User talk:David Shepheard

Hello David, welcome to WikiIndex! Glad to see you are jumping right in! (and that this is a belated welcome) Best, MarkDilley

Thanks for the welcome. I suppose I'd better get my user page up and running. David Shepheard 22:07, 10 April 2009 (EDT)

Great! A funny thing about the user page here - if you are using your real name - we like to do this criss cross thing - like my pages MarkDilley and User talk:MarkDilley - please go ahead and do that if you want. ~~ MarkDilley

Hmm. That would probably make me look like a spammer on Wikipedia. I'd get tagged for being a nobody. But if that is what you do here, I'll give it a go. David Shepheard 07:30, 11 April 2009 (EDT)

I've done it. Hope it looks ok. If anyone has any problems with this, please add a new topic to my discussion page. David Shepheard 12:27, 12 April 2009 (EDT)

Hi David! Looks excellent - you are rocking! Best, MarkDilley

Good idea David

How can I support you starting the 'upgradabilty' of personal pages?

I use this format at some wikis (example):

{{CommunityBox
| Bio = I think that we can achieve great things by working together and [[WikiWiki|wiki]] makes that easier.
| FavoriteWikis = {{ClearList}}
* [[WikiIndex.org]]
| FavoriteCategories = {{ClearList}}
* [[:Category:WikiOhana|WikiOhana]]
* [[:Category:WikiIndex|WikiIndex]]
* [[:Category:OrganizedLabor|OrganizedLabor]]
|}}

Best, MarkDilley

separate note regarding 'However, a lot of user pages do seem to be written in a very random fashion and I wonder how much usefulness someone will get from visiting a page that is not an encyclopedic entry about the person.' - I don't think we are building an encyclopedia here. Cheers, MarkDilley

Drizztpedia

Hi David,

I'm sure you have your hands full editing several wikis, but I just noticed a wiki amongst the uncategorized pages and I thought you might be interested in it. It's Drizztpedia on Wikia. So far, it hasn't gotten a lot of love. However, since I think of you as the keeper of the flame of all things D&D-related, I thought you'd want to know about it, even if you don't choose to contribute there.

Best, MarvelZuvembie 15:12, 13 March 2010 (EST)

Thanks for the link. (I won't be adding anything, as I've not got a single one of the Drizzt novels, but it was very thoughtful for you to send this to me.) I'm told that Forgotten Realms Wiki originally started off with a high percentage of Drizzt articles, so it looks like the founders of this wiki may be reinventing the wheel (instead of just setting up a Drizzt portal at Forgotten Realms Wiki).

When I went for a visit the wiki was not working properly, so I've reported it to Wikia. David Shepheard 16:35, 17 March 2010 (EDT)