Talk:Main Page
just a thought. there seems to be a 'lets jump straight in' sorta attitutde with the main page, there is/are no clicky links to info pages for each of these games which would help some new ppl who are looking for info, find that we don't have nOOb info, so they they just wonder off. If we are gonna keep these game recycled thru the ages... then we'd better have some sort of noob info happening, as:
- Different Versions
- Hardware Specs
- How to get working in Windoze
- What this game is about
- Screenshots (which show the game well, not just "sick-ass" screenies)
- WHat ppl liked about the game
- Who made this game (like a bit of back ground info)
I noticed that there is no "info" heading at the start of game sections....
There's no stopping anyone from starting such pages. In fact, there's so much more that can be entered - it's not funny! I'd like to see Starter guides myself - for veterans who've been on a hiatus and for absolute beginners alike.
As it is, the articles are only created and maintained at the fancy and whim of the authors that contribute to them. Or the excuse I like to use - we just haven't gotten round to it yet. Heh.
The front page needs a major overhaul - but before that happens: what's missing? Or rather, what else do we need that's left off?
- NKF
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Do we?
Perhaps not on the main page. A bit of light background info on any resources (Jules Verne or Lovecraft , for example), be they fictional or historical or mythological, that the game designers may have borrowed or were influenced by, although not my cup of tea, wouldn't be too far amiss, as long as they went under an apropriate section. I've over-dosed on commas and have ended up with a horrible run-on sentence, argh!
As for general UFO theories - anything that completely goes away from the subject of this wiki: There are better places on the net that would better accomodate these topics, although I see nothing wrong with having links to said net resources for those that are really interested in the subject.
On to other matters:
Because the wiki is starting to grow, I think we need a short general to-do list somewhere to keep things in perspective. Just something to act as a guideline of what parts of the site really needs to be worked on, what has been done (struck out, of course), or what improvents can be done.
For example, one item on the list would be moving all the comments some of us have littered throughout the wiki articles into tjheir associated discussion page, and then selectively working the results of the discussions back into the main body of the article - or rewriting entire sections of the article, where necessary.
- NKF
Deleted notes about "real UFOs" on the Main Page. Thanks for cleaning that up, NKF. To whomever put them there: You are welcome to make a new section on the Links page for that, and put links there. And also, start your own wiki about real UFOs. Otherwise, thanks for all your help with the XCOM wiki, and keep contributing towards that!
How to contact wiki owner?
Hi folks!
We need to be able to upload other things than just images. For example, pdfs, zips, xlss, docs, whatever. I would think there's no reason for anything to be disallowed.
How do we contact the wiki owner to get file types allowed? It's Gurluas, right? I can't track down an email address for Gurluas.
Thanks! ---MikeTheRed 10:24, 10 Nov 2005 (PST)
It's GazChap (Gareth Griffith). Your best bet would be to contact him via PM on the StrategyCore forums: here. He also has an account at xcomufo ( username: gazchap) but hasn't logged on there since March. As far as I can tell he doen't give an email address. Good luck! --Zombie 11:51, 10 Nov 2005 (PST)
Nevermind, I found a "proper" channel for you to contact him: his website. Apologies.--Zombie 15:50, 10 Nov 2005 (PST)