Talk:Explorers (episode)

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Contents 1 Episode talk page 1.1 Maintenance links 2 FA nomination (5/22/06) 3 Absent Odo 4 Whose Quarters? 5 On a PADD - 6 letters in just 2 taps? 6 Warp Capable 7 Unscripted moment?

[edit] FA nomination (5/22/06)

It pneeds to be copy-edited since the paint is still wet, but I'm putting it up here in light of the lack of nominations at present. I didn't originally intend to feature it (more of a diversion over the past few days because work has been slow), but I think it meets the criteria. The only thing it might need is a bit more on the scientific (im)plausibility of the Bajoran lightship concept - what do you guys think? --Vedek Dukat ^{Talk | Duty Roster} 20:52, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. Nice work, but would the info on the lightship be more appropriate on the page about the lightship? Broik 22:58, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. I think we should feature Bajoran lightship (with some more work and information about the mechanics of course) instead. But that's just me. Makon 07:44, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
• Object. A far more comprehensive episode summary could be written up, the page needs more background information and perhaps one or two more images. Besides, I would like to note that I find it hardly necessary to nominate a page for featured status merely because there are no other nominations currently. It's not as if there must be nominations at all times. If there's no article up to featured status at present, then there must be none nominated. Ottens 09:33, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. For the record, I didn't nominate it solely to have something here, but I looked at the article, thought about nominating it, and figured now was a good time to do so. As far as the summary goes, have you seen the episode? There isn't exactly a lot of action - a longer summary is unnecessary and more pictures would be superfluous, because pictures in episode summaries should illustrate something words alone cannot describe. Background: Makon moved a bunch of info to the lightship page, which is why it looks more sparse now. I'll leave it up to the community to decide whether to move any of that back to the episode page and/or feature one or both of the pages in question. --Vedek Dukat ^{Talk | Duty Roster} 18:36, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

• Support. I realize that Ottens is entitled to an opinion, but I think the summary is as comprehensive as it needs to be. The tendency on the site to have summaries that take as long to read as to watch the actual show baffles me sometimes. As to the lightship, I agree that commentary on its scientific basis should be on the lightship page rather than the episode summary. Aholland 11:35, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

I have no objections Majorthomme 06:31, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

• Support. Good summary length and solid background info make this a worthy episode article (though the ep. itself is pretty boring...zzzzzzzz) Logan 5 19:49, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Absent Odo

By the way, Odo is featured in this episode. He has only one scene, with Bashir as the latter is moving furniture around the infirmary, saying that the Lexington has docked to which Bashir replies "What already?!"

I haven't changed the actual article because I haven't read up on how and I'm not at my usual computer.

[edit] Whose Quarters?

When O'Brien and Bashir drunkenly sing Jerusalem, I got the impression that they were in O'Brien's quarters. However the article says other wise. What do other people think? JemHadar359

They are in O'Brien's quarters. I think the article is wrong – Bertaut 20:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I have now changed the article. --Remata'Klan 03:39, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] On a PADD - 6 letters in just 2 taps?

I'm starting to think PADDs operate by touch-telepathy again. I am paused on the part of the episode where the PADD Bashir gives to Jadzia reads GO AWAY. How could Bashir or anyone manage to tap on the PADD exactly twice and produce 6 letters and a space? Not even the texting software on our cellphones can manage to predict those two particular words in just two taps. Therefore, would someone please care to explain this? --K. Shinohara 03:38, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

So? Don't question the facts, just pass them along. --Alan del Beccio 03:49, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

It's fictional technology from 350 years in the future...it were to become real, explaining it to you would be like explaining your computer to Isaac Newton. --Alan del Beccio 04:48, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

It seems a reasonable possibility for Bashir to have programmed his PADD to show the words "GO AWAY" by pressing two digits. This would especially be easy for Bashir to remember being genetically augmented and all.--Tim Thomason 04:54, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Warp Capable

We have to assume the lightship is warp cabable. Is there any information to support this? (Vince 01:00, 13 March 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Unscripted moment?

I'm just wondering, was Jake meant to lose himself in the hammock? That moment had a unscripted look about it, it looked quite genuine. J Di 19:09, 4 May 2009 (UTC)