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The Star Trek Encyclopedia describes "Starfleet Command" as the:
That is to say, I believe that "Starfleet Command" is the canonical name of the organization, rather than just "Starfleet". The article at Starfleet Command suggests that it is only the command group of the organization, but I don't think that is what the show intended. func(talk) 03:36, 17 September 2004 (UTC)
As a convenience, yes, in the same way that we refer to the Navy, rather than to the United States Navy. (Um... didn't mean to be non-inclusive of non-U.S. citizens, there.) The characters also often refer to the Federation, as in "this is the Federation starship Enterprise", but its formal name is the United Federation of Planets. In truth, I don't consider it all that big a deal, but Michael Okuda and other official continuity people at Star Trek are pretty clear on the matter. func(talk) 05:34, 17 September 2004 (UTC)
What the...?! Do you mean to tell me that Wikipedia has no article on Michael Okuda?!?!?! Darn... and I was hoping to get some sleep tonight. func(talk) 05:36, 17 September 2004 (UTC)
Oh, heck!!! ;-) I'm a victim of poor sorting of the Encyclopedia! I looked up Starfleet, and found Startfleet Command, which, as you point out, occurs on an earlier page. I can also see that I mis-read the sentence that I posted above: "and defensive agency". You know, in my world, an entry on Startfleet should be located before Starfleet Command, like it would if they were files in a computer window.
Ah, Ha!!!! And I see the problem... there is a period (full stop) after the entry for Starfleet. Their database automatically would have sorted "Starfleet." after everything that was "Starfleet ...".
P.S. With regards to They would almost certianly be reverted, you're being overly defensive. I started a conversation on the talk page. I didn't make any changes, and wouldn't have without consensus.
func(talk) 13:07, 17 September 2004 (UTC)
Incidentally, I thought that all Husnock were wiped out, everywhere. ;-) func(talk) 16:04, 17 September 2004 (UTC)
On the page about Starfleet, there is talk of the alt.startrek.rpg There are other major Star Trek RPs available. They were based from the old WBS and was a real time chat RP system. They are currently used in the new WBS, Warp1, and other chat areas. How would we go about adding this? Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkpetrich (talk) 07:19, 17 August 2006 (UTC)