User talk:GuyIncognito

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We look forward to your contributions to the community! --RUSnooky 10:04, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

Can I make articles about fanfic series I like? Because my slash fanfiction group thought it would be cool if we could post stuff here. Like the Adama Glare article which is pretty cool. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GuyIncognito (talk • contribs).

Sorry, but no. We are not a collection for fanfiction. You might be able to add your link to that article, but since it's slash...I'm really not sure. Maybe someone else can weigh in on that.

Also, please sign your comments with four tildes: --~~~~ --Serenity 10:26, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

Linking to slash is permissible, as so long as there is a "worksafe" warning on it, and we note that adult content may exist on said website. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Sanctuary Wiki — New} 11:13, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

Also note that the Adama Glare page is a silly page, a rarely used feature on BSGWiki.--RUSnooky 10:29, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

What do you mean rarely used, there's like over 20 of those. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GuyIncognito (talk • contribs).

Well, one could argue that there is a silly page inflation, but it's not the same as fan fiction. Those pages generally poke fun at episodes, characters or events directly seen in the show. Some are articles about funny behind the scenes material. Two of the articles are official gag-reel related. One is about the R&D TV clips at the end of the episodes. They aren't completely made up and pertain more directly towards the onscreen content than fan fiction. That's not meant as a slight against fan fiction, but BSWiki is dedicated to documenting the official material. The silly pages are already stretching that a bit, but opening the gates to fan fiction any further would probably create a precedent for anyone who wants to advertise and post fan material here. This way we have a clear line on what can be written here and what not. Of course I understand that you might reach more readers by being posted here, but there are other places for that. As said, a link might be doable, but better get some more admin opinions on that. --Serenity 10:40, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

Hey there's an article on "New Caprican Loco Weed" that you gave a lot of attention, but that doesn't seem too "official". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GuyIncognito (talk • contribs).

Just running some numbers here, but 20 out of 2400 articles is under 1% of the content on the wiki. Even then, the content in them is more canonical than fan fiction, such as the Numerology and Season 3 gag reel. Again, we have nothing against fan fiction, but we do have an article on fan fiction, which does include links to fan fiction in the Galactica universe.

Also, if you care to discuss fan fiction, may we recommend the Battlestar Forum? Also, in the future, BattlestarPegasus.com (our work-in-progress sister site) will feature a wiki specifically for fan fiction content, since there does seem to be interest in that, in addition to an Uncyclopedia version of the Battlestar Wiki. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Sanctuary Wiki — New} 11:13, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

There doesn't really seem to be much on BattlestarPegasus; when was this going to happen? Why can't I just put more fanfic and relationship stuff on here?... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GuyIncognito (talk • contribs).

Fan fiction is a no. We're not here to document fan fiction. As for BSP.com, expect some changes to begin occuring within three weeks. (That's my personal goal, since it's very low priority for me right now, particularly with my laptop needing to have its HDD fixed, the launch of Frak Media and the forthcoming Battlestar Alliance stuff.) However, BSP.com will document fan fiction, and have the Battlestar Galcatica Uncyclopedia, as I feel that this is an untapped ether of the fandom that needs to be expressed due to the demand here on Wiki by visitors. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Sanctuary Wiki — New} 20:32, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

Because a negligible fraction of articles aside (that nonetheless are more related to the canon than fan faction), our mission profile is to document the official material. Not fan fiction. And if we started that with one site, anyone could come and use this place as host for fan fiction. That said, what we can offer you is a link on Fan fiction to your own website. But no articles directly hosted here. --Serenity 11:45, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

Because I've been reading through the "Think Tank" "Female Involvement" thing and I'm not sure what steps are being taken to fix that: I read through the thing at "http://snurb.info/node/662" and it made some good points; there's no relatioship analysis, you type "queer" into the search engine, nothing comes up, etc. etc. (it was a pretty cool powerpoint presentation).....why not try to fix that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GuyIncognito (talk • contribs).

Well, we have attempted to "fix" the problem, and the issue is that there's not a clear consensus on how to fix it (certainly not from the people who pointed it out in the first place), or a clear idea of what the problem is (other than we don't have a large amount of female contributors). As for the relationship analysis, I have no problem with analyzing character interactions, since character development is key to BSG (including the old one, though it never got as deep as it really could've been). With that said, I'd like to see what you have in mind. Do keep in mind though the analysis needs to be based on what we've seen and heard, appropriately cited, etc. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Sanctuary Wiki — New} 20:32, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

Dude, an Uncylopedia version of the wiki? Sweet! --BklynBruzer 18:33, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

Yep. See my note above. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Sanctuary Wiki — New} 20:32, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

well....I don't really know what the "original series" thing is going with; I mean I started watching for Helo. "Battlestar Alliance?"

Battlestar Alliance[1] is a fandom website...looks like it might be more of what you're looking for. BTW, please use the four tildes (~~~~)after your post to automatically sign it. --RUSnooky 21:19, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

(reading through BA website)....wait I'm kinda new to online and I'm now sure how this works....Joe is the leader of the fandom (through the websites and stuff set up over there)...confused...—The preceding unsigned comment was added by GuyIncognito (talk • contribs).

A few corrections: I'm not the leader of Battlestar Alliance, we have a leadership team, in addition to a leader which is selected from the leadership team every year. Right now, the leader of our Alliance is Shawn O'Donnell, who is the president of the Battlestar Fan Club. Also, not all that information (as well as the spit-and-polish) is up yet, because all my editing software is on my laptop, which needs its hard drive repaired. (I'm waiting for DiskWarrior so I can fix the HFS volume on my Mac.) I hope to have the website fully online by Friday or Saturday, depending on whether or not DW will fix my HDD.

Right now, I'm using my desktop, which basically allows me to send emails and do basic wiki editing. My desktop doesn't have the software I use because I'm presently running Windows XP Media Center Edition and I have software for the Mac PowerBook G4... the desktop is something I mainly use to test out various operating systems and test drive programs I come across, when I have the time -- and the drive -- to do that sort of thing. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Sanctuary Wiki — New} 21:38, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

Wait...there's an official Battlestar Fan Club for Ron Moore or something? ...why take turns on a yearly basis if the show is ending after next year? and what's happening Friday or Saturday I really don't follow sorry... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GuyIncognito (talk • contribs).

There's a fan club for all the Battlestar Galactica series, including both the re-imagined and original series. As for Friday or Saturday, that'll be the day when the Battlestar Alliance site will officially be finished and go live, barring any real life interruptions. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Sanctuary Wiki — New} 22:27, 16 July 2007 (CDT)

....wait, so an original series website under this thing would have an equal vote to a current series' fansite? why? I mean they're about as similar as Ron Moore's show and like Buck Rodgers or something. Not that I mind the 70s show, it's just that I never saw it and all the BSG webrings I've seen didn't really seem to make mention of it. Why are you trying to incorporate them?

The original series is treated the same as the RDM version on this Wiki. While it's generally acknowledged that this WIki was originially started (correct me if I'm wrong Joe) because of the RDM version, we all recognize that TOS paved the way and had its great moments. Therefore, any TOS fandom site links are treated the same as the RDM fandom site links. If you'll peruse the Wiki, you'll see that there's an effort to bring as much info into it about TOS to try to bring it up to par with the volume of RDM articles.--RUSnooky 23:41, 16 July 2007 (CDT)