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== Regarding "Spoilers" ==
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'''[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Permanent_documentation_file Permanent documentation file] — The Merovingian, BattlestarWiki.org:'''


Welcome to the Wiki! Just wanted to drop a note by and state that this site doesn't censor spoilers.  Therefore, I've reverted your changes. See the [[Battlestar Wiki:Spoiler Policy|Spoiler Policy]]. Thanks! -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 11:06, 17 Aug 2005 (EDT)
== The Bot ==


Well yes, but I think we should just keep stuff that's current, or chronological i.e. put the first entry under "Pegasus" saying that Tyrol served there, THEN mentioned the rest...I don't know. P.SWhat's with that IP address that keeps sending junk links on this wiki?  Is it a person or a bot?
You said you wanted to take a look at what the bot does when it was working... [[Template:Allopentasks]]. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 11:40, 5 August 2006 (CDT)
:Thanks--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 13:15, 5 August 2006 (CDT)


: I think its a bot of some type.  I'll probably end up blocking the IP ranges. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 12:52, 17 Aug 2005 (EDT)
== Template Help ==


==Cylon Wars==
I created this [[Battlestar Wiki:Template List Guidelines|page]] (for you and others) for help using the new cite templates so you understand how it works. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 00:57, 6 August 2006 (CDT)
:I do not understand. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 01:22, 6 August 2006 (CDT)


Just wanted to compliment you for your recent adjustments to the Cylon War articles. Nice job. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 05:43, 18 Aug 2005 (EDT)
== If your going to be around... ==


Ditto. I like the Battle pages you've created. It has a great functionality to show in a nutshell any changes in equipment and manpower. If that isn't already there, can we have a count of lost Colonial ships, pilots, or other humans? [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:09, 18 Aug 2005 (EDT)
I will update the {{tl|Episode Data}} and we three can work on the episode pages. Just let me know. /me goes back try and getting this bot back to work.. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 11:52, 8 August 2006 (CDT)
:Actually could you do that in circa 6 hours?  THe old ball and chain has me doin' stuff. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 11:52, 8 August 2006 (CDT)
::Steel's not around in 6. :-| Shouldn't really take that long. Episode Pages # < Character Pages, but there are more changes... --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 11:55, 8 August 2006 (CDT)


:As I understand it, there is a "list of pilots" page, and I believe that it and the article for ''Galactica'' cover Viper numbers (though Raptor numbers are anyone's guesss so far; the official site+on screen dialog has only said the number of Vipers).  I also appreciate it that RDM, unlike the morons on Star Trek: Voyager (HOW MANY shuttles did they lose?) will devote an ENTIRE EPISODE's "A" plot ("Flight of the Phoenix") to saying that the Galactica has reached the point where they have to start building more Vipers ''from scratch''.  --->Actually, all I did was copy/paste the wiki battlebox from Wikipedia's Battle of Pelennor Fields page....of course, I WROTE most of the entry for Pelennor Fields including the battlebox, as well as the box for Helm's Deep, Black Gate, Bywater, Dale, etc.  If you check "history" on Wikipedia I (Ricimer) actually have written ''most'' of the LOTR material, and I regulary update the Battlestar Galactica pages.  Weird thing is, on Wikipedia if you type in "Cylon" you get this 6th century B.C. Athenian statesman named "Cylon" with a link to "the fictional robots".  I think maybe 5 people would be looking for the ancient Athenian:  anyone known how to bump Galactica's Cylons ahead of them?  Anyway, the hard part was actually figuring out how to get a color that was visible on a black backround; it was originally ''pink'' and looked horrible (I don't know how to change colors) and had to toy around a dozen or so times before I got a nice bluish color.  ---Ricimer  8:00, 18 Aug, 2005 EDT
== Battlestar List ==


==12 Colonies==
I understand the list's canon-bility, but I'd like to know the list, and a reference where I can look at it myself. --[[User:Volostheguardian|Volostheguardian]] 03:52, 9 August 2006 (CDT)
:Oh yeah, sure I'll help you out with that; hmmm...I"m going to need to do some digging, I'll get back to you on that...--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 06:10, 9 August 2006 (CDT)
::Where the frak is that list? I'm cutting through alot of felgercarb and I still haven't havent' had a reading on that muthafrakking list. --[[User:Volostheguardian|Volostheguardian]] 03:32, 18 August 2006 (CDT)


Thanks on the Colony stuff, I'm still new at this.
:::I think some were deleted, and I don't have time to dig; check some of the TOS battlestar entries' History pages, as they may have contained "Zoic-only RDM Battlestar info" from a while ago.--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 11:16, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
::::"According to information releaed by [[Zoic|Zoic Studios]], the '''''Rycon''''' is one of the five [[battlestar]]s built by the [[Colonial]]s during the [[Cylon War]], the others being ''[[Galactica]]'', ''[[Columbia]]'', ''[[Pegasus]]'' and ''[[Atlantia]]''. There is currently no [[Canon|canonical]] data to support this, but as the ''Rycon'' was a name used in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]], it is probable the name would be carried forward to the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|new series]]."
::::I dug that out of the Rycon entry. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:25, 18 August 2006 (CDT)


==Nuggets==
:::::How could it be Five?  Doral stated in the Miniseries that there were originally Twelve.  --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 11:43, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
::::::[[User:Ernestborg9|Ernestborg9]] appears to have created that entry (at least the Rycon). I've got no idea where that came from. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:49, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
:::::::If I ever meet that Ernestborg9 guy in person (an impossibility) I'm going to beat him to a pulp.  He hasn't come here for over a year, but he wrote a LOT of junk we later had to fix.  Most obviously is the "Reviews" he did instead of "Analysis" for episodes, but on top of that; I mean just from technical articles, ship articles, character articles he just made a lot of bad stuff we later had to fix. :) --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 11:59, 18 August 2006 (CDT)


You said:
==IGN interview EJO's Bush Comments==
Just wondering if you caught EJO's commemts on Bush. Lucy tried to cover for him :).--[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 20:25, 19 August 2006 (CDT)
:What are you specifically referring to?  I saw the interview but I thought it was the usual "he's a moron" stuff.  --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 20:26, 19 August 2006 (CDT)
::Let me see if I can get this right, EJO talking about Adama being so overwhelmed like George Bush and want to throw his hands up, But Bush comes out every morning talking about the happy day it is. Lucy goes not he (bush) doesn't say that. I'll listem again if you want me, but I think that is close. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 20:35, 19 August 2006 (CDT)


:According to the SciFi.com official website, after the events of "The Hand of God", there are 5 surviving nuggets.
== CNP ==


Can you tell me where to find this? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 11:45, 27 August 2005 (EDT)
Oh no, this CNP we're uploading has tons of backdoors! Sure it looks like a good idea, updating the styling and such, but pretty soon we're going to be stuck about 300 gigabytes from our homepage with our pants down and only McAfee to protect us. --[[User:Volostheguardian|Volostheguardian]] 00:29, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
:I don't make these updates; Shane and Joe are doing that, I'm not involved at all.--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 09:30, 23 August 2006 (CDT)


:Go to Scifi.com's Battlestar Galactica page.  Click on "Ships Gallery" go to the Viper page.  Click on "CAG roster".  It gives a list of ships.  During the first season it was updated every episode that Vipers were lost or damaged, up until episode #10 "The Hand of God" (I actually don't think any Vipers were lost since then).  Anyway, it says that there are "5 trainee pilots" right there.  So I went to the "nugget" page and updated it to say that there are 5 now (Hot Dog, Kat, and three others apparently). ---Ricimer, 27 Aug, 2005 4:00 pm EDT
== Wormholes ==


==Your fight with [[User:Philwelch|Philwelch]]==
*I'm not arguing with you. But out of curiosity could you provide the source where RDM specifically said FTL tech is wormhole based? -- [[User:Troyian|Troyian]] 16:21, 27 August 2006 (CDT)
:I'd have to check the blog; I actually don't really care about tech stuff, I was just pointing out that BSG doesn't call it a "Jump Point".  --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 16:54, 27 August 2006 (CDT)


Gentlemen: rather than reverting each other's edits on [[Cylons]] and submitting ban requests, please attempt a civilized discussion on the article's [[Talk:Cylons|talk page]]. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 15:03, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
== Message posted at Scifi.com Messageboards ==


Agreed.  I will revert the Cylon page to whatever it was in the last edit before this started, then continue on the discussion page. ---Ricimer, 1 Sept, 2005
I can't respond on the wiki, so a brief though polite response [http://mboard.scifi.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=2107532&page=0&vc=1 here]. -- The_Merovingian 09/01/06 12:25 PM


==Redirects==
: For your consideration, here's the thread from where this comment originates: http://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=BattlestarGalactica&Number=2107532&page=0&fpart=2. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:31, 1 September 2006 (CDT)


Use <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Gideon]]</nowiki>, for example. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:08, 10 September 2005 (EDT)
== Name Change ==


== Humano-Cylons ==
I'm changing my user name from "The_Merovingian" to "V"


I was looking into your reason for removing my "Starbuck's a Cylon" bit and wanted to point out that the line that Boomer says concerning Starbuck having a child does not say that she would breed with a Cylon. Boomer states, "No, if you agreed to bear children, it’d be voluntary, maybe even set you up with someone you like." Now, if Starbuck were to be set up with a Cylon to create a hybrid and the "twelve models" bit meant twelve different Humano-Cylon models, that would be extremely limiting (after all, we've already seen the chemistry between her and Leoben. Heh.). If the Cylons were trying to set her up with Simon, for example, it seems odd how he kept pushing her buttons (the child abuse thing, the "do you see any Vipers around here" bit, etc.). If one wanted to look at Boomer's comment as a general one relating to humans, then it still seems like Starbuck would not really work in that situation, either. I think that Boomer's comment could mean that the Cylons would set her up with Anders or Lee Adama, both of whom she has feelings for (note that Boomer says "someone you like," not "someone you would like."). While a case could be made that Anders is a Cylon, his presige and career in professional Pyramid makes it likely that he would have been in the public eye for more than two years prior to the Cylon holocaust, which, as I stated, seems to be the point of origin of Cylon infiltration. However, the information on Anders is quite weak and would make such a case on either side very difficult. D'anna Biers may have been in the public eye as a reporter, though the case has been made by others that she was probably a low profile reporter prior to the attack, and therefore would not have had the exposure that Anders enjoyed. Also, if one were to make the case that Baltar was a Cylon and that he could be used, the brainscan performed on him in Home, Part II, seems like it would have shown silica pathways in his brain, as that appears to still be part of Cylon technology (according to the mini-series), so it seems unlikely that he's a Cylon, too. Well, that turned into quite the long and roundabout case. Anyhow, as Boomer, nor anyone else in the episode, seems to have stated directly that Starbuck would be made to breed with a Cylon, there is enough wiggle-room to justify that this may not have been the case. -- [[User:Linaf|Linaf]]
The Matrix reference is getting dated, and V for Vendetta is cool. Needed a fresh start.
== Final Cut ==
Thanks for the clean-up on my addendum... was kinda klunky....
[[User:Lone Odessan|Lone Odessan]] 18:17, 11 September 2005 (EDT)


== The Great Cylon Turkey Shoot ==
<nowiki>**</nowiki>Everyone is supposed to know that "The Merovingian" and "V" are the same person; it will even be in my sig for a time. I asked the Admins to change my name and they said okay. Just to let you guys know. --  The_Merovingian 09/06/06 02:38 PM


You, sir, are a genius with the new battle page title. I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read your title change. The content of this page should be equally amusing. [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 01:46, 17 September 2005 (EDT)
(the above message was received as a PM by Steelviper on the Scifi.com Bulletin board system --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:37, 6 September 2006 (CDT))
 
:I get confused with people changing names. Ive used the same one for like a bazillion years. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 15:21, 6 September 2006 (CDT)
*No sir, I was actually quite serious. RDM was in the NROTC, and he says he has stacks of Word War II naval history books which much of the new "realistic" Battlestar Galactica is based on.  My new title is a referrence to an infamous World War II battle:  The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, properly referred to as the Battle of the Philippine Sea.  It was the battle that struck a death knell to the Japanese Imperial Navy:  the Japanese Naval Carrier threat was elminated in this battle and they never challenged US air dominance again.  While suffering relatively light losses, for every one American plane shot down, *''four''* Japanese plains were shot down, and their carriers were annihilated.  The battle was incredbily lopsided.  Because of this lopsidedness, I felt it appropriate to use it here, because BSG is based on a lot of WWII carrier stuff.  I'll leave a note there saying it's a name we made up.  By the way, we need to link these battles into the episode articles so people know to look at them (casual fans coming onto the site).  Problem I have though, is that we don't know if there were Turkeys on the 12 Colonies! (see Life Forms section of "Twelve Colonies"). ---Ricimer, 17 Sept, 2005
: Still a genius move in both humor as well as military history research. I'm faintly familiar with that WWII battle: I think your name is quite appropriate. At least we know the Colonies have blackbirds. [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 02:00, 17 September 2005 (EDT)

Latest revision as of 20:47, 1 November 2007

Permanent documentation file — The Merovingian, BattlestarWiki.org:

The Bot[edit]

You said you wanted to take a look at what the bot does when it was working... Template:Allopentasks. --Shane (T - C - E) 11:40, 5 August 2006 (CDT)

Thanks. --The Merovingian (C - E) 13:15, 5 August 2006 (CDT)

Template Help[edit]

I created this page (for you and others) for help using the new cite templates so you understand how it works. --Shane (T - C - E) 00:57, 6 August 2006 (CDT)

I do not understand. --The Merovingian (C - E) 01:22, 6 August 2006 (CDT)

If your going to be around...[edit]

I will update the {{Episode Data}} and we three can work on the episode pages. Just let me know. /me goes back try and getting this bot back to work.. --Shane (T - C - E) 11:52, 8 August 2006 (CDT)

Actually could you do that in circa 6 hours? THe old ball and chain has me doin' stuff. --The Merovingian (C - E) 11:52, 8 August 2006 (CDT)
Steel's not around in 6. :-| Shouldn't really take that long. Episode Pages # < Character Pages, but there are more changes... --Shane (T - C - E) 11:55, 8 August 2006 (CDT)

Battlestar List[edit]

I understand the list's canon-bility, but I'd like to know the list, and a reference where I can look at it myself. --Volostheguardian 03:52, 9 August 2006 (CDT)

Oh yeah, sure I'll help you out with that; hmmm...I"m going to need to do some digging, I'll get back to you on that...--The Merovingian (C - E) 06:10, 9 August 2006 (CDT)
Where the frak is that list? I'm cutting through alot of felgercarb and I still haven't havent' had a reading on that muthafrakking list. --Volostheguardian 03:32, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
I think some were deleted, and I don't have time to dig; check some of the TOS battlestar entries' History pages, as they may have contained "Zoic-only RDM Battlestar info" from a while ago.--The Merovingian (C - E) 11:16, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
"According to information releaed by Zoic Studios, the Rycon is one of the five battlestars built by the Colonials during the Cylon War, the others being Galactica, Columbia, Pegasus and Atlantia. There is currently no canonical data to support this, but as the Rycon was a name used in the the original series, it is probable the name would be carried forward to the new series."
I dug that out of the Rycon entry. --Steelviper 11:25, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
How could it be Five? Doral stated in the Miniseries that there were originally Twelve. --The Merovingian (C - E) 11:43, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
Ernestborg9 appears to have created that entry (at least the Rycon). I've got no idea where that came from. --Steelviper 11:49, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
If I ever meet that Ernestborg9 guy in person (an impossibility) I'm going to beat him to a pulp. He hasn't come here for over a year, but he wrote a LOT of junk we later had to fix. Most obviously is the "Reviews" he did instead of "Analysis" for episodes, but on top of that; I mean just from technical articles, ship articles, character articles he just made a lot of bad stuff we later had to fix. :) --The Merovingian (C - E) 11:59, 18 August 2006 (CDT)

IGN interview EJO's Bush Comments[edit]

Just wondering if you caught EJO's commemts on Bush. Lucy tried to cover for him :).--FrankieG 20:25, 19 August 2006 (CDT)

What are you specifically referring to? I saw the interview but I thought it was the usual "he's a moron" stuff. --The Merovingian (C - E) 20:26, 19 August 2006 (CDT)
Let me see if I can get this right, EJO talking about Adama being so overwhelmed like George Bush and want to throw his hands up, But Bush comes out every morning talking about the happy day it is. Lucy goes not he (bush) doesn't say that. I'll listem again if you want me, but I think that is close. --FrankieG 20:35, 19 August 2006 (CDT)

CNP[edit]

Oh no, this CNP we're uploading has tons of backdoors! Sure it looks like a good idea, updating the styling and such, but pretty soon we're going to be stuck about 300 gigabytes from our homepage with our pants down and only McAfee to protect us. --Volostheguardian 00:29, 23 August 2006 (CDT)

I don't make these updates; Shane and Joe are doing that, I'm not involved at all.--The Merovingian (C - E) 09:30, 23 August 2006 (CDT)

Wormholes[edit]

  • I'm not arguing with you. But out of curiosity could you provide the source where RDM specifically said FTL tech is wormhole based? -- Troyian 16:21, 27 August 2006 (CDT)
I'd have to check the blog; I actually don't really care about tech stuff, I was just pointing out that BSG doesn't call it a "Jump Point". --The Merovingian (C - E) 16:54, 27 August 2006 (CDT)

Message posted at Scifi.com Messageboards[edit]

I can't respond on the wiki, so a brief though polite response here. -- The_Merovingian 09/01/06 12:25 PM

For your consideration, here's the thread from where this comment originates: http://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=BattlestarGalactica&Number=2107532&page=0&fpart=2. -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate 15:31, 1 September 2006 (CDT)

Name Change[edit]

I'm changing my user name from "The_Merovingian" to "V"

The Matrix reference is getting dated, and V for Vendetta is cool. Needed a fresh start.

**Everyone is supposed to know that "The Merovingian" and "V" are the same person; it will even be in my sig for a time. I asked the Admins to change my name and they said okay. Just to let you guys know. -- The_Merovingian 09/06/06 02:38 PM

(the above message was received as a PM by Steelviper on the Scifi.com Bulletin board system --Steelviper 14:37, 6 September 2006 (CDT))

I get confused with people changing names. Ive used the same one for like a bazillion years. --Mercifull (Talk/Contribs) 15:21, 6 September 2006 (CDT)