Talk:Stargate

Stargate variant
Didn't the Pegasus Replicators use a modified stargate that only had 8 Chevrons? There's a picture of it in here: Stargate (device) on Wikipedia. -
 * They did indeed. Also, the orbital Stargate seen in the Stargate Atlantis season 5 episode Ghost in the Machine seemed to have only 8 chevrons as well, though that may have been an oversight on part of the SFX department. - Bell&#39;Orso 13:48, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I am sorry that I write to the old topic but i think it is worth the risk. Do we really now that asurans satelite has only 8 chevrons? I know. we can argue that it is asuran design and thus yes but we cannot say that it had only 8 chevrons in that episode. We cannot say it because in some episodes the gates had also only 8 chevrons and in one episode, it was even the milky way stargate with 8 chevrons. For example here are episodes where I noticed bad gate -  (there in the bridge there are both gates bad. Even milky way  had only 8 chevrons), ,  ,   and  but here i am not sure, it is case of milky way gate. it has very strange position of the chevrons but is not clearly visible so I think it is also wrong gate. If I am right. entire problem with 8 chevrons is only bad model used by animators. They simply did not notice it. what do you thing?--ScorpiO 05:16, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

== Continuity error == In the episode "Children of the Gods" they travel back and forward in the wormhole (Apophis and his men). -
 * No they don't, they dial the gate with a wristworn DHD. Iaselar 18:40, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Ever sins the arctic gate was destroyed earth has been using the browed Russian gate witch has caused many political problems so why could they not just have taken a star gate from any uninhabited planet wit the Prometheus or one of the over ships
 * Because they dont need to and it would be a waste of time and resources finding one that isnt being used. Sman789 20:17, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

They managed to find 34 gates in the milky way system to build the intergalactic gate bridge, 35 was to much I don't think so and keep in mind that A lot of milky way gates Are unused or on uninhabited planets

Image
Would it be possible for someone to come up with a better LEGAL image for the infobox. The current picture (in my opinion) doesn't reflect on the true greatness of how the Stargate actually looks.&mdash;Anubis 10545 22:20, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Please, I can't find a better image and as this will soon be the featured article, I'd really rather have a better picture to put on the front page.&mdash;Anubis 10545 05:06, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

The Tollans as Gatebuilders
According to the current text: "The Ancients, the Nox, the Asurans and the Tollans are the only known races that have managed to build Stargates." Given the specifics of the Tollan Stargate (history section), I'm not sure the Tollans should be credited with building a stargate. I believe the "spirit" of line I quoted above is to point out the races that have the technological-know how to build a gate. Under this intrepreation, the Ori are also Gatebuilders.--Slackergate5 10:37, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

The Nox built it for the Tollan, or at least told them how to build it, so no they shouldnt be on the list.


 * Looking at the Transcript: it reads:

Narim- The Nox and the Tollan were able to devise a way to get us there.

Carter- So you built that... Stargate? Narim- Yes. Because of this, the Tollan should be credited.&mdash;Anubis 10545 18:13, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

I think that the fundamental problem we are debating is whether a particular race has the technological know-how to independently build a stargate. Since the Tollan needed the assistance of the Nox, they obviously lacked the aforementioned ability to design/build a stargate. Perhaps the article should be changed to read:

The Ancients, the Nox, the Asurans and the Ori are the only known races that have the necessary knowledge needed to independently construct Stargates.--Slackergate5 21:25, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

well here's the thing. the ancients are the ORIGINAL gatebuilders. all the other races built them after the ancients did. the tollan built their stargate with the help from the nox. the ori used ascended knowledge. the stargate was thought up of by an ancient just be4 he left the planet in the ark of truth.—SupremeCommander 19:38, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Entering a receiving wormhole...
I just watched A Hundred Days and they send a MALP through a stargate which is facing upwards and the MALP is destroyed shortly after leaving the wormhole. Is this reason enough to say that entering a receiving wormhole is like standing in the kawoosh instead of saying it it unknown what happens? --SilentGuy 22:27, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd agree it is Sman789 22:41, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Page main image
Does anyone else dislike having a Pegasus spacegate as the main image, I know an image of a milky way gate in the SGC is lower down but I would like this instead to be the primary image. Although I would prefer an image of a stargate in one of those stone platforms since that seems how they appear in most of the galaxy. Such as this | wikipedia image

Fa6ade 11:54, 21 May 2009 (UTC)