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Color scheme[edit]

Joe,

First of all, kudos on starting the wiki! This will be an excellent resource and community, and I'm ecstatic to see it catch on so quickly. The color scheme, while definitely striking, can be a little hard on the eyes for some people, myself included. Changing the skin under preferences helps with the white-on-black text, but all the boilerplate tables retain their FG and BG colors (I guess they're controlled by the individual templates, not by CSS). Is there any way around this problem? I don't know enough about Wiki protocol to determine whether templates can also be driven by CSS. If not, perhaps a discussion should be started about modifying the color palette altogether. I personally would love to see an option for a more Colonial-Fleet-themed palette, with shades of gunmetal gray.

Thanks! -- Mayosolo 17:43, 18 January 2006 (EST)

I bet they can be CSS-ified. Rather than giving them colors in the template directly, give them classes or ids and let the CSS file sort out what colors those mean. Now, I'm not certain that would work, since I've never worked with the MediaWIki software, but I get the impression that it's fairly robust with regard to things like this. --Day 18:02, 18 January 2006 (EST)

I can edit the templates to use CSS classes, and edit the stylesheet appropriately. If anyone can come up with alternate color schemes, please bring them to my attention and I'll see what I can whip up. -- Joe Beaudoin 22:55, 18 January 2006 (EST)

Awesome! Thanks, Joe. I can start developing the gray idea... as soon as I relearn CSS. Boy, it's been awhile. -- Mayosolo 00:57, 19 January 2006 (EST)

I may be wrong, but the way I read that, Joe wants colors (like #777777 for a grey, though a bland one) from us (though I like and use the black and red scheme). I think he can handle the CSSing. I could be misunderstanding him, though. If you want someone to do some grunt-work CSSing, Joe, lemme know. I know a thing or two about it. --Day 05:37, 19 January 2006 (EST)

Name Change[edit]

Joe, is it possible for you to change my username? Thanks --BMS 13:32, 28 January 2006 (EST)

Yes, it should be a relatively painless manner. What do you wish your user name changed to? -- Joe Beaudoin 21:39, 28 January 2006 (EST)

"Kraetos" would be great. Thanks! --BMS 23:24, 28 January 2006 (EST)

I would also like my name changed (as I mentioned on my talk page), to "The Merovingian" ("the" is required). If you can't have two words, use "The_Merovingian". --Ricimer 21:42, 28 January 2006 (EST)

CSS[edit]

SV and I got to talking about CSSing as it applies to skins here. I was wondering, since I know a thing or two (maybe three, but no more) about CSS, how you felt about handing out the .css files to be modified so we could use classes and ids rather than explicit colors for the various templates and boxes we've got around. If you'd rather do this yourself, that's fine, too. I just thought I'd offer/ask. --Day 15:38, 1 February 2006 (EST)

I'd have no problem in giving out the CSS sheets. Just mail me with the addresses you want the CSS files sent to and I'll send them out. :-) -- Joe Beaudoin 19:15, 1 February 2006 (EST)

Cite extensions[edit]

Joe, I'm not sure if you've seen the cite extension, but this would make it much easier to document our sources. --April Arcus 00:54, 2 February 2006 (EST)

I've been moseying around the extensions on the MediaWiki & Meta sites and happened upon this one as well; I even tried it on a test wiki I loaded on the server a few days ago. Unfortunately, it only works on the current unstable version of 1.6. (We use the 1.5 series, and I am not comfortable with loading anything that is in alpha stages at this time.) The extension does look cool, however, and would make our lives a lot easier, and I hope that once 1.6 hits stable we can go ahead an implement it on this wiki. -- Joe Beaudoin 09:15, 2 February 2006 (EST)

Are you certain? en.wikipedia.org seems to have the extension enabled. --April Arcus 10:29, 2 February 2006 (EST)

Wikipedia is running 1.6alpha of Mediawiki, while we're on 1.5.5 over here. --Steelviper 10:35, 2 February 2006 (EST)

All Wikimedia projects tend to run the experimental versions of the MediaWiki software. I really don't see the logic of it, but... -- Joe Beaudoin 11:30, 2 February 2006 (EST)

That's a neat feature. I'm patient enough to wait for someone else to get the bugs out, though. It will be needed here as the new show becomes not-so-new and mistakes crop up. --Spencerian 01:26, 3 February 2006 (EST)

Smaller Image[edit]

Joe, I've uploaded a smaller version of he BSG wiki image, so you can use it on the project pages. Most web browsers horribly pixelate images when scaled (see a project page for an example), using this smaller version will prevent that. The file is located at Image:BSG-WIKI-SM.png. [1] --BMS 18:27, 4 February 2006 (EST)

image[edit]

Moved from Joe's user page by Joe Beaudoin on 09:28, 7 February 2006 (EST).

I get some of my images from http://galactica.emedian.net/. --DrBat 08:24, 7 February 2006 (EST)

Name Change (Part deux)[edit]

Joe, I hate to be a bother, but I am politely reminding you of my request for a name change. If there is a problem, could you let me know? Thanks! --BMS 22:12, 7 February 2006 (EST)

Slander[edit]

Joe, I tried to use the "e-mail this user" in the toolbox but it said I need to be logged in with a valid e-mail address in my preferences, which I do so I don't know why I couldn't email you. So I'll have to ask you this here. Feel free to delete this after you read it.

I would hope that the Battlestar Wiki strives to be free of slander so I am requesting you remove the parts of Merv's posting in this thread:

http://www.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Sources_talk:Correspondence_with_Jim_Iaccino

Where he claims that I called Jim's workplace ( I did not and he admits he was "voicing it as a possibility as I have my suspicions. It's actually probably nothing.")

Where he claims I PM'd him an abusive message (I have never PM'd him.)

Where he claims I expressed a desire to "anally rape" him (I certainly have never expressed such a desire.)

Where he claims I sent YOU a threatening e-mail (I'm sure you realise this is false.)

These claims are clearly slander and have no place on your website. The fact that he made up a fictitious PM ((the PM "yeah I am Ribzy you frakhead and I'm going to crucify you!", was a dead giveaway...) Should tell you the depths he will sink to support his slander.

Thank you, take care and control.

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-== Character Pages... ==
-I wasn't sure where to drop this, so I put it here... I thought about putting it in the update talk, but that didn't seem right, either. I wonder if we shouldn't standardize how the Character pages are laid out (aside from the [[Template:Character Data]], I mean). For instance, [[Lee Adama]]'s looks really sharp. Notice it's got the contents at the top, then his Bio (the title of which might be haggled over later Biography vs. Biographical Notes or whatever), which ties in nicely to the Character Data box. On the other hand, if a page is too short to have or organized such that it doesn't have contents, that might look a little odd (Cf. [[User:Day|Day]]).
-On the other hand, we could do something like [[Aaron Doral]]'s page with the intro paragraph to kind of act as that spacer in lieu of the contents listing. However, in cases where you ''do'' have a contents listing this looks, to my eye, not as sharp (Cf. [[Agathon, Karl C.]] which will soon be moved by me to [[Karl C. Agathon]] assuming I can figure out how to do it).
+== Color scheme ==
-So, Joe and anyone else reading this... Whatcha think? Should we do without the intro and go straight into the Bio with a level 2 heading so that our longer write-ups look sharper? Should we have that intro so that our longer write-ups look less sharp, but our shorter ones look more sharp? Or should we change this based on length, so that there's an intro paragraph if it's too short for contents, but no intro paragraph when it gets long enough for one?
+Joe,
-'''OR''' is my aesthetic sense telling me wrong and you guys like things I think are "less sharp" and so we should go with some otehr scheme entirely? --[[User:Day|Day]] 01:51, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
+First of all, kudos on starting the wiki!  This will be an excellent resource and community, and I'm ecstatic to see it catch on so quickly.
+The color scheme, while definitely striking, can be a little hard on the eyes for some people, myself included.  Changing the skin under preferences helps with the white-on-black text, but all the boilerplate tables retain their FG and BG colors (I guess they're controlled by the individual templates, not by CSS).  Is there any way around this problem?  I don't know enough about Wiki protocol to determine whether templates can also be driven by CSS.  If not, perhaps a discussion should be started about modifying the color palette altogether.  I personally would love to see an option for a more Colonial-Fleet-themed palette, with shades of gunmetal gray.
-:We had the same idea, day. I've started a project page at [[Battlestar Wiki:Characters]]. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 04:00, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
+Thanks! -- [[User:Mayosolo|Mayosolo]] 17:43, 18 January 2006 (EST)
-::Wonderous! I'm going to move my character-based project notes from my User page to that project page. Collaboration and communication please me. --[[User:Day|Day]] 04:16, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
-::: Would you mind, Joe, changing the [[Template:Character Data]] talk page to reflect the new fields-that-can-be-invisible? This way we can go through and remove a bunch of people marked "Unknown." --[[User:Day|Day]] 15:14, 9 September 2005 (EDT)
+: I bet they can be CSS-ified. Rather than giving them colors in the template directly, give them classes or ids and let the CSS file sort out what colors those mean. Now, I'm not ''certain'' that would work, since I've never worked with the MediaWIki software, but I get the impression that it's fairly robust with regard to things like this. --[[User:Day|Day]] 18:02, 18 January 2006 (EST)
-==Deletions==
+:: I can edit the templates to use CSS classes, and edit the stylesheet appropriately.  If anyone can come up with alternate color schemes, please bring them to my attention and I'll see what I can whip up. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 22:55, 18 January 2006 (EST)
-Joe, could you either examine the move requests at [[Battlestar Wiki:Characters]] and assist us with moves to article titles already occupied with redirects, or enable me to delete the relevant redirects myself?  --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 04:53, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
+::: Awesome!  Thanks, Joe.  I can start developing the gray idea... as soon as I relearn CSS.  Boy, it's been awhile. -- [[User:Mayosolo|Mayosolo]] 00:57, 19 January 2006 (EST)
-: I'll aid you as needed.  Good project BTW. :-) -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 09:05, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
-:: Specifically, Joe, we need [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] deleted so that we can move [[Agathon, Karl C.]] and [[Baltar, Gaius]] to them respectively. Thanks. --[[User:Day|Day]] 17:18, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
-::: Deleted and moved. Please make sure other pages use the [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Karl Agathon]] links instead of the redirects! -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 18:43, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
-:::: We'll keep our eyes out. Do redirects cause more strain on the server or is it more of a cleanliness issue? --[[User:Day|Day]] 19:17, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
-::::: Cleanliness more than anything else. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 19:23, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
+:::: I may be wrong, but the way I read that, Joe wants colors (like #777777 for a grey, though a bland one) from us (though I like and use the black and red scheme). I think he can handle the CSSing. I could be misunderstanding him, though. If you want someone to do some grunt-work CSSing, Joe, lemme know. I know a thing or two about it. --[[User:Day|Day]] 05:37, 19 January 2006 (EST)
-I wonder if you could delete this [[:Image:Bastille_Day-Mason.jpg|picture]] of [[Mason]]. For some reason, it won't upload right or something. I've tried (as you can see) a couple of times and I'd like to see if a fresh upload would work. Thanks. --[[User:Day|Day]] 16:20, 13 September 2005 (EDT)
+== Name Change ==
-:Can we just have a VFD page, actually? I think it might be time to have elections for additional admins, if you're willing. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:49, 13 September 2005 (EDT)
-:: I'll be looking to get some additional admins in here anyway.  I'll just have to set up the process -- probably people can self-nominate themselves, then the community can take a vote on two or three admins -- so that I can leave the "day to day" operations, per se, to the admins. (I'll still do the major stuff, but I'd rather delegate these "day to day" tasks -- such as page deletions and so forth -- to others.)
-As for a "VFD" process... I'm not a fan of Wikipedia's VFD, because it causes unnecessary problems between contributors and the process needs work. (I know that there are many competing groups who want the VFD changed out in lieu of something better.) So, while there should be a way to nominate possible articles and images for deletion, I don't believe a VFD is a great way to do so and I don't plan on implementing the VFD process used by Wikipedia on this wiki.  Signing off, your benevolent Imperious Leader... -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 10:16, 15 September 2005 (EDT)
+Joe, is it possible for you to change my username? Thanks --[[User:BMS|BMS]] 13:32, 28 January 2006 (EST)
+: Yes, it should be a relatively painless manner.  What do you wish your user name changed to? -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 21:39, 28 January 2006 (EST)
-:In the meantime, I've created [[Battlestar Wiki:Stuff for deletion]] to list cruft that clearly ought to be removed. Maybe you can give it a look over from time to time. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:37, 3 October 2005 (EDT)
+:: "Kraetos" would be great. Thanks! --[[User:BMS|BMS]] 23:24, 28 January 2006 (EST)
-This thread has kinda moved on from this, but this felt like the best place to mention it. I reloaded the [[Mason]] pic and it's still having a fit. I'm not sure what's up. Would it help if I maybe re-created it and reloaded it? I've got the original, uncropped screen shot still and it wouldn't be hard to recrop. Is it worth trying? --[[User:Day|Day]] 16:39, 4 October 2005 (EDT)
+::I would also like my name changed (as I mentioned on my talk page), to "The Merovingian" ("the" is required).  If you can't have two words, use "The_Merovingian".  --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 21:42, 28 January 2006 (EST)
-==Spoiler Policy==
+== CSS ==
-I'm concerned that the discussion and vote on [[Battlestar Wiki talk:Spoiler Policy]] have wide participation, so as to provide a legitimate result. Would you consider advertising it in the site notice for a week or so? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 04:53, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
+[[User:Steelviper|SV]] and I got to talking about [[User talk:Steelviper/CommunityPortal#COlor Scheme|CSSing as it applies to skins here]]. I was wondering, since I know a thing or two (maybe three, but no more) about CSS, how you felt about handing out the .css files to be modified so we could use classes and ids rather than explicit colors for the various templates and boxes we've got around. If you'd rather do this yourself, that's fine, too. I just thought I'd offer/ask. --[[User:Day|Day]] 15:38, 1 February 2006 (EST)
-: Will do. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 09:07, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
+: I'd have no problem in giving out the CSS sheets.  Just [mailto:joebeaudoin@joebeaudoin.net mail me] with the addresses you want the CSS files sent to and I'll send them out. :-) -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 19:15, 1 February 2006 (EST)
-==Ban request==
+==Cite extensions==
-Joe, I humbly request that you ban user "Philwelch", if you see fit to do so.  On Wikipedia.org, he keeps flaming the Cylon and Battlestar Galactica pages, adamant in the belief that "12 Cylon Models" includes Centurions leaving only 11 humanoid ones (nonesensical).  He's counterproductive and often makes unsubstantiated jumps of logic.  Please, instill the fear of God in him.--Ricimer 31 Aug, 2005
-:Oh, let him be. It's not like the issue is cut and dried. Can't we just make a note of the controversy and leave it? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 13:58, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
+Joe, I'm not sure if you've seen the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cite/Cite.php cite extension], but this would make it much easier to document our sources. --[[User:April Arcus|April Arcus]] 00:54, 2 February 2006 (EST)
+: I've been moseying around the extensions on the MediaWiki & Meta sites and happened upon this one as well; I even tried it on a test wiki I loaded on the server a few days ago.  Unfortunately, it only works on the current unstable version of 1.6. (We use the 1.5 series, and I am not comfortable with loading anything that is in alpha stages at this time.) The extension does look cool, however, and would make our lives a lot easier, and I hope that once 1.6 hits stable we can go ahead an implement it on this wiki. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 09:15, 2 February 2006 (EST)
-:: Right now, my decision echos Peter's -- make a note of the issue regarding the ambiguity of the statement (because there is ambiguity present in that "12 Models of Cylon" statement) and ensure that all POVs and speculations are treated accordingly and with respect. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 18:39, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
+::Are you certain? en.wikipedia.org seems to have the extension enabled. --[[User:April Arcus|April Arcus]] 10:29, 2 February 2006 (EST)
-Joe, I retract any desire to have Philwelch banned: although I have heartily disagreed with him in the past on issues, he is nonetheless an excellent poster contributing much valuable information, as well as policing the wikipedia entries almost as fast as I do against malicious edits (this one guy persistently wanted the Cylon page to say that you can do the "Cylon voice" by speaking into a fan; that doesn't sound like a Cylon, you need a voice synthesizer, etc).
+:::Wikipedia is running 1.6alpha of Mediawiki, while we're on 1.5.5 over here. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:35, 2 February 2006 (EST)
-However, I realize I cannot request that someone be immediately banned, but I would like to suggest that you give ''warnings'' leading up to a banning if people make complaints.  I would like to point out now that new user "Jzanjani" has proven fairly malicious and he isn't really contributing any valuable material in his edits; after which he has been joking in fits of arrogance that he will start "flame wars" here if they are changed.  He's also been deleting my ''entire'' usertalk page (thanks to Peter Fargo for restoring it; I originally restored Jzanjani's talk page after he deleted it because I honestly thought he wasn't allowed to do that; I was unfamiliar with the wiki convention regarding this).  He deserves a stern warning that this behavior could lead to banning.  ---[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] October 7, 2005
+:::All Wikimedia projects tend to run the experimental versions of the MediaWiki software. I really don't see the logic of it, but... -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 11:30, 2 February 2006 (EST)
-: I must say. &lt;sarcasm&gt;I find the comment he left with his edit rather witty and cutting.&lt;/sarcasm&gt; If you've not looked at it, it ''is'' amusing, especially considering that the damage has already been (so easily) undone. --[[User:Day|Day]] 13:05, 7 October 2005 (EDT)
+::::That's a neat feature. I'm patient enough to wait for someone else to get the bugs out, though. It will be needed here as the new show becomes not-so-new and mistakes crop up. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 01:26, 3 February 2006 (EST)
-: See my comments about this whole mess on the Cylons [[Talk:Cylons|Talk]] page. Both sides on this are going to an extreme, and need to cool down. [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 14:06, 7 October 2005 (EDT)
+== Smaller Image ==
-==Image Thumbs==
+Joe, I've uploaded a smaller version of he BSG wiki image, so you can use it on the project pages. Most web browsers horribly pixelate images when scaled (see a project page for an example), using this smaller version will prevent that. The file is located at Image:BSG-WIKI-SM.png. [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:BSG-WIKI_SM.png] --[[User:BMS|BMS]] 18:27, 4 February 2006 (EST)
-Can we change the background color of image thumbs to black? The yellow links don't show up very well against white, currently. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 16:04, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
-: Planning on some cosmetic changes anyway. So I'll get right on it. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 16:29, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
-:: I'd like to voice an opinion for dark grey or some shade. I think it's important to stand out against the black page background, but I agree the links are impossible to read. I'd been meditating on a proper solution for a couple days and dark grey doesn't entirely satisfy me, but it's better than either white or black. In my opinion, anyway. --[[User:Day|Day]] 17:03, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
-::: How about the red shade I've implemented? -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 17:04, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
-:::: Hrm. Not what I'd expected, but not bad, either. The links are certainly readable now, and it fits more with the theme of the site, so I think it's a good call. --[[User:Day|Day]] 17:17, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
-== Contents? ==
+==image==
+: ''Moved from [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe's user page]] by [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] on 09:28, 7 February 2006 (EST).''
-Joe... You may be messing with the contents boxes as I type this, but, for what it's worth, I liked them better on the left and not wrapped. If they stay right, we may have to reasses some of our aesthetic choices for character pages (or, actually, probably just edit the Character Data template to be left-aligned. It also bugs me that if there's not intro paragraph, the re line under the first topic and the red line un "Contents" don't line up in my browser. This is a small thing, I know. --[[User:Day|Day]] 17:27, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
+I get some of my images from http://galactica.emedian.net/. --[[User:DrBat|DrBat]] 08:24, 7 February 2006 (EST)
-: How about if the TOC is organized horizontally instead of vertically...? The only reason I aligned it to the right was because of all that wasted whitespace, which annoyed me personally. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 18:36, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
+== Name Change (Part deux) ==
-:: Horizontally? I guess I'd have to see it. I can't imagine what that means. I don't know if I'll be checking back in before Monday, but you might just change in and see how people react. I kind of liked the white space, but--that's me. When you're looking at how the TOC looks, you might look at [[Lee Adama]] as well as non-character articles to see how it looks when put into play. --[[User:Day|Day]] 19:26, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
+Joe, I hate to be a bother, but I am politely reminding you of my [[User_talk:Joe.Beaudoin#Name_Change|request]] for a name change. If there is a problem, could you let me know? Thanks! --[[User:BMS|BMS]] 22:12, 7 February 2006 (EST)
-::: I '''strongly''' think you should revert them to the wikipedia monobook style. There was nothing wrong with them before. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 19:55, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
+== Slander ==
-:::: Good points.  I've reversed the change.  Still, I believe that there's a lot of wasted space done with the TOC. Don't know if anyone else agrees, but I'd be willing to consider any suggestions. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 21:02, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
+Joe, I tried to use the "e-mail this user" in the toolbox but it said I need to be logged in with a valid e-mail address in my preferences, which I do so I don't know why I couldn't email you.  So I'll have to ask you this here.  Feel free to delete this after you read it.
-::::: Honestly, my opinion is that the guys at Wikipedia spend far more hours and energy agonizing over these things than we could ever put in. Short of a tasteful color scheme, my feeling is that we should put our energy into creating high-quality content here, not a signature web design. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:34, 2 September 2005 (EDT)
+I would hope that the Battlestar Wiki strives to be free of slander so I am requesting you remove the parts of Merv's posting in this thread:
-:::::: Speaking of web design, I don't know if you folks are in love with the red/black default color scheme, but I had to switch to the Monobook (wiki.org default) style. The red and black hurt my eyes, and if I couldn't switch it, I wouldn't have an account here at all. It almost turned me off in the first place, and I think it might keep people from contributing, especially anonymous contributors. Just my two cents. --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] 17:41, 13 September 2005 (EDT)
+http://www.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Sources_talk:Correspondence_with_Jim_Iaccino
-::::::: I know that some people aren't going to like the design, but it is unique to the Wiki.  Perhaps, though, it should be indicated somewhere that users can change the skin at their discretion. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 22:57, 13 September 2005 (EDT)
+Where he claims that I called Jim's workplace ( I did not and he admits he was "voicing it as a possibility as I have my suspicions. It's actually probably nothing.")
-:::::::: Maybe a button that says "switch to black on white screen", or something. I'm not sure if that's possible when the user isn't logged in, though. --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] 23:03, 13 September 2005 (EDT)
-What do you think about giving the TOCs black backgrounds again? I thought that looked less imposing. The red does look good for the image thumbnails, though. (And I like the Red&Black, FWIW.) --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:38, 14 September 2005 (EDT)
+Where he claims I PM'd him an abusive message (I have never PM'd him.)
-: I, too, would like a return to the black box with red border. Also, were I in charge, I'd lose the red line under the word Contents, but that's me. Then, if it were to float left, rather than not float, it might look much better... if people are into the whole floating thing.  The Red and Black thing doesn't bother me. I really dislike looking at a lot of white, so I would rather not look at a black on white theme. Whenever I design some HTML, I tend to make the BG a lighter grey so I'm not bombarding my eyes with ''quite'' so many photons. ;) --[[User:Day|Day]] 02:31, 14 September 2005 (EDT)
+Where he claims I expressed a desire to "anally rape" him (I certainly have never expressed such a desire.)
-:: I floated the TOC in [[The Twelve Colonies]], to good effect, I think (although I'm not certain it shouldn't be on the right). However, this is only really appropriate for articles with tall and narrow TOCs. Wikipedia uses templates <nowiki>{{TOCright}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{TOCleft}}</nowiki> for floating on a per-article basis. It might be interesting to bring those over, but in the meantime it's also possible to use the construct <nowiki><div style="float:left">__TOC__</div></nowiki>. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 03:06, 14 September 2005 (EDT)
+Where he claims I sent YOU a threatening e-mail (I'm sure you realise this is false.)
-== Battlestar Wiki:Standards and Conventions ==
+These claims are clearly slander and have no place on your website.  The fact that he made up a fictitious PM ((the PM "yeah I am Ribzy you frakhead and I'm going to crucify you!", was a dead giveaway...) Should tell you the depths he will sink to support his slander.
-Joe. I went ahead and made the above-linked page. Over at the [[Battlestar Wiki:Characters|Characters]] project page, we got into a debate about verb tense. This would also be applicable for other articles, especially episode guides. There've got to be plenty of other things that would go on a [[:Category:Project Page|Project Page]] except that they apply to several projects (or all). If there's already something like this, then I apologize and just point me (and Peter and Colonial One) at it and we'll get to debating standards, etc. I felt I should point this page-creation out to you so that it might get mention in the little announce box thing when something is under discussion that's important and needs a significant consensus. Also, because you might be interested and you might like to weigh in on things. In fact, I think there might be a couple of topics on this very talk page that could be moved to the talk page of Standards and Conventions at your descretion. --[[User:Day|Day]] 05:14, 10 September 2005 (EDT)
+Thank you, take care and control.
-== "New Message" problem ==
-Hi Joe. [[User:Day|Day]] suggested I contact you about the problem I'm having with the "new message" message--It won't go away, even after I've checked my messages. He said that you've run into this problem before. Can you help me? Thanks. --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] 17:33, 13 September 2005 (EDT)
-:It's recurred for me as well, after you fixed it earlier. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:52, 13 September 2005 (EDT)
-:: Ack.  Did some research with the MediaWiki bugzilla, and I came up [http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3447 with this]. Try: http://www.battlestarwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Peter_Farago&action=purge.  (For Fang Aili, use: http://www.battlestarwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Fang_Aili&action=purge.) See if that helps. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 22:55, 13 September 2005 (EDT)
-::: Didn't work. I tried reloading and stuff; no dice. --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] 23:07, 13 September 2005 (EDT)
-::: No dice. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:08, 13 September 2005 (EDT)
-:::: I believe the problem is more to do with the "newtalk" flags being cached, if anything else, probably on server-level.  This seems to be why some users have the problem, and why some do not. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be beating that Leoben fellow into a bloody pulp... -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 10:20, 15 September 2005 (EDT)
-== Template issue ==
-At your convenience, could you pop over to [[Template talk:Twelve Colonies Series]] and try to help settle a dispute there? A cetrain user has started taking a proprietary attitude to articles he's created, which I think completely overrides the purpose of this site. [[User:Kuralyov|Kuralyov]] 22:46, 18 September 2005 (EDT)
-:My contribution to the articles aside, my opinion is not worth less than yours. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:47, 18 September 2005 (EDT)
-**I didn;t say you were worth less than me. However, it's interesting that you made the case that my opinion held less weight than yours because you'd added more to the article in question than I had...[[User:Kuralyov|Kuralyov]] 22:52, 18 September 2005 (EDT)
-==Image Floats==
-When using the extended image markup to float an image left or right without a thumbnail, a red background gets left behind in my browser. At the moment I'm using <nowiki><div style="float:right;"></div></nowiki> tags to surround the image, which doesn't give me the problem, but the use of HTML is undesirable for various reasons. Do you know why this is happening, and whether or not it's fixable? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:38, 20 September 2005 (EDT)
-: I'll check that issue out and get back to you. Thanks! -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 22:15, 20 September 2005 (EDT)
-==Hosting==
-If the cost of hosting is a hardship for you, have you considered joining [http://www.wikicities.com/ wikicities]? They host Memory Alpha, and don't currently have a BSG wiki. (Or is that not possible due to the Creative Commons / GFDL licensing issues?) --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 13:32, 22 September 2005 (EDT)
-: It isn't a hardship at all, actually. I just want to make the option available for people to donate financially, should they choose to do so, in the same way Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation asks for donations.  Not that we are anywhere near the importance of Wikipedia, but if we can get people to donate to improve the Wiki, that'd be nice. :-) -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 22:09, 22 September 2005 (EDT)
-== Quote-o-matic ==
-Joe, would you mind weighing in in this discussion: [[Battlestar Wiki talk:Standards and Conventions#The_Freakin'_Quote-o-Matic]]? Just so we better know how it works and can make a convention/standard and then go make things conform to it. Thanks. And feel free to immediately archive this once you've taken a look. No reason to clutter up your talk page for months. --[[User:Day|Day]] 14:52, 4 October 2005 (EDT)