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Senior Chiefs[edit]

Senior chiefs are, in Wikipedia's terminology, bureaucrats who have the ability to make other users into chiefs. They also have the ability to check user and other advance functions not under the purview of the chiefs. Currently senior chiefs are:

Active
- Joe Beaudoin
Inactive
- Shane
- Spencerian
- NCommander (Technical Issues Only)

Chiefs[edit]

Chiefs are administrators who have access to move, delete and restore pages as well as blocking malicious users. The current chiefs are:

Active
- BlueResistance (established by Joe Baudoin since August 17, 2012)
- Enabran
- LIMAFOX76
- Mercifull
- April Arcus
Inactive
- CalculatinAvatar
- Catrope
- Day
- Serenity
- Steelviper
- Gougef
- Jonathan (PR Coordinator)
- JubalHarshaw (Primary Wiki Frakr! Contact)
- Talos

See list of all chiefs on Battlestar Wiki

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Request For Article Deletion[edit]

Hello, I hope this is the correct page to ask for such things. I have done a lot of editing on the BSG: Deadlock articles and I have taken note that there was a duplicate article created (possibly my mistake) Please can I request that this (assault raptor) article be deleted? The duplicate for this article is here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fisher 2000 (talk • contribs).

No worries! The duplicate has been deleted. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 03:05, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

lost access to my old account[edit]

hello! this is User:DrWho42 from a new account. my old account used an old university email which i no longer have access to. if possible, i would like to regain access in preparation for the new series (love sam esmail and mr. robot!).-DoctorWho42 (talk) 02:03, 5 January 2020 (PST)

Send me an email at webmaster@battlestarwiki.org with your new email address. I should be able to update your account and send you a password reset link. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 18:40, 5 January 2020 (PST)

Improperly Archived Talk Pages[edit]

I'm seeing a lot of archived pages in the Talk namespace with "/Archive 1" appended to their names, where the corresponding unprefixed Talk page does not exist. It looks like someone mass-archived talk pages and neglected to create new talk pages or an archive index. I suggest that we move these pages back to their unprefixed titles, with a bot or mass edit tool if possible. --April Arcus (talk) 19:59, 12 April 2020 (PDT)

This was caused by the initial deployment of the StructuredDiscussions extension. It should've provided a link the "archive" from the main "talk" page, but it didn't deploy that. I'm seeing about a means to rectify that. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 14:17, 13 April 2020 (PDT)

👍 --April Arcus (talk) 16:57, 13 April 2020 (PDT)

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 This noticeboard is a location to discuss and coordinate administrative tasks for the Battlestar Wiki.
-It is my hope that this place can serve as a location for administrators to coordinate their efforts on the maintenance tasks of the Wiki (it's not ALL fun and games), as well as a spot for our contributors to be able to bring things to the attention of the admins if something needs to be done. Need a protected page edited? An article or picture deleted? Admins will watchlist this page so that your request won't get lost in the shuffle.
+It is our hope that this place can serve as a location for administrators to coordinate their efforts on the maintenance tasks of the Wiki (it's not ALL fun and games), as well as a spot for our contributors to be able to bring things to the attention of the admins if something needs to be done. Need a protected page edited? An article or picture deleted? Admins will watchlist this page so that your request won't get lost in the shuffle.
-These are the archives:
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 == Current Administrators ==
-===Bureaucrats===
-Bureaucrats are administrators who have the ability to make other users into administrators.
-Currently Bureaucrats are:
-*[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] Currently only Joe has ''Bureaucrat'' status.
-===Sysops===
-Sysops are administrators who have access to move, delete and restore pages as well as blocking malicious users. The current administrators are:
-*[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]
-*[[User:Day|Day]]
-*[[User:Gougef|Gougef]]
-*[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin Jr.]]
-*[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]]
-*[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]
-*[[User:Shane|Shane]]
-*[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]]
-*[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]
-*[[User:Talos|Talos]]
-See [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|list of all admins on Battlestar Wiki]]
-== Javascript Reported Vandals ==
-== How do you sign up to be a mirror? ==
-Hey all, I'm the webmaster of bsgtns.com and one of the owners of MediaBlvd.  We think this is a pretty cool thing that you have here, and would like to offer up some server space for a mirror.  MB has 6 high end servers, and good deals on bandwidth.  I might be missing how to go about that, as I'm fairly new to this space.  I did want to say that I really like the concept though, and I spent several hours going thru the Wiki yesterday, and liked what I saw enough to want to be involved-- NetRanger
-:[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|talk to joe]]. I think usually the mirror deals with running the software of mediawiki and one site having access to the other and vice-versa. Joe is currently sick. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 19:12, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
-:[[BW:MIR]] is the basic requirements. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 19:18, 31 July 2006 (CDT)
-::AFAIK basicly a Mirror has the exact same content except when you go to edit, it takes you to the real BSWiki site? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 04:24, 1 August 2006 (CDT)
-:::Yep. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 09:41, 1 August 2006 (CDT)
-== Where to file feature request on MediaWiki ==
-:''Moved to [[User talk:Shane]]''
-== Help for Wiki Review Article ==
-Admins can help in the circus I created named [[State of the Wiki II]]. I protected the article so that we can corral the talk page commentary to correct the agregious formatting, bias, lack of bias, and all other ills. This is arguably the worst article I've ever made. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 22:17, 14 August 2006 (CDT)
-== Mark as Read ==
-Did there used to be a buttton thart did this on my Watchlist? Often, I'll read a diff, rather than the actual article, but I would like it unbolded all the same. I could've sworn there used to be a button that said "Mark all articles as Visited" or something like that. Am I losing my mind, or did a recent update take that away or... what? --[[User:Day|Day]] <sup>([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]] - [http://hiver.swordofthestars.com/ SotS])</sup> 23:47, 14 August 2006 (CDT)
-:Is it possible to change the CSS so that links which have been clicked on are an ever so slightly different colour like before? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 02:58, 22 August 2006 (CDT)
-::Updated in CSS. Just waiting to be uploaded :-) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 03:05, 22 August 2006 (CDT)
-== Login Problems ==
-Hello, since the update to the new MediaWiki-Software and the move to the new URL I (and probably everyone else) cannot login to the [http://de.battlestarwiki.org German BSW] anymore. It tells me there is no user Astfgl but the [[:de:User:Astfgl|Userpage]] still exists. Do I have to recreate my account? If so, will my current userstats be lost? (I'm afraid they already are.) -- [[User:Astfgl|Astfgl]] 03:20, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
-:I can re-do the stats. I just need you to register. Can you contact me over Gtalk? I need to talk with you also about something. I sent you an email with my email address through the BSG wiki system. In any case, go ahead and REGSITER your name over there excatly with the same settings here, username, etc, and I will run the script that will re-link you to your edit count. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 03:24, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
-::I once read, im sure, that it was possible to consolidate all the logins and passwords for all the wikis so that people dont have to re-register to each one. Surely this is a feature that would be of huge benefit to us?--[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 04:38, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
-:::I could copy the "database" row from here to the german to save time, but this is where it gets tricky is the stats. Stats will not auto update. Though it's users. I guess it can't be that hard to count how many users there are and manually update the stat. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 04:45, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
-::OK, I re-registered. I don't have GTalk (don't even really know what that is, something like ICQ?) but there are other ways to contact me on my [[User:Astfgl|userpage]]. -- [[User:Astfgl|Astfgl]] 05:12, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
-:::Tis ok. I talking to you now via the german wiki. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 05:20, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
-== The Merovignian Ban ==
-Just to let everyone know, I have taken an executive decision and have banned [[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] from the wiki. My explaination of it [[Battlestar Wiki:The Merovingian Ban|is here]]. I did this last night prior to heading off to bed (as it turned out, it was a good decision, in light of the fact that Ernesto severely weakened upon leaving Cuba and I had to go in this morning after all), so I forgot to post the link here. If anyone needs to talk, please use the [[Battlestar Wiki talk:The Merovingian Ban|talk page of the decision in question]]. Thank you. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:02, 30 August 2006 (CDT)
-== Vandal ==
-Needs blocking. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 16:39, 5 September 2006 (CDT)
-:On it. Need more info for faster block. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 17:07, 5 September 2006 (CDT)
-::: Sorry, was trying to notify ASAP. Will remember next time. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 17:12, 5 September 2006 (CDT)
-::::That's OK. You did everything else right; it would be good if we had some way to flag any admin account when this stuff happens; I was just online at the time. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 17:15, 5 September 2006 (CDT)
-::Spammer blocked. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 17:10, 5 September 2006 (CDT)
-== Battlestar T-shirts ==
-This may not be the proper place to bring this to the attention of the community, but my limited knowledge and even more limited intelligence affords me no better alternative. Hot Topic now has Battlestar t-shirts. One has the seal of the "Vigilantes" squadron, and the other says "What the Frak?" with a Colonial emblem on the back. Here's a link: [http://search.hottopic.com/search?p=Q&ts=custom&lbc=hottopic&w=battlestar Hot Topic Battlestar Galactica Shirts] {{unsigned|Thetruthseeker}}
-: You may want to bring this up to the [[Battlestar Wiki:Wikipedian Quorum|Wikipedian Quorum]], though I don't think these are officially licensed. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:45, 8 September 2006 (CDT)
-== Forced Skin Update ==
+===Senior Chiefs===
+Senior chiefs are, in Wikipedia's terminology, bureaucrats who have the ability to make other users into chiefs. They also have the ability to check user and other advance functions not under the purview of the chiefs.
+Currently senior chiefs are:
+* Active
+** [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]]
+* Inactive
+** [[User:Shane|Shane]]
+** [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]]
+** [[User:NCommander|NCommander]] (Technical Issues Only)
-Since 1.8.0 all the other minor skins were removed. I forced everyone back to 'bsgbook' for the time being. You can change back to bsgmonobook if you like now. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 02:08, 12 October 2006 (CDT)
+===Chiefs===
+Chiefs are administrators who have access to move, delete and restore pages as well as blocking malicious users. The current chiefs are:
+* Active
+**[[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] (established by Joe Baudoin since August 17, 2012)
+**[[User:Enabran|Enabran]]
+**[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]]
+**[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]]
+**[[User:April Arcus|April Arcus]]
+* Inactive
+**[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]
+**[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]
+**[[User:Day|Day]]
+**[[User:Serenity|Serenity]]
+**[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]
+**[[User:Gougef|Gougef]]
+**[[User:Jonathan|Jonathan]] (PR Coordinator)
+**[[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] (Primary Wiki Frakr! Contact)
+**[[User:Talos|Talos]]
+See [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|list of all chiefs on Battlestar Wiki]]
-== Think Tank Voting in Progress ==
+= Discussions =
-All administrators and contributors are asked to visit [[Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank]] to vote on proposed projects with links listed in the article. Don't let a good idea fail to ratify! --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:24, 17 October 2006 (CDT)
+== Request For Article Deletion ==
+Hello, I hope this is the correct page to ask for such things. I have done a lot of editing on the BSG: Deadlock articles and I have taken note that there was a duplicate article created (possibly my mistake) Please can I request that [[Assault Raptor|this]] (assault raptor) article be deleted? The duplicate for this article is [[Assault Raptor (Deadlock)|here]]. {{unsigned|Fisher 2000}}
-== Dogtags ==
+: No worries! The duplicate has been deleted. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 03:05, 14 February 2024 (UTC)
-Does anyone know where I can purchase(online or by snail) those neat BG dogtags? :) Wearvyn
-:There are always people selling on ebay. I dont know of any seller online though that sells them. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 09:56, 23 October 2006 (CDT)
-::I found [http://www.quantummechanix.com/ the website] that got the licence to produce official replicas of Dogtags, pins and other collectibles but the site is not yet live. Keep checking back. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 10:07, 23 October 2006 (CDT)
-== external.png ==
+== lost access to my old account ==
+hello! this is [[User:DrWho42]] from a new account. my old account used an old university email which i no longer have access to. if possible, i would like to regain access in preparation for the new series (love sam esmail and ''mr. robot''!).-[[User:DoctorWho42|DoctorWho42]] ([[User talk:DoctorWho42|talk]]) 02:03, 5 January 2020 (PST)
+: Send me an email at webmaster@battlestarwiki.org with your new email address. I should be able to update your account and send you a password reset link. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:40, 5 January 2020 (PST)
-Despite changing the theme considerably, you still seem to be using the default MediaWiki [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/skins/bsgbook/external.png external.png]. I thought that [[:Image:external.png|this one]] might be nicer, so links look like <span class="plainlinks">[http://cmbuckley.co.uk this]</span> [[Image:external.png]] instead of [http://cmbuckley.co.uk this]. Well, it would line up, but hey. — [[User:Cbuckley|cBuckley]] ([[User talk:Cbuckley|Talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Cbuckley|Contribs]]) 18:50, 29 October 2006 (CST)
+== Improperly Archived Talk Pages ==
+I'm seeing a lot of archived pages in the Talk namespace with "/Archive 1" appended to their names, where the corresponding unprefixed Talk page does not exist. It looks like someone mass-archived talk pages and neglected to create new talk pages or an archive index. I suggest that we move these pages back to their unprefixed titles, with a bot or mass edit tool if possible. --[[User:April Arcus|April Arcus]] ([[User talk:April Arcus|talk]]) 19:59, 12 April 2020 (PDT)
+: This was caused by the initial deployment of the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StructuredDiscussions StructuredDiscussions extension]. It should've provided a link the "archive" from the main "talk" page, but it didn't deploy that. I'm seeing about a means to rectify that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 14:17, 13 April 2020 (PDT)
+:: 👍 --[[User:April Arcus|April Arcus]] ([[User talk:April Arcus|talk]]) 16:57, 13 April 2020 (PDT)

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