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* [[User:Talvin|Talvin]]: Keeping the cache down to a manageable level so it doesn't overflow again, project leader.
 
* [[User:Talvin|Talvin]]: Keeping the cache down to a manageable level so it doesn't overflow again, project leader.
 
* [[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]]: "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die." (Wherever I'm needed!)
 
* [[User:BobTheZombie|BobTheZombie]]: "Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die." (Wherever I'm needed!)
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* [[User:ManganMan|ManganMan]]: I know how to add a missing "2" to existing "2" to get the "4", yet within knowledge I have.
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* [[User:theguillotine|theguillotine]]: Looking to do any work necessary, just point me in a direction and I'll have it done as fast as I can
  
 
=What to Do=
 
=What to Do=
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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.
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[[Adopt_an_Orphan_Challenge|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!
 
If you have a particular area of interest, check out the related Official Projects below!
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If you have have any issues, questions, concerns, etc., to discuss, please ask on this project's [[BattleTechWiki talk:Project Orphanage|Talk page]] (also found on the Discussion tab above this page) or on in the "Wiki" category of channels on [https://discord.gg/CPjUMCbk36 Sarna's Discord server] (also accessible on the sidebar to the left).
 
If you have have any issues, questions, concerns, etc., to discuss, please ask on this project's [[BattleTechWiki talk:Project Orphanage|Talk page]] (also found on the Discussion tab above this page) or on in the "Wiki" category of channels on [https://discord.gg/CPjUMCbk36 Sarna's Discord server] (also accessible on the sidebar to the left).
  
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Welcome aboard!  
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Welcome aboard!
  
 
=Intersections with Other Projects=
 
=Intersections with Other Projects=
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===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.  
 
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.  
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*[[Almida Zec]]
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*[[Alistair Buchwald]]
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====Federated Commonwealth====
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*[[Angela Kouranth]]
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*[[Andre Mossbauer]]
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====Federated Suns====
 
*[[Cameron Fenlon]]
 
*[[Cameron Fenlon]]
 
*[[Charles Shelton]]
 
*[[Charles Shelton]]
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*[[Chris Kidd]]
 
 
*[[Delbert Yates]]
 
*[[Delbert Yates]]
 
*[[Felix Thornton]]
 
*[[Felix Thornton]]
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*[[Galina Yodkovsaya]]
 
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*[[Gustav Ramier]]
 
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*[[Iris DuBois]]
 
 
*[[James Collins]]
 
*[[James Collins]]
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*[[Jocasta Zibler]]
 
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*[[Kalena Sakharov]]
 
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*[[Kassie Bradford]]
 
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*[[Klaus Essen]]
 
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*[[Martha Steiner]]
 
 
*[[Matthew Davion (32nd c.)]]
 
*[[Matthew Davion (32nd c.)]]
 
*[[Melaine Davion]]
 
*[[Melaine Davion]]
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*[[Michael Hastings]]
 
 
*[[Michelle Edwards]]
 
*[[Michelle Edwards]]
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*[[Michiko Tomasov]]
 
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*[[Narhwaz Pavletic]]
 
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*[[Nathan Steiner-Armstrong]]
 
 
*[[Oliver Romera]]
 
*[[Oliver Romera]]
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*[[Paul Gevin]]
 
 
*[[Pedro Davidson]]
 
*[[Pedro Davidson]]
 
*[[Ralph Stanley]]
 
*[[Ralph Stanley]]
 
*[[Reinhart Vossler]]
 
*[[Reinhart Vossler]]
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*[[Sasha Gorge]]
 
 
*[[Shawn Cox]]
 
*[[Shawn Cox]]
 
*[[Sheila McGuire]]
 
*[[Sheila McGuire]]
 
*[[Sidney Zweibel]]
 
*[[Sidney Zweibel]]
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*[[Winston Holt]]
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====Lyran====
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*[[Almida Zec]]
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*[[Angela Kouranth]]
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*[[Chris Kidd]]
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*[[Galina Yodkovsaya]]
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*[[Gustav Ramier]]
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*[[Iris DuBois]]
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*[[Kassie Bradford]]
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*[[Klaus Essen]]
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*[[Michael Hastings]]
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*[[Michiko Tomasov]]
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*[[Narhwaz Pavletic]]
 
*[[Stefan Holstein]]
 
*[[Stefan Holstein]]
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*[[Stephanie Day]]
 
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*[[Tanya Sanromea-Davion]]
 
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*[[Timons Davion]]
 
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*[[Winston Holt]]
 
 
*[[Ytzak Arran]]
 
*[[Ytzak Arran]]
  
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=Miscellaneous=
 
=Miscellaneous=
 
These don't really fit neatly under any of the projects above.
 
These don't really fit neatly under any of the projects above.
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* [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Miscellanous Orphans]]
  
 
==Fiction==
 
==Fiction==
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* [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Orphaned Fiction|Orphaned Fiction]]
 
* [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Orphaned Fiction|Orphaned Fiction]]
  
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==Food and Drink==
 
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Man does not live on coolant fluid alone.
 
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*[[Chava]]
 
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*[[Crogh]]
 
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*[[Cromarty Black]]
 
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*[[Glen Rhanna]]
 
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*[[Glengarry Reserve]]
 
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*[[Glengarry Rosé]]
 
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*[[Li Lung (beverage)]]
 
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*[[Loeches Reserve]]
 
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*[[Naranji]]
 
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*[[Pajarito Smooth Agave]]
 
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*[[Schamig Light]]
 
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*[[Tharkad Nichtlager]]
 
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*[[Tilman River Cask Finish]]
 
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*[[Timbiqui Light]]
 
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*[[Tyrone Rain]]
 
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*[[Yangtze Pale Ale]]
 
  
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==Deandra Lowe's Rides==
 
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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==
 
==Battles==
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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]]
 
* [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Video Game Orphans|Video Game Orphans]]
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==Medical==
 
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Diseases, Drugs, Poisons, anything not covered by "Technology" above.
 
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*[[Devilitch]]
 
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*[[LD-512]]
 
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*[[Landmark Virus]]
 
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*[[Laen's Regret]]
 
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*[[X-Quick]]
 
  
 
=Not Up For Adoption=
 
=Not Up For Adoption=
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==Moratorium/Unreleased==
 
==Moratorium/Unreleased==
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*[[BattleTech: COMMAND]]
 
*[[BattleTech Universe (Sourcebook)]]
 
*[[BattleTech Universe (Sourcebook)]]
 
*[[Brush Wars: Burrock Absorption]]
 
*[[Brush Wars: Burrock Absorption]]
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*[[Counters Pack: BattleForce]]
 
*[[Dominions Divided]]
 
*[[Dominions Divided]]
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*[[Force Manual: Davion]]
 
*[[MechCommander’s Handbook]]
 
*[[MechCommander’s Handbook]]
 
*[[Spotlight On: Payne’s Raiders]]
 
*[[Spotlight On: Payne’s Raiders]]
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*[[Spotlight On: Snord’s Irregulars]]
 
  
 
==Someone Specific Handling==
 
==Someone Specific Handling==
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==Tagged for Deletion or Merging==
 
==Tagged for Deletion or Merging==
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No point in finding them a home. They are parked here to keep them out of the Orphans.
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No point in finding them a home. They are parked here to keep them out of the Orphans. If it turns red, just remove it.
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*[[Black Dragon (group)]]
 
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*[[Clan Fast Recon]]
 
 
*[[ComStar/Timeline]]
 
*[[ComStar/Timeline]]
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*[[Daggerstar Keychain]]
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*[[ComStar and Word of Blake Infantry Kit]]
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*[[Facing After A Fall]]
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*[[Draconis Combine and Free Rasalhague Republic Infantry Kit]]
 
*[[Free Worlds League/Timeline]]
 
*[[Free Worlds League/Timeline]]
 
*[[Independent Commands - AFFS]]
 
*[[Independent Commands - AFFS]]
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*[[Industrial 'Mechs Timetable]]
 
 
*[[Lyran Commonwealth/Timeline]]
 
*[[Lyran Commonwealth/Timeline]]
 
*[[Magistracy of Canopus Assets]]
 
*[[Magistracy of Canopus Assets]]
 
*[[Military District (Free Worlds League)]]
 
*[[Military District (Free Worlds League)]]
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*[[Raima's Mercenary Company, Ind.]]
 
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*[[Rimward Veterans' Militia]]
 
  
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==Technical Pages==
 
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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.
 
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: (2 March 2022: Linking these here does not remove them from the Orphan Cache.)
 
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*[[Module:LuaTest]] (Shows as deleted AND in the Orphans, this is likely a bug.)
 
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*[[Property:Extinction Year]]
 
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*[[Property:Production Year]]
 
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*[[Property:Reintroduction Year]]
 
  
  
 
[[Category:BattleTechWiki|Project Orphanage]]
 
[[Category:BattleTechWiki|Project Orphanage]]
 
[[Category:Projects|Orphanage]]
 
[[Category:Projects|Orphanage]]

Revision as of 17:12, 30 December 2022

Welcome to Project Orphanage.

The MediaWiki software on which Sarna operates automatically generates a daily report (Special:LonelyPages) listing all the pages that have no other pages linking to them, i.e. "orphans". (The report's 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 the links.

The goal of Project Orphanage is to find "homes" for as many "orphans" as realistically possible.

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!)
  • ManganMan: I know how to add a missing "2" to existing "2" to get the "4", yet within knowledge I have.
  • theguillotine: Looking to do any work necessary, just point me in a direction and I'll have it done as fast as I can

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!

If you have have any issues, questions, concerns, etc., to discuss, please ask on this project's Talk page (also found on the Discussion tab above this page) or on in the "Wiki" category of channels on Sarna's Discord server (also accessible on the sidebar to the left).

Welcome aboard!

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:

Project: GameRules
Project: Infantry Weapons
Project: Technology

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.

Federated Commonwealth

Federated Suns

Lyran

Project Planets and Project Systems

See Also:

Project: Planets
Project: Systems

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.


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.

Video Game Elements

All of these are connected to one of the video games, and thus Apocryphal:

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

Someone Specific Handling

Senior Editor Cache is overseeing these.

Tagged for Deletion or Merging

No point in finding them a home. They are parked here to keep them out of the Orphans. If it turns red, just remove it.

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