elanthipedia:Projects/Player Lore

This project is for organizing and coordinating player created lore or theories. The category will include player fiction and in game logs which are not necessarily an accurate reflection of official game lore. The goal of this project is to promote visibility of the community's creativity and to encourage more.

Please log your name using the signature shortcut (--~~~~) to record your participation, and so we can all keep track of who's doing what.

Task List

Phase 1: Template & Form Design

• Create PlayerLoreStory Template -- To create a standard framework for either the fiction or the log.
• Create PlayerLore Form -- To provide an easy to input and informational form that affixes the PlayerLore and Story templates.

Phase 2: Categorization

• Review wiki for fiction content articles and update them for the new template.
• Review wiki for logs of in game events which are NOT ran by a GM or about official content. (Vision Meetings would not get recategorized.)

Phase 3: Promotion

• Create landing page for Player Lore
• Timeline for submission?
• Add to the Main Page
• Advertise to players!

Proposed Format

PlayerLoreStory Template

Title - Page name.

Author - User set, character name. Optional.

Contributor - Should automatically assign to the username.

Document Type - Fiction or log.

Date - Date posted.

In Game Date - When fiction or log took place. (is there an existing format in the wiki for this?)

Word Count - **Word Count:** {{{word_count|Unknown}}}

PlayerLore Form

Type for fiction or log Input data for template. Prompt for log cleanup.

Article Location

For the placement of logs such as Log_of_Grazhir:_The_Cosmic_Pendulum_and_its_Influence_on_Astral_Travel.

For the placement of fiction such as Dantia/Research/Regular usage of the Absolution or Icutu Zaharenela spells may cause weakening of Empath's potential strength.

Version 1

Allows easy attribution to the contributor, keeps the content in their "space" under their username. Possibly causes harder linking?

User/PlayerLore/Logs

User/PlayerLore/Fiction

Version 2

Contributor not immediately visible in the address line but should be searchable since it's in the same location.

PlayerLore/Logs

PlayerLore/Fiction