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New and Future releases
Surely it is past time to get rid of June here and put up the August stuff. I believe that the main page is locked so that only administrators can do this, correct? --Jdvelasc 22:01, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
- I didn't get around to it at the time as I was planning on changing the way stuff was added. This has now been completed and now displays the currently released items for the two main producers of Star Trek media (e.g. Pocket Books and IDW Comics). Its my aim to update the page whenever a new item is released, it also has more context and images to help brighten the main page up, rather than the old list that was there before, sort of taking the look from the retro main page we had before. --Dr. John Smith 15:22, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
What happened to the new and future release page?
Why has the new and future releases page been replaced by the 2007 page? – JDB 15:38, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
- Because they cover exactly the same information? --8of5 15:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I guess. I just liked that page's set up better, is all.– JDB 02:21, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Latest Releases
Could someone please change the latest releases section Night of the Wolves isn't even the latest Star Trek: Terok Nor book.--Long Live the United Earth 18:57, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
- Once again could someone change this; I believe the most recent book is ENT novel: Kobayashi Maru.--Long Live the United Earth 00:15, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
- Isn't the latest book one of the Star Trek: Destiny books?--Long Live the United Earth 22:01, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
Yup, the comic was out of date too. --8of5 22:47, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
August 2010: To whoever can edit the front page, "Progress (eBook)" needs a second "s", and "10 is Better Than 01" needs its capitalization fixed. Thanks. --Seventy 14:51, August 1, 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks Seventy, fixed now. For future reference, the future releases info is actually put on the page by use of a template ({{Releases}}) which isn't protected in the same way as the main page itself :) --8of5 19:27, August 1, 2010 (UTC)
Award?
I know that the award is a wonderful thing, but does it need to be on the page months after the fact? Perhaps a page should be made detailing it; or placed n a forum?--Long Live the United Earth 00:45, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
- I moved it further down the page if that helps. --8of5 01:23, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Featured Article
Why is it that the featured article on the main page has remained unchanged for so long? It's been "Flesh of My Flesh" for what seems like months now.Mbruno 19:57, November 17, 2009 (UTC)
- It was up for a while, but we've had several changes of Featured Article in the last couple of months. It just happens that this has come around again in the cycle. --The Doctor 20:03, November 17, 2009 (UTC)
Actually that one keeps popping up because I set it as a stop-gap for when there wasn't a new featured article template ready for the given week. I couldn't figure out how to set the template to refer back to the most recently displayed article if there wasn't a new template to replace it, so I set it to go to the oldest template instead (which happened to be Flesh of My Flesh). If anyone knows how to fix that, or some other way of randomly generating a backup position for when there isn't a new template feel free to fix it. --8of5 13:37, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
Destiny vs. STO timeline
Since I have been asked by some friends, who are interested in Trek and check out things on Memory Beta, I will adress this issue here.
Has it been discussed to split both timelines (Destiny and STO) in all the related articles?
It is obvious that the "Path to 2409" completely ignores keyevents from the books (Borg Invasion of 2381, foundation of the Typhon Pact). We have seperate timelines here. The problem is to indentify the origin. I asked on trekbbs.com if Q&A could be marked as the starting point, where different realities merged into eachother. Maybe STO simply follows one of those alternate universes.
The Latest Releases On The Main Page Needs Fixed
Could someone fix the Latest Releases on the main page? It's messed up for some reason. Mbruno 21:08, January 5, 2011 (UTC)
- The problem is that nobody created the file for January until I did it a few minutes ago. I did it in December after I realized no one had done it, too, and based on my experience then I think it can take a while until the main page "grabs" the file.
- I think in the past 8of5 has done this, but he hasn't been here for a while it seems. --Defcon 22:33, January 8, 2011 (UTC)
Latest Releases
The Latest Releases on the main page needs updated. Mbruno 05:00, March 31, 2011 (UTC)
- Now we just need someone to actually create the file for April. Mbruno 02:36, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
- Well, feel free. Memory Beta is a community wiki after all. :) --The Doctor 06:07, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
Done, thanks for pointing it out. Although as the doctor pointed out, you are entirely welcome to fill in the blanks should you spot such missing information again :) --8of5 07:54, April 1, 2011 (UTC)
Adding an "Appearances" line or section to articles
I think it would be beneficial to add an "Appearances" line or section to articles about characters, locales, and the like. For example, when I look up "Elias Vaughn," an officer on Deep Space 9, I'd like to know in which novels he has appeared. I think it would also be good to cite the work in which a character, et. al, first appeared, and even perhaps what their first and latest appearances are from a chronological standpoint. So we could add something like this (this is an example and not a complete list for this character):
- Appearances
Entries are listed in order of publication date/air date.
- (DS9 novel: Avatar) (First appearance)
- (DS9 novel: Abyss)
- (DS9 novel: Demons of Air and Darkness)
- (The Lost Era novel: Serpents Among the Ruins) (Earliest chronological appearance)
- (DS9 novel: Unity)
- (Typhon Pact novel: Zero Sum Game) (Latest chronological appearance)
- Good idea, so good we already do it ;) It's not on every article, it's down to editors to choose to implement it, but several do, Elias Vaughn is one of them in fact! A few more examples: Mandana, which notes the nature of various appearances; Donatra, which has several "referenced only" citations; Atalskes phaser IV which has quite a long list; Vesta class, which has extensive annotations. --8of5 09:25, August 4, 2011 (UTC)