Wikipedia:WikiProject Star Trek

WikiProject Star Trek was formed to foster the creation and improvement of Star Trek-related articles, and to establish guidelines for those articles. Its members endeavor to produce an authoritative reference on Star Trek materials (canon and non-canon), which is easy to read and has a consistent style. To participate, simply add your name to the participants section.

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All Star Trek articles should contain an infobox when appropriate. These are practical quick reference for traditional datapoints for things like episodes/movies, characters, races, or ships/units. An example of an infobox for the episode "Spock's Brain" is shown to the right.

Wikipedia Star Trek articles should conform to the following naming convention:

• Title (TOS episode) – Star Trek: The Original Series episodes

e.g. Spock's Brain (TOS episode)

• Title (TAS episode) - Star Trek: The Animated Series episodes

e.g. Yesteryear (TAS episode)

• Title (TNG episode) – Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes

e.g. Datalore (TNG episode)

• Title (DS9 episode) – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes

e.g. In the Hands of the Prophets (DS9 episode)

• Title (Voyager episode) – Star Trek: Voyager episodes

e.g. Message in a Bottle (Voyager episode)

• Title (Enterprise episode) – Star Trek: Enterprise episodes

e.g. Carbon Creek (Enterprise episode)

• Title (Star Trek) – for any other Star Trek article or file, disambiguated or equivalent

e.g. Vulcan (Star Trek)

In case of ambiguity or inconsistency in capitalisation of words in titles, deference should be given to episode entries in licensed Star Trek compendiums – viz. The Star Trek Encyclopedia.

Star Trek (plain text, without italics) should be used when describing the fictional universe, franchise, or related phenomena:

e.g. The Star Trek franchise is one of the most lucrative in television history.

e.g. In the Star Trek fictional universe, Data is an android that is "fully functional".

Star Trek (italics) should be used when referring to specific series, genres, episodes, and movies:

e.g. The series Star Trek debuted in 1966.

e.g. The series Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted in 1987.

e.g. Both Kirk and Picard appeared in Star Trek: Generations.

• Since the name of the original series is properly Star Trek, and to promote clarity, full in-text references to the original series should generally appear as the retronym Star Trek: The Original Series (or its TLA/Es); see below.

In articles, initial in-text references to episodes should appear wikified as follows:

(TLA: "Title"), e.g. (TOS: "Spock's Brain").

• The TLA for the series/genre is italicised, followed by a colon, and the episode title is enclosed in quotation marks (not italicised).

When listing one or more episodes (as within parentheses), TLA/Es should precede the episode title:

e.g. The Borg are relentless (TNG: "Q Who?, "The Best of Both Worlds", et al.; VOY: "Unity", "Scorpion"; ST:FC).

However when describing episodes (in-text), TLA/Es should follow the episode title(s), or be substituted by text appropriately:

e.g. Q has appeared in many episodes in various series: for example, "Encounter at Farpoint", " Hide and Q", ..., "All Good Things..." (TNG); "Q-Less" (DS9); "Death Wish", "The Q and the Grey" and "Q2" (VOY).

e.g. The series Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted in 1987 with the two-part episode, "Encounter at Farpoint".

Whether listing or describing, episodes should be separated by commas and (if applicable) series should be separated with semicolons.

Subsequent references to an episode title or series in the same article need not be wikified (particularly if in the same section of the article), and the TLA can be omitted:

TLA, e.g. TOS

(TLA), e.g. (TOS)

("Title"), e.g. ("Spock's Brain")

In articles, initial in-text references to movie titles should appear wikified and italicised, optionally followed by its TLA/E:

Title, e.g. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Title (TLA/E), e.g. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (ST2:TWOK)

Title (TLA/E), e.g. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (TWOK)

When listing multiple items, the TLA/E alone for a movie can be used upfront and wikified (see 'Borg' example above in "Episodes").

Subsequent in-text references for movies in the same article need not be wikified, and can either be the TLA/E or abbreviated title:

TLA/E, e.g. TWOK

(TLA/E), e.g. (ST2:TWOK)

brief title, e.g. The Wrath of Khan

In brief, this is all on-screen material, with the exception of the animated series (see below). Sources do not need to be noted, because everything here is unquestionably legitimate. TLA/Es for each also appear. Official Star Trek continuity consists of:

• Star Trek: The Original Series – TOS, ST:TOS
• Star Trek: The Next Generation – TNG, ST:TNG
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – DS9, ST:DS9
• Star Trek: Voyager – VOY, ST:VOY
• Star Trek: Enterprise – ENT, ST:ENT – Numerous Star Trek fans do not accept the Enterprise series as canon, with some alleging it violates continuity with earlier series and movies, and others basing their opinion on it violating aspects of fanon. Nonetheless, the show is regarded as canon by its creators and by the owners of the Star Trek franchise.

• Star Trek: The Motion Picture – ST:TMP, TMP, ST I *
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – ST2:TWOK, TWOK, ST II *
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – ST3:TSFS, TSFS, ST III *
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – ST4:TVH, TVH, ST IV *
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier – ST5:TFF, TFF, ST V *
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country – ST6:TUC, TUC, ST VI *
• Star Trek: Generations – ST:G, ST VII *
• Star Trek: First Contact – ST:FC, ST VIII *
• Star Trek: Insurrection – ST:I, ST IX *
• Star Trek: Nemesis – ST:N, ST X *

* For clarity, use of TLAs with Roman numerals to denote films is discouraged.

According to The Star Trek Encyclopedia, Gene Roddenberry unsuccessfully attempted to have elements of the films Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country declared apocryphal.

Speculation from Star Trek writers and backstories created for characters but never indicated on screen are not canon.

There is a body of officially licensed reference work produced by people who have directly worked on the various Star Trek shows and films. These are generally regarded as "true" except where they contradict new episodes. Such works are considered a grey area: the creative teams behind the various Star Trek television series and films are under no obligation to adhere to any conjecture or extrapolation offered in these works. (See individual entries for exceptions.)

Where information from these works is utilized in Wikipedia, a reference should always be noted, possibly in a "bibliography" section at the end of a lengthy article.

• The Klingon Dictionary
• The Klingon Way
• Legends of the Ferengi
• Star Trek Chronology
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual
• The Star Trek Encyclopedia
• Star Trek Star Charts
• Star Trek Starship Spotter
• Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual (ST:TNG TM)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D Blueprints

• Star Trek: Communicator, official fan magazine
• Star Trek: The Magazine
• Starfleet Technical Database, a feature that appeared in Star Trek: The Magazine

see Backstage information

• Star Trek Captain's Chair
• Star Trek Omnipedia
• Star Trek: The Next Generation: Interactive Technical Manual
• Official website. The website includes substantial information taken from works such as the Chronology and Encyclopedia, leading to some confusion over canonical status. Paramount considers the website to be a print source, and (thus) is inline with the canonicity of other print references.

• Conversational Klingon
• Power Klingon

Some information has been provided only through off-screen anecdotes, such as the names of various species seen in the Star Trek films, computer displays that are not legible to viewers, and the surname of Spock's mother. These are sometimes closer to fanon than official references.

• Official magazines and supplements
• Licensed trading cards: e.g., Star Trek Customizable Card Game
• Writer and production crew interviews

While these works are beloved by fans and may commonly be regarded as fanon, they are not official, and it is not appropriate to portray them as fact. Nevertheless, datapoints therein can add value, by mentioning them in a "Trivia" section at the end of an article.

It is worth noting that this viewpoint is considered controversial by many fans, some of whom consider literary works to be superior to many examples of the televised and filmed Star Trek. The responsibility for deciding what is non-canon rests with Paramount Pictures, the owners of the Star Trek franchise, although Trek creator Gene Roddenberry is generally considered responsible for the fact that The Animated Series (see below) is not considered canon.

No animated series episode is considered canon, however elements from the animated series have been introduced into canon in several episodes. Please view the TAS main article for examples.

It is often stated that the events of Star Trek: The Motion Picture were followed by a second five-year mission. This is due to the fact that Gene Roddenberry had planned to produce a new TV series in the late 1970s, and TMP was an expanded version of the original script for the first episode. However, since nothing was ever filmed, and no reference has ever been made on screen to a post-TMP mission, all references to Phase II or a second mission have to be considered non-canon. (Two scripts written for Phase II, "The Child" and "Devil's Due", were later used for TNG.)

• Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise
• The Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual -note, however, that several diagrams from this book appear in the first 3 movies.
• comic books
• games (e.g., role-playing)
• novels - According to current editors at Pocket Books, current rights holders for publishing Star Trek fiction, no novels or other printed stories are considered canon by Paramount Pictures, owners of Star Trek. This includes the Voyager novels Pathways and Mosaic (both by the series producer Jeri Taylor) which were, for a time, considered canon but stopped being so after Taylor left her position with the series. Also, the Star Trek novels published by Bantam Books in the 1970s and early 1980s, Alan Dean Foster's extensively expanded novelizations of the Animated Series (the Star Trek Logs book series), and the TOS novelizations of James Blish (which occasionally included conjecture about aspects of the Star Trek universe and occasionally contradicted the broadcast episodes) are likewise not considered canon.

Several original audio adventures featuring Captain Hikaru Sulu and the crew of the U.S.S. Excelsior were produced in the 1990s by Simon & Schuster Audioworks, a company related to Pocket Books. These audio dramas are presently considered non-canon as they are generally categorized the same as the original novels.

It is generally assumed that none of the Star Trek-based computer and video games produced over the years are canonical, including Klingon and Borg which both featured dramatic storylines shot on film featuring Star Trek actors, and a number of computer role playing games featuring voice work by TV series actors.

• Star Trek: Armada
• Star Trek: Armada II
• Star Trek: Klingon Academy
• Star Trek: Legacy
• Star Trek: New Worlds
• Star Trek: Starfleet Command
• Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War
• Star Trek: Tactical Assault
• etc.

• personal Star Trek websites
• Star Fleet Universe
• any other materials not included above

When listing yourself, please do so in alphabetical order.

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2. Caiman
3. Cburnett 02:36, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
4. Cert
5. Charonn0 05:55, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
6. Chuck
7. Coderster
8. Darcy, John
9. DS093
10. E Pluribus Anthony | talk | 02:56, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
11. EEMeltonIV
12. Fang Aili
13. FeanorStar7
14. Finallycreatedaccount
15. FractaL
16. Frendy83
17. Hayter
18. HawkShark
19. Hossen27
20. jbaier
21. Kirok of L'Stok
22. Lcarsdata
23. Marky1981
24. Maelwys
25. MatthewFenton
26. M^ask
27. Mnemeson
28. Myselfalso
29. NorthernThunder
30. Ostrich
31. RayaruB
32. Rissa
33. Wootking

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