Talk:Fall of the Twelve Colonies/Archive 1

Sweet page, Ricimer. Elaborated just a bit with point-by-point data on the formation of the new fleet and government elements. Spencerian 10:33, 18 Aug 2005 (EDT)

Suggested merge with Cylon Attack & Negotiator's edits

I believe that the content of this article should be moved to the article Cylon Attack over a redirect. Additionally, there are portions of Negotiator's contributions to that article (which Ricimer reverted) which could be incorporated into the body of the combined text.

How say you all? --Peter Farago 17:10, 27 August 2005 (EDT)

I say not until the flesh is hacked from my bones. Negotiator's additions weren't that good, and based largely on speculation and unconfirmed musings; that is why I deleted them (they can be reincorporated into "Cylon AttacK" in some altered form.

This page should exist because, under the scheme that I have devised, the "Cylon Attack" is synonymous with the "Second Cylon War" (no one actuall uses the later term, though technically it is correct, so I just link them all to "Cylon Attack").

Under this scheme, the "Fall of the Twelve Colonies" was the battle that began the war referred to as the "Cylon Attack". They aren't the same thing and should not be merged. "Cylon Attack" should have material added to it that discusses "why" the Cylons attacked the Colonies (Negotiator's stuff should go there), but this page deals with the specific military engagements of the battle. This page should stay as it was. ---Ricimer, 27 Aug, 2005

If we need an article about the 2nd cylon war, couldn't we create one and call it Second Cylon War or something? An attack is an attack, not a war. Alternately, if you're terrifically attatched to "Fall of the Twelve Colonies", we could have Cylon Attack redirect here. My main point is that having two articles on the same thing is redundant and confusing.

As for Negotiator's edits, they are speculative and not completely accurate, but touch on subjects worthy of mention. I think they could be summarized for inclusion into this article. --Peter Farago 18:40, 27 August 2005 (EDT)

My feeling on the battle pages is that they dispense with the character narratives and deal only with battle gains, losses, and tactics. Makes it easy to discern what resources were used, gained, or lost after an episode or series of episodes without having to glean it from an episode page. I think the Cylon Attack page contents could be merged into this page, not the reverse (with Cylon Attack as the redirect). The episode page for the mini-series could have the full rundown in a nutshell, thus the need of this page for specifics. Spencerian 22:59, 27 August 2005 (EDT)

I agree in principle, but my zeal for concision leads me to prefer the title "Cylon Attack" over "Fall of the Twelve Colonies" by a large margin. This article would form the bulk of the text in any case; it's a much better document than the currently flimsy Cylon Attack. --Peter Farago 23:12, 27 August 2005 (EDT)