User talk:Lestatdelc

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Also, you should know that blueprints are not considered canon here. Please see our canon policy for more information. --From Andoria with Love 11:19, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: ST:TMP blueprints
The Star Trek Encyclopedia and Star Trek Chronology are technically not canon at MA. They may be referenced for certain information, such as clarifying a starship's registry that wasn't clearly seen on-screen (although it must be stated where the info comes from). However, if something was not seen or heard in an episode or film – the term "wolfpack", for example – then it can't be used, although a note stating that a certain source labels the ships as a wolfpack may be added as background information, but not within the main article, which is solely for info from primary resources (i.e. episodes and movies). Now, I'm dead tired, so I hope I explained that well enough. :P

Having said all that, may I ask exactly which blueprints you are trying to cite? --From Andoria with Love 11:58, 11 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay, I just wasn't sure what blueprints you were referring. However, the blueprints are still not regarded as canon here; but the fact that the authors of the blueprints stated the Klingon fleet were called a wolfpack can be added as background information as it is from a background production personnel member. However, the reference cannot be mentioned in the main article without a reference within an episode or film. --From Andoria with Love 03:25, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Having said that, this may be one of those "special cases" in which something was not named on screen but was named by production staff (ie, Neural). In this case, if we were to create an article on the actual Klingon fleet and we needed a name, we might use the term "Wolfpack" since that comes from a production staff member. I would recommend asking Cid Highwind about this matter; I think he'll be able to explain or recommend things far better than I could. --From Andoria with Love 03:30, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

External Links in the body of an article
Please check out the external links policy with respect to putting external links in the body of an article, such as that you just changed. The red links encourage people to fill out the MA archive that much more. -- Sulfur 01:36, 15 May 2006 (UTC)