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Date	Process	Result
April 18, 2006	Good article nominee	Not listed
July 8, 2008	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
September 18, 2019	Good article nominee	Listed

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Merging of Babylon 5 influences

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

No objections made to the merger as performed. ElectricalTill (talk) 13:56, 3 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As the nominator of Babylon 5 influences for deletion, I spent some time trying to gather sources for it as my original intent was to clear the article of its 'multiple issues' so it stood on its own. After a long time searching I concluded that most of the 'references' highlighted in the series to history, culture etc. were so vaguely stated that it would be next to impossible to convincingly cite them without exact keywords/phrases to look for. I am not making any assessment about correctness - a good number of the claims are very plausible, and in all probability those references were deliberate - unfortunately most of them are uncited and I was unable to find sources.

I found sources for 10-20% of what was there. I rewrote, consolidated and incorporated that 10-20% into this article when I nominated Babylon 5 influences for deletion. In my opinion the merge is done, but please add your thoughts. ElectricalTill (talk) 08:33, 22 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Ivanova's departure in Season 4 summary

The season 4 summary here says " Ivanova is critically injured in the war, and decides to leave Earthforce". I could be wrong, but my memory was the on screen explanation for her departure from Babylon 5 was that she was promoted to Captain and given command of her own Earthforce ship. Also in the last episode, set about 19 years after we last see her, she is still in Earthforce holding the rank of General. Thus, I think this statement is wrong. The Ivanova article would also seem to confirm that she did indeed stay in Earthforce, but move to a new command. Dunarc (talk) 18:44, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Correct, I fixed it. --Masem (t) 18:56, 14 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - good to know my memory still works. Dunarc (talk) 20:51, 15 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion

I am hereby letting people know that I nominated List of people involved with Babylon 5 and List of people involved with Crusade for deletion. – sgeureka ^t•c 11:54, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Alpha omega 3" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Alpha omega 3. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Gonnym (talk) 10:16, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Coriana 6" listed at Redirects for discussion

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"Spoo (food)" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Paramount settlement.

In a video from 2017 Patricia Tallman stated that there had been a lawsuit and an out of court settlement with Paramount.[1] She does not mention when this legal action and settlement occurred, although she was both in business with and married to Straczynski, so there doesn't seem to be any reason to doubt her statement. Although we have comments from Straczynski saying he thought a lawsuit would be unproductive those comments are from the '90s, and he suspects interference from higher level executives, and doesn't ever blame than the show creators directly. There don't appear to be any statements from Straczynski from around 2017 or later denying there was ever a lawsuit, and I see no reason to disregard the statement from Tallman. On the basis of Tallman's comments, and citing the video as a source I think it would be appropriate to add the following statement to the article, that "According to Patricia Tallman there was a legal case and an out of court settlement with Paramount."[2]
I know this can be sensitive subject and can see from the archives that it was subject to previous discussion, so even though I don't think this is a bold change, and even though I think this is a fair statement with a proper source, I'm making sure to ask for discussion first, in case there is some counterpoint I might not yet be aware of. -- 109.78.200.221 (talk) 14:28, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dolby Surround 2.0

Either it is Stereo or it is Dolby Surround. If it is the latter, then it is a 4.0 sound system - consisting of Front Left, Front Right, Center and Surround channels. -- Alexey Topol (talk) 08:22, 26 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You probably are too young to remember analog Dolby Surround. … The whole damn point of analog Dolby Surround is that it is just stereo so it works over two-channel (stereo) equipment, but you can filter four channels out of it. So yes, analog Dolby Surround is always by definition stereo too, and in fact even though it will not sound as good, you can (and we did) listen to it with no decoding over normal stereo speakers too. The confusion stems from which layer you are talking about. It is talking about something else than you, that’s all. — 2A0A:A547:35EF:1:CF87:10A2:BAE9:47FB (talk) 16:05, 22 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Dust (Babylon 5)" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Dust (Babylon 5) and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 November 28#Dust (Babylon 5) until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 16:01, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

CALLING ALL BABYLON 5 FANS!!!

to all Babylon 5 fans out there, can any of you help with two babylon 5 drafts, Draft:Untitled Babylon 5 animated film and Draft:Untitled Babylon 5 reboot. it would be much appreciated! Jstewart2007 (talk) 17:39, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don’t think those are encyclopedic enough to get articles. Perhaps add them to this one? Famartin (talk) 20:52, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is almost literally no information on these at this time. So they will not survive having individual article right now. Just add a mention to this article (which is already done) and re-assess when these projects turn up. Canterbury Tail talk 00:44, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]