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- Enabran
- LIMAFOX76
- Mercifull
- April Arcus
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- CalculatinAvatar
- Catrope
- Day
- Serenity
- Steelviper
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- Talos

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Request For Article Deletion[edit]

Hello, I hope this is the correct page to ask for such things. I have done a lot of editing on the BSG: Deadlock articles and I have taken note that there was a duplicate article created (possibly my mistake) Please can I request that this (assault raptor) article be deleted? The duplicate for this article is here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fisher 2000 (talk • contribs).

No worries! The duplicate has been deleted. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 03:05, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

lost access to my old account[edit]

hello! this is User:DrWho42 from a new account. my old account used an old university email which i no longer have access to. if possible, i would like to regain access in preparation for the new series (love sam esmail and mr. robot!).-DoctorWho42 (talk) 02:03, 5 January 2020 (PST)

Send me an email at webmaster@battlestarwiki.org with your new email address. I should be able to update your account and send you a password reset link. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 18:40, 5 January 2020 (PST)

Improperly Archived Talk Pages[edit]

I'm seeing a lot of archived pages in the Talk namespace with "/Archive 1" appended to their names, where the corresponding unprefixed Talk page does not exist. It looks like someone mass-archived talk pages and neglected to create new talk pages or an archive index. I suggest that we move these pages back to their unprefixed titles, with a bot or mass edit tool if possible. --April Arcus (talk) 19:59, 12 April 2020 (PDT)

This was caused by the initial deployment of the StructuredDiscussions extension. It should've provided a link the "archive" from the main "talk" page, but it didn't deploy that. I'm seeing about a means to rectify that. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 14:17, 13 April 2020 (PDT)

👍 --April Arcus (talk) 16:57, 13 April 2020 (PDT)

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-It is my hope that this place can serve as a location for administrators to coordinate their efforts on the maintenance tasks of the Wiki (it's not ALL fun and games), as well as a spot for our contributors to be able to bring things to the attention of the admins if something needs to be done. Need a protected page edited? An article or picture deleted? Admins will watchlist this page so that your request won't get lost in the shuffle.
+It is our hope that this place can serve as a location for administrators to coordinate their efforts on the maintenance tasks of the Wiki (it's not ALL fun and games), as well as a spot for our contributors to be able to bring things to the attention of the admins if something needs to be done. Need a protected page edited? An article or picture deleted? Admins will watchlist this page so that your request won't get lost in the shuffle.
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 == Current Administrators ==
-===Bureaucrats===
-Bureaucrats are administrators who have the ability to make other users into administrators.
-Currently Bureaucrats are:
-*[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]]
-*[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]]
-===Sysops===
-Sysops are administrators who have access to move, delete and restore pages as well as blocking malicious users. The current administrators are:
-*[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]
-*[[User:Day|Day]]
-*[[User:Gougef|Gougef]]
-*[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin Jr.]]
-*[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]]
-*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]
-*[[User:Serenity|Serenity]]
-*[[User:Shane|Shane]]
-*[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]
-*[[User:Talos|Talos]]
-See [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|list of all admins on Battlestar Wiki]]
-== Javascript Reported Vandals ==
+===Senior Chiefs===
+Senior chiefs are, in Wikipedia's terminology, bureaucrats who have the ability to make other users into chiefs. They also have the ability to check user and other advance functions not under the purview of the chiefs.
+Currently senior chiefs are:
+* Active
+** [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]]
+* Inactive
+** [[User:Shane|Shane]]
+** [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]]
+** [[User:NCommander|NCommander]] (Technical Issues Only)
-== Advertisement from hotest-tgp-pics.com ==
+===Chiefs===
+Chiefs are administrators who have access to move, delete and restore pages as well as blocking malicious users. The current chiefs are:
+* Active
+**[[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] (established by Joe Baudoin since August 17, 2012)
+**[[User:Enabran|Enabran]]
+**[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]]
+**[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]]
+**[[User:April Arcus|April Arcus]]
+* Inactive
+**[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]
+**[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]
+**[[User:Day|Day]]
+**[[User:Serenity|Serenity]]
+**[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]
+**[[User:Gougef|Gougef]]
+**[[User:Jonathan|Jonathan]] (PR Coordinator)
+**[[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] (Primary Wiki Frakr! Contact)
+**[[User:Talos|Talos]]
+See [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|list of all chiefs on Battlestar Wiki]]
-When accessing a page on BSWiki just now, I ran into a very annoying advertisement. Before the page had even loaded, I was redirected to [http://hotest-tgp-pics.com hotest-tgp-pics.com] (not even in a new window or tab, so it overwrote the page I was viewing), which in turn resized my window to minuscule proportions, then put up a message box over it. Because my PC is slow, I can follow this, but on a fast PC it would seem like my browser window had disappeared. The message box was a misleading advertisement from [http://www.systemdoctor.com SystemDoctor], stating there were errors in my Registry (I'm running Linux, so I don't even ''have'' a registry) and telling me to click OK if I wanted SystemDoctor to check my non-existent registry, or click Cancel if not. After clicking Cancel, I was led to SystemDoctor's download page. I used the Back button to go all the way back to BSWiki, where I finally got to view the page I was visiting in the first place. When I (voluntarily) revisited hotest-tgp-pics.com, I got a similiar advertisement from [http://www.errorsafe.com ErrorSafe], which was just as misleading and annoying as SystemDoctor's. A third visit led me to [http://www.errorprotector.com errorprotector.com], advertising (less obtrusively, though) a product similar to ErrorSafe and SystemDoctor.
+= Discussions =
-I propose that this advertisement be banned from BSWiki for the following reasons:
+== Request For Article Deletion ==
-# It is misleading (it ''always'' says there are errors in your Registry, even if your Registry is fine or you don't even have one);
+Hello, I hope this is the correct page to ask for such things. I have done a lot of editing on the BSG: Deadlock articles and I have taken note that there was a duplicate article created (possibly my mistake) Please can I request that [[Assault Raptor|this]] (assault raptor) article be deleted? The duplicate for this article is [[Assault Raptor (Deadlock)|here]]. {{unsigned|Fisher 2000}}
-# It is obtrusive, as it overwrites the page I'm visiting. Compared to this, popups would be a service (at least they leave your current page intact);
-# It may confuse unexperienced users, because their browser window seems to vanish and multiple clicks on the Back button are needed to go back to BSWiki.
---[[User:Catrope|Catrope]] 14:05, 6 March 2007 (CST)
-:On a more detailed look, I noticed errorprotector.com and systemdoctor.com are identical except for the name and the color scheme ^^ Go figure how honest this company is. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]
-::Pffft ad companies. A word with AdBrite might be worthwhile. In the mean time add the urls to the blacklist. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 15:46, 6 March 2007 (CST)
-== Kara Thrace and Maelstrom Discussions ==
+: No worries! The duplicate has been deleted. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 03:05, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
-Admins: I just put my virtual foot down in the Character Elimination subtopic in the Humanoid Cylon Speculation article, asking discussions to cease, because unnecessary and circular debate on Starbuck was going on. The talk was a perfect example of what we're [[BW:NOT|not a place to chat forever]]. I know that Wikipedia has had a similar problem with other popular pages there, like the various articles for the TV show "Heroes." I don't want our wiki to look like an ugly Windows operating system with more banners and warnings than content like what Wikipedia has become, so let's be on our toes throughout the week to keep talk page discussions relevant and brief, warning users on their talk pages if necessary. Hopefully I'm not being too brash, but understandably there are many fans who are unglued by "Maelstrom" and we have to keep the consistency and accuracy of the wiki as well as managing questions but limit talk page speculation. In a way it's a good thing; Starbuck and the show have become dear to our hearts. But "it's just a TV show: we should really just relax..."--[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 21:28, 7 March 2007 (CST)
+== lost access to my old account ==
-: No problem. Thanks Kevin! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:40, 7 March 2007 (CST)
+hello! this is [[User:DrWho42]] from a new account. my old account used an old university email which i no longer have access to. if possible, i would like to regain access in preparation for the new series (love sam esmail and ''mr. robot''!).-[[User:DoctorWho42|DoctorWho42]] ([[User talk:DoctorWho42|talk]]) 02:03, 5 January 2020 (PST)
-::But... but... but... That's fine with me. If there were novel arguments being made, I would advocate continuing the discussion. As it stands, it seems to be one person attempting to argue against a crowd. This is NOT a democracy, so the sheer numbers shouldn't be the only deciding factor. A lone voice making an impassioned, logical argument CAN sway consensus. That being said, the consensus seems pretty clear in this matter, and unless new evidence comes to light or there are novel arguments to be made, we should just let that one drop for right now. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:43, 8 March 2007 (CST)
+: Send me an email at webmaster@battlestarwiki.org with your new email address. I should be able to update your account and send you a password reset link. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:40, 5 January 2020 (PST)
-:::Yeah, I didn't want to just end the discussion because it was annoying, but because it become less a debate than what should be in the article based on its subject matter. Starbuck's resurrection (if it happens) isn't a real topic appropriate to that article, nor is the metaphysicals of other SF in comparison to BSG. It really got off a tangent from the article subject. If a similar discussion (if kept brief) happened on Thrace's character page, I'd be less likely to ask the discussion to end given the circumstances. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:17, 8 March 2007 (CST)
-==403 Errors==
+== Improperly Archived Talk Pages ==
-I have a note about this on the Crossroads Pt. 1 talk page 'cause that's where I was having the problem first, but it's been spreading, I keep running into pages where it tells me I'm forbidden to go there. I dunno what might be causing it :/ --[[User:BklynBruzer|BklynBruzer]] 12:46, 17 March 2007 (CDT)
+I'm seeing a lot of archived pages in the Talk namespace with "/Archive 1" appended to their names, where the corresponding unprefixed Talk page does not exist. It looks like someone mass-archived talk pages and neglected to create new talk pages or an archive index. I suggest that we move these pages back to their unprefixed titles, with a bot or mass edit tool if possible. --[[User:April Arcus|April Arcus]] ([[User talk:April Arcus|talk]]) 19:59, 12 April 2020 (PDT)
-:Ok this is getting frakking annoying. It's stopped happening on Crossroads Pt. 1 but now I can't look at the Main Page. --[[User:BklynBruzer|BklynBruzer]] 13:12, 17 March 2007 (CDT)
+: This was caused by the initial deployment of the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StructuredDiscussions StructuredDiscussions extension]. It should've provided a link the "archive" from the main "talk" page, but it didn't deploy that. I'm seeing about a means to rectify that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:17, 13 April 2020 (PDT)
-::I just reproduced the error. I have no idea what caused it though. [[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 14:01, 17 March 2007 (CDT)
+:: 👍 --[[User:April Arcus|April Arcus]] ([[User talk:April Arcus|talk]]) 16:57, 13 April 2020 (PDT)
-:::I get it from time to time as well. No idea what could be responsible for that, though. When I refresh the page, it just loads normally. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 14:51, 17 March 2007 (CDT)

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