General Discussion
- Adan*** sez: One really ought not to put information not available to our characters on the actual page itself. For example, all post-987 AD texts and events should not be included in an entry. If there is a text in the 1300s about how Alexander saved Novgorod from stampeding gryphons or whatever, one really shouldn't add this into the entries for Alexander, Novgorod, or Gryphon.
Likewise, citing sources should be discouraged for the same reasons. There is no OED in 987 AD.
If one wants to add any of this kind of information (although one really shouldn't), one should do so in the discussion page of the entry.
I understand this is an online document about a D&D game taking place in 2005, but in an effort to preserve the feel of tenth century documents (and the illusuion of the game), we really ought to follow these guidelines.
This is also why I was against putting stats into a character description. It just breaks the illusion of the game.
Obvious exceptions to these guidelines include House Rules pages and Standards pages.
- Maggie*** sez: Adan, I have put this under general discussion as 1. it's a wiki, really, a self-regulating system and your rules on how to place entries (which affects ALL of the wiki) will probably not be in effect only because you make a page about it and 2. these are just your thoughts on what should be in an entry - so let's discuss it here on a discussion page. As far as knowledge we have that doesn't come from within the game - how do you explain your Bestiary and other posts? Reynaldo may be smart, but he's not omnipotent and though much of the information does exist in mythology, it is not known to you as a character, but as a player. (Surely, you will argue against this). Since all of this is up for discussion, let's have this discussion page here. It'll do us some good.
Also, if you do want to create a page of guidelines for creating wiki entries, don't just call it Entry, call it something like Guidelines for Creating an Entry. Using single words makes it tedious later on when we have other things that could fall under Entry.
