bring back the ee wiki

Fradeshan · 2015-04-08 03:02:18

host it on forums.everybodyedits.com under a separate subdomain or something

and use mediawiki instead of wikia

Different55 · 2015-04-08 03:18:45

I don't know about this "subdomain" stuff you got going on in your head (at least not for the moment) but a wiki is definitely possible.

Xfrogman43, Anch

Bimps · 2015-04-09 02:43:28

lol no

Anch

Onjit · 2015-04-09 02:43:38

Do we need a wiki?

Anch

N1KF · 2015-04-09 03:49:22

I was thinking about this a few days ago. To keep things organized, I would imagine pages be separated into multiple types (as copied from my Notepad):

Main: In-game stuff, like blocks, smileys, and world sizes
Meta: Meta concepts not in the game itself, like trolling and minigame types
Level: Levels by players
Player: For notable players
Fan project: Specific fan groups, organizations, contests, websites, etc.
Wiki: Wiki information

Of course, there is the wiki at everybodyedits.wikia.com, but I would not recommend Wikia and believe the wiki itself has multiple issues that I could go in-depth about.

Anch

Creature · 2015-04-09 16:11:41

Wikia is about to fall drastically down.

Anch, N1KF

Vilius · 2015-04-10 14:02:55

We already have a Wiki: everybodyedits.wikia.com

mrjawapa · 2015-04-10 14:27:43

Yeah, we already have one. It's still updated by a few people tmk. Not sure why it would need to be put on an ee domain

Anch

Different55 · 2015-04-10 15:30:25

JaWapa wrote:

Yeah, we already have one. It's still updated by a few people tmk. Not sure why it would need to be put on an ee domain

Looks like a few people have a problem with wikia itself.

N1KF

N1KF · 2015-04-10 17:45:18

Wikia has loads of advertisements (do not tell me "use Adblock," please consider that there are plenty of other people without it and may be turned away from the website for that reason). As you can see here (I personally do not use that wiki, so credit to Bimps for notifying me this), Wikia really wants people to use it and goes further than you would probably expect. An official website (perhaps just wiki.everybodyedits.com would make it more "official" and easier to find.

Anch

mrjawapa · 2015-04-10 17:47:34

something to look into I suppose.

Bimps · 2015-04-10 18:05:38

N1KF wrote:

Wikia has loads of advertisements (do not tell me "use Adblock," please consider that there are plenty of other people without it and may be turned away from the website for that reason). As you can see here (I personally do not use that wiki, so credit to Bimps for notifying me this), Wikia really wants people to use it and goes further than you would probably expect. An official website (perhaps just wiki.everybodyedits.com would make it more "official" and easier to find.

ye **** you know it. but seriously wikia is satan

Anch

Fradeshan · 2015-04-10 20:38:40

it's barely updated, low quality, and unofficial

mrjawapa · 2015-04-10 21:09:31

It's claimed as the official one

N1KF, Anch

Different55 · 2015-04-10 21:15:46

What I'm concerned with is how many people would actually use the wiki and who would actually feel like filling out a huge empty wiki when we already have a perfectly good[citation needed] one?

Anch

N1KF · 2015-04-10 21:19:55

*enters room dramatically*

I am.

Anch

Fradeshan · 2015-04-10 21:36:04

same, and we can easily copy all the current articles

what's claimed is not linked to on the ee website

Anch

Creature · 2015-04-10 21:37:07

http://everybodyedits.com/help.html

No need to thank me.

*quits discussion before someone complains anything*

Anch

N1KF · 2015-04-10 21:45:12

Creature wrote:

http://everybodyedits.com/help.html
No need to thank me.
*quits discussion before someone complains anything*

(this is not a complaint, this is a comment)

The help page is rather lacking (especially as of recently, one of the staff members probably shortened it a lot), and does not contain information about specific stuff (like boost arrows or potion uses). It is also completely lacking of meta stuff like trolling or minigame type, unlike what the former wiki had.

mrjawapa · 2015-04-10 21:50:16

N1KF wrote:

The help page is rather lacking (especially as of recently, one of the staff members probably shortened it a lot), and does not contain information about specific stuff (like boost arrows or potion uses). It is also completely lacking of meta stuff like trolling or minigame type, unlike what the former wiki had.

I shortened it because I didn't feel like that info was needed.

Fradeshan wrote:

what's claimed is not linked to on the ee website

It's on the beta site.

Different55 wrote:

What I'm concerned with is how many people would actually use the wiki and who would actually feel like filling out a huge empty wiki when we already have a perfectly good[citation needed] one?

What are you referencing?

Fradeshan · 2015-04-10 22:12:43

and then the beta site links "ee fan wiki" ...

and all the links on it are obsolete

Different55 · 2015-04-10 22:21:35

JaWapa wrote:

Different55 wrote:
What I'm concerned with is how many people would actually use the wiki and who would actually feel like filling out a huge empty wiki when we already have a perfectly good[citation needed] one?
What are you referencing?

The wikia wiki that people have complaints about.

Anch · 2015-04-11 01:20:21

The current wiki is very informative but alot of it is outdated.

N1KF · 2015-04-11 02:03:52

Just being informative itself might not be all that is required. Generally, wikis are meant to be professional-looking. The wiki is inconsistent. Is it "smilies," or "smileys?" Not even Everybody Edits itself seems to know (but learns towards "smileys"). Plus, what does and does not deserve pages? Do several-pixel blocks need pages when they can just be listed on one? If I recall correctly, there are pages for both "trolling" and "trolls." Not only that, but it does not always take the form of a neutral point of view (something very important). Crew pages are often written like a forum topic.

While it may be easy to get (usually) accurate information from it, having it look not very good is not very good. Go check out some other game wikis and see how they look, and imagine how lovely it would be to get our own wiki. If you (anybody in general) have any plans for the forum, I would like to help out.

Onjit · 2015-04-11 03:06:20

I think the only really useful thing a wiki could provide would be technical stuff. ie. how much do arrows push vs boosts, how long does keys, timed doors, lava burning last. That kind of thing.

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