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Welcome to '''Project Orphanage'''. | Welcome to '''Project Orphanage'''. | ||
| − | The Wiki automatically generates a page once a day at [[Special:LonelyPages]] that lists all the pages that have no other pages linking to them. The cache is limited to the first thousand entries | + | The Wiki automatically generates a page once a day at [[Special:LonelyPages]] that lists all the pages that have no other pages linking to them. The cache is limited to the first thousand entries. |
| − | In an ideal Wiki, every page will have a "home" somewhere, and you should be able to find any article--eventually--by starting at the home page and following links | + | In an ideal Wiki, every page will have a "home" somewhere, and you should be able to find any article--eventually--by starting at the home page and following links. |
:;The goal of Project Orphanage is to find "homes" for as many "orphans" as realistically possible. | :;The goal of Project Orphanage is to find "homes" for as many "orphans" as realistically possible. | ||
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===Project Characters=== | ===Project Characters=== | ||
| − | :[[BattleTechWiki:Project Characters|Project: Characters]] | + | : See Also: [[BattleTechWiki:Project Characters|Project: Characters]] |
Due to the evolving nature of the BattleTech Universe, there ''are'' no minor characters. A character that got one line in a sourcebook may be picked up by an author and turned into the protagonist or antagonist of a short story or novel later on. That said, there are a ''lot'' of orphan articles about characters that got just one-line mentions. Many of these have been put in "roster" pages to keep them out of the Orphaned Pages. | Due to the evolving nature of the BattleTech Universe, there ''are'' no minor characters. A character that got one line in a sourcebook may be picked up by an author and turned into the protagonist or antagonist of a short story or novel later on. That said, there are a ''lot'' of orphan articles about characters that got just one-line mentions. Many of these have been put in "roster" pages to keep them out of the Orphaned Pages. | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Battle of Luthien Participants|Battle of Luthien Participants]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Eridani Light Horse|Eridani Light Horse]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Wolf's Dragoons Roster|Wolf's Dragoons]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Other Unit Orphans|Other Unit Orphans]] |
We also have a page for Noble Houses, their members, and affiliated titles. [[User:Dmon]] has a personal project related to this as well. | We also have a page for Noble Houses, their members, and affiliated titles. [[User:Dmon]] has a personal project related to this as well. | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Orphaned Houses|Orphaned Houses]] |
===Project GameRules, Project Infantry Weapons, and Project Technology=== | ===Project GameRules, Project Infantry Weapons, and Project Technology=== | ||
| + | See Also: | ||
:[[BattleTechWiki:Project GameRules|Project: GameRules]] | :[[BattleTechWiki:Project GameRules|Project: GameRules]] | ||
:[[BattleTechWiki:Project Infantry Weapons|Project: Infantry Weapons]] | :[[BattleTechWiki:Project Infantry Weapons|Project: Infantry Weapons]] | ||
:[[BattleTechWiki:Project Technology|Project: Technology]] | :[[BattleTechWiki:Project Technology|Project: Technology]] | ||
| − | All of | + | All of the orphans related to those projects are kept in one place: |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Technology Orphans|Technology Orphans]] |
As of 20 February 2022: Keep in mind that the GameRules Project is likely to be making significant changes to some of these pages soon. | As of 20 February 2022: Keep in mind that the GameRules Project is likely to be making significant changes to some of these pages soon. | ||
===Project Military Commands=== | ===Project Military Commands=== | ||
| − | :[[BattleTechWiki:Project Military Commands|Project: Military Commands]] | + | :See Also: [[BattleTechWiki:Project Military Commands|Project: Military Commands]] |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Orphaned Commands|Orphaned Commands]] |
====General Staff Officers==== | ====General Staff Officers==== | ||
| + | These need to be attached to their relevant commands. Some of those pages need to be either created or possibly split up into multiple articles. | ||
*[[Almida Zec]] | *[[Almida Zec]] | ||
*[[Alistair Buchwald]] | *[[Alistair Buchwald]] | ||
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===Project Planets and Project Systems=== | ===Project Planets and Project Systems=== | ||
| + | See Also: | ||
:[[BattleTechWiki:Project Planets|Project: Planets]] | :[[BattleTechWiki:Project Planets|Project: Planets]] | ||
:[[BattleTechWiki:Project Systems|Project: Systems]] | :[[BattleTechWiki:Project Systems|Project: Systems]] | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Orphaned Astronomy|Orphaned Astronomy]] |
====Planetary Governors==== | ====Planetary Governors==== | ||
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===Fiction=== | ===Fiction=== | ||
There is published BattleTech fiction that is not linked from elsewhere in the Wiki. | There is published BattleTech fiction that is not linked from elsewhere in the Wiki. | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Orphaned Fiction|Orphaned Fiction]] |
===Food and Drink=== | ===Food and Drink=== | ||
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===Video Game Elements=== | ===Video Game Elements=== | ||
All of these are connected to one of the video games, and thus Apocryphal: | All of these are connected to one of the video games, and thus Apocryphal: | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Video Game Orphans|Video Game Orphans]] |
===Medical=== | ===Medical=== | ||
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===Tagged for Deletion or Merging=== | ===Tagged for Deletion or Merging=== | ||
| − | No point in finding them a home. | + | No point in finding them a home. They are parked here to keep them out of the Orphans. |
*[[Black Dragon (group)]] | *[[Black Dragon (group)]] | ||
*[[Clan Codex Dog Tag]] | *[[Clan Codex Dog Tag]] | ||
Revision as of 12:46, 3 March 2022
Welcome to Project Orphanage.
The Wiki automatically generates a page once a day at Special:LonelyPages that lists all the pages that have no other pages linking to them. The cache is limited to the first thousand entries.
In an ideal Wiki, every page will have a "home" somewhere, and you should be able to find any article--eventually--by starting at the home page and following links.
- The goal of Project Orphanage is to find "homes" for as many "orphans" as realistically possible.
Contents
How to Join
Just add your UserPage and what sorts of things you want to focus on here!
- Talvin: Keeping the cache down to a manageable level so it doesn't overflow again, project leader.
- BobTheZombie: "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die." (Wherever I'm needed!)
What to Do
Adopt an Orphan! Even just one page that is "homed", or added as a link to another page, is a big help. Try to avoid "bubbles", little sections of the Wiki that just link to each other. How can someone clicking around through the Wiki find that page? Categories aren't always the best way.
If you have a particular area of interest, check out the related Official Projects below!
Intersections with Other Projects
Almost every Official Project is represented among the "Orphans", and when dealing with those areas, the work of those projects should be respected. To make it easier to find orphans of interest, they are arranged by related Project below.
Project Characters
- See Also: Project: Characters
Due to the evolving nature of the BattleTech Universe, there are no minor characters. A character that got one line in a sourcebook may be picked up by an author and turned into the protagonist or antagonist of a short story or novel later on. That said, there are a lot of orphan articles about characters that got just one-line mentions. Many of these have been put in "roster" pages to keep them out of the Orphaned Pages.
We also have a page for Noble Houses, their members, and affiliated titles. User:Dmon has a personal project related to this as well.
Project GameRules, Project Infantry Weapons, and Project Technology
See Also:
All of the orphans related to those projects are kept in one place:
As of 20 February 2022: Keep in mind that the GameRules Project is likely to be making significant changes to some of these pages soon.
Project Military Commands
- See Also: Project: Military Commands
General Staff Officers
These need to be attached to their relevant commands. Some of those pages need to be either created or possibly split up into multiple articles.
- Almida Zec
- Alistair Buchwald
- Angela Kouranth
- Andre Mossbauer
- Cameron Fenlon
- Charles Shelton
- Chris Kidd
- Delbert Yates
- Felix Thornton
- Galina Yodkovsaya
- Gustav Ramier
- Iris DuBois
- James Collins
- Jocasta Zibler
- Kalena Sakharov
- Kassie Bradford
- Klaus Essen
- Martha Steiner
- Matthew Davion (32nd c.)
- Melaine Davion
- Michael Hastings
- Michelle Edwards
- Michiko Tomasov
- Narhwaz Pavletic
- Nathan Steiner-Armstrong
- Oliver Romera
- Paul Gevin
- Pedro Davidson
- Ralph Stanley
- Reinhart Vossler
- Sasha Gorge
- Shawn Cox
- Sheila McGuire
- Sidney Zweibel
- Stefan Holstein
- Stephanie Day
- Tanya Sanromea-Davion
- Timons Davion
- Winston Holt
- Ytzak Arran
Project Planets and Project Systems
See Also:
Planetary Governors
Most of these have been homed. The ones that remain, the relevant planet pages do not have the currently used infobox.
Miscellaneous
These don't really fit neatly under any of the projects above.
Fiction
There is published BattleTech fiction that is not linked from elsewhere in the Wiki.
Food and Drink
Man does not live on coolant fluid alone.
- Chava
- Crogh
- Cromarty Black
- Glen Rhanna
- Glengarry Reserve
- Glengarry Rosé
- Li Lung (beverage)
- Loeches Reserve
- Naranji
- Pajarito Smooth Agave
- Schamig Light
- Tharkad Nichtlager
- Tilman River Cask Finish
- Timbiqui Light
- Tyrone Rain
- Yangtze Pale Ale
Deandra Lowe's Rides
The Orphans list contains many of the ships that Deandra Lowe used in her travels. The entire list known (not just the orphans) is parked here in hopes we can figure out what to do with that: Tamarack, Discipline, Alacrity (Individual JumpShip), Heart of The Republic, Esther Maize, Regal (Individual JumpShip), Mercury (Individual DropShip), Star of Kerensky, Hollyberry, Periphery Express XI, Murphid's Law, Tradition, Manifest Destiny (Individual JumpShip), Luxor (Individual JumpShip), Solar Dart, Star Dart, Galaxy's Gates, Mercury (Individual JumpShip), Swift (Individual JumpShip), Gemini Gleam
Battles
A number of these have been homed. The ones that remain will likely require someone with access to the sources to sort things out, due to limited and/or conflicting data available.
- Battle of New Aragon (3134)
- Battle of Pajarito (3095)
- Battle of Redfield (3013)
- Battle of Regulus (3147)
- Battle of Thestria (3139)
- Battle of Trolloc Prime (2785)
- Battle of Tsamma (3003)
- Battle of Tsanna (2997)
- Battle of Van Diemen (2903)
- Battle of Wapakoneta (3139)
- Battle of Wei (3001)
- Battle of Wing (2994)
- Battle of Wyatt (2992)
- Battle of Xieng Khouang (2970)
- Wolf's Dragoons battles This is *effectively* an orphan, it only is linked from User Talk pages. There seems to be a strong consensus that it should be mined for data to put on other pages and then deleted.
Video Game Elements
All of these are connected to one of the video games, and thus Apocryphal:
Medical
Diseases, Drugs, Poisons, anything not covered by "Technology" above.
Not Up For Adoption
Anything here is either being handled by someone else, or is otherwise to be left alone (like unreleased products, moratorium, etc.)
Moratorium/Unreleased
- BattleTech Universe (Sourcebook)
- Brush Wars: Burrock Absorption
- Dominions Divided
- MechCommander’s Handbook
- Spotlight On: Payne’s Raiders
- Spotlight On: Snord’s Irregulars
Someone Specific Handling
Senior Editor Cache is overseeing these.
- Battle of Luthien Gallery
- Battle of Tukayyid Gallery
- Battle of Twycross Gallery
- Camo Specs Gallery
- CCAF - Uniforms
- DCMS - Uniforms
- Day of Heroes Gallery
- Gallery - Fourth Succession War Maps
- Operation Flashpoint Gallery
- The Falcon and the Wolf Gallery
- Uniforms
- Uniforms of the FWLM
Tagged for Deletion or Merging
No point in finding them a home. They are parked here to keep them out of the Orphans.
- Black Dragon (group)
- Clan Codex Dog Tag
- Clan Fast Recon
- ComStar/Timeline
- Daggerstar Keychain
- Free Worlds League/Timeline
- Gallery 4th succession war maps
- Independent Commands - AFFS
- Industrial 'Mechs Timetable
- Lyran Commonwealth/Timeline
- Magistracy of Canopus Assets
- Military District (Free Worlds League)
Technical Pages
These pages are showing up in the Orphans, but they are not articles. Instead, they are part of the code that make portions of the Wiki work. Parking them here to note that they are not for most folk to mess with.
- (2 March 2022: Linking these here does not remove them from the Orphan Cache.)
- Module:LuaTest (Shows as deleted AND in the Orphans, this is likely a bug.)
- Property:Extinction Year
- Property:Production Year
- Property:Reintroduction Year