Editing BattleTechWiki:Project Characters

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Welcome to the '''Characters WikiProject'''. We are a group dedicated to improving BattleTechWiki's biographical articles, both on fictional characters and the real people behind BattleTech. Feel free to join in by adding your name to the group, grabbing an [[BattleTechWiki:Project Biographies#Articles|article]] to complete or weighing in on the [[BattleTechWiki talk:Project Biographies|discussion]].

;Goals
* Catalogue every character introduced into BattleTech 
* Catalogue each real world person that has had a hand in shaping official BattleTech

;Scope
* Initially, the project will focus on the characters introduced in the FASA, FanPro & CGL products, and the supporting novels. The people who helped design, write and draw BattleTech will be covered, as well.


== News ==
*05 February 2007 ([[User:Revanche|Revanche]])
::Project Biographies is now open, but a bit sparse. If you're a newcomer to BTW and see that this project hasn't moved much, please feel free to take the helm. There are very few contributors to BTW just yet, and we're busy building the infrastructure (such as this project and others like it).


== Guidelines ==
*The philosophy of Project Biographies is that this wiki will be enriched by having a rich tapestry of articles that link products to 'Mechs to weapon systems to planets. One thing that all of these various categories share is that someone either invented them, wrote about them or drew them [real people] or they were designed by, built by, utilized by or captured by a character in the BattleTech universe. By creating well-crafted articles detailing each person's place in the universe (or on it), we'll be directly responsible for deepening the scope of BattleTechWiki as a whole. Oh, and by the way...the project will never be completed, only further enhanced.
*Right now, the fictional biographies are divided into three classes:
# Class A: these are primary characters within the BattleTech mythos, and should be expected to have detailed and well-written articles, updated as new material is released. (Ex: [[Hanse Davion]], [[Thomas Marik]])
# Class B: these characters performed one major service or act that made them notable in BattleTech, but may not have been involved in any storylines or have anything else that describes them outside of the event they are known for. Their articles will be short, but should provide very specific information as to how they affected the BattleTech Universe. (Ex. [[Cassie DeBurke]])
# Class C: these characters are mentioned possibly only once in all the BattleTech sources and usually as supporting characters. Their articles may each be limited to only one line, though they can definitely be longer. (Ex. [[Joshua Hoshiko]], [[Adien M'Ripon]])
*Biographies on real people are broken up into two classes:
# Class A: these are the famous (or infamous) Powers That Be (PTB), that were major contributors or developers to the BattleTech product line. They tend to have articles detailing how they entered into their BattleTech role(s), how they progressed in it, and what they did to change or enhance the game and/or universe. The articles should also list the products with which they were associated.(Ex: [[Jordan Weisman]], [[Randall Bills]])
# Class B: these contributors may not have stood out in their contributions, but the did have some role with official BattleTech, usually beyond that of a playtester or dedication recipient. Their articles may have nothing on the person themselves, but each should list all projects with which that person is associated and the role they played. (Ex. [[Allen Nunis]], [[Take Kasakura]]).


==Open tasks==
*Discuss what categories should be attached to each biography. (See talk page.)
*Edit for mis-spellings, grammatical and formatting mistakes for current articles.
*Place the Project Biographies messagebox (see '''Tags''' below) on each biography discussion page.


==Members==
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.

# [[User:Scaletail|Scaletail]]: expanding the stubs that were imported from Wikipedia, adding sourcebook authors.
# [[User:Bdevoe|BDeVoe]]: fleshing out many of the [[Third Succession War|Third]] and [[Fourth Succession War]] personalities.
# [[User:Workerbee|Workerbee]]: [[FedCom Civil War]] personalities, famous Clanners
# [[User:Wrangler|Wrangler]]: Enhancing existing characters, all obscure characters, freshing out [[Dark Age]] characters.
# [[User:Deeppockets|Deeppockets]]: [[Taurian Concordat]] personalities, planets and sundry events/battles/industries prior to [[3060]] 
# [[User:Deeppockets|Deeppockets]]: [[Outworlds Alliance]] personalities, planets and sundry events/battles/industries up to [[3067]] 
# [[User:Doneve|Doneve]]: Copyedits and added to all Bios the project template.
# [[User:Sasquatch|Sasquatch]]: using personal collection to research obscure minor characters/planets/industries and enhancing existing data on all 
# [[User:ClanWolverine101|ClanWolverine101]]: generating original, in-depth articles as info becomes available
# [[User:CungrVanck|CungrVanck]]: Adding several Clan characters as time permits
# [[User:Rebs|Rebs]]: Early Clan, Golden Century and later Clan characters with related support material as needed.
# [[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]]: Grammatical editing, adding finishing touches
# [[User:Dmon|Dmon]]: little bits of info, mostly about family histories.
# [[User:DerangedShadow|DerangedShadow]]: Add as many people as I can.  People push events, events shape the universe.
# [[User:Nuclear-Fridge|Nuclear-Fridge]]: Concentrating on early Clan Invasion era and BattleTechnology characters.
# [[User:ClanJF74017|ClanJF74017]]: Focusing on missing characters, working on Clan Characters, mercenary characters. I am here to help.
# [[User:Dark Jaguar|Dark Jaguar]]: Creating new Bios and expanding ones already created, a pet project is the Clan Smoke Jaguar Minor Characters.
# [[User:Straw Boss|Straw Boss]]: currently working on [[Starterbook: Wolf and Blake]] <del>[[Black Widow Company]]</del> and some others that i have access to the information on <del>([[Laurie Tseng]])</del>
# [[User:HF22|HF22]]: Seeking to identify and create articles for every minor character in canon with a full name.

==Articles==
===Collaboration and review===
'''''Note: Editors, please remove the article from the list once you have weighed in. Please add new articles to the list from the bottom.'''''
;New Articles Needed: ''Please add articles that need to be written.''
* [[Alan Hawker]]
* [[Aldo Lestrade I]]
* [[Alex Mclaren]]
* [[Andrew Martin]]
* [[Ardal Thomasson]]
* [[Aurelia Marcus]]
* [[Austin Vorster]]
* [[Barnabas Huard]]
* [[Brian Pryde]]
* [[Calvin Mogdaleno]]
* [[Carlos]]
* [[Carver Trondel]]
* [[Cassius Montague]]
* [[Charles Cunin II]]
* [[Charles Mainststein Wexworth]]
* [[Christine Harwell]]
* [[Cole Lorian]]
* [[Damien Onaga]]
* [[Daniel Waylen]]
* [[Dave "Tiny" Hill]]
* [[David Alsace]]
* [[David Santos (26th c.)|David Santos]]
* [[Davos McCall]]
* [[Doctor Nakamura]]
* [[Elias Pitcairn]]
* [[Elizabeth Rodriguez]]
* [[George Lytton]]
* [[Grace Shiro]]
* [[Hadji Doru]]
* [[Hannah Caitlin]]
* [[Haruka Otanashi]]
* [[Hendrik Dekker]]
* [[Hiro Chipende]]
* [[Hollonna]]
* [[Indira Mehta]]
* [[Isobel Murdoch]]
* [[Ivy Ward]]
* [[Jakob Kincaid]]
* [[James MacPartland]]
* [[Jasmine Rubach]]
* [[Jaqueline Norman]]
* [[Joseph Noye]]
* [[Kamala Roy]]
* [[Kendali Morris]]
* [[Lars Borjon]]
* [[Lorenzo]]
* [[Lucifer (Character)|Lucifer]]
* [[Marcell Webb]]
* [[Mateo Alvarez]]
* [[Matthias Commager]]
* [[Mi Tomitaki]]
* [[Michael Alexander]]
* [[Mohammed (Kepler)]]
* [[Morten Chandler]]
* [[Patch McGuire]]
* [[Paul Danton]]
* [[Portia Thomas]]
* [[Pytor]]
* [[Quintus Pullo]]
* [[Robert Grey]]
* [[Rosendo Hazen]]
* [[Rufus Black Bear]]
* [[Sara Lytton]]
* [[Semi Kalasa]]
* [[Seyla Teresa Martinez]]
* [[Simpson Mutsumasa]]
* [[Sue Ellen Klein]]
* [[Talia Martens]]
* [[Tamra Vickers]]
* [[Victor Sharpe]]
* [[Winfrid]]

;New Articles Review:''See [[Template:WikiProject Biographies]] for instructions on how to both flag new articles for review, and flag that you have reviewed them.''
:If you wish to review new articles, a listing may be found in the [[:Category:New articles needing to be reviewed (Biographies)|New articles needing to be reviewed]] tracking category.

;Peer Review: ''See [[Template:WikiProject Biographies]] for instructions on how to both flag articles for peer review, and flag that you have reviewed them.''
:If you wish to peer review articles, a listing may be found in the [[:Category:Articles needing to be peer reviewed (Biographies)|Articles needing to be peer reviewed]] tracking category.''

;Team Assessment: ''Add an article that you would like to see graded by a Project:Biographies team member [grading system yet to be introduced].''
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===Featured Articles===
====Previously Featured====
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====Candidates====
* None yet, but we definitely could use some candidates here.
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==Templates==
*[[:Template:Biography|Biography template]]


==Tags==
*'''{{tl|WikiProject Biographies}}''' (please see the template itself for usage documentation) displays this:
<p>{{WikiProject Biographies}}</p>


==Categories==
In order to make the BattleTechWiki as accessible as possible, proper categorization is paramount. Since this ''is'' Project Biographies, one of our tasks will be focusing on categorizing the bio articles of the real and fictional people of BattleTech.

===Active Categories===
These are the active biographical categories on '''BTW''', in parent-child, alphabetical descending order:
*[[:Category:PeopleReal|Real People]]
*[[:Category:Characters|Characters]]
**[[:Category:Clan Characters|Clan Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Wolf Characters|Clan Wolf Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Blood Spirit Characters|Clan Blood Spirit Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Burrock Characters|Clan Burrock Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Cloud Cobra Characters|Clan Cloud Cobra Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Coyote Characters|Clan Coyote Characters]]
***[[:Category:Escorpión Imperio Characters|Escorpión Imperio Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Fire Mandrill Characters|Clan Fire Mandrill Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Ghost Bear Characters|Clan Ghost Bear Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Goliath Scorpion Characters|Clan Goliath Scorpion Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Hell's Horses Characters|Clan Hell's Horses Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Ice Hellion Characters|Clan Ice Hellion Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Jade Falcon Characters|Clan Jade Falcon Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Mongoose Characters|Clan Mongoose Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Nova Cat Characters|Clan Nova Cat Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Sea Fox Characters|Clan Sea Fox Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Smoke Jaguar Characters|Clan Smoke Jaguar Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Snow Raven Characters|Clan Snow Raven Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Star Adder Characters|Clan Star Adder Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Steel Viper Characters|Clan Steel Viper Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Widowmaker Characters|Clan Widowmaker Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Wolf Characters|Clan Wolf Characters]]
***[[:Category:Clan Wolverine Characters|Clan Wolverine Characters]]
***[[:Category:IlKhans|IlKhans]]
***[[:Category:SaKhans|SaKhans]]
***[[:Category:Khans|Khans]]
***[[:Category:Loremasters|Loremasters]]
**[[:Category:ComStar Characters|ComStar Characters]]
***[[:Category:Demi-Precentors|Demi-Precentors]]
***[[:Category:Precentors|Precentors]]
***[[:Category:Primus|Primus]]
**[[:Category:House Calderon Characters|House Calderon Characters]]
**[[:Category:House Cameron Characters|House Cameron Characters]]
***[[:Category:First Lords|First Lords]]
**[[:Category:House Centrella Characters|House Centrella Characters]]
**[[:Category:House Davion Characters|House Davion Characters]]
***[[:Category:First Princes|First Princes]]
**[[:Category:House Kurita Characters|House Kurita Characters]]
***[[:Category:Coordinators|Coordinators]]
**[[:Category:House Liao Characters|House Liao Characters]]
***[[:Category:Chancellors|Chancellors]]
**[[:Category:House Marik Characters|House Marik Characters]]
***[[:Category:Captain-Generals|Captain-Generals]]
**[[:Category:House Steiner Characters|House Steiner Characters]]
***[[:Category:Archons|Archons]]
**[[:Category:Infantry Characters|Infantry Characters]]
**''Category:Minor Characters''
**[[:Category:Mercenary Characters|Mercenary Characters]]
***[[:Category:Wolf's Dragoons Characters|Wolf's Dragoons Characters]]
**[[:Category:Periphery Characters|Periphery Characters]]
***[[:Category:Magistracy of Canopus Characters|Magistracy of Canopus Characters]]
***[[:Category:Outworlds Alliance Characters|Outworlds Alliance Characters]]
***[[:Category:Rim Worlds Republic Characters|Rim Worlds Republic Characters]]
***[[:Category:Taurian Concordat Characters|Taurian Concordat Characters]]
**[[:Category:Pirates|Pirates]]
**[[:Category:Pre-Terran Alliance Characters|Pre-Terran Alliance Characters]]
**[[:Category:Rasalhague Characters|Rasalhague Characters]]
**[[:Category:Republic of the Sphere Characters|Republic of the Sphere Characters]]
**[[:Category:Solaris VII Characters|Solaris VII Characters]]
**[[:Category:Spies and Assassins|Spies and Assassins]]
**[[:Category:Star League Characters|Star League Characters]]
***[[:Category:First Lords|First Lords]]
**[[:Category:Terran Hegemony Characters|Terran Hegemony Characters]]
***[[:Category:Director-General|Director-General]]
**[[:Category:Word of Blake Characters|Word of Blake Characters]]
***[[:Category:Precentors|Precentors]]
***[[:Category:Primus|Primus]]

===Status===
*'''Right Now''' — categorization that is meant be already underway:
**Currently, the only 'required' categories are [[:Category:Characters]] and [[:Category:PeopleReal]]. All biographical articles should be listed in either one or the other categories, so that they can be easily found.
**Additional character categories have been authorized (per [[Policy_Talk:Notability#Allowance for Additional Character Categories|consensus]]), with [[:Category:Characters]] the parent. 


*'''On the Back Burner''' — categorization that is slated to begin when the previous task is, at a minimum, near-complete:


==Resources==
===Related projects===
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[[Category:BattleTechWiki|Project Biographies]]
[[Category:Projects|Biographies]]