Battlestar Wiki talk:Episode Standardization

Shane, as was my understanding there wasn't a call for making a new standardization project, so much as a call to reinforce our old ones. --The Merovingian ^{(C - E)} 17:03, 23 July 2006 (CDT)

Battlestar Wiki talk:Think Tank/Episode Standardization well 8 support votes including 6 admins... --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 17:32, 23 July 2006 (CDT)

Yeah I supported that but isn't that a drive for enforcing old rules, not a new project? Or, well I guess the Citation Jihad is like that actually; enforcing the existing rules...--The Merovingian ^{(C - E)} 17:42, 23 July 2006 (CDT)

Would it be better and less confusing to rename this page 'Episode Standardization' to match the project agreed on? I wish that I had originally came up with a better project name. --FrankieG 18:49, 23 July 2006 (CDT)

Yeah, that's good; making stuff standardized to S&C --The Merovingian ^{(C - E)} 18:52, 23 July 2006 (CDT)

I'm sorry, I was really fuzzy when I wrote that first thing and I don't know why I didn't understand it. Of course: when a "Think Tank" proposal goes through and passes, of course it becomes a "project". Sorry about that fuzziness; beer is a wonderful and mysterious thing. --The Merovingian ^{(C - E)} 21:10, 23 July 2006 (CDT)

Initial Project Groundwork

I laid down some initial groundwork for the project page (rather unilaterally, but in keeping with the spirit of the TANK proposal). Feel free to modify as needed. --Steelviper 08:21, 24 July 2006 (CDT)

Archetype Candidates

Pegasus (episode)

Note: Feel free to add candidates and discuss.

Based on his edits here, I believe Merv was proposing "Colonial Day" as a potential archetype candidate.--Steelviper 08:21, 24 July 2006 (CDT)

Well, yes and no. Colonial Day is an example of the worst case, episode most needing standardization, which was then "fixed" to a good standard; good "before and after" example is what I mean. However, I think a lot of Season 2 episodes are better "archetypes", off the top of my head I'd say "Pegasus (episode)".--The Merovingian ^{(C - E)} 12:01, 24 July 2006 (CDT)

Deviations from the norm: Season 2 is actually fine, I've looked it over. It's season 1 that had a problem: this guy called "Ernestborg9" made his OWN Reviews on each episode (What exactly "Analysis" was was poorly defined at this early point). Then there's the Miniseries: that's a special case. I'm not sure how to approach that myself, though I think it should be as standard as any article and needs lots of fixes. I'm on to Season One now...--The Merovingian ^{(C - E)} 12:04, 24 July 2006 (CDT)

Structure Change

In our mighty template {{subst:Episode Guide}} for quick and dirty Episode creations, I am driving tot he fact that we have great structure, but not that great. On the BW:POD project we use Act 1 through 4 (not 6), because that's how the Podcasts are breaked up. I am suggesting this format change for the "headings".

DISMG (if any)
EPISODE TEMPLATE
== OVERVIEW == - The "small text"
== OVERALL SUMMARY == - Two/Three paragraphs explaining what happened through the acts
== ACT 1 == (Paragraph Style)
== ACT 2 == (Paragraph Style)
== ACT 3 == (Paragraph Style)
== ACT 4 == (Paragraph Style)
== GUEST STARS ==
== Analysis == - If this section got to long we should create Further Analysis of X using a {{seealso}} template. If we created this on the main episode page it would be in paragraph form of a quick summary of what we are looking at.
== Notes ==
== Worthy Dialogue == - Not to much
SEASON TEMPLATE

Inside the "Acts" we would have those act questions at the end in === Questions ===

Official Statements - Move to Sources namespace Worthy Dialogue - if this also got to long maybe in the Quotes namespace - Quotes:Epsiode Name

Anyway... feel free to edit the structure idea. :) --Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 13:04, 24 July 2006 (CDT)