Lexicon: Pregame Discussion

[Mason]

So...has this been started?

 Sure. Test run letter "A"

  Apocraphili
  Apotheosis (spontaneous)
  Alaca (spell)
 
 er....

[LD]

? So what exactly are we supposed to do? I admit that my understanding is sort of unclear about what to do. Are you intending that we write an entry based on the words that you list and mention other words in it that others can go off of? I saw the sites that you linked to in the first post, but admit that I am a bit confused. I admit that I seem to be confused a lot here, but considering that no one "started" on Monday it appears that others may also be a bit unclear about what has been decided to be done.

[Mason]

You are pretty much free to write whatever you want I was just throwing out some words for fun. Yes you are supposed to 'cite' articles that have not been written yet. At least two for other people to write at a later time. Sorry your confused, maybe interest in this has died?

[Ghostman]

We should get a new thread up for this (one that isn't called "pregame discussion") where the first post contains an introduction to the game (nailing down the genre and other necessary framework) and any up-to-date announcements (eg. on which alphabet is currently to be worked on, and when's the deadline for it). Of corse, we'll also need an index page for the wiki, which should be linked to from the new thread.

That should be the bare minimum to get this thing started...

[Lmns Crn]

I've taken the liberty of getting a bare minimum wiki setup started. Take a look: http://www.thecbg.org/wiki/index.php?title=Lexicon

Please feel free to go ahead and add pages. As long as each page you add begins with the following line:

{{Lexicon_Banner}}

...it will automatically be added to the auto-updating index of articles, and it will have the orange Lexicon navigation banner with links to the main page, the index, and the list of scholars.

(Please add your character name to the list of scholars, too. :yumm:)

I'll whip up a quick template we can all use to "sign" our articles, too.

[Lmns Crn]

Also, the site linked in the first post is down, but the wikipedia article for Lexicon (game) has the rules: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexicon_(game)

[Lmns Crn]

My "A" article is up: http://www.thecbg.org/wiki/index.php?title=Avarice_Vine_(Lexicon)

Note the {{Scholar}} template: you can use it to sign your pages. It works like this:

{{Scholar|YOUR NAME|YOUR COMMENT}}

The comment does nothing except append some quote of yours or saying or whatever you like to the box at the bottom of the page.

Your name becomes a link to your entry on the Scholars page, and I think I can work it out so that it also automatically includes your article in a special category, containing all the articles you have written.

[LD]

"inhabitants of the world have been so beaten down that they don't consider rebellion an option, instead embracing a fatalistic sort of view," I cant imagine everyone feeling this way. Being beaten down to the point of non-rebellion/giving up is depression. Also anyone attached (benifited from) the old regime would want the old days back... even if there ok with the rampant sex, blood and subjecation (evil).

I completely agree with this Lath. There needs to be some texture to the world. If everyone accepts what is going on, then where is the opportunity for scholarly debate and/or dispute.

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Note for nomadic- It's really unclear how to create a new page in the wiki (not just by following the empty links, but a page completely from scratch?) On most wikis I know there is a link on the left bar that says CREATE NEW ARTICLE. I don't see such a link on the CBG wiki. It's non-intuitive.

[LD]

Posted an entry. http://www.thecbg.org/wiki/index.php?title=Ab_Men
The nefarious Ab-Men,  and menaces of Civilization.

[LD]

Small issue though, linking to Ascension links to something else entirely--that has nothing to do with Lexicon.

And thanks again for setting up the very nice Wiki intro, LC!

[Lmns Crn]

I really like your "sources"; that makes it feel really awesomely real.

[note]What this does:

A link like {{L|Ascension}} will direct to a page called "Ascension (Lexicon)" if that exists, and if not, it will link to the page called "Ascension" as a fallback. The "Ascension" page lists all the pages called "Ascension" anywhere on the wiki-- currently just the one for Wake. When/If a page called "Ascension (Lexicon)" is created, the {{L|Ascension}} link will automatically point directly there.

The Magic page is a better example for study, because there are more "Magic (Whatever)" pages scattered around the wiki-- I have at least two all by myself.[/note]I have fixed the issue of the Ascension link. That will happen when multiple settings need to use the same word as a thread title (see also: the wiki page for "Magic"). Sparkletwist's fantastic link code takes care of it more or less automatically, as long as somebody (in this case, today, me) untangles the knot the first time.

Because of the autodisambiguating link code, you do need to make your links {{L|Like This}}, instead of [[Like This]]. I've changed the link formatting in your Ab-Men article to follow that guideline.

I wonder why you're linking not-yet-existing pages that start with A (Ab-Cess, Ascension, and Andromeda Strage). Since we're going through the alphabet in order, aren't the A pages ones that no one is ever going to go back and fill in?

[LD]

>>I wonder why you're linking not-yet-existing pages that start with A (Ab-Cess, Ascension, and Andromeda Strage). Since we're going through the alphabet in order, aren't the A pages ones that no one is ever going to go back and fill in?

Perhaps I misunderstood, but I based my decision on two things:

1. People can write as many A articles this week as they feel like. Therefore, someone is free to use any of my A articles as jumping off points. In fact, having A articles may help people get started, since they don't have to begin from scratch. For example, I was only able to come up with an idea after seeing Sarisa's second picture prompt above.

2. We go thru the alphabet every 26 weeks and start back at A again, correct?

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Re links: Okay, I'll do my best to write my links in that fashion in the future.

Thanks,
LD.

[Lmns Crn]

Those are certainly possibilities. I get the impression that "standard" Lexicon involves each participant writing exactly 26 articles-- one for each letter, and after we all do Z, it's finished. I suppose that whether we decide to wraparound to A again is up to the group (as are most things).

One of the nice things about a wiki is being able to edit each others' pages, so that we can all tweak each others' structure if there are formatting errors, spelling glitches, etc. So if you forget about the link formatting, some fastidious stickler (probably me) can always go back and implement it for you. (With a quick copy/paste into wordpad and two simple find/replaces, I can do the whole page in seconds.)

[Mason]

Luminous, can't thank you enough for setting all of that up.
Nice article LightDragon! Very glad to see my inspiration pic used. (that was one of my favorites)

I suppose if people want to write more than one article a week there is really no reason to make it against the rules.
I leave it to you fair and judging public of the CBG.

I've got my character started for use in the game...kind of bland-but I was intrigued to see my homeland (Westin) enslaved in the recent past by the Ab-men.
coool.

I must admit I'm a bit awkward with the wiki code but I think I can get the hang of it after a while.

Thanks again LC and LD.

[Lmns Crn]

Personally, I will restrain myself to one article per week, and see about making sure the various wiki issues run smoothly. If others want to make articles at a faster pace, I'm thrilled.

Sarisa, I'll set up a category page for your Scholar once you get your first A article up. (I don't want to set up a category that'll be empty.)

Now that Lexicon is actually going, do you think it's time to set up a new thread for it? One that's not "Pregame Discussion", that might hook a few more participants in and make it clear to everybody that it's time to start writing articles?