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Spirits
SG-1 Episode 2.13 Spirits is missing from the drop-down list to the left. I have no idea how to fix this, so can someone who is more familear with the site take care of it

Results!
A bit dissapointing that only two people voted, but that is life and the winner of the vote is Main Page/GingerM. I'll change the page now. Any objections/comments can be raised below.BTW: Is there a way to stop the 2 boxes overlapping?--GingerM 15:25, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Is it better now? Peter R 20:36, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Suggestion
As I understood our vote above, this was about what structure we should have in the future on the Main Page. It should therefore be able to improve on the structure even after this vote. I've updated the Main Page on Main Page/GingerM where the structure is the same, besides for the Latest episodes part. The current version is a bit dis-structural between the upper and the lower part of the table, and this newer possible update is correcting this, without making it too much of a strict structure. Comments? Peter R 14:01, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Again, I say: Comments? Peter R 19:48, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I like the restructured main page, however, I personally think a grid system to separate the topics and news bits would benefit the organization of the page. - Adm. Enzo Aquarius 23:18, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Do you mean to seperate the two parts? I tried that, but then the lower part didn't have the same size at the right/left, for some reason. I couldn't fix it. Maybe we should have one or two empty rows between the two parts? Peter R 05:41, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Since everyone seems OK with the change, so I change the front side now. Peter R 06:17, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

de.Stargate.Wikia (German version) online now
Hi @ll, to keep you informed: Since today we got another language version of this wiki: de.Stargate :-) Enjoy! --rieke 09:01, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

"Atlantis latest" out of date
I don't know, how it's possible, but it seems, that the "latest" on SG:Atlantis seems to ignore the last 6 episodes of the series released between 22th September 2006 and 11th January 2007. So to keep it straight the last episode released was released on 9th January and it was 3x16(or 3x17) "The Ark" (3x15 "Sunday" was not released, so I also don't know what's with that one). Anyways it seems that the next episode will be out on 16th January, so if you confirm my info please do something about that "latest" section". May the Force be with you... --Ascended Daniel 14:57, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The particular dates on Atlantis and SG1 are refering to their US premier dates. However, if you want to update it yourself, go forth. The template for SG1 is Template:latestepisodes SG1, while Atlantis is Template:latestepisodes ATL. -- SFH 17:44, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikia Blogs
This wiki is included in our new Wikia Blogs feature. To get involved, just add snippets of this wiki's best articles to MediaWiki:Blog snippet each day and that content will appear on both the Wikia Science Fiction Blog and the TV Blog. Please see Wiki to blog for an introduction and Wikia Blogs for a list of wikis involved in this. Angela talk 00:33, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Stargate Universe
Is Stargate Universe relevant enough to warrant being in the Episodes and Movies list? It might increase the likelihood of any new information being added if it's more visible to passersby. Yor 23:54, 6 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I guess so. I thought it already was. -- SFH 00:10, 7 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I think we should wait until it gets a go ahead - it doesn't sound like it will happen until atlantis ends, and it is only an idea at the moment. We should wait until a channel picks it up first

Featured Article
Don't suppose we could change the article? it's been on Hathor for a few months now.
 * If you want to suggest another article, then feel free to do so...the only reason we haven't changed it is because there's not really been enough editors to suggest a new one. &mdash;Jaymach Ral'Tir (talk) 11:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)


 * How about the original Stargate film, might as well advertise where it all started.
 * The original Stargate film has been a featured article in the past as seen in the featured article category. As such, another would have to be chosen. &mdash;Jaymach Ral'Tir (talk) 20:39, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * What about Ba'al, he's always fun to read about.

Page structure causes error!!
On Internet Explorer 7, on my very large screen, the rightmost image of the wireframe gate sticks out the right edge of the screen, causing a horizontal scrollbar. Can this be fixed please? It appears to be to do with the way it is floating. --Aquillyne 01:37, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

The trees
Cant sum1 change the trees at the top of the page to sumthing more stargatey...i just dont think it works —Kwoosh..x 20:23, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * They were changed to trees largely because almost every planet visited in the shows is a forest world. We did it largely as an in-joke, but if you can make any other suggestions then they'll be considered. &mdash;Jaymach Ral'Tir (talk) 20:25, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Well the BSG wikia puts their main characters at the top (they change between each page you visit) maybe you can do sumthing like that?—Kwoosh..x 20:28, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Ive got it....the layout of the page could be the layout of asgard/Goa'uld/Tau'ri/ancient or any other races' computer screen layout...what do you think?—Kwoosh..x 17:41, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

some ideas
well i got some ideas that i just wanted to share and see what you think.

1. the site could have a video player or links to videos...like trailers, interviews, ans stuff like that.

2. expand the forum...the only topic thats there is help desk...its not realy a forum then is it lol

3. improved layout...see my previous post on "the trees".

4. some form of organisation becuase there are tonnes of articles that are not fineshed and left abandoned and others that have not even been started.

5. a counter that shows how many people are on the site at any given time and how many users are online. =]

i am wondering what people thought of my ideas and if any can or cant be done.—Kwoosh..x 17:08, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Sidebar
To any administrator out there, this isn't a major problem, but in the Monaco-sidebar in the SGA Season 5 drop down menu, the episodes Tracker and The Queen need to be switched around so it says The Queen first and then Tracker as the episodes will air in that order.&mdash;Anubis 10545 06:30, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I discovered another order error on the sidebar, Atlantis episodes Irresistible and Sateda are in the wrong order. -- Matthew R Dunn 20:17, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Stargate Universe
Did anyone see that Sci Fi has greenlighted Stargate Universe to come out next year?--Long Live the United Earth 16:53, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Facebook Fan Page
I have recently made a Facebook page for the Stargate Wiki: Facebook | Stargate Wiki. Feel more than free to add, and I will add admin as soon as I know who the admin are (there's a list, right?).--DrWho42 20:13, 30 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Indeed there is, the admin list can be found on this page, though some of them are inactive. -- Matthew R Dunn 21:01, 30 August 2008 (UTC)


 * The problem is with assigning admin to a Facebook fan page is (1) they have to be your Friend so thus I (or another admin) would have to add everyone on their friend list if they want to be an admin, or (2) you have to invite them by e-mail.--DrWho42 22:03, 30 August 2008 (UTC)


 * OK, well sorry if I'm not much help. But you did wonder if there was an admin list, and I provided it to you. Concerning the two problems you must face however, I'm afraid I haven't much to say but to think about contacting the admins for more information (those who are around anyway). -- Matthew R Dunn 01:45, 31 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh no, it was helpful! :) It definitely answered my question. I'll go through the process of either e-mailing/contacting the active admin sometime soon to see if they want to participate in the Facebook Fan Page.--DrWho42 20:32, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Featured Images
Just putting an idea out there, but how about (like we have a featured article each week) we have a featured image each week. There are so many good Stargate related images out there, it would be crazy not to...right?&mdash;Anubis 10545 01:45, 8 September 2008 (UTC) Well, that being said, I will now (as in right now) set up a page for featured images.&mdash;Anubis 10545 05:32, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * No. (*cough* copyright issues *cough*) - 84.237.120.90 05:43, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * And what copyright issues would that be? -- Matthew R Dunn 11:36, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * There would be no copyright issues. Please, lets get some input on this. I don't want want this idea to just wither away and die. If enough people are for this idea, I'd gladly set it up myself.&mdash;Anubis 10545 22:52, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I for one think it is a great idea.--DrWho42 19:22, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Agreed—Swedish Guy 19:32, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
 * That's it, everything is set up. Once we have a sufficient amount of votes, I will paste in the section for the front page that is for featured images, which I have saved to a word document.&mdash;Anubis 10545 06:36, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Special pages
Has anyone noticed recently that (only on this wiki I've noticed) that when you click on Spacial Pages in the sidebar, you get some weird error message?&mdash;Anubis 10545 22:59, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Fan-fic site
is there or is anyone considering making a stargate fan fiction wikia, similar to the memory gamma for startrek? just curious
 * There already is one, Stargate Fan Productions. -- Matthew R Dunn 13:15, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * its barley a site really lol

Featured Quotes
I'm proposing a Featured Quotes section to go along with the featured articles and images on the main page. Nearly every episode has an amusing and memorable line, and some are meaningful or down-right poetic. It would also help balance the page if it's placed below the Featured Articles section, as the column on the right runs long (though it may not appear so to some people). Also a good way to lead people to our episode pages. Cheers.—Ka&#39;lel 06:02, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * That sounds lika good idea —Swedish guy 10:36, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * This idea was proposed in January of 2007 by Ascended Daniel but was turned down by the lack of editors here. It would seem that that is no longer the case, so I'll set something up as soon as possible as it sounds like a promising idea. That's funny you should bring this up as just the other day, I was rummaging through the old community portal and that's where I found the previous request.&mdash;Anubis 10545 20:13, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I have everything set up. I've saved the template for the main page to a word document so on Saturday/Sunday when I update the templates, I'll include that as well. It looks nice under the featured article template as you suggested.&mdash;Anubis 10545 20:47, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! —Ka&#39;lel

Ambig
The ambiguously cannon banner says "an" where it should just be "a" but I'm not sure how to fix it so can someone do it for me please.

Done —Swedish guy 16:33, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Quote Sub-pages
What does anyone here think about creating sub pages from quotes like in this article on Halopedia. It just seems like it would be a good idea, especially with our new featured quote thing. I don't know...&mdash;Anubis 10545 07:18, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I saw the same thing on the Firefly wiki a while back and I thought it was a good idea. I'm all for it but we'd need to hash out the organization of it all. We can't very well go by episode... —Ka&#39;lel 08:16, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I know... I'm think of something....or someone will.... maybe. I'll look into it tomorrow as it's 1:00 am now. Although, going by episode might work.&mdash;Anubis 10545 09:05, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, just came to me. We could organize them by the kind of quote maybe. IE: Funny, Meaningful... I don't know...&mdash;Anubis 10545 09:11, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Or, we could organize them like: "Goa'uld related" "Ori related" "Wraith related" "Weapon related"...&mdash;Anubis 10545 09:15, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The problem with "funny/meaningful" is too many quotes per heading. The problem with episodes is, too many headings (not to mention we already employ a quotes section on each episode page). The problem with by character is there will be an abundant number of quotes involving more than one person, so everything will end up under the "group" or "multiple persons" heading. I like the idea of categorizing by subject. That could work. Edit: Though there could be a lot of quotes under the "Character" heading, so that'd probably have to be subcategorized by character. —Ka&#39;lel 09:17, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Each character would have their own page like this: Daniel Jackson/Quotes. By episode would be kind of redundant, so let's do it by subject: "Wraith related" "Ori Related"... "Food related"... I'll create a page now... or soon (albeit a major stub) so we'll have a guide thing.&mdash;Anubis 10545 22:25, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * There, I created the page Meredith Rodney McKay/Quotes and added a template to go on the article of the person those quotes belong to: Quote Links. Now lets see if people actually find and add quotes.&mdash;Anubis 10545 23:05, 16 January 2009 (UTC)


 * If you're going to categorize it by character, then we'll have a lot of issues with where quotes should go, so I suggest we stick with the subject of the quote as the categorization. ie. Not quotes said by Rodney McKay, but quotes about Rodney McKay. Alternatively, we could combine both to the one page. For instance, "This is a list of quotes from, or about, Rodney McKay." And the quotes in the "from Rodney McKay" section should be limited to one liners from him, or short dialogue that leads to a quote from him. I'll update the page and let me know what you think. The issue still remains, if Rodney says something about Wraith, does that quote go in the "About Wraith" section of the Wraith page, or in the "by Rodney" section of the Rodney page. It all gets very redundant and confusing, and I guarantee someone will put it on the Rodney page, and someone else will think it belongs on the Wraith page. —Ka&#39;lel 23:31, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Very confusing. It looks good how you formatted it now though. About the Wraith example, We wouldn't put something Rodney said about the Wraith on the Rodney page because it doesn't actually mean anything to him... it doesn't show his personality... unless he's whining about them killing him and that's the quote, that would be fine. We would put it on the Wraith page because it's more relevant to them. There's a fine line there that distinguishes them... and we probably will end up with the same quote in more than one place.&mdash;Anubis 10545 01:27, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Our Name
Hello all... I just found This thread (post) on GateWorld by Sikon about the name of this wiki just being Stargate Wiki. I personally am fine with this name... but what do you think about the name "SGPedia"...Just putting it out there..................&mdash;Anubis 10545 19:02, 19 January 2009 (UTC)