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Paul B · 24 Jul 2007, 17:48 · from 2007-July.txt.gz

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From: pb.stuff at gmail.com (Paul B)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:48:38 -0400
Subject: (urth) WolfeWiki
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I noticed that it's not a free-edit Wiki.  How hard is it to obtain
permissions?

Furthermore, what is the spirit of this thing?  From what I've seen there
isn't a lot of consensus about the interpretation, so perhaps the sections
pertaining to places and characters should focus on objective facts to avoid
editorial battles.
However, I would rather like to see an interpretive FAQ of sorts for the
story also, perhaps in a separate section for each of the books.

On 7/24/07, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/23/07, Mo Holkar / UKG <lists at ukg.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > I hope Dan'l won't mind me singling him out for having done some
> > terrific work sorting, systematizing and writing.
>
> Why would I mind being singled out for compliments?
>
> I'm trying to systematically *start* pages. But a lot of what I am
> doing is *just* a start. This is a wiki, and the whole point is to
> mobsource content -- I'd really like people to take the stuff I've
> done and make it better. In some cases, *much* better.
>
> One thing that would help a lot is if you would go to the
> pages for books that have been started, look at you copies,
> and, if the edition you have isn't listed, add information about
> that edition (publisher, date, cover artist; if you're feeling
> ambitious, add the blurb at the bottom).
>
> The point is, it's a wiki, edit it! Add content! Don't worry
> about it not being "good enough," the whole point is tha
> someone else will take it as a starting point and make it
> better ... in a sense, this is the opposite of "pedant
> central," nobody's ego needs to be involved.
>
> --
> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, writer, trainer, bon vivant
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