Re: SPELLJAMMER wiki? - RFC

Ok that is a good idea. But, if we have to do that then it *might* be better 
to put the SJ at the end. That should help keep things in alphabetical 
order. We could use [[Sirion_(SJ)|Sirion]]. I don't think moving pages will 
be a big issue and we probably will not have made a lot of them by the time 
of the move.

I think we should go with the corrected spellings in the 3e DLCS. That would 
move [[Sirion]] to [[Sirrion]] and [[Palanthus]] to [[Palanthas]].

I'll try to get some more stuff up soon.

David "Big Mac" Shepheard
Virtual Eclipse Role Playing Club
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/virtualeclipselrp/links/d20_system_001071937434/Spelljammer_001071430476
http://www32.brinkster.com/virtualeclipse/

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Hosler" <techneonate@?????.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] SPELLJAMMER wiki? - RFC


> Yeah, I dealt with them when I set up the wikia for <a
> href=http://exodus3000.wikia.com>Exodus3000</a>.  They
> are very nice and helpful folks.
>
> As far as posting things in the scratchpad goes, their
> suggestions was to use a demarkation for all pages.
> Something along the lines of [[SJ_Sirion|Sirion]] to
> distinguish the SJ page entry from the others.
>
> When it gets promoted we will have to edit the links
> to point them properly again, but getting some content
> up there is worth it I would think.
>
> --- David Shepheard <david_shepheard@???????.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> Welcome aboard the ship. I'm sure we will have
>> enough crew to set sail for
>> Wikiaspace soon! :-)
>>
>> I'm glad you are ready to go, but where are you
>> planning on putting your
>> content? If you have found the trail version I set
>> up (the scratchpad one),
>> then I should tell you that it occupies the same
>> namespace as other
>> Scratchpad Wikis. This means that:
>>
>> a) You are going to need to be very very careful to
>> not mix pages of the
>> Spelljammer Wiki with other wikis (you need to add
>> the Spelljammer category
>> to *everything* created before I get to move the
>> content to the new Wikia
>> website) and
>> b) You can't set up articles for things like "world"
>> or even "Sirion" as
>> other people have already used those names.
>>
>> As long as you can do both of those things then you
>> might want to create one
>> or two articles (or add to the existing ones) to
>> help learn how the software
>> works, but I don't think you need to panic too much.
>>
>> The URLs that I mentioned below are not actually in
>> the namespace of the
>> Wikia that we will get if my/our application is
>> successful. This is actually
>> the subdomain I've asked for:
>> http://spelljammer.wikia.com/
>>
>> However you could set yourself up a Wikia account
>> and add your support to
>> the Spelljammer application:
>>
> http://www.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:Spelljammer
>>
>> They have got Wikia for both Dragonlance and
>> Forgotten Realms (FR has two
>> Wikia websites), so I suspect that they will give us
>> good consideration.
>> They are the same mob who own Wikipedia. I've spoken
>> to a couple of them in
>> their chatroom and they seem like nice people.
>>
>> David "Big Mac" Shepheard
>> Virtual Eclipse Role Playing Club
>>
> http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/virtualeclipselrp/links/d20_system_001071937434/Spelljammer_001071430476
>> http://www32.brinkster.com/virtualeclipse/
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jason Hosler" <techneonate@?????.com>
>> To: <SPELLJAMMER-L@??????.???????.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 8:46 PM
>> Subject: Re: [SPELLJAMMER] SPELLJAMMER wiki? - RFC
>>
>>
>> > For this to have any hope of approval we need
>> people
>> > to start contributing to the wikia right away.
>> The
>> > Wikia admin staff will look at the scope of what
>> is
>> > already there before making up their minds on
>> whether
>> > to promote it to a full wiki status.  The more
>> people
>> > to have contributed to articles we have when they
>> do
>> > their review the better chance we have of
>> approval.
>> >
>> > --- David Shepheard <david_shepheard@???????.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> OK. As the topic of a Spelljammer Wiki has come
>> up
>> >> several times, I have
>> >> decided to start one.
>> >>
>> >> I've made an application to a company called
>> Wikia
>> >> who give out free wikis
>> >> to anyone who can get enough support for a
>> subject.
>> >>
>> >> As someone else said (I think it was Paul) a wiki
>> >> will take a *long* time to
>> >> create, however I think that if we limit it to
>> canon
>> >> material from official
>> >> sources it is a project that will have a finite
>> >> size. Take a look at
>> >> Dragonlance Lexicon (from Dragonlance Nexus):
>> >> http://www.dlnexus.com/lexicon/
>> >>
>> >> This is the sort of thing I'd like to create for
>> >> Spelljammer. Notice that
>> >> Dragonlance Lexicon is all about indexing the
>> >> background material ("fluff")
>> >> and doesn't contain rules ("crunch"). That is the
>> >> way that I'd like to go.
>> >> Beyond the Moons already provides us with enough
>> >> crunch. If people want
>> >> crunchy bits they can add links to BtM pages at
>> the
>> >> bottom of wiki pages
>> >> (that is what the external links section of a
>> wiki
>> >> is for) - and if BtM
>> >> doesn't have a page yet, then they can write one
>> and
>> >> send it in. ;-)
>> >>
>> >> Someone recently suggested collecting the NPCs of
>> >> Spelljammer into a central
>> >> resource and I'd like to invite all the people
>> who
>> >> were interested in *that*
>> >> to get onboard the wiki-wagon and help fill up
>> the
>> >> category of "Spelljammer
>> >> NPCs". A wiki will allow us to update this sort
>> of
>> >> information at our own
>> >> pace and we won't need to collate things offline
>> or
>> >> keep bugging Static to
>> >> do updates. (That wouldn't stop anyone from
>> >> collating information from a
>> >> completed category and writing a BtM article. It
>> >> would just make it easier
>> >> for people to collaborate on unfinished research
>> >> without loosing things. I'm
>> >> hoping that a canon resource will help people
>> >> writing fan material or doing
>> >> conversions to avoid making continuity errors
>> when
>> >> they create new content.
>> >> So this would be a project that would work *with*
>> >> Beyond the Moons rather
>> >> than against it.)
>> >>
>> >> I need people to get onboard if they want this to
>> >> happen. I can't do this
>> >> all by myself. Wikia suggest that I need 20
>> people
>> >> to start a wiki. I'll be
>> >> looking for accuracy and correct *citation*
>> rather
>> >> than speed. I know that
>> >> you are not all "experts" but people can also
>> >> contribute by fixing typos,
>> >> reverting vandalism, adding categories or even
>> >> writing in the talk page if
>> >> you see a problem with an article. I might also
>> need
>> >> some "copyleft" artwork
>> >> done later on (we could share any copyleft
>> artwork
>> >> with Beyond the Moons and
>> >> anyone else who wants it).
>> >>
>> >> (For issues of conflict - like the location of
>> the
>> >> Rock of Bral - I suggest
>> >> that we give people all of the information from a
>> >> neutral point of view
>> >> (rather than saying the FR guy is wrong) and let
>> >> them make up their own
>> >> mind. However, we can decide on this sort of
>> policy
>> >> if/when I get approval
>> >> for the wiki.)
>> >>
>> >> If you are interested in joining this project
>> then
>> >> you can make a comment in
>> >> Wikia's forum:
>> >>
>> >
>>
> http://www.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:Spelljammer
>> >> Or write on my Wikia user page:
>> >>
>> >
>>
> http://www.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:David_Shepheard#Spelljammer_Wiki
>> >>
>> >> Please also feel free to ask any questions here.
>> Or
>> >> contact me offlist if
>> >> you are shy. ;-)
>> >>
>> >> David "Big Mac" Shepheard
>> >> Virtual Eclipse Role Playing Club
>> >>
>>
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