Memory Alpha and Memory Beta Wiki Discussion

[Enterprise1701]

Memory Alpha and Memory Beta

Putting banal in inverted commas doesn’t make the practice of writing/reading about apples on MA any less so.

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Well, it seems I am not allowed to necro my own thread even when it is less than two years old, so I am restarting a discussion thread here for the fan wikis Memory Alpha and Memory Beta. What do you love, what do you hate, and do you contribute to them?

Meanwhile, I really genuinely with all my heart must praise the Star Trek Online Wiki for moving to their own platform two years ago. No more giant adverts slowing my device down to a crawl even with an adblocker installed on my browser! Thank God! (but not Sybok's God of Sha Ka Ree, lol)

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Welcome to the Star Trek Online Wiki, an independent player-ran encyclopedia for Star Trek Online, the MMORPG developed by Cryptic Studios & DECA Games and published by Arc Games, all part of the Embracer Group. Set in the year 2409, Star Trek Online tells the story of the galaxy after the...

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It's still one of the best resources (with EAS, DITL, etc.), but the ads and the sidebars diminish the experience.
I've added and removed a few sentences in some articles, and started a few new ones. Once I had to convince them with a wall of references for them to stop reversing my changes

 

[Tosk]

I have gripes about both the current platform and some of the editorial choices made, but the sites are a net good and I use them a fair bit. Although I try to be careful to use their info as a jumping off point rather than take the info as fact. (eg: If they claim something is in episode X, I'll usually go check for myself.)

 

[Enterprise1701]

Gral class

The Gral-class was a class of starship operated by Starfleet during the mid-23rd century, named for the 22nd century Tellarite diplomat Gral. (SNW: "Strange New Worlds") The Gral-class had entered service by 2259. During this year, the USS Archer, crewed by Lieutenant Commander Una Chin-Riley...

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Question: If the U.S.S. Archer's Fanhome model kit booklet says that the name Gral class name was only decided when work began on the model kit, then is it actually canon to the TV show itself (as of yet)?

Personally, "Gral class" a billion times better of a page name compared to "Archer type", especially in light of the Archer class from Star Trek: Vanguard. Nonetheless, I find this meta issue interesting to ponder. I once tried to advocate for Memory Beta to follow Memory Alpha in observing the T'Liss class name from STO-into-PIC, but you-know-who shot me down.

 

[Tosk]

but you-know-who shot me down.

Voldemort?

 

[dantini]

Personally, "Gral class" a billion times better of a page name compared to "Archer type", (...) but you-know-who shot me down.

Voldemort?

Until the name "Voldemort" is mentioned in canon Star Trek media, he should be referred to as the "Evil Wizard type"!

 

[DonIago]

...now I want to see the debut of the "Evil Wizard-class" starship.