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== David "Big Mac" Shepheard == | {{TOCright}} | ||
==David "Big Mac" Shepheard== | |||
Hi, I am David Shepheard but I am also known as "Big Mac" by my friends. I have used both of these names as my user name on different | Hi, I am '''David Shepheard''' but I am also known as "'''Big Mac'''" by my friends. I have used both of these names as my user name on different [[wiki]]s. Generally, I use my [[WikiIndex:Real names|real name]] on more formal [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] and my [[Pseudonym|nickname]] on wikis that are more fun. But there have been times when I've done the opposite thing. I used my real name on [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]] and they set up the same user name on all of their wikis. | ||
===Why I started to wiki=== | |||
While I think wikis are useful, I don't write wikis for the sake of it. So you will mainly see me writing wiki articles about my hobbies. (I do also use a wiki for work, but that is an invisible wiki on the hidden web.) | While I think wikis are useful, I don't write wikis for the sake of it. So you will mainly see me writing wiki articles about my hobbies. (I do also use a wiki for work, but that is an invisible wiki on the hidden web.) | ||
My first wiki activity was with [ | My first wiki activity was with [[English Wikipedia]], where I wanted to improve the articles associated with ''[[wp:Spelljammer|Spelljammer]]''. | ||
However, after signing up with Wikipedia, I became disillusioned with the delitionists who are attempting to undermine the wikification of fiction. I believe that they are doing this in good faith (at least the majority of them are), but some of them have adopted a 'tag and run' attitude that means [ | However, after signing up with Wikipedia, I became disillusioned with the delitionists who are attempting to undermine the wikification of [[:Category:Fiction|fiction]]. I believe that they are doing this in [[Assume good faith|good faith]] (at least the majority of them are), but some of them have adopted a 'tag and run' attitude that means ''[[wp:Dungeons & Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' articles need to be constantly defended against allegations that they are 'not important enough' to be on Wikipedia. | ||
(There are actually a lot of flaws with many of the Dungeons & Dragons articles on Wikipedia, but working on the articles over there has turned into more of a grind, where the minority of deletionists push you to sort out articles, while making no effort to improve them themselves.) | (There are actually a lot of flaws with many of the Dungeons & Dragons articles on Wikipedia, but working on the articles over there has turned into more of a grind, where the minority of deletionists push you to sort out articles, while making no effort to improve them themselves.) | ||
A number of | A number of [[Wikipedian]]s with an interest in Dungeons & Dragons have split off from Wikipedia to concentrate on other projects that create encyclopedias for their favorite part of the D&D universe. I'm one of these people. But I'm certainly not one of the first D&D fans to join the Wikipedia exodus. | ||
I actually found WikiIndex after looking around for suggestions on how to promote my spin-off wiki to other people who were interested in the same subject. | I actually found WikiIndex after looking around for suggestions on how to promote my spin-off wiki to other people who were interested in the same subject. | ||
== What I'd like to see wikified == | ==What I'd like to see wikified== | ||
As a fan of [[:Category:Dungeons & Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]], I would like to see a wiki dedicated to the canon of '''every''' campaign setting. This would help people look up obscure facts about their favorite game world. | |||
As a fan of Dungeons | |||
I think that one canon wiki per campaign setting is the best way to deal with this. There are some campaign settings that have much larger followings than others and a minority campaign setting (like Jakandor) could easily be swamped if it was mixed in with a more popular campaign setting (like Forgotten Realms). | I think that one canon wiki per campaign setting is the best way to deal with this. There are some campaign settings that have much larger followings than others and a minority campaign setting (like Jakandor) could easily be swamped if it was mixed in with a more popular campaign setting (like Forgotten Realms). | ||
Some people like to create fan material that builds onto their favorite D&D world. For written stories, this is known as fan | Some people like to create fan material that builds onto their favorite D&D world. For written stories, this is known as [[:Category:Fan fiction|fan fiction]], but Dungeons & Dragons is a game where GMs are expected to create adventures and build the rest of the universe. Home made D&D material is sometimes called [[:Category:Fanon|fanon]] (as in fan created canon). I'm not sure that fanon and canon can share the same wiki (without readers being confused by fanon pollution of canon), but wikis would be a good tool to help people create a body of fanon for their favorite D&D world. | ||
So my current opinion is that each D&D campaign setting needs a '''pair''' of wikis. One canon wiki, that provides a snapshot of all the elements of the official published material. And one fanon wiki that encourages GMs to share the material they have created to support the official material. | So my current opinion is that each D&D campaign setting needs a '''pair''' of wikis. One canon wiki, that provides a snapshot of all the elements of the official published material. And one fanon wiki that encourages GMs to share the material they have created to support the official material. | ||
== Dungeons & Dragons wikis (and similar sites) I visit == | ==Dungeons & Dragons wikis (and similar sites) I visit== | ||
===D&D wikis I created=== | |||
=== D&D wikis I created === | * [http://spelljammer.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:David_Shepheard My user page] on [[Spelljammer Wiki]]: This is a wiki that hopes to index all [[wp:Canon (fiction)|canon]] information for the Spelljammer Campaign Setting. | ||
* [http://spelljammer.wikia.com/wiki/User_talk:David_Shepheard My user page] on [[Spelljammer Wiki]]: This is a wiki that hopes to index all [ | |||
===D&D wikis I visit and edit=== | |||
* [http://dragonlancenexus.com/lexicon/index.php?title=User:Big_Mac My user page] on [[Dragonlance Lexicon]]: This is a wiki that is dedicated to indexing the canon of the Dragonlance Campaign Setting. (The wiki started out as a closed encyclopedia and migrated to wiki format in 2011-2012.) | * [http://dragonlancenexus.com/lexicon/index.php?title=User:Big_Mac My user page] on [[Dragonlance Lexicon]]: This is a wiki that is dedicated to indexing the canon of the Dragonlance Campaign Setting. (The wiki started out as a closed encyclopedia and migrated to wiki format in 2011-2012.) | ||
* [http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Big_Mac My user page] on [[The Great Library of Greyhawk]]: This is a wiki that is dedicated to indexing the canon of the World of Greyhawk Campaign Setting. | * [http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:Big_Mac My user page] on [[The Great Library of Greyhawk]]: This is a wiki that is dedicated to indexing the canon of the World of Greyhawk Campaign Setting. | ||
* [http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/User:David_Shepheard My user page] on [[Forgotten Realms Wiki]]: This is a wiki that is dedicated to indexing the canon of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting. | * [http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/User:David_Shepheard My user page] on [[Forgotten Realms Wiki]]: This is a wiki that is dedicated to indexing the canon of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting. | ||
=== Other D&D wikis I visit === | ===Other D&D wikis I visit=== | ||
* [[Greyhawk Wiki]]: This small wiki is '''another''' Greyhawk wiki that seems to be doing the same thing as 'The Great Library of Greyhawk'. | |||
* Greyhawk Wiki: This small wiki is '''another''' Greyhawk wiki that seems to be doing the same thing as 'The Great Library of Greyhawk'. | * [[Dragonlance Wiki]]: This small wiki is doing the same sort of thing as Dragonlance Lexicon. | ||
* Dragonlance Wiki: This small wiki is doing the same sort of thing as Dragonlance Lexicon. | |||
* [http://eberron.wikia.com/wiki/User:David_Shepheard My user page] on [[Eberron Wiki]]: This is a non-canon wiki created to expand on the Eberron material from Wizards of the Coast. | * [http://eberron.wikia.com/wiki/User:David_Shepheard My user page] on [[Eberron Wiki]]: This is a non-canon wiki created to expand on the Eberron material from Wizards of the Coast. | ||
* [http://mystara.us/user:big_mac My user page] on [[Mystara Wiki]]: This is a non-canon wiki created to preserve fanon Mystara material from the Mystara Message Board. It is also planning to host various types of Mystara-fanon within different namespaces. | * [http://mystara.us/user:big_mac My user page] on [[Mystara Wiki]]: This is a non-canon wiki created to preserve fanon Mystara material from the Mystara Message Board. It is also planning to host various types of Mystara-fanon within different namespaces. | ||
* [http://pathfinder.wikia.com/wiki/User:David_Shepheard My user page] on [[PathfinderWiki]]: This is a wiki dedicated to the canon of the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting. | * [http://pathfinder.wikia.com/wiki/User:David_Shepheard My user page] on [[PathfinderWiki]]: This is a wiki dedicated to the canon of the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting. | ||
== Non-D&D wikis I visit == | ==Non-D&D wikis I visit== | ||
* [[wp:User:David Shepheard|My user page]] on the [[English Wikipedia]]: I think everyone knows what [[wp:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] is. I'm now an occasional contributor there. | |||
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I am a native speaker of English, but am interested in Spanish. | I am a native speaker of English, but am interested in Spanish. | ||
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