Symphony D.
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The NES Wiki - Get Wiki With It
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Thanks, I will add something.
Thlayli
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Very nice summary of NES2V thus far, Dachs. I think that silver played Greater Turkmenistan, though.
Nice article Dachs.
Would it be useful if I created redirects to NES articles. IE: NES2 V redirects to CFC-0500. Perhaps a few other things, such as 'The Great Game' would redirect there too. I don't see why this is a bad idea, and unless anyone else thinks I'm making a huge mistake, I'll continue to do this for NESes with articles.
Would it be useful if I created redirects to NES articles. IE: NES2 V redirects to CFC-0500. Perhaps a few other things, such as 'The Great Game' would redirect there too. I don't see why this is a bad idea, and unless anyone else thinks I'm making a huge mistake, I'll continue to do this for NESes with articles.
I think that's a very good idea.
Symphony D.
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I think 1 redirect page per NES should (!) be enough. Possibly 2 for some games, one for the full name (NiNES: A Broken Galaxy) and one for just its designator (NiNES). Why would we ever want more than that?
But if you know its name (or designator) but have no idea when it was run, going through a listing is going to be a lot more tedious. I can think of a rather large number of NESes for which I know the name, but have no idea where in the list to look for them (yeah, Ctrl-f works wonders, but still).
Symphony D.
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But yeah, I can't let that stand unopposed. As a CS researcher, I can seriously say that Function Over Form is probably the root of if not all evil, then at least 97.38% of all evil. Function without Form is asking people to do things the wrong way. Function And Form is the only way ahead.
And yeah, you do hold the higher ground. But the issue was whether we wanted this at all - whether it gets done in the end, and by whom, is a completely different matter. No one is asking you to do it at least.
Symphony D.
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Going by myself, if I had ever so little energy over to actually write something useful with content, there would be a hojillion other things to spend that energy on, like updating my NES, or writing orders or diplomacy or whatnot. The only reason I would go to work on the Wiki instead is because my level of concentration and inspiration was close to zero, and then this sort of mindless work is very suitable.
I think the wiki is a great project, and I think it's fantastic that you've more or less singlehandedly managed to get it as far as it has come. I think it's very close to the level where people might actually start contributing the content you're asking for, because all the form is already there. But for my own time, I simply have too many other things to do. I regret that, but life's a . .. .. .. . .
However, call to mind all those who repeatedly state how bad they are with code, and therefore they cannot work on the wiki. If all the code is there for them, maybe they can actually contribute content? Whereas someone like me who chews code for breakfast (not that doing this stuff actually requires any code at all, but it may give the impression of needing it) can do things like this simply for convenience, and because it's mindless drone work when all else fails.
Which is better? Spending no effort at all on actual information, or spending very little effort on something that won't pay off until the actual information is there? Tough choice, I agree, but I'd take the latter anyway.
Well, in this particular case that doesn't seem to be an issue. You don't see the point of it, and no one would think you would ever do it, so it's either leave it be or do it themselves. Which of course is what you said, what I argued was that you didn't need to say it since we already knew.
TheBladeRoden
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In the interest of both form & function, I think there should be a link to the complete NES list on the front page.
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I'm not saying it's a good excuse. In fact I think it's a rather bad excuse, since the truth is something else entirely. I think one reason so few are participating is because they don't see the end of it, and can't see that what they do end up in a nice place in a well thought-out wiki. Yes, people are lazy, and will need lots of motivation for doing something. One perfect way of motiviating people is to show them that there is a lot of cool Form just waiting for that content that only they can provide, and that if they do it will make something whole. Completing something is actually a very good motivation for most people, if the act of completing it isn't too work-intensive.
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