Why haven't you contributed to the wiki yet?

Fyron · #1 October 23rd, 2005, 02:38 PM

Some items differ based on the game you are looking at (SE3, SE4, SF, etc). Do you think it would be better to have it all on the same page and have headings?

Arkcon · #2 October 23rd, 2005, 04:32 PM

Imperator Fyron said:
"Some items differ based on the game you are looking at (SE3, SE4, SF, etc)."

Hmm...maybe I'm using it differently than everyone else. I would go to the main page, select the version of space empires, than go from there. If its important for people to start at the main page, enter a search topic, and select the correct entry for them, even if it was SE2, then I guess the way it is now is how it has to be.

"Do you think it would be better to have it all on the same page and have headings?"

Naw, I don't think I'd like to read a page with entries for SE2, SE3, SE4, Starfury, SE5. That would be a bit much.

Maybe someone can figure out something a little less intrusive than working "for ..." into each title. Inigma has already organized each entry, by categories. It even took Wikipedia a while to get around to it.

Fyron · #3 October 23rd, 2005, 08:37 PM

Yeah, but can you have two entries for "Warp Point?"

Arkcon · #4 October 24th, 2005, 12:11 AM

Well, would someone else consider diligently applying the wiki {redirect} function to some of the redundant articles? I did one, we already had "jarenar" and "Jarenar Empirium", but the necessicary procedure is not yet second nature to me. Besides, the task seems daunting to me, even though we have so few articles.

Fyron · #5 October 24th, 2005, 12:18 AM

We probably have an article too many...

The Races category/article should include both stock races and custom races. There can be subcategories for stock versus non-stock, but they both count as "Races." Further... we have redundant categories: Shipsets, Races, Player Empires. All of these are categories listing pretty much the same thing. Shipsets can be merged into Races, since it is the same thing. Its extra work having to maintain all 3 pages, and creates confusion, in my opinion. Player Empires can probably stay, since it can have empires independent from a particular shipset.

Not sure whether I prefer "Races" or "Shipsets." What do you think?