Battlestar Wiki:Podcast Transcripts

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This project is meant to coordinate and standardize the transcription of Ronald D. Moore's freely available episode podcasts. Our goal is to produce a searchable text repository for purposes of citation. At this time, we will only be transcribing freely available podcasts from SciFi.com, not additonal DVD commentaries. Ron D. Moore and David Eick have recorded commentary tracks for the Miniseries (also including director Michael Rymer), "33", "Bastille Day", "Act of Contrition", and "You Can't Go Home Again". However, they have not been put up online for free but are only available in the Season 1 DVD set. Therefore, transcripts of these are not provided here, though relevant quotes may be found sourced in certain articles on Battlestar Wiki.

This project is a daughter of the Citation Jihad.

Standards

Namespace

Podcast transcripts should be named after the episode to which they correspond with the addition of the (podcast) namespace, for example, Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down.

Structure

Begin each podcast article with the template:

{{podcast|author=YourNameHere|emailAuthor2=|suffix=|additionalCopyright=}}

Use first-level headings to divide Teaser and Act breaks. Make each heading an offsite link to the appropriate podcast segment, e.g.

==[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/109/bsg_ep109_1of5.mp3 Teaser]==

Try to break up RDMs comments into paragraphs along topical lines.

For those podcasts that are not Ronald D. Moore's, please refer to {{podcastother}} for transcribing other podcasts.

Transcription

RDM frequently uses "uh", "um" and "y'know" as discourse particles. For readabilities sake, try to exclude these where they interrupt the flow of an otherwise grammatical sentence.

Where RDM interrupts himself, end the last word of the first statement with an emdash. You may include whatever discourse particles he uses to introduce the next thought. For example:

"I think it's a very good movie, one that I always thought was a— y'know, prime for us to do a riff on."

Generally, you may ignore emphasis except where RDM's tone is critical to the interpretation of a statement (e.g. sarcasm).

Links

Where RDM mentions a BSG episode or character, link to our own article. Where he mentions a television show or actor which we do not have (or need) our own article for, offer a link to the corresponding page on IMDB. If another resource such as Wikipedia or Memory Alpha has more comprehensive information, you may link there at your discretion. To avoid overlinking, only link once per act break.

Corrections

Except for simple spelling errors, do not offer a "correction" without first having listened to the relevant portion of the recording. Always leave a comment on the talk page explaining your change.

Application

Express Scribe is a piece of free software (they give it away in the hopes that you buy the tie-in products) that allows you to playback the podcasts with hotkey controls (so you can edit in the Battlestar Wiki window but still pause/rewind/play), as well as allowing for variable speed playback (so you can transcribe at a slower rate). Express Scribe also remembers where you left off when you open it, allowing you to resume work at the same spot.

Checkins

When you begin work on a transcription, place your name beside the segment you are working on. When you've completed and uploaded it, mark your name next to "Transcribed". Afterwards, it would be helpful for a second user to verify the transcription. Also put 5 = signs on either side of the episode name so it formats correctly in the Table of Contents.

Podcasts Needing Transcribing

Season 2 podcasts

• The Farm
  • Teaser (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
  • Act 1 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
  • Act 2 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
  • Act 3 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
  • Act 4 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
• Home, Part I (with David Eick)
  • Teaser (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
  • Act 1 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
  • Act 2 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
  • Act 3 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
  • Act 4 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
• Home, Part II (with David Eick)
  • Teaser (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
  • Act 1 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
  • Act 2 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
  • Act 3 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
  • Act 4 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

Transcription In Progress

Season 1 podcasts

Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II

• Teaser (Transcribed: FrankieG 17:41, 16 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: Steelviper 10:33, 17 August 2006 (CDT).)
• Act 1 (Transcribing: FrankieG 09:37, 28 September 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 2 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
• Act 3 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
• Act 4 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

Season 2 podcasts

Valley of Darkness

• Teaser (Transcribed: Peter Farago 17:42, 28 September 2006 (CDT). Verified: Steelviper 06:31, 29 September 2006 (CDT).)
• Act 1 (Transcribed: Peter Farago 19:21, 9 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: Steelviper 13:33, 11 October 2006 (CDT).)
• Act 2 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
• Act 3 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
• Act 4 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

Resistance

• Teaser (Transcribed: Steelviper 11:06, 12 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 1 (Transcribed: Steelviper 15:18, 12 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 2 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
• Act 3 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)
• Act 4 (Transcribed: —. Verified: —.)

Verification Required

Season 2 podcasts

Scattered

• Teaser (Transcribed: Huh? 11:15, 23 May 2006 (CDT). Verified: Steelviper 13:14, 23 May 2006 (CDT).)
• Act 1 (Transcribed: Steelviper 12:01, 29 September 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 2 (Transcribed: Steelviper 09:41, 3 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 3 (Transcribed: Steelviper 10:52, 4 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 4 (Transcribed: Steelviper 09:41, 5 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)

Black Market

• Teaser (Transcribed: Steelviper 13:40, 15 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: Misco 13:29, 16 August 2006 (CDT).)
• Act 1 (Transcribed: Steelviper 13:38, 17 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 2 (Transcribed: Steelviper 11:04, 18 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 3 (Transcribed: Steelviper 14:06, 21 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 4 (Transcribed: Steelviper 10:21, 22 August 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)

Season 3 podcasts

Occupation

• Act 1 (Transcribed: Steelviper 10:05, 11 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 2 (Transcribed: Steelviper 10:05, 11 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 3 (Transcribed: Steelviper 10:05, 11 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 4 (Transcribed: Steelviper 10:05, 11 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)

Precipice

• Act 1 (Transcribed: Steelviper 10:40, 11 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 2 (Transcribed: Steelviper 10:56, 11 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 3 (Transcribed: Steelviper 11:20, 11 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)
• Act 4 (Transcribed: Steelviper 11:40, 11 October 2006 (CDT). Verified: —.)

Transcription Complete

Season 1 podcasts

• Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down
• The Hand of God
• Colonial Day
• Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I

Season 2 podcasts

• Flight of the Phoenix
• Pegasus
• Resurrection Ship, Part I
• Resurrection Ship, Part II
• Epiphanies
• Scar
• Sacrifice
• The Captain's Hand
• Final Cut
• Downloaded
• Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
• Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II

Disputes

Members of Battlestar Wiki with experience in acoustic phonetics are listed below. They may be able to help with pronunciation issues.

• Peter Farago

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