Transcendence on Wikipedia

Yugi · Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:47 pm

Well, I emailed George about an hour ago to ask him his thoughts on me making a more comprehensive guide to the sovereigns...
The information about neo-humans isn't actually in the game (neither is timeline), but both are linked to.

EDIT: Oh, and could someone do something about the "This article or section does site it's references or sources" thing? I read the help page but I'm still clueless.

EDIT2: Another thing; Who moved the Official Information section down? I'm pretty sure it should be under the References section, since those are game references.

Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:50 am

Yugimotomanager wrote:EDIT2: Another thing; Who moved the Official Information section down? I'm pretty sure it should be under the References section, since those are game references.

I did. Remember that "References" has a specific meaning in Wikipedia: it is the set of sources from which the information in the entry comes from.

Yugi · Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:49 am

Ah, I see. Well, i'll leave it alone then

F50 · Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:31 pm

There should be a link to the Official Site as with other games.
A link to the UTF Official information page (about the various sovrigns etc.) might help to get the notice about lack of sources down.

goat not sheep · Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:17 am

Yes, maybe a link to the libary link can be added too?
EDIT: oops, already had that. Hmmpt!

Yugi · Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:37 am

I've already linked to all that stuff, such as the sovereign guide (i'm now making a new one, too), timeline, etc.

goat not sheep · Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:04 pm

Maybe we can attach a few more screenies?

Yugi · Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:13 am

goat not sheep wrote:Maybe we can attach a few more screenies?

Yeah, it seems rather bland at the minute...I have a bunch of good screenies, and a great one for modding, which reminds me:
We need a modding section! Would someone else care to write the preliminary draft? Someone who knows all of those long words and knows enough about XML and coding and stuff to say everything in a correct order. Just something simple. We can tidy it up afterwards.

goat not sheep · Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:08 pm

And tell them how to use a mod... or else the link to da modsite is useless.

OddBob · Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:20 pm

And tell them how to use a mod... or else the link to da modsite is useless.

That is not what wikipedia is for.

goat not sheep · Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:00 pm

Hmm...okay then. Should there be a paragraph about modding?

Yugi · Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:01 pm

Yes.

Oh, and:

Myself wrote:We need a modding section! Would someone else care to write the preliminary draft? Someone who knows all of those long words and knows enough about XML and coding and stuff to say everything in a correct order. Just something simple. We can tidy it up afterwards.

goat not sheep · Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:46 pm

But...what's the point if they don't know how to use the mods...unless...there's a link to a site which has taht information!

OddBob · Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:23 am

But...what's the point if they don't know how to use the mods...unless...there's a link to a site which has taht information!

It doesn't matter. Wikipedia is not a how to guide, nor a database of mods. It is not a gameplay guide, it is NOT advertising. It is an encyclopedia.

All the sites which offer mods explain how to install them. Any good mod comes with a readme. All the mod sites are linked to at least indirectly (via this forum and the UTF) by the main Transcendence site. Anyone interested has the power of reason and the gift of fingers, and they may find this information for themselves.