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Adding the words "Star Trek" to real world category names

See Category talk:Novels#Rename for further details - this change would involve multiple pages. -LauraCC (talk) 02:15, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

Maintenance category re-organization

See here for a discussion on re-organizing the category "Memory Alpha maintenance". We could use some feedback. -LauraCC (talk) 21:00, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

Credits for Star Trek: Section 31

The changes made to Credits for Star Trek: Section 31, do they seem like vandalize or actual meaningful edit? ‐ Yaroze86 (talk) 01:54, 27 May 2025 (UTC)

The same person who removed various names also created the credit page, possibly by copying and pasting information from the film's page? Not sure why the user deleted some of the information, unless it's all uncredited stuff, as opposed to that which was listed. LauraCC (talk) 16:31, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

The user has not contributed to MA since June 2025. -LauraCC (talk) 03:36, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Single-page venues

You are invited to join the discussion at Forum:Single-page venues. 🖖 Mr. Starfleet Command ^{(talk • contribs)} 04:00, 5 December 2025 (UTC)

Different sidebars

{{sidebar starship class}} vs {{sidebar starship}}. Is there any reason why some articles use one vice the other? The starship side allows logo's to work but the class one does not. Just courious. Yaroze86 (talk) 13:07, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

The first is for starship classes, the second is for starships. 🖖 Mr. Starfleet Command ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:01, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Then I assume SS Conestoga should be using {{sidebar starship}} instead of what its currently using {{sidebar starship class}}? Either it really doesn't matter and the logo in sidebar starship class is broken. ‐ Yaroze86 (talk) 16:40, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Yes, that page's sidebar needs to be fixed. I don't know of any starship classes that have a logo, only individual starships, so I doubt we need a logo parameter for the starship class sidebar template. 🖖 Mr. Starfleet Command ^{(talk • contribs)} 22:19, 6 January 2026 (UTC)

Not that we need to add the parameter for only two potential use cases, but: [1] [2] Noel Tucker (talk • contribs) 22:47, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

On a side note, any reason why these couldn't be combined as one template? Yaroze86 (talk) 23:22, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Would it be similar to the way that using the "sidebar book" preload article template offers you the choice of "biography book, reference book, rpg book"? LauraCC (talk) 20:04, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

That sounds like a good idea, given how similar the two templates are. Noel Tucker (talk • contribs) 19:47, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Also: [3] Noel Tucker (talk • contribs) 19:45, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Abbreviation for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Star Trek: Starfleet Academy#Series abbreviation. 🖖 Mr. Starfleet Command ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:59, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

Delete per request

Per discussions at Forum:Recreation maps and charts in canon articles., I would like to have all SVG's I created deleted at the request of myself, the author/creator. Yaroze86 (talk) 14:25, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Not done. Thanks for offering, and if it's decided on that forum discussion that we don't want any recreations, then I'll go ahead and delete them, but until it's decided, we should keep them so we don't have to undelete them later. Better to simply refrain from uploading new ones for the time being (as you have already done, again, thank you). 🖖 Mr. Starfleet Command ^{(talk • contribs)} 16:12, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Not sure how I feel about this yet. So far, I have never received a thanks (at least from what I remember anyways), but only negatives comments about the contributions. The reasoning "reproductions, such as those of maps or LCARS displays, carry a higher risk of introducing errors and drifting away from the source material" without any known errors that I haven't personally corrected near immediately. In someways I feel this is sort of insulting that my work could be referred as drifting away from source material when I tried incredibly hard to match said material. I just don't know yet.... Maybe my logos have drifted beyond the source material as well. Maybe Uncertainerror is right, only canon images should be used period.

I just somewhat don't understand how things like podcasts, comics and things of that nature that have no bearing on canon are allowed but something that is canon but not clearly shown can't be reproduced to help the greater fan base. Right now, I don't know what to say. Maybe somethings are left unsaid. Yaroze86 (talk) 04:45, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

I dunno, I really shouldn't be butt hurt over this. I understand, sucks but its but I understand. If you guys would like me to continue to contribute logos and such, let me know. Too old to get worked up over them, and if anything i learned something new from making them. Yaroze86 (talk) 05:26, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

I really admire and appreciate all the work you've done, and I hope you keep on contributing your image reproductions to MA. Noel Tucker (talk • contribs) 05:45, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

I appreciate your candidness, and I really do thank you for the work you've done, and hope you'll continue with your logo reproductions. I think in our constant striving for perfection on MA, some of us – no doubt including me – forget to show our thanks and gratitude for the work of volunteers like yourself who make this site what it is. As for my comment you quoted above, please understand that it is not a criticism of you or your image reproductions, but rather a summation of the rough consensus as I saw it, which itself had more to do with general principals than your reproductions in particular.

All that to say: I greatly value your contributions, and I hope that you will stay and continue to enrich Memory Alpha with your image reproductions, although I understand if you choose not to continue, and will respect that if it is the decision you come to.

I hope you're doing well, and I wish you all the best. 🖖 Mr. Starfleet Command ^{(talk • contribs)} 06:09, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

I appreciate them, too; it's something I would never be able to do. You're holding a magnifying glass up to something which only appeared for a split second and enabling prop and lore enthusiasts to glean new details.

The wording of articles can sometimes introduce errors, too; definitions that are too detailed, misunderstandings about who said what, incorrect spellings. We all work to refine contributions for greater clarity and accuracy. LauraCC (talk) 13:11, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

"Non-canon" discussion

Wanted to make you aware of this user's question @ Non-canon show addition. LauraCC (talk) 13:54, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

SA date

Discussion ongoing here: Talk:32nd century#When Starfleet Academy takes place LauraCC (talk) 22:52, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

And also earlier here: Talk:Rubincon (episode)#Yearbook entries -- UncertainError (talk) 23:08, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

This again..... About to make a Padme to Senate point... Yaroze86 (talk) 19:28, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Edit war at Colt and Atlee

There's been an ongoing edit war at Colt and Astrid Atlee over the name of their species. It would be helpful if someone with an Instagram account can check [4] and verify whether Boulet identified the species there. -- UncertainError (talk) 00:10, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi, I just checked Ms. Boulet's instagram account. [5] She confirms that the species is named "Olatunde" - "the alien species is called Olatunde".Memphis77 (talk) 01:19, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks very much, always great to move one from the unnamed to the named column. -- UncertainError (talk) 21:29, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Where in space was the previous suggestion, "Vulpharian", coming from? LauraCC (talk) 23:52, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

[6] Noel Tucker (talk • contribs) 12:36, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Hmm. AI clean-up. LauraCC (talk) 14:27, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, not very reliable. Maybe we should try reaching out to someone involved with the production who could share the actual graphics. Noel Tucker (talk • contribs) 14:41, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Looks to me like Olevaen but I haven't tried to properly process an image of it yet. Yaroze86 (talk) 16:29, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

And that's pretty similar to "Olatunde," so I'm guessing that "Olatunde" might actually be the onscreen text, although it's pretty blurry. Noel Tucker (talk • contribs) 22:41, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

This might be best moved to Talk:Olatunde (rather than the admin noticeboard archives) when the discussion is settled. LauraCC (talk) 22:54, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

The more I look at that AI "zoom and enhance," the more issues I notice. The bio has the wrong number of lines, the layout is off, it completely misses the "USS ATHENA" reference, among other issues. "Vulpharian" carries no weight. I am curious, though, what it actually names the species as. Noel Tucker (talk • contribs) 22:15, 26 March 2026 (UTC)