Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad

Jihad is an arabic word meaning "to exert utmost effort, to strive, to struggle". At the Battlestar Wiki, we strive to be a comprehensive and accurate source of canonical information. Because of the nature of a wikipedia to which anyone may contribute, it is vital that sources be cited and facts checked. This project page is intended to serve as the hub of these operations.

Acceptable Sources

In roughly descending order of reliability:

1. On-screen evidence
2. Official comments from the producers:
   • Episode podcats
   • DVD commentaries
   • Ronald D. Moore's blog
   • David Eick's video blog
3. Other statements from producers, cast, and crew
4. The SciFi channel and SkyOne websites

This list is an important guideline, but is not to be slavishly obeyed. If David Eick mentions offhand that Galactica is four inches long, but a reliable source from Zoic gives scaling information used in the visual effects sequences, deference should be given to Zoic's field of expertise. (This would also fall under the guideline of placing on-screen evidence before producer's commentary). Obvious gaffes and bloopers should also be ignored.

Where later comments contradict earlier ones, defer to the most recent statement and make a note at List of retcons (RDM). An example of this is the size of the fleet, increased from 40 ships in the miniseries to 75 in the series. If the issue is not decisively settled, make a note at the bottom of the page (see Olympic Carrier#Notes for an example).

List of sites that are not good sources

• Uncited information on Battlestar Wiki itself
• IMDB
• Fan sites such as Battlestar Galactica Tech Manual and Colonial History
• Fan-made episode guides that do not themselves cite sources.

Articles needing sources

• Battlestar - many figures are quoted as originating with Zoic, but no link to the relevant information is provided.

Characters with Non-Canon First Names

• Brendan Constanza
  • Article at Constanza, redirect from Brendan Constanza, Hot Dog, Hotdog
  • Source: IMDB
• Joyce Hadrian
  • Article at Hadrian, redirect from Sergeant Hadrian.
  • Source: "hint by sources close to production"
• Cole Taylor
  • Article at Cole Taylor, redirect from Taylor, Stinger (Pegasus)
  • Source: SciFi.com
• Alistair Thorne
  • Article at Thorne
  • Source: John Larocque's Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide
• Peter Laird
  • Article at Laird
  • Source: John Larocque's Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide
• Layne Ishay
  • Article at Ishay, confused redirect from Kim
  • Source: end titles for Scattered and Valley of Darkness

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• Peter Farago 01:19, 29 September 2005 (EDT)