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Rhia
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« on: March 05, 2009, 02:37:34 AM »

Since there are already so many talented people working on the wiki, and I'm not nearly as good at tracking details as they are (there are things in the wiki that I didn't even remember existed!), I was wondering... would anyone be terribly offended if I started hunting typos, and correcting them? Maybe double-checking citations? I know I'm plagued by the typo demons on a daily basis, and a second pair of eyes never hurts.

It seems like a good way to contribute, but I wanted to make sure I wouldn't offend any of the lovely wikiers by poking and prodding pages they've worked hard on.  Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2009, 03:26:01 AM »

That would be terrific!

I don't think that anyone would mind.  It would be a terrific contribution.

And if, while you're double-checking facts and citations, if you come across anything you'd like to add to the wiki, please feel free to go ahead!

-Matthew, presuming to speak on behalf of the wiki-ers
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« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2009, 03:26:37 AM »

And thank you very much for your help!

-Matthew
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2009, 03:27:47 AM »

Since there are already so many talented people working on the wiki, and I'm not nearly as good at tracking details as they are (there are things in the wiki that I didn't even remember existed!), I was wondering... would anyone be terribly offended if I started hunting typos, and correcting them? Maybe double-checking citations? I know I'm plagued by the typo demons on a daily basis, and a second pair of eyes never hurts.

It seems like a good way to contribute, but I wanted to make sure I wouldn't offend any of the lovely wikiers by poking and prodding pages they've worked hard on.  Smiley

Hmm, yeah, that sounds good to me.  Typos = so embarrassing.  It would be great if you could catch them, especially if they accidentally link to pages that don't (and shouldn't) exist or already exist in their properly spelled incarnations.  And having to count scenes while quickly scrolling--ugh, sometimes that has to result in a miscount, so double-checking citations would be amazing, since that's a really time-consuming thing to do.  And of course, there are the inevitable copy-and-paste citation mistakes, where the same format needed to be used but the old citation isn't replaced with the new one through forgetfulness.

- Jae
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2009, 04:32:11 AM »

Awesome. If anyone objects, I'll stop, but for now I'm starting to do some editing. I'm also doing my best to make sure that pages are linked together. I'm doing this randomly, just keeping track of where I've already been, so... yeah, there's a madness to my method?
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« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2009, 05:40:55 AM »

...and my resolve to add no new information lasted all of two days.

Wow.

I did have a question, though. I'm trying to make sure pages are all linked up, and we have both a page on Nosupolin Mythology (customs, beliefs, etc), and a good deal of mythology posted on the main page for Nosupolis. Should the info on mythology be on the mythology page with a link from the main page? Should the info be on the main page with a link from the mythology page? Should the info be on both pages, in replicate? My personal preference would be the first, but since I created neither page and someone obviously put a hell of a lot of work into the Nosupolis main page, I wanted to throw the question out there.
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« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2009, 06:13:46 PM »

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...and my resolve to add no new information lasted all of two days.

I knew it.

My evil plan is coming along nicely.

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Should the info on mythology be on the mythology page with a link from the main page?

That one!  I choose that one.

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« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2009, 06:29:52 PM »

...and my resolve to add no new information lasted all of two days.

Wow.

I did have a question, though. I'm trying to make sure pages are all linked up, and we have both a page on Nosupolin Mythology (customs, beliefs, etc), and a good deal of mythology posted on the main page for Nosupolis. Should the info on mythology be on the mythology page with a link from the main page? Should the info be on the main page with a link from the mythology page? Should the info be on both pages, in replicate? My personal preference would be the first, but since I created neither page and someone obviously put a hell of a lot of work into the Nosupolis main page, I wanted to throw the question out there.

I say go ahead and rearrange as you like if it adds more information/organization.  People working on the Wiki, whether it's formatting or just throwing the information in = always WONDERFUL.

In terms of formatting, and where the appropriate information goes--please look to the way I formatted "Jacacean Empire" and "Orina Anoris" and try to model the country of Nosupolis' information (both info already there and what you want to add) on those pages.

As to "Nosupolin Mythology"--please look to the pages "Anotheism" and "Soracism" and try to follow their formats (of course, tweaking is necessary b/c every country's religion has its quirk--so format as you find useful and easy to read).  

I've worked really hard on the formatting of those 4 pages, and they're extensive, so if there's any coding you need to take, there's enough variety of information (and thus, variety of systems of organization) there for your perusal.  If you have the urge to do this for other countries and religions, I point to the same 4 pages.

(I'm trying to keep uniformity throughout the Wiki, b/c it's supposed to be an encyclopedia.)


- Jae, Wiki-thoner and Format B***h
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