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« Reply #210 on: June 18, 2014, 10:58:16 pm »
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« Reply #211 on: June 19, 2014, 10:23:27 am »
It'd be nice if the people running the PON/TSA Wikis would communicate and coordinate with us at all :).

You guys should create your own wiki then...

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« Reply #212 on: June 19, 2014, 12:23:54 pm »
It'd be nice if the people running the PON/TSA Wikis would communicate and coordinate with us at all :).

You guys should create your own wiki then...
There are already 2 wikia's, no need for a 3rd redundant one with similar information. What would be nice to see would be the major contributors of both existing ones to consolidate their efforts. One really great site would be far better, imo, than two mediocre sites.

The online RSB community is rather fractured, and with so few fans, I think its easy for those seeking information to get lost. I believe Madness just wishes he had the ability to communicate with those people who run their own fan sites, so that efforts such as the Bookmarks, or the Coordinated Amazon purchases, could be more widely known and have greater participation.
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« Reply #213 on: June 19, 2014, 05:15:23 pm »
For MG, mobile Twitter header.  Again, let me know if it needs adjustment.

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« Reply #214 on: June 20, 2014, 12:09:37 pm »
+1 Wilshire & Somnambulist.

Also, Wilshire, that Pat's advert space sounds affordable... do we link here or rscottbakker.com?
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« Reply #215 on: June 20, 2014, 12:32:57 pm »
Thats a good questions. Where and what to advertise :P
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« Reply #216 on: June 20, 2014, 02:04:09 pm »
+1 Wilshire & Somnambulist.

Also, Wilshire, that Pat's advert space sounds affordable... do we link here or rscottbakker.com?

I didn't look past the first page from the link but if there is a way to have it alternate between both rscottbakker.com and here, that would be ideal.

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« Reply #217 on: June 20, 2014, 02:11:04 pm »
Yeah I have no idea if it would cycle or what. Might be that every person that pays for that spot gets time, so each image would cost $0.50 a day. I really don't know though.
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« Reply #218 on: June 21, 2014, 01:56:36 pm »
Lol - $0.50 is the 'Merican rate ;). I should probably be paying for this, I guess... $0.10 Canadian.
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« Reply #219 on: June 22, 2014, 08:27:32 pm »
There are already 2 wikia's, no need for a 3rd redundant one with similar information. What would be nice to see would be the major contributors of both existing ones to consolidate their efforts. One really great site would be far better, imo, than two mediocre sites.

The online RSB community is rather fractured, and with so few fans, I think its easy for those seeking information to get lost. I believe Madness just wishes he had the ability to communicate with those people who run their own fan sites, so that efforts such as the Bookmarks, or the Coordinated Amazon purchases, could be more widely known and have greater participation.

Agreed, but honestly, the whole PON/TSA wikis thing is total farce. It's the same content and they keep copying each other whenever one of them makes a new entry. I guess if they can keep up with each other then there is no harm for now?

TSA wiki has a half decent background though...

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« Reply #220 on: June 22, 2014, 08:51:41 pm »
I think its just at a point where the participants of each one likely feel like they have invested too much to combine and/or drop their site. As long as they keep both sites looking good, there really is not harm done.
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« Reply #221 on: June 23, 2014, 10:47:45 am »
Yeah, you're right. ASOIAF has two wikis as well. But I wonder why the people who are more invested and knowledgeable about the series either from here or Westeros don't contribute. These wikis need a lot of work.

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« Reply #222 on: June 23, 2014, 11:32:45 am »
Interestingly enough, there are all of three people who seriously edit those wikis from what I understand.

One person founded PON Wiki and another founded TSA Wiki because the PON founder wasn't doing anything. Then another user has now come along and gotten Admin powers from the first founder at PON.

In both cases it is difficult to do anything without Admin powers...

I tried to link up Quinthane's and Somnambulist's pictures to entries a couple times at PON wiki... Edited something once or twice too. Somewhere I got frustrated in my inability to code or something, probably.

These wikis need a lot of work.

And yet they had almost the same number of entries last time I checked, which would imply they're reaching their maximum content saturation points (though, I think the second contributor on PON is literally going through the books now page by page to find Pronouns that have been missed).
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« Reply #223 on: June 23, 2014, 11:49:30 am »
It's not really about page count. There is plenty to be done in terms of updating character pages now that the JE and WLW have been published, for instance take Fanayal:

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Fanayal ab Kascamandri is the first-born son of Padirajah Kascamandri ab Tepherokar, and leader of the Coyauri, his famed elite heavy cavalry.

Or even Esmenet:

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Esmenet is a whore from Sumna, a friend and lover of Drusas Achamian who gets caught up in the events of the Holy War.

Or just take a look at Proyas' page, one of the more important characters in the series, and almost nothing...

http://2nd.wikia.com/wiki/Nersei_Proyas

And before you say it, I know I should be contributing more as well. :)

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« Reply #224 on: June 23, 2014, 06:54:08 pm »
Lol :).
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