Talk:Shadow (Babylon 5)

message: There should be a better image of a shadow in the article, there are some cases where they're shown more plainly, such as the intro of Interludes and Examinations. --Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 22:45, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a second image, i believe it has a better view of the Shadows, i've left the old one as well. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 18:38, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better picture 

message: I added the tag since there are hardly any references to the text, which makes some of the paragraphs seem like original research, e.g. "The Shadows are presumed to have evolved from arachnoid creatures." 129.16.49.138 16:11, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: original research

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:B5 shadows 2.jpg

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:B5 shadows.jpg

message: Where did this information come from?  Maybe I missed the part about the "Pale and Silent King" and the "Priests of the Fallen Midnight" in the series, but it sounds like the author made that up.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.211.81.167 (talk) 00:24, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section on Government 

message: Forgive me, but I could not help but notice that the section on the Death Cloud (and maybe the other ships, too, I didn´t get to that) is an exact, word by word copy of the corresponding page on B5Tech.com. As far as I know, that content is copyrighted. If it was posted without permission, someone should contact Brandon Bray, the owner of B5Tech.com, and at least ask that permission. Of course, if Brandon Bray is the one who posted it in the first place, this is a moot point.
Also note that a lot of information on B5Tech.com is *not* canon, it is openly described as informed conjecture or educated guess. But then again, if this page were to contain only canon information, it wouldn´t be much over a screen long...
About me: I am not part of the B5 Wikiproject (or whatever its name is), though I am considering signing up. I am just a fan of Babylon 5 (who has seen all the episodes and movies and read B5Tech three times over :-) ). I am as much interested as anyone in B5 being represented as fully as possible here, but I do not think this should be achieved by "borrowing" the work of others.
link to B5Tech to verify my claim: http://www.b5tech.com/shadows/shadowships/shadowcloud.html  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Misacek01 (talk • contribs) 17:27, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well spotted. Yes, it applies to the other ships too. Your link is dead now, but the text is still available on the old version of B5tech. I've asked the copyvio team to investigate it -- see Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 March 20. --Stfg (talk) 14:01, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The "Shadow Planet Killer" section 

message: I don't understand the "in-universe" style criticism as applied to this article (or sci-fi/fantasy generally).  It is clearly stated at the head of most sections here that we're dealing with a fictional TV universe; to try to emphasize repeatedly within the section that it's fiction strikes me as both unnecessary and conducive of an awkward style.  I see no serious danger that anyone would read the Babylon 5 articles the way they read articles about, say, London or the Emperor Claudius. 68.58.135.168 (talk) 10:34, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "In-universe" criticism unwarranted 

message: The section on creating the show ships and information on the technomages was uncited and likely made up. I own the "Darkness & Light" role play book. It is debatable if the information in the book is cannon, and even then the information I removed is not in that book. In fact the there is a section about technomages that vastly differs from the information I removed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluelightnight (talk • contribs) 22:16, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed fan made story elements. 

message: On account of the in-universe character and the shortage of references. --Stfg (talk) 13:10, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: And of the copy-paste problem (see above). --Stfg (talk) 14:03, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: GOCEreviewed

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed