User talk:Steelviper

Archive from before the Spam blizzard of '06 (March 10, 2006)
Archive for the period after the Blizzard through Shane's RFA success (March 11,2006 - October 8, 2006)

Podcast Transcripts

Thanksyou for starting to write up the transcripts for the poscasts. I think that SciFi have blocked people outside of the US from downloading them (im getting 404 errors) so reading these will be very useful for me.

p.s I think it might be worth archiving your Talk page --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 11:12, 9 October 2006 (CDT)

Actually, the everybody (todo el mundo) is getting the 404 errors from Scifi.com at present. I hit the sciffy boards and apparently they're working on it. Somebody posted a link to a weird format, and somebody later posted a link to the mp3. I'll find that thread, and link to it. Hopefully they get that fixed before too long.

Nag, nag, nag. You're right, of course. I'll archive here in a sec. --Steelviper 11:15, 9 October 2006 (CDT)

Archived. Fetching that link now. --Steelviper 11:19, 9 October 2006 (CDT)

The link. (referenced above). I'm using the galacticastation mp3 (since I new that Express Scribe could handle mp3, but wasn't sure about m4a). --Steelviper 11:22, 9 October 2006 (CDT)

Thankyou ^_^ --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 11:28, 9 October 2006 (CDT)

You're welcome. Thanks for the archive reminder. I don't usually get enough traffic 'round here to justify archiving very often (which is evident given that's only my second archive). --Steelviper 11:30, 9 October 2006 (CDT)

FWIW, I think the problem w/ lack of beeps in the podcasts is that the m4a's have (silent) chapter markers. In iTunes there's a command to skip ahead or back a chapter (command-shift-right or left arrow on a Mac), and I understand the same is true on an iPod. Scifi is breaking each act into a chapter.--PrePressChris 13:09, 25 October 2006 (CDT)

Aha! Thanks! That makes sense. As a non-iPod/iTunes user I was baffled. Even finding a player for it was a bit of a challenge (fortunately VLC was up to the challenge). My biggest problem with m4a is that it's not compatible (at least out of the box) with Express Scribe. Fortunately an mp3 version was floated that covered most of the episode. As long as Scifi keeps putting out the mp3 versions complete with the beeps I'll be a happy camper. (I really didn't need the audio files broken down by act like they were, but it was handy for transcribing in small bites, and knowing ahead of time how long a given act would be.) --Steelviper 13:14, 25 October 2006 (CDT)

Go ahead with KBLGII. I have been ill for several weeks and transcription is one of the last things that I would feel like doing ;). --FrankieG 18:02, 3 November 2006 (EST)

It looks like you are on a roll. Since I'm still not 100%, go ahead with KBLGII. --FrankieG 10:59, 17 November 2006 (CST)

Did you see RDM's blog entry? Aside from last week's and this week's podcasts, there's this coming up: The "Roundtable Discussion" as we're calling it, is a freewheeling discussion, and there are definitely times when there's too much cross-talk and too much laughter on the recording to discern anything coherent (especially in the beginning) but tucked in amid the revelry are some interesting and fascinating tidbits which I hope you'll enjoy. --PrePressChris 17:39, 1 December 2006 (CST)

Yeah. I wasn't that excited about the thought of transcribing that when I saw Mrs. Ron talking about posting it in the first place. It's already up as three parts of "Writer's Meeting" (in three parts). Since it's of the "writer's room" class of podcast, I figured it would go under the same heading as the writer's room podcast (which is to say, likely to be procrastinated on for a while since I'm rather frightened of the thought of all the cross-talk and MANY speakers). --Steelviper 20:36, 1 December 2006 (CST)

I think that's one to leave off 'til we're caught up with this season, at least. --PrePressChris 23:05, 1 December 2006 (CST)

How have you remained sane while doing all this podcasts? I barely got one teaser out of myself. --FrankieG 11:01, 8 December 2006 (CST)

I can't get certified insane if I avoid being diagnosed, right? Mostly I just try to break it up into managable chunks (3 minutes is a typical pull), and try to do a little bit every day. It really helps me (psychologically) when I know other people are working on it too, though. Having you, and Prepress, and Peter, and Shane (and everybody else) working on it makes it feel a lot more like a team effort. I'd love to find somebody to get a head start on the podcasts as they're released on Friday (I wait till I see an episode before starting on a podcast, and that's usually later in the weekend). I definitely feel faster when I'm completing one rather than starting from scratch. I just hope people are reading them. If we're just needing them for a line or two to cite in the episode articles, I could just transcribe those relevent excerpts in a lot less time than it takes to do a whole podcast. --Steelviper 11:14, 8 December 2006 (CST)

I'm using them, anyway. I was just able to quote that bit about having Dirk Benedict playing God thanks to them. (and Gouge, he's not crazy. He just has incredible, almost machine-like, endurance...) --PrePressChris 16:12, 8 December 2006 (CST)

I noticed the Rapture podcast was not getting done, that's why I did it. I'm trying to get it done as fast as I can. I don't think I can have the latest podcast transcribed before the next episode airs, so I recommend that if and when you have time, you start transcribing TaB so we won't interfere with each other. --Catrope 13:16, 30 January 2007 (CST)

BTW, if you're going to verify my transcriptions, would you please try to fill in the "(unintelligible)"s? I felt like I had quite a lot of them, especially in Act 2. --Catrope 13:47, 31 January 2007 (CST)

As a "transcriber", I'll try to prioritize my time towards transcribing the untranscribed first (working on "Taking a Break"), then fall back to verifying once we're caught up (or if I happen to be burned out on transcribing). You might drop a note to PrePressChris as well, as he's been our ace verifier of late and he is extremely adept at converting all of my "unintelligible"'s into english. Don't feel the least bit bad about them, as they happen and that's really what verifiers are there for. Don't let those sections slow you down from getting the "meat" transcribed. We can always go back and clean up that stuff later. I find that if it's really important they will usually repeat themselves or otherwise repeat it in an intelligible manner. --Steelviper 14:00, 31 January 2007 (CST)

Steelviper / Steel viper

Mmm :-/ User talk:Steel viper --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 09:22, 11 December 2006 (CST)

I noticed that when the user first signed up. I was alert for "impersonating an admin" type actions, but didn't really see anything along those lines. I don't imagine it will be much of a problem unless that user becomes more active. Your suggestion was appropriate as switching names is probably as much in their best interest as it is the wiki's. --Steelviper 09:31, 11 December 2006 (CST)

Block of 81.177.14.26

On another wiki I visit has a massive spam attack by this ip advertising comerical spam from wikipost.info. I searched for the url of the spam it was advertising and saw that it was crawling several other wikis posting large amounts of spam (2mb of text on each page). I felt that this preemptive block was neccesary on this occation. --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 09:27, 10 January 2007 (CST)

In that case, it's fine. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 15:17, 10 January 2007 (CST)

Congratulations

^_^ --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 11:39, 19 January 2007 (CST)

Thanks. It is a nice rifle, isn't it? Oh. The baby? Yeah, well that'll be a whole new adventure. --Steelviper 11:47, 19 January 2007 (CST)

Congratulations! When can you get him or her on to do some editing? :) --Spencerian 12:05, 19 January 2007 (CST)

Possible record for youngest Battlestar Wiki member --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 12:13, 19 January 2007 (CST)

It'll be a race, no doubt. We're still at least a couple years from acceptable edits. Plus the mature nature of the content makes TOS and 1980 far more likely candidates for viewing of the editor-to-be than RDM, presently. --Steelviper 12:20, 19 January 2007 (CST)

The question is: Will you bring up your son/daughter to not know that Galactica 1980 exists and that TOS and RDM are the only episodes ever made? Perhaps they will be happier having never seen or heard of the travesty that is 1980? --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 12:22, 19 January 2007 (CST)

Galactica Squadrons

While re-watching Act of Contrition I noticed a few more Galactica squadrons shown on the walls in the pilots' ready room. In the beginning of the ep when Adama enters, he touches the "Lest We Forget" picture then passes a squadron crest labeled "Vampires". A minute or two later, when we see Sgt. Hadrian standing against the wall, we can clearly see 7th Squadron "Battleaxe" and 4th squadron "Demons" on the wall behind her. How could one go about adding this to the wiki?AnteaterFeeder 21:04, 20 January 2007 (CST)

You can just create an article. /wiki/Vampire squadron -- then just create it. :-) Check out BW:MARK Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 21:13, 20 January 2007 (CST)

I recall seeing some of these squadrons (and their associated patches) floating around in some of the signatures of folks at the scifi.com bulletin boards and elsewhere. There's not much info to be had, so rather than creating a tiny article for each of those, maybe we should consider Squadrons of Galactica or Squadrons of the Colonial Fleet that lists out all the squadron names and insignia that we can find, with possible redirects to that article from the individual unit names. Maybe we should bring this up at List of Pilots (RDM) or a similar article, to see if we can find some other hands? --Steelviper 21:25, 20 January 2007 (CST)

That sounds like a good idea-- the "Galactica Squadrons" page. I wouldn't know how to go about making that page. I'm still pretty new at this. I did however note that the Vampires are the 6th squadron as well as an 8th squadron (an 8 on a red spade), and a Viper Weapons School logo on the walls too. I will bring this up in the list of pilots page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by AnteaterFeeder (talk • contribs).

Agreed, one page for all squadrons is better. That can then incoporate the info found at Primus and Vigilantes now --Serenity 05:49, 21 January 2007 (CST)

I tried to post this last night (blasted internet), but something like Squadrons of Battlestar Galactica works. I've been collecting screenshots of the logos when I could trying to identify them, but unfortunately, most are too blurry to read with NTSC DVDs. There is also some good shots of crests during the debate scene in LDYB part I. Finally, there is also a crest for a "Viper Weapons School", presumably the colonial equivelant of the US Naval Fighter Weapons School, aka TOPGUN. This could be mentioned in the Colonial fleet article. --Talos 06:40, 21 January 2007 (CST)

I'll go ahead and create the article, by moving the Primus and Vigilante stuff there. Then someone else can add the others. EDIT: It can be found at Squadrons of Galactica, and maybe we should move further discussion there :) --Serenity 06:49, 21 January 2007 (CST)

Email

Umm... your's isn't a forward. :-) Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 14:54, 2 February 2007 (CST)

Troyian User Page

• Thanks for the suggestion! I wasn't aware we could create subpages of our user pages. -- Troyian 09:33, 9 February 2007 (CST)

Podcast info

• Info came from the extended podcast. There's no available normal podcast. --LifeStar 08:56, 21 February 2007 (CST)

Hopefully a "normal" one will be released later (at least that's the way it seemed from the post they put up at the Scifi forums). If that occurs it might help to distinguish which podcast that info came from. Nice find, by the way. That one was confusing us over here. --Steelviper 08:59, 21 February 2007 (CST)

User:StarNeptune

Coincidentally, I just noticed your comment to this user on recent changes. That StarNeptune is almost certainly an impostor: I have never met the real StarNeptune in reality, only on Wookieepedia. That user is most likely a serial vandal from Wookieepedia and Wikipedia who's gone around impersonating and harassing people on other wikis. I don't know if you have checkuser, but if you do you'll likely find that the StarNeptune you were talking to is using either an open proxy or an ISP in Italy.

If you want, you can leave a message for StarNeptune on Wookieepedia to confirm this. Cheers, —Silly Dan _(talk) 11:14, 30 March 2007 (CDT)

Whoops. I have the unfortunate habit of taking people at their word most of the time, and I occasionally get burned. I don't have checkuser, but I'll keep a close eye on that user. Thanks for the heads up. --Steelviper 11:29, 30 March 2007 (CDT)

I do have checkuser, and will try to make a cursory check on this user and let you know. There is no policy for user names between wikis, but there is a policy on inpersonating someone, which this user is obviously doing. --Spencerian 14:23, 30 March 2007 (CDT)

Thanks

Thanks for the help cleaning up the Kobol links after the split. Much appreciated. There's a ton of them! JubalHarshaw 15:02, 13 April 2007 (CDT)

No, thank you! Such mopping is pretty much expected of sysops, but it's guys like you that help keep this place running. Speaking of which... --Steelviper 16:37, 13 April 2007 (CDT)

I have offered him the red mop, but he must choose to mop with it... --Spencerian 18:28, 13 April 2007 (CDT)

Minor Changes to Act 4 of podcast for Crossroads, Part II

I just wanted to let you know that I reviewed act 4 of the transcript for Crossroads, Part II and made a couple of changes. I included time clauses to let you know at what point in the podcast they took place so you could rereview them if you so chose. The only edit, of the two, I think you might dispute with was a change where RDM is talking about people not wanting to use the Galactic zoom-out shot at the end of the epi. You had "The people- at work wanted to drop it at one point. I think David wanted to drop it at one point." I changed it to: "The people- the network wanted to drop it at one point. I think David wanted to drop it at one point." He kind of mumbles the words but I believe he says network but it really could be either one so if you disagree with my edit I have no qualms about changing it back, but I wanted to give you a heads up about the edit. BTW RDM says this at 47:22 in the podcast, since i was bringing it up here in your talk page I thought I'd give you the time to reply here as well.--Zarek Rocks 11:38, 15 April 2007 (CDT)

Ahhh. That's right. My effort was a "best guess" that was one step above an (unintelligible)... I could tell I wasn't quite right but I couldn't quite nail it down. I think you got it. Thanks! --Steelviper 18:07, 15 April 2007 (CDT)

Have a good vacation!

Matt, enjoy your vacation! :-D -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 18:37, 20 April 2007 (CDT)

My RFA

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a tally of 7/0/0. Thank you very much for your support. I'll continue to keep up the good work, and if I can help you with anything, don't hesitate to contact me. JubalHarshaw 15:59, 21 April 2007 (CDT)

Frak Party podcast

I've transcribed the first 27 minutes of the Frak Party Q&A podcast, and I'm looking for some verification. As you see, we have no reservations about putting you right back to work ;)

BTW, how was Mexico? --Catrope^{(Talk to me or e-mail me)} 08:35, 1 May 2007 (CDT)

Can do. I'll try to take a listen to it later this morning.

Mexico was relaxing. It was good timing as well, as I'm wrapping up my last three weeks of my current job before we move (and I transition into a full-time dad). --Steelviper 08:38, 1 May 2007 (CDT)

User:StarNeptune request

Though the user in question hasn't edited anything other than their userpage, I really must ask again that that username be blocked and (at least) that the userpage be deleted. Your blocking policy does state that users may be blocked for "personal details of other users without their consent ... whether the personal details are accurate or not." In this case, the user has posted inaccurate details about me (i.e. claiming to be my girlfriend) and both accurate and inaccurate details about another identifiable person (name, age, and province of residence of the StarNeptune from another wiki, plus the obvious inaccurate claims.) Thanks, —Silly Dan _(talk) 06:57, 10 May 2007 (CDT)

Done. Next time please contact us on the BW:AN page so everyone can see it. Thanks ;) Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 07:00, 10 May 2007 (CDT)

Horray!

Horray for DSL! -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Sanctuary Wiki — New} 17:05, 1 June 2007 (CDT)

Welcome back. As you can see on the front page, there's a bit of news.... --Spencerian 20:46, 1 June 2007 (CDT)

Thanks. I guess it's finally official (I wonder if EJO or Katee were flogged for spilling the beans). I can't say I'm that upset to see a show go out on its own terms. It'd be like B5 actually ending after Season 4 (or getting to go all through season 5 as originally intended). --Steelviper 20:53, 1 June 2007 (CDT)

Which was exactly my sentiment, which Mrs. Ron agreed to (as well as others with the level heads on Skiffy. --Spencerian 21:09, 1 June 2007 (CDT)

Re-imagined Series definition: abbreviation of tally-ho; the sighting of an enemy target, such as a craft, landmark, or position ^{(TRS: "The Hand of God", "Scattered", "Maelstrom")}

Galactica 1980 definition: Dillon looks up this term after Gloria Alonzo asks if he has one ^{(1980: "Space Croppers")}