Talk:Main Page/Archive6

• Archive 1 (May 2nd, 2005 to May 25th, 2006):

I know, I'm just focusing on other things..., Suggestions, Style Conventions, Quote-o-Matic, NPOV?, Fan Fiction, IRC Channel?, How BSG Wiki Compares to Other Wikis, Logo, Quotes link, Article count, Punctuation, Update the spoiler section, Navigation, Main Page Re-org, IMDB Links, Indexing on THE, "Wikipedia", URL Reffer Error, Last.fm now playing image, XHTML, The Community & The Fan Stuff, New Main Page Design, Main Page Same Across different lanauges, BSG Wiki Logo Image location

• Archive 2 (May 31st, 2006 to August 5th, 2006):

Friends..., Did you know..., Region 4 Season 2 DVD new Slimline Set, 1900x1200 Res, Proposal to Open Wiki to Unregistered Users, If there was..., Style Sheet Completed, Your Screen Resolution, Quotes, Link to chainki.org Battlestar Galactica pages, Season 3 Teaser, IE v. Firefox, Airdates, CSS with Images

• Archive 3 (August 6th, 2006 to December 13th, 2006):

Battlestar Wiki "referenced", External images not working amnymore, QotD, First person..., New Season 3 Teaser, "Media" Uploading, Technical, Search Box, Styles: Font style in edit box, Airdates, "Technical research and development wiki", Images - Not many..., 2,000,000 Page Views!?, This Wiki, 3 Million Page Views, Message from Day, Suggested addition to Main Page: Link to the episode guides, BIG NEWS, 4 Million Page Views, Speed, Web Bots, News typo, All images are gone..., Lists of unnamed people

New Section for Main Page

I don't visit the blog as much as I maybe ought to (there's a couple of rather relevent posts up), but I had the idea that we could add a blog box to the main page. The icon link would take you to the blog, and the content of the box would consist of a (javascript or somesuch) RSS feed of the latest X postings. --Steelviper 11:48, 20 December 2006 (CST)

I actually looked a little into RSS feeds on the main page myself but didnt look very hard. Would be quite a cool feature if its possible --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 12:50, 20 December 2006 (CST)

I'll try to mock up an example on the main page project page. --Steelviper 12:57, 20 December 2006 (CST)

Doh! All the RSS converters I am seeing commonly available are javascript. There are some php files that convert it to html, but I didn't want to get into that (as I don't have (and don't really want) privs to upload and install anything). --Steelviper 13:23, 20 December 2006 (CST)

Joe got it up and running here if you want to check it out. It's the "Blog" box under the "Airdates" box. --Steelviper 16:11, 27 December 2006 (CST)

Lang Bar

Greatfull Idea from MemoryAlpha. Check out BW:MAIN for the two examples. Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 18:10, 20 December 2006 (CST)

The flags do add some color. I like the flags in the main header box, in that we get the same effect without losing vertical space. --Steelviper 19:38, 20 December 2006 (CST)

Universal HD Season 3 Premiere

Hey, I read here [1] that Universal HD will premiere Season 3 on January 7th. I don't know if it's a reliable source, but I know some of you might be able to find the official info better than I do, so I just wanted to mention it since we always put when episodes have their first run on HD. Damn, I can't wait to see the screencaps! --Sauron18 02:46, 21 December 2006 (CST)

Considering that it airs in the UK in HD on the 9th its highly likely that you yanks will demand to have it in HD before us. If I was going to put money on it i'd say the rumors are correct. --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 04:19, 21 December 2006 (CST)

Well I'm glad that either way we'll be getting High Resolution Screencaps soon....by all that is good, I salivate at the thought of them (No, not literally). Anyways, I think it is, because the other day I heard was the 27th, but that's not a Sunday, while the 7th is, so my bet is on that. --Sauron18 04:34, 21 December 2006 (CST)

I have a brand new Dish Network HD-DVR. I have done some research and it seems like it gonna cost me $500 to $700 to do screen caps. Am I missing something cheaper? I found this, but since it uses a PCIe slot I would have to upgrade MB, cpu, memory to make it work. Thanks for any advice. --FrankieG 17:44, 1 February 2007 (CST)

False News

The 6-page online EW article on season 3.5 is actually about 3.0 (it even says battlestar returns fridasy at 9, October) Recommend it is removed for obvious reasons Jxh487 17:55, 19 January 2007 (CST)

Agreed. Consider it done. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 18:10, 19 January 2007 (CST)

Strong Season 4 Rumor

Koenigrules is reporting on Ragnar Anchorage that BSG will be renewed for at 13 episodes and a 2-hour movie between seasons, possibly direct to DVD. Expect an announcement soon because the "drop-dead" date on the actors' contracts is Feb. 18. --FrankieG 19:14, 10 February 2007 (CST)

A 2-hour movie followed by 13 episodes? Déjà vu, anyone? --Catrope 13:38, 11 February 2007 (CST)

A BSG Set Visit

Someone posted this set visit with some technical details and photos which may be of some use for the wiki, especially info about CIC. --FrankieG 22:19, 9 March 2007 (CST)

Very cool. Definitely useful stuff here. Non related to the whole "what the sets look like thing", I find the whole RFK thing interesting, and it should be noted in EJO's article. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 23:30, 9 March 2007 (CST)

Awesome article. There is really some nice wiki stuff there. Like the CIC layout. Possibly the duty locker picture. But since when does CIC mean "COMMAND Information Center"? I thought the first C stood for "combat" (as in real life), that some other doors are really labeled as such. --Serenity 06:02, 10 March 2007 (CST)

TPTB changed the name, but not on some of the items from the miniseries set pieces. It should be noted on the CIC page. I heavily updated that page with stills from a QuickTime 3D view of the set, but there's now a manual shown in one shot that shows a breakdown of the engineering and navigation areas. Don't read too deeply in that same diagram though; the filler text is from a Space Shuttle launch procedure. I didn't see a whole lot of technical stuff, but there's a joyous amount of behind the scenes stuff that can help in filling those pages. -Spencerian 07:12, 10 March 2007 (CST)

Quote of Today (5th May)

The quote of the day is incorrect in linking war to Cylon War. Rosilin was referring to the decisive victory the Cylons had just won, i.e. the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. OTW 13:19, 5 May 2007 (CDT)

Fixed. I just removed the link as it's not really necessary. --Serenity 14:01, 5 May 2007 (CDT)

QotD edit link

I'd like to add an Edit link for the Quote of the Day to the Main Page, but since it's locked (with good reason), I can't do it myself. Here's the edit that needs to be made:

Change:

<div class="plainlinks" align="right"><small>[[Battlestar Wiki:Quotes/Current Week|View quotes for the current week]]</small></div>

To:

<div class="plainlinks" align="right"><small>
{{#ifexist:Quotes:{{CURRENTMONTH}}_{{CURRENTDAY}}|[{{fullurl:Quotes:{{CURRENTMONTH}}_{{CURRENTDAY}}|action=edit}} Edit this quote] - 
}}[[Battlestar Wiki:Quotes/Current Week|View quotes for the current week]]
</small></div>

For an existent quote, this renders:

Edit this quote - View quotes for the current week

And for a nonexistent one:

View quotes for the current week

TIA --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 14:13, 21 May 2007 (CDT)

It would be no problem to add it, but you can just click on the BSG seal to the left of the "Quote of the Day" headline. I don't think that's too much work. --Serenity 14:16, 21 May 2007 (CDT)

Hmm, I never noticed that before. I think an edit link (or a v-d-e thingy like this) would still be better, as it's not clear to everyone that you have to click the image (it wasn't to me until you told me). --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 14:24, 21 May 2007 (CDT)

Yeah, doesn't hurt. Joe just added it, so never mind. --Serenity 14:26, 21 May 2007 (CDT)

Memeber

There's a misspelling along the "Featured Site Project". Just to let you know. DrWho42 12:33, 30 May 2007 (CDT)

Fixed. --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 08:08, 31 May 2007 (CDT)

Quotes proposal

Quote of the Day Edit this quote | View quotes for the current week
Commander Lee Adama: I've got a date with a jump rope. Hey, I've lost half a stone. Admiral William Adama: Keep jumpin'. -- Collaborators

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My suggestion is that the edit function be moved into the title cell, it saves space slightly and (in my opinion) looks a bit neater. What do people think? Matthew 15:15, 15 June 2007 (CDT)

Re-imagined Series definition: Battlestar Group ^{(TRS: "Water")}. It also doubles as an acronym for the television series itself.

Re-imagined Series definition: nerve center or "bridge" of a battlestar, see: Combat Information Center

Original Series definition: marriage

Re-imagined Series definition: the process of using the FTL engines to make an near-instantaneous apparent faster-than-light transport of a ship from one point in space to another