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:; 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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==How to Join==
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=How to Join=
 
Just add your UserPage and what sorts of things you want to focus on here!
 
Just add your UserPage and what sorts of things you want to focus on here!
 
* [[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
  
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==What to Do==
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=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!
  
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==Intersections with Other Projects==
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=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.
 
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.
  
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===Project Characters===
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==Project Characters==
 
: See Also: [[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.   
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* [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Orphaned Houses|Orphaned Houses]]
 
* [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Orphaned Houses|Orphaned Houses]]
  
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===Project GameRules, Project Infantry Weapons, and Project Technology===
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==Project GameRules, Project Infantry Weapons, and Project Technology==
 
See Also:
 
See Also:
 
:[[BattleTechWiki:Project GameRules|Project: GameRules]]
 
:[[BattleTechWiki:Project GameRules|Project: GameRules]]
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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.   
  
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===Project Military Commands===
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==Project Military Commands==
 
:See Also: [[BattleTechWiki:Project Military Commands|Project: Military Commands]]
 
:See Also: [[BattleTechWiki:Project Military Commands|Project: Military Commands]]
  
 
* [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Orphaned Commands|Orphaned Commands]]
 
* [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Orphaned Commands|Orphaned Commands]]
  
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====General Staff Officers====
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===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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====Federated Commonwealth====
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====Federated Suns====
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*[[Michelle Edwards]]
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*[[Reinhart Vossler]]
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====Lyran====
 
*[[Almida Zec]]
 
*[[Almida Zec]]
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*[[Alistair Buchwald]]
 
 
*[[Angela Kouranth]]
 
*[[Angela Kouranth]]
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*[[Andre Mossbauer]]
 
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*[[Cameron Fenlon]]
 
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*[[Charles Shelton]]
 
 
*[[Chris Kidd]]
 
*[[Chris Kidd]]
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*[[Delbert Yates]]
 
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*[[Felix Thornton]]
 
 
*[[Galina Yodkovsaya]]
 
*[[Galina Yodkovsaya]]
 
*[[Gustav Ramier]]
 
*[[Gustav Ramier]]
 
*[[Iris DuBois]]
 
*[[Iris DuBois]]
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*[[James Collins]]
 
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*[[Jocasta Zibler]]
 
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*[[Kalena Sakharov]]
 
 
*[[Kassie Bradford]]
 
*[[Kassie Bradford]]
 
*[[Klaus Essen]]
 
*[[Klaus Essen]]
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*[[Martha Steiner]]
 
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*[[Matthew Davion (32nd c.)]]
 
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*[[Melaine Davion]]
 
 
*[[Michael Hastings]]
 
*[[Michael Hastings]]
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*[[Michelle Edwards]]
 
 
*[[Michiko Tomasov]]
 
*[[Michiko Tomasov]]
 
*[[Narhwaz Pavletic]]
 
*[[Narhwaz Pavletic]]
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*[[Nathan Steiner-Armstrong]]
 
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*[[Oliver Romera]]
 
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*[[Paul Gevin]]
 
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*[[Pedro Davidson]]
 
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*[[Ralph Stanley]]
 
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*[[Reinhart Vossler]]
 
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*[[Sasha Gorge]]
 
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*[[Shawn Cox]]
 
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*[[Sheila McGuire]]
 
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*[[Sidney Zweibel]]
 
 
*[[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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===Project Planets and Project Systems===
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==Project Planets and Project Systems==
 
See Also:
 
See Also:
 
:[[BattleTechWiki:Project Planets|Project: Planets]]
 
:[[BattleTechWiki:Project Planets|Project: Planets]]
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* [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Orphaned Astronomy|Orphaned Astronomy]]
 
* [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Orphaned Astronomy|Orphaned Astronomy]]
  
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====Planetary Governors====
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=Miscellaneous=
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Most of these have been homed.  The ones that remain, the relevant planet pages do not have the currently used infobox.
 
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*[[Planetary Governor of Huntington]]
 
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*[[Planetary Governor of Marielund]]
 
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*[[Planetary Governor of Savannah]]
 
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==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]]
  
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===Fiction===
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==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]]
 
* [[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]]
 
  
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===Battles===
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==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.
 
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 New Aragon (3134)]]
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*[[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.
 
*[[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.
  
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===Video Game Elements===
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==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]]
 
* [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage/Video Game Orphans|Video Game Orphans]]
  
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===Medical===
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=Not Up For Adoption=
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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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*[[Toxoplasma gondii hardcorea]]
 
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*[[X-Quick]]
 
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==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.)
 
Anything here is either being handled by someone else, or is otherwise to be left alone (like unreleased products, moratorium, etc.)
  
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===Moratorium/Unreleased===
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==Moratorium/Unreleased==
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*[[BattleTech Universe (Sourcebook)]]
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*[[BattleTech: COMMAND]]
 
*[[Brush Wars: Burrock Absorption]]
 
*[[Brush Wars: Burrock Absorption]]
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*[[Dominions Divided]]
 
 
*[[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]]
 
  
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===Someone Specific Handling===
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==Someone Specific Handling==
 
[[User:Cache|Senior Editor Cache]] is overseeing these.
 
[[User:Cache|Senior Editor Cache]] is overseeing these.
 
*[[Battle of Luthien Gallery]]
 
*[[Battle of Luthien Gallery]]
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*[[Operation Flashpoint Gallery]]
 
*[[Operation Flashpoint Gallery]]
 
*[[The Falcon and the Wolf Gallery]]
 
*[[The Falcon and the Wolf Gallery]]
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*[[Uniforms]]
 
 
*[[Uniforms of the FWLM]]
 
*[[Uniforms of the FWLM]]
  
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===Tagged for Deletion or Merging===
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==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 Codex Dog Tag]]
 
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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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*[[Draconis Combine and Free Rasalhague Republic Infantry Kit]]
 
*[[Free Worlds League/Timeline]]
 
*[[Free Worlds League/Timeline]]
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*[[Gallery 4th succession war maps]]
 
 
*[[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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===Technical Pages===
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{{Projects}}
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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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[[Category:WikiProjects|Orphanage]]
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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]]
 
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[[Category:BattleTechWiki|Project Orphanage]]
 
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[[Category:Projects|Orphanage]]
 

Latest revision as of 15:34, 28 January 2024

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

See Also: Project: Military Commands

General Staff Officers[edit]

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[edit]

Federated Suns[edit]

Lyran[edit]

Project Planets and Project Systems[edit]

See Also:

Project: Planets
Project: Systems

Miscellaneous[edit]

These don't really fit neatly under any of the projects above.

Fiction[edit]

There is published BattleTech fiction that is not linked from elsewhere in the Wiki.


Battles[edit]

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[edit]

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

Not Up For Adoption[edit]

Anything here is either being handled by someone else, or is otherwise to be left alone (like unreleased products, moratorium, etc.)

Moratorium/Unreleased[edit]

Someone Specific Handling[edit]

Senior Editor Cache is overseeing these.

Tagged for Deletion or Merging[edit]

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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