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Separate continuity articles discuss the content of official products whose characters, events and situations differ in significant context from aired episodes and their characters, situations and events. Separate continuity products have the official endorsement of the license holder for Battlestar Galactica, but the content of the product is (by design or contract) not created or controlled by the license holder.

This tag should be used to indicate that the content of this article may be based on an aired series, but has content that has significant differences from the aired series that it must be treated as a separate continuity to avoid contraditions with canonical episodes. Do not use this tag for fan fiction; Battlestar Wiki is not a repository for such information. This tag is for use only on officially published or manufactured items such as comics or books that have significant variations from the aired series' content.

Articles tagged as separate continuity show a banner that notes the article's closest relation to a canonical continuity. The icon in the banner shows Commander William Adama with a goatee as an in-joke to the original Star Trek episode, "Mirror, Mirror," where the evil version of Mr. Spock sports a goatee. This reference has been a popular and humorous way of late to describe alternate-universe stories and events in popular literary and media circles.

Usage

{{separate continuity|nam = #}}

Required parameters

The "nam" parameter can be:

rdm: Use for Re-imagined Series inspired materials
tos: Use for Original Series inspired materials
1980: Use this for Galactica 1980 inspired materials

The "#" parameter should always be "y".

The template cannot be used to mark a single article with material in multiple continuities. Choose the continuity in which the article's content matches closest to the article.

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-| heading = This article has a separate continuity.
+| heading = This article has a [[Battlestar Wiki:Separate continuity|separate continuity]].
-| message = This article is related to the {{#if:{{{rdm|}}}|[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]}}{{#if:{{{tos|}}}|[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]}}{{#if:{{{1980|}}}|[[Galactica 1980|Galactica 1980 Series]]}}, but within a separate continuity. Be sure that your contributions to this article reflect the characters and events specific to this continuity only.
+| message = This article is related to {{#if:{{{rdm|}}}|[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|the Re-imagined Series]]}}{{#if:{{{tos|}}}|[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the Original Series]]}}{{#if:{{{1980|}}}|[[Galactica 1980|''Galactica 1980'']]}}, but within a separate continuity. Be sure that your contributions to this article reflect the characters and events specific to this continuity only.
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