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This is an old revision of WikiNews made by BaxilDragon on 2006-12-22 02:32:24.
WikiNews
Your hub for TTU hubbub
This page is built for regular users, as a convenient and centralized reference for the wiki's recent changes and planned moves. It won't contain any TTU information; it's designed to collect information about what's happening on the site.
LAST MAJOR UPDATE 12/21/06
Recent Additions
- Baxil's admin summary: The process of shifting existing content over continues. Meanwhile, the CategoryEras are half-built, several new CategoryCharacters are up (including the first freely-available one), and CategoryStories is growing. KadyG kicked off the ProposedIdeas page.
- Updates are automatically tracked at RecentChanges and RecentlyCommented. You can also see the ever-increasing list of your fellow TTU fans and writers at WikiEditors. (If you're on the list, add a link to WikiEditors in your user page! Wear the badge with pride! :))
Help Wanted
If you're restless to contribute but don't know what to do, here's a few places that could benefit from some attention.
In an Editing Mood
- The IntroductionToTTU and TheChanges pages need major revision; much of that data would better be put under event or era pages (which I haven't created yet) and the world basics need to be read with a critical eye toward coherently explaining it to someone totally unfamiliar with the concept.
- Start a page of TTU slang and start collating all of the word coinages, acronyms, etc., and their definitions.
In an Industrious Mood
- Start the lengthy process of getting all existing content categorized here. As I haven't created the CategoryCulturalia yet, a good start point might be the things on http://www.tomorrowlands.org/story/stories.html or BaMoTTuSto stuff from http://www.tomorrowlands.org/nov2003.html . Copy TemplateStory to a new page by clicking through to the template and then adding "/clone" to the end of the URL; enter what data you can using StoryOnTheEdge for guidance (and I or other wiki editors can fill in the gaps).
- Write a draft template for TemplateEvent, TemplateLocation or TemplateCulturalia using the existing TemplateStory, TemplateCharacter or Era template (as seen at TheShockSettlesIn) as broad style guides.
- I would LOVE php help in writing some of the modifications I discuss on the WikiToDo page. Source code is available from Wikka:WikkaWiki, or I can mail you the files we're using now.
In a Creative Mood
- Start thinking of some events that might have had a significant impact on the world, especially in 1998 or later. Or visit the ProposedIdeas page to offer feedback for others' brainstorms.
- The wiki could use some art -- doodles, illustrations of events, character portraits.
In a Contemplative Mood
- Read some TTU stories! Bone up on the universe a little bit, and maybe even add a favorite or two to ReaderFavorites.
Bax's Content Plans
I'll probably continue to lay out the skeletons of the wiki framework, creating/editing templates and laying in some of the basic setting information (like the different eras and the more pivotal events). If I can manage to get those to a usable state and install the rest of the wiki admin software I was hoping to use, I'll turn to adding all the stories from there.
