Talk:List of Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) characters/Archive 1

Character colour tags
It's useful, but it totally spoils who is a cylon and who is not. That would ruin the series to anyone who hasn't watched the later episodes yet. --178.11.166.194 (talk) 12:09, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Character Episode Count
This may be a confusion on my part, but the main wiki page for the re-imagined BSG series states that there have been 75 episodes. Yet, the characters with the greatest episode count all have 77. Can somebody either clarify or correct this?
 * Add two TV feature movies. --178.11.166.194 (talk) 12:09, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Reformat
Is it possible to reformat this article so it shows as a table. Character column, then actor column. It would be much easier to read.Paullloydjohnson (talk) 02:44, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Possible but not policy. According to When to use tables tables should not be used for long or simple lists. I believe these lists qualify as both long and simple (two columns).  You might look at how List of minor characters in Battlestar Galactica (re-imagining) is constructed.  It is more readable.  It is also has perhaps too much information.  There should probably be some merging and/or deleting for these pages.Harshael (talk) 23:22, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

I was trying to find Hoshi on the list and found it strange that prominent minor characters like him or "Gunny" Mathias are not listed among the characters while characters that only appeared in a single episode and have no lasting roll (Shavon and Phelan from "Black Market") are included. I'd like to see the list revised with long standing minor characters added and some of these one off characters removed with a more prominent link to the minor characters page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.120.199.115 (talk) 23:12, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Citations and sources are needed
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Merge discussion (2017)
Okay, AfDing the character's article and this list was very much heavy handed but I still maintain my point for doing so which is none of these appear to be encyclopedic to warrant staying

With the exception of the blonde and the Asian Cylon girls, none of the characters are memorable to non-fans which is what Wikipedia is for. The character articles do not contribute to anything to the average reader, even to the most casual and non-fans which is what Wikipedia is for and lastly I like to point this out that this is Wikipedia, not BSG Wiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cylon B (talk • contribs) 00:51, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * No. Wikipedia is not for characters who are memorable, it's for character who are notable. Also, please sign your posts.★Trekker (talk) 12:27, 31 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay I forgot and did I say all pages should be merged? Cylon B (talk) 01:37, 17 January 2017 (UTC).
 * I'm not entirely sure what you've been trying to do right here at all. I just disagree with your reasoning for what deserves a wikipedia article.★Trekker (talk) 08:50, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose per Trekker. (talk page stalker)  Crash Under  ride  15:30, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Generally, I Oppose per Trekker, but the fact is that there are some articles that probably could use a merge. Louanne Katraine, Anastasia Dualla, Tory Foster and Billy Keikeya have debatable notability. If their articles had fancruft removed, they'd likely just be stubs and could be removed, but I don't really mind either way. I would argue that Sherman Cottle, Margaret Edmondson, Elosha, Aaron Kelly (Battlestar Galactica), Romo Lampkin and Alex Quartararo are not notable enough and should be merged. I would also argue that having three articles for Cylon is overkill. These could probably stand to be one article, with sections for the 1978 series and the reimagining. However, the term Cylon is most likely the most notable character or term arising from the shows, and the idea that there be no Cylon article on Wikipedia is absurd. Metao (talk) 14:03, 10 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment this is a very confusing nomination. Why haven't you listed the articles you want merged together, so we can actually see what has been nominated? The tag on the main page should be copied over to this discussion, so that people arriving here from the mergetags of other articles can see what is being proposed, instead of assuming it is only about one character that they found the tag on. -- 65.94.168.229 (talk) 07:02, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment I would in general support mergers for all but the most notable characters (I think a good rule of thumb might be the 10 or so that are listed in the main credits); but for us to have any substantive discussion here, the characters being considered should be listed here. Vanamonde (talk) 08:20, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose and Keep, the characters, major and minor, seem to be notable per the series. Wikipedia character pages often exceed the limit that some editors are comfortable with, but readers looking up the pages are likely to be glad to find so much information and encyclopedic data. Randy Kryn 18:52, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Incomplete
Terribly incomplete.

You don't have "Admiral Helena Cain" but you have someone named "Emily Kowalski"?! --2620:114:2012:D:C0E3:690C:F19D:9A9A (talk) 11:31, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

Groups
While it makes sense to split the Original Series characters into Galactica, Cylons and other "places", it is hardly sensible to split the new series characters into main characters, Pegasus, other and Cylons, as if only humans on Galactica could be main characters. The cylon section as such should obviously be a subsection as the Magnificent Seven and Foolish Five only exist on the new series. But actually the section should be dissolved entirely as people like Galen Tyrol and, for better or worse, even Saul Tigh are main characters. Str1977 (talk) 21:20, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Missing characters
Lots of characters seem to be missing from the reimagined series, like Helo (Karl Agathon), Felix Gaeta, Dualla, Billy, and Cally. These are all important characters who are much more important than some of those already listed. Not sure if they are main (starring) cast or guests. Kidburla (talk) 19:22, 16 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Yes,
 * Karl Agathon exists
 * Felix Gaeta has been deleted without discussion
 * Anastasia_Dualla has been deleted
 * Billy Keikeya exists
 * Cally Henderson doesn't exist.
 * The RedBurn (ϕ) 06:32, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

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