Talk:Interactive Story
Hummm.... if i edit my chapter here on the Wiki, will the changes show up on the Interactive story script? I doubt it. So why have them here- editable- when they are not editable over there? What happens if others start to edit our chapters? Wouldn't it be better just to have a link to the chapters and not the text of the chapters themselves here?
-Gabby --141.157.47.224 8 September 2005 18:01 (GMT)
reply to Gabby
(this is a copy, paste and edit from my reply over at the forum)
No, the changes will not show up on the Interactive Story script, but there is no point in that, because we're looking to replace that system. If we switch, there will no longer be an Interactive Story script.
The problems we had with the old system are these:
- the chapters and the means to comment on them are too far apart; most people don't bother to comment > we need visitors to be able to comment without any hassle
- there is no way to edit entries other than for admin to dig into the files, which costs admin a whole lot of time > we need a system which allows users to edit their own work
- we didn't really have the right to use the interactive script system (it's free to use as long as it's not for anything pornographic...) > we need something we can legally use
We think this system could do all of that.
Yes, other people will be able to edit all pages. However, we trust you are all decent people - like yourself - who don't go around destroying other people's work. I mean, you wouldn’t do that, right? And if we should once get in a loony who does, old versions are easy to restore (see the page on vandalism)
I understand you have reservations about other people being able to edit your chapters, it sounds strange at first, but there are enormous wikis out there - you probably know Wikipedia - where this system works wonderfully well. I don't have any reason to believe the Faramir fanfiction community is any more prone to vandalism than the general internet population. In fact, because we're all adults, I'd say rather the opposite is true.
It is possible to 'protect' pages - make it impossible for anyone but admin to edit them. But this takes away many of the advantages of the system. Although you rightfully do not want anyone tempering with the text of your chapter, would you also object to anyone adding links from characters in your chapter to their character pages? (see an example with Imrahil as link here). Or what if an artist, inspired by your chapter, wants to add an illustration? (unfortunately I can't link to any examples of that yet, but one can dream...)
--Admin 8 September 2005 18:41 (GMT)