Battlestar Wiki:Descriptive term

This page is an official policy of Battlestar Wiki. This policy is considered by the community and its leadership to be the status quo of Battlestar Wiki and is not to be countermanded or ignored, though changes to it can be discussed on the appropriate talk page. This policy was implemented on 20 February 2007.

Battlestar Wiki uses descriptive terms to give names to technologies and other subjects which haven't been given a canonical name (that is, a name assigned officially through aired content from either the Re-imagined Series or Original Series).

Contributors are encouraged to use descriptive terms for important technologies, characters or events that have been sufficiently defined, but which are not ubiquitous or commonplace, such as "telephones." Contributors should create terms that match the function or the disposition or similar characteristic of the subject.

Articles that describe ordinary, mundane topics on Battlestar Wiki are subject to speedy deletion.

Once a subject, character or item has an official term, the descriptive terms are retired and used as redirects.

The names of most battles, such as the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, are descriptive terms as well unless the battle's name are named by a character in an episode (This practice was done more in the Original Series, such as the Battle of Molecay). Normally battle articles are named by a celestial object in the vicinity or a specific target (Battle of Ragnar Anchorage, Battle of the Resurrection Ship, et al.).

Partial list of articles with descriptive terms, past and present

• Caprica-Valerii, Caprica-Sharon, Caprica-Boomer, C-Sharon, C-Boomer
  • The descriptive names for a Number Eight copy that "impersonates" Sharon Valerii, now known as Sharon Agathon.
• Colonial wireless alphabet
  • Descriptive term for Colonial pilot wireless communication process similar to the NATO alphabet.
• Data disc
  • Used to describe the hexagonal version of the CD-like computer discs of the Re-imagined Series.
• Cylon data port
  • Descriptive term for the computer interfaces embedded in the arms of Cylon agents ("Flight of the Phoenix," "Exodus, Part I," "Torn")
• Cylon rebirthing tank
  • Descriptive term for the pool where a Cylon agent is resurrected (Downloaded)
• Galactica-Boomer, Galactica-Sharon, G-Sharon, G-Boomer
  • The descriptive names for the first Number Eight seen in the Miniseries, Sharon Valerii. Used to distinguish the character now known as Sharon Agathon from the "original" Sharon.
• Humano-Cylon
  • Former descriptive term for humanoid Cylons until the episode, "Epiphanies," where Cylon agent was defined.
• Identification tags
  • The former descriptive term for Colonial ID tags. The logical and now canonical "Dog tags" is now used as of the episode, "Exodus, Part I."
• Kinetic energy weapons, or KEW
  • Descriptive term for the projectile weapons (guns and the like) used in the Re-imagined Series.
• Presidential security service
  • Descriptive term for President Roslin's personal security, akin to the US Secret Service (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II).
• Tattooed pilot
  • The descriptive name for a recurring extra played by Leo Li Chiang in the Re-imagined Series who has never been named.
• Virtual Six, Baltar-Six, Chip-Six, Head-Six
  • The descriptive names for the image of Number Six that only Gaius Baltar can see and hear. She may be a projection if Baltar is actually a Cylon.