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− | ''Do Not Irritate The Loremaster, For Your Name Rhymes With Awful Things, And They Write The Remembrance.''
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− | ==Profile==
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− | Call me Talvin, more people know me by that than my real name anyhow.
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− | I have been playing casually off and on, both tabletop (that's been a while) and computer games since the early 90s, and I have a significant collection of the novels, some in print from back when, though nowadays I mostly get Kindle. My most interesting achievement is losing a Highlander to a Gauss headshot (after I kept saying "There can be only one!") during a free-for-all game in college. And I have a degree in English and Education for all that's worth.
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− | I have been enjoying this Wiki for a few years and decided it was time I stepped up to pay my dues.
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− | ===Discord=== | |
− | If you want to chat on Discord, send a friend request to my username here with #3561 tacked on the end. (Obfuscating that a bit so bots can't just grab it.)
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− | ==Task List==
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− | *Every week, look at [[Special:LonelyPages|the Orphans]] and deal with new stuff as appropriate.
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− | *For those [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage|Orphans]] already classified: pick a category and try to knock it down some. Find homes for stuff. Some of these are just not going to happen. Accept it gracefully.
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− | *[[User:Talvin/Media Companies|Media Companies]] is going to be slow but sure. Figure out how to fit that into the Wiki as a whole, too.
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− | *[[User:Talvin/Word of Blake Navy|Word of Blake Navy]] is a long-term project.
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− | *{{clc|Sources needing updates}}
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− | *[[Shadowrun]]: Need to replace the Wikipedia text with something that better reflects how it related to BTW. Maybe do a workup page here in my userspace, get some feedback.
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− | * [[List of BattleTech Print Novels in Hungarian]] See if we can get Beholder and Delta Vision spun off that.
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− | * [[:Category:Foreign Language Editions]] In fact, let's go large on this. To the extent possible, add info about all the publishing houses that have handled foreign editions, and put them under [[:Category:Game Publisher]], since that states it is for Novels as well. They don't need huge writeups, just something to help people find them and their products more easily.
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− | *{{clc|Articles with unsourced statements}} vs. {{clc|Articles with no sources}}
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− | *[[User:Talvin/Character Mining]]
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− | *[[:Category:Systems]]: go through every Subcategory, correct the category name to (Faction) Systems instead of (Faction) Planets, and then move the subcategory to match. Currently on: [[:Category:Amaris Empire Planets]]
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− | ==Editing Philosophy==
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− | I want to create as few new articles as I can get away with, while working to improve the linking of existing articles. BTW has many pages that are orphans or only linked in their own little bubble, and I firmly believe that wikis work best when there are plenty of crossroads and side-alleys to wander down looking at interesting things. Well-organized category pages can help, but past a certain point they are not of much use to the average user due to the scale.
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− | Alot of hard work has been done over the years, and before I add to the 35,000+ pages on here, I want to see about bringing some of that hard work forward so others can find it, use it, and improve it.
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− | ===Creating Connections===
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− | I want to expand on this a bit: I feel my best role in the Wiki as a whole is ''finding connections.'' With over 35,000 pages as of this writing, the BattleTech Wiki has a ''lot'' of information, but sometimes important bits are widely separated and need to be brought together. An example from the day I write this: I found [[Nagayan Mountain Castle Brian]] in the "Orphaned Pages", sitting unused. The Helm Memory Core! One of the early "big events" of BattleTech Canon! I found that that page cited a source that did not appear on the [[Helm]] page, nor the [[Helm Memory Core]] page, and neither page indicated that it was actually a Castle Brian! (Not sure if Castle Brian was established canon when the novel was written.) So, with a side-trip to the research desk to ensure it really did say "Castle Brian" in the source, I was able to add an important link to a key piece of lore in the Wiki. Not all or even most of what I do is a Big Score like that, but sometimes I come across some neglected little bit that makes me stop and go "Ooooooooh." Then I bring it out for everyone else to see: for readers to enjoy, and for other editors to incorporate into new and/or expanded articles.
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− | It's not the only thing I do, but it is where my strength lies: not in making new articles, or rewriting old ones extensively, but in making the Wiki ''more Wikified'', if you will.
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− | ===Just Keeping Score===
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− | This is for my own amusement more than anything. As I say above, I want to create as few new articles (as distinct from pages, which may be talk pages or redirects or something like project pages) as possible. I also exclude one that started out to be an article and got moved to a Project Page. To remind myself of that, I will keep an updated score of how many articles I still have out there.
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− | As of 28 June 2022:
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− | # [[Book Publishers]]
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− | # [[Emil]]
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− | # [[New Avalon Press]]
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− | # [[Sendai Massacre]] (properly speaking someone else created an empty page, but I wrote the first draft and plugged it in, so I am counting it.)
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− | # [[Camo Specs Online]]: This was made out of desperation to home a single-item category in the Orphanage. I know almost nothing about the subject matter, I do not maintain the page, and I can't help you with it. Lots of folks with more passion and interest for Minis on the Wiki and Discord. :)
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− | #[[Capellan Operations Command]]: Another made out of desperation to get stuff out of the orphanage. Others, I hope, have more to add.
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− | #[[Alexandre Marsden]]: An interesting little footnote in Clan History, I am hoping more comes in the final Founding of the Clans book.
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− | #[[Archiel Tranns]]: Just as Alexandre Marsden, above.
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− | #[[Burger]]: Look. Somebody had to do it. And I volunteered.
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− | #[[Siege of Hesperus II (2853)]]: #10! I put a lot of work into this one, the bits and pieces were scattered about.
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− | #[[Warchest Point System]] Quick and easy, and much-wanted.
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− | #[[Commonwealth Historical Press]]: I do believe I am starting to find a niche, here.
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− | #[[Klathandu Federation]]: Another "I made this out of desperation to fix a problem in the Orphanage" article. Not a subject matter expert by any stretch.
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− | #[[Restoration War]]: Half-credit for this, I feel. I had to split it out of another article, and I am going to be working up the canonical stuff.
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− | #[[Vishu Folkner]]: One of Sarna's Most Wanted, a one-line wonder character that had 18 redlinks due to the position he held. Easy to make.
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− | #[[Orbital Operations Group (Wolf's Dragoons)]]: at the time I made this, it was the second-most-wanted page on Sarna.
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− | #[[Wolf's Dragoons BattleGroup]]: this comes under the heading of "Making the Best of a Bad Situation". I do wonder if the editors meant for it to be Home Guard and didn't change everything over. But then, they fought and many died on Crossing, so maybe not.
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− | #[[Diseños Orbitales]]: I want to start making pages for the foreign-language publishers. This is going to challenge me, as Spanish is the only language I know even a ''little'' of. So I started there, and Google Translate is my friend.
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− | #[[Essay: IlClan Jade Falcons]]: I had the beginnings of this tucked away in a back page of my Userspace, intended for a few friends, but I decided it needed a more formal treatment. Essays are the only place where Speculation and Inference are permitted under Policy, though you still have to back them up. I expect this page to have a limited "shelf life": at some point more Canon sources will obviate the need for it and we can just harvest the references from it for new pages or updated old ones.
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− | # [[Tomaszewski Mattlov]]: Too much redlink in that Essay. Anybody that survived the ilClan Trial and got mentioned by name is notable enough to have an entry, I feel. Might even add the "status unknowns".
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− | # [[Karen Roshak]]: another Jade Falcon survivor of the ilClan Trial.
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− | # [[Thoden Sender]]: and the last redlinked confirmed survivor.
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− | # [[Peter Cobb]]: We got too many hints that this guy is the Next Big Thing for the Hell's Horses.
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− | # [[Erik Chistu (31st c.)]]: there's two of them! A friend was having trouble with this, so I took over and did the disambiguation page and stuff.
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− | ==Projects==
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− | ===IlClan Jade Falcon===
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− | A few members of the community have expressed that having a well-cited list of Jade Falcons to survive the ilClan Trial would be useful. As this will necessarily involve some speculation and inferences, the proper format is an [[Policy:BattleTech Essays|Essay]]. So I have begun [[Essay: IlClan Jade Falcons]] to serve until more canon information becomes available.
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− | ===Project Orphanage===
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− | [[BattleTechWiki:Project Orphanage|Project Orphanage]]<br>
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− | I started this on or around February 4, 2022. On March 3, 2022, it went public. Not bad for my first month here.
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− | ===Word of Blake Navy===
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− | [[User:Talvin/Word of Blake Navy]] is something I tinker with when I want a break from the other stuff. Space battles need more love and attention.
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− | ===Media Companies===
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− | I started this with [[New Avalon Press]]. Thinking about it: authors, fluff-writers for the sourcebooks and supplements, and the hardcore loreseekers might benefit from a list of the in-universe media producers: the film studios, news organizations, and publishing houses. Categories just won't work for this: you need some idea of what they ''make''. I also keep running across relevant orphans, so I am going to adopt them. Smaller outfits with just one or two little publications will stay on a list page, anything that is shown to be prominent can be spun off into its own article. Again, parking it here while I flesh it out.
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− | ===Stuff on the Back Burner===
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− | [[User:Talvin/Other_Projects|Other Projects]] I am considering or have set aside for now.
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− | ==Pages That Amuse or Interest Me==
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− | *[[Four Horsemen of Errai]] - The first big "gem" that I dug out of the Orphanage, that I recall. I hope they expand on this in canon someday.
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− | *[[Jeffery Foxworth]] Love the reference.
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− | *[[Schedar Enlightenment and Liberation Force]] (SELF). I mean, if they got forced to join a Clan, they would be...''SELF-Absorbed''!
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− | *[[Callandra Witch]] There's a story here, and I hope they continue developing it.
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− | *[[Dagen's Daggers]] Looks like they were just fluff from a Technical Readout, but this is the sort of thing that could make a whole Scenario Pack or Novella. Both? Both is good!
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− | *[[Precentor Who Lost His Name]] Huh! I read the novel, of course, but I didn't know about this little followup. Interesting....
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− | * "Pilot! Can you identify the DropShip?"
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− | :"Wait a minute!"
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− | :"Pilot! Identify that DropShip!"
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− | :"I said [[Waytaminit|WAYTAMINIT]]!"
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− | * [[Bob]]. It's a planet. It used to have a different name. Check it out.
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− | * [[Tai Dai Cult]] Somebody actually went there.
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− | * [[Hobb V. Ess]]
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− | * [[Kalvin Hobbes]] commanded the [[Third Taurian Lancers]]. We should make that page. Because.
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− | * [[Rekkem]]: I should apply to be the guy that comes up with names for Clan OLWs (One Line Wonders). I really should.
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− | ===Saving this from Project Orphanage===
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− | Had to pull this off when the project went public, so saving it here:<br>
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− | I am the very model of a Modern Major-General, <br>
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− | I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, <br>
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− | I know the [[Khan of Clan Jade Falcon|Khans of Falcon]], and I quote the fights historical,
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− | <br>From [[Battle of Dieudonné (2416)| Dieudonné]] to [[Galedon#The_Jihad|Galedon]], in order categorical
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− | :--''with apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan'' [[User:Talvin|Talvin]] ([[User talk:Talvin|talk]])
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− | ==Awards==
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− | Oh, this place has awards. Neat. I'll probably update my little red ribbon every Friday for now. It's a fun way to keep score.
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| <div id="awardsboard"><div id="awardsboardheader">Awards Board</div> | | <div id="awardsboard"><div id="awardsboardheader">Awards Board</div> |
− | [[File:SupArt.jpg|Superior Article Award, 1st ribbon]]<br>[[File:AA.jpg|Assistance Appreciated Award, 1st ribbon]][[File:DA.jpg|Direction Appreciated Award, 1st ribbon]][[File:SubAdd.jpg|Substantial Addition Award, 1st ribbon]]<br> | + | [[File:SupArt.jpg|Superior Article Award, 1st ribbon]][[File:HH.jpg|Helping Hand Award, 1st ribbon]]<br>[[File:AA 1bol.jpg|Assistance Appreciated Award, 2nd ribbon]][[File:DA.jpg|Direction Appreciated Award, 1st ribbon]][[File:SubAdd.jpg|Substantial Addition Award, 1st ribbon]]<br> |
− | [[File:GH.jpg|Good Humor Award, 1st ribbon]][[File:EC2 1c.jpg|Edit Count (7,500)]][[File:TIS2.jpg|Time in Service (3 months)]] | + | [[File:GH.jpg|Good Humor Award, 1st ribbon]][[File:EC2 1c.jpg|Edit Count (7,500)]][[File:TIS2 1t.jpg|Time in Service (6 months)]] |
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