Battlestar Wiki:Characters

The various character bio pages need to be given a unified format. A proposal follows. Feel free to discuss it on the talk page.

Naming Conventions

All character bio pages should be named in the format "First Last", without middle names, initials or callsigns. Redirects should be made from all possible forms. Thus, the article for "Helo" will be at "Karl Agathon" with the following redirects:

• Helo
• Karl C. Agathon
• Agathon, Karl
• Agathon, Karl C.

Where no name is available, a callsign is acceptable (e.g. Crashdown) or a brief statement of occupation (e.g. Armistice Officer).

Where necessary, disambiguate with a role or profession in parenthesis, lower case, for example Mueller (pilot) vs. Mueller (president); Stinger (galactica) vs. Stinger (pegasus). Alternatively, characters can be disambiguated by a notation of the series they are from, for example Adar (TOS) vs. Adar (RDM); Boxey (TOS) vs. Boxey (RDM).

List of Character articles needing to be moved

For reasons of consistency and style, ensure that links from other articles also point to the new namespace.

• Agathon, Karl C. to Karl Agathon
• Samuel T. Anders to Samuel Anders Moved. --Day 04:18, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
• Baltar, Gaius to Gaius Baltar
• Boxey (2003) to Boxey (RDM) Moved. --Day 08:39, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
• Brody, Kellan to Kellan Brody Moved. --Peter Farago 18:12, 30 August 2005 (EDT)
• Constanza to Brendan Constanza (Uncertain. "Brendan" comes from IMDB, not on-screen dialog).
  • I made Brendan Constanza a redirect to Constanza, in case someone types in (or comes from a site linking to) that namespace. -- Joe Beaudoin 13:16, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
• Dash, Peter to Peter Dash Moved. --Peter Farago 18:12, 30 August 2005 (EDT)
• Gray, Wallace to Wallace Gray Moved. --Day 05:23, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
• Hamilton, Sekou to Sekou Hamilton Moved. --Peter Farago 12:28, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
• Keikeya, Billy to Billy Keikeya Moved. Spencerian 12:16, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
• Kohn, Playa to Playa Kohn Redirect to Playa Palacios. --Peter Farago 12:29, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
• Lai, Raymond to Raymond Lai Moved. --Peter Farago 18:12, 30 August 2005 (EDT)
• Palacios, Playa to Playa Palacios Moved. --Peter Farago 12:24, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
• Saunders, Dwight to Dwight Saunders Moved. --Day 05:27, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
• Spencer, Jackson to Jackson Spencer Moved. --Peter Farago 20:50, 30 August 2005 (EDT)
• Thrace, Kara to Kara Thrace Moved. --Peter Farago 20:50, 30 August 2005 (EDT)
• Tigh, Saul to Saul Tigh Moved. --Peter Farago 20:50, 30 August 2005 (EDT)

List of duplicate Character Articles

• Sanne, Safiya (duplicates Safiya Sanne) Merged --Peter Farago 17:55, 30 August 2005 (EDT)

List of Character Articles to be Merged

• Kohn, Playa and Palacios, Playa to be merged into new article Playa Palacios No merge needed. --Peter Farago 12:24, 31 August 2005 (EDT)

List of Characters with Non-Canon First Names

• Galen Tryol
• Brendan Constanza
• Louanne Katraine
• Joyce Hadrian

Templates

Use the Template:Character Data template where possible, along with a photograph. Size photographs to 200px horziontal in template, e.g.

{{Character Data| 
|photo= [[Image:Character.jpg|200px]]

If there isn't sufficient information to fill at least a few fields of the character template, just take note of the remaining details in the text and use a thumbnail image. This is largely a judgement call.

List of Characters not using the Template

• Marshall Bagott
• Boxey (RDM)
• Kellan Brody
• Nelena Cain
• Cally
• Crashdown
• Davis
• Eick
• Flyboy
• Gina
• Wallace Gray
• Shelly Godfrey
• Hadrian
• Hamilton, Sekou
• Kelly
• James Macmanus
• Meier
• Number Six
• Palacios, Playa
• Sarah Porter
• Racetrack --Updated. Spencerian 18:25, 31 August 2005 (EDT)
• Safiya Sanne
• Simon
• Jackson Spencer
• Sue-Shaun
• Tarn
• Thorne
• Valance
• Venner

Categories

To get character names to show up in the order Last, First on category pages (which is the desirable sorting order) use a pipelink after the category tag as follows:

[[Category: A to Z|Cain, Nelena]] [[Category: Characters|Cain, Nelena]] [[Category: RDM|Cain, Nelena]]

Additionally, all Character pages should, of course, include the categories "A to Z" and "Characters". See below for list of applicable categories.

List of Applicable Categories

Applicable for All Character Pages

• Category: A to Z
• Category: Mentioned-Only

Applicable for TOS Character Pages

• Category: Characters (TOS)
• Category: TOS

Applicable for RDM Character Pages

• Category: Characters
• Category: RDM

Layout

All Character articles should include a short introductary paragraph describing the character. General personality description should go here and mirroring information from the Character Data Template is okay.

For articles with more than just this introductary information, this paragraph should be imediately followed by the first heading: Biographical Notes. This section should be devided up into smaller headings by chronology as applicable or, in the case of Humano-Cylons, by role. Further sections should follow under other headings (e.g. Notes, Speculation, See Also, etc.).

Re-imagined Series definition: a nickname used as a substitute for an aviator's given name in wireless communications and in conversation