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Downloaded Hi. I figured this would be the best place to ask. Does anyone want a go at rewriting the article Downloaded (Battlestar Galactica) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)? It's part of an idea I've had to get all of the 2007 Hugo Award for Dramatic Presentation, Short Form nominees in a featured topic - it doesn't need to be an FA, just a GA (two of the episodes for that award are doing well at FAC right now). Thanks, Will ^(talk) 20:16, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy ...is in bad need of an update. Its talk page wasn't even tagged with the project banner until I got there just now. Hasn't been updated to even include the already-released webisodes. — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 10:12, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Season articles I've started a discussion on creating articles for the individual seasons of BSG (i.e. Stargate SG-1 (season 1), The Wire (season 1)). You can comment on it here.--Marcus Brute (talk) 01:37, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The Oath (Battlestar Galactica) Since I don't actually have a wikipedia username, I'm not going to edit this bit myself, but I couldn't help notice that everytime Bill Adama is mentioned, the author of the article refers to him as Commander Adama. Now unless I've missed an episode, and he was stripped of rank, he's still an Admiral. I'm fairly certain that it would still link back to his page even if it said his proper rank instead of Commander. 75.65.2.45 (talk) 10:02, 31 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Episode numering and production codesI'm inviting anyone for additional input on Talk:33 (Battlestar Galactica), where pd_THOR and I are engaged in a discussion regarding (sourcing of) production codes and episode numbering. — Edokter • Talk • 12:45, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Caprica

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A whole bunch of articles up for deletion

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cylon War - a whole bunch of BSG articles are up for deletion. 76.66.192.91 (talk) 04:43, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kept

Seraphs (Battlestar Galactica) has been prodded for deletion. 76.66.193.69 (talk) 06:04, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Wish I'd found this page before the recent fun and games over at Eastern Alliance. Markvs88 (talk) 21:26, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
List of Battlestar Galactica (reimagining) locations has been prodded for deletion. 65.94.47.63 (talk) 05:31, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merged or redirected

There are currently 3 versions of Boxey out there Boxey, Boxey (Battlestar Galactica) and Captain Troy all started in Nov. '06 with in a few days/hours of each other. I currently have nominated Boxey and Boxey (BSG) to be merged together, as the pages redupe info and the are both stubs. I would encourage a full Boxey merge to help the character to still have a page, as currently there is a wave of AfD for the fictional genres. -66.109.248.114 (talk) 03:33, 9 March 2008 (UTC).[reply]

The BSG copy is a dab page. Merge the TOS Boxey page into a list of minor characters, which we currently don't have for TOS or 1980. We also are missing Lt. Dillon, a main character from 1980... 70.55.84.89 (talk) 05:28, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:AFD on Diana Seelix, right now. 70.55.84.89 (talk) 05:26, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There's a proposal to rename Frack to Frak... 70.51.9.170 (talk) 09:25, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
User:Zxcvbnm just merged a bunch of articles together and nominated Category:Battlestar Galactica objects for deletion. 76.66.193.90 (talk) 06:12, 22 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Colonial Forces (Battlestar Galactica) has been sent for deletion via WP:PROD. If you wish to keep the article, delete the notice template. If you wish to delete the article, leave the template in place. 76.66.196.229 (talk) 06:47, 17 February 2009 (UTC)2003 Reimagining[reply]
A few proposals: I've recently returned to editing Wikipedia and have found a few things that I think need to be mentioned about articles to do with the new series. First, why is there a page on the 2003 Reimagining when it contains infomation similar to that on the main BSG page, the reimagining article should be merged with the main page and the miniseries page, as there is alot of duplicate information on those pages. Also I have noticed that a lot of the BSG episode articles are up for notability guidelines, because of this I think we should do what has been done with the Stargate SG-1 season articles, and have a basic episode list and then a seperate page for each season of BSG with production and reception details, whislt selecting the more notable episodes to have seperate articles. I won't go ahead with these changes until I hear from some people on this project and if you have any different ideas. So post your opinions, if I don't receive any I will assume your agreement and go ahead with my ideas. --Mollsmolyneux (talk) 17:14, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think 2003 reimagining should remain, and fix the other article so there is less repetition, instead have them refer to 2003 article. I also think a 1978 article should be written as the complement to the 2003 article, and similarly fix the movie, original TV series and 1980 articles. 76.66.193.90 (talk) 12:41, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ship of Lights has been nominated for deletion . 76.66.193.69 (talk) 05:52, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Why does it appear that Battlestar Galactica (reimagining) is the same as Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)? We only need one page on the new series. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 04:07, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There is currently a discussion taking place at Talk:Battlestar Galactica (reimagining)#Merge same topic, regarding the merger of Battlestar Galactica (reimagining) and Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) back into one article given that they are two separate articles covering the same topic. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 16:23, 9 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I've begun a merge proposal discussion to merge Cylon Basestar (reimagining) into Cylon Basestar to create one article encompassing both versions of the series, in much the same way as Battlestar Galactica (ship) and Battlestar Pegasus do. The disussion is taking place at Talk:Cylon_Basestar#Merger_proposal --BlueSquadronRaven 19:47, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Since there were no objections after a week, I performed the merge. --BlueSquadronRaven 17:24, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Battlestar Galactica FYI, interested parties may wish to comment at the above. –xeno^talk 14:16, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
FYI FTL (Battlestar Galactica) has been nominated for deletion. 70.29.211.9(talk) 08:06, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Removed

The Battlestar Wiki aritlce has been nominated for deletion for the third time. Feel free to add your comments to the corresponding discussion.--DrWho42 (talk) 18:00, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The result was delete. If the matter is closed, shouldn't such should be reflected here? -- Harshael (talk) 23:34, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right, right now the old page merely redirects to the External links section of the Battlestar Galactica article. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. ^{Mail Me} 01:45, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Flight Sergeant Jolly has been nominated for deletion. 70.55.87.161 (talk) 05:05, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Triad (sport)/Pyramid (sport) is up for deletion at AfD 76.66.198.171 (talk) 04:25, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
File:BattlestarGalactica -- 3x03 - Exodus P1.jpg (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been nominated for deletion 76.66.193.90 (talk) 05:51, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Battlestar Galactica units has been prodded for deletion. 76.66.202.139 (talk) 06:44, 1 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Battlestar Galactica terminology has been prodded for deletion. 76.66.202.139 (talk) 05:28, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up. Skomorokh 05:31, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This has now been sent to WP:AFD for deletion. 76.66.202.139 (talk) 05:52, 10 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:FTL Jump -- Battlestar Galactica (2004).jpg & File:Colonial warrior pin.jpg have been nominated for deletion at WP:FFD.

76.66.197.17 (talk) 05:50, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pyramid (card game) has been prodded for deletion. 76.66.193.224 (talk) 08:26, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
{{BSG character}} has been nominated for deletion. 76.66.195.196 (talk) 02:44, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
File:Flag of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol.svg has been nominated for deletion. 65.94.47.63 (talk) 06:21, 10 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Episode list redesign

Want to some feedback on this episodes list redesign I have made in order to let the episode list better match other DVD shows like List of Stargate SG-1 episodes or List of Lost episodes. Also need to add Blu-ray releases, but not sure which release date to include. Would appreicate any feedback you can give me. Its located here User:Mollsmolyneux/Sandbox/BSG Episode List. Thanks --Mollsmolyneux (talk) 13:21, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Battlestar Galactica Cylon Bubble Machine

I went ahead and created that article. Any help with editing it is appreciated.--DrWho42 (talk) 09:43, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Updates to TV#MOS

I'm not sure how many people monitor WP:MOSTV or even WP:TV (the basic WikiProject for all of us), but we've been trying to get some feedback on additions to the TV Manual of Style. It largely has to do with the inclusion of "Overview" tables at the start of the page, the order in which season lists are presented (currently, there is no concrete order), and what is considered too much info for DVDs (i.e. should we be placing every detail about the box set in the article, from each interview to the aspect ratio, or should be keep it more generalized). Please see discussion at WT:MOSTV#Updates to the MOS. Thank you. BIGNOLE (Contact me) 22:11, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Doctor Zee

Doctor Zee has been prodded for deletion. 64.229.101.17 (talk) 06:19, 9 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fake reference contributing much false content "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Beyond Caprica"

All of the citations regarding the character of the 12 colonies refer to a book called "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide :Beyond Caprica by Bob Harris, DK publishing 2010, ISBN 9780756673116".

I have researched and can find no existence of such a book, even using the ISBN number. It appears to be a joke, playing on the many travel books that start with "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide to: (fill in the blank"). But I can find no evidence of such a book being written in this series about a fictional place.

I propose that any content attributed to this non-existent book be removed from all of that Battlestar Wikis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.92.169.22 (talk) 05:01, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The book can be found here, I have one myself and the content in this article is valid. --

Philly boy92 (talk) 15:58, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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See discussion for Category:Battlestar Galactica stubs Dawynn (talk) 15:09, 28 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of minor characters in Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)

This has now been sent for AfD deletion. 65.94.47.63 (talk) 04:36, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Questions?

I've removed about a dozen instances of sections entitled "Questions" (and a few Notes as well,) from a load of series 1 articles. They're inappropriate for wikipedia, both in tone and content. Many of them looked as though they'd be more at home in a pub quiz than an encyclopedia. Chaheel Riens (talk) 16:27, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Blood and Chrome

So... Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome has started airing... project needs sprucing up to account for that. -- 70.24.186.245 (talk) 15:44, 11 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Inbound links to Battlestar Wiki need removing

Done

Battlestar Wiki was deleted several times after discussions, yet it still has over 40 inbound links from articles. I re-created the page as a softredirect to Special:Interwiki and added a direct link to the Battlestar Wiki in both interwiki and URL form.

Please see Talk:Battlestar Wiki and help clean up incoming redirects from articles. When the inbound article count reaches zero please copy the text and revision history of the talk page to someplace permanent, such as this talk page, and unless there is any reason to think it would be controversial, speedy-delete the page as a G6-technical/non-controversial deletion. If it might be controversial, AFD or PROD it and ask me for my endorsement.

By the way, I realize this is out-of-process but WP:BOLD and WP:IAR apply. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 14:54, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The count is now well under 40. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 15:43, 10 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

All incoming redirects from articles removed, page replaced with {{db-author}}. No need to preserve talk page. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 03:49, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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FYI Cylon B (talk · contribs) has initiated deletion or merger requests for the majority of the Battlestar Galactica articles -- 65.94.168.229 (talk) 06:53, 18 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Closing inactive task forces

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