Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank

This page is one of Battlestar Wiki's many projects. This page serves to coordinate discussion on a particular aspect of this Wiki. The formal recommendations of a project may be treated as policies.

The Think Tank is a way to be bold and get other people to help in your quest to make bold actions on the wiki. The following are items that are considered major decisions which must go through the Think Tank vetting process prior to any implementation:

• New policy proposals.
• New projects.
• New templates.
• Extensive modifications to already existing policies.
• Anything considered major by administrator (and/or community) consensus.

Any of these must be proposed prior to implementation. This process ensures that the originator of the idea receives the proper feedback and that all ideas are properly fleshed out prior to any wiki-wide implementation. Basically, "let's make a plan before we hit the ground running".

Procedures

To propose a new idea, add the name of the idea below:

1. Save page, then re-edit. Fill out all applicable fields.
2. Once you're done, save the page and add the following to Current ideas:

   * [[Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/name of idea]]

Instructions

The input of all interested members of the community is needed for the Think Tank to operate properly. Any user may comment on proposed ideas on the discussion page of the proposal. (Comments should not be added to the actual proposal itself. Also, do note that changes to the proposal itself should be made when consensus on debated items is determined.)

Should a vote be necessary to determine consensus, all administrators are required to vote on the proposal, using {{oppose}}, {{support}} or {{neutral}}, with explainations on their vote.

For voting, a reasonable time frame must be put into place; the default deadline for voting on proposals should be seven days. When indicating a deadline, please include the date and time in UTC. Deadlines can be extended, but only if the necessity of such an action is determined by a majority.

Administrator instructions

To determine consensus at the end of voting, add up the total number of support votes and divide by the total number of votes. Should the number meet or exceed 80%, then the Think Tank proposal passes. Anything between 45-55% of support will be considered as not having achieved consensus. Proposals that have not achieved consensus are to be shelved for a period time until it can be brought back into the light.

Once done, the proposals are to be archived for future reference, and separated into three groups: Successful proposals, Unsuccessful proposals, and Proposals without consensus.

To archive a page, add one the following to the top of each page:

1. For successful proposals: {{ttp}}
2. For unsuccessful proposals: {{ttu}}
3. For proposals without consensus: {{ttnc}}

And to all proposals, add the following to the bottom: {{ttf}}

Ideas

This is where all the ideas are located and, when applicable, archived.

Current ideas

• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/RDM Reorganization Effort

• Merge this site with Fandom I am pretty sure you all will shoot this down, but it has to be said. I believe I speak for the silent majority. I was sad when this site went down a few years ago. I know Fandom isn't perfect, but it wouldn't it have been far better that this information had a few ads to go with it, than not having any of this hard work shared with the world. I get the noble argument that the owner of this site to keep this site private. This wiki was a collaborative effort and so it wouldn't be right to take money for something that wasn't his to give. Why doesn't the owner take the money to pay for his previous expenses and the rest of the site vote over what charity to give the rest of the money to? Oldag07 (talk) 05:01, 22 August 2019 (PDT)
  • Merging with Fandom would be (to my opinion) the worst idea. Fandom would become the owner of the wiki's content and nothing could not be undone after that. You cannot leave Fandom for another provider (even if you wanted to) and they won't want to close the wiki. That's like a dictatorship and you may be even fired from your "own" wiki for any reason. I disagree with this very idea, even if we had to wait several years until the wiki's return. -- LIMAFOX76 (talk) 05:25, 22 August 2019 (PDT)
  • Hello Oldag! Thank you for bringing this proposal up. I've considered Fandom (The Artist Previously Known as Wikia) previously, even when the "Wiki" was down, and find that despite some cosmetic changes they haven't changed much since my initial decision to reject their buy-out offer nearly a decade ago. As for any issues with losing information, Shane L. at Battlestar Wiki Clone has done a wonderful job in "forking" a clone of the Wiki for fandom (lowercase "f") despite Fandom.com and the temporary service interruption of this website. Therefore, I don't see this really being much of an issue, and what transpired during the "Father-Creator's" absence is more than I could have even hoped for. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 09:26, 22 August 2019 (PDT)
    • I hope you didn't take it is something disrespectful. In the end, a wiki is only as good as those who edit it. I have served as an administrator on the Civilization video game fandom site for about a year and a half. I personally have had no problems with the site, though I understand some of the arguments arguing differently. I feel bad that you have to pay for this site with your own personal money. Hopefully the ads cover it better this time. Thanks for all the hard work. Oldag07 (talk) 09:36, 23 September 2019 (PDT)

Past ideas

Successful proposals

• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Admin name change
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Translations Standards and Conventions
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Separate continuity change
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/TOS Article Pips
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Deletion Archives
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Red Link Policy
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/News Policy
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Video Ext
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/MySpace Presence
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/TV Companies
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Portal:Merchandise
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Username policy
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Episode pages are not forums
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Audio Clip Project
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Wiki Blog
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Things you just don't do, not even in war
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Leave of Absence
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Affiliate Stores
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Wikipedia Policies
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/DVD Project
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Audio Project
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Star of Kobol
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Episode Standardization
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Move Squad
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Cite Templates
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Official Representation
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Episode number links
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Biography Standardization
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/CSS Layout
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Separate continuity
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Fanwanking
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Q and A, Video Blogs, Etc. Project
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Galactica 1980 Improvement Project
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Sidebar Redesign
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Hulu Episodes
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Forum implementation
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/References accessible to anyone

Unsuccessful proposals

• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Poll Template - Failed July 19, 2006
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Episode Transcripts - Failed October 10, 2006
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/RC Patrol - Failed October 23, 2006
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Image Cropping Promo Images - Failed September 20, 2006
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Rating System - Failed February 15, 2007
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Copyright Strategy -de facto failure, April 11, 2007
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Errors Policy - Failed June 18, 2007
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/WGA Strike - Failed November 15, 2007
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Aryan Invasion - Failed August 28, 2010

Proposals without consensus

• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/User Spotlight
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/IRC
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Birthday in Quotes
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Links Discretion
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Lists of Unnamed characters
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/RfA Amendments
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/New User Survey
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Image Naming Conventions
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Goofs and Mistakes series
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Deletion discussions
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Research proposal for Cylon name
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Female Involvement
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Promotional Images
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Archivestarwiki
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Battlestar Galactica II Project Restoration
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Leaked Policy
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/"Answered Questions" section
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Family Trees
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Ticket System
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Episode airdate information
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Character Bio Project
• Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Character Appearances

Note: These proposals are rendered inactive. It is recommended that they are to stay that way for a pre-determined period of time, until they can be revisited with refreshed minds.