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For the record, the copyright violation actually came from: http://www.gateworld.net/atlantis/index.shtml

→Raul654 06:44, Feb 17, 2004 (UTC)


Starbase-Atlantis :-)
—wwoods 02:35, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)


In the episode The Gift, the Atlantis command team find out or suggested that as the Ancients seeded humans throughout the Pegasus Galaxy, on one of these planets, they had their lifeforce sucked out by bugs who in turn evolved into the Wraith which were discovered years later. - John-1107

Contents

Recurring characters

I'm very slightly concerned about the growth of the Recurring characters section. I think that after a few more episodes (perhaps after the airing of "The Storm" / "The Eye") we should go through the list and eliminate those characters who don't really have recurring roles.

Of course, we'd have to establish some criteria regarding what constitutes a recurring role. I think members of the current list fall into three categories:

1) Obviously recurring. The best example of this is Dr. Carson Beckett. He's not only been in in every episode but has also had a significant role in every episode. I can't really figure out why he's not listed as a regular on the show, though I have a eerie suspicion that he will be killed off (I hope not!).

2) Borderline recurring. A good example of this is Dr. Zelenka. He's appeared in two episodes and has done fairly significant things in both of them. Still, he lacks a first name and didn't get much screen time during his two appearances.

3) Not (?) recurring. I think that the various Sergeants and Doctors who have appeared in one or two episodes without significant roles fall into this category. Bates and Cavanaugh have had significant roles, but only in one episode each.

I guess my point is that we need to draw the line between "Guest Star" and "Recurring Character". I think it's possible for a character to appear in multiple episodes without being a recurring character (for example, if the character never says more than ten words). I believe that once a few more episodes are aired, we cut the list down to size so that only easily recognizable characters occupy it.

Acegikmo1 06:32, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I agree. - UtherSRG 12:12, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)
That does sound like the best way to do things. KorbenDirewolf 05:55, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

What if a recurring character is no longer recurring and is either dead or not currently associated with the show? Case in point Rainbow Francks was a main character in Season 1, then became something of a recurring character throughout Season 2 - a couple of episodes at the beginning as well as the season finale - and is now no longer a part of the show. His character, however, may or may not return at a future time.

I believe a rucurring character should appear in about five episodes to qualify. The number can be debated. Any character that was recurring during the first few seasons should be listed along any character that is recurring in the current season. BuffaloChip97 01:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Replicators, Asurans

": if the Ancients faced something like this before, then they most likely figured out a way to defeat them."

Later on, Dr. Zelenka did get a first name, namely Radek, and his role became quite prominent. Also, don't forget Dr. Peter Grodin, who had a significant role in several episodes, but later had an untimely demise when the Wraith destroyed the Ancients' satellite defence station in "The Siege, Part 1"
Aron G 04:11, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

I say we organize two separate lists. One will be for previously major recurring characters, and would be exhaustive. The second would be for current recurring characters

Personal shields

As I understood it, the personal shields don't deactivate by themselves, but when the person wearing them wants them to (or the battery runs out...) - it's just that the first person to try one (Rodney McKay) had an interesting psycological problem which meant he didn't really want to remove it. Of course, I could be wrong. -- makomk 15:12, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Atlantis (Stargate)

Looks like this page I found should really be incorporated here. Can someone help out?

Actually, given the discussion above on how this page is getting too big, I would have thought that you should be moving the information the other way. --Phil | Talk 14:04, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
I've done some work on that article and I think it looks better now. With some more information it might be okay to leave it where it is for now. KorbenDirewolf 22:04, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I've moved the content from the city section of this article to Atlantis (Stargate) to remove the duplication, and shorten this article. I also performed quite a lot of copy-editing and reformatting. Probably someone should check to make sure I haven't introduced any factual errors in the process. J Bytheway 02:21, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I think Atlantis (Stargate) look much better now.. Maybe this should go to that discussion page after this? KorbenDirewolf 23:25, 11 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Star Trek references

You know, I've been noticing numerous Star Trek references... Like, just recently in the past episode, Flanigan's character quotes exactly word for word from Kirk from Star Trek IV. -- AllyUnion (talk) 06:42, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

So make a section named "References to other shows" or something, and put them there in a list format if there are a lot of them --Zxcvbnm 16:16, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

naming of ships by the names used by star trek is only a tie between the two shows in that both continue maerican military tradition of named ships. -orathaic

COPYEDIT

Could someone PLEASE copyedit and write summaries for the newer episodes? PLEASE????? Most of the episode guides are copyvios!!!--Zxcvbnm 04:47, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Dead characters

I just had to remove two characters from the dead section who are not seen obviously killed on screen, and are not reported dead in dialogue. Just because it looks like someone was killed, or is about to be, does not mean they actually are killed. Please make sure they are actually dead before you list them. G Worroll 18:54, 23 Mar 2005

Episodes Format

Should we have multiple part episodes as single or multiple articles? (Currently we have both) Personally, I prefer to have multiple articles. This is how SG-1 does it (with the possible expection of the pilot), even though most of the SG-1 episodes don't have any content, yet. What do you guys think? --Mattwj2002 15:00, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Would it be a good idea if I changed the episdoe list to being in a seperate page similiar to the SG1 and Infinity Lists? Any comments please

Regarding italics for proper names

Any particular reason for the italics on names such as John Sheppard and Elizabeth Weir? To my knowledge, there should be no reason for this, unless someone can correct me on this. Thanks. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. 01:45, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Lieutenant Ford

Are we sure he's not still a main character? If you look at the credits for season 2, he's still listed with the other mains. It's possible the story arc will not last very long. --Khaim 16:01, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Rainbow Francks is no longer a main and is not currently, arecurring character Holled 01:57, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject

I was thinking about starting a WikiProject for Stargate, to better coordinate the writting efforts, organize and create standards (the templates for example). What do you think? -- Andromeda 20:41, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

I think a project would definitely help. What about the idea of a Wikiportal? --Mattwj2002
Not a bad idea, I think. For what I read, both are related in fact. For what I'm reading, a WikiProject is more editors-oriented, while a WikiPortal is more user-oriented. -- Andromeda 23:18, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Good idea!!!--Zxcvbnm 23:27, 7 August 2005 (UTC)


Wikiproject Stargate

I have started a wikiproject: Wikipedia:WikiProject Stargate.--Zxcvbnm 00:01, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

I've started the Wikiportal: Wikipedia:Wikiportal/Stargate and I was going to start the project, but you beat me to it! See you there ;) -- Andromeda 00:08, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Naming- Colon

Shouldn't the proper title of this article be Stargate: Atlantis? I'm just guessing here, but I thought that the colon was (a)shown (and/or b)implied. Autopilots 06:12, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

  • On the DVD for Season 1 it's listed as Stargate Atlantis (look on the back of an individual disc case, so let's assume that's the proper way. Koweja 16:20, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Links

Some of those links seem a little excessive. http://stargate.feartheblue.com/  ?

Many of them were silly, to simple fan sites, or sites with "wallpapers" which you can easily find using Google or Yahoo. --Ardenn 19:36, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Talk:Stargate_SG-1#Links. Ardenn, you need to ceast and desist on the mass removal of links, unless you can provide adequate justification for each removal, and also reasons for the ones that remained. therearenospoons 01:02, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I think justification should be provided when links are added. WP:NOT Ardenn 01:05, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

A Warning

Someone included sg1archive.com Don't waste your time going to that site. The members there don't accept differences of opinions on the series. They will insult and debase you. It is a hate site.--Tjkphilosofe 12:17, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Rachel Luttrell and martial arts.

Does anyone have an idea about what school of martial arts that Rachel Luttrell employs in Stargate: Atlantis? It looks to me like a Filipino style, but I thought to come here and ask if anyone knows for certain.

→ P.MacUidhir (t) (c) 21:51, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

New Images

Kudos to Tertiary7 for the awesome images. -therearenospoons 10:03, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

The New Brotherhood

The New Brotherhood are currently listed as a civilization under races, I wouldn't describe them as either as those. Maybe a new section for Factions is needed? Shogun 02:04, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

improve this page

I'd really like to see this page at the standard of its sister, Stargate SG-1. I think we should work towards this, and then the two main Stargate shows can both fit their articles snugly into Good Articles and Wikipedia 1.0. -- Alfakim --  talk  21:55, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Incorrect IMDB link

The link is incorrect and points to http://www.imdb.com/title/nm0374455/ instead of http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374455/ Someone please correct this.

nations

maybe we should reference them or get a collection of screen shots showing the patches... anyone could just come in and add a country... -Xornok 23:00, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Ancient race name?

Ok, why do the Ancients go by so many different names? Originally they were "The Ancients" as was stated on the show. It was even stated on their inscription on P3R-272 (The Fifth Race) "We are the Ancient Ones". Secondly, they are suddenly the "Lanteans". What is all this about? Is it like a different faction of them or something? Why did they change their names? Then suddenly, they were always originally the "Altairans" which was supposedly their original names.
Why the identity chrisis? As I said above, is it basically like how different countries have different names but they have the same type of people or what exactly?
Also, I noticed in "Rising, pt. 1" the Anceint hologram called Earth "Earth" instead of "Terra Atlantos" as Jack called it in "Lost City". What is that about?


One more thing. Why is it called "Atlantis" if the race that inhabited it originally was the "Lanteans"? Why did they omit/add the A on there? The Genii call them the "Atlanteans" (more specifically, the Atlantis expendition is called that) and the Wraith call them the Lanteans.
Faris b 22:54, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

The Alterans and the Ori are two different factions within the Ancients. Usually we refer to the Alterans just as "the ancients" - both out of habit, and because they are the Ancients we've had the most contact with - but when there is a need for clarification, they are referred to as the Alterans. "Lanteans" only refers to those Ancients who lived in Atlantis, or possibly those who lived in the Pegasus Galaxy, and is not directly related to the Alteran/Ori conflict (though it seems that the Ancients of Pegasus and the Ancients of the Milky Way are the same (Alteran) faction.) It is possible, that "Lantean" was short for "Atlantean," but I don't believe the "official" etymology of the word has been revealed. --Tim4christ17 22:11, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Ayiana appeared in SG-1 and Atlantis?

According to the article, Ayiana appeared in both SG-1 and Atlantis. In which episode of Atlantis did she appear? The only episode I can think of that she might have appeared in is Before I Sleep, but looking at the transcript that's linked to in that article, I don't see her name mentioned anywhere. TerraFrost 05:36, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

She appeared in the opening scene of rising. It shows her being left behind. Tobyk777 05:46, 22 July 2006 (UTC)


Replicators, Asuran

the phrase ": if the Ancients faced something like this before, then they most likely figured out a way to defeat them." is not supported by any facts in the show to clearly indicate this connection between Asurans and Replicators. This surely does seem to be a personal opinion. What's more, the whole idea of this relation relies on no solid basis in the show and the future episodes from this series are unlikely to prove it. Thus i consider this should be removed.15:21, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Removed as it can not be sourced. Matthew Fenton (contribs) 15:25, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

while you're at it, i must emphasize that this whole relation idea should be removed until there be some show information to back it up:

"It is possible that one of the surviving Ancients that fled Atlantis back to Earth fled to another planet in the Milky Way Galaxy where he continued his experiments, accidentally creating the android Reese who created the Replicators ("Menace"). If true, this may be the reason why Jack, while having the Ancient knowledge downloaded into his brain for a second time ("New Order"), was able to build a weapon that could defeat the Replicators. " The content itself reveal consistent doubts: "it is possible", "if true", "may"Ex Pluribus Unum 15:32, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I have removed it and added some emphasis on text. I did however leave the Jack part as that is cited and may have some relation in future episodes. Matthew Fenton (contribs) 15:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

although it is cited, it has no relation with the asurans. the paragraphs is about the asurans and the insertion of Jack and Replicators reference is quite meaningless and lacks reason of being there as the show has not made any connections. it may have some relation in future episodes yet at the moment it has not. The best it would be to remove this reference until the show could provide further information to prove the connection.Ex Pluribus Unum 15:43, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

i think it does as it makes a connection. Matthew Fenton (contribs) 15:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

it makes a connection indeed but this connection is not supported in any way by the show till now. there are also no reliable sources to sustain it thus not being quite different from the already removed content. lacking trustworthy sources, it still sounds like a personal opinion. if you want to keep it please bring strong arguments that should match the show's current storyline (writers' or producers' statements would be most indicated). otherwise, if its only reason for being there is to make a so-called future connection, that is not enough. The cites are also irrelevant and officially unconnected with the asurans till now. This being said, i will soon remove this and if anyone wishes object i strongly recommend bringing arguments, arguments that should not result from an original research.Ex Pluribus Unum 15:57, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Season 4

Could who ever it is please stop deleting the section on Season this is the third time i have had to put it in and am getting sick of people deleating my perfectly valid post. If you have a problem with me telling people that atlantis has been renewed for another season can you please tell me by editing this page at the bottom and not just delete it.

umm, if you go to the history, the person/people who keep deleting it gives you a reason.... it shouldnt go up until there is more information... it being renewed is already written in the first paragraph or so... having an entire section is not needed right now... -Xornok 21:04, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

There is a footnote with a link. Avt tor 06:20, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

thanks

Under regular Characters it says samantha Carter will be a regular in season 4. Im just checking if you are the one that put that in and if so, can I see a link. L.to.the.P 06:07, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't think season 4 changes should be listed under the Regular Characters section, as season 4 hasn't happened yet. In fact, it's technically a spoiler. Avt tor 21:44, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

It matters not if it's a spoiler, we don't censor because it could spoil. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 21:48, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

(http://stargate-sg1-solutions.com/blog/?p=787) Please go here and amend the Regular Character list and add the link once you see the proof of Carter's promotion and new post. Thank you (Obriensg1 23:09, 7 April 2007 (UTC))

The Words "promote", "promotion" and "full colonel" do not appear in the article at all. In fact, nothing is said about Colonel Carter's rank except that when referring to the character, which, like every episode of SG-1 and Atlantis that features a Lieutenant Colonel, uses merely "Colonel" as an acceptable abbreviation of the rank. I'm sorry, but you're going to need better evidence then that. - Count23 05:32, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
umm... "According to the article, Tapping’s Carter will be a full-bird Colonel and become the Atlantis base commander in civilian Dr. Elizabeth Weir’s stead." thats the beginning of the second paragraph in the stargate-sg1-solutions link... -Xornok 05:37, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Open mouth.. insert foot i guess. Missed that sentence altogether, go figure. - Count23 07:36, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

That is total BS. I thought one of the things that made Atlantis different than SG-1 was that it was civilian oriented! Unless she retires and becomes a civilian, I won't be happy! That and she has WEAK leadership skills, remember season 8? A lot of Atlantis (people who only like Atlantis) fans will be really upset about this. They'll see it as SG-1 taking over their show, I know I would.

Vala M 14:21, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

If you think about it though, one of the things hanging over Weirs head was the millitarization of the city, now that she's been injured, the attack on Asuras failed and the near-loss of the city in their little space jaunt, it would be a logical progression of the storyline to have her removed. - Count23 15:27, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah so can we amend the link to show Carter as a full colonel and not Lt. Colonel and that she is base leader? (Obriensg1 14:10, 9 April 2007 (UTC))

Spoilers shouldn't be stated as fact. I would suggest adding a comment along the lines of "It has been announced that Carter will be promoted to Colonel and will become base leader in Season 4". --Tango 15:31, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

SG character articles up for deletion

Just an FYI that someone has nominated Carson Beckett, Ronon Dex, Teyla Emmagan, Rodney McKay, John Sheppard (Stargate), and Elizabeth Weir (Stargate) for deletion, and is apparently fighting tooth and nail in regards to it, attempting to swing things in terms of policy which appear inaccurate.

The full AfD is here. rootology (T) 00:21, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Tired of the moral high route

I am so tired of these shows taking the moral high route. Who do they want to appeal to? Just about every person who watches the show wants it the other way around. Notice they always have to sacrifice something good to save someone they know next to nothing about? Who cares if alternate "cool" McKay made it or not? I hated him, I like our McKay, if they didn't save him, they would have had at least 23% power left in the ZPM instead of 0% (watch the monitor in the background).

More examples, the Aurora, they sacrificed it instead of having the Daedalus fight off those other scout ships, it obviously could with another missile or 2 and actually took the time to save the ship but no, they couldn't do that. Another issue is with the enemies, if it's a Wraith or a Goa'uld or another non-human, they kill him immediately but if it's a human enemy (Genii/Rand Protacterate/others) they actually let him walk off like they did with Kolya, Sheppard should have shot him in "The Brotherhood", I'll bet if he was a Wraith, he wouldn't have thought twice about it.

Also, take the Asurans, sure, it's ok to blow up a city of millions of sentient androids but I'll bet you if it was a city full of HUMANS they would have NOT done it.

Who cares if stupid opposite universe Atlantis survived or not? I would have just said proceed with the plan and use the other Project Acrturus thing anyway, now because they felt like saving Mr. Opposite McKay, they have no ZPM. And please don't tell me that no one else would do it because I know that just about everyone else would do I what I would have done.

Does anyone else get what I'm going at here?

There are very few exceptions made on the show, the only ones I can think of was killing the Wraith to human "humans" but they were essentially Wraith and not genuine humans though.

Faris b 19:53, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

While I happen to agree with the sentiment, this is not the right place to be posting essays on the subject. Talk pages are for discussing the article, not the subject of the article. Minor digressions and side-threads don't cause much fuss but let's not start a whole section solely dedicated to it. Bryan 01:51, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

HD

Ok - I know this is not a discussion board but I had to post. In Europe, Canada and Australia, the series is broadcast in HD. WTF - Why doesn't the U.S. have this available in HD? Do I need to make some phone calls to my cable provider or something? Sorry - went on a rant.... To make this relavent to the article ;-) Do we have a date for HD avialability that we can include for the U.S.? Morphh (talk) 13:07, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

The Lead says that Atlantis is broadcast in HD in the U.S. I don't know of any provider that does so... Direct TV is planning on having it once they get their new satellites up. Is there something I'm missing? Morphh (talk) 13:53, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Nevermind - Universal HD has it, though they are repeats. SciFi itself is not broadcast in HD yet. Morphh (talk) 13:58, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Blue Ray

There is a Blue Ray version release announced by Sony, see their official website.

Format

Airing in Canada and US is mentioned - when is it aired in UK

and does it play in the fall in the UK before the US on Sky One - I think it does!

Stargate Atlantis is shown in two halves in the US, as is well documented. In the UK,SkyOne shows Atlantis during the US's mid-season hiatus, in the Autumn. The following part of the season is shown AFTER it is shown in the US because Sci-Fi kept moaning that shows were being shown in the UK before they aired in the US. IMO that is a load of rubbish, and they shouldn't deny the British fans because an American network doesn't like it (what is the point in a mid-season break?)! The same now goes for LOST because SkyOne snatched the rights from Channel 4 who showed the whole season in full. The same has happened with Battlestar Galactica, but this is completely irrelevant!

Technical inaccuracies

...like the fact that the german flag (and other countries, too, like belarus) is always sewn on upside down on extra's uniforms... MikeTango 00:11, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

amanda and jewel

1st, why was AT added to the list? shouldnt we wait till the season starts airing. 2nd, why is she under regular cast members... we just know she's joining the show, like jewel is, but that doesnt mean she's going to be a regular... and if we keep AT on the list, shouldnt we add JS to the list as well? -Xornok 07:21, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Heh, y'all gotta read the footnotes. According to the footnote, it says that Amanda Tapping is supposed to become a regular character in the next season, and that Torri Higginson will fade back to only being a recurring episode in some episodes. The footnote doesn't mention Jewel Staite. I have found other links online that say that she will become a recurring character on the show in season four, but the "Casting" section of the Wikipedia article refers only to regular characters. Wikipedia doesn't normally talk about future events unless they are certain to happen; the footnote that talks about Amanda Tapping joining the show links to a fan site which in turn links to the official Stargate Atlantis web site, which has a quote from the producers. Note that the "doctor" character is almost never a regular on Stargate; Dr. Frasier and Dr. Lam weren't regulars, and Dr. Beckett was not a regular in season one of Stargate Atlantis. Avt tor 14:09, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

My recent edit

Hi, on one of my recent edits to Stargate Atlantis (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stargate_Atlantis&oldid=100985689), I changed it to say 58 episodes by mistake.. It has since been reverted, but I just wanted to say that it was a mistake and I am sorry about that.. Illyria05 (Talk • Contributions) 13:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

site

some interesting stuff: http://www.visimag.com/tvzone/ts74_feat01.htm

O'Neil Does Not Equal O'Neill

Stargate, O'Neil, SG-1, O'Neill. Two different characters - MSTCrow 04:00, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Plot Synopsis: Season 3

Hi, I was reading through the SGA wiki after seeing the final episode of this season. I edited the Season 3 portion to remove grammatical errors. However, I am very new to wiki editing so a lot of the wiki-links (not sure what to call them) are missing. Also, I'm not sure if it is best to include all of that information, or if all of the necessary information is there. A lot happened this season, so when someone gets the chance to edit wiki, please look at that section to fully edit it.

Thanks. --71.135.46.126 02:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.135.46.126 (talk) 02:31, 7 February 2007 (UTC).

Cadman

Xornok removed Laura Cadman as a recurring character for the series. She appeared in two episodes in season 2 and was mentioned numerous times in seasons 2 and 3, why does this not warrant the role of recurring character? When Dr Heightmeyer is who has had the same number of appearances? - Count23 10:16, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

The character also has their own private page on Wikipedia dedicated straight to her role in Atlantis, moreso then characters like Bates, and yet she's not worthy of being mentioned? - Count23 10:18, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
thats not recurring, thats guest starring... and dr. heightmeyer has been in more episodes then cadman... -Xornok 13:24, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
That is the definition of recurring (recurion means more then once). Heightmeyer has been in a whole single episode more then Cadman, that makes no differences. She was an important character in TWO episodes and has been mentioned in several more, i believe this warrants her to be recurring as much as heightmeyer who has only made brief appearances in two and been essential to one. - Count23 01:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
By Wiki's own definition of recurring character and the lack of evidence you've provided for her removal Xornok, she's been readded. If there is a good reason to remove her, you'll have to explain why because there is no logical or sane reason for her not to be there. She appears more then once in the role, mentioned numerous times, which defines "recurring".

The list is not "recurring guest stars" or "recurring guests" it's "recurring characters" which means it doesn't make a difference if she guest stars more then once, her CHARACTER has appeared more then once and is a recurring role. If there a rule, policy, guide or definition provided by Wiki that gives a reason to have her removed, then provide it please. - Count23 01:24, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

then we should add the chick that rodney is going out with.. she's been in 2 episodes... or the Asian female doctor, she's been in 3 episodes (iirc) and had a semi-major part in letters from Pegasus... or how bout everyone's favorite, lucius, he was in 2 episodes and has been talked about in other ones... your definition of recurring is too lenient and should be more strict... -Xornok 02:46, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
oh, from recurring character: "A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who is not a main character but who appears from time to time during the series' run... Recurring characters usually start out as guest stars in one episode but continue to show up in future EPISODES because of their popularity" EpisodeS being the main word... she was brought back once... hardly recurring... -Xornok 02:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
per your definition, we should add the following to the recurring list: Dr. Biro (3 episodes), Dillon Everett (3 episodes), Peter Grodin (multiple episodes), Dave Kleinman (multiple episodes), Markham & Stackhouse (mention a shit load of times in season 1), Dr. Katie Brown, Jeannie Miller (mentioned since season 1)... etc... -Xornok 02:57, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps we should, if they had an important role in 1 or more episodes. Especially Colonel Everett and Grodin, Grodin for sure, he was the Walter harriman of Atlantis.- Count23 03:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
then by all means, add them... gotta be consistent... -Xornok 04:38, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
I am as i can. Unlike SG-1, Atlantis has a lot more recurring characters, so it shouldn't be surprising if the list grows by 3 or 4 entries. - Count23 06:49, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

sect.

WP:AVTRIV. Matthew 18:31, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Trivia

  • The on-set Stargate is made out of rubber.
  • The production crew actually have two Puddle jumpers. The first is closed, and is used on location, and the second is an open Jumper that stays on set. The open jumper is used to film interior shots.
  • While Atlantis wasn't destroyed and sunk into the ocean as the myth suggested the theme of natural disasters has appeared once per season on the show, with the exception of the first season, which had two.

Season one "The Storm" and "The Eye" Season two "Inferno" Season three "Echoes"

The first two should be integrated into the article or their respective pages somehow. The third one is OR and should be gotten rid of. — BrotherFlounder 18:47, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Peter DeLuise

I was reading about Peter DeLuise (21 Jump Street; Stargate SG-1, etc), and the article about him says he is involved with this series (but not as an actor). I don't see anything about him in this article. I wondered why... Hurrmic 21:19, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Evan Lorne and Jennifer Keller

Are there ANY canon sources for SG that list these as their first names. Kavan Smith's comments are not sufficient to give Lorne a first name and i've only ever heard "Jennifer Keller" as being Staite's characters first name when it was posted here. - Count23 07:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Joe Mallozzi's Blog on March 28, 2007[[1]]

I dont believe a blog is considered an acceptable source according to Wikipedia:Attribution. - Count23 02:27, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I believe that the blog of the executive producer is a primary source. If an interview can be considered one, why not a producer's blog? — BrotherFlounder 03:05, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't know. But let's put it this way, the producer reports to the executive producer, so the producer could say one thing and the exec could say get stuffed. - Count23 07:08, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Just say "According to Joe Mallozi's Blog, blah blah blah." That way it isn't being stated as fact, so it doesn't matter if someone else comes along an contradicts it, what we've said is still true. --Tango 13:06, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Joe's blog is a reliable source as per WP:RS#Exceptions. Matthew 14:08, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
As I said, Mallozzi *is* one of the executive producers. And we don't need to say "According to Joe Mallozzi's blog"; we just need to provide an inline citation on both Lorne's and Keller's names. — BrotherFlounder 14:02, 3 April 2007 (UTC)