Talk:Chronology

I don't really know what I'm doing. I'm just annoyed that each episode page links you to the previous and following episodes or movies in chronological or broadcast order, but there is no single page showing all the episodes in those orders. Oddboyout 00:03, December 31, 2010 (UTC)

I like where this is going so far. Keep up the good work. Radagast83 19:26, December 31, 2010 (UTC)

Agreed. Perhaps though we should adapt it to include Crusade episodes and perhaps even the canon novels and comics? If memory serves several of them run parallel. One small suggestion, maybe "Chronological Order" isn't quite the right title, perhaps simply "Chronology" would suit it better? Blind Wolf 12:51, January 1, 2011 (UTC)

Agreed on adding in Crusade and the canon novels and comics. It would be nice to have a complete listing of all B5 universe stories. How should we handle In The Beginning or Deconstruction? "Framing" or add in separate entries for each time period that the acts are set during? "Chronology" may work. Radagast83 19:37, January 1, 2011 (UTC)

That's more or less what I had in mind and I think that's how the dates are already listed on the episode sidebars. I think the same should apply to the 'Shadows of Past and Present' comics as all four issues take place in early season 2 but mostly feature the events back on Syria Planum. The *real* challenge is how to handle the novels as most of the canon ones take place over a fairly long stretch of time. Not so much of a problem with the Psi Corps books as there isn't much else story-wise that runs parallel. 'City of Sorrows', the Centauri and most especially the Techno-mage novels on the other hand weave in and out of certain episodes and movies and at times cover the same events. Perhaps marking them by chapter, or--if the novel skips along a little faster--by page number? Plus of course there's that whole sticky mess that is the sequence of events in the first Centauri novel...I think we'll have to figure out what's the best way to handle that before we include it. Blind Wolf 02:38, January 2, 2011 (UTC)

P.S. It's probably a tad too complicated for our needs, but I rather think this kind of graphical chronology would be ideal and solve any worries of confusion that a bog standard table might present...plus it looks pretty. Mind you, editing the thing looks more than a little scary... Blind Wolf 15:53, January 2, 2011 (UTC)

Format

So what is the best format? This is the one I've started with: Episode Name/Production #/Episode (Season##xEpisode##)/Release Date/Story Date (YEAR-MO-DA for easy sorting) Oddboyout 11:04, January 3, 2011 (UTC)

I think that's fine for now at least, so continue as you are. Obviously the books, comics and the short stories don't have production numbers so just leave it blank or put in "N/A" if it makes things easier. Perhaps I should make up a template with a little graphic icon that clearly marks an entry as a B5 or Crusade episode, a book, a comic, movie, etc. etc.

Something that'd make it look like this perhaps? : -

Episode Name	Production #	Episode	Release Date	Story Date
In the Beginning (Movie)	TNTCF2	N/A	1998-01-04	2248
The Gathering (Movie)	Pilot	N/A	1993-02-22	2257-01-03
Midnight on the Firing Line	103	1x01	1994-01-26	2258-02
Soul Hunter	102	1x02	1994-02-02	2258-03-02
War Zone	108	1x01	1999-06-09	2267-01-01
To Dream in the City of Sorrows (Chapter 1)	N/A	N/A	1997-07	2259-02-11
To Dream in the City of Sorrows (Prologue)	N/A	N/A	1997-07	2260-12-06

On the other hand I suppose we could colour code the rows, like so : -

Episode Name	Production #	Episode	Release Date	Story Date
In the Beginning (Movie)	TNTCF2	N/A	1998-01-04	2248
The Gathering (Movie)	Pilot	N/A	1993-02-22	2257-01-03
Midnight on the Firing Line	103	1x01	1994-01-26	2258-02
Soul Hunter	102	1x02	1994-02-02	2258-03-02
War Zone	108	1x01	1999-06-09	2267-01-01
To Dream in the City of Sorrows (Chapter 1)	N/A	N/A	1997-07	2259-02-11
Grey 17 is Missing	319	3x19	1996-10-07	2260-11-26
To Dream in the City of Sorrows (Prologue)	N/A	N/A	1997-07	2260-12-06

Or does that look too busy? Also note that we might have a problem with B5 and Crusade production codes interfering with one another. Are these the *actual* codes, or just abbreviated ones? On other shows the codes appear to be a little more complicated than just a 3 digit number. Blind Wolf 16:26, January 3, 2011 (UTC)