David Shepheard: Difference between revisions

== 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 wikis. Generally, I use my real name on more formal wikis and my 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 [[Wikia]] and they set up the same user name on all of their wikis.

 

My first wiki activity was with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wikipedia], where I wanted to improve the articles associated with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons Dungeons & Dragons] articles need to be constantly defended against aligations that they are 'not important enough' to be on Wikipedia.

A number of Wikipedians 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.

== What I'd like to see wikified ==

 

As a fan of Dungeons and 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.

Some people like to create fan material that builds onto their favorite D&D world. For written stories, this is known as 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 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 polution of canon), but wikis would be a good tool to help people create a body of fanon for their favorite D&D world.

== Dungeons & Dragons wikis (and similar sites) I visit ==

 

=== 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_(fiction) canon] information for the Spelljammer Campaign Setting.

 

=== 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'.

* Dragonlance Wiki: This small wiki is doing the same sort of thing as Dragonlance Lexicon.

== Non-D&D wikis I visit ==

 

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:David_Shepheard My user page] on the English version of [[Wikipedia]]: I think everyone knows what [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia Wikipedia] is. I'm now an occasional contributor there.

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