Battlestar Wiki:Descriptive term

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Battlestar Wiki uses descriptive terms to give names to technologies and other subjects which haven't been given a canonical name (that is, a name assigned officially through aired content from either the Re-imagined Series or Original Series).

Contributors are encouraged to use descriptive terms for important technologies, characters or events that have been sufficiently defined, but which are not ubiquitous or commonplace, such as "telephones." Contributors should create terms that match the function or the disposition or similar characteristic of the subject.

Articles that describe ordinary, mundane topics on Battlestar Wiki are subject to speedy deletion.

Once a subject, character or item has an official term, the descriptive terms are retired and used as redirects.

The names of most battles, such as the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, are descriptive terms as well unless the battle's name are named by a character in an episode (This practice was done more in the Original Series, such as the Battle of Molecay). Normally battle articles are named by a celestial object in the vicinity or a specific target (Battle of Ragnar Anchorage, Battle of the Resurrection Ship, et al.).

Partial list of articles with descriptive terms, past and present