 X-COM Wiki, Now open for articles ;) |
Posting Guidelines
Please read the Forum Rules before posting.
 |
  |
 26th February 2005, 6:58pm
Post
#1
|
|
|
Squaddie  Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: January 2003 Member No.: 428  |
I put the idea forward in the thread about Earliest Base Attacks, and today I've taken a small amount of time to set up an X-COM based Wiki.
It is now available at http://www.ufopaedia.org I'm quite new to this Wiki lark so I'm still learning about how to use it (the software used is MediaWiki, the same as the excellent Wikipedia). Over the next few days I'll be adding as many articles as possible relating to items in the UFOpaedia itself. I've already put some general info. on some of the crafts in it. If anyone would like to add a page to the Wiki about a topic of their choice, please do so. To do this, go to http://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Topic_Title, where Topic_Title is the name of your topic. It must start with a capital letter and spaces must be changed to underscores(e.g. Heavy_Plasma) You don't need to create an account to add pages, but if you do create one it will be much easier for both myself and you to manage your contributions. I'll shortly be posting this over at the XCOMUFO forum, and then I'm out on the beer with my brothers whilst they are all in town  //EDIT: Fixed URLs now that the domain name has sorted itself out. |
 |
 
|
|
26th February 2005, 8:37pm
Post
#2
|
|
 Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
Looking good so far, good work!
 It's one of those things that, when there are loads more entries, I can seeing people wonder how they lived without it
--------------------   |
|
|
|
|
26th February 2005, 9:15pm
Post
#3
|
|
 Colonel Group: Admin Posts: 5,981 Joined: March 2003 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,057 |
Well done! Go on people, contribute!
-------------------- Greetings from Olav
"If you're not into Metal then you are not my friend!" - Manowar  |
|
|
|
|
26th February 2005, 9:44pm
Post
#4
|
|
 Catching the next pimpmobile outta here! Group: Chief Editor Posts: 1,790 Joined: August 2003 From: UK Member No.: 417 |
Beautiful.
*wipes tear from eye* I'm sure I've got a bit I can put in about a weapon or two. -------------------- Whooooo wants some WANG!?
|
|
|
|
|
27th February 2005, 3:24am
Post
#5
|
|
 "SG" Group: Members Posts: 363 Joined: December 2003 From: Victoria, Australia Member No.: 1,122 |
Gee it is quite nice indeed... nice work!
-------------------- Weight: 2
Size: 1x1 Power: 80 Damage Type: Stun Gas |
|
|
|
|
28th February 2005, 5:15am
Post
#6
|
|
 Rowboat Group: Site Staff Posts: 2,727 Joined: September 2002 From: Outer Space Member No.: 813 |
Hmm, methinks I'll try my hand at doing something for the Lightning. Let's see how it goes, eh? I just thought I'd offer my thoughts on it, as I do make good use of the Lightning.
How informative do you want the entries to be? And more to the point, how brief do you want this information to be? I, unfortunately, tend to get a bit long winded on some topics - as will be evident if I ever complete my edit on the Lightning's general information. Is this just going to be a more interesting ufopaedia? Or are you planning to include all sorts of stuff in it? I was thinking notes on how damage is calculated, or how to calculate the amount of time an injured soldier will spend in bed, would be quite hard to fit in there somehow. - NKF -------------------- Current Avatar Source: A custom GM-Striker. The 'British' counterpart to the 'German' Zaku in Ich trage eine Wanne für einen Hut. I still have no idea if that's been mistranslated.
|
|
|
|
|
28th February 2005, 9:40am
Post
#7
|
|
|
Squaddie Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: January 2003 Member No.: 428 |
As informative as possible
Your modifications to the Lightning entry are good, well written too I'm hoping that any and all information pertinent to the games will end up on there eventually, whether its tactics, information on editing game files etc. and the calculations that I know you like working out
|
|
|
|
|
28th February 2005, 10:36am
Post
#8
|
|
|
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
This is excellent. It then saves trawling through website forums for information and people inevitably posting up teh same questions or bits of information
-------------------- |
|
|
|
 28th February 2005, 12:16pm
Post
#9
|
|
 Lobstermen for breakfast! Group: Members Posts: 226 Joined: September 2002 From: Montevideo, Uruguay Member No.: 231 |
This is excellent
 We should also make a new sticky post in this forum after the Wiki is moved (and add it in the links section if it not already there) so everyone can be made aware of the Wiki. Another idea is to put the ideas of the X-COM operations manual topic in some part of the Wiki... -------------------- Resistance is NEVER futile...
|
|
|
|
|
28th February 2005, 2:07pm
Post
#10
|
|
|
Squaddie Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: January 2003 Member No.: 428 |
The domain name appears to have sorted itself out now so I have updated the original post with the correct URLs.
|
|
|
|
|
28th February 2005, 2:24pm
Post
#11
|
|
|
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
-------------------- |
|
|
|
|
28th February 2005, 3:52pm
Post
#12
|
|
|
Squaddie Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: January 2003 Member No.: 428 |
Haha, I didn't realise ufopaedia.com was another X-COM site until I saw Danial mention it in the "Nice site" thread
I figured it would be a "proper" UFO site like ufopedia.com Wish I'd got something more unique now, heheh. |
|
|
|
|
28th February 2005, 3:56pm
Post
#13
|
|
|
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
Well the more the merrier I say
It's all useful information after all!Is there any chance you could make some other categories for each game though, or are you going to leave it liek this so that all craft from any game are in one place? Just trying to decide myself which would be more useful to the casual user, but it's your show
-------------------- |
|
|
|
|
28th February 2005, 5:02pm
Post
#14
|
|
|
Squaddie Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: January 2003 Member No.: 428 |
Good point. I did originally intend to split it up into each game, but the way I've done it at the moment might make that a little difficult.
Still, the beauty of a Wiki is that it can be organised however you like without too much hassle. The other stumbling block of course is that I am only familiar with Enemy Unknown. I've played a little bit of TFTD and can't say I liked it. Nor Apocalypse for that matter
|
|
|
|
|
28th February 2005, 5:20pm
Post
#15
|
|
|
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
Well rest assured, NKF will add the odd entry
-------------------- |
|
|
|
|
1st March 2005, 4:59am
Post
#16
|
|
 The Smily Admin Group: Admin Posts: 2,999 Joined: September 2002 From: Tasmania (AU) Member No.: 152 |
Finally a place to store the technical info, maybe?
Might pay to advertise this on the other UFO boards. UFO2K comes to mind. -------------------- |
|
|
|
|
1st March 2005, 9:53am
Post
#17
|
|
|
Squaddie Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: January 2003 Member No.: 428 |
What is the URL for the UFO2K boards? I've not heard of those ones.
Just noticing your sig there BB, it would be good to have a sort of download area on the wiki too, including such stuff as your map viewer and the various editors scooting about. |
|
|
|
|
1st March 2005, 10:17am
Post
#18
|
|
|
Colonel Group: Admin Posts: 5,981 Joined: March 2003 From: Sweden Member No.: 1,057 |
QUOTE(GazChap @ Mar 1 2005, 11:53 AM) What is the URL for the UFO2K boards? I've not heard of those ones. Just noticing your sig there BB, it would be good to have a sort of download area on the wiki too, including such stuff as your map viewer and the various editors scooting about.  The UFO2000 boards is located at the XCOMUFO forum, so you've got it covered . Regarding downloads, I suggest you just link to our downloads section. There are some downloads added already, and people are free to add more. You can find it here. -------------------- Greetings from Olav
"If you're not into Metal then you are not my friend!" - Manowar |
|
|
|
|
2nd March 2005, 1:31am
Post
#19
|
|
|
The Smily Admin Group: Admin Posts: 2,999 Joined: September 2002 From: Tasmania (AU) Member No.: 152 |
Hmm, the files section seems to work well.
Pity about the layout. :huh: -------------------- |
|
|
|
|
2nd March 2005, 8:38am
Post
#20
|
|
|
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 3,089 Joined: May 2002 From: Cheshire, England Member No.: 1 |
Hey! It's not finished yet
 I've still got about 11 days til I reckon the site's going to be complete
-------------------- |
|
|
|
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
Similar Topics
| Topic Title | Replies | Topic Starter | Views | Last Action | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
< |