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Shouldn't Losses: Unknown, minor (if any)for the Borg be remplaced by Locus of Borg (captured) (or have this information added) or is it a spoiler? -- Astrowob 05:07, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Labeling Locutus as a loss would be incorrect. Locutus was captured well after the battle, not during it.--Pat
Just like the assimilation page, this one states that there were Klingon ships at the battle. Until someone shows me canon evidence that there were Klingon ships present, I'm changing it to solely Starfleet. Kevin W. 05:11, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Wouldn't it be better to have an image from the actual Battle of Wolf 359, instead of one of the combatants in a separate tactical engagement eight light-years away? -- 68.41.122.213 21:43, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Wouldn't Locutus of Borg be the Borg commander at Wolf 359?-- Raguleader 06:34, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
In the rereleased/British version of 1953 movie Invaders from Mars(with extra footage), they are discussing where the aliens may come from and the astronomer mentions Wolf 359. Perhaps this should be mentioned as a possible reason why Wolf 359 was chosen as the location of the Battle? Jccalhoun 19:52, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Very inconclusive- that's hardly the only time Wolf 359 had been used in previous fiction. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_and_planetary_systems_in_fiction#Wolf_359 Nentuaby 02:08, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
That is the policy you cite as the logic for deleting the infobox? Where there does it say this infobox cannot be used in fiction? It says useful data MIGHT include creators or actors, first appearance, an image, ect., but it does not RESTRICT it to that. When the article is on a battle, and infobox that clearly lists major combatants and casualties add a lot of clarity to the article, and you have cited no policy that states otherwise. Please use the talkpage before making more unilateral, and unprecedented edits. Gamer83 22:04, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
Keep reading to the second paragraph.
As with all infoboxes, trivial details should be avoided. An infobox for a real-life actor would not contain items such as favorite food and hobbies; these details do not aid the reader in understanding the important characteristics of the subject. In the same way, infoboxes about fictional entities should avoid delving into minutiae, such as information only mentioned in supplementary backstory. For this reason, infoboxes meant for real-world entities should not be applied to their fictional counterparts, since, for example, information important to a description of a real-world company may be tangential to a fictional one. It is important to identify the revenue of Microsoft, whereas the fact that fictional MegaAcmeCorp makes 300 billion GalactiBucks in the year 2463 is probably unimportant.
The casualties, the exact number of ships, the commander (a trivially minor character), and the year are all trivial facts in the real world. (Admittedly, they may be important facts on a fan wiki like Memory Alpha, but that's a different kind of project entirely.)
This infobox doesn't do any of the things that an infobox is supposed to do for a fictional subject. It doesn't have a single bit of real-world info, just lots of trivial fictional info. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 22:08, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
redundant copypaste removed
In this case, since it is a fictional battle, it is quite essential to have information on who was in the battle, which side won, who the commanders were, etc. The policy you cite is meat to prevent people from using infoboxes that contain extraneous information. You are misinterperiting the policy. Where is it stated that this infobox is strictly an infobox for real-world battles only? You have yet to porduce anything stating that. This infobox has information relevant to the universe that the story takes place in, that is what the policy you cite is concerned about. . Gamer83 22:15, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
The creators, main characters, and work the story apperaes in are already covered inthe article for the EPISODE that the battle occcured in. The purpose of this article its to give detailed information concerning the battle itself, hence the info box which basically summarizes the entire page's essential information. This isn't an article for the episode it'self, it's an article with detailed information on the fictional battle. Gamer83 22:28, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
...but this article is only a rehash of the episode's plot summary; there's no assertion of real-world notability. This should probably just redirect to the episode article (says the guy who's made a bunch of edits to this article). -- EEMeltonIV 22:32, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information - please establish why a partial list of ships, most of which aren't named on screen and whose presence is confirmed only in a table in the ST Encyclopedia, are worth including here. What significant real-world value does such an incomplete list offer the article? WP:ILIKELISTSABOUTSTARTREK is not policy for inclusion. -- EEMeltonIV 10:25, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Image:Borg cube ship over earth.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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It is mentioned by admiral toddman in ds9 episode titled, the die is cast. Referred to as a similar battle to the romulan-carrdassian loss to the Jem hadar in orbit of the home planet of the founders.
The links lead to Memory Beta, not Alpha. -- Imladros ( talk) 15:18, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
I agree this can/should be a redirect (although Borg (Star Trek) is probably a more apt target). Before that happens, though, MIB or whomever, please merge the "character impact" stuff to Jean-Luc Picard and Benjamin Sisko as appropriate. I would do it myself but am sleepy, and am afraid after looking at how weak those articles are, would just fatigue myself further by doing other edits to them :-]. -- EEMIV ( talk) 03:08, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
I support the redirect as well. Doctorfluffy ( robe and wizard hat) 03:36, 15 May 2009 (UTC)