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Following Tobyks discussion, why dont we list all the articles we can find that are too small here, then discuss and enact mergers, and finally put through a big afd. there IS a lot of tidying up that needs to be done. -- Alfakim-- talk 18:29, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Add new entires to the list if you feel they are too minor to be articles. Prefix "--" for disputed items. Tobyk777 02:01, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Articles which have already been nominated for deletion by the project should marked with Del-Proj; articles which have been nominated from outside the project should be marked with Del-Ext
The following have been nominated in the list above, but have had their nomination disputed. LD 20:10, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
This has remained stale for a while - shall we go ahead and AfD the list so far, do it in batches, or wait for the list to build? Anytime you come across a miniature silly article just add it here. -- Alfakim-- talk 13:44, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
I've just fixed Template:Stargate character after an anonymous user tried to add a Homepage attribute unsuccessfully. Before I fixed it, every page that uses that template had "Homepage: {{{site}}}" in the infobox (as no pages actually had a site listed), and if they had any key episodes listed other than the first appearence, they would have been duplicated (I think, I didn't see any such pages, but that's what I'd expect from looking at the code).
Now, I don't generally have a problem with users, including anonymous ones, being bold, but when it breaks dozens of pages, it's a problem. I'm considering requesting all the projects templates to be semi-protected as they're too complicated to be edited by people that don't know what they're doing. I'd like some opinions here before I do that, though. -- Tango 13:25, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
I dont think we need to protect them. mistakes can always easily be removed. -- Alfakim-- talk 14:52, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
This is something I caught in the two most recent episode summary's for SG-1 and Atlantis. Both the summary's for Company of Thieves and Phantoms are direct lifts from other websites (Gateworld and Sci-Fi.com respectivley). I've checked a few random episodes from both shows and nothing else seems to have been copyvio'd, so I'm not sure if this is an isolated event, or a common one that hasn't been caught yet. Either way, it's something to look out for in the future. No Way Back 22:59, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Just out of curiosity...would you be willing to accept any information from the novels/comics/roleplaying books/etc. on any of the articles relating to Stargate? I only ask because they generally contain a lot more information (eg. the Marduk entry I wrote over on the Stargate Wikia) about each character, though I'm not entirely sure of their canon status in the Stargate universe (as can be seen by the fact that I was forced to put non-canon tags on the Marduk entry), though at the very least the novel writers think of their novels as "secondary canon" ie. canon unless overwritten by the show, and the roleplaying guys have outright stated that this is the case with their books, as MGM gave them authorization to say so. 195.153.219.170 13:30, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
I recently did a userbox for the Mortal Kombat WikiProject's award and figured I'd share the love. So, I present to you Wikipedia:WikiProject Stargate/Award/userbox. EVula 06:07, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
Recently, my edits regarding Stargate have vastly decreased. This is because while editing Stargate articles, I have been having a harder and harder time finding problems to fix. I have also been having a difficult time finding places where adding information is necisary. It seems to me, that the project is very near total completetion. (Except for information from unaired episodes of course). Almost every one of our pages looks prefectly formated and complete. The tasks on the "things you can do" board are virtualy done. I think we should make a list of final things needed to be done to complete wikipedia's coverage of Stargate. (Then do them obviously). I think we might be the first qikiproject ever to actualy fully acomplish its goal. Has there ever been another project that compeleted its mission? Tobyk777 07:20, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
For any article with a decent amount of material and information, but that doesn't conform to the following, the following steps should be taken to bring it up to a final high-quality standard:
<ref>...</ref>
tags to cite verifiable sources from a wide range)Suggested checklist: -- Alfakim-- talk 01:11, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
i just want to let you guys know that the the Stargate Atlantis DVD page has been deleted. i dont know why, seeing as how we have one for Stargate SG-1, but just a headsup, cause im not going to redo the page again... - Xornok 17:00, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia is a not dvd shopping guide websites-- Andd 04:26, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
I've been working on rewriting Jack O'Neill and would like some comments. I've done the first basic rewrite of all the sections up to and including Other Appearences. I still need to rewrite the other sections, and add some more sections - primarilly an "Importance" section. I have a few references in mind to show how important the character is - interviews and comments from the cast, for example. I know even the sections I've done aren't finished (it's barely referenced, for a start), but any comments would be helpful at this point. -- Tango 15:47, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Please comment here: Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Stargate_Atlantis_DVD to have this article restored.-- Alfakim-- talk 22:40, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
The review suceeded - now we get a chance to debate whether or not it should be kept. Please go to Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Stargate_Atlantis_DVD_(second_nomination) and contribute to the discussion. -- Tango 15:34, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
some person keeps changing it, saying the entire thing is a copy violation of a gateworld page, when nothing is. Everything was rewritten and the gateworld page was sourced, and i keep asking the person to point out where the copyvio is and they dont, they just keep reverting it. some help here would be appreciated... - Xornok 14:53, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I notice that {{ Stargate race}} puts quotes around its argument "first" argument (i.e. 'key episodes'), on the assumption that it's a single episode, with no other text. Of course, often it's a not a single episode, and/or has additional text by way of a gloss of same, in which case the quotes are All Wrong. I fixed the appearance of one of these by substing it, but that's obviously not a great solution. Would anyone object to this being recoded to avoid this: perhaps an extra parameter ("key"? "firsts?"), to be used if "first" isn't defined? Alai 19:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
LD is right. Both the race and character templates should be changed to NOT have quotes around the first
parameter, and indeed no automatic formatting - for both his reasons, and also just for pure simplicity and intuitiveness. The templates should, however, be filled out like this:
{{stargate race |blah=blah |foo=bar |first={{sgcite|Lost City}} |key={{sgcite|Chimera}}<br />{{sgcite|Rising|A}} |bar=foo |blah=blah }}
i.e. episode fields should be filled out with the {{ sgcite}} template, which automatically gives an episode link in the correct form (i.e. with quotes).-- Alfakim-- talk 03:33, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
The list in the section dealing with articles we really ought to delete is growing larger, and I think that we really ought to develop a notification to go on either the top of the page or the talk page of the nominated article, perhaps reading as follows:
How about it? LD
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Stargate/Notice. -- Alfakim-- talk 10:58, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello. The WikiProject Council is currently in the process of developing a master directory of the existing WikiProjects to replace and update the existing Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. These WikiProjects are of vital importance in helping wikipedia achieve its goal of becoming truly encyclopedic. Please review the following pages:
and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope to have the existing directory replaced by the updated and corrected version of the directory above by November 1. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 22:02, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
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Following Tobyks discussion, why dont we list all the articles we can find that are too small here, then discuss and enact mergers, and finally put through a big afd. there IS a lot of tidying up that needs to be done. -- Alfakim-- talk 18:29, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Add new entires to the list if you feel they are too minor to be articles. Prefix "--" for disputed items. Tobyk777 02:01, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Articles which have already been nominated for deletion by the project should marked with Del-Proj; articles which have been nominated from outside the project should be marked with Del-Ext
The following have been nominated in the list above, but have had their nomination disputed. LD 20:10, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
This has remained stale for a while - shall we go ahead and AfD the list so far, do it in batches, or wait for the list to build? Anytime you come across a miniature silly article just add it here. -- Alfakim-- talk 13:44, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
I've just fixed Template:Stargate character after an anonymous user tried to add a Homepage attribute unsuccessfully. Before I fixed it, every page that uses that template had "Homepage: {{{site}}}" in the infobox (as no pages actually had a site listed), and if they had any key episodes listed other than the first appearence, they would have been duplicated (I think, I didn't see any such pages, but that's what I'd expect from looking at the code).
Now, I don't generally have a problem with users, including anonymous ones, being bold, but when it breaks dozens of pages, it's a problem. I'm considering requesting all the projects templates to be semi-protected as they're too complicated to be edited by people that don't know what they're doing. I'd like some opinions here before I do that, though. -- Tango 13:25, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
I dont think we need to protect them. mistakes can always easily be removed. -- Alfakim-- talk 14:52, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
This is something I caught in the two most recent episode summary's for SG-1 and Atlantis. Both the summary's for Company of Thieves and Phantoms are direct lifts from other websites (Gateworld and Sci-Fi.com respectivley). I've checked a few random episodes from both shows and nothing else seems to have been copyvio'd, so I'm not sure if this is an isolated event, or a common one that hasn't been caught yet. Either way, it's something to look out for in the future. No Way Back 22:59, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Just out of curiosity...would you be willing to accept any information from the novels/comics/roleplaying books/etc. on any of the articles relating to Stargate? I only ask because they generally contain a lot more information (eg. the Marduk entry I wrote over on the Stargate Wikia) about each character, though I'm not entirely sure of their canon status in the Stargate universe (as can be seen by the fact that I was forced to put non-canon tags on the Marduk entry), though at the very least the novel writers think of their novels as "secondary canon" ie. canon unless overwritten by the show, and the roleplaying guys have outright stated that this is the case with their books, as MGM gave them authorization to say so. 195.153.219.170 13:30, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
I recently did a userbox for the Mortal Kombat WikiProject's award and figured I'd share the love. So, I present to you Wikipedia:WikiProject Stargate/Award/userbox. EVula 06:07, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
Recently, my edits regarding Stargate have vastly decreased. This is because while editing Stargate articles, I have been having a harder and harder time finding problems to fix. I have also been having a difficult time finding places where adding information is necisary. It seems to me, that the project is very near total completetion. (Except for information from unaired episodes of course). Almost every one of our pages looks prefectly formated and complete. The tasks on the "things you can do" board are virtualy done. I think we should make a list of final things needed to be done to complete wikipedia's coverage of Stargate. (Then do them obviously). I think we might be the first qikiproject ever to actualy fully acomplish its goal. Has there ever been another project that compeleted its mission? Tobyk777 07:20, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
For any article with a decent amount of material and information, but that doesn't conform to the following, the following steps should be taken to bring it up to a final high-quality standard:
<ref>...</ref>
tags to cite verifiable sources from a wide range)Suggested checklist: -- Alfakim-- talk 01:11, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
i just want to let you guys know that the the Stargate Atlantis DVD page has been deleted. i dont know why, seeing as how we have one for Stargate SG-1, but just a headsup, cause im not going to redo the page again... - Xornok 17:00, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia is a not dvd shopping guide websites-- Andd 04:26, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
I've been working on rewriting Jack O'Neill and would like some comments. I've done the first basic rewrite of all the sections up to and including Other Appearences. I still need to rewrite the other sections, and add some more sections - primarilly an "Importance" section. I have a few references in mind to show how important the character is - interviews and comments from the cast, for example. I know even the sections I've done aren't finished (it's barely referenced, for a start), but any comments would be helpful at this point. -- Tango 15:47, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Please comment here: Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Stargate_Atlantis_DVD to have this article restored.-- Alfakim-- talk 22:40, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
The review suceeded - now we get a chance to debate whether or not it should be kept. Please go to Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Stargate_Atlantis_DVD_(second_nomination) and contribute to the discussion. -- Tango 15:34, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
some person keeps changing it, saying the entire thing is a copy violation of a gateworld page, when nothing is. Everything was rewritten and the gateworld page was sourced, and i keep asking the person to point out where the copyvio is and they dont, they just keep reverting it. some help here would be appreciated... - Xornok 14:53, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I notice that {{ Stargate race}} puts quotes around its argument "first" argument (i.e. 'key episodes'), on the assumption that it's a single episode, with no other text. Of course, often it's a not a single episode, and/or has additional text by way of a gloss of same, in which case the quotes are All Wrong. I fixed the appearance of one of these by substing it, but that's obviously not a great solution. Would anyone object to this being recoded to avoid this: perhaps an extra parameter ("key"? "firsts?"), to be used if "first" isn't defined? Alai 19:55, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
LD is right. Both the race and character templates should be changed to NOT have quotes around the first
parameter, and indeed no automatic formatting - for both his reasons, and also just for pure simplicity and intuitiveness. The templates should, however, be filled out like this:
{{stargate race |blah=blah |foo=bar |first={{sgcite|Lost City}} |key={{sgcite|Chimera}}<br />{{sgcite|Rising|A}} |bar=foo |blah=blah }}
i.e. episode fields should be filled out with the {{ sgcite}} template, which automatically gives an episode link in the correct form (i.e. with quotes).-- Alfakim-- talk 03:33, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
The list in the section dealing with articles we really ought to delete is growing larger, and I think that we really ought to develop a notification to go on either the top of the page or the talk page of the nominated article, perhaps reading as follows:
How about it? LD
See Wikipedia:WikiProject Stargate/Notice. -- Alfakim-- talk 10:58, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello. The WikiProject Council is currently in the process of developing a master directory of the existing WikiProjects to replace and update the existing Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory. These WikiProjects are of vital importance in helping wikipedia achieve its goal of becoming truly encyclopedic. Please review the following pages:
and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope to have the existing directory replaced by the updated and corrected version of the directory above by November 1. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. B2T2 22:02, 23 October 2006 (UTC)