I flip the switch. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:28, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: OK, no problem for that. Thank you. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:33, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: Hi Joe, just getting back from holidays, I'm just here to check if you have any news. Thank you very much. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:22, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: Been plenty busy myself, so I can relate! I'll upgrade you here in a bit. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:56, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::: Thanks a lot.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:58, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Not sure this is a gaffe ==<br />
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[[He_That_Believeth_In_Me#Gaffes]] contains this final paragraph, which I think should be deleted:<br />
:Tracey tells Baltar prior to their intercourse that the door to the group's hideout is locked and that only the two of them are in the room, but when Jeanne returns with Derrick, she is able to reenter even though both Tracey and Baltar are still asleep (presumably she said this to put Baltar more at ease). <br />
Saying that a door is locked does not preclude the possibility of others entering. A locked door can be unlocked. Other doors on Galactica are locked with keypads (like the one rigged to blow up Romo Lampkin), and there is no reason to think Jeanne would not have the entry code. [[User:Dogger55|Dogger55]] 16:12, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Many of Galactica's hatches are lockable only from one side, not both. Further, only small arms lockers and other sensitive areas have keypads. Not every door has one. This isn't the starship ''Enterprise'', after all. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:26, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::I wasn't sure; that's why I wrote instead of deleting or changing. However, I went back and took a closer look. When Baltar first arrives at his new home (10:45), they knock to gain entry and the door is unlocked from the inside. You see a wheel for bolting/unbolting the door on the outside and on the inside. Around 14:30, you hear the door close and the bolt turn when Paula and Jeanne leave, and no other such sounds from then until Tracey "makes her move" on Baltar and agrees that the door is locked. It seems to me that whatever means they used to secure it, the door could be locked & unlocked from either side, and was clearly locked from the outside until the time Jeanne returned. [[User:Dogger55|Dogger55]] 17:57, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: OK, then make the correction. It's been a while since I've seen the episode. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:08, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Simple wiki ==<br />
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Theres a user that needs banning on the simple wiki - "oakley brand" [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 21:40, 15 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Saw him, done. Thanks --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 01:52, 16 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Operational costs. ==<br />
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I am really curious on how you are able to keep this wiki running, with only source of revenue being a few paying members, AdSense, AdBrite, and a few affiliations with Amazon and other stores. I mean I just see two ads per page, one on the top header, and one on the sidebar. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 10:15, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Actually, we're able to cover all of our monthly costs with these revenue sources. It's just finding that balance that was the issue. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:25, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: It also helps to dominate the search results when it comes to anything BSG related. Advertisers really love that kind of thing. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:26, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Really. Its kind of hard to believe. I am <s>amusing</s> assuming that, the only way this is working out is, your CPM for ads is a really high figure. Unfortunately the forum doesn't rank high in search rankings. Any plans of getting rid of the ancient vBulliten for something more SEO friendly like vanilla forums. If required I can be of some technical help. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 14:45, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: We've never made money from the forum, so that never factored much into it anyway. Thanks for the offer, but vBulletin has more than enough features that we need and vanilla forums don't seem to have the features that we need. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:55, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Article number on main BW portal. ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>It seems that the [http://www.battlestarwiki.org main BW portal] is not up to date regarding article number on all languages wikis. Is it possible to update it or put an automatic routine to avoid manual updates? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:08, 19 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: We did have a script that updated the article count, but I would need to talk to Shane about that. Also, I'm thinking we're going to ditch that main portal and come up with something more dynamic. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:46, 19 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Re-imagined categories ==<br />
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Greetings, I have a quick question, I have noticed that there seems to be "duplicate" categories for the re-imagined continuity, "RDM" and "TRS", that seems to be going along with the page renaming. What my question is, are pages supposed to be moved out of "RDM" and placed into "TRS" or something? --[[User:Typhoeus|Typhoeus]] 22:31, 4 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Basically, if it's in the "RDM" universe (that means ''Caprica'', ''Blood & Chrome'', ''Re-imagined BSG'') then it's classified as RDM. Otherwise, if it is specific to one show, such as [[Helena Cain]], then it is classified under both "RDM" and "TRS". Originally, we used RDM for just the Re-imagined Series, until the spinoffs/prequels came along. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:04, 4 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Recent spaming ==<br />
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Is it just me, or is there a recent increase in spamming? I am not around as often as I would like, so I am not entirely sure on this. If I could ask, what sort of anti spam features do you have? {{unsigned|Typhoeus}}<br />
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: It comes and goes. Basically, these are humans (instead of bots) who are paid to spam, and thus solve the captchas and the like. They have to fill out a captcha when they sign up for an account, and when they add a link in any page (new or established) a captcha will also come up. We have a blacklist for terms and the like, but that's why they come up with crazy titles for the spam pages. We've enabled a variety of anti-spam measures, but that's mostly good against automated bots. IP blocking isn't an option in these cases, as the manual spammers use proxies, and thus change their IP address every time they create a new account and spam. We could go draconian and prevent new accounts from posting, BUT then we make it extremely difficult for new contributors to actually contribute. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:31, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Usually, they spam in early Europe morning, when American sleep ;-).--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:51, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: LOL! They do seem to attack in the early morning! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:31, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: One more acting in USA's end of day ;-)--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:36, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Recent spaming (option) ==<br />
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With all the recent spamming, I think we should temporarily ban new sign ups for a while. It's just becoming too annoying seeing useless pages. I know you would disagree with the suggestion, but I see it as the only option available. [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey &quot;Shadow&quot; Danian]] 08:58, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: In my opinion, but I'm not the one who decides for this, It would be a mistake to do so. Yes it's annoying to see all this rubbish but by doing so, we prevent real genuine contributors to sign up and contribute, even if, for the moment there are not so many new real genuine contributors but there is still hope. Even in French Battlestar wiki, some spammers try to pollute the wiki but we are here to prevent this and to clean this wiki. They are more now, but not like Wikipedia, so we can clean quicky. But as I said first, it's just my opinion. Cheers.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 09:26, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I feel the frustration, and I've even briefly considered this as an option, but I don't see it as a big enough issue to temporarily ban new sign-ups (or run them through a rigorous sign-up process). Spamming has always been an issue on any Wiki, and to lock things down in such a matter would really dissuade genuine contributors from contributing. I know it may not seem like it, but we've always been spammed, and we will continue to be spammed; the volume of spam just seems massive because we're not expanding much in the way of content, like the way we were when the show was airing. <br />
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: Further, taking into consideration that most new contributors would not waste their time trying to jump through hoops just to contribute, we would just be shooting ourselves in the foot in the long run. (Actually, it takes only a few minutes to deal with them. Delete their contributions and ban them.) We've been very good about responding to spam in a reasonably timely manner, so I really don't see the need for such draconian measures right now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:42, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
:: Hi Joe,<br/>I saw the availabitily of the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiSpoof AntiSpoof extension] on MediaWiki. Is it an answer for us against spammer usernames? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:28, 9 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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== DISPLAYTITLE activation on the French Wiki ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Is it possible please to set the two following parameters in the ''LocalSetting.php'' file?<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgRestrictDisplayTitle $wgRestrictDisplayTitle] to ''false'';<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgAllowDisplayTitle $wgAllowDisplayTitle] to ''true''.<br />
Reason: allowing permission to see episode titles like the [[:fr:Modèle:ép|<nowiki>{{ép}}</nowiki>]] template. In the same way, can you disable the automatic système which add a caps letter at each word in the title. Thank you very much. Cheers.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:33, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: I'll activate these on the French wiki here in a bit. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:43, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: Activated. I'm very leery of actually deactivating the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgCapitalLinks CaptailLinks] feature because of the link breakage it may cause. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:32, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:: Weird. It doesn't seem to work (see [[:fr:33 minutes|this page]] with a DISPLAYTITLE). CaptailLinks is about the first captail letter of the title. I'm talking about the others, not the first. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:51, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::: Ah, I added quotes around the "false" and "true" variables, and MediaWiki doesn't like that. Should work now. The only thing is that you can't use wiki syntax within the <nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE}}</NOWIKI> code, since it renders the HTML tags as text. (See the "33" page.)<br />
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::: Also, the uppercase thing for the first word is a CSS attribute (as I recall) in the style sheet, so I can fix that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:04, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::: Is it possible to activate the wiki syntax on titles? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:48, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::: Not that I've seen. You can only change what the title says, not how it is styled. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:18, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::::: I think it's possible, just see the [[w:Template:Italic title|italic title]] template on Wikipedia. It is used especially for feature films and it's using wiki markup. May be it's just a parameter to set. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:28, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::::: I've looked through the template, and it's impossible to do it within the DISPLAYTITLE syntax itself. The italics must be applied on the outside, like so: <nowiki>''{{DISPLAYTITLE}}''</nowiki>. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:58, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::::::: At least, I will be able to put French quotes signe in the title. Yet, there is still First letter caps appearing on each word following the first one. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:42, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::::::: Hi, Joe. I checked again and I think the issue can be resolved by setting the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgUseTidy $wgUseTidy] parameter to true in LocalSettings.php. Check out if I'm right. Best regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 07:43, 23 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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== Possible solution against spammers ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>It seems that we may have a solution against spammers. It is called [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha QuestyCaptcha]. Semantic MediaWiki has used it for two weeks as they were invaded by spammers like us (same username style) and the number of spammers has been largely reduced since the installation. It may be a good solution for BW. What do you think? For instance, I deleted more than 25 spammer for two days in the media repository. Best Regards.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:14, 26 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: Would be nice if it worked! I'll check it out and see! :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:40, 26 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:: Have you considered the following extensions for preventing spam. <br />
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* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Check_Spambots<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GlobalBlocking<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiBot<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleAntiSpam<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Find_Spam<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamDnsblAlternative<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TorBlock<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiSpoof<br />
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:: -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 11:23, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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::: Yes. Spamming isn't a new problem on the Wiki; it's one that we've been dealing with on and off since the site's founding in 2005. The issue is that about half the so-called "spam blocking" software doesn't actually work on "manual spammers" — i.e. actual people behind the computer solving captchas and what not. Further, many bot software programs are actually better at circumventing and solving captchas, and so it's really a constant fight to keep up. <br />
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::: Also, half the extensions in your list are either beta, outdated (only working with older version of MW), or tend to conflict with other extensions. As I recall, we did have AntiBot running once, but that didn't quite work out well. I'll have to see if that works again after I upgrade the entire system to the 1.18.x series, though. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:40, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::: Hi Joe,<br/>I tested [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha QuestyCaptcha] on my English [http://stargate.wikkii.net/ Stargate Wiki] and let my [http://fr.stargate.wikkii.net French one] without. Results: 5 spam attacks in one night for the French one ([http://fr.stargate.wikkii.net/wiki/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial:Modifications_r%C3%A9centes see here]) and none for the English one ([http://stargate.wikkii.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges see here]). For the record, the English one was more targeted than the French one. I think it's a good solution to prevent spammer attacks, at least, spambots attacks. Best Regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 03:52, 3 March 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::: It's live. Let's see how well this does. We've used something similar before, and I hope this reduces the spammer issue. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:14, 13 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::: Can you send me your questions to translate them in French please? Thank you. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:58, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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::::::: The questions don't have to be the same across the wikis. They can be different, and I would prefer that they were. I just have basic questions, like "What callsign is Kara known by?" etc. Come up with 5 to 10 questions with answers and just e-mail them to me, and I can put them into the backend. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:48, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::: Email sent. Thank you. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:56, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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::::::::: Looks like the Questy Capcha is doing a really great job. One downside though, now absolutely new comers to the BSG world will need to do some research to answer the questions before they start contributing. But, any way its not that much of a hurdle. Now, are you going to implement the same thing on the other wikis like wiki frakr. There are 127 spam articles waiting to be deleted there. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 11:16, 26 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::::: Yes, I haven't been able to get to that though because of my move and work schedule. (Besides, Wiki Frakr is a good control to measure how effective the Questy Captcha is.) As with anything else... there is a downside to using it, but i consider it a litmus test for people who want to contribute... if you really can't be bothered to answer simple questions (or do a Google search to answer them), then what good is getting an user account here? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:52, 26 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== AWA ==<br />
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I did not know that you had plans of offering hosting to wiki's leaving Wikia. Interesting to note. <br />
See: http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Anti-Wikia_Alliance#Are_there_alternatives_to_Wikia_for_hosting.3F<br />
-- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 06:37, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
: Well, we have the resources to create a small Wiki farm. Just need the people to run the thing, really. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:21, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:: Hi Joe, For this stuff to work, what do you need exactly? I'm interrested to transfer the ''Stargate'' wikis I have, and eventually try to maintain this kind of wiki farm, if you wish. Thank you for your answer. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:52, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
::: Mainly: Time on my end to set up the technical stuff, which I don't have right now as I work 70+ hours a week already. LOL -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:07, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
:::: Of course ;-). Do you already have the server location? If you do, I can eventually start to build the database and main frame. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 09:15, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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== Russian ==<br />
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Is there any way you could set up a Russian version of the wiki. What would you need. Please let me know if you are interested. Since this wiki is in Case Orange Mode (Most of the best contributors are on hiatus.), I thought it is difficult to arrive on consensus now, and you would have to take the choice. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 02:41, 22 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:If I read well the [[Battlestar Wiki:Translation Project#Articles Needing Translation|translation project]], you'll have to translate first the main policies in Russian. Plus, I think it's better for you to add your username in [[Battlestar Wiki:Translation Project#Contributors|the contributors section]] under a new subsection "Russian" (doesn't exist yet). It's a good way to highlight your excellent work ;-). --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:13, 23 February 2012 (EST)<br />
: What LIMAFOX said remains true. If you can translate the pertinent policies, I can do the behind-the-scenes stuff to make a Russian-language wiki live. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:26, 23 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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==Edits to my edits==<br />
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Hi Joe ... just wanted to thank you for cleaning up a few of the pages I was working on - I'm still getting the hang of editing in here so I might leave a small trail of destruction, but I'll try to keep the damage to a minimum - see you around -- (Chris) [[User:Flatulist|Flatulist]] 21:57, 17 April 2012 (EDT)<br />
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: Not a problem, Chris! Keep up the good work! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:49, 22 April 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== Spanish wiki ==<br />
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Hello! I'm [[User:Erechel|Erechel]]. You have sended me a message in which you thanked me for editing the spanish wiki, and offered me help. <br />
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I think that I'm the only active editor in it, and I've discovered several incongruences and mistakes in the wiki, but my scripting abilities are very limited. I've tried to standardize the templates in all those pages that need them, but some of them are beyond my capacity. I've tried to copy and paste the templates from the english version, and traduce wherever it's necessary, and even create some very simple template messages (stub, disambiguation, traduction in progress), but those with particular data are difficult to me.<br />
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The wiki needs some corrections in the templates, particulary {{Datos del episodio}} and {{flags}}, but some revision in the others will do no harm. Well, thank you, and I hope you help me. <br />
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Bye<br />
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==Thanks==<br />
Just wanted to say thanks for leaving messages on the accounts that put stuff on my talk page yesterday. I wasn't sure how to handle it and you took care of it. [[User:Talos|Talos]] 14:26, 20 September 2012 (EDT)<br />
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: Not a problem! :) Not sure why someone would come up with a username that's basically nonsensical letters and numbers anyway... Having said that, I wanted to give the person in question benefit of the doubt, even though odds are that the guy was a spammer.<br />
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: Thanks for being on top of the spammer thing. I'm trying to figure out how to head these guys off so that it's not as ridiculous as it's geting. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:46, 20 September 2012 (EDT)<br />
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==B&C Uniforms==<br />
Hey Joe. Saw you said you have access to Battlestar B&C uniforms. Is this something that we will get to see in due time? Perhaps something from ANOVOS? <br />
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[[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]]<br />
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: Yes. Can't really speak on it all right now, but exciting things are afoot. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:30, 19 November 2012 (EST)<br />
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== MD repository ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Could you please grant me local admin rights on [[:md:]] as I can make a <big>'''big'''</big>, big clean-up on it to remove spaming (using the "Nuke" special function as an example to go faster). The global admin function doesn't allow me to do it. Thank you very much. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 06:04, 20 November 2012 (EST)<br />
: Today was a very big cleanup day: 158 spam pages deleted and 218 spammers and potential ones blocked, not counting the work I made the previous days. Completely crasy!!! Too much work to do here on the media repository.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:41, 26 November 2012 (EST)<br />
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== wiki logo ==<br />
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yo. so this is out of the blue, but i'd love to contribute a new logo for the header. at least on my browser, it's never looked quite right... anything we (i) can do? or should i just shut up? [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 21:01, 1 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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: What did you have in mind? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:04, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:: It also does not suit the bsg-light skin. If you have any ideas, which would look good on both the dark and light skins. It would be awesome. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 02:31, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::i don't want to insult whoever created the current header, but it has always looked like a pretty rough photoshop job to me, the lines aren't very clean. i'd like to see something cleaner, more graphical. <br />
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:::this is something i did pretty quickly, inspired by the battlestar galactica online logo. it's not precisely what i had in mind (particularly the font below), but sort of in that vein. could also do something closer to what we have now, just like i said - a little cleaner... suggestions would be greatly appreciated. i have no idea what bsg-light looks like though. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 03:44, 2 December 2012 (EST) <br />
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<center>http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp185/i_em_no_cylon/battlestarwiki-1.jpg</center><br />
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:::: Nice idea. I can see where you're going with this. As much as I like the idea behind the current logo (mirroring ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> wall emblem), it could use a bit more flash. <br />
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:::: I would get rid of the domain in the logo (we're not a ".com" BTW) and simply say "Battlestar Galactica Wiki".<br />
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:::: Of course, any one else following this discussion is free to share potential logo ideas, too. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:05, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::::wow that was a pretty stupid error, wasn't it? in any case, you're right it should just say "wiki"... experimenting with different ways of doing that though. also experimenting with different textures for the phoenix symbol. have one with the surface of the ''galactica'' in the works, but also considering something reminiscent of the hull of a viper. though those might be contradictory to my "clean" look. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 14:38, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::::couple more ideas... still not loving the "wiki" part. figuring all that out. second option is my favorite, though i do kind of like the third. gives you an idea of my thought process here. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 06:25, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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<center>http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp185/i_em_no_cylon/battlestarwiki3.jpg</center><br />
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:::::: I'd like to share this on our Facebook page, if you don't mind. Just to see what people's reactions to it are. (Obviously, it'll be noted that its a WIP and by no means set in stone.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:31, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::::for sure. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 15:37, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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Some initial feedback via FB here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151309472469925&set=a.428921939924.197093.18130149924&type=1 -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:44, 8 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:ok that's cool... they like the ones i don't really favor haha. i really just prefer the simple red one. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 20:30, 8 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::so what's the consensus? [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 00:44, 13 January 2013 (EST)<br />
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==Spammertalk==<br />
Is there any way to hide the spammertalk updates from the 'recent changes' list? Really getting irritating to sort through... [[user:Frylock86|Frylock86]] - 06:31 PM 12/11/12 EST<br />
: On the RC page, just change the namespace dropdown from "all" to "(Main)". You should see something [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?namespace=0&title=Special%3ARecentChanges like this]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:55, 11 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::Hi,<br/>I think we broke the daily spamming record: 44 spammers (for now at 4.50PM CET)! Incredible. They know all the answers to the questions asked in Simple Captcha. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:52, 17 December 2012 (EST) - Update: '''52''' at 9:20PM CET. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:23, 17 December 2012 (EST)<br />
:::If it's possible, maybe we should just temporarily shut down the registration system (two or three days?) until this spamming wave passes. -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 18:46, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::::I'll look into that.... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:56, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::::I'm rolling out the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount ConfirmAccount] extension. That should allow us to filter out most of the Cylon agents before they become a problem. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:15, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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I've implemented the "Confirm Account" feature, so that should stop spammers from causing too much problem. We'll have to watch the [[Special:ConfirmAccounts]] page, but that's simpler than what's being done now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:14, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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== Access to French Wiki. ==<br />
<br />
Hi Joe,<br/>I cannot access to the [[:fr:|French wiki]]. I have a SQL database message error. I cannot connect to my UserID to. It seems that the database has really screwed up. Is it possible to fix this please? Thank you very much. Best Regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 06:49, 18 June 2014 (EDT)<br />
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There are a lot of SQL errors in other wikis too. For example on the german wiki, when I klick "Recent changes": Database Error „1194: Table 'recentchanges' is marked as crashed and should be repaired (localhost)“ --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 06:31, 2 August 2014 (EDT)<br />
: Hi Joe,<br/>I hope you're well. Did you make some repair on the French wiki? Hope so. Thank your for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:01, 2 February 2015 (EST)<br />
:: Hi Joe, do you have any answer yet. If you want to simplify your task, you can create a new blank database. I will fill it. Thank you. Cheers --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:02, 23 April 2015 (EDT)<br />
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== Welcome back! ==<br />
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I can log in today. Congratulations on your successful repairs! -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 22:06, 30 January 2015 (EST)<br />
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== Florida ==<br />
<br />
'''I lived in Orlando during the big 3 that was an ugly couple months without electricity or water.<br />
(Hurricane Charlie, Frances and Jeanne)<br />
<br />
Since I consider Galactica to be a geek culture related entertainment and you live in Florida have you heard of the Dice Tower convention in Kissimmee? Its a board game convention that last 5 days.<br />
<br />
SS''' {{unsigned|Navaji}}<br />
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: Hello SS! I haven't heard of it. Also, I no longer live in Florida, having moved to California some time ago. Still, send me whatever information you have on the Dice Tower Convention, and I'll take a look! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:14, 6 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
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== Skin job ==<br />
<br />
With the wiki online we really need to get it back looking its best. The 'Timeless' theme is a little scruffy in places compared to Monobook with inconsistent use of fonts and category placements. How do we go about editing this theme to bring back the classic BSwiki Burgundy and Gold look and feel? Should be usilise modern webfont code to bring familiar and relevant fonts like Battlestar, Spaceage/Galactiguise, Bank Gothic, Eurostile etc to things like headers and subheadings<br />
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Also what is going to be done about the battlestarwikiclone? I gather there were some discussions about shutting it down and redirecting back to this wiki but its still very much online and clowding google search results.<br />
<br />
Lastly I've been in discussions with the .wiki registrar but that conversation is best to be done in private.<br />
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Regards<br />
--[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 02:22, 16 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
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: 1. Agreed. It's going to take time for that, so if you have any mockup ideas you want to throw together in PhotoShop, I'd definitely like to see 'em! <br />
: 2. I've been talking to Shane @ Wikiclone, but he dropped off back in late May. I've been trying to reestablish communication with him to see what we can do to either obtain the domain name or update the Wikiclone to point to the resurrected Wiki.<br />
:3. Ping me on the .wiki thing. Not sure if that's even worth obtaining, as I feel it's just vanity -- but if it's a no-brainer price, then that might change my mind. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:49, 16 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
::CloneShane is still active on Twitter do you want me to give him a poke? As for skins I've just been looking at the skin on the french wiki that LIMAFOX76 has put together here http://fr.battlestarwiki.ddns.net/index.php/Accueil (p.s. lets get the FR subdomain back online so he can lead on that project here rather than spinning off onto his own server, see conversation below). Can we use that design here with the Vector skin and use a mediawiki extension to chance to Timeless on mobile devices using the MobileFrontend ext? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 06:38, 18 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
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== Interwiki to "my" French Battlestar Wiki ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Hope you're well. I would like to suggest you the following. As I try to maintain, improve and update the French Battlestar wiki on my personal server, would it be possible to update your "fr" interwiki url link like the following:<br />
<pre>http://fr.battlestarwiki.ddns.net/index.php/$1</pre><br />
Two reasons for that:<br />
* First, the French wiki is configured as I desire (Semantic MediaWiki + other stuff) so I do not have to ask you some extra extensions on the main site.<br />
* Second, I give up my semantic English version and update my "en" interwiki link to BW (not a lot of time to spend on it unfortunately).<br />
Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 00:38, 17 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
::There used to be a French wiki installed on this website before it went dark for a year or two. Perhaps you'd like to take ownership of that here if we brought it back online? At the moment by spinning off onto your own website/personal server and using our branding you are causing a potential audience confusion. We want to bring the full Battlestar Wiki family back online here on this domain and it looks like you have the passion to lead the FR project here.<br />
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::Secondly you've done a nice colour scheme of Vector and keeping the angled corners which is nice. The original BSwiki themes that I co-developed are no longer compatible with the latest versions of MediaWiki and we are about to embark on developing new skins but in the mean time could we use what you've made? If you want to email me any skin code please do so at matt@simsmail.co.uk and we can have a better chat --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 06:32, 18 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
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:::Matt, see my [[User talk:LIMAFOX76#Lets get the wiki family back together|answer here]]. And there is no issue at all to use what I have done on my personal server to improve BW's style of course! Cheers!--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 08:33, 18 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
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== Work on Battlestar Wiki Skin ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I started to work on the skin using a Timeless shape with BW original colors. It seems that I cannot use CSS3 to make cut borders but you can see a first glimpse on my [http://fr.battlestarwiki.ddns.net/index.php/Accueil French website]. What do you think? You can tell me. Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 09:46, 23 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
:It looks good so far. I have some more thoughts on fonts but I will email you later as they require attachments which cannot be posted here. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 04:07, 26 July 2019 (PDT)</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Mercifull&diff=217003User talk:Mercifull2019-07-18T13:45:15Z<p>Mercifull: </p>
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== Welcome back ==<br />
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Wubba. We missed you :fluffle: -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 08:22, 10 April 2008 (UTC)<br />
:^_^ been a combination of reasons for my absence. I'll try to get onto gtalk this weekend and have a good chat with peeps. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 08:25, 10 April 2008 (UTC)<br />
::Kinda begged him on facebook. :D [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 11:37, 10 April 2008 (UTC)<br />
:::Pfft Season 4 starts in 5 days (in the UK) you didnt think id be away forever did you :P --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 12:17, 10 April 2008 (UTC)<br />
::::Maybe. I had to stop the notices of the forum saying your away because you held 'Super Mod' permissions in the config file. lol. Would have been bad if your account got hijacked. :P [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 13:03, 10 April 2008 (UTC)<br />
:::::Damn glad you have returned. :D -- [[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 13:10, 10 April 2008 (UTC)<br />
::::::Oops Shane, I didnt even know it did that. And not even the best Cylon virus could steal my account. ^_^ Does that mean Im not an admin and stuff anymore then? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 13:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)<br />
:::::::I just disabled the emails. :) Everything should be perfect. Lots to catch up on in the forum. Last time you were there, 200 users.. maybe. Now we get 20 new members a day and 50 on epiosde airing days. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:17, 10 April 2008 (UTC)<br />
::::::::I'll catchup on the forum at the weekend. I told you all it would be a success :P. I wont be very active here on the wiki though until the first episode is aired in the uk next week though. I am too concerned about being spoiled lol. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 14:38, 10 April 2008 (UTC)<br />
::Totally understand. Catching up both the wiki and forum. I said the forum be good too! :P I think I can find the post some where here... [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:40, 10 April 2008 (UTC)</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:LIMAFOX76&diff=217002User talk:LIMAFOX762019-07-18T13:44:45Z<p>Mercifull: /* Lets get the wiki family back together */ new section</p>
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<div>== Welcome to Battlestar Wiki! ==<br />
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Greetings, {{PAGENAME}}, and welcome to Battlestar Wiki! I'm pleased to tell you that you have full editing privileges on every wiki in the Battlestar Wiki network. I hope you enjoy your stay with us and am looking forward to your contributions to the Wiki! Why not begin by telling us a bit about yourself on your own [[User:{{PAGENAME}}|user page]]?<br />
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As you may already know, Battlestar Wiki covers all the ''Battlestar Galactica'' series from past to present, in addition to authorized merchandise. Presently, we don't cover fan fiction, but our sister-site, [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]], does so. We're also not a discussion site, although we do have an ever-growing [http://www.battlestarforum.com Battlestar Forum] where people can discuss the various shows and non-BSG topics as well!<br />
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To get started on the wiki, we suggest that you check out our [[BW:TUT|tutorial]], experiment in [[BW:SAND|the sandbox]] (a test editing area for those learning wiki code), and review some of our basic [[BW:POL|policies]] (which have important differences from other SF wikis). For some general questions and answers about the navigation and operation of the Wiki, check out the [[Battlestar Wiki:FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]] (FAQ).<br />
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Of course, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, you are more than welcome to bring them up at the [[BW:CN|Chiefs' noticeboard]] (which is frequented by the administrators of the Wiki) and at the [[BW:GQ|Galactipedians' Quorum]] (which is the hub for contributors, who are called "Galactipedians").<br />
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Furthermore, if you don't wish to see the ads, then please consider upgrading your account to a [[BW:MEMBERSHIP|paid membership]], which costs only $10 USD a year and helps support the wiki financially. This membership also extends to the [http://www.battlestarforum.com Battlestar Forum], where you can talk to other members about the show and most anything that you want to talk about to BSG fans! We think this is very cool, and we hope you do as well! <br />
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Thank you for joining us! Hope to see you soon!<br />
--[[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> 19:19, 7 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Block? ==<br />
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"Salut Facy, Juste une petite question comme ça, as-tu accès au wiki indépendant d'Escyos ? J'ai comme l'impression qu'il a verrouillé l'accès sur mon adresse IP, j'ai une erreur 403, accès interdit. Peux-tu me le confirmer STP. Merci."<br />
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Why yes, I have blocked you, and will continue to block all IP addresses from France until you go somewhere else to steal original content. That previous person you talked to with my name was not me, yet you still block and attack me. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 07:17, 25 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: What is this all about? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:34, 25 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
:: Hi Joe,<br/>Sorry for the answer's delay. This "no discussion" is about the english Stargate Wiki hub on Shoutwiki founded by Escyos. During the ShoutWiki outage, Escyos decided by his own to create his own independant Stargate Wiki (no problem for that of course) and to move on. He wanted to mass delete the ShoutWiki hub without asking the Stargate Wiki contributors. I asked Jack Phoenix (ShoutWiki staff) to grant me steward rights to save the Stargate wiki on SW (I'm already the founder of the French Stargate wiki). Following that, the day Escyos decided to leave SW, he provoked me by critising my work. My cold answer didn't pleased him so he decided to block me, remove my admin rights, block my user page and use verbal abuse on my user page without any possibility to defend myself. Then, he started to vandalize the SW Stargate Wiki by nuking all my contributions and all the site's. ShoutWiki Staff blocked and banned him for all SW sites for verbal abuse and vandalism. Since that moment. Escyos is blocking all my IP addresses (and not only mine) on his wiki because he thinks I'm making a conspiracy theory about him by stealing material from his wiki. Here's the story. So he tries to reach me and harrass me by all means, including Battlestar Wiki. Don't worry about that and thank for your concern. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:55, 28 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: Thanks for filling me in. Much obliged. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:56, 28 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::Once again, THAT WAS NOT ME! I was hacked, big time. You think a little revertable vandalism is bad, I actually have people here (in real life) who hate me because they think I wrote all the stuff that hacker did. And I block you because you seem to want to steal content because you can't come up with anything original on your own with NO admittance of where it came from or any recognition. I frankly don't care if you want to take MY great ideas but would want recognition of where it came from. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 14:53, 28 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::Please take this off the Battlestar Wiki, it has nothing to do with us. Thank you. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:03, 28 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Admin Status on Media Repository ==<br />
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Just to let you know, i've given you administrator-level permissions on the [[md:|Media Repository]], so you can nuke any spammers and their spam. Thank you for all of your hard work! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:47, 5 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
:Thank you very much Joe. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:54, 5 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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==Editing==<br />
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Hi LIMAFOX76 ... thank you for taking care of my accidental deletion edit on [[Racetrack]] - nice to see other people interested in the same pages as I am - see you around -- [[User:Flatulist|Flatulist]] 21:52, 17 April 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== Escyos Issue == <br />
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Over the past 3 weeks I have blocked 7 IP addresses from France, by your logic I assume it is you and thus will tell people that you are a wiki vandal. So next time you want to besmirch my name, make sure you are actually talking about me. Its not like it is impossible to route your computer through an IP address in another country.... [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 16:30, 4 May 2012 (EDT)<br />
:I don't trust you and you can tell wathever you want as you're a liar, a sockpuppeter, a pretender and, most of all, a vandal. You don't have anything to do with me and nothing to do with this wiki. The IP addresses you blocked are not mine. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 17:13, 4 May 2012 (EDT)<br />
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::And like you I have no proof that those IP addresses were you so I chose to believe that they are in fact you. This is a two way street. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 17:18, 4 May 2012 (EDT)<br />
:::I'm really fed up of these. I didn't do anything against you, yet you're harrassing me for over a year now! I'm wasting my time with you, I'm wasting my energy to fix all the things right. You made a conspiracy theory around me for no reason. Live your life, leave me alone, and it will better for both of us, clearly. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 03:08, 5 May 2012 (EDT)<br />
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::::And Im fed up with you spreading lies about me and attempting to access my site obviously for the purposes of vandalism. I too am wasting energy having to track down all the lies you spread, based simply from an IP address in the same country as me. Thats the stupidest reason I have ever heard, you do know that vandals come from pretty much anywhere and do pretty much anything. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 04:11, 5 May 2012 (EDT)<br />
::::: Do really believe I want to vandalize your wiki? I really don't give a shit about your wiki. All I can say is that you're able to vandalize yourself a wiki as you're regularly doing it on Wikia (which I don't like either, but I do not vandalize). Don't say no, you write your facts on your wiki. I'm 43 and really, I have many other fishes to catch than pirating and hacking a wiki. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 04:22, 5 May 2012 (EDT)<br />
::::::I am just doing the same as you and wildly assuming with no facts at all. Wikia deserves to be vandalised, they flaunt their control. Your wiki is nothing but inadequate excuse for competition. The simple fact is YOU are blaming me for NOTHING and thus you too deserve to take the blame for everything I see fit until you realize how stupid your actions really are. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 05:38, 5 May 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::Your "preuve concluante" is an IP address from the same country. You continue to spread lies about me, when I have done nothing to you. You are pathetic and so is your wiki. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 07:31, 6 May 2012 (EDT)<br />
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Escyos: This is your final warning: cease and desist in discussing this on our Wiki. As I've asked you over a year ago (see my statement two sections above), I feel that you have done very little other than interrupt our operations and become obscenely confrontational to anyone who has a different opinion or viewpoint other than your own. Having experienced this first hand from you, I feel that you aren't really here to contribute to the Wiki, but to pester LIMAFOX because of his Stargate Wiki, and thus you have actually no intention of helping this project. Furthermore, you persist in bringing issues that, frankly, do not concern anyone here on the Battlestar Wiki. If you have a problem with LIMAFOX, take it up direct with him via e-mail. The Battlestar Wiki is not the place to mediate your dispute. I will give you one last warning on this: if you continue this fight on this wiki, I will permanently ban you from the Battlestar Wiki. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:43, 6 May 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== Lets get the wiki family back together ==<br />
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Lets try to get the wiki family back together by reloading the French language wiki here on battlestarwiki.org. Your work to create pages on your personal server is fab and we want that passion back here. <br />
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Secondly can we talk about using your modified Vector theme here on this wiki while work on a responsive design continues?<br />
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--[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 06:44, 18 July 2019 (PDT)</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Joe_Beaudoin_Jr.&diff=217001User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.2019-07-18T13:38:48Z<p>Mercifull: /* Skin job */</p>
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== Military Ranks ==<br />
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Just a few concluding remarks I don't blame you for what you did, where I in your position I would have done the same thing. The reason I didn't respond to Serenity's first post was because until yesterday I had been unable to figure out how. As far as fear of retribution, I've never really been involved with a wiki before so I wasn't really sure what to expect and was kind of intimidated. I appreciate you're addressing my issues. Not only did it help me understand why things were happening the way they were, but it also made me feel like my input was welcome and that was all I was asking for. I am anxious to see any clarification you can offer in the weeks ahead because I find this a rather fascinating topic.<br />
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Thanks again for the clarification. {{unsigned|Grandmaester314}}<br />
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== BG S4.1 in Latin America ==<br />
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In Latin America, Season Four of Battlestar Galactica airs on Saturdays and Sundays on [http://www.canalspace.tv Space].<br />
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== Dynamic Page List ==<br />
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Hi, I just checked all feature about BW and I didn't see the Dynamic Page List feature. Do you plan one day to install it because it's very useful?--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:32, 19 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
: Perhaps. I'll talk with [[User:Shane|Shane]] about this. -- [[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> 21:08, 20 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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=== Examples ===<br />
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Here are some examples I made for the Stargate Wiki FR:<br />
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* To see minor characters:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:LigneMineurs Automatic generation of a line with five stamps] using DPL with entry of the series, the season, and the first article sorted.<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Personnages_Universe/Mineurs/Saison_Un/Page_1 Automatic generation of minor characters for the first page] with automatic sort by last name<br />
**[http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Personnages_Universe/Mineurs/Saison_Un Automatic creation of minor character stamps page links] with automatic image update and automatic update of the first and the last character name of this page.<br />
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** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Ligne Automatic generation of a line]. All you juste have to do is to put the correct category.<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Armes Autogeneration of a page] with the famous lines.<br />
* To resume objects in a bottom navigation bar:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Divers Nav bar] automaticaly updated (put the right category)<br />
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All you have to do with this kind or templates is to put the right category and DPL (with a purge) will do the rest. The main purpose of DPL is to avoid editing when the database can do the stuff for you. You don't have to edit an article or a template to update with new article of the same category. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:28, 21 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== What about RFA and RFB for French BW ? ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br />
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I'm on the verge to edit the policy for the french version of [[BW:RFA|Request for Admninship]] and [[BW:RFB|Request for Bureaucratship]]. I need your help for this two policies.<br />
# Do I just translate the English version with the same vote system than the main site?<br />
# Do I have to do it in another way?<br />
# Is the principle of request the same than the main site?<br />
Thanks for answering.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: If you have any suggestions as to improve the policies in question, then that would work well. Until the French wiki has more contributors, I don't think the RFA and RFB are really going to work all that well, and so administrators are promoted on a case-by-case basis as determined by you, me, and Shane. -- [[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> 13:10, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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:: Until I design or translate all the templates needed and the main page, I think there will not be a lot of contributors. The main problem is the lack of French and French-speaking people who speak English fluently. French people are not very confortable with English, so it's very difficult for them to contribute unless they have seen the show and are fans. With your agreement, I will just create one page for RFA and RFB with the statement you said above (Shane, you and me).<br/>FYI, all the episodes of the [[Re-Imagined Series]] have been aired in France, and have been released in DVD format (I just saw the Season 4 Part 2 Set yesterday in a supermarket) . --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:22, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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::: Understandable. And, yes, this works for me. I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your hard work! It is certainly appreciated! :D -- [[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> 15:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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:::: Thanks for encouraging. ;-) -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 17:50, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Wiki Store (FR) and iTunes (FR) ==<br />
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Hi again,<br />
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I can see on the Support section of the sidebar many links to affiliates (like Amazon and iTunes). Can I (or not) create similar links to french Amazon and iTunes store with french official stuff from ''Battlestar Galactica'' Franchise? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 18:06, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: I'll have to look into it. So don't worry about it for now. -- [[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> 19:18, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
:: OK. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:15, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== German Battlestarwiki ==<br />
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For days, I have been trying to access the german Battlestarwiki - without success. Is it offline? Under maintenance?--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 17:01, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: I'm checking into it. I'll let you know when it's back online. -- [[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> 17:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: It's back up. ;-) -- [[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> 18:22, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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::Thank you!--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 18:59, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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* Hello. I cannot look at articles with galleries. E.G. if I open http://de.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Pegasus_%28RDM%29 i cannot see the article. If I kill the gallery everything is alright. Whats the problem? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 16:26, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I'm looking into this right now and will get back to you. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:29, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Ok, it's working now. There was a conflict with one of the extensions and MW 1.16. I've disabled it. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:14, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: Great, thank you. and can you tell me, where the mistake in this template is?: http://de.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Vorlage:Stammbaum --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 17:26, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::: No problem. As for the template: I would just port the english Familytree template over from scratch, and see if you get the same errors. I don't have the time to do it now, but I did put it on my to-do list. If you can't get to it, then I'll be able to do so after the Easter holiday. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:39, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::::I will try it tomorrow or this evening, but I can remember, that I once copy and paste it from the german wikipedia site and it also doesnt work correctly. {{unsigned|Enabran}}<br />
:::::: It's a complicated template. I know that [[User:Shane|Shane]] had problems porting it over as well... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:14, 24 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: I don't know anything about templates, but after hours of testing it seems to work :-) (maybe an easter wonder). As first attempt I created the [[de:Vorlage:Stammbaum zylonischer Evolution|german version]] of your [[Template:Cylon evolution tree|zylon tree]]. But I do not know why there is so much free space between the top and the first line. Maybe you can take a look at it? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 09:01, 25 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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Will the german wiki come back?<br />
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== Happy holidays ==<br />
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Hi Joe! Just wanted to say hi and happy holidays to you and yours. I am well, hope you are too. [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 04:43, 19 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
: Hi Jeremy! Happy Holidays! I am doing well, and I'm glad to see that you are 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> 17:57, 21 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Hah, I feel bad now. ==<br />
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Since I've joined here, the only thing I've been doing is tinkering with the Glare page. Now I feel bad that's all I've been doing. =/ I gotta help out for the reals, so do any pages need serious revision/are missing a lot of crap that I can help out with? --[[User:NeutraVega|NeutraVega]] 19:40, 26 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: Hi there! :D Sorry for the long delay in replying, but we had the database locked and the site moved to new servers, thus the delay. Anyway, we could use the most help on the [[Caprica pilot]] page and subjects relating to ''Caprica''. So if you'd like to start there, that'd be great. :) -- [[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> 16:27, 30 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Advertising and problem on media repository ==<br />
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Hi Joe and Happy New Year,<br/><br />
As I already said to Shan, I can see that you succeed to bring back the wiki. Congratulations. I have two point to ask.<br />
# I made a donation for the wiki to avoid advertising but I still have them on the screen, why? Thank you for your answer.<br />
# On the media repository, I tried to upload an image. It is actually somewhere in the directory but the sofware is unable to create a thumbnail. It says that it cannot find the "convert" file on the server. So for now, it's impossible to add new images on the media repository.<br />
Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:48, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Happy New Year to you too! :D <br />
: Anyway, I went ahead and upgraded your account to sponsor status, so you shouldn't see the ads. If you do, try logging in and out again. If that doesn't work, a hard refresh should clear the cache. As for the convert issue, I'll have Shane look into it. -- [[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> 15:55, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
:: Thanks, I've no ads anymore. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:57, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
::: Awesome! :D -- [[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> 16:33, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
: Fixed the issue with the media repository as well. Cheers. -- [[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> 21:16, 16 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== InterBot and BS Pegasus ==<br />
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Hi Joe.<br/><br />
1. It seems that [[:fr:User:InterBot|InterBot]] doesn't work because the interwiki link I made on the pages I created aren't duplicated on the other wikis.<br/><br />
2. I don't have access to [http://www.battlestarpegasus.com/ BS Pegasus] either. It says it's forbidden. Is there any problem since the server transfer or something?<br/><br />
Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 21:41, 14 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hi,<br/>Still doesn't work for both points. Do you have any answer for that please? Thanks. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:23, 29 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Sorry, I've been pretty busy. (Barely have had time to really work on the wiki, other than to greet the newcomers.) To answer your questions: <br />
: 1. Shane needs to reprogram the InterBot. He hasn't had time to do that as he's been working on projects for Best Buy.<br />
: 2. The BS Pegasus site is down. No ETA on when that'll be back up as it isn't priority. -- [[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> 01:35, 30 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Calendar dates on auction items ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br />
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I expanded the [[Colonial calendar#Different Dating Methods]] section with information from a couple of auction items and noticed in the process that you wrote at least some of the blog entries at battlestarprops.com. Do you recall seeing any calendar items I haven't mentioned yet, and if so, could you point me to their pictures? It would also be nice to see a higher resolution scan of Socrata's medal of valor document, if one is available.<br />
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Regards,<br />
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-- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 19:55, 28 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: I honestly never really paid all that much attention to the dating thing, since it was all made up anyway. (''Star Trek'''s "stardate" system is a very good example of this, actually. It isn't until they did TNG that they really put thought into it.) There is very little consistency behind the dating on any of the paperwork; in television production, much of it is thrown together—some of it even at the very last minute—even taking into account the quality of BSG's paperwork being higher than other genre television series. It isn't until ''Caprica'' that they really tried to address the issue of the Colonial dating method, because it's simply not natural not to have characters ''not'' say "Hey Lacy, meet me for lunch on Saturday." <br />
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: As for photos of the stuff, the [http://archive.propworx.com Propworx archive] has photos of everything that's been auctioned through Propworx. I also know of a few fans who have won many paperwork documents from the BSG auctions (both live and via eBay) that have taken the time to scan them, but most of their work is on private boards and some prop replication communities. -- [[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> 02:34, 29 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Thanks. The scans on that site have a much higher resolution and I already found a couple of items with supposed dates. I would like to document them in the article primarily to establish that there was no real system in the re-imagined series as opposed to ''Caprica''. Such random alphanumerics also suggest to the reader that the dates in Adama's dossier need not be correct necessarily (e.g. the year 20000+). -- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 18:16, 29 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== "pos" extended parser function ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I would like to ask if it is possible to add the "'''''pos'''''" Parser Function into the wiki, this will allow to do some research more easily (for example to do an action on pages with a certain text and not on the others). Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:57, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Do you have a link so I can check this out? I take it this is an extension to MW. -- [[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> 13:15, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:: Check [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions this link] to see. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 18:20, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::: It's now installed. I'd be interested to see how you use this. Cheers! -- [[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> 20:19, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::: One example for the moment:<br />
::::* The [[fr:Modèle:Apparitions Télésuite, 1re nuit|Modèle:Apparitions Télésuite]] template using [[fr:Modèle:Apparition]]. I use the '''''pos''''' to show the number of apparitions only on the Apparition page (condition) :<br />
::::** When you see it inside the episode: [[fr:Télésuite, 1re nuit#Apparition des personnages|Télésuite, 1re nuit#Apparition des personnages]]<br />
::::** When you see it inside the characters apparition page: [[fr:Liste des apparitions des personnages par épisode#Battlestar Galactica|Liste des apparitions des personnages par épisode]]. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:31, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== HTML activation ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I think the wiki has not the HTML function activated because I tried to import some Wikipedia template to adapt them to the wiki and those have htlm writing inside and it doesn't work. So, please, is it possible to activate html editing in the french wiki?<br/>Thanks a lot. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:34, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
: Which templates are affected? -- [[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> 16:39, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::[[fr:Modèle:Infobox/Ligne mixte|This one]] for example. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:47, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::: Why not just use the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables wikicode table syntax]? -- [[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> 17:06, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::: I tried it but there is an issue when you use a template using parser function inside another template using parser functions. It doesn't recognise at all a link (an image for an example) created by the template inside, it separates the link like a colspan. At least, is it possible to activate only the <code><nowiki><td><hr><tr></nowiki></code> tags? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:21, 23 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::: OK, I should get to activating those HTML tags sometime tonight. -- [[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> 17:44, 24 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== SVG generation ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I hope you're fine, I've seen a little problem with the SVG generator. It doesn't work properly. Here is the message I get :<br />
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<code>Erreur lors de la création de la miniature : /usr/bin/rsvg: not found</code><br />
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I think it's a missing file forgot during the transfer last december. Thank you for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:21, 16 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: It's that rsvg isn't presently installed on the new server. I'll send in a support request. -- [[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> 18:39, 17 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:: Hi, Joe,<br/>Still doesn't work, sorry. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:36, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::: Yeah, that's because I was sidetracked and neglected sending that support request. I've sent it in and hope to hear from someone in the next 48 hours. Sorry about that. -- [[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> 19:34, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::: OK, they've installed it. All should be good now. :) -- [[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> 00:29, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::: YES, it's working. Thanks. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::: Hi Joe, I think I've a bit too quick to say Hurra. There is still a problem. There is no generation of image but instead of, we have the name of the file. See [[:fr:Modèle:Drapeau]] or [[:fr:Michael Rymer]] for example. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:11, 12 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::: Looking into it now... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:13, 13 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::: I'd have to track down the exact error, since our server host doesn't supply tech support for MediaWiki (understandably so) an Shane is busy with projects. Of course, I have no time to do it right not until mid-October because I am committed to other projects right now. Would it be possible to use PNGs for the flags until we can get the SVG issue ironed out? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 01:37, 16 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== removal of my question ==<br />
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Hi !<br />
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Yes, it was a real question : how could the pegasus avoid further contamination by the Cylon virus. Is this answered in future episodes ?<br />
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Why did you simply remove my question ?<br />
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Regards,<br />
Nixab (new fan and new contributor here).<br />
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:I think it's a valid question, Joe, so I noted that the answer is in [[Razor]] and spelled it out in the [[Answered Questions from Season 2 (RDM)#Pegasus|Answered Questions from Season 2]]. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 03:25, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Fair enough, and I agree. Sorry for the inconvenience. -- [[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> 05:11, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Jupiter-class battlestar issue ==<br />
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I have a problem with your edit of my edit on the Jupiter class battlestar Galactica. The book I refered to is canon since it was written by the science advisor to BSG and sactioned by SyFy and Ron Moore. If yoiu prefer your wiki not to contain official information then that is fine and I will not bother to add any other information to your site. I will rely solely on official material such as this book. Cancel my membersip please. <br />
Good Bye. {{unsigned|Lonewriter}}<br />
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: Please refer to [[BW:CITE#Acceptable_Sources|Acceptable Sources]], which list the sources of what makes something canon. Just because there is an error in a book sanctioned by Syfy Channel, does not mean it is automatically canon. As I've only started reading the book, I've already noticed errors (mostly with spelling, such as Cally's name), that raises a few doubts in my mind when it comes to how thoroughly the book was copyedited. <br />
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: As I believe I had explained, the episode that the writers of the book refer to ("Pegasus") does ''not'' make mention of ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> class. ''At all.'' So, they made a mistake, or improperly cited the source. (Now, if it came from the script for that episode, I can see that. We've used scripts as sources before.)<br />
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: Now, if Ron Moore or David Eick were to come out and say "well, they're right, ''Galactica'' is a ''Jupiter'' class" then we will certainly note that, and cite that it came from them. Furthermore, maybe I wasn't clear, but I'm not saying that we should throw out the reference at all, but '''it needs to be pointed out that the way the information is present is in ''direct contradiction to what viewers saw on screen.''''' <br />
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: Believe me, were this information aired in "Pegasus" fans would have eaten that up, just like they (we) ate up the whole ''Mercury'' class reference that Adama made before Cain boarded the ship. :)<br />
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: Now, as to your immature comment, it does suggest that you probably wouldn't be a good editor here, because you don't seem to understand how to critically analyze information, or the necessity of viewing all information with a critical eye. That's fine. There are people who simply don't have that ability. There's nothing wrong with that. Also, you don't have to use the site, at all. I hate to be disingenuous and brusque, but if you're going to use appeals to emotion instead of actually bothering to do the research (which I, and many, many fans have done over the past five-plus years) then you're welcome to leave and never look back.<br />
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: However, let me be particularly clear when I say this: what I have done is pointed out this error, which you've brought to our attention, so thank you for that. Now, if you want to act like a prima donna and storm off in a huff, then that's your call. You're more than welcome to stay, or you are more than welcome to leave. Ball is in your court. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 02:58, 22 October 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== William Adama edits ==<br />
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I seem to find the spoiler tag formatting (I edit on wikipedia but we have nothing similar there) so I'm just going to be as vague as I can be and hope you understand. While reading over the spoilered info on William Adama's page that you recently added I realized that you have a character connection slightly off. If you check my edit history, you'll see I made a similar change on a related page. Hope that's enough for you to see what I meant (since I can't edit the Old Man's page). [[User:Millahnna|Millahnna]] 23:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Yes, I got what you meant! I'll make the correction now! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 02:41, 25 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Duram's files at Propworx ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br />
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Have you preserved alternate photographs of Duram's files which are now on eBay? The available photo makes Clarice's file halfway legible, but I'm curious what's in Amanda's and other files. I'm not planning on buying them though, since I'm only interested in the information, not in provenance. Even so, thanks for participating in the auctions — the photos have provided so much useful information that would've normally disappeared with the shows. -- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 22:10, 5 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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: I'd have to ask Jarrod, since he's the one who oversees the Caprica auction stuff out in LA. (I'm not in LA, so I don't have easy access to this stuff myself.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:00, 5 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== Reference in Template ==<br />
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What does putting the ref in break? I don't see anything unusual except that the 33 has to be bracketed to be a link. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 22:47, 7 March 2011 (UTC)<br />
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: Issue is that the brackets are printed out, and they really shouldn't be. I guess I'll have to modify the infobox template to deal with that. Basically a separate field that is only for references, like "|seenref=". -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:42, 8 March 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== Affiliation ==<br />
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Hello would you like this wiki to affiliate with my independent wiki http://stargate-wiki.org/ ? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 23:38, 25 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Hi there, feel free to e-mail me directly at joe@frakmedia.net so we can talk about it more. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:44, 25 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
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Not sure if you got my email or not, anyway, would you prefer to join the SIWA Network (Scifi independent wiki alliance)? http://siwanetwork.webs.com Basically just lets more people interlink with these wikis and its always good to have more links to your site laying around. It costs nothing and we dont really ask for anything in return. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 06:35, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Thank you for the offer, but I will decline. I really see no benefit for this wiki and its contributors in being a part of the SIWA Network. In fact, I feel that our inclusion would only be beneficial for you, seeing as we have a wide exposure. We've run into loose fan organizations like SIWA before, and frankly they are not worth the bandwidth that it takes to pull up the webpage. Our experience is that such things are not professionally run and are basically glorified fly-by-night operations operated by unprofessional, doe-eyed fans with unrealistic expectations. Nothing personal against you, it is just our experience. And, as for traffic and links, we've found that being a part of a glorified "webring" has no return on investiment. A majority of new traffic has always, and without fail, come from two sources: 1) word-of-mouth (forums and social networks), and 2) search engines. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:25, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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I had 22 new visitors to my site because of SIWA. Your loss i guess. Also it really doesn't make it less offensive when you call me: unprofessional, doe-eyed fan with unrealistic expectations then say no offence. Even you should see that. Well if you change your mind, let me know. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 11:56, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: And how many of those 22 people will stick around and contribute in the long-haul? Since there are so many Stargate wikis out there, those results aren't surprising... and, don't get your hopes up, as they will be short lived. Traffic from web rings and "alliances" is short-lived, and with extremely poor to negligible long-term ROI. I've been running websites for the last 15 years, so I am well aware of what I'm taking about. <br />
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: Furthermore, I was not making a personal attack against you: I was making a general observation about such organizations. However, since you are keen to make it about yourself: given your behavior in the past towards another member of this website (and bringing problems from an outside wiki to this Wiki directly and without provocation from us), I find ''that'' unprofessional. End of subject. Thank you for the offer, and have a splendid day. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:16, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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Wow, take it overboard much. I was going to link certain articles like actors other work here etc but because of that attitude, you can forget it [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 12:21, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Your attitude and sour disposition are the problems here. After all, you were the one who [[User_talk:LIMAFOX76|brought outside problems from another website to this one]]. ''You'' initiated it here. ''You'' deliberately sought the user in question, tracked them to this website, and brought ''your'' problems to an open forum instead of taking it up with the user via e-mail. ''You'' involved us, and ''I'' put a stop to it. I have no ill will towards you personally, but your immature behavior here and your inability to properly deal with issues in a mature manner exemplifies why we are careful in associating with other organizations and websites.<br />
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: At any rate, I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors. Farewell. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:39, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::Wow alcohol and wiki editing should never be mixed, i don't remember writing most of that. Back to my original idea of affiliation, one of your bsg wiki 'friends' perhaps. Many BSG actors have been on Stargate. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 01:21, 30 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: We'll think about it, thanks. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:50, 30 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::Any more news on this? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 08:12, 4 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::We've thought about it, and we're not interested. Thank you for the offer, though. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:02, 4 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::::Forgive me for asking, but why not? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 03:26, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::The reasons outlined previously still apply, and we do not see the real, tangible long-term benefit in it. We've operated for a very long time without the need to "associate" ourselves with other websites as part of an alliance or organization, and given our prevalence we don't really see how it would benefit us. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:08, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::::::You don't see the benefit in having a couple hundred extra links to your site?...... Ok then. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 15:02, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::::Question: How is it that a "couple hundred extra links" equate affiliation? Anyone can add links to any wiki and not be affiliated. At best, it's link swapping. My issue with the so-called "affiliation" proposal you set before us is that you haven't presented a clear idea of what it means, only vague concepts. Your proposal lacks details on these important elements: purpose, method of execution/standards and practices, and the responsibilities of each party. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:37, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::::::::I always thought of it more as like references on a resume (sort of) essentially that people trust your site and know that you would not affiliate with some fly-by-night operation-wiki full of useless crap. All it is is like a greenlight for users, they know that they can visit your site and it will be good, the only responsibility would be a link with any affiliates and any relevant links, which for me would probably be to actor/crew other work on either show. I don't know if you've even visited my site yet but I am growing it everyday and doing my best to reel in new users, your welcome to ask me anything about it. It's not some 142 page wikia site with no pics and a desperate admin trying to scam people. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 15:34, 6 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::::::Frankly, most of our web traffic has always come from either Wikipedia or search engines, and most people can already see the quality of the Battlestar Wiki... Link swapping does not work as well as you apparently think it does. So, not sure how affiliating with your network would really be to anyone's best interest, considering that we dominate search engine results. <br />
:::::::::::The best piece of advice I can give you is just develop content on your wiki to the best of your, and your team's, ability. Traffic will come naturally that way. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:33, 8 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Electronic smockers ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>There is another giant spam attack on the repository by electronic smockers. I just mark the articles and images for speedy delete. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:22, 5 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Sadly, I've noticed that... I've been trying a few different methods to block them, and think I've managed to block them on the EN wiki. We'll see. (I've just been battling it manually as I see it.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:15, 5 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Hi Joe,<br/>I found more old spammers who were selling certificates and car insurrances. I saw also two recent uploaded files: this one and this one. What do you thing about that? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:57, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::: Cool! I've also added those terms to the blacklist. As for the two files: those were uploaded by a spammer. Feel free to delete them. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:05, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::: Done. This spammer has been blocked too. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:13, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::: Hi Joe, I found iPhone spamming article on md. I added iPhone on both en and md blacklist. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:56, 8 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::::: Awesome! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:32, 8 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: Hi Joe, It's seems that the spamming business has goten other BW languages. I cleaned up the Chinese one and now I currently take the Spanish one but the spammers seem more subtil. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:08, 23 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: I think the Spanish wiki is cleaned now. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:41, 23 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Senior Chief rights on FR ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I don't know if I deserve them, but I would like to ask you if it is possible to grant me Senior Chief for the [[fr:|French BW]]. Thank you for your answer (Yes or No, no problem at all). --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:17, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I have no problem with giving you Senior Chief access. I just need to discuss this with Shane and a few others before I flip the switch. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:28, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: OK, no problem for that. Thank you. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:33, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: Hi Joe, just getting back from holidays, I'm just here to check if you have any news. Thank you very much. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:22, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: Been plenty busy myself, so I can relate! I'll upgrade you here in a bit. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:56, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::: Thanks a lot.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:58, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Not sure this is a gaffe ==<br />
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[[He_That_Believeth_In_Me#Gaffes]] contains this final paragraph, which I think should be deleted:<br />
:Tracey tells Baltar prior to their intercourse that the door to the group's hideout is locked and that only the two of them are in the room, but when Jeanne returns with Derrick, she is able to reenter even though both Tracey and Baltar are still asleep (presumably she said this to put Baltar more at ease). <br />
Saying that a door is locked does not preclude the possibility of others entering. A locked door can be unlocked. Other doors on Galactica are locked with keypads (like the one rigged to blow up Romo Lampkin), and there is no reason to think Jeanne would not have the entry code. [[User:Dogger55|Dogger55]] 16:12, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Many of Galactica's hatches are lockable only from one side, not both. Further, only small arms lockers and other sensitive areas have keypads. Not every door has one. This isn't the starship ''Enterprise'', after all. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:26, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::I wasn't sure; that's why I wrote instead of deleting or changing. However, I went back and took a closer look. When Baltar first arrives at his new home (10:45), they knock to gain entry and the door is unlocked from the inside. You see a wheel for bolting/unbolting the door on the outside and on the inside. Around 14:30, you hear the door close and the bolt turn when Paula and Jeanne leave, and no other such sounds from then until Tracey "makes her move" on Baltar and agrees that the door is locked. It seems to me that whatever means they used to secure it, the door could be locked & unlocked from either side, and was clearly locked from the outside until the time Jeanne returned. [[User:Dogger55|Dogger55]] 17:57, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: OK, then make the correction. It's been a while since I've seen the episode. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:08, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Simple wiki ==<br />
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Theres a user that needs banning on the simple wiki - "oakley brand" [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 21:40, 15 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Saw him, done. Thanks --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 01:52, 16 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Operational costs. ==<br />
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I am really curious on how you are able to keep this wiki running, with only source of revenue being a few paying members, AdSense, AdBrite, and a few affiliations with Amazon and other stores. I mean I just see two ads per page, one on the top header, and one on the sidebar. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 10:15, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Actually, we're able to cover all of our monthly costs with these revenue sources. It's just finding that balance that was the issue. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:25, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: It also helps to dominate the search results when it comes to anything BSG related. Advertisers really love that kind of thing. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:26, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Really. Its kind of hard to believe. I am <s>amusing</s> assuming that, the only way this is working out is, your CPM for ads is a really high figure. Unfortunately the forum doesn't rank high in search rankings. Any plans of getting rid of the ancient vBulliten for something more SEO friendly like vanilla forums. If required I can be of some technical help. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 14:45, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: We've never made money from the forum, so that never factored much into it anyway. Thanks for the offer, but vBulletin has more than enough features that we need and vanilla forums don't seem to have the features that we need. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:55, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Article number on main BW portal. ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>It seems that the [http://www.battlestarwiki.org main BW portal] is not up to date regarding article number on all languages wikis. Is it possible to update it or put an automatic routine to avoid manual updates? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:08, 19 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: We did have a script that updated the article count, but I would need to talk to Shane about that. Also, I'm thinking we're going to ditch that main portal and come up with something more dynamic. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:46, 19 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Re-imagined categories ==<br />
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Greetings, I have a quick question, I have noticed that there seems to be "duplicate" categories for the re-imagined continuity, "RDM" and "TRS", that seems to be going along with the page renaming. What my question is, are pages supposed to be moved out of "RDM" and placed into "TRS" or something? --[[User:Typhoeus|Typhoeus]] 22:31, 4 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Basically, if it's in the "RDM" universe (that means ''Caprica'', ''Blood & Chrome'', ''Re-imagined BSG'') then it's classified as RDM. Otherwise, if it is specific to one show, such as [[Helena Cain]], then it is classified under both "RDM" and "TRS". Originally, we used RDM for just the Re-imagined Series, until the spinoffs/prequels came along. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:04, 4 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Recent spaming ==<br />
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Is it just me, or is there a recent increase in spamming? I am not around as often as I would like, so I am not entirely sure on this. If I could ask, what sort of anti spam features do you have? {{unsigned|Typhoeus}}<br />
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: It comes and goes. Basically, these are humans (instead of bots) who are paid to spam, and thus solve the captchas and the like. They have to fill out a captcha when they sign up for an account, and when they add a link in any page (new or established) a captcha will also come up. We have a blacklist for terms and the like, but that's why they come up with crazy titles for the spam pages. We've enabled a variety of anti-spam measures, but that's mostly good against automated bots. IP blocking isn't an option in these cases, as the manual spammers use proxies, and thus change their IP address every time they create a new account and spam. We could go draconian and prevent new accounts from posting, BUT then we make it extremely difficult for new contributors to actually contribute. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:31, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Usually, they spam in early Europe morning, when American sleep ;-).--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:51, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: LOL! They do seem to attack in the early morning! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:31, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: One more acting in USA's end of day ;-)--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:36, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Recent spaming (option) ==<br />
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With all the recent spamming, I think we should temporarily ban new sign ups for a while. It's just becoming too annoying seeing useless pages. I know you would disagree with the suggestion, but I see it as the only option available. [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey &quot;Shadow&quot; Danian]] 08:58, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: In my opinion, but I'm not the one who decides for this, It would be a mistake to do so. Yes it's annoying to see all this rubbish but by doing so, we prevent real genuine contributors to sign up and contribute, even if, for the moment there are not so many new real genuine contributors but there is still hope. Even in French Battlestar wiki, some spammers try to pollute the wiki but we are here to prevent this and to clean this wiki. They are more now, but not like Wikipedia, so we can clean quicky. But as I said first, it's just my opinion. Cheers.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 09:26, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I feel the frustration, and I've even briefly considered this as an option, but I don't see it as a big enough issue to temporarily ban new sign-ups (or run them through a rigorous sign-up process). Spamming has always been an issue on any Wiki, and to lock things down in such a matter would really dissuade genuine contributors from contributing. I know it may not seem like it, but we've always been spammed, and we will continue to be spammed; the volume of spam just seems massive because we're not expanding much in the way of content, like the way we were when the show was airing. <br />
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: Further, taking into consideration that most new contributors would not waste their time trying to jump through hoops just to contribute, we would just be shooting ourselves in the foot in the long run. (Actually, it takes only a few minutes to deal with them. Delete their contributions and ban them.) We've been very good about responding to spam in a reasonably timely manner, so I really don't see the need for such draconian measures right now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:42, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
:: Hi Joe,<br/>I saw the availabitily of the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiSpoof AntiSpoof extension] on MediaWiki. Is it an answer for us against spammer usernames? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:28, 9 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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== DISPLAYTITLE activation on the French Wiki ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Is it possible please to set the two following parameters in the ''LocalSetting.php'' file?<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgRestrictDisplayTitle $wgRestrictDisplayTitle] to ''false'';<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgAllowDisplayTitle $wgAllowDisplayTitle] to ''true''.<br />
Reason: allowing permission to see episode titles like the [[:fr:Modèle:ép|<nowiki>{{ép}}</nowiki>]] template. In the same way, can you disable the automatic système which add a caps letter at each word in the title. Thank you very much. Cheers.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:33, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: I'll activate these on the French wiki here in a bit. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:43, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: Activated. I'm very leery of actually deactivating the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgCapitalLinks CaptailLinks] feature because of the link breakage it may cause. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:32, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:: Weird. It doesn't seem to work (see [[:fr:33 minutes|this page]] with a DISPLAYTITLE). CaptailLinks is about the first captail letter of the title. I'm talking about the others, not the first. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:51, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::: Ah, I added quotes around the "false" and "true" variables, and MediaWiki doesn't like that. Should work now. The only thing is that you can't use wiki syntax within the <nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE}}</NOWIKI> code, since it renders the HTML tags as text. (See the "33" page.)<br />
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::: Also, the uppercase thing for the first word is a CSS attribute (as I recall) in the style sheet, so I can fix that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:04, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::: Is it possible to activate the wiki syntax on titles? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:48, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::: Not that I've seen. You can only change what the title says, not how it is styled. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:18, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::::: I think it's possible, just see the [[w:Template:Italic title|italic title]] template on Wikipedia. It is used especially for feature films and it's using wiki markup. May be it's just a parameter to set. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:28, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::::: I've looked through the template, and it's impossible to do it within the DISPLAYTITLE syntax itself. The italics must be applied on the outside, like so: <nowiki>''{{DISPLAYTITLE}}''</nowiki>. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:58, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::::::: At least, I will be able to put French quotes signe in the title. Yet, there is still First letter caps appearing on each word following the first one. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:42, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::::::: Hi, Joe. I checked again and I think the issue can be resolved by setting the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgUseTidy $wgUseTidy] parameter to true in LocalSettings.php. Check out if I'm right. Best regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 07:43, 23 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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== Possible solution against spammers ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>It seems that we may have a solution against spammers. It is called [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha QuestyCaptcha]. Semantic MediaWiki has used it for two weeks as they were invaded by spammers like us (same username style) and the number of spammers has been largely reduced since the installation. It may be a good solution for BW. What do you think? For instance, I deleted more than 25 spammer for two days in the media repository. Best Regards.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:14, 26 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: Would be nice if it worked! I'll check it out and see! :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:40, 26 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:: Have you considered the following extensions for preventing spam. <br />
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* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Check_Spambots<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GlobalBlocking<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiBot<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleAntiSpam<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Find_Spam<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamDnsblAlternative<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TorBlock<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiSpoof<br />
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:: -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 11:23, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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::: Yes. Spamming isn't a new problem on the Wiki; it's one that we've been dealing with on and off since the site's founding in 2005. The issue is that about half the so-called "spam blocking" software doesn't actually work on "manual spammers" — i.e. actual people behind the computer solving captchas and what not. Further, many bot software programs are actually better at circumventing and solving captchas, and so it's really a constant fight to keep up. <br />
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::: Also, half the extensions in your list are either beta, outdated (only working with older version of MW), or tend to conflict with other extensions. As I recall, we did have AntiBot running once, but that didn't quite work out well. I'll have to see if that works again after I upgrade the entire system to the 1.18.x series, though. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:40, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::: Hi Joe,<br/>I tested [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha QuestyCaptcha] on my English [http://stargate.wikkii.net/ Stargate Wiki] and let my [http://fr.stargate.wikkii.net French one] without. Results: 5 spam attacks in one night for the French one ([http://fr.stargate.wikkii.net/wiki/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial:Modifications_r%C3%A9centes see here]) and none for the English one ([http://stargate.wikkii.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges see here]). For the record, the English one was more targeted than the French one. I think it's a good solution to prevent spammer attacks, at least, spambots attacks. Best Regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 03:52, 3 March 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::: It's live. Let's see how well this does. We've used something similar before, and I hope this reduces the spammer issue. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:14, 13 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::: Can you send me your questions to translate them in French please? Thank you. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:58, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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::::::: The questions don't have to be the same across the wikis. They can be different, and I would prefer that they were. I just have basic questions, like "What callsign is Kara known by?" etc. Come up with 5 to 10 questions with answers and just e-mail them to me, and I can put them into the backend. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:48, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::: Email sent. Thank you. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:56, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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::::::::: Looks like the Questy Capcha is doing a really great job. One downside though, now absolutely new comers to the BSG world will need to do some research to answer the questions before they start contributing. But, any way its not that much of a hurdle. Now, are you going to implement the same thing on the other wikis like wiki frakr. There are 127 spam articles waiting to be deleted there. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 11:16, 26 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::::: Yes, I haven't been able to get to that though because of my move and work schedule. (Besides, Wiki Frakr is a good control to measure how effective the Questy Captcha is.) As with anything else... there is a downside to using it, but i consider it a litmus test for people who want to contribute... if you really can't be bothered to answer simple questions (or do a Google search to answer them), then what good is getting an user account here? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:52, 26 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== AWA ==<br />
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I did not know that you had plans of offering hosting to wiki's leaving Wikia. Interesting to note. <br />
See: http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Anti-Wikia_Alliance#Are_there_alternatives_to_Wikia_for_hosting.3F<br />
-- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 06:37, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
: Well, we have the resources to create a small Wiki farm. Just need the people to run the thing, really. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:21, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:: Hi Joe, For this stuff to work, what do you need exactly? I'm interrested to transfer the ''Stargate'' wikis I have, and eventually try to maintain this kind of wiki farm, if you wish. Thank you for your answer. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:52, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
::: Mainly: Time on my end to set up the technical stuff, which I don't have right now as I work 70+ hours a week already. LOL -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:07, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
:::: Of course ;-). Do you already have the server location? If you do, I can eventually start to build the database and main frame. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 09:15, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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== Russian ==<br />
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Is there any way you could set up a Russian version of the wiki. What would you need. Please let me know if you are interested. Since this wiki is in Case Orange Mode (Most of the best contributors are on hiatus.), I thought it is difficult to arrive on consensus now, and you would have to take the choice. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 02:41, 22 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:If I read well the [[Battlestar Wiki:Translation Project#Articles Needing Translation|translation project]], you'll have to translate first the main policies in Russian. Plus, I think it's better for you to add your username in [[Battlestar Wiki:Translation Project#Contributors|the contributors section]] under a new subsection "Russian" (doesn't exist yet). It's a good way to highlight your excellent work ;-). --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:13, 23 February 2012 (EST)<br />
: What LIMAFOX said remains true. If you can translate the pertinent policies, I can do the behind-the-scenes stuff to make a Russian-language wiki live. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:26, 23 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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==Edits to my edits==<br />
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Hi Joe ... just wanted to thank you for cleaning up a few of the pages I was working on - I'm still getting the hang of editing in here so I might leave a small trail of destruction, but I'll try to keep the damage to a minimum - see you around -- (Chris) [[User:Flatulist|Flatulist]] 21:57, 17 April 2012 (EDT)<br />
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: Not a problem, Chris! Keep up the good work! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:49, 22 April 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== Spanish wiki ==<br />
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Hello! I'm [[User:Erechel|Erechel]]. You have sended me a message in which you thanked me for editing the spanish wiki, and offered me help. <br />
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I think that I'm the only active editor in it, and I've discovered several incongruences and mistakes in the wiki, but my scripting abilities are very limited. I've tried to standardize the templates in all those pages that need them, but some of them are beyond my capacity. I've tried to copy and paste the templates from the english version, and traduce wherever it's necessary, and even create some very simple template messages (stub, disambiguation, traduction in progress), but those with particular data are difficult to me.<br />
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The wiki needs some corrections in the templates, particulary {{Datos del episodio}} and {{flags}}, but some revision in the others will do no harm. Well, thank you, and I hope you help me. <br />
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Bye<br />
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==Thanks==<br />
Just wanted to say thanks for leaving messages on the accounts that put stuff on my talk page yesterday. I wasn't sure how to handle it and you took care of it. [[User:Talos|Talos]] 14:26, 20 September 2012 (EDT)<br />
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: Not a problem! :) Not sure why someone would come up with a username that's basically nonsensical letters and numbers anyway... Having said that, I wanted to give the person in question benefit of the doubt, even though odds are that the guy was a spammer.<br />
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: Thanks for being on top of the spammer thing. I'm trying to figure out how to head these guys off so that it's not as ridiculous as it's geting. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:46, 20 September 2012 (EDT)<br />
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==B&C Uniforms==<br />
Hey Joe. Saw you said you have access to Battlestar B&C uniforms. Is this something that we will get to see in due time? Perhaps something from ANOVOS? <br />
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[[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]]<br />
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: Yes. Can't really speak on it all right now, but exciting things are afoot. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:30, 19 November 2012 (EST)<br />
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== MD repository ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Could you please grant me local admin rights on [[:md:]] as I can make a <big>'''big'''</big>, big clean-up on it to remove spaming (using the "Nuke" special function as an example to go faster). The global admin function doesn't allow me to do it. Thank you very much. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 06:04, 20 November 2012 (EST)<br />
: Today was a very big cleanup day: 158 spam pages deleted and 218 spammers and potential ones blocked, not counting the work I made the previous days. Completely crasy!!! Too much work to do here on the media repository.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:41, 26 November 2012 (EST)<br />
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== wiki logo ==<br />
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yo. so this is out of the blue, but i'd love to contribute a new logo for the header. at least on my browser, it's never looked quite right... anything we (i) can do? or should i just shut up? [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 21:01, 1 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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: What did you have in mind? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:04, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:: It also does not suit the bsg-light skin. If you have any ideas, which would look good on both the dark and light skins. It would be awesome. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 02:31, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::i don't want to insult whoever created the current header, but it has always looked like a pretty rough photoshop job to me, the lines aren't very clean. i'd like to see something cleaner, more graphical. <br />
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:::this is something i did pretty quickly, inspired by the battlestar galactica online logo. it's not precisely what i had in mind (particularly the font below), but sort of in that vein. could also do something closer to what we have now, just like i said - a little cleaner... suggestions would be greatly appreciated. i have no idea what bsg-light looks like though. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 03:44, 2 December 2012 (EST) <br />
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<center>http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp185/i_em_no_cylon/battlestarwiki-1.jpg</center><br />
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:::: Nice idea. I can see where you're going with this. As much as I like the idea behind the current logo (mirroring ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> wall emblem), it could use a bit more flash. <br />
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:::: I would get rid of the domain in the logo (we're not a ".com" BTW) and simply say "Battlestar Galactica Wiki".<br />
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:::: Of course, any one else following this discussion is free to share potential logo ideas, too. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:05, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::::wow that was a pretty stupid error, wasn't it? in any case, you're right it should just say "wiki"... experimenting with different ways of doing that though. also experimenting with different textures for the phoenix symbol. have one with the surface of the ''galactica'' in the works, but also considering something reminiscent of the hull of a viper. though those might be contradictory to my "clean" look. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 14:38, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::::couple more ideas... still not loving the "wiki" part. figuring all that out. second option is my favorite, though i do kind of like the third. gives you an idea of my thought process here. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 06:25, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::::: I'd like to share this on our Facebook page, if you don't mind. Just to see what people's reactions to it are. (Obviously, it'll be noted that its a WIP and by no means set in stone.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:31, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::::for sure. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 15:37, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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Some initial feedback via FB here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151309472469925&set=a.428921939924.197093.18130149924&type=1 -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:44, 8 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:ok that's cool... they like the ones i don't really favor haha. i really just prefer the simple red one. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 20:30, 8 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::so what's the consensus? [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 00:44, 13 January 2013 (EST)<br />
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==Spammertalk==<br />
Is there any way to hide the spammertalk updates from the 'recent changes' list? Really getting irritating to sort through... [[user:Frylock86|Frylock86]] - 06:31 PM 12/11/12 EST<br />
: On the RC page, just change the namespace dropdown from "all" to "(Main)". You should see something [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?namespace=0&title=Special%3ARecentChanges like this]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:55, 11 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::Hi,<br/>I think we broke the daily spamming record: 44 spammers (for now at 4.50PM CET)! Incredible. They know all the answers to the questions asked in Simple Captcha. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:52, 17 December 2012 (EST) - Update: '''52''' at 9:20PM CET. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:23, 17 December 2012 (EST)<br />
:::If it's possible, maybe we should just temporarily shut down the registration system (two or three days?) until this spamming wave passes. -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 18:46, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::::I'll look into that.... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:56, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::::I'm rolling out the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount ConfirmAccount] extension. That should allow us to filter out most of the Cylon agents before they become a problem. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:15, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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I've implemented the "Confirm Account" feature, so that should stop spammers from causing too much problem. We'll have to watch the [[Special:ConfirmAccounts]] page, but that's simpler than what's being done now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:14, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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== Access to French Wiki. ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I cannot access to the [[:fr:|French wiki]]. I have a SQL database message error. I cannot connect to my UserID to. It seems that the database has really screwed up. Is it possible to fix this please? Thank you very much. Best Regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 06:49, 18 June 2014 (EDT)<br />
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There are a lot of SQL errors in other wikis too. For example on the german wiki, when I klick "Recent changes": Database Error „1194: Table 'recentchanges' is marked as crashed and should be repaired (localhost)“ --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 06:31, 2 August 2014 (EDT)<br />
: Hi Joe,<br/>I hope you're well. Did you make some repair on the French wiki? Hope so. Thank your for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:01, 2 February 2015 (EST)<br />
:: Hi Joe, do you have any answer yet. If you want to simplify your task, you can create a new blank database. I will fill it. Thank you. Cheers --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:02, 23 April 2015 (EDT)<br />
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== Welcome back! ==<br />
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I can log in today. Congratulations on your successful repairs! -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 22:06, 30 January 2015 (EST)<br />
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== Florida ==<br />
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'''I lived in Orlando during the big 3 that was an ugly couple months without electricity or water.<br />
(Hurricane Charlie, Frances and Jeanne)<br />
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Since I consider Galactica to be a geek culture related entertainment and you live in Florida have you heard of the Dice Tower convention in Kissimmee? Its a board game convention that last 5 days.<br />
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SS''' {{unsigned|Navaji}}<br />
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: Hello SS! I haven't heard of it. Also, I no longer live in Florida, having moved to California some time ago. Still, send me whatever information you have on the Dice Tower Convention, and I'll take a look! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:14, 6 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
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== Skin job ==<br />
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With the wiki online we really need to get it back looking its best. The 'Timeless' theme is a little scruffy in places compared to Monobook with inconsistent use of fonts and category placements. How do we go about editing this theme to bring back the classic BSwiki Burgundy and Gold look and feel? Should be usilise modern webfont code to bring familiar and relevant fonts like Battlestar, Spaceage/Galactiguise, Bank Gothic, Eurostile etc to things like headers and subheadings<br />
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Also what is going to be done about the battlestarwikiclone? I gather there were some discussions about shutting it down and redirecting back to this wiki but its still very much online and clowding google search results.<br />
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Lastly I've been in discussions with the .wiki registrar but that conversation is best to be done in private.<br />
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Regards<br />
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: 1. Agreed. It's going to take time for that, so if you have any mockup ideas you want to throw together in PhotoShop, I'd definitely like to see 'em! <br />
: 2. I've been talking to Shane @ Wikiclone, but he dropped off back in late May. I've been trying to reestablish communication with him to see what we can do to either obtain the domain name or update the Wikiclone to point to the resurrected Wiki.<br />
:3. Ping me on the .wiki thing. Not sure if that's even worth obtaining, as I feel it's just vanity -- but if it's a no-brainer price, then that might change my mind. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:49, 16 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
::CloneShane is still active on Twitter do you want me to give him a poke? As for skins I've just been looking at the skin on the french wiki that LIMAFOX76 has put together here http://fr.battlestarwiki.ddns.net/index.php/Accueil (p.s. lets get the FR subdomain back online so he can lead on that project here rather than spinning off onto his own server, see conversation below). Can we use that design here with the Vector skin and use a mediawiki extension to chance to Timeless on mobile devices using the MobileFrontend ext? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 06:38, 18 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
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== Interwiki to "my" French Battlestar Wiki ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Hope you're well. I would like to suggest you the following. As I try to maintain, improve and update the French Battlestar wiki on my personal server, would it be possible to update your "fr" interwiki url link like the following:<br />
<pre>http://fr.battlestarwiki.ddns.net/index.php/$1</pre><br />
Two reasons for that:<br />
* First, the French wiki is configured as I desire (Semantic MediaWiki + other stuff) so I do not have to ask you some extra extensions on the main site.<br />
* Second, I give up my semantic English version and update my "en" interwiki link to BW (not a lot of time to spend on it unfortunately).<br />
Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 00:38, 17 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
::There used to be a French wiki installed on this website before it went dark for a year or two. Perhaps you'd like to take ownership of that here if we brought it back online? At the moment by spinning off onto your own website/personal server and using our branding you are causing a potential audience confusion. We want to bring the full Battlestar Wiki family back online here on this domain and it looks like you have the passion to lead the FR project here.<br />
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::Secondly you've done a nice colour scheme of Vector and keeping the angled corners which is nice. The original BSwiki themes that I co-developed are no longer compatible with the latest versions of MediaWiki and we are about to embark on developing new skins but in the mean time could we use what you've made? If you want to email me any skin code please do so at matt@simsmail.co.uk and we can have a better chat --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 06:32, 18 July 2019 (PDT)</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Joe_Beaudoin_Jr.&diff=217000User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.2019-07-18T13:33:28Z<p>Mercifull: /* Interwiki to "my" French Battlestar Wiki */</p>
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== Military Ranks ==<br />
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Just a few concluding remarks I don't blame you for what you did, where I in your position I would have done the same thing. The reason I didn't respond to Serenity's first post was because until yesterday I had been unable to figure out how. As far as fear of retribution, I've never really been involved with a wiki before so I wasn't really sure what to expect and was kind of intimidated. I appreciate you're addressing my issues. Not only did it help me understand why things were happening the way they were, but it also made me feel like my input was welcome and that was all I was asking for. I am anxious to see any clarification you can offer in the weeks ahead because I find this a rather fascinating topic.<br />
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Thanks again for the clarification. {{unsigned|Grandmaester314}}<br />
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== BG S4.1 in Latin America ==<br />
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In Latin America, Season Four of Battlestar Galactica airs on Saturdays and Sundays on [http://www.canalspace.tv Space].<br />
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== Dynamic Page List ==<br />
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Hi, I just checked all feature about BW and I didn't see the Dynamic Page List feature. Do you plan one day to install it because it's very useful?--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:32, 19 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
: Perhaps. I'll talk with [[User:Shane|Shane]] about this. -- [[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> 21:08, 20 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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=== Examples ===<br />
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Here are some examples I made for the Stargate Wiki FR:<br />
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* To see minor characters:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:LigneMineurs Automatic generation of a line with five stamps] using DPL with entry of the series, the season, and the first article sorted.<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Personnages_Universe/Mineurs/Saison_Un/Page_1 Automatic generation of minor characters for the first page] with automatic sort by last name<br />
**[http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Personnages_Universe/Mineurs/Saison_Un Automatic creation of minor character stamps page links] with automatic image update and automatic update of the first and the last character name of this page.<br />
* To see objects:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Ligne Automatic generation of a line]. All you juste have to do is to put the correct category.<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Armes Autogeneration of a page] with the famous lines.<br />
* To resume objects in a bottom navigation bar:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Divers Nav bar] automaticaly updated (put the right category)<br />
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All you have to do with this kind or templates is to put the right category and DPL (with a purge) will do the rest. The main purpose of DPL is to avoid editing when the database can do the stuff for you. You don't have to edit an article or a template to update with new article of the same category. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:28, 21 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== What about RFA and RFB for French BW ? ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br />
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I'm on the verge to edit the policy for the french version of [[BW:RFA|Request for Admninship]] and [[BW:RFB|Request for Bureaucratship]]. I need your help for this two policies.<br />
# Do I just translate the English version with the same vote system than the main site?<br />
# Do I have to do it in another way?<br />
# Is the principle of request the same than the main site?<br />
Thanks for answering.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: If you have any suggestions as to improve the policies in question, then that would work well. Until the French wiki has more contributors, I don't think the RFA and RFB are really going to work all that well, and so administrators are promoted on a case-by-case basis as determined by you, me, and Shane. -- [[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> 13:10, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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:: Until I design or translate all the templates needed and the main page, I think there will not be a lot of contributors. The main problem is the lack of French and French-speaking people who speak English fluently. French people are not very confortable with English, so it's very difficult for them to contribute unless they have seen the show and are fans. With your agreement, I will just create one page for RFA and RFB with the statement you said above (Shane, you and me).<br/>FYI, all the episodes of the [[Re-Imagined Series]] have been aired in France, and have been released in DVD format (I just saw the Season 4 Part 2 Set yesterday in a supermarket) . --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:22, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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::: Understandable. And, yes, this works for me. I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your hard work! It is certainly appreciated! :D -- [[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> 15:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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:::: Thanks for encouraging. ;-) -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 17:50, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Wiki Store (FR) and iTunes (FR) ==<br />
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Hi again,<br />
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I can see on the Support section of the sidebar many links to affiliates (like Amazon and iTunes). Can I (or not) create similar links to french Amazon and iTunes store with french official stuff from ''Battlestar Galactica'' Franchise? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 18:06, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: I'll have to look into it. So don't worry about it for now. -- [[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> 19:18, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
:: OK. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:15, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== German Battlestarwiki ==<br />
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For days, I have been trying to access the german Battlestarwiki - without success. Is it offline? Under maintenance?--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 17:01, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: I'm checking into it. I'll let you know when it's back online. -- [[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> 17:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: It's back up. ;-) -- [[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> 18:22, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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::Thank you!--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 18:59, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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* Hello. I cannot look at articles with galleries. E.G. if I open http://de.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Pegasus_%28RDM%29 i cannot see the article. If I kill the gallery everything is alright. Whats the problem? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 16:26, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I'm looking into this right now and will get back to you. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:29, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Ok, it's working now. There was a conflict with one of the extensions and MW 1.16. I've disabled it. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:14, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: Great, thank you. and can you tell me, where the mistake in this template is?: http://de.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Vorlage:Stammbaum --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 17:26, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::: No problem. As for the template: I would just port the english Familytree template over from scratch, and see if you get the same errors. I don't have the time to do it now, but I did put it on my to-do list. If you can't get to it, then I'll be able to do so after the Easter holiday. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:39, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::::I will try it tomorrow or this evening, but I can remember, that I once copy and paste it from the german wikipedia site and it also doesnt work correctly. {{unsigned|Enabran}}<br />
:::::: It's a complicated template. I know that [[User:Shane|Shane]] had problems porting it over as well... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:14, 24 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: I don't know anything about templates, but after hours of testing it seems to work :-) (maybe an easter wonder). As first attempt I created the [[de:Vorlage:Stammbaum zylonischer Evolution|german version]] of your [[Template:Cylon evolution tree|zylon tree]]. But I do not know why there is so much free space between the top and the first line. Maybe you can take a look at it? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 09:01, 25 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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Will the german wiki come back?<br />
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== Happy holidays ==<br />
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Hi Joe! Just wanted to say hi and happy holidays to you and yours. I am well, hope you are too. [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 04:43, 19 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
: Hi Jeremy! Happy Holidays! I am doing well, and I'm glad to see that you are 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> 17:57, 21 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Hah, I feel bad now. ==<br />
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Since I've joined here, the only thing I've been doing is tinkering with the Glare page. Now I feel bad that's all I've been doing. =/ I gotta help out for the reals, so do any pages need serious revision/are missing a lot of crap that I can help out with? --[[User:NeutraVega|NeutraVega]] 19:40, 26 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: Hi there! :D Sorry for the long delay in replying, but we had the database locked and the site moved to new servers, thus the delay. Anyway, we could use the most help on the [[Caprica pilot]] page and subjects relating to ''Caprica''. So if you'd like to start there, that'd be great. :) -- [[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> 16:27, 30 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Advertising and problem on media repository ==<br />
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Hi Joe and Happy New Year,<br/><br />
As I already said to Shan, I can see that you succeed to bring back the wiki. Congratulations. I have two point to ask.<br />
# I made a donation for the wiki to avoid advertising but I still have them on the screen, why? Thank you for your answer.<br />
# On the media repository, I tried to upload an image. It is actually somewhere in the directory but the sofware is unable to create a thumbnail. It says that it cannot find the "convert" file on the server. So for now, it's impossible to add new images on the media repository.<br />
Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:48, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Happy New Year to you too! :D <br />
: Anyway, I went ahead and upgraded your account to sponsor status, so you shouldn't see the ads. If you do, try logging in and out again. If that doesn't work, a hard refresh should clear the cache. As for the convert issue, I'll have Shane look into it. -- [[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> 15:55, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
:: Thanks, I've no ads anymore. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:57, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
::: Awesome! :D -- [[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> 16:33, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
: Fixed the issue with the media repository as well. Cheers. -- [[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> 21:16, 16 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== InterBot and BS Pegasus ==<br />
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Hi Joe.<br/><br />
1. It seems that [[:fr:User:InterBot|InterBot]] doesn't work because the interwiki link I made on the pages I created aren't duplicated on the other wikis.<br/><br />
2. I don't have access to [http://www.battlestarpegasus.com/ BS Pegasus] either. It says it's forbidden. Is there any problem since the server transfer or something?<br/><br />
Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 21:41, 14 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hi,<br/>Still doesn't work for both points. Do you have any answer for that please? Thanks. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:23, 29 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Sorry, I've been pretty busy. (Barely have had time to really work on the wiki, other than to greet the newcomers.) To answer your questions: <br />
: 1. Shane needs to reprogram the InterBot. He hasn't had time to do that as he's been working on projects for Best Buy.<br />
: 2. The BS Pegasus site is down. No ETA on when that'll be back up as it isn't priority. -- [[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> 01:35, 30 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Calendar dates on auction items ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br />
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I expanded the [[Colonial calendar#Different Dating Methods]] section with information from a couple of auction items and noticed in the process that you wrote at least some of the blog entries at battlestarprops.com. Do you recall seeing any calendar items I haven't mentioned yet, and if so, could you point me to their pictures? It would also be nice to see a higher resolution scan of Socrata's medal of valor document, if one is available.<br />
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Regards,<br />
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-- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 19:55, 28 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: I honestly never really paid all that much attention to the dating thing, since it was all made up anyway. (''Star Trek'''s "stardate" system is a very good example of this, actually. It isn't until they did TNG that they really put thought into it.) There is very little consistency behind the dating on any of the paperwork; in television production, much of it is thrown together—some of it even at the very last minute—even taking into account the quality of BSG's paperwork being higher than other genre television series. It isn't until ''Caprica'' that they really tried to address the issue of the Colonial dating method, because it's simply not natural not to have characters ''not'' say "Hey Lacy, meet me for lunch on Saturday." <br />
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: As for photos of the stuff, the [http://archive.propworx.com Propworx archive] has photos of everything that's been auctioned through Propworx. I also know of a few fans who have won many paperwork documents from the BSG auctions (both live and via eBay) that have taken the time to scan them, but most of their work is on private boards and some prop replication communities. -- [[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> 02:34, 29 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Thanks. The scans on that site have a much higher resolution and I already found a couple of items with supposed dates. I would like to document them in the article primarily to establish that there was no real system in the re-imagined series as opposed to ''Caprica''. Such random alphanumerics also suggest to the reader that the dates in Adama's dossier need not be correct necessarily (e.g. the year 20000+). -- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 18:16, 29 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== "pos" extended parser function ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I would like to ask if it is possible to add the "'''''pos'''''" Parser Function into the wiki, this will allow to do some research more easily (for example to do an action on pages with a certain text and not on the others). Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:57, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Do you have a link so I can check this out? I take it this is an extension to MW. -- [[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> 13:15, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:: Check [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions this link] to see. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 18:20, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::: It's now installed. I'd be interested to see how you use this. Cheers! -- [[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> 20:19, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::: One example for the moment:<br />
::::* The [[fr:Modèle:Apparitions Télésuite, 1re nuit|Modèle:Apparitions Télésuite]] template using [[fr:Modèle:Apparition]]. I use the '''''pos''''' to show the number of apparitions only on the Apparition page (condition) :<br />
::::** When you see it inside the episode: [[fr:Télésuite, 1re nuit#Apparition des personnages|Télésuite, 1re nuit#Apparition des personnages]]<br />
::::** When you see it inside the characters apparition page: [[fr:Liste des apparitions des personnages par épisode#Battlestar Galactica|Liste des apparitions des personnages par épisode]]. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:31, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== HTML activation ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I think the wiki has not the HTML function activated because I tried to import some Wikipedia template to adapt them to the wiki and those have htlm writing inside and it doesn't work. So, please, is it possible to activate html editing in the french wiki?<br/>Thanks a lot. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:34, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
: Which templates are affected? -- [[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> 16:39, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::[[fr:Modèle:Infobox/Ligne mixte|This one]] for example. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:47, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::: Why not just use the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables wikicode table syntax]? -- [[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> 17:06, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::: I tried it but there is an issue when you use a template using parser function inside another template using parser functions. It doesn't recognise at all a link (an image for an example) created by the template inside, it separates the link like a colspan. At least, is it possible to activate only the <code><nowiki><td><hr><tr></nowiki></code> tags? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:21, 23 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::: OK, I should get to activating those HTML tags sometime tonight. -- [[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> 17:44, 24 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== SVG generation ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I hope you're fine, I've seen a little problem with the SVG generator. It doesn't work properly. Here is the message I get :<br />
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<code>Erreur lors de la création de la miniature : /usr/bin/rsvg: not found</code><br />
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I think it's a missing file forgot during the transfer last december. Thank you for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:21, 16 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: It's that rsvg isn't presently installed on the new server. I'll send in a support request. -- [[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> 18:39, 17 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:: Hi, Joe,<br/>Still doesn't work, sorry. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:36, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::: Yeah, that's because I was sidetracked and neglected sending that support request. I've sent it in and hope to hear from someone in the next 48 hours. Sorry about that. -- [[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> 19:34, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::: OK, they've installed it. All should be good now. :) -- [[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> 00:29, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::: YES, it's working. Thanks. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::: Hi Joe, I think I've a bit too quick to say Hurra. There is still a problem. There is no generation of image but instead of, we have the name of the file. See [[:fr:Modèle:Drapeau]] or [[:fr:Michael Rymer]] for example. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:11, 12 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::: Looking into it now... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:13, 13 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::: I'd have to track down the exact error, since our server host doesn't supply tech support for MediaWiki (understandably so) an Shane is busy with projects. Of course, I have no time to do it right not until mid-October because I am committed to other projects right now. Would it be possible to use PNGs for the flags until we can get the SVG issue ironed out? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 01:37, 16 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== removal of my question ==<br />
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Hi !<br />
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Yes, it was a real question : how could the pegasus avoid further contamination by the Cylon virus. Is this answered in future episodes ?<br />
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Why did you simply remove my question ?<br />
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Regards,<br />
Nixab (new fan and new contributor here).<br />
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:I think it's a valid question, Joe, so I noted that the answer is in [[Razor]] and spelled it out in the [[Answered Questions from Season 2 (RDM)#Pegasus|Answered Questions from Season 2]]. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 03:25, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Fair enough, and I agree. Sorry for the inconvenience. -- [[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> 05:11, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Jupiter-class battlestar issue ==<br />
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I have a problem with your edit of my edit on the Jupiter class battlestar Galactica. The book I refered to is canon since it was written by the science advisor to BSG and sactioned by SyFy and Ron Moore. If yoiu prefer your wiki not to contain official information then that is fine and I will not bother to add any other information to your site. I will rely solely on official material such as this book. Cancel my membersip please. <br />
Good Bye. {{unsigned|Lonewriter}}<br />
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: Please refer to [[BW:CITE#Acceptable_Sources|Acceptable Sources]], which list the sources of what makes something canon. Just because there is an error in a book sanctioned by Syfy Channel, does not mean it is automatically canon. As I've only started reading the book, I've already noticed errors (mostly with spelling, such as Cally's name), that raises a few doubts in my mind when it comes to how thoroughly the book was copyedited. <br />
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: As I believe I had explained, the episode that the writers of the book refer to ("Pegasus") does ''not'' make mention of ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> class. ''At all.'' So, they made a mistake, or improperly cited the source. (Now, if it came from the script for that episode, I can see that. We've used scripts as sources before.)<br />
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: Now, if Ron Moore or David Eick were to come out and say "well, they're right, ''Galactica'' is a ''Jupiter'' class" then we will certainly note that, and cite that it came from them. Furthermore, maybe I wasn't clear, but I'm not saying that we should throw out the reference at all, but '''it needs to be pointed out that the way the information is present is in ''direct contradiction to what viewers saw on screen.''''' <br />
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: Believe me, were this information aired in "Pegasus" fans would have eaten that up, just like they (we) ate up the whole ''Mercury'' class reference that Adama made before Cain boarded the ship. :)<br />
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: Now, as to your immature comment, it does suggest that you probably wouldn't be a good editor here, because you don't seem to understand how to critically analyze information, or the necessity of viewing all information with a critical eye. That's fine. There are people who simply don't have that ability. There's nothing wrong with that. Also, you don't have to use the site, at all. I hate to be disingenuous and brusque, but if you're going to use appeals to emotion instead of actually bothering to do the research (which I, and many, many fans have done over the past five-plus years) then you're welcome to leave and never look back.<br />
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: However, let me be particularly clear when I say this: what I have done is pointed out this error, which you've brought to our attention, so thank you for that. Now, if you want to act like a prima donna and storm off in a huff, then that's your call. You're more than welcome to stay, or you are more than welcome to leave. Ball is in your court. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 02:58, 22 October 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== William Adama edits ==<br />
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I seem to find the spoiler tag formatting (I edit on wikipedia but we have nothing similar there) so I'm just going to be as vague as I can be and hope you understand. While reading over the spoilered info on William Adama's page that you recently added I realized that you have a character connection slightly off. If you check my edit history, you'll see I made a similar change on a related page. Hope that's enough for you to see what I meant (since I can't edit the Old Man's page). [[User:Millahnna|Millahnna]] 23:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Yes, I got what you meant! I'll make the correction now! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 02:41, 25 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Duram's files at Propworx ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br />
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Have you preserved alternate photographs of Duram's files which are now on eBay? The available photo makes Clarice's file halfway legible, but I'm curious what's in Amanda's and other files. I'm not planning on buying them though, since I'm only interested in the information, not in provenance. Even so, thanks for participating in the auctions — the photos have provided so much useful information that would've normally disappeared with the shows. -- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 22:10, 5 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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: I'd have to ask Jarrod, since he's the one who oversees the Caprica auction stuff out in LA. (I'm not in LA, so I don't have easy access to this stuff myself.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:00, 5 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== Reference in Template ==<br />
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What does putting the ref in break? I don't see anything unusual except that the 33 has to be bracketed to be a link. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 22:47, 7 March 2011 (UTC)<br />
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: Issue is that the brackets are printed out, and they really shouldn't be. I guess I'll have to modify the infobox template to deal with that. Basically a separate field that is only for references, like "|seenref=". -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:42, 8 March 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== Affiliation ==<br />
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Hello would you like this wiki to affiliate with my independent wiki http://stargate-wiki.org/ ? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 23:38, 25 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Hi there, feel free to e-mail me directly at joe@frakmedia.net so we can talk about it more. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:44, 25 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
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Not sure if you got my email or not, anyway, would you prefer to join the SIWA Network (Scifi independent wiki alliance)? http://siwanetwork.webs.com Basically just lets more people interlink with these wikis and its always good to have more links to your site laying around. It costs nothing and we dont really ask for anything in return. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 06:35, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Thank you for the offer, but I will decline. I really see no benefit for this wiki and its contributors in being a part of the SIWA Network. In fact, I feel that our inclusion would only be beneficial for you, seeing as we have a wide exposure. We've run into loose fan organizations like SIWA before, and frankly they are not worth the bandwidth that it takes to pull up the webpage. Our experience is that such things are not professionally run and are basically glorified fly-by-night operations operated by unprofessional, doe-eyed fans with unrealistic expectations. Nothing personal against you, it is just our experience. And, as for traffic and links, we've found that being a part of a glorified "webring" has no return on investiment. A majority of new traffic has always, and without fail, come from two sources: 1) word-of-mouth (forums and social networks), and 2) search engines. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:25, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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I had 22 new visitors to my site because of SIWA. Your loss i guess. Also it really doesn't make it less offensive when you call me: unprofessional, doe-eyed fan with unrealistic expectations then say no offence. Even you should see that. Well if you change your mind, let me know. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 11:56, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: And how many of those 22 people will stick around and contribute in the long-haul? Since there are so many Stargate wikis out there, those results aren't surprising... and, don't get your hopes up, as they will be short lived. Traffic from web rings and "alliances" is short-lived, and with extremely poor to negligible long-term ROI. I've been running websites for the last 15 years, so I am well aware of what I'm taking about. <br />
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: Furthermore, I was not making a personal attack against you: I was making a general observation about such organizations. However, since you are keen to make it about yourself: given your behavior in the past towards another member of this website (and bringing problems from an outside wiki to this Wiki directly and without provocation from us), I find ''that'' unprofessional. End of subject. Thank you for the offer, and have a splendid day. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:16, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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Wow, take it overboard much. I was going to link certain articles like actors other work here etc but because of that attitude, you can forget it [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 12:21, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Your attitude and sour disposition are the problems here. After all, you were the one who [[User_talk:LIMAFOX76|brought outside problems from another website to this one]]. ''You'' initiated it here. ''You'' deliberately sought the user in question, tracked them to this website, and brought ''your'' problems to an open forum instead of taking it up with the user via e-mail. ''You'' involved us, and ''I'' put a stop to it. I have no ill will towards you personally, but your immature behavior here and your inability to properly deal with issues in a mature manner exemplifies why we are careful in associating with other organizations and websites.<br />
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: At any rate, I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors. Farewell. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:39, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::Wow alcohol and wiki editing should never be mixed, i don't remember writing most of that. Back to my original idea of affiliation, one of your bsg wiki 'friends' perhaps. Many BSG actors have been on Stargate. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 01:21, 30 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: We'll think about it, thanks. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:50, 30 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::Any more news on this? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 08:12, 4 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::We've thought about it, and we're not interested. Thank you for the offer, though. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:02, 4 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::::Forgive me for asking, but why not? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 03:26, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::The reasons outlined previously still apply, and we do not see the real, tangible long-term benefit in it. We've operated for a very long time without the need to "associate" ourselves with other websites as part of an alliance or organization, and given our prevalence we don't really see how it would benefit us. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:08, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::::::You don't see the benefit in having a couple hundred extra links to your site?...... Ok then. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 15:02, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::::Question: How is it that a "couple hundred extra links" equate affiliation? Anyone can add links to any wiki and not be affiliated. At best, it's link swapping. My issue with the so-called "affiliation" proposal you set before us is that you haven't presented a clear idea of what it means, only vague concepts. Your proposal lacks details on these important elements: purpose, method of execution/standards and practices, and the responsibilities of each party. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:37, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::::::::I always thought of it more as like references on a resume (sort of) essentially that people trust your site and know that you would not affiliate with some fly-by-night operation-wiki full of useless crap. All it is is like a greenlight for users, they know that they can visit your site and it will be good, the only responsibility would be a link with any affiliates and any relevant links, which for me would probably be to actor/crew other work on either show. I don't know if you've even visited my site yet but I am growing it everyday and doing my best to reel in new users, your welcome to ask me anything about it. It's not some 142 page wikia site with no pics and a desperate admin trying to scam people. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 15:34, 6 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::::::Frankly, most of our web traffic has always come from either Wikipedia or search engines, and most people can already see the quality of the Battlestar Wiki... Link swapping does not work as well as you apparently think it does. So, not sure how affiliating with your network would really be to anyone's best interest, considering that we dominate search engine results. <br />
:::::::::::The best piece of advice I can give you is just develop content on your wiki to the best of your, and your team's, ability. Traffic will come naturally that way. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:33, 8 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Electronic smockers ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>There is another giant spam attack on the repository by electronic smockers. I just mark the articles and images for speedy delete. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:22, 5 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Sadly, I've noticed that... I've been trying a few different methods to block them, and think I've managed to block them on the EN wiki. We'll see. (I've just been battling it manually as I see it.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:15, 5 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Hi Joe,<br/>I found more old spammers who were selling certificates and car insurrances. I saw also two recent uploaded files: this one and this one. What do you thing about that? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:57, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::: Cool! I've also added those terms to the blacklist. As for the two files: those were uploaded by a spammer. Feel free to delete them. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:05, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::: Done. This spammer has been blocked too. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:13, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::: Hi Joe, I found iPhone spamming article on md. I added iPhone on both en and md blacklist. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:56, 8 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::::: Awesome! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:32, 8 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: Hi Joe, It's seems that the spamming business has goten other BW languages. I cleaned up the Chinese one and now I currently take the Spanish one but the spammers seem more subtil. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:08, 23 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: I think the Spanish wiki is cleaned now. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:41, 23 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Senior Chief rights on FR ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I don't know if I deserve them, but I would like to ask you if it is possible to grant me Senior Chief for the [[fr:|French BW]]. Thank you for your answer (Yes or No, no problem at all). --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:17, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I have no problem with giving you Senior Chief access. I just need to discuss this with Shane and a few others before I flip the switch. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:28, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: OK, no problem for that. Thank you. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:33, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: Hi Joe, just getting back from holidays, I'm just here to check if you have any news. Thank you very much. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:22, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: Been plenty busy myself, so I can relate! I'll upgrade you here in a bit. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:56, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::: Thanks a lot.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:58, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Not sure this is a gaffe ==<br />
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[[He_That_Believeth_In_Me#Gaffes]] contains this final paragraph, which I think should be deleted:<br />
:Tracey tells Baltar prior to their intercourse that the door to the group's hideout is locked and that only the two of them are in the room, but when Jeanne returns with Derrick, she is able to reenter even though both Tracey and Baltar are still asleep (presumably she said this to put Baltar more at ease). <br />
Saying that a door is locked does not preclude the possibility of others entering. A locked door can be unlocked. Other doors on Galactica are locked with keypads (like the one rigged to blow up Romo Lampkin), and there is no reason to think Jeanne would not have the entry code. [[User:Dogger55|Dogger55]] 16:12, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Many of Galactica's hatches are lockable only from one side, not both. Further, only small arms lockers and other sensitive areas have keypads. Not every door has one. This isn't the starship ''Enterprise'', after all. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:26, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::I wasn't sure; that's why I wrote instead of deleting or changing. However, I went back and took a closer look. When Baltar first arrives at his new home (10:45), they knock to gain entry and the door is unlocked from the inside. You see a wheel for bolting/unbolting the door on the outside and on the inside. Around 14:30, you hear the door close and the bolt turn when Paula and Jeanne leave, and no other such sounds from then until Tracey "makes her move" on Baltar and agrees that the door is locked. It seems to me that whatever means they used to secure it, the door could be locked & unlocked from either side, and was clearly locked from the outside until the time Jeanne returned. [[User:Dogger55|Dogger55]] 17:57, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: OK, then make the correction. It's been a while since I've seen the episode. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:08, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Simple wiki ==<br />
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Theres a user that needs banning on the simple wiki - "oakley brand" [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 21:40, 15 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Saw him, done. Thanks --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 01:52, 16 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Operational costs. ==<br />
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I am really curious on how you are able to keep this wiki running, with only source of revenue being a few paying members, AdSense, AdBrite, and a few affiliations with Amazon and other stores. I mean I just see two ads per page, one on the top header, and one on the sidebar. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 10:15, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Actually, we're able to cover all of our monthly costs with these revenue sources. It's just finding that balance that was the issue. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:25, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: It also helps to dominate the search results when it comes to anything BSG related. Advertisers really love that kind of thing. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:26, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Really. Its kind of hard to believe. I am <s>amusing</s> assuming that, the only way this is working out is, your CPM for ads is a really high figure. Unfortunately the forum doesn't rank high in search rankings. Any plans of getting rid of the ancient vBulliten for something more SEO friendly like vanilla forums. If required I can be of some technical help. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 14:45, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: We've never made money from the forum, so that never factored much into it anyway. Thanks for the offer, but vBulletin has more than enough features that we need and vanilla forums don't seem to have the features that we need. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:55, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Article number on main BW portal. ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>It seems that the [http://www.battlestarwiki.org main BW portal] is not up to date regarding article number on all languages wikis. Is it possible to update it or put an automatic routine to avoid manual updates? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:08, 19 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: We did have a script that updated the article count, but I would need to talk to Shane about that. Also, I'm thinking we're going to ditch that main portal and come up with something more dynamic. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:46, 19 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Re-imagined categories ==<br />
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Greetings, I have a quick question, I have noticed that there seems to be "duplicate" categories for the re-imagined continuity, "RDM" and "TRS", that seems to be going along with the page renaming. What my question is, are pages supposed to be moved out of "RDM" and placed into "TRS" or something? --[[User:Typhoeus|Typhoeus]] 22:31, 4 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Basically, if it's in the "RDM" universe (that means ''Caprica'', ''Blood & Chrome'', ''Re-imagined BSG'') then it's classified as RDM. Otherwise, if it is specific to one show, such as [[Helena Cain]], then it is classified under both "RDM" and "TRS". Originally, we used RDM for just the Re-imagined Series, until the spinoffs/prequels came along. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:04, 4 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Recent spaming ==<br />
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Is it just me, or is there a recent increase in spamming? I am not around as often as I would like, so I am not entirely sure on this. If I could ask, what sort of anti spam features do you have? {{unsigned|Typhoeus}}<br />
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: It comes and goes. Basically, these are humans (instead of bots) who are paid to spam, and thus solve the captchas and the like. They have to fill out a captcha when they sign up for an account, and when they add a link in any page (new or established) a captcha will also come up. We have a blacklist for terms and the like, but that's why they come up with crazy titles for the spam pages. We've enabled a variety of anti-spam measures, but that's mostly good against automated bots. IP blocking isn't an option in these cases, as the manual spammers use proxies, and thus change their IP address every time they create a new account and spam. We could go draconian and prevent new accounts from posting, BUT then we make it extremely difficult for new contributors to actually contribute. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:31, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Usually, they spam in early Europe morning, when American sleep ;-).--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:51, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: LOL! They do seem to attack in the early morning! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:31, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: One more acting in USA's end of day ;-)--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:36, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Recent spaming (option) ==<br />
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With all the recent spamming, I think we should temporarily ban new sign ups for a while. It's just becoming too annoying seeing useless pages. I know you would disagree with the suggestion, but I see it as the only option available. [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey &quot;Shadow&quot; Danian]] 08:58, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: In my opinion, but I'm not the one who decides for this, It would be a mistake to do so. Yes it's annoying to see all this rubbish but by doing so, we prevent real genuine contributors to sign up and contribute, even if, for the moment there are not so many new real genuine contributors but there is still hope. Even in French Battlestar wiki, some spammers try to pollute the wiki but we are here to prevent this and to clean this wiki. They are more now, but not like Wikipedia, so we can clean quicky. But as I said first, it's just my opinion. Cheers.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 09:26, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I feel the frustration, and I've even briefly considered this as an option, but I don't see it as a big enough issue to temporarily ban new sign-ups (or run them through a rigorous sign-up process). Spamming has always been an issue on any Wiki, and to lock things down in such a matter would really dissuade genuine contributors from contributing. I know it may not seem like it, but we've always been spammed, and we will continue to be spammed; the volume of spam just seems massive because we're not expanding much in the way of content, like the way we were when the show was airing. <br />
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: Further, taking into consideration that most new contributors would not waste their time trying to jump through hoops just to contribute, we would just be shooting ourselves in the foot in the long run. (Actually, it takes only a few minutes to deal with them. Delete their contributions and ban them.) We've been very good about responding to spam in a reasonably timely manner, so I really don't see the need for such draconian measures right now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:42, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
:: Hi Joe,<br/>I saw the availabitily of the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiSpoof AntiSpoof extension] on MediaWiki. Is it an answer for us against spammer usernames? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:28, 9 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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== DISPLAYTITLE activation on the French Wiki ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Is it possible please to set the two following parameters in the ''LocalSetting.php'' file?<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgRestrictDisplayTitle $wgRestrictDisplayTitle] to ''false'';<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgAllowDisplayTitle $wgAllowDisplayTitle] to ''true''.<br />
Reason: allowing permission to see episode titles like the [[:fr:Modèle:ép|<nowiki>{{ép}}</nowiki>]] template. In the same way, can you disable the automatic système which add a caps letter at each word in the title. Thank you very much. Cheers.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:33, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: I'll activate these on the French wiki here in a bit. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:43, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: Activated. I'm very leery of actually deactivating the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgCapitalLinks CaptailLinks] feature because of the link breakage it may cause. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:32, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:: Weird. It doesn't seem to work (see [[:fr:33 minutes|this page]] with a DISPLAYTITLE). CaptailLinks is about the first captail letter of the title. I'm talking about the others, not the first. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:51, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::: Ah, I added quotes around the "false" and "true" variables, and MediaWiki doesn't like that. Should work now. The only thing is that you can't use wiki syntax within the <nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE}}</NOWIKI> code, since it renders the HTML tags as text. (See the "33" page.)<br />
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::: Also, the uppercase thing for the first word is a CSS attribute (as I recall) in the style sheet, so I can fix that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:04, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::: Is it possible to activate the wiki syntax on titles? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:48, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::: Not that I've seen. You can only change what the title says, not how it is styled. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:18, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::::: I think it's possible, just see the [[w:Template:Italic title|italic title]] template on Wikipedia. It is used especially for feature films and it's using wiki markup. May be it's just a parameter to set. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:28, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::::: I've looked through the template, and it's impossible to do it within the DISPLAYTITLE syntax itself. The italics must be applied on the outside, like so: <nowiki>''{{DISPLAYTITLE}}''</nowiki>. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:58, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::::::: At least, I will be able to put French quotes signe in the title. Yet, there is still First letter caps appearing on each word following the first one. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:42, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::::::: Hi, Joe. I checked again and I think the issue can be resolved by setting the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgUseTidy $wgUseTidy] parameter to true in LocalSettings.php. Check out if I'm right. Best regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 07:43, 23 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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== Possible solution against spammers ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>It seems that we may have a solution against spammers. It is called [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha QuestyCaptcha]. Semantic MediaWiki has used it for two weeks as they were invaded by spammers like us (same username style) and the number of spammers has been largely reduced since the installation. It may be a good solution for BW. What do you think? For instance, I deleted more than 25 spammer for two days in the media repository. Best Regards.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:14, 26 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: Would be nice if it worked! I'll check it out and see! :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:40, 26 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:: Have you considered the following extensions for preventing spam. <br />
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* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Check_Spambots<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GlobalBlocking<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiBot<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleAntiSpam<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Find_Spam<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamDnsblAlternative<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TorBlock<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiSpoof<br />
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:: -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 11:23, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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::: Yes. Spamming isn't a new problem on the Wiki; it's one that we've been dealing with on and off since the site's founding in 2005. The issue is that about half the so-called "spam blocking" software doesn't actually work on "manual spammers" — i.e. actual people behind the computer solving captchas and what not. Further, many bot software programs are actually better at circumventing and solving captchas, and so it's really a constant fight to keep up. <br />
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::: Also, half the extensions in your list are either beta, outdated (only working with older version of MW), or tend to conflict with other extensions. As I recall, we did have AntiBot running once, but that didn't quite work out well. I'll have to see if that works again after I upgrade the entire system to the 1.18.x series, though. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:40, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::: Hi Joe,<br/>I tested [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha QuestyCaptcha] on my English [http://stargate.wikkii.net/ Stargate Wiki] and let my [http://fr.stargate.wikkii.net French one] without. Results: 5 spam attacks in one night for the French one ([http://fr.stargate.wikkii.net/wiki/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial:Modifications_r%C3%A9centes see here]) and none for the English one ([http://stargate.wikkii.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges see here]). For the record, the English one was more targeted than the French one. I think it's a good solution to prevent spammer attacks, at least, spambots attacks. Best Regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 03:52, 3 March 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::: It's live. Let's see how well this does. We've used something similar before, and I hope this reduces the spammer issue. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:14, 13 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::: Can you send me your questions to translate them in French please? Thank you. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:58, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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::::::: The questions don't have to be the same across the wikis. They can be different, and I would prefer that they were. I just have basic questions, like "What callsign is Kara known by?" etc. Come up with 5 to 10 questions with answers and just e-mail them to me, and I can put them into the backend. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:48, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::: Email sent. Thank you. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:56, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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::::::::: Looks like the Questy Capcha is doing a really great job. One downside though, now absolutely new comers to the BSG world will need to do some research to answer the questions before they start contributing. But, any way its not that much of a hurdle. Now, are you going to implement the same thing on the other wikis like wiki frakr. There are 127 spam articles waiting to be deleted there. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 11:16, 26 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::::: Yes, I haven't been able to get to that though because of my move and work schedule. (Besides, Wiki Frakr is a good control to measure how effective the Questy Captcha is.) As with anything else... there is a downside to using it, but i consider it a litmus test for people who want to contribute... if you really can't be bothered to answer simple questions (or do a Google search to answer them), then what good is getting an user account here? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:52, 26 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== AWA ==<br />
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I did not know that you had plans of offering hosting to wiki's leaving Wikia. Interesting to note. <br />
See: http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Anti-Wikia_Alliance#Are_there_alternatives_to_Wikia_for_hosting.3F<br />
-- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 06:37, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
: Well, we have the resources to create a small Wiki farm. Just need the people to run the thing, really. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:21, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:: Hi Joe, For this stuff to work, what do you need exactly? I'm interrested to transfer the ''Stargate'' wikis I have, and eventually try to maintain this kind of wiki farm, if you wish. Thank you for your answer. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:52, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
::: Mainly: Time on my end to set up the technical stuff, which I don't have right now as I work 70+ hours a week already. LOL -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:07, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
:::: Of course ;-). Do you already have the server location? If you do, I can eventually start to build the database and main frame. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 09:15, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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== Russian ==<br />
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Is there any way you could set up a Russian version of the wiki. What would you need. Please let me know if you are interested. Since this wiki is in Case Orange Mode (Most of the best contributors are on hiatus.), I thought it is difficult to arrive on consensus now, and you would have to take the choice. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 02:41, 22 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:If I read well the [[Battlestar Wiki:Translation Project#Articles Needing Translation|translation project]], you'll have to translate first the main policies in Russian. Plus, I think it's better for you to add your username in [[Battlestar Wiki:Translation Project#Contributors|the contributors section]] under a new subsection "Russian" (doesn't exist yet). It's a good way to highlight your excellent work ;-). --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:13, 23 February 2012 (EST)<br />
: What LIMAFOX said remains true. If you can translate the pertinent policies, I can do the behind-the-scenes stuff to make a Russian-language wiki live. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:26, 23 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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==Edits to my edits==<br />
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Hi Joe ... just wanted to thank you for cleaning up a few of the pages I was working on - I'm still getting the hang of editing in here so I might leave a small trail of destruction, but I'll try to keep the damage to a minimum - see you around -- (Chris) [[User:Flatulist|Flatulist]] 21:57, 17 April 2012 (EDT)<br />
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: Not a problem, Chris! Keep up the good work! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:49, 22 April 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== Spanish wiki ==<br />
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Hello! I'm [[User:Erechel|Erechel]]. You have sended me a message in which you thanked me for editing the spanish wiki, and offered me help. <br />
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I think that I'm the only active editor in it, and I've discovered several incongruences and mistakes in the wiki, but my scripting abilities are very limited. I've tried to standardize the templates in all those pages that need them, but some of them are beyond my capacity. I've tried to copy and paste the templates from the english version, and traduce wherever it's necessary, and even create some very simple template messages (stub, disambiguation, traduction in progress), but those with particular data are difficult to me.<br />
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The wiki needs some corrections in the templates, particulary {{Datos del episodio}} and {{flags}}, but some revision in the others will do no harm. Well, thank you, and I hope you help me. <br />
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Bye<br />
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==Thanks==<br />
Just wanted to say thanks for leaving messages on the accounts that put stuff on my talk page yesterday. I wasn't sure how to handle it and you took care of it. [[User:Talos|Talos]] 14:26, 20 September 2012 (EDT)<br />
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: Not a problem! :) Not sure why someone would come up with a username that's basically nonsensical letters and numbers anyway... Having said that, I wanted to give the person in question benefit of the doubt, even though odds are that the guy was a spammer.<br />
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: Thanks for being on top of the spammer thing. I'm trying to figure out how to head these guys off so that it's not as ridiculous as it's geting. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:46, 20 September 2012 (EDT)<br />
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==B&C Uniforms==<br />
Hey Joe. Saw you said you have access to Battlestar B&C uniforms. Is this something that we will get to see in due time? Perhaps something from ANOVOS? <br />
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[[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]]<br />
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: Yes. Can't really speak on it all right now, but exciting things are afoot. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:30, 19 November 2012 (EST)<br />
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== MD repository ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Could you please grant me local admin rights on [[:md:]] as I can make a <big>'''big'''</big>, big clean-up on it to remove spaming (using the "Nuke" special function as an example to go faster). The global admin function doesn't allow me to do it. Thank you very much. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 06:04, 20 November 2012 (EST)<br />
: Today was a very big cleanup day: 158 spam pages deleted and 218 spammers and potential ones blocked, not counting the work I made the previous days. Completely crasy!!! Too much work to do here on the media repository.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:41, 26 November 2012 (EST)<br />
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== wiki logo ==<br />
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yo. so this is out of the blue, but i'd love to contribute a new logo for the header. at least on my browser, it's never looked quite right... anything we (i) can do? or should i just shut up? [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 21:01, 1 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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: What did you have in mind? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:04, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:: It also does not suit the bsg-light skin. If you have any ideas, which would look good on both the dark and light skins. It would be awesome. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 02:31, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::i don't want to insult whoever created the current header, but it has always looked like a pretty rough photoshop job to me, the lines aren't very clean. i'd like to see something cleaner, more graphical. <br />
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:::this is something i did pretty quickly, inspired by the battlestar galactica online logo. it's not precisely what i had in mind (particularly the font below), but sort of in that vein. could also do something closer to what we have now, just like i said - a little cleaner... suggestions would be greatly appreciated. i have no idea what bsg-light looks like though. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 03:44, 2 December 2012 (EST) <br />
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<center>http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp185/i_em_no_cylon/battlestarwiki-1.jpg</center><br />
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:::: Nice idea. I can see where you're going with this. As much as I like the idea behind the current logo (mirroring ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> wall emblem), it could use a bit more flash. <br />
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:::: I would get rid of the domain in the logo (we're not a ".com" BTW) and simply say "Battlestar Galactica Wiki".<br />
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:::: Of course, any one else following this discussion is free to share potential logo ideas, too. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:05, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::::wow that was a pretty stupid error, wasn't it? in any case, you're right it should just say "wiki"... experimenting with different ways of doing that though. also experimenting with different textures for the phoenix symbol. have one with the surface of the ''galactica'' in the works, but also considering something reminiscent of the hull of a viper. though those might be contradictory to my "clean" look. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 14:38, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::::couple more ideas... still not loving the "wiki" part. figuring all that out. second option is my favorite, though i do kind of like the third. gives you an idea of my thought process here. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 06:25, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::::: I'd like to share this on our Facebook page, if you don't mind. Just to see what people's reactions to it are. (Obviously, it'll be noted that its a WIP and by no means set in stone.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:31, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::::for sure. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 15:37, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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Some initial feedback via FB here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151309472469925&set=a.428921939924.197093.18130149924&type=1 -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:44, 8 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:ok that's cool... they like the ones i don't really favor haha. i really just prefer the simple red one. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 20:30, 8 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::so what's the consensus? [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 00:44, 13 January 2013 (EST)<br />
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==Spammertalk==<br />
Is there any way to hide the spammertalk updates from the 'recent changes' list? Really getting irritating to sort through... [[user:Frylock86|Frylock86]] - 06:31 PM 12/11/12 EST<br />
: On the RC page, just change the namespace dropdown from "all" to "(Main)". You should see something [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?namespace=0&title=Special%3ARecentChanges like this]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:55, 11 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::Hi,<br/>I think we broke the daily spamming record: 44 spammers (for now at 4.50PM CET)! Incredible. They know all the answers to the questions asked in Simple Captcha. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:52, 17 December 2012 (EST) - Update: '''52''' at 9:20PM CET. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:23, 17 December 2012 (EST)<br />
:::If it's possible, maybe we should just temporarily shut down the registration system (two or three days?) until this spamming wave passes. -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 18:46, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::::I'll look into that.... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:56, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::::I'm rolling out the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount ConfirmAccount] extension. That should allow us to filter out most of the Cylon agents before they become a problem. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:15, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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I've implemented the "Confirm Account" feature, so that should stop spammers from causing too much problem. We'll have to watch the [[Special:ConfirmAccounts]] page, but that's simpler than what's being done now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:14, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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== Access to French Wiki. ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I cannot access to the [[:fr:|French wiki]]. I have a SQL database message error. I cannot connect to my UserID to. It seems that the database has really screwed up. Is it possible to fix this please? Thank you very much. Best Regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 06:49, 18 June 2014 (EDT)<br />
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There are a lot of SQL errors in other wikis too. For example on the german wiki, when I klick "Recent changes": Database Error „1194: Table 'recentchanges' is marked as crashed and should be repaired (localhost)“ --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 06:31, 2 August 2014 (EDT)<br />
: Hi Joe,<br/>I hope you're well. Did you make some repair on the French wiki? Hope so. Thank your for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:01, 2 February 2015 (EST)<br />
:: Hi Joe, do you have any answer yet. If you want to simplify your task, you can create a new blank database. I will fill it. Thank you. Cheers --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:02, 23 April 2015 (EDT)<br />
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== Welcome back! ==<br />
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I can log in today. Congratulations on your successful repairs! -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 22:06, 30 January 2015 (EST)<br />
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== Florida ==<br />
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'''I lived in Orlando during the big 3 that was an ugly couple months without electricity or water.<br />
(Hurricane Charlie, Frances and Jeanne)<br />
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Since I consider Galactica to be a geek culture related entertainment and you live in Florida have you heard of the Dice Tower convention in Kissimmee? Its a board game convention that last 5 days.<br />
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SS''' {{unsigned|Navaji}}<br />
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: Hello SS! I haven't heard of it. Also, I no longer live in Florida, having moved to California some time ago. Still, send me whatever information you have on the Dice Tower Convention, and I'll take a look! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:14, 6 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
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== Skin job ==<br />
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With the wiki online we really need to get it back looking its best. The 'Timeless' theme is a little scruffy in places compared to Monobook with inconsistent use of fonts and category placements. How do we go about editing this theme to bring back the classic BSwiki Burgundy and Gold look and feel? Should be usilise modern webfont code to bring familiar and relevant fonts like Battlestar, Spaceage/Galactiguise, Bank Gothic, Eurostile etc to things like headers and subheadings<br />
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Also what is going to be done about the battlestarwikiclone? I gather there were some discussions about shutting it down and redirecting back to this wiki but its still very much online and clowding google search results.<br />
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Lastly I've been in discussions with the .wiki registrar but that conversation is best to be done in private.<br />
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Regards<br />
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: 1. Agreed. It's going to take time for that, so if you have any mockup ideas you want to throw together in PhotoShop, I'd definitely like to see 'em! <br />
: 2. I've been talking to Shane @ Wikiclone, but he dropped off back in late May. I've been trying to reestablish communication with him to see what we can do to either obtain the domain name or update the Wikiclone to point to the resurrected Wiki.<br />
:3. Ping me on the .wiki thing. Not sure if that's even worth obtaining, as I feel it's just vanity -- but if it's a no-brainer price, then that might change my mind. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:49, 16 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
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== Interwiki to "my" French Battlestar Wiki ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Hope you're well. I would like to suggest you the following. As I try to maintain, improve and update the French Battlestar wiki on my personal server, would it be possible to update your "fr" interwiki url link like the following:<br />
<pre>http://fr.battlestarwiki.ddns.net/index.php/$1</pre><br />
Two reasons for that:<br />
* First, the French wiki is configured as I desire (Semantic MediaWiki + other stuff) so I do not have to ask you some extra extensions on the main site.<br />
* Second, I give up my semantic English version and update my "en" interwiki link to BW (not a lot of time to spend on it unfortunately).<br />
Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 00:38, 17 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
::There used to be a French wiki installed on this website before it went dark for a year or two. Perhaps you'd like to take ownership of that here if we brought it back online? At the moment by spinning off onto your own website/personal server and using our branding you are causing a potential audience confusion. We want to bring the full Battlestar Wiki family back online here on this domain and it looks like you have the passion to lead the FR project here.<br />
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::Secondly you've done a nice colour scheme of Vector and keeping the angled corners which is nice. The original BSwiki themes that I co-developed are no longer compatible with the latest versions of MediaWiki and we are about to embark on developing new skins but in the mean time could we use what you've made? If you want to email me any skin code please do so at matt@simsmail.co.uk and we can have a better chat --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 06:32, 18 July 2019 (PDT)</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Joe_Beaudoin_Jr.&diff=216999User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.2019-07-18T13:32:34Z<p>Mercifull: /* Interwiki to "my" French Battlestar Wiki */</p>
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== Military Ranks ==<br />
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Just a few concluding remarks I don't blame you for what you did, where I in your position I would have done the same thing. The reason I didn't respond to Serenity's first post was because until yesterday I had been unable to figure out how. As far as fear of retribution, I've never really been involved with a wiki before so I wasn't really sure what to expect and was kind of intimidated. I appreciate you're addressing my issues. Not only did it help me understand why things were happening the way they were, but it also made me feel like my input was welcome and that was all I was asking for. I am anxious to see any clarification you can offer in the weeks ahead because I find this a rather fascinating topic.<br />
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Thanks again for the clarification. {{unsigned|Grandmaester314}}<br />
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== BG S4.1 in Latin America ==<br />
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In Latin America, Season Four of Battlestar Galactica airs on Saturdays and Sundays on [http://www.canalspace.tv Space].<br />
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== Dynamic Page List ==<br />
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Hi, I just checked all feature about BW and I didn't see the Dynamic Page List feature. Do you plan one day to install it because it's very useful?--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:32, 19 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
: Perhaps. I'll talk with [[User:Shane|Shane]] about this. -- [[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> 21:08, 20 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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=== Examples ===<br />
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Here are some examples I made for the Stargate Wiki FR:<br />
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* To see minor characters:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:LigneMineurs Automatic generation of a line with five stamps] using DPL with entry of the series, the season, and the first article sorted.<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Personnages_Universe/Mineurs/Saison_Un/Page_1 Automatic generation of minor characters for the first page] with automatic sort by last name<br />
**[http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Personnages_Universe/Mineurs/Saison_Un Automatic creation of minor character stamps page links] with automatic image update and automatic update of the first and the last character name of this page.<br />
* To see objects:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Ligne Automatic generation of a line]. All you juste have to do is to put the correct category.<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Armes Autogeneration of a page] with the famous lines.<br />
* To resume objects in a bottom navigation bar:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Divers Nav bar] automaticaly updated (put the right category)<br />
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All you have to do with this kind or templates is to put the right category and DPL (with a purge) will do the rest. The main purpose of DPL is to avoid editing when the database can do the stuff for you. You don't have to edit an article or a template to update with new article of the same category. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:28, 21 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== What about RFA and RFB for French BW ? ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br />
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I'm on the verge to edit the policy for the french version of [[BW:RFA|Request for Admninship]] and [[BW:RFB|Request for Bureaucratship]]. I need your help for this two policies.<br />
# Do I just translate the English version with the same vote system than the main site?<br />
# Do I have to do it in another way?<br />
# Is the principle of request the same than the main site?<br />
Thanks for answering.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: If you have any suggestions as to improve the policies in question, then that would work well. Until the French wiki has more contributors, I don't think the RFA and RFB are really going to work all that well, and so administrators are promoted on a case-by-case basis as determined by you, me, and Shane. -- [[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> 13:10, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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:: Until I design or translate all the templates needed and the main page, I think there will not be a lot of contributors. The main problem is the lack of French and French-speaking people who speak English fluently. French people are not very confortable with English, so it's very difficult for them to contribute unless they have seen the show and are fans. With your agreement, I will just create one page for RFA and RFB with the statement you said above (Shane, you and me).<br/>FYI, all the episodes of the [[Re-Imagined Series]] have been aired in France, and have been released in DVD format (I just saw the Season 4 Part 2 Set yesterday in a supermarket) . --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:22, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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::: Understandable. And, yes, this works for me. I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your hard work! It is certainly appreciated! :D -- [[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> 15:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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:::: Thanks for encouraging. ;-) -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 17:50, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Wiki Store (FR) and iTunes (FR) ==<br />
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Hi again,<br />
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I can see on the Support section of the sidebar many links to affiliates (like Amazon and iTunes). Can I (or not) create similar links to french Amazon and iTunes store with french official stuff from ''Battlestar Galactica'' Franchise? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 18:06, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: I'll have to look into it. So don't worry about it for now. -- [[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> 19:18, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
:: OK. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:15, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== German Battlestarwiki ==<br />
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For days, I have been trying to access the german Battlestarwiki - without success. Is it offline? Under maintenance?--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 17:01, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: I'm checking into it. I'll let you know when it's back online. -- [[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> 17:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: It's back up. ;-) -- [[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> 18:22, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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::Thank you!--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 18:59, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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* Hello. I cannot look at articles with galleries. E.G. if I open http://de.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Pegasus_%28RDM%29 i cannot see the article. If I kill the gallery everything is alright. Whats the problem? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 16:26, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I'm looking into this right now and will get back to you. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:29, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Ok, it's working now. There was a conflict with one of the extensions and MW 1.16. I've disabled it. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:14, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: Great, thank you. and can you tell me, where the mistake in this template is?: http://de.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Vorlage:Stammbaum --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 17:26, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::: No problem. As for the template: I would just port the english Familytree template over from scratch, and see if you get the same errors. I don't have the time to do it now, but I did put it on my to-do list. If you can't get to it, then I'll be able to do so after the Easter holiday. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:39, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::::I will try it tomorrow or this evening, but I can remember, that I once copy and paste it from the german wikipedia site and it also doesnt work correctly. {{unsigned|Enabran}}<br />
:::::: It's a complicated template. I know that [[User:Shane|Shane]] had problems porting it over as well... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:14, 24 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: I don't know anything about templates, but after hours of testing it seems to work :-) (maybe an easter wonder). As first attempt I created the [[de:Vorlage:Stammbaum zylonischer Evolution|german version]] of your [[Template:Cylon evolution tree|zylon tree]]. But I do not know why there is so much free space between the top and the first line. Maybe you can take a look at it? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 09:01, 25 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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Will the german wiki come back?<br />
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== Happy holidays ==<br />
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Hi Joe! Just wanted to say hi and happy holidays to you and yours. I am well, hope you are too. [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 04:43, 19 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
: Hi Jeremy! Happy Holidays! I am doing well, and I'm glad to see that you are 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> 17:57, 21 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Hah, I feel bad now. ==<br />
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Since I've joined here, the only thing I've been doing is tinkering with the Glare page. Now I feel bad that's all I've been doing. =/ I gotta help out for the reals, so do any pages need serious revision/are missing a lot of crap that I can help out with? --[[User:NeutraVega|NeutraVega]] 19:40, 26 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: Hi there! :D Sorry for the long delay in replying, but we had the database locked and the site moved to new servers, thus the delay. Anyway, we could use the most help on the [[Caprica pilot]] page and subjects relating to ''Caprica''. So if you'd like to start there, that'd be great. :) -- [[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> 16:27, 30 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Advertising and problem on media repository ==<br />
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Hi Joe and Happy New Year,<br/><br />
As I already said to Shan, I can see that you succeed to bring back the wiki. Congratulations. I have two point to ask.<br />
# I made a donation for the wiki to avoid advertising but I still have them on the screen, why? Thank you for your answer.<br />
# On the media repository, I tried to upload an image. It is actually somewhere in the directory but the sofware is unable to create a thumbnail. It says that it cannot find the "convert" file on the server. So for now, it's impossible to add new images on the media repository.<br />
Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:48, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Happy New Year to you too! :D <br />
: Anyway, I went ahead and upgraded your account to sponsor status, so you shouldn't see the ads. If you do, try logging in and out again. If that doesn't work, a hard refresh should clear the cache. As for the convert issue, I'll have Shane look into it. -- [[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> 15:55, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
:: Thanks, I've no ads anymore. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:57, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
::: Awesome! :D -- [[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> 16:33, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
: Fixed the issue with the media repository as well. Cheers. -- [[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> 21:16, 16 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== InterBot and BS Pegasus ==<br />
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Hi Joe.<br/><br />
1. It seems that [[:fr:User:InterBot|InterBot]] doesn't work because the interwiki link I made on the pages I created aren't duplicated on the other wikis.<br/><br />
2. I don't have access to [http://www.battlestarpegasus.com/ BS Pegasus] either. It says it's forbidden. Is there any problem since the server transfer or something?<br/><br />
Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 21:41, 14 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hi,<br/>Still doesn't work for both points. Do you have any answer for that please? Thanks. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:23, 29 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Sorry, I've been pretty busy. (Barely have had time to really work on the wiki, other than to greet the newcomers.) To answer your questions: <br />
: 1. Shane needs to reprogram the InterBot. He hasn't had time to do that as he's been working on projects for Best Buy.<br />
: 2. The BS Pegasus site is down. No ETA on when that'll be back up as it isn't priority. -- [[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> 01:35, 30 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Calendar dates on auction items ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br />
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I expanded the [[Colonial calendar#Different Dating Methods]] section with information from a couple of auction items and noticed in the process that you wrote at least some of the blog entries at battlestarprops.com. Do you recall seeing any calendar items I haven't mentioned yet, and if so, could you point me to their pictures? It would also be nice to see a higher resolution scan of Socrata's medal of valor document, if one is available.<br />
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Regards,<br />
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-- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 19:55, 28 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: I honestly never really paid all that much attention to the dating thing, since it was all made up anyway. (''Star Trek'''s "stardate" system is a very good example of this, actually. It isn't until they did TNG that they really put thought into it.) There is very little consistency behind the dating on any of the paperwork; in television production, much of it is thrown together—some of it even at the very last minute—even taking into account the quality of BSG's paperwork being higher than other genre television series. It isn't until ''Caprica'' that they really tried to address the issue of the Colonial dating method, because it's simply not natural not to have characters ''not'' say "Hey Lacy, meet me for lunch on Saturday." <br />
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: As for photos of the stuff, the [http://archive.propworx.com Propworx archive] has photos of everything that's been auctioned through Propworx. I also know of a few fans who have won many paperwork documents from the BSG auctions (both live and via eBay) that have taken the time to scan them, but most of their work is on private boards and some prop replication communities. -- [[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> 02:34, 29 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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Thanks. The scans on that site have a much higher resolution and I already found a couple of items with supposed dates. I would like to document them in the article primarily to establish that there was no real system in the re-imagined series as opposed to ''Caprica''. Such random alphanumerics also suggest to the reader that the dates in Adama's dossier need not be correct necessarily (e.g. the year 20000+). -- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 18:16, 29 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== "pos" extended parser function ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I would like to ask if it is possible to add the "'''''pos'''''" Parser Function into the wiki, this will allow to do some research more easily (for example to do an action on pages with a certain text and not on the others). Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:57, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Do you have a link so I can check this out? I take it this is an extension to MW. -- [[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> 13:15, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:: Check [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions this link] to see. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 18:20, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::: It's now installed. I'd be interested to see how you use this. Cheers! -- [[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> 20:19, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::: One example for the moment:<br />
::::* The [[fr:Modèle:Apparitions Télésuite, 1re nuit|Modèle:Apparitions Télésuite]] template using [[fr:Modèle:Apparition]]. I use the '''''pos''''' to show the number of apparitions only on the Apparition page (condition) :<br />
::::** When you see it inside the episode: [[fr:Télésuite, 1re nuit#Apparition des personnages|Télésuite, 1re nuit#Apparition des personnages]]<br />
::::** When you see it inside the characters apparition page: [[fr:Liste des apparitions des personnages par épisode#Battlestar Galactica|Liste des apparitions des personnages par épisode]]. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:31, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== HTML activation ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I think the wiki has not the HTML function activated because I tried to import some Wikipedia template to adapt them to the wiki and those have htlm writing inside and it doesn't work. So, please, is it possible to activate html editing in the french wiki?<br/>Thanks a lot. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:34, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
: Which templates are affected? -- [[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> 16:39, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::[[fr:Modèle:Infobox/Ligne mixte|This one]] for example. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:47, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::: Why not just use the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables wikicode table syntax]? -- [[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> 17:06, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::: I tried it but there is an issue when you use a template using parser function inside another template using parser functions. It doesn't recognise at all a link (an image for an example) created by the template inside, it separates the link like a colspan. At least, is it possible to activate only the <code><nowiki><td><hr><tr></nowiki></code> tags? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:21, 23 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::: OK, I should get to activating those HTML tags sometime tonight. -- [[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> 17:44, 24 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== SVG generation ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I hope you're fine, I've seen a little problem with the SVG generator. It doesn't work properly. Here is the message I get :<br />
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<code>Erreur lors de la création de la miniature : /usr/bin/rsvg: not found</code><br />
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I think it's a missing file forgot during the transfer last december. Thank you for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:21, 16 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: It's that rsvg isn't presently installed on the new server. I'll send in a support request. -- [[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> 18:39, 17 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:: Hi, Joe,<br/>Still doesn't work, sorry. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:36, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::: Yeah, that's because I was sidetracked and neglected sending that support request. I've sent it in and hope to hear from someone in the next 48 hours. Sorry about that. -- [[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> 19:34, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::: OK, they've installed it. All should be good now. :) -- [[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> 00:29, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::: YES, it's working. Thanks. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::: Hi Joe, I think I've a bit too quick to say Hurra. There is still a problem. There is no generation of image but instead of, we have the name of the file. See [[:fr:Modèle:Drapeau]] or [[:fr:Michael Rymer]] for example. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:11, 12 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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:::::: Looking into it now... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:13, 13 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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::::::: I'd have to track down the exact error, since our server host doesn't supply tech support for MediaWiki (understandably so) an Shane is busy with projects. Of course, I have no time to do it right not until mid-October because I am committed to other projects right now. Would it be possible to use PNGs for the flags until we can get the SVG issue ironed out? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 01:37, 16 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== removal of my question ==<br />
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Hi !<br />
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Yes, it was a real question : how could the pegasus avoid further contamination by the Cylon virus. Is this answered in future episodes ?<br />
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Why did you simply remove my question ?<br />
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Regards,<br />
Nixab (new fan and new contributor here).<br />
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:I think it's a valid question, Joe, so I noted that the answer is in [[Razor]] and spelled it out in the [[Answered Questions from Season 2 (RDM)#Pegasus|Answered Questions from Season 2]]. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 03:25, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Fair enough, and I agree. Sorry for the inconvenience. -- [[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> 05:11, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Jupiter-class battlestar issue ==<br />
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I have a problem with your edit of my edit on the Jupiter class battlestar Galactica. The book I refered to is canon since it was written by the science advisor to BSG and sactioned by SyFy and Ron Moore. If yoiu prefer your wiki not to contain official information then that is fine and I will not bother to add any other information to your site. I will rely solely on official material such as this book. Cancel my membersip please. <br />
Good Bye. {{unsigned|Lonewriter}}<br />
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: Please refer to [[BW:CITE#Acceptable_Sources|Acceptable Sources]], which list the sources of what makes something canon. Just because there is an error in a book sanctioned by Syfy Channel, does not mean it is automatically canon. As I've only started reading the book, I've already noticed errors (mostly with spelling, such as Cally's name), that raises a few doubts in my mind when it comes to how thoroughly the book was copyedited. <br />
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: As I believe I had explained, the episode that the writers of the book refer to ("Pegasus") does ''not'' make mention of ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> class. ''At all.'' So, they made a mistake, or improperly cited the source. (Now, if it came from the script for that episode, I can see that. We've used scripts as sources before.)<br />
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: Now, if Ron Moore or David Eick were to come out and say "well, they're right, ''Galactica'' is a ''Jupiter'' class" then we will certainly note that, and cite that it came from them. Furthermore, maybe I wasn't clear, but I'm not saying that we should throw out the reference at all, but '''it needs to be pointed out that the way the information is present is in ''direct contradiction to what viewers saw on screen.''''' <br />
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: Believe me, were this information aired in "Pegasus" fans would have eaten that up, just like they (we) ate up the whole ''Mercury'' class reference that Adama made before Cain boarded the ship. :)<br />
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: Now, as to your immature comment, it does suggest that you probably wouldn't be a good editor here, because you don't seem to understand how to critically analyze information, or the necessity of viewing all information with a critical eye. That's fine. There are people who simply don't have that ability. There's nothing wrong with that. Also, you don't have to use the site, at all. I hate to be disingenuous and brusque, but if you're going to use appeals to emotion instead of actually bothering to do the research (which I, and many, many fans have done over the past five-plus years) then you're welcome to leave and never look back.<br />
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: However, let me be particularly clear when I say this: what I have done is pointed out this error, which you've brought to our attention, so thank you for that. Now, if you want to act like a prima donna and storm off in a huff, then that's your call. You're more than welcome to stay, or you are more than welcome to leave. Ball is in your court. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 02:58, 22 October 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== William Adama edits ==<br />
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I seem to find the spoiler tag formatting (I edit on wikipedia but we have nothing similar there) so I'm just going to be as vague as I can be and hope you understand. While reading over the spoilered info on William Adama's page that you recently added I realized that you have a character connection slightly off. If you check my edit history, you'll see I made a similar change on a related page. Hope that's enough for you to see what I meant (since I can't edit the Old Man's page). [[User:Millahnna|Millahnna]] 23:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
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: Yes, I got what you meant! I'll make the correction now! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 02:41, 25 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
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== Duram's files at Propworx ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br />
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Have you preserved alternate photographs of Duram's files which are now on eBay? The available photo makes Clarice's file halfway legible, but I'm curious what's in Amanda's and other files. I'm not planning on buying them though, since I'm only interested in the information, not in provenance. Even so, thanks for participating in the auctions — the photos have provided so much useful information that would've normally disappeared with the shows. -- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 22:10, 5 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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: I'd have to ask Jarrod, since he's the one who oversees the Caprica auction stuff out in LA. (I'm not in LA, so I don't have easy access to this stuff myself.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:00, 5 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== Reference in Template ==<br />
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What does putting the ref in break? I don't see anything unusual except that the 33 has to be bracketed to be a link. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 22:47, 7 March 2011 (UTC)<br />
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: Issue is that the brackets are printed out, and they really shouldn't be. I guess I'll have to modify the infobox template to deal with that. Basically a separate field that is only for references, like "|seenref=". -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:42, 8 March 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== Affiliation ==<br />
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Hello would you like this wiki to affiliate with my independent wiki http://stargate-wiki.org/ ? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 23:38, 25 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Hi there, feel free to e-mail me directly at joe@frakmedia.net so we can talk about it more. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:44, 25 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
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Not sure if you got my email or not, anyway, would you prefer to join the SIWA Network (Scifi independent wiki alliance)? http://siwanetwork.webs.com Basically just lets more people interlink with these wikis and its always good to have more links to your site laying around. It costs nothing and we dont really ask for anything in return. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 06:35, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Thank you for the offer, but I will decline. I really see no benefit for this wiki and its contributors in being a part of the SIWA Network. In fact, I feel that our inclusion would only be beneficial for you, seeing as we have a wide exposure. We've run into loose fan organizations like SIWA before, and frankly they are not worth the bandwidth that it takes to pull up the webpage. Our experience is that such things are not professionally run and are basically glorified fly-by-night operations operated by unprofessional, doe-eyed fans with unrealistic expectations. Nothing personal against you, it is just our experience. And, as for traffic and links, we've found that being a part of a glorified "webring" has no return on investiment. A majority of new traffic has always, and without fail, come from two sources: 1) word-of-mouth (forums and social networks), and 2) search engines. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:25, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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I had 22 new visitors to my site because of SIWA. Your loss i guess. Also it really doesn't make it less offensive when you call me: unprofessional, doe-eyed fan with unrealistic expectations then say no offence. Even you should see that. Well if you change your mind, let me know. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 11:56, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: And how many of those 22 people will stick around and contribute in the long-haul? Since there are so many Stargate wikis out there, those results aren't surprising... and, don't get your hopes up, as they will be short lived. Traffic from web rings and "alliances" is short-lived, and with extremely poor to negligible long-term ROI. I've been running websites for the last 15 years, so I am well aware of what I'm taking about. <br />
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: Furthermore, I was not making a personal attack against you: I was making a general observation about such organizations. However, since you are keen to make it about yourself: given your behavior in the past towards another member of this website (and bringing problems from an outside wiki to this Wiki directly and without provocation from us), I find ''that'' unprofessional. End of subject. Thank you for the offer, and have a splendid day. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:16, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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Wow, take it overboard much. I was going to link certain articles like actors other work here etc but because of that attitude, you can forget it [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 12:21, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Your attitude and sour disposition are the problems here. After all, you were the one who [[User_talk:LIMAFOX76|brought outside problems from another website to this one]]. ''You'' initiated it here. ''You'' deliberately sought the user in question, tracked them to this website, and brought ''your'' problems to an open forum instead of taking it up with the user via e-mail. ''You'' involved us, and ''I'' put a stop to it. I have no ill will towards you personally, but your immature behavior here and your inability to properly deal with issues in a mature manner exemplifies why we are careful in associating with other organizations and websites.<br />
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: At any rate, I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors. Farewell. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:39, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::Wow alcohol and wiki editing should never be mixed, i don't remember writing most of that. Back to my original idea of affiliation, one of your bsg wiki 'friends' perhaps. Many BSG actors have been on Stargate. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 01:21, 30 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: We'll think about it, thanks. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:50, 30 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::Any more news on this? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 08:12, 4 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::We've thought about it, and we're not interested. Thank you for the offer, though. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:02, 4 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::::Forgive me for asking, but why not? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 03:26, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::The reasons outlined previously still apply, and we do not see the real, tangible long-term benefit in it. We've operated for a very long time without the need to "associate" ourselves with other websites as part of an alliance or organization, and given our prevalence we don't really see how it would benefit us. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:08, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::::::You don't see the benefit in having a couple hundred extra links to your site?...... Ok then. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 15:02, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::::Question: How is it that a "couple hundred extra links" equate affiliation? Anyone can add links to any wiki and not be affiliated. At best, it's link swapping. My issue with the so-called "affiliation" proposal you set before us is that you haven't presented a clear idea of what it means, only vague concepts. Your proposal lacks details on these important elements: purpose, method of execution/standards and practices, and the responsibilities of each party. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:37, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::::::::::I always thought of it more as like references on a resume (sort of) essentially that people trust your site and know that you would not affiliate with some fly-by-night operation-wiki full of useless crap. All it is is like a greenlight for users, they know that they can visit your site and it will be good, the only responsibility would be a link with any affiliates and any relevant links, which for me would probably be to actor/crew other work on either show. I don't know if you've even visited my site yet but I am growing it everyday and doing my best to reel in new users, your welcome to ask me anything about it. It's not some 142 page wikia site with no pics and a desperate admin trying to scam people. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 15:34, 6 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::::::Frankly, most of our web traffic has always come from either Wikipedia or search engines, and most people can already see the quality of the Battlestar Wiki... Link swapping does not work as well as you apparently think it does. So, not sure how affiliating with your network would really be to anyone's best interest, considering that we dominate search engine results. <br />
:::::::::::The best piece of advice I can give you is just develop content on your wiki to the best of your, and your team's, ability. Traffic will come naturally that way. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:33, 8 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Electronic smockers ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>There is another giant spam attack on the repository by electronic smockers. I just mark the articles and images for speedy delete. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:22, 5 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Sadly, I've noticed that... I've been trying a few different methods to block them, and think I've managed to block them on the EN wiki. We'll see. (I've just been battling it manually as I see it.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:15, 5 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Hi Joe,<br/>I found more old spammers who were selling certificates and car insurrances. I saw also two recent uploaded files: this one and this one. What do you thing about that? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:57, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::: Cool! I've also added those terms to the blacklist. As for the two files: those were uploaded by a spammer. Feel free to delete them. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:05, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::: Done. This spammer has been blocked too. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:13, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::: Hi Joe, I found iPhone spamming article on md. I added iPhone on both en and md blacklist. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:56, 8 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::::: Awesome! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:32, 8 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: Hi Joe, It's seems that the spamming business has goten other BW languages. I cleaned up the Chinese one and now I currently take the Spanish one but the spammers seem more subtil. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:08, 23 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: I think the Spanish wiki is cleaned now. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:41, 23 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Senior Chief rights on FR ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I don't know if I deserve them, but I would like to ask you if it is possible to grant me Senior Chief for the [[fr:|French BW]]. Thank you for your answer (Yes or No, no problem at all). --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:17, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I have no problem with giving you Senior Chief access. I just need to discuss this with Shane and a few others before I flip the switch. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:28, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: OK, no problem for that. Thank you. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:33, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: Hi Joe, just getting back from holidays, I'm just here to check if you have any news. Thank you very much. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:22, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: Been plenty busy myself, so I can relate! I'll upgrade you here in a bit. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:56, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::: Thanks a lot.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:58, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Not sure this is a gaffe ==<br />
<br />
[[He_That_Believeth_In_Me#Gaffes]] contains this final paragraph, which I think should be deleted:<br />
:Tracey tells Baltar prior to their intercourse that the door to the group's hideout is locked and that only the two of them are in the room, but when Jeanne returns with Derrick, she is able to reenter even though both Tracey and Baltar are still asleep (presumably she said this to put Baltar more at ease). <br />
Saying that a door is locked does not preclude the possibility of others entering. A locked door can be unlocked. Other doors on Galactica are locked with keypads (like the one rigged to blow up Romo Lampkin), and there is no reason to think Jeanne would not have the entry code. [[User:Dogger55|Dogger55]] 16:12, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Many of Galactica's hatches are lockable only from one side, not both. Further, only small arms lockers and other sensitive areas have keypads. Not every door has one. This isn't the starship ''Enterprise'', after all. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:26, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::I wasn't sure; that's why I wrote instead of deleting or changing. However, I went back and took a closer look. When Baltar first arrives at his new home (10:45), they knock to gain entry and the door is unlocked from the inside. You see a wheel for bolting/unbolting the door on the outside and on the inside. Around 14:30, you hear the door close and the bolt turn when Paula and Jeanne leave, and no other such sounds from then until Tracey "makes her move" on Baltar and agrees that the door is locked. It seems to me that whatever means they used to secure it, the door could be locked & unlocked from either side, and was clearly locked from the outside until the time Jeanne returned. [[User:Dogger55|Dogger55]] 17:57, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: OK, then make the correction. It's been a while since I've seen the episode. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:08, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Simple wiki ==<br />
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Theres a user that needs banning on the simple wiki - "oakley brand" [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 21:40, 15 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Saw him, done. Thanks --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 01:52, 16 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Operational costs. ==<br />
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I am really curious on how you are able to keep this wiki running, with only source of revenue being a few paying members, AdSense, AdBrite, and a few affiliations with Amazon and other stores. I mean I just see two ads per page, one on the top header, and one on the sidebar. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 10:15, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Actually, we're able to cover all of our monthly costs with these revenue sources. It's just finding that balance that was the issue. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:25, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: It also helps to dominate the search results when it comes to anything BSG related. Advertisers really love that kind of thing. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:26, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Really. Its kind of hard to believe. I am <s>amusing</s> assuming that, the only way this is working out is, your CPM for ads is a really high figure. Unfortunately the forum doesn't rank high in search rankings. Any plans of getting rid of the ancient vBulliten for something more SEO friendly like vanilla forums. If required I can be of some technical help. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 14:45, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: We've never made money from the forum, so that never factored much into it anyway. Thanks for the offer, but vBulletin has more than enough features that we need and vanilla forums don't seem to have the features that we need. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:55, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Article number on main BW portal. ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>It seems that the [http://www.battlestarwiki.org main BW portal] is not up to date regarding article number on all languages wikis. Is it possible to update it or put an automatic routine to avoid manual updates? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:08, 19 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: We did have a script that updated the article count, but I would need to talk to Shane about that. Also, I'm thinking we're going to ditch that main portal and come up with something more dynamic. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:46, 19 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Re-imagined categories ==<br />
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Greetings, I have a quick question, I have noticed that there seems to be "duplicate" categories for the re-imagined continuity, "RDM" and "TRS", that seems to be going along with the page renaming. What my question is, are pages supposed to be moved out of "RDM" and placed into "TRS" or something? --[[User:Typhoeus|Typhoeus]] 22:31, 4 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Basically, if it's in the "RDM" universe (that means ''Caprica'', ''Blood & Chrome'', ''Re-imagined BSG'') then it's classified as RDM. Otherwise, if it is specific to one show, such as [[Helena Cain]], then it is classified under both "RDM" and "TRS". Originally, we used RDM for just the Re-imagined Series, until the spinoffs/prequels came along. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:04, 4 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Recent spaming ==<br />
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Is it just me, or is there a recent increase in spamming? I am not around as often as I would like, so I am not entirely sure on this. If I could ask, what sort of anti spam features do you have? {{unsigned|Typhoeus}}<br />
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: It comes and goes. Basically, these are humans (instead of bots) who are paid to spam, and thus solve the captchas and the like. They have to fill out a captcha when they sign up for an account, and when they add a link in any page (new or established) a captcha will also come up. We have a blacklist for terms and the like, but that's why they come up with crazy titles for the spam pages. We've enabled a variety of anti-spam measures, but that's mostly good against automated bots. IP blocking isn't an option in these cases, as the manual spammers use proxies, and thus change their IP address every time they create a new account and spam. We could go draconian and prevent new accounts from posting, BUT then we make it extremely difficult for new contributors to actually contribute. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:31, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Usually, they spam in early Europe morning, when American sleep ;-).--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:51, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: LOL! They do seem to attack in the early morning! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:31, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: One more acting in USA's end of day ;-)--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:36, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Recent spaming (option) ==<br />
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With all the recent spamming, I think we should temporarily ban new sign ups for a while. It's just becoming too annoying seeing useless pages. I know you would disagree with the suggestion, but I see it as the only option available. [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey &quot;Shadow&quot; Danian]] 08:58, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: In my opinion, but I'm not the one who decides for this, It would be a mistake to do so. Yes it's annoying to see all this rubbish but by doing so, we prevent real genuine contributors to sign up and contribute, even if, for the moment there are not so many new real genuine contributors but there is still hope. Even in French Battlestar wiki, some spammers try to pollute the wiki but we are here to prevent this and to clean this wiki. They are more now, but not like Wikipedia, so we can clean quicky. But as I said first, it's just my opinion. Cheers.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 09:26, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I feel the frustration, and I've even briefly considered this as an option, but I don't see it as a big enough issue to temporarily ban new sign-ups (or run them through a rigorous sign-up process). Spamming has always been an issue on any Wiki, and to lock things down in such a matter would really dissuade genuine contributors from contributing. I know it may not seem like it, but we've always been spammed, and we will continue to be spammed; the volume of spam just seems massive because we're not expanding much in the way of content, like the way we were when the show was airing. <br />
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: Further, taking into consideration that most new contributors would not waste their time trying to jump through hoops just to contribute, we would just be shooting ourselves in the foot in the long run. (Actually, it takes only a few minutes to deal with them. Delete their contributions and ban them.) We've been very good about responding to spam in a reasonably timely manner, so I really don't see the need for such draconian measures right now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:42, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
:: Hi Joe,<br/>I saw the availabitily of the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiSpoof AntiSpoof extension] on MediaWiki. Is it an answer for us against spammer usernames? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:28, 9 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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== DISPLAYTITLE activation on the French Wiki ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Is it possible please to set the two following parameters in the ''LocalSetting.php'' file?<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgRestrictDisplayTitle $wgRestrictDisplayTitle] to ''false'';<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgAllowDisplayTitle $wgAllowDisplayTitle] to ''true''.<br />
Reason: allowing permission to see episode titles like the [[:fr:Modèle:ép|<nowiki>{{ép}}</nowiki>]] template. In the same way, can you disable the automatic système which add a caps letter at each word in the title. Thank you very much. Cheers.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:33, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: I'll activate these on the French wiki here in a bit. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:43, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: Activated. I'm very leery of actually deactivating the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgCapitalLinks CaptailLinks] feature because of the link breakage it may cause. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:32, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:: Weird. It doesn't seem to work (see [[:fr:33 minutes|this page]] with a DISPLAYTITLE). CaptailLinks is about the first captail letter of the title. I'm talking about the others, not the first. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:51, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::: Ah, I added quotes around the "false" and "true" variables, and MediaWiki doesn't like that. Should work now. The only thing is that you can't use wiki syntax within the <nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE}}</NOWIKI> code, since it renders the HTML tags as text. (See the "33" page.)<br />
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::: Also, the uppercase thing for the first word is a CSS attribute (as I recall) in the style sheet, so I can fix that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:04, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::: Is it possible to activate the wiki syntax on titles? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:48, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::: Not that I've seen. You can only change what the title says, not how it is styled. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:18, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::::: I think it's possible, just see the [[w:Template:Italic title|italic title]] template on Wikipedia. It is used especially for feature films and it's using wiki markup. May be it's just a parameter to set. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:28, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::::: I've looked through the template, and it's impossible to do it within the DISPLAYTITLE syntax itself. The italics must be applied on the outside, like so: <nowiki>''{{DISPLAYTITLE}}''</nowiki>. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:58, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::::::: At least, I will be able to put French quotes signe in the title. Yet, there is still First letter caps appearing on each word following the first one. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:42, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::::::: Hi, Joe. I checked again and I think the issue can be resolved by setting the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgUseTidy $wgUseTidy] parameter to true in LocalSettings.php. Check out if I'm right. Best regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 07:43, 23 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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== Possible solution against spammers ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>It seems that we may have a solution against spammers. It is called [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha QuestyCaptcha]. Semantic MediaWiki has used it for two weeks as they were invaded by spammers like us (same username style) and the number of spammers has been largely reduced since the installation. It may be a good solution for BW. What do you think? For instance, I deleted more than 25 spammer for two days in the media repository. Best Regards.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:14, 26 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: Would be nice if it worked! I'll check it out and see! :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:40, 26 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:: Have you considered the following extensions for preventing spam. <br />
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* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Check_Spambots<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GlobalBlocking<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiBot<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleAntiSpam<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Find_Spam<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamDnsblAlternative<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TorBlock<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiSpoof<br />
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:: -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 11:23, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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::: Yes. Spamming isn't a new problem on the Wiki; it's one that we've been dealing with on and off since the site's founding in 2005. The issue is that about half the so-called "spam blocking" software doesn't actually work on "manual spammers" — i.e. actual people behind the computer solving captchas and what not. Further, many bot software programs are actually better at circumventing and solving captchas, and so it's really a constant fight to keep up. <br />
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::: Also, half the extensions in your list are either beta, outdated (only working with older version of MW), or tend to conflict with other extensions. As I recall, we did have AntiBot running once, but that didn't quite work out well. I'll have to see if that works again after I upgrade the entire system to the 1.18.x series, though. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:40, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::: Hi Joe,<br/>I tested [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha QuestyCaptcha] on my English [http://stargate.wikkii.net/ Stargate Wiki] and let my [http://fr.stargate.wikkii.net French one] without. Results: 5 spam attacks in one night for the French one ([http://fr.stargate.wikkii.net/wiki/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial:Modifications_r%C3%A9centes see here]) and none for the English one ([http://stargate.wikkii.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges see here]). For the record, the English one was more targeted than the French one. I think it's a good solution to prevent spammer attacks, at least, spambots attacks. Best Regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 03:52, 3 March 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::: It's live. Let's see how well this does. We've used something similar before, and I hope this reduces the spammer issue. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:14, 13 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::: Can you send me your questions to translate them in French please? Thank you. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:58, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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::::::: The questions don't have to be the same across the wikis. They can be different, and I would prefer that they were. I just have basic questions, like "What callsign is Kara known by?" etc. Come up with 5 to 10 questions with answers and just e-mail them to me, and I can put them into the backend. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:48, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::: Email sent. Thank you. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:56, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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::::::::: Looks like the Questy Capcha is doing a really great job. One downside though, now absolutely new comers to the BSG world will need to do some research to answer the questions before they start contributing. But, any way its not that much of a hurdle. Now, are you going to implement the same thing on the other wikis like wiki frakr. There are 127 spam articles waiting to be deleted there. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 11:16, 26 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::::: Yes, I haven't been able to get to that though because of my move and work schedule. (Besides, Wiki Frakr is a good control to measure how effective the Questy Captcha is.) As with anything else... there is a downside to using it, but i consider it a litmus test for people who want to contribute... if you really can't be bothered to answer simple questions (or do a Google search to answer them), then what good is getting an user account here? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:52, 26 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== AWA ==<br />
<br />
I did not know that you had plans of offering hosting to wiki's leaving Wikia. Interesting to note. <br />
See: http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Anti-Wikia_Alliance#Are_there_alternatives_to_Wikia_for_hosting.3F<br />
-- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 06:37, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
: Well, we have the resources to create a small Wiki farm. Just need the people to run the thing, really. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:21, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:: Hi Joe, For this stuff to work, what do you need exactly? I'm interrested to transfer the ''Stargate'' wikis I have, and eventually try to maintain this kind of wiki farm, if you wish. Thank you for your answer. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:52, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
::: Mainly: Time on my end to set up the technical stuff, which I don't have right now as I work 70+ hours a week already. LOL -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:07, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
:::: Of course ;-). Do you already have the server location? If you do, I can eventually start to build the database and main frame. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 09:15, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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== Russian ==<br />
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Is there any way you could set up a Russian version of the wiki. What would you need. Please let me know if you are interested. Since this wiki is in Case Orange Mode (Most of the best contributors are on hiatus.), I thought it is difficult to arrive on consensus now, and you would have to take the choice. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 02:41, 22 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:If I read well the [[Battlestar Wiki:Translation Project#Articles Needing Translation|translation project]], you'll have to translate first the main policies in Russian. Plus, I think it's better for you to add your username in [[Battlestar Wiki:Translation Project#Contributors|the contributors section]] under a new subsection "Russian" (doesn't exist yet). It's a good way to highlight your excellent work ;-). --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:13, 23 February 2012 (EST)<br />
: What LIMAFOX said remains true. If you can translate the pertinent policies, I can do the behind-the-scenes stuff to make a Russian-language wiki live. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:26, 23 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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==Edits to my edits==<br />
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Hi Joe ... just wanted to thank you for cleaning up a few of the pages I was working on - I'm still getting the hang of editing in here so I might leave a small trail of destruction, but I'll try to keep the damage to a minimum - see you around -- (Chris) [[User:Flatulist|Flatulist]] 21:57, 17 April 2012 (EDT)<br />
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: Not a problem, Chris! Keep up the good work! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:49, 22 April 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== Spanish wiki ==<br />
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Hello! I'm [[User:Erechel|Erechel]]. You have sended me a message in which you thanked me for editing the spanish wiki, and offered me help. <br />
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I think that I'm the only active editor in it, and I've discovered several incongruences and mistakes in the wiki, but my scripting abilities are very limited. I've tried to standardize the templates in all those pages that need them, but some of them are beyond my capacity. I've tried to copy and paste the templates from the english version, and traduce wherever it's necessary, and even create some very simple template messages (stub, disambiguation, traduction in progress), but those with particular data are difficult to me.<br />
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The wiki needs some corrections in the templates, particulary {{Datos del episodio}} and {{flags}}, but some revision in the others will do no harm. Well, thank you, and I hope you help me. <br />
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Bye<br />
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==Thanks==<br />
Just wanted to say thanks for leaving messages on the accounts that put stuff on my talk page yesterday. I wasn't sure how to handle it and you took care of it. [[User:Talos|Talos]] 14:26, 20 September 2012 (EDT)<br />
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: Not a problem! :) Not sure why someone would come up with a username that's basically nonsensical letters and numbers anyway... Having said that, I wanted to give the person in question benefit of the doubt, even though odds are that the guy was a spammer.<br />
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: Thanks for being on top of the spammer thing. I'm trying to figure out how to head these guys off so that it's not as ridiculous as it's geting. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:46, 20 September 2012 (EDT)<br />
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==B&C Uniforms==<br />
Hey Joe. Saw you said you have access to Battlestar B&C uniforms. Is this something that we will get to see in due time? Perhaps something from ANOVOS? <br />
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[[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]]<br />
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: Yes. Can't really speak on it all right now, but exciting things are afoot. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:30, 19 November 2012 (EST)<br />
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== MD repository ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Could you please grant me local admin rights on [[:md:]] as I can make a <big>'''big'''</big>, big clean-up on it to remove spaming (using the "Nuke" special function as an example to go faster). The global admin function doesn't allow me to do it. Thank you very much. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 06:04, 20 November 2012 (EST)<br />
: Today was a very big cleanup day: 158 spam pages deleted and 218 spammers and potential ones blocked, not counting the work I made the previous days. Completely crasy!!! Too much work to do here on the media repository.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:41, 26 November 2012 (EST)<br />
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== wiki logo ==<br />
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yo. so this is out of the blue, but i'd love to contribute a new logo for the header. at least on my browser, it's never looked quite right... anything we (i) can do? or should i just shut up? [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 21:01, 1 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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: What did you have in mind? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:04, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:: It also does not suit the bsg-light skin. If you have any ideas, which would look good on both the dark and light skins. It would be awesome. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 02:31, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::i don't want to insult whoever created the current header, but it has always looked like a pretty rough photoshop job to me, the lines aren't very clean. i'd like to see something cleaner, more graphical. <br />
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:::this is something i did pretty quickly, inspired by the battlestar galactica online logo. it's not precisely what i had in mind (particularly the font below), but sort of in that vein. could also do something closer to what we have now, just like i said - a little cleaner... suggestions would be greatly appreciated. i have no idea what bsg-light looks like though. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 03:44, 2 December 2012 (EST) <br />
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<center>http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp185/i_em_no_cylon/battlestarwiki-1.jpg</center><br />
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:::: Nice idea. I can see where you're going with this. As much as I like the idea behind the current logo (mirroring ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> wall emblem), it could use a bit more flash. <br />
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:::: I would get rid of the domain in the logo (we're not a ".com" BTW) and simply say "Battlestar Galactica Wiki".<br />
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:::: Of course, any one else following this discussion is free to share potential logo ideas, too. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:05, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::::wow that was a pretty stupid error, wasn't it? in any case, you're right it should just say "wiki"... experimenting with different ways of doing that though. also experimenting with different textures for the phoenix symbol. have one with the surface of the ''galactica'' in the works, but also considering something reminiscent of the hull of a viper. though those might be contradictory to my "clean" look. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 14:38, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::::couple more ideas... still not loving the "wiki" part. figuring all that out. second option is my favorite, though i do kind of like the third. gives you an idea of my thought process here. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 06:25, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::::: I'd like to share this on our Facebook page, if you don't mind. Just to see what people's reactions to it are. (Obviously, it'll be noted that its a WIP and by no means set in stone.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:31, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::::for sure. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 15:37, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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Some initial feedback via FB here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151309472469925&set=a.428921939924.197093.18130149924&type=1 -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:44, 8 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:ok that's cool... they like the ones i don't really favor haha. i really just prefer the simple red one. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 20:30, 8 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::so what's the consensus? [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 00:44, 13 January 2013 (EST)<br />
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==Spammertalk==<br />
Is there any way to hide the spammertalk updates from the 'recent changes' list? Really getting irritating to sort through... [[user:Frylock86|Frylock86]] - 06:31 PM 12/11/12 EST<br />
: On the RC page, just change the namespace dropdown from "all" to "(Main)". You should see something [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?namespace=0&title=Special%3ARecentChanges like this]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:55, 11 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::Hi,<br/>I think we broke the daily spamming record: 44 spammers (for now at 4.50PM CET)! Incredible. They know all the answers to the questions asked in Simple Captcha. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:52, 17 December 2012 (EST) - Update: '''52''' at 9:20PM CET. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:23, 17 December 2012 (EST)<br />
:::If it's possible, maybe we should just temporarily shut down the registration system (two or three days?) until this spamming wave passes. -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 18:46, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::::I'll look into that.... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:56, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::::I'm rolling out the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount ConfirmAccount] extension. That should allow us to filter out most of the Cylon agents before they become a problem. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:15, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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I've implemented the "Confirm Account" feature, so that should stop spammers from causing too much problem. We'll have to watch the [[Special:ConfirmAccounts]] page, but that's simpler than what's being done now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:14, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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== Access to French Wiki. ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I cannot access to the [[:fr:|French wiki]]. I have a SQL database message error. I cannot connect to my UserID to. It seems that the database has really screwed up. Is it possible to fix this please? Thank you very much. Best Regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 06:49, 18 June 2014 (EDT)<br />
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There are a lot of SQL errors in other wikis too. For example on the german wiki, when I klick "Recent changes": Database Error „1194: Table 'recentchanges' is marked as crashed and should be repaired (localhost)“ --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 06:31, 2 August 2014 (EDT)<br />
: Hi Joe,<br/>I hope you're well. Did you make some repair on the French wiki? Hope so. Thank your for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:01, 2 February 2015 (EST)<br />
:: Hi Joe, do you have any answer yet. If you want to simplify your task, you can create a new blank database. I will fill it. Thank you. Cheers --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:02, 23 April 2015 (EDT)<br />
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== Welcome back! ==<br />
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I can log in today. Congratulations on your successful repairs! -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 22:06, 30 January 2015 (EST)<br />
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== Florida ==<br />
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'''I lived in Orlando during the big 3 that was an ugly couple months without electricity or water.<br />
(Hurricane Charlie, Frances and Jeanne)<br />
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Since I consider Galactica to be a geek culture related entertainment and you live in Florida have you heard of the Dice Tower convention in Kissimmee? Its a board game convention that last 5 days.<br />
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SS''' {{unsigned|Navaji}}<br />
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: Hello SS! I haven't heard of it. Also, I no longer live in Florida, having moved to California some time ago. Still, send me whatever information you have on the Dice Tower Convention, and I'll take a look! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:14, 6 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
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== Skin job ==<br />
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With the wiki online we really need to get it back looking its best. The 'Timeless' theme is a little scruffy in places compared to Monobook with inconsistent use of fonts and category placements. How do we go about editing this theme to bring back the classic BSwiki Burgundy and Gold look and feel? Should be usilise modern webfont code to bring familiar and relevant fonts like Battlestar, Spaceage/Galactiguise, Bank Gothic, Eurostile etc to things like headers and subheadings<br />
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Also what is going to be done about the battlestarwikiclone? I gather there were some discussions about shutting it down and redirecting back to this wiki but its still very much online and clowding google search results.<br />
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Lastly I've been in discussions with the .wiki registrar but that conversation is best to be done in private.<br />
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Regards<br />
--[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 02:22, 16 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
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: 1. Agreed. It's going to take time for that, so if you have any mockup ideas you want to throw together in PhotoShop, I'd definitely like to see 'em! <br />
: 2. I've been talking to Shane @ Wikiclone, but he dropped off back in late May. I've been trying to reestablish communication with him to see what we can do to either obtain the domain name or update the Wikiclone to point to the resurrected Wiki.<br />
:3. Ping me on the .wiki thing. Not sure if that's even worth obtaining, as I feel it's just vanity -- but if it's a no-brainer price, then that might change my mind. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:49, 16 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
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== Interwiki to "my" French Battlestar Wiki ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Hope you're well. I would like to suggest you the following. As I try to maintain, improve and update the French Battlestar wiki on my personal server, would it be possible to update your "fr" interwiki url link like the following:<br />
<pre>http://fr.battlestarwiki.ddns.net/index.php/$1</pre><br />
Two reasons for that:<br />
* First, the French wiki is configured as I desire (Semantic MediaWiki + other stuff) so I do not have to ask you some extra extensions on the main site.<br />
* Second, I give up my semantic English version and update my "en" interwiki link to BW (not a lot of time to spend on it unfortunately).<br />
Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 00:38, 17 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
:There used to be a French wiki installed on this website before it went dark for a year or two. Perhaps you'd like to take ownership of that here if we brought it back online? At the moment by spinning off onto your own website/personal server and using our branding you are causing a potential audience confusion. We want to bring the full Battlestar Wiki family back online here on this domain and it looks like you have the passion to lead the FR project here.<br />
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Secondly you've done a nice colour scheme of Monobook and keeping the angled corners which is nice. The original BSwiki themes that I co-developed are no longer compatible with the latest versions of MediaWiki and we are about to embark on developing new skins but in the mean time could we use what you've made? If you want to email me any skin code please do so at matt@simsmail.co.uk and we can have a better chat --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 06:32, 18 July 2019 (PDT)</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Joe_Beaudoin_Jr.&diff=216988User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.2019-07-16T09:22:26Z<p>Mercifull: /* Skin job */ new section</p>
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== Military Ranks ==<br />
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Just a few concluding remarks I don't blame you for what you did, where I in your position I would have done the same thing. The reason I didn't respond to Serenity's first post was because until yesterday I had been unable to figure out how. As far as fear of retribution, I've never really been involved with a wiki before so I wasn't really sure what to expect and was kind of intimidated. I appreciate you're addressing my issues. Not only did it help me understand why things were happening the way they were, but it also made me feel like my input was welcome and that was all I was asking for. I am anxious to see any clarification you can offer in the weeks ahead because I find this a rather fascinating topic.<br />
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Thanks again for the clarification. {{unsigned|Grandmaester314}}<br />
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== BG S4.1 in Latin America ==<br />
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In Latin America, Season Four of Battlestar Galactica airs on Saturdays and Sundays on [http://www.canalspace.tv Space].<br />
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== Dynamic Page List ==<br />
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Hi, I just checked all feature about BW and I didn't see the Dynamic Page List feature. Do you plan one day to install it because it's very useful?--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:32, 19 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
: Perhaps. I'll talk with [[User:Shane|Shane]] about this. -- [[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> 21:08, 20 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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=== Examples ===<br />
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Here are some examples I made for the Stargate Wiki FR:<br />
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* To see minor characters:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:LigneMineurs Automatic generation of a line with five stamps] using DPL with entry of the series, the season, and the first article sorted.<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Personnages_Universe/Mineurs/Saison_Un/Page_1 Automatic generation of minor characters for the first page] with automatic sort by last name<br />
**[http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Personnages_Universe/Mineurs/Saison_Un Automatic creation of minor character stamps page links] with automatic image update and automatic update of the first and the last character name of this page.<br />
* To see objects:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Ligne Automatic generation of a line]. All you juste have to do is to put the correct category.<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Portail:Armes Autogeneration of a page] with the famous lines.<br />
* To resume objects in a bottom navigation bar:<br />
** [http://fr.stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Mod%C3%A8le:Divers Nav bar] automaticaly updated (put the right category)<br />
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All you have to do with this kind or templates is to put the right category and DPL (with a purge) will do the rest. The main purpose of DPL is to avoid editing when the database can do the stuff for you. You don't have to edit an article or a template to update with new article of the same category. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:28, 21 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== What about RFA and RFB for French BW ? ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br />
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I'm on the verge to edit the policy for the french version of [[BW:RFA|Request for Admninship]] and [[BW:RFB|Request for Bureaucratship]]. I need your help for this two policies.<br />
# Do I just translate the English version with the same vote system than the main site?<br />
# Do I have to do it in another way?<br />
# Is the principle of request the same than the main site?<br />
Thanks for answering.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:25, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: If you have any suggestions as to improve the policies in question, then that would work well. Until the French wiki has more contributors, I don't think the RFA and RFB are really going to work all that well, and so administrators are promoted on a case-by-case basis as determined by you, me, and Shane. -- [[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> 13:10, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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:: Until I design or translate all the templates needed and the main page, I think there will not be a lot of contributors. The main problem is the lack of French and French-speaking people who speak English fluently. French people are not very confortable with English, so it's very difficult for them to contribute unless they have seen the show and are fans. With your agreement, I will just create one page for RFA and RFB with the statement you said above (Shane, you and me).<br/>FYI, all the episodes of the [[Re-Imagined Series]] have been aired in France, and have been released in DVD format (I just saw the Season 4 Part 2 Set yesterday in a supermarket) . --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:22, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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::: Understandable. And, yes, this works for me. I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank you for all of your hard work! It is certainly appreciated! :D -- [[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> 15:21, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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:::: Thanks for encouraging. ;-) -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 17:50, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Wiki Store (FR) and iTunes (FR) ==<br />
<br />
Hi again,<br />
<br />
I can see on the Support section of the sidebar many links to affiliates (like Amazon and iTunes). Can I (or not) create similar links to french Amazon and iTunes store with french official stuff from ''Battlestar Galactica'' Franchise? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 18:06, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: I'll have to look into it. So don't worry about it for now. -- [[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> 19:18, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
:: OK. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:15, 28 October 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== German Battlestarwiki ==<br />
<br />
For days, I have been trying to access the german Battlestarwiki - without success. Is it offline? Under maintenance?--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 17:01, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: I'm checking into it. I'll let you know when it's back online. -- [[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> 17:05, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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: It's back up. ;-) -- [[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> 18:22, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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::Thank you!--[[User:Dvd-junkie|Dvd-junkie]] 18:59, 18 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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* Hello. I cannot look at articles with galleries. E.G. if I open http://de.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Pegasus_%28RDM%29 i cannot see the article. If I kill the gallery everything is alright. Whats the problem? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 16:26, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I'm looking into this right now and will get back to you. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:29, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Ok, it's working now. There was a conflict with one of the extensions and MW 1.16. I've disabled it. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:14, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: Great, thank you. and can you tell me, where the mistake in this template is?: http://de.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Vorlage:Stammbaum --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 17:26, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::: No problem. As for the template: I would just port the english Familytree template over from scratch, and see if you get the same errors. I don't have the time to do it now, but I did put it on my to-do list. If you can't get to it, then I'll be able to do so after the Easter holiday. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:39, 23 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::::I will try it tomorrow or this evening, but I can remember, that I once copy and paste it from the german wikipedia site and it also doesnt work correctly. {{unsigned|Enabran}}<br />
:::::: It's a complicated template. I know that [[User:Shane|Shane]] had problems porting it over as well... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:14, 24 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: I don't know anything about templates, but after hours of testing it seems to work :-) (maybe an easter wonder). As first attempt I created the [[de:Vorlage:Stammbaum zylonischer Evolution|german version]] of your [[Template:Cylon evolution tree|zylon tree]]. But I do not know why there is so much free space between the top and the first line. Maybe you can take a look at it? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 09:01, 25 April 2011 (EDT)<br />
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Will the german wiki come back?<br />
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== Happy holidays ==<br />
<br />
Hi Joe! Just wanted to say hi and happy holidays to you and yours. I am well, hope you are too. [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 04:43, 19 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
: Hi Jeremy! Happy Holidays! I am doing well, and I'm glad to see that you are 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> 17:57, 21 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Hah, I feel bad now. ==<br />
<br />
Since I've joined here, the only thing I've been doing is tinkering with the Glare page. Now I feel bad that's all I've been doing. =/ I gotta help out for the reals, so do any pages need serious revision/are missing a lot of crap that I can help out with? --[[User:NeutraVega|NeutraVega]] 19:40, 26 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: Hi there! :D Sorry for the long delay in replying, but we had the database locked and the site moved to new servers, thus the delay. Anyway, we could use the most help on the [[Caprica pilot]] page and subjects relating to ''Caprica''. So if you'd like to start there, that'd be great. :) -- [[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> 16:27, 30 December 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Advertising and problem on media repository ==<br />
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Hi Joe and Happy New Year,<br/><br />
As I already said to Shan, I can see that you succeed to bring back the wiki. Congratulations. I have two point to ask.<br />
# I made a donation for the wiki to avoid advertising but I still have them on the screen, why? Thank you for your answer.<br />
# On the media repository, I tried to upload an image. It is actually somewhere in the directory but the sofware is unable to create a thumbnail. It says that it cannot find the "convert" file on the server. So for now, it's impossible to add new images on the media repository.<br />
Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:48, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: Happy New Year to you too! :D <br />
: Anyway, I went ahead and upgraded your account to sponsor status, so you shouldn't see the ads. If you do, try logging in and out again. If that doesn't work, a hard refresh should clear the cache. As for the convert issue, I'll have Shane look into it. -- [[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> 15:55, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
:: Thanks, I've no ads anymore. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:57, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
::: Awesome! :D -- [[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> 16:33, 13 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
: Fixed the issue with the media repository as well. Cheers. -- [[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> 21:16, 16 January 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== InterBot and BS Pegasus ==<br />
<br />
Hi Joe.<br/><br />
1. It seems that [[:fr:User:InterBot|InterBot]] doesn't work because the interwiki link I made on the pages I created aren't duplicated on the other wikis.<br/><br />
2. I don't have access to [http://www.battlestarpegasus.com/ BS Pegasus] either. It says it's forbidden. Is there any problem since the server transfer or something?<br/><br />
Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 21:41, 14 February 2010 (UTC)<br />
:Hi,<br/>Still doesn't work for both points. Do you have any answer for that please? Thanks. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:23, 29 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: Sorry, I've been pretty busy. (Barely have had time to really work on the wiki, other than to greet the newcomers.) To answer your questions: <br />
: 1. Shane needs to reprogram the InterBot. He hasn't had time to do that as he's been working on projects for Best Buy.<br />
: 2. The BS Pegasus site is down. No ETA on when that'll be back up as it isn't priority. -- [[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> 01:35, 30 April 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Calendar dates on auction items ==<br />
<br />
Hi Joe,<br />
<br />
I expanded the [[Colonial calendar#Different Dating Methods]] section with information from a couple of auction items and noticed in the process that you wrote at least some of the blog entries at battlestarprops.com. Do you recall seeing any calendar items I haven't mentioned yet, and if so, could you point me to their pictures? It would also be nice to see a higher resolution scan of Socrata's medal of valor document, if one is available.<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
<br />
-- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 19:55, 28 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: I honestly never really paid all that much attention to the dating thing, since it was all made up anyway. (''Star Trek'''s "stardate" system is a very good example of this, actually. It isn't until they did TNG that they really put thought into it.) There is very little consistency behind the dating on any of the paperwork; in television production, much of it is thrown together—some of it even at the very last minute—even taking into account the quality of BSG's paperwork being higher than other genre television series. It isn't until ''Caprica'' that they really tried to address the issue of the Colonial dating method, because it's simply not natural not to have characters ''not'' say "Hey Lacy, meet me for lunch on Saturday." <br />
<br />
: As for photos of the stuff, the [http://archive.propworx.com Propworx archive] has photos of everything that's been auctioned through Propworx. I also know of a few fans who have won many paperwork documents from the BSG auctions (both live and via eBay) that have taken the time to scan them, but most of their work is on private boards and some prop replication communities. -- [[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> 02:34, 29 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
Thanks. The scans on that site have a much higher resolution and I already found a couple of items with supposed dates. I would like to document them in the article primarily to establish that there was no real system in the re-imagined series as opposed to ''Caprica''. Such random alphanumerics also suggest to the reader that the dates in Adama's dossier need not be correct necessarily (e.g. the year 20000+). -- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 18:16, 29 March 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== "pos" extended parser function ==<br />
<br />
Hi Joe,<br/>I would like to ask if it is possible to add the "'''''pos'''''" Parser Function into the wiki, this will allow to do some research more easily (for example to do an action on pages with a certain text and not on the others). Thanks for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:57, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: Do you have a link so I can check this out? I take it this is an extension to MW. -- [[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> 13:15, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Check [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StringFunctions this link] to see. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 18:20, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::: It's now installed. I'd be interested to see how you use this. Cheers! -- [[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> 20:19, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::: One example for the moment:<br />
::::* The [[fr:Modèle:Apparitions Télésuite, 1re nuit|Modèle:Apparitions Télésuite]] template using [[fr:Modèle:Apparition]]. I use the '''''pos''''' to show the number of apparitions only on the Apparition page (condition) :<br />
::::** When you see it inside the episode: [[fr:Télésuite, 1re nuit#Apparition des personnages|Télésuite, 1re nuit#Apparition des personnages]]<br />
::::** When you see it inside the characters apparition page: [[fr:Liste des apparitions des personnages par épisode#Battlestar Galactica|Liste des apparitions des personnages par épisode]]. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 20:31, 12 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== HTML activation ==<br />
<br />
Hi Joe,<br/>I think the wiki has not the HTML function activated because I tried to import some Wikipedia template to adapt them to the wiki and those have htlm writing inside and it doesn't work. So, please, is it possible to activate html editing in the french wiki?<br/>Thanks a lot. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:34, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
: Which templates are affected? -- [[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> 16:39, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::[[fr:Modèle:Infobox/Ligne mixte|This one]] for example. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:47, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::: Why not just use the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables wikicode table syntax]? -- [[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> 17:06, 19 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
:::: I tried it but there is an issue when you use a template using parser function inside another template using parser functions. It doesn't recognise at all a link (an image for an example) created by the template inside, it separates the link like a colspan. At least, is it possible to activate only the <code><nowiki><td><hr><tr></nowiki></code> tags? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:21, 23 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
::::: OK, I should get to activating those HTML tags sometime tonight. -- [[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> 17:44, 24 May 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== SVG generation ==<br />
<br />
Hi Joe,<br/>I hope you're fine, I've seen a little problem with the SVG generator. It doesn't work properly. Here is the message I get :<br />
<br />
<code>Erreur lors de la création de la miniature : /usr/bin/rsvg: not found</code><br />
<br />
I think it's a missing file forgot during the transfer last december. Thank you for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:21, 16 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: It's that rsvg isn't presently installed on the new server. I'll send in a support request. -- [[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> 18:39, 17 June 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:: Hi, Joe,<br/>Still doesn't work, sorry. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:36, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::: Yeah, that's because I was sidetracked and neglected sending that support request. I've sent it in and hope to hear from someone in the next 48 hours. Sorry about that. -- [[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> 19:34, 6 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::: OK, they've installed it. All should be good now. :) -- [[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> 00:29, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::: YES, it's working. Thanks. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:09, 7 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::::: Hi Joe, I think I've a bit too quick to say Hurra. There is still a problem. There is no generation of image but instead of, we have the name of the file. See [[:fr:Modèle:Drapeau]] or [[:fr:Michael Rymer]] for example. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:11, 12 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:::::: Looking into it now... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:13, 13 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
::::::: I'd have to track down the exact error, since our server host doesn't supply tech support for MediaWiki (understandably so) an Shane is busy with projects. Of course, I have no time to do it right not until mid-October because I am committed to other projects right now. Would it be possible to use PNGs for the flags until we can get the SVG issue ironed out? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 01:37, 16 September 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== removal of my question ==<br />
<br />
Hi !<br />
<br />
Yes, it was a real question : how could the pegasus avoid further contamination by the Cylon virus. Is this answered in future episodes ?<br />
<br />
Why did you simply remove my question ?<br />
<br />
Regards,<br />
Nixab (new fan and new contributor here).<br />
<br />
:I think it's a valid question, Joe, so I noted that the answer is in [[Razor]] and spelled it out in the [[Answered Questions from Season 2 (RDM)#Pegasus|Answered Questions from Season 2]]. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 03:25, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: Fair enough, and I agree. Sorry for the inconvenience. -- [[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> 05:11, 30 July 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Jupiter-class battlestar issue ==<br />
<br />
I have a problem with your edit of my edit on the Jupiter class battlestar Galactica. The book I refered to is canon since it was written by the science advisor to BSG and sactioned by SyFy and Ron Moore. If yoiu prefer your wiki not to contain official information then that is fine and I will not bother to add any other information to your site. I will rely solely on official material such as this book. Cancel my membersip please. <br />
Good Bye. {{unsigned|Lonewriter}}<br />
<br />
: Please refer to [[BW:CITE#Acceptable_Sources|Acceptable Sources]], which list the sources of what makes something canon. Just because there is an error in a book sanctioned by Syfy Channel, does not mean it is automatically canon. As I've only started reading the book, I've already noticed errors (mostly with spelling, such as Cally's name), that raises a few doubts in my mind when it comes to how thoroughly the book was copyedited. <br />
<br />
: As I believe I had explained, the episode that the writers of the book refer to ("Pegasus") does ''not'' make mention of ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> class. ''At all.'' So, they made a mistake, or improperly cited the source. (Now, if it came from the script for that episode, I can see that. We've used scripts as sources before.)<br />
<br />
: Now, if Ron Moore or David Eick were to come out and say "well, they're right, ''Galactica'' is a ''Jupiter'' class" then we will certainly note that, and cite that it came from them. Furthermore, maybe I wasn't clear, but I'm not saying that we should throw out the reference at all, but '''it needs to be pointed out that the way the information is present is in ''direct contradiction to what viewers saw on screen.''''' <br />
<br />
: Believe me, were this information aired in "Pegasus" fans would have eaten that up, just like they (we) ate up the whole ''Mercury'' class reference that Adama made before Cain boarded the ship. :)<br />
<br />
: Now, as to your immature comment, it does suggest that you probably wouldn't be a good editor here, because you don't seem to understand how to critically analyze information, or the necessity of viewing all information with a critical eye. That's fine. There are people who simply don't have that ability. There's nothing wrong with that. Also, you don't have to use the site, at all. I hate to be disingenuous and brusque, but if you're going to use appeals to emotion instead of actually bothering to do the research (which I, and many, many fans have done over the past five-plus years) then you're welcome to leave and never look back.<br />
<br />
: However, let me be particularly clear when I say this: what I have done is pointed out this error, which you've brought to our attention, so thank you for that. Now, if you want to act like a prima donna and storm off in a huff, then that's your call. You're more than welcome to stay, or you are more than welcome to leave. Ball is in your court. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 02:58, 22 October 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== William Adama edits ==<br />
<br />
I seem to find the spoiler tag formatting (I edit on wikipedia but we have nothing similar there) so I'm just going to be as vague as I can be and hope you understand. While reading over the spoilered info on William Adama's page that you recently added I realized that you have a character connection slightly off. If you check my edit history, you'll see I made a similar change on a related page. Hope that's enough for you to see what I meant (since I can't edit the Old Man's page). [[User:Millahnna|Millahnna]] 23:00, 24 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: Yes, I got what you meant! I'll make the correction now! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 02:41, 25 November 2010 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Duram's files at Propworx ==<br />
<br />
Hi Joe,<br />
<br />
Have you preserved alternate photographs of Duram's files which are now on eBay? The available photo makes Clarice's file halfway legible, but I'm curious what's in Amanda's and other files. I'm not planning on buying them though, since I'm only interested in the information, not in provenance. Even so, thanks for participating in the auctions — the photos have provided so much useful information that would've normally disappeared with the shows. -- [[User:Graf Iblis|Graf Iblis]] 22:10, 5 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: I'd have to ask Jarrod, since he's the one who oversees the Caprica auction stuff out in LA. (I'm not in LA, so I don't have easy access to this stuff myself.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:00, 5 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Reference in Template ==<br />
<br />
What does putting the ref in break? I don't see anything unusual except that the 33 has to be bracketed to be a link. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 22:47, 7 March 2011 (UTC)<br />
<br />
: Issue is that the brackets are printed out, and they really shouldn't be. I guess I'll have to modify the infobox template to deal with that. Basically a separate field that is only for references, like "|seenref=". -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:42, 8 March 2011 (UTC)<br />
<br />
== Affiliation ==<br />
<br />
Hello would you like this wiki to affiliate with my independent wiki http://stargate-wiki.org/ ? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 23:38, 25 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
: Hi there, feel free to e-mail me directly at joe@frakmedia.net so we can talk about it more. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:44, 25 May 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
Not sure if you got my email or not, anyway, would you prefer to join the SIWA Network (Scifi independent wiki alliance)? http://siwanetwork.webs.com Basically just lets more people interlink with these wikis and its always good to have more links to your site laying around. It costs nothing and we dont really ask for anything in return. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 06:35, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
: Thank you for the offer, but I will decline. I really see no benefit for this wiki and its contributors in being a part of the SIWA Network. In fact, I feel that our inclusion would only be beneficial for you, seeing as we have a wide exposure. We've run into loose fan organizations like SIWA before, and frankly they are not worth the bandwidth that it takes to pull up the webpage. Our experience is that such things are not professionally run and are basically glorified fly-by-night operations operated by unprofessional, doe-eyed fans with unrealistic expectations. Nothing personal against you, it is just our experience. And, as for traffic and links, we've found that being a part of a glorified "webring" has no return on investiment. A majority of new traffic has always, and without fail, come from two sources: 1) word-of-mouth (forums and social networks), and 2) search engines. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:25, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
I had 22 new visitors to my site because of SIWA. Your loss i guess. Also it really doesn't make it less offensive when you call me: unprofessional, doe-eyed fan with unrealistic expectations then say no offence. Even you should see that. Well if you change your mind, let me know. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 11:56, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
: And how many of those 22 people will stick around and contribute in the long-haul? Since there are so many Stargate wikis out there, those results aren't surprising... and, don't get your hopes up, as they will be short lived. Traffic from web rings and "alliances" is short-lived, and with extremely poor to negligible long-term ROI. I've been running websites for the last 15 years, so I am well aware of what I'm taking about. <br />
<br />
: Furthermore, I was not making a personal attack against you: I was making a general observation about such organizations. However, since you are keen to make it about yourself: given your behavior in the past towards another member of this website (and bringing problems from an outside wiki to this Wiki directly and without provocation from us), I find ''that'' unprofessional. End of subject. Thank you for the offer, and have a splendid day. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:16, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
Wow, take it overboard much. I was going to link certain articles like actors other work here etc but because of that attitude, you can forget it [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 12:21, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
: Your attitude and sour disposition are the problems here. After all, you were the one who [[User_talk:LIMAFOX76|brought outside problems from another website to this one]]. ''You'' initiated it here. ''You'' deliberately sought the user in question, tracked them to this website, and brought ''your'' problems to an open forum instead of taking it up with the user via e-mail. ''You'' involved us, and ''I'' put a stop to it. I have no ill will towards you personally, but your immature behavior here and your inability to properly deal with issues in a mature manner exemplifies why we are careful in associating with other organizations and websites.<br />
<br />
: At any rate, I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors. Farewell. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:39, 4 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
::Wow alcohol and wiki editing should never be mixed, i don't remember writing most of that. Back to my original idea of affiliation, one of your bsg wiki 'friends' perhaps. Many BSG actors have been on Stargate. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 01:21, 30 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: We'll think about it, thanks. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:50, 30 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
::::Any more news on this? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 08:12, 4 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
:::::We've thought about it, and we're not interested. Thank you for the offer, though. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:02, 4 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
::::::Forgive me for asking, but why not? [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 03:26, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
:::::::The reasons outlined previously still apply, and we do not see the real, tangible long-term benefit in it. We've operated for a very long time without the need to "associate" ourselves with other websites as part of an alliance or organization, and given our prevalence we don't really see how it would benefit us. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:08, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
::::::::You don't see the benefit in having a couple hundred extra links to your site?...... Ok then. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 15:02, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
:::::::::Question: How is it that a "couple hundred extra links" equate affiliation? Anyone can add links to any wiki and not be affiliated. At best, it's link swapping. My issue with the so-called "affiliation" proposal you set before us is that you haven't presented a clear idea of what it means, only vague concepts. Your proposal lacks details on these important elements: purpose, method of execution/standards and practices, and the responsibilities of each party. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:37, 5 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
::::::::::I always thought of it more as like references on a resume (sort of) essentially that people trust your site and know that you would not affiliate with some fly-by-night operation-wiki full of useless crap. All it is is like a greenlight for users, they know that they can visit your site and it will be good, the only responsibility would be a link with any affiliates and any relevant links, which for me would probably be to actor/crew other work on either show. I don't know if you've even visited my site yet but I am growing it everyday and doing my best to reel in new users, your welcome to ask me anything about it. It's not some 142 page wikia site with no pics and a desperate admin trying to scam people. [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 15:34, 6 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
:::::::::::Frankly, most of our web traffic has always come from either Wikipedia or search engines, and most people can already see the quality of the Battlestar Wiki... Link swapping does not work as well as you apparently think it does. So, not sure how affiliating with your network would really be to anyone's best interest, considering that we dominate search engine results. <br />
:::::::::::The best piece of advice I can give you is just develop content on your wiki to the best of your, and your team's, ability. Traffic will come naturally that way. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:33, 8 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
== Electronic smockers ==<br />
<br />
Hi Joe,<br/>There is another giant spam attack on the repository by electronic smockers. I just mark the articles and images for speedy delete. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:22, 5 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
: Sadly, I've noticed that... I've been trying a few different methods to block them, and think I've managed to block them on the EN wiki. We'll see. (I've just been battling it manually as I see it.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:15, 5 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
<br />
:: Hi Joe,<br/>I found more old spammers who were selling certificates and car insurrances. I saw also two recent uploaded files: this one and this one. What do you thing about that? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:57, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::: Cool! I've also added those terms to the blacklist. As for the two files: those were uploaded by a spammer. Feel free to delete them. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:05, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::: Done. This spammer has been blocked too. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:13, 6 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::: Hi Joe, I found iPhone spamming article on md. I added iPhone on both en and md blacklist. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:56, 8 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
:::::: Awesome! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:32, 8 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: Hi Joe, It's seems that the spamming business has goten other BW languages. I cleaned up the Chinese one and now I currently take the Spanish one but the spammers seem more subtil. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:08, 23 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::::: I think the Spanish wiki is cleaned now. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:41, 23 June 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Senior Chief rights on FR ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I don't know if I deserve them, but I would like to ask you if it is possible to grant me Senior Chief for the [[fr:|French BW]]. Thank you for your answer (Yes or No, no problem at all). --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:17, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I have no problem with giving you Senior Chief access. I just need to discuss this with Shane and a few others before I flip the switch. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:28, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: OK, no problem for that. Thank you. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:33, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: Hi Joe, just getting back from holidays, I'm just here to check if you have any news. Thank you very much. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:22, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: Been plenty busy myself, so I can relate! I'll upgrade you here in a bit. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:56, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
::::: Thanks a lot.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:58, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Not sure this is a gaffe ==<br />
<br />
[[He_That_Believeth_In_Me#Gaffes]] contains this final paragraph, which I think should be deleted:<br />
:Tracey tells Baltar prior to their intercourse that the door to the group's hideout is locked and that only the two of them are in the room, but when Jeanne returns with Derrick, she is able to reenter even though both Tracey and Baltar are still asleep (presumably she said this to put Baltar more at ease). <br />
Saying that a door is locked does not preclude the possibility of others entering. A locked door can be unlocked. Other doors on Galactica are locked with keypads (like the one rigged to blow up Romo Lampkin), and there is no reason to think Jeanne would not have the entry code. [[User:Dogger55|Dogger55]] 16:12, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Many of Galactica's hatches are lockable only from one side, not both. Further, only small arms lockers and other sensitive areas have keypads. Not every door has one. This isn't the starship ''Enterprise'', after all. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:26, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::I wasn't sure; that's why I wrote instead of deleting or changing. However, I went back and took a closer look. When Baltar first arrives at his new home (10:45), they knock to gain entry and the door is unlocked from the inside. You see a wheel for bolting/unbolting the door on the outside and on the inside. Around 14:30, you hear the door close and the bolt turn when Paula and Jeanne leave, and no other such sounds from then until Tracey "makes her move" on Baltar and agrees that the door is locked. It seems to me that whatever means they used to secure it, the door could be locked & unlocked from either side, and was clearly locked from the outside until the time Jeanne returned. [[User:Dogger55|Dogger55]] 17:57, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: OK, then make the correction. It's been a while since I've seen the episode. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:08, 11 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Simple wiki ==<br />
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Theres a user that needs banning on the simple wiki - "oakley brand" [[User:Escyos|Escyos]] 21:40, 15 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Saw him, done. Thanks --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 01:52, 16 July 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Operational costs. ==<br />
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I am really curious on how you are able to keep this wiki running, with only source of revenue being a few paying members, AdSense, AdBrite, and a few affiliations with Amazon and other stores. I mean I just see two ads per page, one on the top header, and one on the sidebar. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 10:15, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Actually, we're able to cover all of our monthly costs with these revenue sources. It's just finding that balance that was the issue. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:25, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: It also helps to dominate the search results when it comes to anything BSG related. Advertisers really love that kind of thing. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:26, 14 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Really. Its kind of hard to believe. I am <s>amusing</s> assuming that, the only way this is working out is, your CPM for ads is a really high figure. Unfortunately the forum doesn't rank high in search rankings. Any plans of getting rid of the ancient vBulliten for something more SEO friendly like vanilla forums. If required I can be of some technical help. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 14:45, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: We've never made money from the forum, so that never factored much into it anyway. Thanks for the offer, but vBulletin has more than enough features that we need and vanilla forums don't seem to have the features that we need. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:55, 15 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Article number on main BW portal. ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>It seems that the [http://www.battlestarwiki.org main BW portal] is not up to date regarding article number on all languages wikis. Is it possible to update it or put an automatic routine to avoid manual updates? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:08, 19 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: We did have a script that updated the article count, but I would need to talk to Shane about that. Also, I'm thinking we're going to ditch that main portal and come up with something more dynamic. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:46, 19 August 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Re-imagined categories ==<br />
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Greetings, I have a quick question, I have noticed that there seems to be "duplicate" categories for the re-imagined continuity, "RDM" and "TRS", that seems to be going along with the page renaming. What my question is, are pages supposed to be moved out of "RDM" and placed into "TRS" or something? --[[User:Typhoeus|Typhoeus]] 22:31, 4 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: Basically, if it's in the "RDM" universe (that means ''Caprica'', ''Blood & Chrome'', ''Re-imagined BSG'') then it's classified as RDM. Otherwise, if it is specific to one show, such as [[Helena Cain]], then it is classified under both "RDM" and "TRS". Originally, we used RDM for just the Re-imagined Series, until the spinoffs/prequels came along. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 23:04, 4 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Recent spaming ==<br />
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Is it just me, or is there a recent increase in spamming? I am not around as often as I would like, so I am not entirely sure on this. If I could ask, what sort of anti spam features do you have? {{unsigned|Typhoeus}}<br />
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: It comes and goes. Basically, these are humans (instead of bots) who are paid to spam, and thus solve the captchas and the like. They have to fill out a captcha when they sign up for an account, and when they add a link in any page (new or established) a captcha will also come up. We have a blacklist for terms and the like, but that's why they come up with crazy titles for the spam pages. We've enabled a variety of anti-spam measures, but that's mostly good against automated bots. IP blocking isn't an option in these cases, as the manual spammers use proxies, and thus change their IP address every time they create a new account and spam. We could go draconian and prevent new accounts from posting, BUT then we make it extremely difficult for new contributors to actually contribute. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:31, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:: Usually, they spam in early Europe morning, when American sleep ;-).--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:51, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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::: LOL! They do seem to attack in the early morning! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:31, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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:::: One more acting in USA's end of day ;-)--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:36, 7 September 2011 (EDT)<br />
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== Recent spaming (option) ==<br />
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With all the recent spamming, I think we should temporarily ban new sign ups for a while. It's just becoming too annoying seeing useless pages. I know you would disagree with the suggestion, but I see it as the only option available. [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey &quot;Shadow&quot; Danian]] 08:58, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: In my opinion, but I'm not the one who decides for this, It would be a mistake to do so. Yes it's annoying to see all this rubbish but by doing so, we prevent real genuine contributors to sign up and contribute, even if, for the moment there are not so many new real genuine contributors but there is still hope. Even in French Battlestar wiki, some spammers try to pollute the wiki but we are here to prevent this and to clean this wiki. They are more now, but not like Wikipedia, so we can clean quicky. But as I said first, it's just my opinion. Cheers.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 09:26, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
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: I feel the frustration, and I've even briefly considered this as an option, but I don't see it as a big enough issue to temporarily ban new sign-ups (or run them through a rigorous sign-up process). Spamming has always been an issue on any Wiki, and to lock things down in such a matter would really dissuade genuine contributors from contributing. I know it may not seem like it, but we've always been spammed, and we will continue to be spammed; the volume of spam just seems massive because we're not expanding much in the way of content, like the way we were when the show was airing. <br />
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: Further, taking into consideration that most new contributors would not waste their time trying to jump through hoops just to contribute, we would just be shooting ourselves in the foot in the long run. (Actually, it takes only a few minutes to deal with them. Delete their contributions and ban them.) We've been very good about responding to spam in a reasonably timely manner, so I really don't see the need for such draconian measures right now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:42, 16 October 2011 (EDT)<br />
:: Hi Joe,<br/>I saw the availabitily of the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiSpoof AntiSpoof extension] on MediaWiki. Is it an answer for us against spammer usernames? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:28, 9 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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== DISPLAYTITLE activation on the French Wiki ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Is it possible please to set the two following parameters in the ''LocalSetting.php'' file?<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgRestrictDisplayTitle $wgRestrictDisplayTitle] to ''false'';<br />
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgAllowDisplayTitle $wgAllowDisplayTitle] to ''true''.<br />
Reason: allowing permission to see episode titles like the [[:fr:Modèle:ép|<nowiki>{{ép}}</nowiki>]] template. In the same way, can you disable the automatic système which add a caps letter at each word in the title. Thank you very much. Cheers.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:33, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: I'll activate these on the French wiki here in a bit. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:43, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: Activated. I'm very leery of actually deactivating the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgCapitalLinks CaptailLinks] feature because of the link breakage it may cause. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:32, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:: Weird. It doesn't seem to work (see [[:fr:33 minutes|this page]] with a DISPLAYTITLE). CaptailLinks is about the first captail letter of the title. I'm talking about the others, not the first. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:51, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::: Ah, I added quotes around the "false" and "true" variables, and MediaWiki doesn't like that. Should work now. The only thing is that you can't use wiki syntax within the <nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE}}</NOWIKI> code, since it renders the HTML tags as text. (See the "33" page.)<br />
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::: Also, the uppercase thing for the first word is a CSS attribute (as I recall) in the style sheet, so I can fix that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:04, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::: Is it possible to activate the wiki syntax on titles? --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 14:48, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::: Not that I've seen. You can only change what the title says, not how it is styled. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:18, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::::: I think it's possible, just see the [[w:Template:Italic title|italic title]] template on Wikipedia. It is used especially for feature films and it's using wiki markup. May be it's just a parameter to set. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:28, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::::: I've looked through the template, and it's impossible to do it within the DISPLAYTITLE syntax itself. The italics must be applied on the outside, like so: <nowiki>''{{DISPLAYTITLE}}''</nowiki>. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:58, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:::::::: At least, I will be able to put French quotes signe in the title. Yet, there is still First letter caps appearing on each word following the first one. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:42, 17 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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::::::::: Hi, Joe. I checked again and I think the issue can be resolved by setting the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgUseTidy $wgUseTidy] parameter to true in LocalSettings.php. Check out if I'm right. Best regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 07:43, 23 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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== Possible solution against spammers ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>It seems that we may have a solution against spammers. It is called [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha QuestyCaptcha]. Semantic MediaWiki has used it for two weeks as they were invaded by spammers like us (same username style) and the number of spammers has been largely reduced since the installation. It may be a good solution for BW. What do you think? For instance, I deleted more than 25 spammer for two days in the media repository. Best Regards.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:14, 26 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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: Would be nice if it worked! I'll check it out and see! :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:40, 26 November 2011 (EST)<br />
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:: Have you considered the following extensions for preventing spam. <br />
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* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Check_Spambots<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GlobalBlocking<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiBot<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleAntiSpam<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Find_Spam<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamDnsblAlternative<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TorBlock<br />
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AntiSpoof<br />
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:: -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 11:23, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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::: Yes. Spamming isn't a new problem on the Wiki; it's one that we've been dealing with on and off since the site's founding in 2005. The issue is that about half the so-called "spam blocking" software doesn't actually work on "manual spammers" — i.e. actual people behind the computer solving captchas and what not. Further, many bot software programs are actually better at circumventing and solving captchas, and so it's really a constant fight to keep up. <br />
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::: Also, half the extensions in your list are either beta, outdated (only working with older version of MW), or tend to conflict with other extensions. As I recall, we did have AntiBot running once, but that didn't quite work out well. I'll have to see if that works again after I upgrade the entire system to the 1.18.x series, though. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:40, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::: Hi Joe,<br/>I tested [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha QuestyCaptcha] on my English [http://stargate.wikkii.net/ Stargate Wiki] and let my [http://fr.stargate.wikkii.net French one] without. Results: 5 spam attacks in one night for the French one ([http://fr.stargate.wikkii.net/wiki/index.php?title=Sp%C3%A9cial:Modifications_r%C3%A9centes see here]) and none for the English one ([http://stargate.wikkii.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges see here]). For the record, the English one was more targeted than the French one. I think it's a good solution to prevent spammer attacks, at least, spambots attacks. Best Regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 03:52, 3 March 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::: It's live. Let's see how well this does. We've used something similar before, and I hope this reduces the spammer issue. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:14, 13 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::: Can you send me your questions to translate them in French please? Thank you. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:58, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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::::::: The questions don't have to be the same across the wikis. They can be different, and I would prefer that they were. I just have basic questions, like "What callsign is Kara known by?" etc. Come up with 5 to 10 questions with answers and just e-mail them to me, and I can put them into the backend. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:48, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::: Email sent. Thank you. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:56, 14 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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::::::::: Looks like the Questy Capcha is doing a really great job. One downside though, now absolutely new comers to the BSG world will need to do some research to answer the questions before they start contributing. But, any way its not that much of a hurdle. Now, are you going to implement the same thing on the other wikis like wiki frakr. There are 127 spam articles waiting to be deleted there. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 11:16, 26 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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:::::::::: Yes, I haven't been able to get to that though because of my move and work schedule. (Besides, Wiki Frakr is a good control to measure how effective the Questy Captcha is.) As with anything else... there is a downside to using it, but i consider it a litmus test for people who want to contribute... if you really can't be bothered to answer simple questions (or do a Google search to answer them), then what good is getting an user account here? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:52, 26 March 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== AWA ==<br />
<br />
I did not know that you had plans of offering hosting to wiki's leaving Wikia. Interesting to note. <br />
See: http://awa.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Anti-Wikia_Alliance#Are_there_alternatives_to_Wikia_for_hosting.3F<br />
-- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 06:37, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
: Well, we have the resources to create a small Wiki farm. Just need the people to run the thing, really. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:21, 4 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:: Hi Joe, For this stuff to work, what do you need exactly? I'm interrested to transfer the ''Stargate'' wikis I have, and eventually try to maintain this kind of wiki farm, if you wish. Thank you for your answer. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:52, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
::: Mainly: Time on my end to set up the technical stuff, which I don't have right now as I work 70+ hours a week already. LOL -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:07, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
:::: Of course ;-). Do you already have the server location? If you do, I can eventually start to build the database and main frame. -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 09:15, 7 May 2013 (EDT)<br />
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== Russian ==<br />
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Is there any way you could set up a Russian version of the wiki. What would you need. Please let me know if you are interested. Since this wiki is in Case Orange Mode (Most of the best contributors are on hiatus.), I thought it is difficult to arrive on consensus now, and you would have to take the choice. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 02:41, 22 February 2012 (EST)<br />
:If I read well the [[Battlestar Wiki:Translation Project#Articles Needing Translation|translation project]], you'll have to translate first the main policies in Russian. Plus, I think it's better for you to add your username in [[Battlestar Wiki:Translation Project#Contributors|the contributors section]] under a new subsection "Russian" (doesn't exist yet). It's a good way to highlight your excellent work ;-). --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:13, 23 February 2012 (EST)<br />
: What LIMAFOX said remains true. If you can translate the pertinent policies, I can do the behind-the-scenes stuff to make a Russian-language wiki live. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:26, 23 February 2012 (EST)<br />
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==Edits to my edits==<br />
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Hi Joe ... just wanted to thank you for cleaning up a few of the pages I was working on - I'm still getting the hang of editing in here so I might leave a small trail of destruction, but I'll try to keep the damage to a minimum - see you around -- (Chris) [[User:Flatulist|Flatulist]] 21:57, 17 April 2012 (EDT)<br />
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: Not a problem, Chris! Keep up the good work! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:49, 22 April 2012 (EDT)<br />
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== Spanish wiki ==<br />
<br />
Hello! I'm [[User:Erechel|Erechel]]. You have sended me a message in which you thanked me for editing the spanish wiki, and offered me help. <br />
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I think that I'm the only active editor in it, and I've discovered several incongruences and mistakes in the wiki, but my scripting abilities are very limited. I've tried to standardize the templates in all those pages that need them, but some of them are beyond my capacity. I've tried to copy and paste the templates from the english version, and traduce wherever it's necessary, and even create some very simple template messages (stub, disambiguation, traduction in progress), but those with particular data are difficult to me.<br />
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The wiki needs some corrections in the templates, particulary {{Datos del episodio}} and {{flags}}, but some revision in the others will do no harm. Well, thank you, and I hope you help me. <br />
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Bye<br />
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==Thanks==<br />
Just wanted to say thanks for leaving messages on the accounts that put stuff on my talk page yesterday. I wasn't sure how to handle it and you took care of it. [[User:Talos|Talos]] 14:26, 20 September 2012 (EDT)<br />
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: Not a problem! :) Not sure why someone would come up with a username that's basically nonsensical letters and numbers anyway... Having said that, I wanted to give the person in question benefit of the doubt, even though odds are that the guy was a spammer.<br />
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: Thanks for being on top of the spammer thing. I'm trying to figure out how to head these guys off so that it's not as ridiculous as it's geting. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:46, 20 September 2012 (EDT)<br />
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==B&C Uniforms==<br />
Hey Joe. Saw you said you have access to Battlestar B&C uniforms. Is this something that we will get to see in due time? Perhaps something from ANOVOS? <br />
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[[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]]<br />
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: Yes. Can't really speak on it all right now, but exciting things are afoot. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:30, 19 November 2012 (EST)<br />
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== MD repository ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>Could you please grant me local admin rights on [[:md:]] as I can make a <big>'''big'''</big>, big clean-up on it to remove spaming (using the "Nuke" special function as an example to go faster). The global admin function doesn't allow me to do it. Thank you very much. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 06:04, 20 November 2012 (EST)<br />
: Today was a very big cleanup day: 158 spam pages deleted and 218 spammers and potential ones blocked, not counting the work I made the previous days. Completely crasy!!! Too much work to do here on the media repository.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:41, 26 November 2012 (EST)<br />
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== wiki logo ==<br />
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yo. so this is out of the blue, but i'd love to contribute a new logo for the header. at least on my browser, it's never looked quite right... anything we (i) can do? or should i just shut up? [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 21:01, 1 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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: What did you have in mind? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:04, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:: It also does not suit the bsg-light skin. If you have any ideas, which would look good on both the dark and light skins. It would be awesome. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 02:31, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::i don't want to insult whoever created the current header, but it has always looked like a pretty rough photoshop job to me, the lines aren't very clean. i'd like to see something cleaner, more graphical. <br />
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:::this is something i did pretty quickly, inspired by the battlestar galactica online logo. it's not precisely what i had in mind (particularly the font below), but sort of in that vein. could also do something closer to what we have now, just like i said - a little cleaner... suggestions would be greatly appreciated. i have no idea what bsg-light looks like though. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 03:44, 2 December 2012 (EST) <br />
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:::: Nice idea. I can see where you're going with this. As much as I like the idea behind the current logo (mirroring ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> wall emblem), it could use a bit more flash. <br />
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:::: I would get rid of the domain in the logo (we're not a ".com" BTW) and simply say "Battlestar Galactica Wiki".<br />
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:::: Of course, any one else following this discussion is free to share potential logo ideas, too. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:05, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::::wow that was a pretty stupid error, wasn't it? in any case, you're right it should just say "wiki"... experimenting with different ways of doing that though. also experimenting with different textures for the phoenix symbol. have one with the surface of the ''galactica'' in the works, but also considering something reminiscent of the hull of a viper. though those might be contradictory to my "clean" look. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 14:38, 2 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::::couple more ideas... still not loving the "wiki" part. figuring all that out. second option is my favorite, though i do kind of like the third. gives you an idea of my thought process here. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 06:25, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:::::: I'd like to share this on our Facebook page, if you don't mind. Just to see what people's reactions to it are. (Obviously, it'll be noted that its a WIP and by no means set in stone.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:31, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::::::for sure. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 15:37, 3 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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Some initial feedback via FB here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151309472469925&set=a.428921939924.197093.18130149924&type=1 -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:44, 8 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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:ok that's cool... they like the ones i don't really favor haha. i really just prefer the simple red one. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 20:30, 8 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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::so what's the consensus? [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 00:44, 13 January 2013 (EST)<br />
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==Spammertalk==<br />
Is there any way to hide the spammertalk updates from the 'recent changes' list? Really getting irritating to sort through... [[user:Frylock86|Frylock86]] - 06:31 PM 12/11/12 EST<br />
: On the RC page, just change the namespace dropdown from "all" to "(Main)". You should see something [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?namespace=0&title=Special%3ARecentChanges like this]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:55, 11 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::Hi,<br/>I think we broke the daily spamming record: 44 spammers (for now at 4.50PM CET)! Incredible. They know all the answers to the questions asked in Simple Captcha. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:52, 17 December 2012 (EST) - Update: '''52''' at 9:20PM CET. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 15:23, 17 December 2012 (EST)<br />
:::If it's possible, maybe we should just temporarily shut down the registration system (two or three days?) until this spamming wave passes. -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 18:46, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::::I'll look into that.... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:56, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
::::I'm rolling out the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount ConfirmAccount] extension. That should allow us to filter out most of the Cylon agents before they become a problem. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:15, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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I've implemented the "Confirm Account" feature, so that should stop spammers from causing too much problem. We'll have to watch the [[Special:ConfirmAccounts]] page, but that's simpler than what's being done now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:14, 18 December 2012 (EST)<br />
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== Access to French Wiki. ==<br />
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Hi Joe,<br/>I cannot access to the [[:fr:|French wiki]]. I have a SQL database message error. I cannot connect to my UserID to. It seems that the database has really screwed up. Is it possible to fix this please? Thank you very much. Best Regards. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 06:49, 18 June 2014 (EDT)<br />
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There are a lot of SQL errors in other wikis too. For example on the german wiki, when I klick "Recent changes": Database Error „1194: Table 'recentchanges' is marked as crashed and should be repaired (localhost)“ --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 06:31, 2 August 2014 (EDT)<br />
: Hi Joe,<br/>I hope you're well. Did you make some repair on the French wiki? Hope so. Thank your for your answer. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 13:01, 2 February 2015 (EST)<br />
:: Hi Joe, do you have any answer yet. If you want to simplify your task, you can create a new blank database. I will fill it. Thank you. Cheers --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 08:02, 23 April 2015 (EDT)<br />
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== Welcome back! ==<br />
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I can log in today. Congratulations on your successful repairs! -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 22:06, 30 January 2015 (EST)<br />
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== Florida ==<br />
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'''I lived in Orlando during the big 3 that was an ugly couple months without electricity or water.<br />
(Hurricane Charlie, Frances and Jeanne)<br />
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Since I consider Galactica to be a geek culture related entertainment and you live in Florida have you heard of the Dice Tower convention in Kissimmee? Its a board game convention that last 5 days.<br />
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SS''' {{unsigned|Navaji}}<br />
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: Hello SS! I haven't heard of it. Also, I no longer live in Florida, having moved to California some time ago. Still, send me whatever information you have on the Dice Tower Convention, and I'll take a look! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:14, 6 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
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== Skin job ==<br />
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With the wiki online we really need to get it back looking its best. The 'Timeless' theme is a little scruffy in places compared to Monobook with inconsistent use of fonts and category placements. How do we go about editing this theme to bring back the classic BSwiki Burgundy and Gold look and feel? Should be usilise modern webfont code to bring familiar and relevant fonts like Battlestar, Spaceage/Galactiguise, Bank Gothic, Eurostile etc to things like headers and subheadings<br />
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Also what is going to be done about the battlestarwikiclone? I gather there were some discussions about shutting it down and redirecting back to this wiki but its still very much online and clowding google search results.<br />
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Lastly I've been in discussions with the .wiki registrar but that conversation is best to be done in private.<br />
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Regards<br />
--[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 02:22, 16 July 2019 (PDT)</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Deadlock&diff=216976Deadlock2019-07-13T23:29:08Z<p>Mercifull: /* Teaser */</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
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| title=Deadlock<br />
| season= 4<br />
| episode=16<br />
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| writer= [[Jane Espenson]]<br />
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| director= [[Robert Young]]<br />
| production=418<br />
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| US airdate=February 20, 2009<br />
| CAN airdate=February 20, 2009<br />
| UK airdate=February 24, 2009<br />
| dvd={{flag|US|notext=Y}} {{Season 4.5 NTSC DVD release date}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''[[Ellen Tigh]] and [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] return to the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], prompting the rebel [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] to consider parting ways with the Colonials.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
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=== Teaser ===<br />
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*A mixed Cylon and human work force is making repairs to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' using the [[Cylon organic resin|organic resin]] [[Galen Tyrol]] described. [[William Adama]] asks if he can touch it. After doing so, he asks Tyrol if it is alive.<br />
*In [[Dogsville]], a group of Marines are distributing food. The civilians in line become rather unruly, pushing and shoving despite the Marines assurances that "everyone will get their share."<br />
*[[Caprica-Six]] is walking nearby with her head covered. She is recognized by a group of civilians who attack her. She beats them back, but is struck in the process.<br />
*Adama tells Tyrol that the use of the resin "had better work."<br />
*In [[Sick bay]], [[Sherman Cottle]] tells Caprica and [[Saul Tigh]] that their baby is perfectly healthy and "has a heart like a kettle drum." He shoos them away but Tigh wants Caprica to stay in sick bay just in case. They have a good laugh about the fact that he doesn't trust the machine. She says that [[Liam Tigh|Liam]] is fine and she would sleep better at home.<br />
*In [[CIC]], [[Louis Hoshi]] detects the Raptor that [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] are on, reporting that it ([[Raptor 702]]) was logged as missing over a year ago. The [[CAP]], led by [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]], moves to intercept and communicate with it, but 702's transmission is garbled. Valerii acknowledges she can hear them via signal light. A [[Number Six]] flying a [[Heavy Raider]] with the CAP reports that the voice sounds like an Eight. Adama orders the CAP to bring it in.<br />
*On the [[Hangar Deck]] Ellen steps out of the Raptor. She states how thrilled she is to see everyone. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] wonders aloud "How many dead chicks are out there?" Tigh is elated to see Ellen, and the two kiss passionately. Tyrol approaches Valerii, grins slightly, and says, "Nice to see you again." He informs Adama that the Eight is Boomer and Adama quickly and angrily orders her taken to the [[brig]].<br />
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=== Act 1 ===<br />
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*In the wardroom, Ellen is speaking with [[President Roslin]], [[Lee Adama]], Colonel Tigh and Admiral Adama. She reports that the destruction of the [[Resurrection Hub]] has resulted in [[Number One]] becoming psychologically unbalanced as he does not feel biological procreation can assure Cylon survival. Noting the wary look on all of their faces she says that she is still the same Ellen and asks if anyone has a flask. Adama hands her one. She reports that Boomer helped her escape and hopes they won't treat her too badly. She asks to see the rest of the [[Final Five]]. Ellen says they are like family, asking the others to imagine what it would be like if, instead of 50,000 survivors, there were only 5 and how close they would all be. She asks Tigh how much he remembers. He replies "just flashes." Lee tells her about the condition of [[Sam Anders]]. She asks to see him and the others. Adama says he'll see what he can do, exchanging concerned glances with Lee and Roslin.<br />
*Once Ellen and Tigh are alone, he tells her there is so much to ask her and tell her. She is not interested in talking, asking him "floor or table?" He says that he doesn't care, and she sweeps everything off the table. Just before they make love, Tigh briefly projects the face of a Six over Ellen's features.<br />
*Meanwhile, in Tigh's quarters, Caprica-Six has a sudden flash of pain. She drops the bowl she is eating from, clutches her belly and groans.<br />
*The followers of [[Gaius Baltar]] are loading pistols and discussing supplies as he walks in. [[Jeanne]] is excited to see him, running over and kissing him immediately. [[Paulla Schaffer]] is somewhat less enthusiastic, saying that they "wondered if he was coming back." He replies that his return was always a matter of course and asks what he missed. She states that people started stealing their food, prompting them to take guns from the bodies of dead mutineers once they realized they had "been abandoned." He replies that he never abandoned them, prompting Jeanne to amend "abandoned by God." He replies that he knew his extended absence would teach them self-reliance and that is why he stayed away for so long. Paulla sarcastically remarks that is very wise of him. Baltar's [[Messenger Six]] appears to tell him that "The sheep have a new shepherd."<br />
*Ellen and Tigh are getting dressed. She compliments him on his sexual technique and asks whom he's frakked. She states that after thousands of years of marriage she is quite familiar with his lovemaking style, adding that she's not mad as he thought she was dead. He admits to sex with a Six but added he always thought of her. She reminds him of the incestuous nature of the relationship as they created the Sixes and is not happy about being his "mental porn." He admits that he is still seeing Caprica but does not mention Liam.<br />
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=== Act 2 ===<br />
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*Adama is once again inspecting a work area.<br />
*In sick bay, an Eight, a Six, [[Tory Foster]], Tigh, and Tyrol are visiting Anders. Cottle tells them not to unplug anything. Ellen enters and says that this was "how it was" as she gently brushes Sam's cheek. The Six tells her that the others are considering jumping away and starting a new life with the Final Five. Tigh is incredulous at the suggestion that they abandon the fleet. The Eight says they are not safe there, mentioning the attack on [[Caprica-Six]]. Tory agrees, leading Tigh to accuse her of plotting this all along and argue that Sam could not survive on the baseship. The Eight disagrees, and Ellen tries to change the subject by saying "Caprica-Six is pregnant?" She argues with Tigh, but Tyrol says the two should stick to the matter at hand and argue in private. The Eight says they should have a binding vote as that is the way the Five taught the other Cylons. Tory and Tyrol vote to go, Tigh votes to stay and points out that is exactly what Sam said they should do before losing consciousness. Ellen abstains and walks out the door, leaving the Five deadlocked.<br />
*Paulla leads Gaius and the others to [[Dogsville]]. Jeanne remarks on their improved living conditions since arming themselves. Gaius greets a beautiful young woman with a small boy. She says that her name is [[Naia]] and her son is named Gaius, and Baltar assumes the child was named after him, which pleases him but Naia said he was named after his father. Baltar smoothly but noticably segues into saying he is pleased that the child is named after his father. Gaius asks Gaius if he is hungry, to which the boy nods. Baltar makes a grand speech promising to feed all the people of Dogsville. Naia embraces him in gratitude, but Paulla is not happy about it.<br />
*Roslin walks up to Caprica-Six in the corridors of ''Galactica''. She congratulates her on her pregnancy and personally apologizes for the assault in Dogsville. She mentions their shared visions, and Caprica says she has not had them since becoming pregnant. Laura says she has not either and asks if this child is "important." Caprica pretends to not know what she means stating that all children are important and walks off.<br />
*Tyrol walks into [[Joe's Bar]] and orders a drink. Starbuck is there and remarks on how watching Ellen and Tigh felt like watching her parents make out. She asks Tyrol if he has visited Boomer in the brig. He says no. She suggests that he do so while she is sleeping, and says that she could no longer stand to watch Sam sleeping. Tyrol takes a bottle and walks out. Starbuck plays with the bullet removed from Sam's brain.<br />
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=== Act 3 ===<br />
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*Adama is inspecting the repairs yet again.<br />
*Ellen walks into to Tigh's quarters and tells Caprica-Six they should talk. In explaining her relationship with Saul she lets it slip that they made love, and realizes from the look on Caprica's face that she did not know. Ellen tells her not to worry as their baby is living proof that Tigh loves her. Ellen remarks that they tried to have children earlier, implying that he does not love her as much, and reassures Caprica she will not make him choose between them.<br />
*In Dogsville, Gaius and company are distributing food. Paulla makes a worried remark that when the Marines tried this a riot broke out, but Gaius states that here there are no uniforms, assault rifles or other symbols of oppression. A group of rough-looking men led by [[Enzo]] walk up to them and demands they surrender their food. Gaius defies him and asks his followers to show they are armed. When they nervously do so, Enzo replies "ours are bigger" and the strong-arm men pull out Colonial military sidearms. They take the food and walk away.<br />
*Adama and Tigh are getting drunk. Adama has clearly had more and is constantly refilling his glass. He asks Tigh if there have been any "mythic revelations" since Ellen's return, to which Tigh replies "Nothing new to report, sir." Adama asks if Tigh was actually born on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Tigh nods. Adama states that is "not very machine-like" of him. Tigh jokingly defends his machinehood by saying his "great-grandpa was a power sander." They have a good laugh. Adama confesses to mixed feelings about using Cylon technology to repair ''Galactica'', fearing that she will no longer know who she is, but that combined with Cylons flying CAP, it might just be enough for the fleet to survive. He says that he needs the help of the Cylons in general and Tigh in particular, and Lee and Laura know it. Tigh has no response to this.<br />
*Gaius dresses Paulla down for not telling him that the [[Sons of Ares]] have begun hoarding food. Paulla replies that this should have been obvious. Messenger Six appears and asks Gaius if he really wanted to feed those people, to which he replies that it felt good to help people. Six tells him to give his people the hope that Paulla can't. He proceeds to berate his followers for "lapping up Paulla's icy pragmatism." At Six's prompting he promises to get them "more guns, bigger guns, better guns!" The cultists are quite enthusiastic about the idea.<br />
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=== Act 4 ===<br />
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*Adama inspects the repairs, again.<br />
*Ellen and Tigh meet alone. He tells her to hate him if she must but ''Galactica'' needs the [[Rebel Basestar|rebel basestar]]. She ignores him, asking why he made love to her when his real love is at home. Tyrol and the others enter, leading Tigh to realize that this meeting was anything but private. Ellen says she has voted to join the baseship and they are leaving. Tigh refuses to leave, pointing out the millennia-long cycle of human–machine violence and claiming that only by coming together can either form of intelligence hope to survive. Ellen seems to gloat, pointing out to Caprica-Six that there is something he loves more than her and the baby, namely ''Galactica'' and Adama. Caprica grabs her stomach, groans and falls over.<br />
*In sickbay, Cottle tells Tigh, Ellen and Caprica-Six that the baby is fighting back. Tigh blames Ellen, stating that she should have known what forcing him to choose would mean. She apologizes, saying she was only trying to hurt Saul and of course humans and Cylons should stay together. Caprica yells at them to stop fighting. Ellen walks away, but then walks back to put her hand on Saul's shoulders.<br />
*Adama is once again inspecting the repairs.<br />
*Ellen tells Tigh to talk to the now sleeping Caprica-Six and tell her that he loves her. He tries, but is unable to and asks why he should have to say it when she knows he feels it for all of them.<br />
*Adama is still inspecting the repairs.<br />
*[[Liam]]'s heart rate drops. Caprica-Six begs Cottle to cut him out of her, even if it means her death. Cottle refuses, stating that not even a Cylon baby could possibly survive outside the womb after only four months. Ellen tells her that Tigh loves her more and promises to go to the basestar so that the three of them can be a family. Liam flatlines. Tigh says that it is his fault and he is sorry. Cottle shoos them away. Caprica cries the cry of the bereaved mother.<br />
*Gaius is talking to Lee, Roslin and Adama. Adama refuses to listen at first, saying that he is going to the head for a "project I've been working on." Gaius stops him, warning him that the decreased security in Dogsville resulting from losing so many Marines during the mutiny is causing a revolution to brew. He states that Adama has two options for stopping it. He can either bring Centurions over from the baseship or take the "last human solution" that Baltar is offering him.<br />
*Apparently Adama has agreed to arm Baltar's cultists as some kind of auxiliary security force, as the Marines are passing out assault rifles to them. Paulla is impressed. Gaius clearly has no idea how a rifle works.<br />
*Tyrol comes to visit Boomer in the brig while she is sleeping.<br />
*In sick bay Sam's brain waves suddenly become very active.<br />
*Tigh enters Adama's quarters weeping uncontrollably and nearly collapses. Adama says that Liam is a good name, short for William. Tigh says that "it's not like [[Zak Adama|Zak]]." Adama embraces and comforts him.<br />
*Roslin and Adama are walking arm in arm through the [[Memorial hallway]]. Laura notices a Six putting up pictures of the Cylons who have been lost since joining the Fleet. Laura is taken aback, stating "Oh my Gods, it's already happening isn't it?"<br />
*Adama touches the ID of an Eight.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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*[[Joe's Bar]] now has a piano.<br />
*The rebel Cylons have now taken to putting up photos in the [[Memorial hallway]] of those who have died since the start of the alliance.<br />
*Baltar's [[Messenger Six]] appears for the first time since "[[Escape Velocity]]", discounting a deleted farewell scene from "[[The Road Less Traveled]]" (included on the DVD release) that now appears to be moot.<br />
*More so than previous episodes, "Deadlock" establishes that the rebel Cylons now have freedom of movement, at least aboard Galactica, with [[Caprica-Six]] seen visiting [[Dogsville]] (for reasons unknown), another Six in the Memorial Hallway, and assorted others working or performing flight duties.<br />
*Roslin addresses Caprica by her name for the first time.<br />
**This casts doubt on the canonicity of the bonus scene for "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries#Bonus Scene|Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]".<br />
*The Cylon practice of democracy by majority rule came from the Final Five.<br />
*The arrival of Ellen Tigh in a Raptor, with the camera initially focusing on her legs, parallels her introductory scene in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]".<br />
*Tyrol displays one of his Cylon abilities, possibly activated by his acceptance of his nature: he is able to tell different copies of the various models apart. Notably he is able to immediately identify Boomer just by looking at her when he had no reason to think that she was anything but just another Eight.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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*Cylon pilots have begun participating in the CAP with [[Heavy Raider]]s, presumably because of a shortage of Colonial pilots. As explained by [[Ronald D. Moore]] in his [[Podcast:Deadlock#Act_3|podcast for this episode]], surviving mutineers (including numerous pilots) were imprisoned on the [[Astral Queen]].<br />
*Foster's plan to rebuild a pure Cylon society seems ill-considered even in light of the unborn Tigh baby. There is no evidence that pairings of Number Twos with Number Sixes or Number Eights will suddenly be fertile after so many failures. All the pregnancy really proves is that the Final Five could reproduce with Twos, Sixes, and Eights, which is hardly a broad genetic base.<br />
*In this episode, Ellen Tigh shows more characteristics of the "old Ellen", though she is still more intelligent and compassionate. Adama [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|once said]] that Ellen brings out Saul's worst instincts; obviously the reverse is also true.<br />
*After [[Ellen Tigh]] exits the [[Raptor]], she meets with [[William Adama]], [[Lee Adama]], [[Laura Roslin]], and [[Saul Tigh]] just like she did after she exited a Raptor in [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].<br />
*Adama's acceptance of the Cylons is shown further here: instead of referring to Boomer as "it" or other derogatory terms, he refers to her as her model number, though notably he doesn't refer to her as Boomer, indicating that he likely still harbors anger over her actions. He also confines her to the brig, but this is likely also to do with her role in the [[Cylon Civil War]].<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
=== Answered Questions ===<br />
<br />
*Are the Cylons now flying regular joint CAPs with ''Galactica'''s vipers? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me#Analysis|Answer]])<br />
*Has Sharon "Boomer" Valerii genuinely under her own free will defected with Ellen Tigh from Cavil or is she part of a plot by Cavil either voluntarily under her own free will or programmed? Alternately is she a dupe under her own free will but Cavil knowing how the Eight model acts and Sharon Valerii in particular so well he manipulated her in to "escaping" with Ellen for his own purposes? Is she working for a third party? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me#Analysis|Answer]])<br />
*What will happen to Boomer? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer]])<br />
*Will Caprica seek revenge on Ellen for the death of her unborn child? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
*How will the death of Liam affect Ellen and Saul's relationship? How will it affect Saul and Caprica's relationship? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
*How did Ellen Tigh and Sharon "Boomer" Valerii find the Fleet? Is Cavil tracking them? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Possible Answer]])<br />
*Why was Tyrol so eager to leave the Fleet? ([[Deadlock#Official Statements|Answer]])<br />
*What has happened to Karl Agathon? Is he still recovering from his injuries received in [[The Oath]]? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer]])<br />
*How close will the Cylon and Colonial pilots become now that they fly together? Will the Cylon pilots receive callsigns? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer]])<br />
*Why has Baltar's Messenger Six returned after a long absence? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
<br />
=== Unanswered Questions ===<br />
<br />
*What will be the consequences of Baltar's cult being given access to weapons?<br />
*How did the Cylons imagine they could take Anders aboard their Baseship without Thrace's approval?<br />
*Why has Anders' brain suddenly started showing activity again? What is his exact condition? Does he still possess his Cylon memories?<br />
*What was the biological cause of Liam's death?<br />
*Is Tyrol able to identify the Eight piloting the Raptor as Boomer due to his personal experience with her, or by the previously demonstrated ability of Cylons to distinguish between copies by sight?<br />
*Who has been placing photographs of Cylons on the memorial wall? Other Cylons, Colonials or both?<br />
*Will any of the humans object to the Cylon pictures?<br />
*Just how close were the Final Five in their former lives?<br />
*How many Cylon practices come from the Final Five? For example, the Cylons have been shown to accepting of nudity and sexual threesomes.<br />
*Why was Caprica visiting Dogville?<br />
*Although previous episodes have had Roslin basing herself aboard ''Galactica'' due to her health issue, beginning with this episode it is made clear that her "flag" so to speak, as well as the new Quorum's, is now aboard ''Galactica''. Given the precedent set back in the Miniseries, shouldn't ''Galactica'' now carry the call sign ''[[Colonial One]]''?<br />
*Does Saul still see Caprica as Ellen?<br />
*What are the legal ramifications of Ellen's [[Resurrection]]?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
<br />
*Aaron Douglas addresses the Chief's vote on his livejournal community<ref> http://community.livejournal.com/aarondouglas/150842.html?thread=972858 </ref>: Galen does not believe that he and the other Cylons will ever be accepted in the fleet.<br />
**He is the Chief in name only, because Adama asked him to be. This was a recognition of the fact that he is the best person to fix the ship, not true acceptance.<br />
**He has no strong emotional ties to ''Galactica'''s people now that he knows Nicky isn't his son.<br />
*In the Podcast for this episode, RDM mentions that the remaining mutineers (Racetrack, Skulls, etc) were deported to the prison ship the ''[[Astral Queen]]''.<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
<br />
*''Upon seeing Ellen Tigh emerge from the Raptor:''<br />
<br />
:[[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] (with Starbuck standing right next to him): How many dead chicks are out there?<br />
<br />
*''Tyrol examines Boomer for a moment before sensing who she is''<br />
<br />
:[[Galen Tyrol]] (to Boomer): Nice to see you (she smiles; to Adama) This is Boomer.<br />
:Adama: Marines!<br />
:Marine: Sir!<br />
:Adama: Take this Number Eight to the brig!<br />
<br />
*''Dr. Cottle remarking to Tory, Tyrol, a Number Six and a Number Eight gathered around Anders's bedside in vigil:''<br />
<br />
:[[Cottle]]: Lot of visitors. Just don't anybody unplug anything!<br />
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*''Baltar is in a meeting with Admiral Adama, Delegate Lee Adama, and President Roslin. Baltar is urging the Admiral to allow his followers to be armed to do the distribution of food and to keep order and other police work instead of having, eventually, inviting over Cylon Centurions to maintain order and security.''<br />
<br />
:Adama (taking to Lee and Roslin): The two of you can stay here listening to this<br />
<br />
:Roslin Where are you going?<br />
<br />
:Adama: I'm gonna go to the head. Do something constructive. A little project I've been working on.<br />
<br />
:Baltar: Listen to me. Admiral!<br />
<br />
:Lee (to his father softly, respectfully, but insistently) Just wait...wait (Lee turns to Baltar) Explain what you mean.<br />
<br />
:Baltar: What you have right now are starving civilians, (looks down at Roslin) with no representation, no recourse. (looks back to Lee) They're broken, they're exhausted. They've had enough. That is not a mutiny Admiral, that is a revolution.<br />
<br />
:Lee: And you think you can maintain order...?<br />
<br />
:Baltar (directly to the Admiral who is walking by him): Listen to me! Listen.... '''PLEASE ADMIRAL!''' (Adama stops at the doorway and faces Baltar)<br />
<br />
:Baltar: Galactica is slipping away from you, drop by drop. You are pouring Cylon blood into her veins. I see the Cylon pilots (turns to Lee and Roslin) We all see them! (turns back to Adama) We all see the Cylon work force. Where they're going into the far recesses of the ship? When are you inviting the Centurions over, to join in all the fun we're having over here? Of course when you do that, that very moment. this becomes a blended ship. Only half human. And right now I am here to tell you your people...(pauses and then looks over to Roslin).....your people, are not ready for that.<br />
<br />
:(looks back to Adama who makes a move to walk out but Baltar catches his arm. Adama looks down and slowly looks up at Baltar but he isn't intimidated)<br />
<br />
:Baltar: I am offering you the last human solution you will be ever presented with.<br />
<br />
== Guest Stars ==<br />
<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]]<br />
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
*[[Roark Critchlow]] as [[Slick]] (credited as Piano Player)<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as [[Jeanne]]<br />
*[[G. Patrick Currie]] as [[Enzo]]<br />
*[[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br />
*[[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br />
*[[Rebecca Davis]] as [[Naia]]<br />
*[[Merwin Mondesir]] as Marine #1<br />
*[[Tammy Gillis]] played Marine #2<br />
*[[Bear McCreary]] as [[Joe's bar]] patron (uncredited)<br />
*Unknown as Marine [[Nathanson]]<br />
*[[Patrick Gilmore]] as [[Rafferty]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
<br />
:''[[Ellen Tigh]] and [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] return to the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], prompting the rebel [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] to consider parting ways with the Colonials.''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
<br />
=== Teaser ===<br />
<br />
*A mixed Cylon and human work force is making repairs to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' using the [[Cylon organic resin|organic resin]] [[Galen Tyrol]] described. [[William Adama]] asks if he can touch it. After doing so, he asks Tyrol if it is alive.<br />
*In [[Dogsville]], a group of Marines are distributing food. The civilians in line become rather unruly, pushing and shoving despite the Marines assurances that "everyone will get their share."<br />
*[[Caprica-Six]] is walking nearby with her head covered. She is recognized by a group of civilians who attack her. She beats them back, but is struck in the process.<br />
*Adama tells Tyrol that the use of the resin "had better work."<br />
*In [[Sick bay]], [[Sherman Cottle]] tells Caprica and [[Saul Tigh]] that their baby is perfectly healthy and "has a heart like a kettle drum." He shoos them away but Tigh wants Caprica to stay in sick bay just in case. They have a good laugh about the fact that he doesn't trust the machine. She says that [[Liam Togh|Liam]] is fine and she would sleep better at home.<br />
*In [[CIC]], [[Louis Hoshi]] detects the Raptor that [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] are on, reporting that it ([[Raptor 702]]) was logged as missing over a year ago. The [[CAP]], led by [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]], moves to intercept and communicate with it, but 702's transmission is garbled. Valerii acknowledges she can hear them via signal light. A [[Number Six]] flying a [[Heavy Raider]] with the CAP reports that the voice sounds like an Eight. Adama orders the CAP to bring it in.<br />
*On the [[Hangar Deck]] Ellen steps out of the Raptor. She states how thrilled she is to see everyone. [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] wonders aloud "How many dead chicks are out there?" Tigh is elated to see Ellen, and the two kiss passionately. Tyrol approaches Valerii, grins slightly, and says, "Nice to see you again." He informs Adama that the Eight is Boomer and Adama quickly and angrily orders her taken to the [[brig]].<br />
<br />
=== Act 1 ===<br />
<br />
*In the wardroom, Ellen is speaking with [[President Roslin]], [[Lee Adama]], Colonel Tigh and Admiral Adama. She reports that the destruction of the [[Resurrection Hub]] has resulted in [[Number One]] becoming psychologically unbalanced as he does not feel biological procreation can assure Cylon survival. Noting the wary look on all of their faces she says that she is still the same Ellen and asks if anyone has a flask. Adama hands her one. She reports that Boomer helped her escape and hopes they won't treat her too badly. She asks to see the rest of the [[Final Five]]. Ellen says they are like family, asking the others to imagine what it would be like if, instead of 50,000 survivors, there were only 5 and how close they would all be. She asks Tigh how much he remembers. He replies "just flashes." Lee tells her about the condition of [[Sam Anders]]. She asks to see him and the others. Adama says he'll see what he can do, exchanging concerned glances with Lee and Roslin.<br />
*Once Ellen and Tigh are alone, he tells her there is so much to ask her and tell her. She is not interested in talking, asking him "floor or table?" He says that he doesn't care, and she sweeps everything off the table. Just before they make love, Tigh briefly projects the face of a Six over Ellen's features.<br />
*Meanwhile, in Tigh's quarters, Caprica-Six has a sudden flash of pain. She drops the bowl she is eating from, clutches her belly and groans.<br />
*The followers of [[Gaius Baltar]] are loading pistols and discussing supplies as he walks in. [[Jeanne]] is excited to see him, running over and kissing him immediately. [[Paulla Schaffer]] is somewhat less enthusiastic, saying that they "wondered if he was coming back." He replies that his return was always a matter of course and asks what he missed. She states that people started stealing their food, prompting them to take guns from the bodies of dead mutineers once they realized they had "been abandoned." He replies that he never abandoned them, prompting Jeanne to amend "abandoned by God." He replies that he knew his extended absence would teach them self-reliance and that is why he stayed away for so long. Paulla sarcastically remarks that is very wise of him. Baltar's [[Messenger Six]] appears to tell him that "The sheep have a new shepherd."<br />
*Ellen and Tigh are getting dressed. She compliments him on his sexual technique and asks whom he's frakked. She states that after thousands of years of marriage she is quite familiar with his lovemaking style, adding that she's not mad as he thought she was dead. He admits to sex with a Six but added he always thought of her. She reminds him of the incestuous nature of the relationship as they created the Sixes and is not happy about being his "mental porn." He admits that he is still seeing Caprica but does not mention Liam.<br />
<br />
=== Act 2 ===<br />
<br />
*Adama is once again inspecting a work area.<br />
*In sick bay, an Eight, a Six, [[Tory Foster]], Tigh, and Tyrol are visiting Anders. Cottle tells them not to unplug anything. Ellen enters and says that this was "how it was" as she gently brushes Sam's cheek. The Six tells her that the others are considering jumping away and starting a new life with the Final Five. Tigh is incredulous at the suggestion that they abandon the fleet. The Eight says they are not safe there, mentioning the attack on [[Caprica-Six]]. Tory agrees, leading Tigh to accuse her of plotting this all along and argue that Sam could not survive on the baseship. The Eight disagrees, and Ellen tries to change the subject by saying "Caprica-Six is pregnant?" She argues with Tigh, but Tyrol says the two should stick to the matter at hand and argue in private. The Eight says they should have a binding vote as that is the way the Five taught the other Cylons. Tory and Tyrol vote to go, Tigh votes to stay and points out that is exactly what Sam said they should do before losing consciousness. Ellen abstains and walks out the door, leaving the Five deadlocked.<br />
*Paulla leads Gaius and the others to [[Dogsville]]. Jeanne remarks on their improved living conditions since arming themselves. Gaius greets a beautiful young woman with a small boy. She says that her name is [[Naia]] and her son is named Gaius, and Baltar assumes the child was named after him, which pleases him but Naia said he was named after his father. Baltar smoothly but noticably segues into saying he is pleased that the child is named after his father. Gaius asks Gaius if he is hungry, to which the boy nods. Baltar makes a grand speech promising to feed all the people of Dogsville. Naia embraces him in gratitude, but Paulla is not happy about it.<br />
*Roslin walks up to Caprica-Six in the corridors of ''Galactica''. She congratulates her on her pregnancy and personally apologizes for the assault in Dogsville. She mentions their shared visions, and Caprica says she has not had them since becoming pregnant. Laura says she has not either and asks if this child is "important." Caprica pretends to not know what she means stating that all children are important and walks off.<br />
*Tyrol walks into [[Joe's Bar]] and orders a drink. Starbuck is there and remarks on how watching Ellen and Tigh felt like watching her parents make out. She asks Tyrol if he has visited Boomer in the brig. He says no. She suggests that he do so while she is sleeping, and says that she could no longer stand to watch Sam sleeping. Tyrol takes a bottle and walks out. Starbuck plays with the bullet removed from Sam's brain.<br />
<br />
=== Act 3 ===<br />
<br />
*Adama is inspecting the repairs yet again.<br />
*Ellen walks into to Tigh's quarters and tells Caprica-Six they should talk. In explaining her relationship with Saul she lets it slip that they made love, and realizes from the look on Caprica's face that she did not know. Ellen tells her not to worry as their baby is living proof that Tigh loves her. Ellen remarks that they tried to have children earlier, implying that he does not love her as much, and reassures Caprica she will not make him choose between them.<br />
*In Dogsville, Gaius and company are distributing food. Paulla makes a worried remark that when the Marines tried this a riot broke out, but Gaius states that here there are no uniforms, assault rifles or other symbols of oppression. A group of rough-looking men led by [[Enzo]] walk up to them and demands they surrender their food. Gaius defies him and asks his followers to show they are armed. When they nervously do so, Enzo replies "ours are bigger" and the strong-arm men pull out Colonial military sidearms. They take the food and walk away.<br />
*Adama and Tigh are getting drunk. Adama has clearly had more and is constantly refilling his glass. He asks Tigh if there have been any "mythic revelations" since Ellen's return, to which Tigh replies "Nothing new to report, sir." Adama asks if Tigh was actually born on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Tigh nods. Adama states that is "not very machine-like" of him. Tigh jokingly defends his machinehood by saying his "great-grandpa was a power sander." They have a good laugh. Adama confesses to mixed feelings about using Cylon technology to repair ''Galactica'', fearing that she will no longer know who she is, but that combined with Cylons flying CAP, it might just be enough for the fleet to survive. He says that he needs the help of the Cylons in general and Tigh in particular, and Lee and Laura know it. Tigh has no response to this.<br />
*Gaius dresses Paulla down for not telling him that the [[Sons of Ares]] have begun hoarding food. Paulla replies that this should have been obvious. Messenger Six appears and asks Gaius if he really wanted to feed those people, to which he replies that it felt good to help people. Six tells him to give his people the hope that Paulla can't. He proceeds to berate his followers for "lapping up Paulla's icy pragmatism." At Six's prompting he promises to get them "more guns, bigger guns, better guns!" The cultists are quite enthusiastic about the idea.<br />
<br />
=== Act 4 ===<br />
<br />
*Adama inspects the repairs, again.<br />
*Ellen and Tigh meet alone. He tells her to hate him if she must but ''Galactica'' needs the [[Rebel Basestar|rebel basestar]]. She ignores him, asking why he made love to her when his real love is at home. Tyrol and the others enter, leading Tigh to realize that this meeting was anything but private. Ellen says she has voted to join the baseship and they are leaving. Tigh refuses to leave, pointing out the millennia-long cycle of human–machine violence and claiming that only by coming together can either form of intelligence hope to survive. Ellen seems to gloat, pointing out to Caprica-Six that there is something he loves more than her and the baby, namely ''Galactica'' and Adama. Caprica grabs her stomach, groans and falls over.<br />
*In sickbay, Cottle tells Tigh, Ellen and Caprica-Six that the baby is fighting back. Tigh blames Ellen, stating that she should have known what forcing him to choose would mean. She apologizes, saying she was only trying to hurt Saul and of course humans and Cylons should stay together. Caprica yells at them to stop fighting. Ellen walks away, but then walks back to put her hand on Saul's shoulders.<br />
*Adama is once again inspecting the repairs.<br />
*Ellen tells Tigh to talk to the now sleeping Caprica-Six and tell her that he loves her. He tries, but is unable to and asks why he should have to say it when she knows he feels it for all of them.<br />
*Adama is still inspecting the repairs.<br />
*[[Liam]]'s heart rate drops. Caprica-Six begs Cottle to cut him out of her, even if it means her death. Cottle refuses, stating that not even a Cylon baby could possibly survive outside the womb after only four months. Ellen tells her that Tigh loves her more and promises to go to the basestar so that the three of them can be a family. Liam flatlines. Tigh says that it is his fault and he is sorry. Cottle shoos them away. Caprica cries the cry of the bereaved mother.<br />
*Gaius is talking to Lee, Roslin and Adama. Adama refuses to listen at first, saying that he is going to the head for a "project I've been working on." Gaius stops him, warning him that the decreased security in Dogsville resulting from losing so many Marines during the mutiny is causing a revolution to brew. He states that Adama has two options for stopping it. He can either bring Centurions over from the baseship or take the "last human solution" that Baltar is offering him.<br />
*Apparently Adama has agreed to arm Baltar's cultists as some kind of auxiliary security force, as the Marines are passing out assault rifles to them. Paulla is impressed. Gaius clearly has no idea how a rifle works.<br />
*Tyrol comes to visit Boomer in the brig while she is sleeping.<br />
*In sick bay Sam's brain waves suddenly become very active.<br />
*Tigh enters Adama's quarters weeping uncontrollably and nearly collapses. Adama says that Liam is a good name, short for William. Tigh says that "it's not like [[Zak Adama|Zak]]." Adama embraces and comforts him.<br />
*Roslin and Adama are walking arm in arm through the [[Memorial hallway]]. Laura notices a Six putting up pictures of the Cylons who have been lost since joining the Fleet. Laura is taken aback, stating "Oh my Gods, it's already happening isn't it?"<br />
*Adama touches the ID of an Eight.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
*[[Joe's Bar]] now has a piano.<br />
*The rebel Cylons have now taken to putting up photos in the [[Memorial hallway]] of those who have died since the start of the alliance.<br />
*Baltar's [[Messenger Six]] appears for the first time since "[[Escape Velocity]]", discounting a deleted farewell scene from "[[The Road Less Traveled]]" (included on the DVD release) that now appears to be moot.<br />
*More so than previous episodes, "Deadlock" establishes that the rebel Cylons now have freedom of movement, at least aboard Galactica, with [[Caprica-Six]] seen visiting [[Dogsville]] (for reasons unknown), another Six in the Memorial Hallway, and assorted others working or performing flight duties.<br />
*Roslin addresses Caprica by her name for the first time.<br />
**This casts doubt on the canonicity of the bonus scene for "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries#Bonus Scene|Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]".<br />
*The Cylon practice of democracy by majority rule came from the Final Five.<br />
*The arrival of Ellen Tigh in a Raptor, with the camera initially focusing on her legs, parallels her introductory scene in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]".<br />
*Tyrol displays one of his Cylon abilities, possibly activated by his acceptance of his nature: he is able to tell different copies of the various models apart. Notably he is able to immediately identify Boomer just by looking at her when he had no reason to think that she was anything but just another Eight.<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
<br />
*Cylon pilots have begun participating in the CAP with [[Heavy Raider]]s, presumably because of a shortage of Colonial pilots. As explained by [[Ronald D. Moore]] in his [[Podcast:Deadlock#Act_3|podcast for this episode]], surviving mutineers (including numerous pilots) were imprisoned on the [[Astral Queen]].<br />
*Foster's plan to rebuild a pure Cylon society seems ill-considered even in light of the unborn Tigh baby. There is no evidence that pairings of Number Twos with Number Sixes or Number Eights will suddenly be fertile after so many failures. All the pregnancy really proves is that the Final Five could reproduce with Twos, Sixes, and Eights, which is hardly a broad genetic base.<br />
*In this episode, Ellen Tigh shows more characteristics of the "old Ellen", though she is still more intelligent and compassionate. Adama [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|once said]] that Ellen brings out Saul's worst instincts; obviously the reverse is also true.<br />
*After [[Ellen Tigh]] exits the [[Raptor]], she meets with [[William Adama]], [[Lee Adama]], [[Laura Roslin]], and [[Saul Tigh]] just like she did after she exited a Raptor in [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].<br />
*Adama's acceptance of the Cylons is shown further here: instead of referring to Boomer as "it" or other derogatory terms, he refers to her as her model number, though notably he doesn't refer to her as Boomer, indicating that he likely still harbors anger over her actions. He also confines her to the brig, but this is likely also to do with her role in the [[Cylon Civil War]].<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
=== Answered Questions ===<br />
<br />
*Are the Cylons now flying regular joint CAPs with ''Galactica'''s vipers? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me#Analysis|Answer]])<br />
*Has Sharon "Boomer" Valerii genuinely under her own free will defected with Ellen Tigh from Cavil or is she part of a plot by Cavil either voluntarily under her own free will or programmed? Alternately is she a dupe under her own free will but Cavil knowing how the Eight model acts and Sharon Valerii in particular so well he manipulated her in to "escaping" with Ellen for his own purposes? Is she working for a third party? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me#Analysis|Answer]])<br />
*What will happen to Boomer? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer]])<br />
*Will Caprica seek revenge on Ellen for the death of her unborn child? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
*How will the death of Liam affect Ellen and Saul's relationship? How will it affect Saul and Caprica's relationship? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
*How did Ellen Tigh and Sharon "Boomer" Valerii find the Fleet? Is Cavil tracking them? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Possible Answer]])<br />
*Why was Tyrol so eager to leave the Fleet? ([[Deadlock#Official Statements|Answer]])<br />
*What has happened to Karl Agathon? Is he still recovering from his injuries received in [[The Oath]]? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer]])<br />
*How close will the Cylon and Colonial pilots become now that they fly together? Will the Cylon pilots receive callsigns? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer]])<br />
*Why has Baltar's Messenger Six returned after a long absence? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])<br />
<br />
=== Unanswered Questions ===<br />
<br />
*What will be the consequences of Baltar's cult being given access to weapons?<br />
*How did the Cylons imagine they could take Anders aboard their Baseship without Thrace's approval?<br />
*Why has Anders' brain suddenly started showing activity again? What is his exact condition? Does he still possess his Cylon memories?<br />
*What was the biological cause of Liam's death?<br />
*Is Tyrol able to identify the Eight piloting the Raptor as Boomer due to his personal experience with her, or by the previously demonstrated ability of Cylons to distinguish between copies by sight?<br />
*Who has been placing photographs of Cylons on the memorial wall? Other Cylons, Colonials or both?<br />
*Will any of the humans object to the Cylon pictures?<br />
*Just how close were the Final Five in their former lives?<br />
*How many Cylon practices come from the Final Five? For example, the Cylons have been shown to accepting of nudity and sexual threesomes.<br />
*Why was Caprica visiting Dogville?<br />
*Although previous episodes have had Roslin basing herself aboard ''Galactica'' due to her health issue, beginning with this episode it is made clear that her "flag" so to speak, as well as the new Quorum's, is now aboard ''Galactica''. Given the precedent set back in the Miniseries, shouldn't ''Galactica'' now carry the call sign ''[[Colonial One]]''?<br />
*Does Saul still see Caprica as Ellen?<br />
*What are the legal ramifications of Ellen's [[Resurrection]]?<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
<br />
*Aaron Douglas addresses the Chief's vote on his livejournal community<ref> http://community.livejournal.com/aarondouglas/150842.html?thread=972858 </ref>: Galen does not believe that he and the other Cylons will ever be accepted in the fleet.<br />
**He is the Chief in name only, because Adama asked him to be. This was a recognition of the fact that he is the best person to fix the ship, not true acceptance.<br />
**He has no strong emotional ties to ''Galactica'''s people now that he knows Nicky isn't his son.<br />
*In the Podcast for this episode, RDM mentions that the remaining mutineers (Racetrack, Skulls, etc) were deported to the prison ship the ''[[Astral Queen]]''.<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
<br />
*''Upon seeing Ellen Tigh emerge from the Raptor:''<br />
<br />
:[[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] (with Starbuck standing right next to him): How many dead chicks are out there?<br />
<br />
*''Tyrol examines Boomer for a moment before sensing who she is''<br />
<br />
:[[Galen Tyrol]] (to Boomer): Nice to see you (she smiles; to Adama) This is Boomer.<br />
:Adama: Marines!<br />
:Marine: Sir!<br />
:Adama: Take this Number Eight to the brig!<br />
<br />
*''Dr. Cottle remarking to Tory, Tyrol, a Number Six and a Number Eight gathered around Anders's bedside in vigil:''<br />
<br />
:[[Cottle]]: Lot of visitors. Just don't anybody unplug anything!<br />
<br />
*''Baltar is in a meeting with Admiral Adama, Delegate Lee Adama, and President Roslin. Baltar is urging the Admiral to allow his followers to be armed to do the distribution of food and to keep order and other police work instead of having, eventually, inviting over Cylon Centurions to maintain order and security.''<br />
<br />
:Adama (taking to Lee and Roslin): The two of you can stay here listening to this<br />
<br />
:Roslin Where are you going?<br />
<br />
:Adama: I'm gonna go to the head. Do something constructive. A little project I've been working on.<br />
<br />
:Baltar: Listen to me. Admiral!<br />
<br />
:Lee (to his father softly, respectfully, but insistently) Just wait...wait (Lee turns to Baltar) Explain what you mean.<br />
<br />
:Baltar: What you have right now are starving civilians, (looks down at Roslin) with no representation, no recourse. (looks back to Lee) They're broken, they're exhausted. They've had enough. That is not a mutiny Admiral, that is a revolution.<br />
<br />
:Lee: And you think you can maintain order...?<br />
<br />
:Baltar (directly to the Admiral who is walking by him): Listen to me! Listen.... '''PLEASE ADMIRAL!''' (Adama stops at the doorway and faces Baltar)<br />
<br />
:Baltar: Galactica is slipping away from you, drop by drop. You are pouring Cylon blood into her veins. I see the Cylon pilots (turns to Lee and Roslin) We all see them! (turns back to Adama) We all see the Cylon work force. Where they're going into the far recesses of the ship? When are you inviting the Centurions over, to join in all the fun we're having over here? Of course when you do that, that very moment. this becomes a blended ship. Only half human. And right now I am here to tell you your people...(pauses and then looks over to Roslin).....your people, are not ready for that.<br />
<br />
:(looks back to Adama who makes a move to walk out but Baltar catches his arm. Adama looks down and slowly looks up at Baltar but he isn't intimidated)<br />
<br />
:Baltar: I am offering you the last human solution you will be ever presented with.<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]]<br />
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
*[[Roark Critchlow]] as [[Slick]] (credited as Piano Player)<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]<br />
*[[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as [[Jeanne]]<br />
*[[G. Patrick Currie]] as [[Enzo]]<br />
*[[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br />
*[[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br />
*[[Rebecca Davis]] as [[Naia]]<br />
*[[Merwin Mondesir]] as Marine #1<br />
*[[Tammy Gillis]] played Marine #2<br />
*[[Bear McCreary]] as [[Joe's bar]] patron (uncredited)<br />
*Unknown as Marine [[Nathanson]]<br />
*[[Patrick Gilmore]] as [[Rafferty]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br />
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<div>{{Policy|26 February 2007|shortcut=BW:SILLY}}<br />
{{Battlestar Wiki List of Policies}}<br />
==When Cylons Attack Your Body, Wear Protection==<br />
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Every so often, one of the many contributors on Battlestar Wiki has completed one edit too many and needs to blow off some steam by making a [[Wikipedia:Non sequitur|non sequitur]] article that pokes fun at the ''Battlestar Galactica'' universes.<br />
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We call these articles '''silly pages'''. While silly pages can be very humorous, they still must have a purpose on Battlestar Wiki-- however tenuous that purpose may be.<br />
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Here are some basic rules and guidelines on the use and appropriateness of a silly page.<br />
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*A silly page should poke fun primarily at characters, situations, or events in any of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' universes ''only.'' Jabs at movies or TV shows such as ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]]'' or printed fiction is appropriate if the bulk of your silly page involves ''Battlestar'' elements. '''Targets for fun do not include any [[Special:Listusers|users]] of this (or any) wiki, or any actual person, living or dead.''' Such pages will be considered an act of [[Wikipedia:Slander and libel|slander]]; these pages will be speedily deleted by administrators without debate.<br />
*Silly pages are appropriate ways to "embellish" on articles with obvious references to commonplace objects in the real-world. Normally, such articles are not appropriate on Battlestar Wiki because of the article's redundant or obvious content. Articles such as "[[Flashlight]]" and "[[Toaster]]", however, point out the use of these terms in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' universes while, at the same time, adding a humorous element.<br />
*Silly pages are great to humorous point out plot and character gaffes or repeated uses of a plot or character action. [[The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game]] and [[Spot the Cylon]] are good examples of this use of a silly page.<br />
*All silly pages must be marked with the Category:Silly pages template. Silly pages that spoof an episode or series of articles should NOT include the categories of the legitimate, canonical articles. As a general rule, silly pages should stand on their own.<br />
*Defacement of an article to form a silly page is vandalism. Such actions are highly inappropriate will be dealt with severely by the administrators.<br />
*Silly pages should be a rare occurrence to keep Battlestar Wiki's central informative purpose from being diluted. Administrators and contributors are generally asked to give consensus to the posting and use of a new silly page. Not only will contributors of silly page submit to having their work mercilessly edited, but consensus will also judge whether the contributor's article is sufficiently funny. Insufficiently funny silly pages may be deleted after sufficient consensus is reached.<br />
*While these silly pages are often great articles, they should not be considered for [[BW:FA|featured article]] status. Silly articles aren't representative of Battlestar Wiki as they comprise less than 1% of all the articles.<br />
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==See Also==<br />
* [[:Category:Silly Pages]]<br />
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==And Now For Something Completely Different==<br />
For sheer hijinks with MediaWiki software, visit [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Main_Page the content-free Uncyclopedia], a complete antithesis of Wikipedia that's designed for patent nonsense.<br />
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<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
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As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
==Design==<br />
[[Propworx]] Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the, now defunct, brand Brilliant Spirits, which was produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
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There are two types of 'L' logo used in the series. In earlier episodes, the bottles were engraved with an oval and the 'L' logo as negative space. In later episodes, just the 'L' was engraved.<br />
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== Additional Images ==<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Tighs liquor miniseries logo.jpg|Logo used on the bottles during the [[Miniseries]] and early episodes of [[Season 1]]<br />
Image:Tigh's liquor bottle logo.jpg|Logo used from late Season 1 onwards<br />
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== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.brilliant-spirit.com Brilliant Vodka], the bottles used by the props department for Tigh's liquor.<br />
*[[w:Whisky|Whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
*[[w:Scotch whisky|Scotch whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
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{{Drugs}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br />
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<div>[[File:Propworx catalogue.jpg|thumb|right|Screenshot of the front page of the Propworx Battlestar Galactica auction catalogue]]<br />
'''[http://www.propworx.com/ Propworx, Inc.]''' was an auction house specialising in the sale of science fiction memorabilia, run by Alec Peters, a noted American memorabilia collector of the genre. <br />
<br />
Propworx was founded in in 2008 when Peters was given the exclusive rights to facilitate the sale of the production assets of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' franchise. The two auctions held in 2009 were well received and Propworx was later commissioned to facilitate the sales of other genre franchises such as ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', ''Iron Man'', and ''Stargate''. <br />
<br />
Propworx, later handled the sale of the larger set pieces of the defunct Las Vegas ''Star Trek: The Experience'' exhibition in April 2010. This was a prelude to Propworx' first specialised ''Star Trek'' auction.<br />
<br />
In August of 2012 Propworx announced via the RPF that it was closing its doors<ref>{{cite_web|url=https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/propworx-closing-its-doors.157673/|title=Propworx Closing its Doors|date=17 August 2012|accessdate=11 July 2019|format=HTML|publisher=Replica Prop Forum|language=}}</ref> and subsequently filed for bankruptcy.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
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==External Links==<br />
*[http://www.propworx.com Propworx website (defunct)]<br />
*[http://www.media-productions.at/download/BSG_Catalog_Web_Master.pdf Propworx Battlestar Galactica Auction web catalogue].<br />
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<div>[[File:Propworx catalogue.jpg|thumb|right|Screenshot of the front page of the Propworx Battlestar Galactica auction catalogue]]<br />
'''[http://www.propworx.com/ Propworx, Inc.]''' was an auction house specialising in the sale of science fiction memorabilia, run by Alec Peters, a noted American memorabilia collector of the genre. <br />
<br />
Propworx was founded in in 2008 when Peters was given the exclusive rights to facilitate the sale of the production assets of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' franchise. The two auctions held in 2009 were well received and Propworx was later commissioned to facilitate the sales of other genre franchises such as ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', ''Iron Man'', and ''Stargate''. <br />
<br />
Propworx, later handled the sale of the larger set pieces of the defunct Las Vegas ''Star Trek: The Experience'' exhibition in April 2010. This was a prelude to Propworx' first specialised ''Star Trek'' auction.<br />
<br />
In August of 2012 Propworx announced via the RPF that it was closing its doors<ref>{{cite_web|url=https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/propworx-closing-its-doors.157673/|title=Propworx Closing its Doors|date=17 August 2012|accessdate=11 July 2019|format=HTML|publisher=Replica Prop Forum|language=}}</ref> and subsequently filed for bankruptcy.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
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==External Links==<br />
*[http://www.media-productions.at/download/BSG_Catalog_Web_Master.pdf Propworx Battlestar Galactica Auction web catalogue].<br />
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<div>[[File:Propworx catalogue.jpg|thumb|right|Screenshot of the front page of the Propworx Battlestar Galactica auction catalogue]]<br />
'''[http://www.propworx.com/ Propworx, Inc.]''' was an auction house specialising in the sale of science fiction memorabilia, run by Alec Peters, a noted American memorabilia collector of the genre. <br />
<br />
Propworx was founded in in 2008 when Peters was given the exclusive rights to facilitate the sale of the production assets of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' franchise. The two auctions held in 2009 were well received and Propworx was later commissioned to facilitate the sales of other genre franchises such as ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', ''Iron Man'', and ''Stargate''. <br />
<br />
Propworx, later handled the sale of the larger set pieces of the defunct Las Vegas ''Star Trek: The Experience'' exhibition in April 2010. [http://blastr.com/2010/04/star-trek-las-vegas-props.php] This was a prelude to Propworx' first specialised ''Star Trek'' auction.<br />
<br />
In August of 2012 Propworx announced via the RPF that it was closing its doors<ref>{{cite_web|url=https://www.therpf.com/forums/threads/propworx-closing-its-doors.157673/|title=Propworx Closing its Doors|date=17 August 2012|accessdate=11 July 2019|format=|language=}}</ref> and subsequently filed for bankruptcy.<br />
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== References ==<br />
<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
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<div>[[File:Propworx catalogue.jpg|thumb|right|Screenshot of the front page of the Propworx Battlestar Galactica auction catalogue]]<br />
'''[http://www.propworx.com/ Propworx, Inc.]''' was an auction house specialising in the sale of science fiction memorabilia, run by Alec Peters, a noted American memorabilia collector of the genre. <br />
<br />
Propworx was founded in in 2008 when Peters was given the exclusive rights to facilitate the sale of the production assets of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' franchise. The two auctions held in 2009 were well received and Propworx was later commissioned to facilitate the sales of other genre franchises such as ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', ''Iron Man'', and ''Stargate''. <br />
<br />
Propworx, later handled the sale of the larger set pieces of the defunct Las Vegas ''Star Trek: The Experience'' exhibition in April 2010. [http://blastr.com/2010/04/star-trek-las-vegas-props.php] This was a prelude to Propworx' first specialised ''Star Trek'' auction.<br />
<br />
In August of 2012 Propworx announced via the RPF that it was closing its doors[] and subsequently filed for bankruptcy.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div>[[File:Propworx catalogue.jpg|thumb|right|Screenshot of the front page of the Propworx Battlestar Galactica auction catalogue]]<br />
'''[http://www.propworx.com/ Propworx, Inc.]''' was an auction house specialising in the sale of science fiction memorabilia, run by Alec Peters, a noted American memorabilia collector of the genre. <br />
<br />
Propworx was founded in in 2008 when Peters was given the exclusive rights to facilitate the sale of the production assets of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' franchise. The two auctions held in 2009 were well received and Propworx was later commissioned to facilitate the sales of other genre franchises such as ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', ''Iron Man'', and ''Stargate''. <br />
<br />
Propworx, later handled the sale of the larger set pieces of the defunct Las Vegas ''Star Trek: The Experience'' exhibition in April 2010. [http://blastr.com/2010/04/star-trek-las-vegas-props.php] This was a prelude to Propworx' first specialised ''Star Trek'' auction.<br />
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In August of 2012 Propworx announced via the RPF that it was closing its doors[www.therpf.com/f45/propworx-closing-its-doors-157673] and subsequently filed for bankruptcy.<br />
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<div>[[File:Propworx catalogue.jpg|thumb|right|Screenshot of the front page of the Propworx Battlestar Galactica auction catalogue]]<br />
'''[http://www.propworx.com/ Propworx, Inc.]''' was an auction house specialising in the sale of science fiction memorabilia, run by Alec Peters, a noted American memorabilia collector of the genre. <br />
<br />
Propworx was founded in in 2008 when Peters was given the exclusive rights to facilitate the sale of the production assets of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' franchise. The two auctions held in 2009 were well received and Propworx was later commissioned to facilitate the sales of other genre franchises such as ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', ''Iron Man'', and ''Stargate''. <br />
<br />
Propworx, later handled the sale of the larger set pieces of the defunct Las Vegas ''Star Trek: The Experience'' exhibition in April 2010. [http://blastr.com/2010/04/star-trek-las-vegas-props.php] This was a prelude to Propworx' first specialised ''Star Trek'' auction.<br />
<br />
In August of 2012 Propworx announced via the RPF that it was [www.therpf.com/f45/propworx-closing-its-doors-157673/ closing its doors] and subsequently filed for bankruptcy.<br />
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<div>'''[http://www.propworx.com/ Propworx, Inc.]''' was an auction house specialising in the sale of science fiction memorabilia, run by Alec Peters, a noted American memorabilia collector of the genre. <br />
<br />
Propworx was founded in in 2008 when Peters was given the exclusive rights to facilitate the sale of the production assets of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' franchise. The two auctions held in 2009 were well received and Propworx was later commissioned to facilitate the sales of other genre franchises such as ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', ''Iron Man'', and ''Stargate''. <br />
<br />
Propworx, later handled the sale of the larger set pieces of the defunct Las Vegas ''Star Trek: The Experience'' exhibition in April 2010. [http://blastr.com/2010/04/star-trek-las-vegas-props.php] This was a prelude to Propworx' first specialised ''Star Trek'' auction.<br />
<br />
In August of 2012 Propworx announced via the RPF that it was [www.therpf.com/f45/propworx-closing-its-doors-157673/ closing its doors] and subsequently filed for bankruptcy.<br />
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<div>'''[http://www.propworx.com/ Propworx, Inc.]''' was an auction house specialising in the sale of science fiction memorabilia, run by Alec Peters, a noted American memorabilia collector of the genre. <br />
<br />
Propworx was founded in in 2008 when Peters was given the exclusive rights to facilitate the sale of the production assets of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' franchise. The two auctions held in 2009 were well received and Propworx was later commissioned to facilitate the sales of other genre franchises such as ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', ''Iron Man'', and ''Stargate''. <br />
<br />
Propworx, later handled the sale of the larger set pieces of the defunct Las Vegas ''Star Trek: The Experience'' exhibition in April 2010. [http://blastr.com/2010/04/star-trek-las-vegas-props.php] This was a prelude to Propworx' first specialised ''Star Trek'' auction.<br />
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In August of 2012 Propworx filed for bankruptcy. <br />
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{{Wrongtitle|title=R&amp;D TV}}<br />
[[Image:Rdtv.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"Got a brainstorm...!"]]<br />
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'''R&amp;D TV''' is the name of a production company who produce the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'']] series. It was set up by writer/developer [[Ronald D. Moore]] and producer [[David Eick]].<br />
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At the end of the credits of every episode of the series, Moore and Eick present themselves in cartoon form inside their office settling developmental arguments by maiming each other alternately in humorously creative and highly violent ways. This animation, produced by [[Jerry Hultsch]]<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=43|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref> is immediately followed by the NBC Universal logo (and sometimes the "In association with [[Sky One|Sky]]") every time.<br />
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The background pictures and other items in the office also change periodically, often hiding homages to film writers and directors.<br />
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The victim of each attack usually starts to suggest an idea ("Get this..!", "I think..", "I've got it..", etc.) as a lightbulb appears over the head of the episode's victim. This sign indicates that bloodshed, maiming, and/or death is about to begin. Luckily for the viewers, Ron and David are revived to write and produce again (before their next scheduled episode and subsequent R&amp;D TV demise, at least).<br />
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Ron and David do not provide their own voices for the cartoon, but the creator of the skits impersonates their voices so well that Ron Moore has pointed out that most viewers don't notice.<br />
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''Wired'' interviewed skit creator Hultsch about the skits [http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/news/2008/04/bsg_closers in this interview] for their online magazine.<br />
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== Seasons==<br />
*[[R and D TV (Season 1)]]<br />
*[[R and D TV (Season 2)]]<br />
*[[R and D TV (Season 3)]]<br />
*[[R and D TV (Season 4)]]<br />
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== References==<br />
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{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations Closing Animations on SCIFI.COM] <br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]<br />
[[Category:Production Companies]]<br />
[[Category:Production Companies (RDM)]]<br />
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[[de:R and D TV]]</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Tigh%27s_liquor&diff=216942Tigh's liquor2019-07-11T12:23:52Z<p>Mercifull: /* Design */</p>
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<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
<br />
As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
==Design==<br />
[[Propworx]] Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the, now defunct, brand Brilliant Spirits, which was produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
<br />
There are two types of 'L' logo used in the series. In earlier episodes, the bottles were engraved with an oval and the 'L' logo as negative space. In later episodes, just the 'L' was engraved.<br />
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== Additional Images ==<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Tighs liquor miniseries logo.jpg|Logo used on the bottles during the [[Miniseries]] and early episides of [[Season 1]]<br />
Image:Tigh's liquor bottle logo.jpg|Logo used from late Season 1 onwards<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.brilliant-spirit.com Brilliant Vodka], the bottles used by the props department for Tigh's liquor.<br />
*[[w:Whisky|Whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
*[[w:Scotch whisky|Scotch whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
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{{Drugs}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Propworx&diff=216941Propworx2019-07-11T12:23:31Z<p>Mercifull: </p>
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<div>'''[http://www.propworx.com/ Propworx, Inc.]''' was an auction house specialising in the sale of science fiction memorabilia, run by Alec Peters, a noted American memorabilia collector of the genre. <br />
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Propworx was founded in in 2008 when Peters was given the exclusive rights to facilitate the sale of the production assets of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' franchise. The two auctions held in 2009 were well received and Propworx was later commissioned to facilitate the sales of other genre franchises such as ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', ''Iron Man'', and ''Stargate''. <br />
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Propworx, later handled the sale of the larger set pieces of the defunct Las Vegas ''Star Trek: The Experience'' exhibition in April 2010. [http://blastr.com/2010/04/star-trek-las-vegas-props.php] This was a prelude to Propworx' first specialised ''Star Trek'' auction.<br />
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In August of 2012 Propworx filed for bankruptcy. <br />
<br />
A defamation lawsuit is set for 2020 in relation to a disputed sale of the Enterprise-E model from Star Trek: First Contact by Hero Prop LLP.<br />
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<div>'''[http://www.propworx.com/ Propworx, Inc.]''' was an auction house specialising in the sale of science fiction memorabilia, run by Alec Peters, a noted American memorabilia collector of the genre. <br />
<br />
Propworx was founded in in 2008 when Peters was given the exclusive rights to facilitate the sale of the production assets of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' franchise. The two auctions held in 2009 were well received and Propworx was later commissioned to facilitate the sales of other genre franchises such as ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', ''Iron Man'', and ''Stargate''. <br />
<br />
Propworx, later handled the sale of the larger set pieces of the defunct Las Vegas ''Star Trek: The Experience'' exhibition in April 2010. [http://blastr.com/2010/04/star-trek-las-vegas-props.php] This was a prelude to Propworx' first specialised ''Star Trek'' auction.<br />
<br />
In August of 2012 Propworx filed for bankruptcy. <br />
<br />
A defamation lawsuit is set for 2020 in relation to a disputed sale of the Enterprise-E model from Star Trek: First Contact by Hero Prop LLP.</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Tigh%27s_liquor&diff=216939Tigh's liquor2019-07-11T12:05:38Z<p>Mercifull: /* Additional Images */</p>
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<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
<br />
As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
==Design==<br />
Propworx Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches. <br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the, now defunct, brand Brilliant Spirits, which was produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
<br />
There are two types of 'L' logo used in the series. In earlier episodes, the bottles were engraved with an oval and the 'L' logo as negative space. In later episodes, just the 'L' was engraved.<br />
<br />
== Additional Images ==<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Tighs liquor miniseries logo.jpg|Logo used on the bottles during the [[Miniseries]] and early episides of [[Season 1]]<br />
Image:Tigh's liquor bottle logo.jpg|Logo used from late Season 1 onwards<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.brilliant-spirit.com Brilliant Vodka], the bottles used by the props department for Tigh's liquor.<br />
*[[w:Whisky|Whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
*[[w:Scotch whisky|Scotch whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
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{{Drugs}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Tigh%27s_liquor&diff=216938Tigh's liquor2019-07-11T12:05:10Z<p>Mercifull: </p>
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<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
<br />
As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
==Design==<br />
Propworx Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches. <br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the, now defunct, brand Brilliant Spirits, which was produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
<br />
There are two types of 'L' logo used in the series. In earlier episodes, the bottles were engraved with an oval and the 'L' logo as negative space. In later episodes, just the 'L' was engraved.<br />
<br />
== Additional Images ==<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Tighs liquor miniseries logo.jpg|Logo used on the bottles during the [[Miniseries]] and early episides of [[Season 1]]<br />
Image:Tigh's liquor bottle logo.jpg|Logo used from late Season 1 onwards]]<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.brilliant-spirit.com Brilliant Vodka], the bottles used by the props department for Tigh's liquor.<br />
*[[w:Whisky|Whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
*[[w:Scotch whisky|Scotch whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
<br />
{{Drugs}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Tigh%27s_liquor&diff=216937Tigh's liquor2019-07-11T11:58:55Z<p>Mercifull: /* Notes */ read too much like an advert... an advert for a company who have ceased operating</p>
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<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
<br />
As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
[[File:Tigh's liquor bottle logo.jpg|thumb|right|The unidentified 'L' logo]]<br />
==Design==<br />
Propworx Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches. <br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the, now defunct, brand Brilliant Spirits, which was produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
<br />
There are two types of 'L' logo used in the series. In earlier episodes, the bottles were engraved with an oval and the 'L' logo as negative space. In later episodes, just the 'L' was engraved.<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.brilliant-spirit.com Brilliant Vodka], the bottles used by the props department for Tigh's liquor.<br />
*[[w:Whisky|Whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
*[[w:Scotch whisky|Scotch whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
<br />
{{Drugs}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Tigh%27s_liquor&diff=216936Tigh's liquor2019-07-11T10:35:16Z<p>Mercifull: </p>
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<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
<br />
As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
[[File:Tigh's liquor bottle logo.jpg|thumb|right|The unidentified 'L' logo]]<br />
==Design==<br />
Propworx Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches. <br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the brand Brilliant Vodka, an ultra-premium vodka made from 100% grain neutral spirits that are produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
<br />
There are two types of 'L' logo used in the series. In earlier episodes, the bottles were engraved with an oval and the 'L' logo as negative space. In later episodes, just the 'L' was engraved.<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.brilliant-spirit.com Brilliant Vodka], the bottles used by the props department for Tigh's liquor.<br />
*[[w:Whisky|Whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
*[[w:Scotch whisky|Scotch whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
<br />
{{Drugs}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Tigh%27s_liquor&diff=216935Tigh's liquor2019-07-11T10:34:54Z<p>Mercifull: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
<br />
As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
[[Tigh's liquor bottle logo.jpg|thumb|right|The unidentified 'L' logo]]<br />
==Design==<br />
Propworx Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches. <br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the brand Brilliant Vodka, an ultra-premium vodka made from 100% grain neutral spirits that are produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
<br />
There are two types of 'L' logo used in the series. In earlier episodes, the bottles were engraved with an oval and the 'L' logo as negative space. In later episodes, just the 'L' was engraved.<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.brilliant-spirit.com Brilliant Vodka], the bottles used by the props department for Tigh's liquor.<br />
*[[w:Whisky|Whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
*[[w:Scotch whisky|Scotch whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
<br />
{{Drugs}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Tigh%27s_liquor&diff=216934Tigh's liquor2019-07-11T10:28:26Z<p>Mercifull: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
<br />
As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
==Design==<br />
Propworx Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches. <br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the brand Brilliant Vodka, an ultra-premium vodka made from 100% grain neutral spirits that are produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
<br />
There are two types of 'L' logo used in the series. In earlier episodes, the bottles were engraved with an oval and the 'L' logo as negative space. In later episodes, just the 'L' was engraved.<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.brilliant-spirit.com Brilliant Vodka], the bottles used by the props department for Tigh's liquor.<br />
*[[w:Whisky|Whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
*[[w:Scotch whisky|Scotch whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
<br />
{{Drugs}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Tigh%27s_liquor&diff=216933Tigh's liquor2019-07-11T10:27:58Z<p>Mercifull: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky or scotch coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
<br />
As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
==Design==<br />
Propworx Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches. <br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the brand Brilliant Vodka, an ultra-premium vodka made from 100% grain neutral spirits that are produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
<br />
There are two types of 'L' logo used in the series. In earlier episodes, the bottles were engraved with an oval and the 'L' logo as negative space. In later episodes, just the 'L' was engraved.<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.brilliant-spirit.com Brilliant Vodka], the bottles used by the props department for Tigh's liquor.<br />
*[[w:Whisky|Whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
*[[w:Scotch whisky|Scotch whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
<br />
{{Drugs}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Drugs&diff=216932Template:Drugs2019-07-11T10:25:56Z<p>Mercifull: re-ordering a-z</p>
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<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky or scotch coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
<br />
As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
==Design==<br />
Propworx Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches. <br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the brand Brilliant Vodka, an ultra-premium vodka made from 100% grain neutral spirits that are produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
*[http://www.brilliant-spirit.com Brilliant Vodka], the bottles used by the props department for Tigh's liquor.<br />
*[[w:Whisky|Whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
*[[w:Scotch whisky|Scotch whisky]] (Real-world alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
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{{Drugs}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society]]<br />
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<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky or scotch coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
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As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
==Design==<br />
Propworx Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches. <br />
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==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the brand Brilliant Vodka, an ultra-premium vodka made from 100% grain neutral spirits that are produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
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== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.brilliant-spirit.com Brilliant Vodka], the bottles used by the props department for Tigh's liquor.<br />
*[[w:Whisky|Whisky]] (Real-world green alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
*[[w:Scotch whisky|Scotch whisky]] (Real-world green alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
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<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky or scotch coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
<br />
As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
==Design==<br />
Propworx Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches. <br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the brand Brilliant Vodka, an ultra-premium vodka made from 100% grain neutral spirits that are produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
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==External links==<br />
[http://www.brilliant-spirit.com Brilliant Vodka], the bottles used by the props department for Tigh's liquor.<br />
{{ext-wikipedia|article = Whisky}}<br />
{{ext-wikipedia|article = Scotch whisky}}<br />
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<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky or scotch coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
<br />
As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
==Design==<br />
Propworx Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches. <br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the brand [http://www.brilliant-spirit.com Brilliant Vodka], an ultra-premium vodka made from 100% grain neutral spirits that are produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
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== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
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{{Drugs}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br />
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<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|[[Saul Tigh]] measures how much alcohol he has remaining ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky or scotch coloured beverage seems particularly popular among Colonial officers. <br />
<br />
As the specific name of this alcohol remains unnamed, it is referred to as '''Tigh's liquor'''.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:Propworx Tighs liquor bottles.jpg|thumb|right|Bottles for sale in the Propworx Auction.]]<br />
==Design==<br />
Propworx Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12 inches x 2.75 inches. <br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the property department were repurposed from the brand [https://www.internetwines.com/rws18983.html Brilliant Vodka], an ultra-premium vodka made from 100% grain neutral spirits that are produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
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Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky or scotch coloured beverage seems particularly popular among colonial officers. <br />
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==Design==<br />
Propworks Lot 494 and 495 note that the bottle is six-sided with faux etched graphics (unidentified L-shaped symbol) on all sides and measures 12" x 2.75". <br />
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==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the props department were actually repurposed from the brand [https://www.internetwines.com/rws18983.html Brilliant Vodka], an ultra-premium vodka made from 100% grain neutral spirits which is produced and bottled in the highlands of Scotland.<br />
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<div>I'm a little rusty making new wiki pages. This could do with a cleanup. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 05:09, 10 July 2019 (PDT)</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Tigh%27s_bottle&diff=216915Tigh's bottle2019-07-10T12:14:35Z<p>Mercifull: Mercifull moved page Tigh's bottle to Tigh's liquor: Using the name from Propworx, Lot 495</p>
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Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky or scotch coloured beverage seems particularly popular among colonial officers. <br />
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The bottle is a tall six sided glass bottle with a L-shaped symbol edged onto each side. The brand name and exact variety of beverage is never named in the series.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the props department were actually the brand [https://www.internetwines.com/rws18983.html Brilliant vodka].<br />
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<div>{{cleanup}}[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|Tigh measures how much alcohol he has drunk]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky or scotch coloured beverage seems particularly popular among colonial officers. <br />
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The bottle is a tall six sided glass bottle with a L-shaped symbol edged onto each side. The brand name and exact variety of beverage is never named in the series.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the props department were actually the brand [https://www.internetwines.com/rws18983.html Brilliant vodka].<br />
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[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mercifullhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Tigh%27s_liquor/Archive_1&diff=216912Talk:Tigh's liquor/Archive 12019-07-10T12:09:10Z<p>Mercifull: Created page with "I'm a little rusty making new wiki pages. This could do with a cleanup. --~~~~"</p>
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<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|Tigh measures how much alcohol he has drunk]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky or scotch coloured beverage seems particularly popular among colonial officers. <br />
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The bottle is a tall six sided glass bottle with a L-shaped symbol edged onto each side. The brand name and exact variety of beverage is never named in the series.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the props department were actually the brand [https://www.internetwines.com/rws18983.html Brilliant vodka].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div>[[File:Tigh's bottle.jpg|thumb|right|Tigh measures how much alcohol he has drunk]]<br />
Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky or scotch coloured beverage seems particularly popular among colonial officers. <br />
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The bottle is a tall six sided glass bottle with a L-shaped symbol edged onto each side. The brand name and exact variety of beverage is never named in the series.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the props department were actually the brand [[https://www.internetwines.com/rws18983.html Brilliant vodka]].<br />
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Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky or scotch coloured beverage seems particularly popular among colonial officers. <br />
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The bottle is a tall six sided glass bottle with a L-shaped symbol edged onto each side. The brand name and exact variety of beverage is never named in the series.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the props department were actually the brand [[https://www.internetwines.com/rws18983.html Brilliant vodka]].<br />
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Regularly seen throughout the series, most commonly in the hands of [[Saul Tigh]], this whisky or scotch coloured beverage seems particularly popular among colonial officers. <br />
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The bottle is a tall six sided glass bottle with a L-shaped symbol edged onto each side. The brand name and exact variety of beverage is never named in the series.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
The bottles used by the props department were actually the brand [[https://www.internetwines.com/rws18983.html Brilliant vodka]].<br />
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<div>:''For information on a similarly-named (but differently spelled) alcoholic beverage in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see [[Ambrosa]].''<br />
[[Image:Ambrosia.jpg|thumb|right|The [[ambrosia]] flows richly during the Tighs' reunion dinner.<br>([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]])]]<br />
'''Ambrosia''' is an intoxicating alcoholic beverage, typically green in color.<br />
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[[Ellen Tigh]] presents a bottle of ambrosia to her husband, Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], after they have reunited ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).<br />
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During a documentary on the military of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] conducted by [[D'Anna Biers]], an inebriated, cigarette-smoking [[Felix Gaeta]] reveals a tattoo and comments: "Ambrosia's good with a chaser. And if you have enough ambrosia-- didn't really hurt that much" ([[Final Cut]]).<br />
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The luxury liner ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' offered ambrosia as a barside drink ([[Colonial Day]]).<br />
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According to the labels on the bottle; Ambrosia was produced in the Bliffe Sector by the Stanford Distillery for at least 100 years. It also appears to have been made with prison labor <ref>Given the humorous tone of the entire label this might just be an in-joke by the production team that isn't supposed to be taken literally. The joke itself may be a nod to "[[The Long Patrol]]", an [[Original Series]] episode, where [[ambrosa]] was made by prisoners on the penal colony of [[Proteus]].</ref>. The telephone area code for the Bliffe Sector is (04).<br />
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Scorpion Marsh Genuine Ambrosia is a particularly expensive brand 58 years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. The majority of [[Caprica_(RDM)|Capricans]] dislike Scorpion due to its potency and the belief that it smells like sulfur ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]"). Sister [[Clarice Willow]] presents a bottle to [[Amanda Graystone]] as a gift ([[CAP]]: "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]").<br />
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[[Image:ambrosia2.jpg|thumb|right|The actual labels from the bottle used on the show.]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*In Greek mythology, ambrosia was said to be the food of the Olympian gods, made out of nectar, conferring immortality on those who ate it.<br />
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{{ext-wikipedia|article = Ambrosia}}<br />
*[[w:Absinthe|Absinthe]] (Real-world green alcoholic beverage) article at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia].<br />
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Hello Enabran! Glad to see that you're back! If you'd like, I can resurrect the German wiki so that you may continue you work on it. Just let me know what your thoughts and plans were. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:57, 27 June 2019 (PDT)<br />
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:Hi Joe. My plan was and is to translate as much articles as possible from english to german. Before the wiki went down my Episode guide from Caprica was the best german episode guide in the web. I spent much time for Caprica. In the last 3 years a few people started to make their own wiki, but the german wiki from here had about 1000 pages, no other wiki is reaching that. If you bring it back, we are the top wiki again -- [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 23:14, 27 June 2019 (PDT)<br />
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:: I'll put it on my list. I'll endeavor to work on getting it back up over the weekend. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:14, 28 June 2019 (PDT)<br />
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::: still waiting for the resurrection :-( -- [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 02:15, 8 July 2019 (PDT)<br />
::::Apologies, Colonial technology isn't as fast as Cylon... --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 07:25, 9 July 2019 (PDT)</div>Mercifull