http://www.interactwith.us/node/313

There are some minor inconsistencies with some of the facts presented in the review, most notably the launch date and the fact that we did (past tense) the raffle. We may start that up again, depending on how things go in the future.

If you visit IGN or other sites, like Airlock Alpha, you’ll note the use of such ads “in-line” with the text. The links are highlighted in a different color (an orange), rather than the yellow or red links of the default style sheet.

Undoubtedly, some of you might find them annoying. Sadly, I find them necessary in order to further secure the Wiki’s financial health for the interim.

For right now, the Kontera service is merely being tested. We don’t know what to expect in terms of revenue from this service, and will not probably know for a few months. If we run across any problems, we’ll shelve it.

Should you find them annoying, I do recommend buying a membership to the wiki (and to our Battlestar Forum). It’s all done through PayPal, so we don’t receive any of your financial information—just whatever money you choose to donate to us. By donating, you’ll be added as a member, and when logged in you will not be bothered with any advertisements! Once you’ve donated, make sure to e-mail webmaster@battlestarwiki.org with your user name on either (or both) the Wiki and our Forums, so we know who to apply the membership to on our end.

Thanks for your understanding, all! Feel free to comment here on the blog, via e-mail, or via the Fourm. I won’t throw you in hack.

G4 has been kind enough to allow us to show Grace’s segment to all of you using our blogs, wiki, and forum.  You can view the segment below.  Many thanks to G4 for granting us permission to do this.  Hope you enjoy.

Thanks,
Jonathan

As for others from other ISPs that may be affected, please know that we’re working with the affected ISPs as much as we are able.

Good hunting!

Plusnet and The Planet are working on a solution right now, but I have no ETA on when Plusnet people can access the website without using web anonymizers or web proxies that do not suffer this problem.

This will also be posted on the Case Orange blog here, since that blog is hosted on a server in the UK, and thus not affected by the DNS woes of Plusnet. So tell your UK friends.

Updates as we get them, thank you.

They are as follows:

• David S., USA, Season 3 DVD Set (Grand Prize)
• Keith T., USA, $10 USD Gift Certificate from NewEgg.com (Second Prize)
• Elizabeth L., Australia, Free One-Year [[BW:MEMBERSHIP|Membership]] to Battlestar Forum and Battlestar Wiki (Third Prize)

The last two recipients who also won a free one-year membership to Battlestar Forum and Battlestar Wiki have not yet given me permission to add their names to the winner’s list, so I’ve withheld that information until such time as I get permission from them to do so.

To the thousand+ people who participated in the survey, we want to thank you for your opinions and feedback! We will be having another survey in June, after the first ten episodes of the fourth season have aired! So keep an eye on the blog for future announcements!

In the meantime, here is the summary of the results of the survey that 1000 people participated in. Note that there’s nothing personal in here, it’s just a statistical break down of how many people answered the questions, and what content they surfed the wiki for. I’ll talk more about the general responses sometime later this week, since I’m busy with other projects… But things are moving forward, and we are working on ways to better the site behind the scenes.

Keep the faith!

Yesterday he posted his first question in the forums as:

An apparently miraculous event occurs when a little boy (I’m blanking on his name: Derek?) is cured of a fatal viral encephalitis (I remembered that part!) after Baltar willingly offers his life in exchange for the child’s. Both Baltar and the child end up spared (thanks, as usual on BSG, to a kick-*** female).

David Hume (18th cent. Scottish philosopher) cautions us to be sceptical of apparent causal connections, and to be even more sceptical of reported “miracles.” So, given what’s presented in ‘He That Believeth in Me,’ should we say that a miraculous divine intervention occured, or just a fortuitous coincidence for all concerned (except Connor and his buddy)? And, a fortiori, what should we conclude about reported “miracles” in our world — both past and present?

People have already started replying back to his question, and he is actively participating in the discussion. This is really neat and a first for us. Because of his unique status we hope that you’ll treat him with the utmost respect when asking and posted questions to him. He is an honored guest to our forums. We will be laying down some in-house policy soon on how to deal with cast, crew, authors, etc. so they understand our obligation to them. (Who knows.. maybe more will show up.) He comes in at his own time to post, so give him the respect that you would give your own mother.

Also, for those who live in the Indianapolis area, he will be doing a book signing at the Barnes & Noble in the IUPUI Campus Center signing copies of the book as well as his book ‘Star Wars and Philosophy’ tomorrow between 11am and 1pm.

If you have any questions for him, head on over to the Battlestar Forum, register or login in, and post away. It takes about 3 minutes to sign up!

Our [[BW:SURVEY|survey]] is ending tonight at 11:59 P.M.

We have well over 1,000 respondents fill out the survey, which just blows me away personally, so if you want to take a few minutes, fill out the survey so your voice can be heard.

Of course, [[BW:CONTACT|you can contact us any time]] with your thoughts, suggestions, corrections, and any question! However, if you fill out the [[BW:SURVEY|survey]], you get a chance at winning some pretty cool prizes.

Hop to it, nuggets!