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| Archive from before the [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User_talk:Steelviper&oldid=36970 Spam blizzard of '06] (March 10, 2006)
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| ==Fanfic== | | == Thanks for the offer and hospitality, Mr. Viper == |
| (I hope I'm doing this right.) I got your message about a fanfic article on my user page and thank you for the invitation to discuss it over here. Although I don't know when I'd be able to write something up, I would be interested in putting together a fanfic article, if you think there's enough interest here for such a beast. I'm so new to all this, though, that I probably will need help... (On the bright side, I ''did'' figure out how to do a header on this entry, all by myself. Hee.) [[User:Sabaceanbabe|Sabaceanbabe]] 15:56, 6 April 2006 (CDT)
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| :You did just fine! I often append new conversations to the bottom of a page, but there are others that prefer to be at the top of the stack. I live out of the Recent Changes page and diffs, so I should be able to find it either way. Creating the article is as simple as "searching" for a topic that doesn't exist, and clicking the "create this article" link on the resulting page. In this case [[Fan fiction]] might be an appropriate article name, as a [[Memoryalpha:Fan fiction|page]] with that name exists over at Memory-alpha. (I am nothing if not a pattern-follower.) I may go ahead and "click the red link" and get the page created, since I know that can be a scary process when you're not used to it. Whenever you're ready, feel free to start in on it. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 16:05, 6 April 2006 (CDT)
| | Thank you so much for your words of welcome into this well put together website as well as the offer to display my artwork on a budding Battlestar Galactica fansite. I am flattered by your proposal and I would be happy to participate. I do not claim on being the best fan artist out there. I don't have graphic images or fancy computer programs. All I have is a sheet of paper, colored pencils, a scanner (which is momentarily broken), and a PowerPoint program to add additional information. Regardless, I will try my best to give BSG fans what they want. I would be honored to put my art on your site. |
| ::A) Yeah to create new articles, i.e. "Frodo", you would type "Frodo" into the search bar, it would say that a page of that name doesn't exist, along with a red linke saying you may "creat this article", click on that, then "edit" the blank page (just as you click "edit" to post on any page, such as you did for this one) and type your info. We'll help you along with the particulars later. <br> B)'''I see nothing wrong with copying from MemoryAlpha, I've been bringing this up more lately, but I really base alot of BSGwiki stuff on MemoryAlpha'''. Entries for the battles series, and so forth. They've already established and worked the kinks out of a lot of this, so I usually try to '''"reverse-engineer"''' things to do for ''BattlestarWiki'' by examining Memory Alpha. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 17:17, 6 April 2006 (CDT)
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| ==Deleted images==
| | Thank you so much for the offer. So say we all (or maybe just me). |
| I see you deleted quite a few images the other day (March 31), but you deletet quite a few that were being linked to. [[Heavy Raider]] and [[Basestar]]. While not directly embedded into the wiki they were used as links and should either be restored, or the links to the images removed.--[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 06:29, 3 April 2006 (CDT)
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| :'''Sigh'''. My bad. It is exceedingly difficult to determine that images being linked in that way are being used, since they don't register in the "what links here" and they end up in the "unused files" report (which is what I was cleaning up). I tried restoring the images, but it appeared to only restore the text. I guess for now I'll remove the dead links, but you might post to the talk page and see if people interested in those articles miss those images. I apologize for trampling over your images in my "cleaning rampage". I did not intend to delete the linked images. Perhaps a short term hack for getting them off of the "unused files" would be to post thumbnails to the talk page. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:35, 3 April 2006 (CDT)
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| ::No problem, i re-uploaded the images and thumbed them in the talk page explaining why.--[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 07:51, 3 April 2006 (CDT)
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| ::: The best thing to do would to note what pages link to the images on the image's own description page. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] 13:45, 3 April 2006 (CDT)
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| ::::Would that keep them off of the [[Special:Unusedimages]]? I guess that's not a big deal (if they show up on there), but it is an easier list to work if it's kept small. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:48, 3 April 2006 (CDT)
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| :::::Unfortunately, no. If we wanted to keep them off [[Special:Unusedimages]], then thumbing them on the talk page of the article that links to the images would do the trick. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] 13:50, 3 April 2006 (CDT)
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| == Spam Blizzard of '06 ==
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| There's quite a lot of spamming going on. Could they all be the same person? Why would anyone do that?, it's not clever.--[[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 18:20, 9 March 2006 (EST)
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| :Likely the same person or small group of people. The [[Special:Ipblocklist|IP Block List]] shows multiple attempts at accessing after the blocks. And (as you've probably noticed) it's all the same junk. I'm surprised they don't move on to less heavily patrolled waters. This place is pretty active, and their changed are undone fairly quickly (unless they're happy having the links in the history). I've dropped Joe a note, so hopefully it'll get dealt with). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 17:07, 9 March 2006 (CST)
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| ::Perhaps the expiry date of the blocks should be moved from 'a week' to 'indefinitely.'--[[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 15:05, 10 March 2006 (EST)
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| :::Generally we're pretty cautious about handing out indefinite blocks. However, I guess a 10+ strikes and you're out policy probably wouldn't be considered all that rash. I was tempted to do indefinite blocks on these guys earlier, but I was pretty annoyed at the time and didn't want to rush to judgement. However, since a voice of reason agrees (and I've had some time to cool off) then I'll set about with the block fest. It'll take a bit... --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:47, 10 March 2006 (CST)
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| ::::Done. (Also... I'm archiving, so everything older than this thread is getting wiped. Don't be alarmed.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:09, 10 March 2006 (CST)
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| :::::For future reference, it is O.K. by me if you block spammers indefinitely. Also, I am setting up a process where people have to authenticate their e-mail addresses prior to editing, so that should be up fairly soon. Just FYI. More at 11:05. :-) -- [[User:Zantor|Zantor]] 14:52, 10 March 2006 (CST)
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| ::::::I assume that Zantor = Kosh = Joe Jr.? If so... cool. Understood. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:54, 10 March 2006 (CST)
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| :::::::<s>Haha! Sockpuppetry! Burn the heretic!</s> Ehm... Zantor is just an account I was using to test the e-mail required process when creating an account. All I have to do now is enable the e-mail confirmation process, so that should thwart the person or persons entirely. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] 15:03, 10 March 2006 (CST)
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| ::::::::That's what I figured. I guess the checkuser showed too dynamic an ip range to range block? --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:05, 10 March 2006 (CST)
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| :::::::::Actually, it didn't show me any IPs at all, which I found quite odd. I have to find out why. But in the meantime, this is a much better system. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] 16:10, 10 March 2006 (CST)
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| == Note to Self == | | == Definitely gallery format == |
| When going on a blocking spree... don't start with yourself. It is interesting to note that the block in no way affects your ability to block, however. You just can't edit. Sometimes you have to learn things the hard way. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:33, 10 March 2006 (CST)
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| *LOL--Zareck Rocks 15:03, 10 March 2006 (CST)
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| == Japanese articles ==
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| Hey SV, as you already know I have been creating some articles in Japanese. When I was just starting I made a couple mistakes. Unfortunately I messed up the titles of the pages, so we have links to pages that really aren't needed and should be, if I may quote from Stewie, "Eliminated." Here are the links that I would appreciate being destroyed:
| | Regarding your suggestions on what format to use for the Fan Art gallery, I think it should definitely be in a gallery format. Being a long time user of Wikis everywhere, I always found it easier to visually see the picture than to continuously click on an article and read look at it to see what it's like. Please advise. |
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| ::These links were created incorrectly. #1 has a space between the jp: and the title, I did not do that on any of the other episode guide titles. It can be redirected to this link if you can't eliminate the page: [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I/jp:あんたの負担を落とす, 部分 一]]. #2 is incorrect because Part I does not jive with the ending of the title in Japanese: 部分 (ニ)=2. So the second link if it can't be destroyed can be redirected to: [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II/jp:あんたの負担を落とす, 部分 ニ].
| | Dear Mr. Viper (I think that's going to be your new nickname if I may be so bold), |
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| Thanks a lot for your assistance!--Zareck Rocks 17:59, 10 March 2006 (CST)
| | I will definitely spread the word to other BSG Deviants. The only reason I haven't been posting art is (this is humiliating) I forgot how to upload images. |
| :By your command. (You may want to delete the dead links now that they've been "Eliminated.") --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 18:18, 10 March 2006 (CST)
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| ::Thanks a lot! --Zareck Rocks 18:20, 10 March 2006 (CST)
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| :::Sorry, I found another page I needed deleted: [[The Captain's Hand/jp: 艦長の針]].
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| ::::Not a problem. That's what we do. Looks like you're making a lot of ground. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 22:12, 10 March 2006 (CST)
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| == Podcast, Res. Ship, Part 1, Act 4 ==
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| Great work with the podcast transcription, SV! Something so minor that I hate to even mention it, but for the multipart episodes I use [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes Sci Fi's episode list] as my guide for the titling of episodes (i.e. using Part 1 and 2 instead of Part I and II). So when I verified your podcast, I changed the "I's" and "II's" to "One's" or "Two's" and used the long hand version just to err on the side of caution with regards to the [[Battlestar_Wiki:Standards_and_Conventions#Spelling_and_Numbers|Standards and Conventions]]. If I'm in error, let me know. -- [[User:Laineylain|Laineylain]] 22:35, 16 March 2006 (CST)
| | == You're gonna be happy with me, Mr. Viper == |
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| :Sounds fine! I'm used to working back in the dusty stacks of the TOS episode guides, where they still use Roman numerals (and some of them speak in latin, greek, or aramaic). I've got no problems with you bringing the notation into the 21st century. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:03, 17 March 2006 (CST)
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| | As you have told me, I have started to direct Deviants to BSP. I haven't just directed, I've downright recruited. I already have at least five incredibly gifted artists who have agreed to let us use their pictures. However, one of them asked if this is good for college credit. Is it? Please contact me ASAP. |
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| == Table of Contents ==
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| Hi.. I'm new here, I hope this is right place to ask this question: I'm trying to translate episode guide to Turkish. But I'm not axactly capable of editing this wiki.. So the problem is, when I tried to edit "Table of Contents" section, I can't manage it .Why I can't edit TOC whic I created? I can't find any template around here, too? Can you help me?
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| : The TOC is created when you do <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki>, but it bases it's information off the headers. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 05:34, 21 March 2006 (CST)
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| :: OK.. I think I get it, I get it wrong at first I think. Thank you s much!
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| ==Vandals==
| | I have a good idea. Really good idea. |
| That was a pretty good reaction time; from when he came to when he was banned, he lasted under 5 minutes. Hope that motivates him to move on to greener pastures. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 14:48, 17 April 2006 (CDT)
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| :Thanks for the alert. In the future, drop me a message on my talk to fire off an email on the off-chance I'm not haunting the RC, or on the admin noticeboard for a more general alert. I liked their message about how "delicate" their vandalism was... --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:51, 17 April 2006 (CDT)
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| :I was a bit slow on that one, although I re-nuked him, just to be sure. No amount of hull plating will let him survive THAT one. One thing worries me. Those numbers of the user name are sequential. Someone may be using an automated bot to create accounts. Is there a human-readable-only thing that Joe could add to require humans to create accounts? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 16:47, 17 April 2006 (CDT)
| | You know how on the character pages in BSW, they give all this info on the colony, the job, the birth name, etc. of the character. What if we used that same format for the users of BSP? See my user page to get the idea of what I'm talking about. |
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| | If you like it, submit your own. I can't wait to see what colony you're from. |
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| | :While we could add "Colony" to the User Data template, I'm not sure how frequently it'd get filled out. I'm not terribly proud of my birth colony (based on my birthdate) of Aquaria, seeing as how badly our team got stomped by the [http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/panthers.jpg Picon Panthers] last season. Though if people did want to fill in that kind of information, using the Character Data template like you did is the perfect way to do it, in my opinion. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:36, 22 March 2008 (CDT) |
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| | Idea for the header. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 16:07, 16 February 2009 (UTC) |
| | :Oh. The random images. OK. I'll get right on that. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:26, 17 February 2009 (UTC) |
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| | == Battlestar Galacticast == |
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| | Not sure if you were already aware, but Tricia began a podcast called "[https://www.syfy.com/tags/battlestar-galacticast Battlestar Galacticast]" that may be worth exploring. I've only begun listening to it, but it looks very promising for new nuggets of information. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:57, 22 May 2019 (PDT) |
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| | Nice to see some new activity on the wiki. Particularly I was amused by you updating your age for the first time in a decade. Did you know that we have a template to calculate age so that you don't need to manually keep updating it? <nowiki>{{age|yyyy|mm|dd}}</nowiki> --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 05:15, 24 May 2019 (PDT) |
Thank you so much for your words of welcome into this well put together website as well as the offer to display my artwork on a budding Battlestar Galactica fansite. I am flattered by your proposal and I would be happy to participate. I do not claim on being the best fan artist out there. I don't have graphic images or fancy computer programs. All I have is a sheet of paper, colored pencils, a scanner (which is momentarily broken), and a PowerPoint program to add additional information. Regardless, I will try my best to give BSG fans what they want. I would be honored to put my art on your site.
Thank you so much for the offer. So say we all (or maybe just me).
-Forestbender
Mr. Viper,
Regarding your suggestions on what format to use for the Fan Art gallery, I think it should definitely be in a gallery format. Being a long time user of Wikis everywhere, I always found it easier to visually see the picture than to continuously click on an article and read look at it to see what it's like. Please advise.
Junior Pilot Wojcik reporting out.
Dear Mr. Viper (I think that's going to be your new nickname if I may be so bold),
I will definitely spread the word to other BSG Deviants. The only reason I haven't been posting art is (this is humiliating) I forgot how to upload images.
Incompetently yours,
Forestbender
Dear Mr. Viper,
As you have told me, I have started to direct Deviants to BSP. I haven't just directed, I've downright recruited. I already have at least five incredibly gifted artists who have agreed to let us use their pictures. However, one of them asked if this is good for college credit. Is it? Please contact me ASAP.
-Forestbender
Mr. Viper,
I have a good idea. Really good idea.
You know how on the character pages in BSW, they give all this info on the colony, the job, the birth name, etc. of the character. What if we used that same format for the users of BSP? See my user page to get the idea of what I'm talking about.
If you like it, submit your own. I can't wait to see what colony you're from.
-Forestbender
- While we could add "Colony" to the User Data template, I'm not sure how frequently it'd get filled out. I'm not terribly proud of my birth colony (based on my birthdate) of Aquaria, seeing as how badly our team got stomped by the Picon Panthers last season. Though if people did want to fill in that kind of information, using the Character Data template like you did is the perfect way to do it, in my opinion. --Steelviper 15:36, 22 March 2008 (CDT)
Idea for the header. :) Shane (talk) 16:07, 16 February 2009 (UTC)Reply
- Oh. The random images. OK. I'll get right on that. --Steelviper 08:26, 17 February 2009 (UTC)Reply
Not sure if you were already aware, but Tricia began a podcast called "Battlestar Galacticast" that may be worth exploring. I've only begun listening to it, but it looks very promising for new nuggets of information. -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate 21:57, 22 May 2019 (PDT)
Nice to see some new activity on the wiki. Particularly I was amused by you updating your age for the first time in a decade. Did you know that we have a template to calculate age so that you don't need to manually keep updating it? {{age|yyyy|mm|dd}} --Mercifull (Talk/Contribs) 05:15, 24 May 2019 (PDT)
