Talk:Assimilation

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Contents 1 Assimilation Stages 2 Wording? 3 Featured article discussion (archived 6/21/05) 4 FA Nomination (3 June 08, Successful)

[edit] Assimilation Stages

We need some pictures of various assimilation stages. (some good ones can come from "First Contact")

There is also Borg assimilation. Merge is needed. Tyrant 14:59, 9 Feb 2005 (CET)Tyrant

[edit] Wording?

"Recently we've seen evidence of new Borg technologies that allow some areas of their
technology to regenerate with extreme speed, making it very difficult for defenders
to remove the Borg component structures and modifications in order to regain control
of their vessel."

This has two problems as I see it: first of all it's in the wrong tense, it should be written in the past tense. Secondly, it seems to be very ... unattributed information, what's it referring to? Anyone? — THOR 22:44, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• If I can offer some input, I believe this is in ref to ENT's Regeneration episode. Tucker comments at one point it's proving difficult to remove the Borg tech for the reasons above. --Brad Rousse 00:02, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC).
  • I think it might be a reference to Autonomous regeneration sequencers. Tyrant 01:45, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)Tyrant

[edit] Featured article discussion (archived 6/21/05)

• Assimilation - I read this thoroughly the other day and found it to be extremely well written; I highly reccomend for FA candidacy. — THOR 16:30, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Support - Rebel Strike 16:32, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Support Ottens 17:09, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose for now. Needs more in-line citations to indicate information sources (some of the information presented I don't recognise from any Borg episodes). Some minor content problems have only just been raised on the talk page (by THOR himself!) - these issues must be resolved before it can be supported. -- Michael Warren | Talk 17:20, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Opposed; basicly the same reasoning, I merged this with Borg assimilation a few weeks back and I didn't give it a hard canon check. Until the info can be clearly referenced I think it should stay unfeatured. Tyrant 18:23, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)Tyrant

[edit] FA Nomination (3 June 08, Successful)

I stumbled across this article and was highly impressed. Comprehensive and well-written. This article was previously nominated in 2005 - See here, where the problem was a lack of in-line citations. This has since been resolved and the article is very well-cited.– Cleanse 11:00, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

• Support. Well written and cited.--31dot 13:06, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

• XXXXX: Appears to be only 3 pictures in the entire article. I feel an FA should have much more. Also there appear to be unresolved talk page issues from a previous FA nomination back in 2006. For that matter, the talk page itself needs to be cleaned up with a lot of stray sections and un-organized comments at that the top of the talk page (not that this would be a main reason for not supporting it but just as an after-thought). -FC 14:55, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Are there any pictures in particular that you would suggest? I would be open to that, but care needs to be taken that any other pictures aren't just fluff.--31dot 15:10, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I'm not Borging much these days :-) but I'm sure we can find something. Maybe Picard on the table for Best of Both Worlds or that scene from First Contact where he gets his eye poked. -FC 15:43, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Change vote to Support: Excellent gallery which was added. -FC 17:21, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

• Support. Well written and citations from the various episodes and films. I've added two images to this article. – Tom 22:32, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I've fixed up the talk page and noticed a very good point. It was suggested in 2005 that the article could benefit from a type of gallery of pictures which show the various stages of assimilation from start to finish. I think thats a great idea since, apart from the first picture, all the pictures are of the very first stage when a person gets stuck in the neck. I'd probably change my vote when and if such a gallery could be added with matching descriptions. -FC 22:48, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

• Unfortunately I do not have the time to find pictures for such a gallery (end of semester exams), but if someone could do so it would be greatly appreciated. It would be a shame for this very comprehensive, well-written in-universe article to lapse because of a mere lack of illustration. Because that's all there is. All other issues have been resolved. – Cleanse 08:47, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

• I added a gallery with what pictures I could find here at MA. I would have liked to include an image of Phlox in one of his stages of assimilation, but couldn't find any. I also support it's nomination. ---- Willie ^LLAP 15:58, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Great work! – Cleanse 23:52, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

• Support - This has been improved drastically and I think it now deserves FA status. TrekFan 01:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
• Update: I uploaded and created a second gallery following the implant that appears on Seven of Nine in the mess hall from VOY: "The Raven". Hope that helps the article and that it is not "too much." ---- Willie ^LLAP 00:10, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Article featured, 5 support votes, all objections resolved.– Cleanse 10:20, 11 June 2008 (UTC)