Talk:Stargate Universe

TJ

Yesterday 5/6 2009 Malozzi posted a picture of Alaina Huffman in character costume and on the costume you could clearly see the rank bar of a Lieutenant on her colar... So shoulden't we change the part that she is a master sergeant?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.230.196.27 (talk) 14:41, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Was the actress in her character's uniform; mightn't she have grabbed the wrong blouse for the impromptu photo-op? Was it a costuming gaffe? Maybe you're seeing a version of the character from an alternate quantum reality? Our interpretations of such material is original research until we have a reliable source explicitly stating anything. — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 16:28, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

On MGM's newly update Stargate site its lists her as 1st Lt now. Link is http://stargate.mgm.com/view/character/168/index.html Kosridge (talk) 14:33, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

Consistency of "and" and "&"

Episode 1, 2 and 3 have as writers "Robert C. Cooper and Brad Wright" while 11 and 12 have "Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie". It was twice reversed by Sgeureka claiming: it's a writer team who always use an "&". While for Stargate Atlantis both are used, SG-1 uses almost exclusively "&".

To clear things up, which is used (for everything) "and" or "&"? It's quite banal but I like consistency, especially in the same table. Xeworlebi (talk) 13:44, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

What they're "credited" as, or what they prefer to use, has no relevance here, article should be consistent. Rehevkor ✉ 14:50, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

JM said on GateWorld forums a few years ago that it's a legal thing that they get credited with an "&". Anyhow, if I recall correctly, JM and PM stopped writing episodes together around season 9 of SG-1 anyway, i.e. most (maybe all) episodes since then have been written by one of them exclusively (for example SGU eps 119 and 120). If the trend of the past continues, those episodes will nevertheless be credited as "Written by Joseph Mallozzi & Paul Mullie", but it's too early to tell. I don't mind if this article lists the one writer or the writer duo, but the word and is technically wrong either way. – sgeureka ^t•c 16:08, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

So change "Robert C. Cooper and Brad Wright" to "Robert C. Cooper & Brad Wright" for the first three episodes? Since there is no real difference between the two. Xeworlebi (talk) 19:45, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia has no standard way for how to combine individual writers. You can use and, a comma, a semicolon, an &, .... The show credits have used the word and in such cases, so that's what I've always used so far (here and elsewhere). But instead of discussing the pros and cons of this, we could also use that time to actually improve the article with stuff that matters (and earn some brownie points with folks who are critical of changes). The MGM website is a good place to start. – sgeureka ^t•c 08:18, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Actually, there is a big difference between using "&" and "and" when crediting writers. "&" is used for a team that wrote a script together. "And" is used when one writer rewrites the work of the previous writer. "Consistency" does not trump screenwriting credit standards. "Robert C. Cooper & Brad Wright" means that they worked together, at the same time, to write a script. "Robert C. Cooper and Brad Wright" means that Robert wrote a script and then Brad took it and rewrote it. DragonsDream (talk) 06:08, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Episode Airing Dates

I don't know how to change TBA to the dates that I found at [1] and I was hoping that somebody else would be able to change them.--Kluckie (talk) 15:30, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Look and learn, this is how adding airdates is done, hope you know how to do it in the future. Thanks. -- Matthew R Dunn (talk) 16:57, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

title card

Anubis 10545 (talk · contribs) uploaded a new version of File:SGUTVlogo.jpg recently, screencaptured from the new trailer. I think the previous version is more representative of the show's actual logo as demonstrated elsewhere on the official site, whereas the lens flare that was added in this iteration seems to be more an artifact of the trailer than an aspect of the logo itself. Does anybody have any input on the matter? — pd_THOR ^{| =/\=} | 00:04, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

In my opinion, I think that the previous version of the title card should be used until we see what the title on the opening sequence looks like. However, I'd be fine with this version or the previous one, as there is not much difference in either version of the title card. Black Sabre (talk) 03:56, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree. Lens flare is just decoration for the trailer, not actually part of the logo. Rehevkor ✉ 22:21, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

serialisation

"SGU will be more serialized" "There is a conscious effort to avoid making SGU too serialized"

I realise both quotes are cited, but surely we should have one or the other? Perhaps stick with the later statement?

213.120.222.100 (talk) 10:51, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

International broadcasters

an IP address keeps adding a table that is unsourced, redundant and unnecassary, yet is insistant that the table stay, despite going against at least three other editors. What do you think should be the best plan of action? -- Matthew R Dunn (talk) 19:57, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

You could request semi-protection. -- Gordon Ecker (talk) 02:10, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

International broadcasters. Do we really need it?

Some users keeps adding International broadcaster tabel in article! Is this information really necessery! If you think that it is, then explain why!Vilnisr (talk) 17:24, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, because it saves time (easier) to find the date ya looking for when ya in a hurry. Plus if there is more that just 1 season like Eureka, those date will be added on too