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Hey everybody! My name is Scott, and I'm a big fan of the SGU and an aspiring transcriptionist. I love being able to help get this project ramped up again! I'm also slowly and intermittently upgrading my regular Wikipedia skills. Here's my {{w|User:Xanderox|userpage}} over there.

== To Do List ==
* help upload episode icons now that I'm an admin!!
** add caption field to infobox template to allow captions under episode icons
* update generic formatting for comments like (laughter) (laughs) and [inaudible] (no capitalizations here)
* select all, copy, paste, find, and replace all [X]: with '''[X]:''' to bold all the Rogues' initials in the transcripts, as I have done in my first transcript, [[SGU Episode 762]].
* use [[Template:voice-over]] to italicize all the ''It's time for "Science or Fiction"'' voice-overs in previous episodes/skeletons
* create "new noisy" subsections in all the WTN sections
* Update the QoW collection table, SGU reading list, Favorite Rogues Quotes, University entries, etc.
* merge into or create "Signoff/Announcements" sections or just delete "Announcements" sections if it's just the voice-over Outro
* add wikitionary links to the [https://www.sgutranscripts.org/wiki/Category:What%27s_the_Word%3F What's the Word?] segments for definitions if it's not good for a wiki link
* add references next to the external links
* add vocab lists to other episodes like the list in [[SGU Episode 581#Vocabulary|Episode 581]]
* figure out how to move the entries for whole episodes to the end of category topics' lists so that segment redirects can be visible first
** actually I just need to start removing generic category tags once I create redirects; eventually it would be good to have ALL the category lists be only redirects, with no links to full episodes but only to the relevant segments
* insert my new [[Episode skeleton]] into all the to-be-created episode pages, including the QoW, News Items, SoF Items, and links
** update the 2020 and 2019 skeletons with the [[Template:Episode|"Episode" message template]]
* create a sortable table for the SGU episode list: sort by episode number, year, status, maybe even by sof theme/interview/live recording... (I'm sandboxing this below)
* eventually apply my newer skeleton to the older episodes (644 and earlier), ahead of getting to finishing those transcriptions
* {{anchor|tooltip}}use [[Template:Tooltip]] to put a hover note over names dear to the Rogues, like their children and spouses
** Example: {{tooltip|Julia|Steve's daughter}}
* update colors/borders of [[Template:MessageBox]]
* create a template called "900s" where 900s|### auto generates individual date, month, and year data so it can be called by the Episode, InfoBox, and DownloadLink templates; repeat if necessary for episodes #652-742 ("600s" and "700s")
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=== Useful links ===
https://web.archive.org/web/20110515184137/http://www.theskepticsguide.org/sgublog/ <br>
https://web.archive.org/web/20171121215018/http://theness.com/roguesgallery/ <br>
https://www.toddstrong.com/comedywriting/exaggeration.php a solid reference for the "How ___ is it" chuckle

== Done List ==
* add "SoF with a theme" and "What's the Word?" cat. table entries into the SGU Features area of the [[Browse Categories|Browse by category]] page
* make an icon for the episode skeleton: maybe "SAMPLE" superimposed on ep1 icon?

== Questions/Issues to consider==

* Should Wikilinks be included in the list of SoF items, or only include them in the transcription?

== Templates I have made/like to use ==
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=== Quick Text/Formatting ===
==== SBM ====
* A quick-text template for the publication, "Science-Based Medicine": [[Template:sbm]] <pre>{{sbm}}</pre>

==== SOFResults ====
* A template for showing a colorful breakdown of the Science or Fiction results, based on a [[User:Bshirley#Desirable_Template|suggestion from user BShirley]]:

<pre>{{SOFResults}}</pre> [[Template:SOFResults]] is a formatted entry for SoF colored results at the end of each SoF segment.<!--

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====Episode Messageboxes====
<pre>{{Episode|MM|DD|YYYY}}</pre> [[Template:Episode]] is the green message box that generates the [[Template:LatestEpisode|“Latest Episode”]], [[Template:RecentEpisode|“Recent Episode”]] or [[Template:OldEpisode|“Old Episode”]] message, depending on if the broadcast date is within one week/one year of the current date or not.<!--

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==== Infobox Shortcuts ====
* I also created shortcuts for typing in the number date, written month, and download link in the [[Template:InfoBox|episode infobox]]:

<pre>{{date|##}}</pre> [[Template:Date]] inserts the appropriate two-letter superscript text for the ordinal abbreviation of the date of the month.<br>

<pre>{{month|MM}}</pre> [[Template:Month]] inserts the appropriate month name text for the numerical abbreviation of the month.<br>

<pre>{{DownloadLink|YYYY-MM-DD}}</pre> [[Template:DownloadLink]] inserts the appropriate broadcast date into the link for the podcast episode.<br><br>

==== 10tothe ====
[[Template:10tothe]] inserts the appropriate superscripted number for the power of ten that is said. It makes it a little bit faster as a quick text than typing 10<nowiki><sup>number</sup></nowiki> 
<pre>{{10tothe|number}}</pre>

====WTN====
* I created two templates for streamlining links to past and future WTN segments. I'll add some examples soon.

[[Template:WtnHiddenAnswer]] inserts into a box a link to the New Noisy segment of the most recent-to-the-episode WTN, with the answer initially collapsed.

[[Template:WtnAnswer]] inserts a link to the WTN segment of the future episode that has the answer.

===Quotes and cultural references===
====42====
<pre>{{42}}</pre> [[Template:42]] creates an in-line link to the Wikipedia subsection about {{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}} reference to the answer {{42}}. Useful for when you don't feel like typing out/copy-and-pasting the long link.<br><br>

===="''Mostly'' Dead"====
<pre>{{mostly dead}}</pre>
<pre>{{mostly}}</pre> [[Template:Mostly dead]] and [[Template:Mostly]] create an in-line link to the {{mostly dead}} Wikiquote from the film {{w|''The Princess Bride'' (film)|''The Princess Bride''}}. Useful for when you don't feel like typing out the whole wikiquote link.<br><br>

===="Guidelines"====
<pre>{{guidelines}}</pre> [[Template:Guidelines]] creates an in-line link to the {{guidelines}} Wikiquote from the film {{w|''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl''}}. Useful for when you don't feel like typing out the whole wikiquote link.<br><br>

====MahnaMahna====
<pre>{{Phenomen|}}</pre> [[Template:Phenomen]] creates an in-line link to the to the Muppets song, [https://youtu.be/VrS6KTso0eM?t=7 "Mahna Mahna"]. Useful for when you don't feel like typing out the whole link when a Rogue jokingly says "phenomenon/phenomena". Add an 'a', 'A', 'on', or 'On' after the pipe in <nowiki>{{Phenomen|}}</nowiki> to generate {{Phenomen|a}}, {{Phenomen|A}}, {{Phenomen|on}}, or {{Phenomen|On}}, respectively.<br><br>

====Sand====
<pre>{{sand}}</pre> [[Template:Sand]] creates an in-line link to an article defending the cringe-worthy flirting of {{w|Darth Vader|Anakin Skywalker}} in {{w|''Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones''}}, with particular attention to his monologue that begins with "I don't like sand."

In each of these references above you can see in the markup to this page that I used the templates. Clicking the link to these templates will show you just how long the markup text being called is!

== Sandboxing ==

I apologize for messing around in the main wiki with some of my recent projects. I'll try to work on them here first! I’ve recently been working on [[Template:EpisodeList]] and I want to keep exploring morphing the current SGU Episodes page into one that looks like [[Draft Episode Table]].
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{{EpisodeList|999|YYYY|(status)|(sof theme)|(interviewee)|(live)|(guest rogue)|(other)}}

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Below is a table with links to all the SGU episodes with transcription pages, sortable by year, transcription status, and certain episode features. The table is under construction, and the "jump-to" pages mentioned below need to be created. Blank and new episodes will benefit from using the [[Episode skeleton]] structure.

{|
!Key:
|-
|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{open}}
| &nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp; contains sections that need transcribing
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{i}}
| &ndash;&nbsp; transcription in progress
|-
|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{mag}}
| &nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp; transcription complete and needs proof-reading
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{a}}
| &ndash;&nbsp; initial transcription by Google Speech API
|-
|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{tick}}
|colspan="3"| &nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp; episode proof-read
|}

You can also jump to pages of episodes listed by year and date: [[2035 Episodes|2035]], [[2021 Episodes (808-???)|2021]], [[2020 Episodes (756-807)|2020]], [[2019 Episodes (704-755)|2019]], [[2018 Episodes (652-703)|2018]], [[2017 Episodes (600-651)|2017]], [[2016 Episodes (547-599)|2016]], [[2015 Episodes (495-546)|2015]], [[2014 Episodes (442-494)|2014]], [[2013 Episodes (390-441)|2013]], [[2012 Episodes (338-389)|2012]], [[2011 Episodes (286-337|2011]], [[2010 Episodes (232-285)|2010]], [[2009 Episodes (181-231)|2009]], [[2008 Episodes (128-180)|2008]], [[2007 Episodes (76-127)|2007]], [[2006 Episodes (24-75)|2006]], [[2005 Episodes (1-23)|2005]]
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{|class="sortable wikitable sortable"
|-
! Episode
! style="width:30px;"|Year
! style="width:30px;"|Status
! style="width:130px;"|SoF Theme
! style="width:130px;"|Interview with
! style="width:130px;"|Live Recording
! style="width:130px;"|Guest Rogue(s)
! style="width:30px;"|(column)
|-
|[[SGU Episode 797|797]]||2020||align=center|{{open}}||align=center|[[Traffic (797)|Traffic]]||align=center|[[Paul Thibado Interview: Limitless Power from Graphene (797)|Paul Thibado]]|||||||
|-
|[[SGU Episode 796|796]]||2020||align=center|{{open}}|||||||||||
|-
|[[SGU Episode 795|795]]||2020||align=center|{{open}}||align=center|[[Predicting the Future (795)|Predicting the Future]]|||||||||
|-
|[[SGU Episode 780|780]]||2020||align=center|{{mag}}||align=center|[[Earth (780)|Earth]]|||||||||
|-
|[[SGU Episode 762|762]]||2035||align=center|{{mag}}||align=center|[[Anxiety (762)|Anxiety]]||||align=center|SGU from the Future||||<!--align=center|other notable episode feature (redirect?)-->
|-
|[[SGU Episode NNNN|NNNN]]
|YYYY
|align=center|{{mark}} <!-- (transcription status) {{open}} {{i}} {{mag}} {{a}} {{tick}} -->
|align=center|{{mark}} <!-- leave blank, use {{tick}}, or note the SoF Theme (redirect?) -->
|align=center|{{mark}} <!-- leave blank, use {{tick}}, or note the Interviewee (redirect?) -->
|align=center|{{mark}} <!-- leave blank, use {{tick}}, or note the Live Recording venue/event name -->
|align=center|{{mark}} <!-- leave blank, use {{tick}}, or note the Guest Rogue's/Rogues' name(s) -->
|align=center|{{tick}} <!-- leave blank, use {{tick}}, or note the other notable episode feature (redirect?) -->
|}