All posts by Brainsbeer

<p>Option 1 - In my personal opinion the .com just looks a bit odd in a title. As JonathanTennysion said, Option 1 looks much cleaner. </p>

<p>Yes, redirects ultimately make it much easier to navigate the site and it makes linking articles much easier (which is why when some redirects were removed in the past a load of links broke, because they were linking to the redirect page, i.e. "Lewis", as opposed to "Lewis Brindley"). </p>

<p>A new fan wouldn't fully understand the YoGPoD jokes in the same way that they would be unable to fully understand any of the Shadow of Israphel character pages. My point is that the information on the pages needn't be understood by newer fans, it's intended to be for the fans who have listened to the YoGPoD (just like the SoI pages are intended for fans who have watched Shadow of Israphel), but we should make clear the source of the character/joke, which would, in hand, make the information understandable to the newer fans because they would then know the context of the page. </p><p>I understand that many of the deleted joke pages can be condensed into their own sections on the YoGPoD page, but some of the jokes (specifically the characters) have enough information to warrant their own separate page. If the characters have their own pages then we can afford to be thorough, but if the joke doesn't need much explaining (say, for instance, it only appeared once and didn't recur) then we can provide a brief overview on the YoGPoD page, avoiding clutter. </p>

<p>I think that the length of the character's appearance is almost paramount. If we do look at it from the perspective of what is most relatable to the wiki readers, then definitely the more background information the characters have, the better. </p><p>At the end of the day, all the pages on the wiki will not be understood by absolutely everyone (I imagine there are some newer fans who wouldn't understand the SoI pages because they haven't seen it), but there are significant portions of the fanbase that would like to read up, perhaps just for fun or as a refresher, on their favourite characters from SoI, etc. As opposed to attempting to only include information that everyone <i>understands</i>, I think we should start trying to include information and pages that will make said things <i>understandable</i>, as you mentioned Soldier. </p><p>Now, for instance, a number of the pages that were deleted were of the characters and events surrounding Sips' Towns series. While not everyone on the wiki will understand the pages, the information provided by the page in-turn explains the page to the reader. Of course not everyone is interested in Sips' Towns series, but those who are and who want to read up on the series as a reminder (as opposed to watching the whole thing through) no longer have the means to do so. I especially think that the Towns pages were deleted unjustly because they all began with a brief description that stated they were from Sips' Towns series. If anyone stumbled across it by chance, they could see exactly where the characters were from and could choose whether they wanted to continue reading, or, if the series didn't interest them, just move along. The Towns characters were part of a fairly lengthy narrative too, so someone who would come searching for a certain event or character would now have to scour through Sips' playlist in order to find the information they were looking for. </p><p>EDIT: To add, many of the YoGPoD jokes and characters have been referenced recently, especially during the streams (i.e. Lewis and Sips mentioned Michael McDonald & Dr Caesar's Palace MD), so separate pages would make the search a lot easier for any inquisitive people who didn't know where the joke came from (especially since they didn't elaborate that the joke came from the YoGPoD). Even characters like Yozpoz and Maeodowyn were removed, when they have a lot more backstory and related information than some of the YogLabs pages being created. </p><p>Plus, the YoGPoD jokes, while some may not find them relatable, may still find them humorous or interesting, and it may even tempt them into listening to the podcasts, which is always a good thing ;) </p><p>I have been tempted to restore one or two pages, but I won't do so without consulting the rest of you first. I think it's time we take a look through the deletions and determine whether or not they should be restored. </p>

<p>I understand that people voted for joke pages to be removed, but I imagine that 90% of those voting belonged to the new influx of people that have only started watching in the past couple of years. In deleting the older YoGPoD pages, you're pretty much forsaking the older fans, which include the people that started this very wiki back in 2011. </p><p>I understand that the SoI characters deserve their own pages. Hell, I spent a long-ass time watching SoI and editing the pages back in the day, but the fact that we're giving pages to YogLabs characters that only appeared for one episode is absurd. The reason the SoI characters have pages is because they were part of a long overriding narrative and so, the information concerning their character merited a separate page, but there is no logical reason why pages are being created for characters that only briefly appeared in YogLabs. </p><p>If we're talking about how identifiable or relatable characters need to be to warrant their own page, then the YogLabs characters certainly do not warrant pages of their own, because at the end of the day, how many people listened to the YoGPoD and can recognise the long-running characters and jokes in comparison to the number of people who remember OldHoneydew or Dr. Lalnable Hector? - characters that were merely used as a side-mechanic in what is effectively a mod spotlight, not a narrative story. </p>

<p>So the recurring characters and jokes from the YoGPoD and even character's from Sips' Towns series are not worthy of pages (that were already created and had a lot of fan contributions), yet we continue to house and edit pages such as OldHoneydew, OldXephos, Dr. Lalnable Hector, Twitch Emotes, etc. ?? Some of those characters only appeared in one-off episodes of YogLabs. </p><p>Forgive me if I don't see the logic in that decision. </p><p>I'm getting the feeling that the wiki is being changed to cater for the droves of fans that started watching the Yogscast in the past year, maybe two years, solely because of their Minecraft content. It should be kept in mind that such fans don't make up the entirety of the fanbase. </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Elfdemon101 wrote:
Most of the Yogpod/Simon's Voices pages, from what I can remember, were just pages full of jokes that you can only understand if you are a yogscast fan, nonsense, and unnecessary information. I don't see why there needs to be pages for jokes that the Yogscast have made</i></div>
<p>Surely the fact that they are jokes that only Yognau(gh)ts would get means that they're completely relevant to the wiki? My main issue is that a lot of these pages contained a lot of information and were basically things that the Yogscast still reference often in their videos. </p><p>@Soldier Elite I understand that newer Yognau(gh)ts may not understand the jokes, but surely the articles aptly explained joke and its origin, so newer Yognau(gh)ts would be able to reference the page briefly and would understand the relevance of the joke. </p><p>All-in-all I just feel that relevant pages have been somewhat unjustly removed, while pages that are equally as relevant/irrelevant (depending on your point-of-view) continue to be added. </p>

<p>For some reason I think they might live in Norfolk or up that neck of the woods, which is on the other side of the England from Bristol, which would make sense. Not sure where I heard that though, so don't quote me. </p>

<p>Aye, I also don't really have the time for this at the moment, too much shizzle going on in my social life for me to spend time editing. I check up every so often, but I'm just too busy to carry on editing like I used to. Personally, I vote for ThinWhiteMale, 'cause he seems to be doing a lot for the wiki at the moment. </p>

<p>I' m Welsh, through-and-through. I'm a British citizen, but I'm never going to introduce myself as British, rather than Welsh. IMO Scotland should become independent, own monarchy and everything. Stick one of Robert the Bruce's descendants on the throne :P </p>

It's become a popular tale since Roald Dahl first published it and it has been referenced all over the place. I believe Lewis mentioned the Roald Dahl version of the story either during that very podcast or in a later one.

<p>In the description. </p><p>"<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:16.988636016845703px;">Minecraft mod downloads here:</span> </p><p><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:16.988636016845703px;">Ore Spawn Mod: </span>http://goo.gl/l6nUD <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px;line-height:16.988636016845703px;">Borderlands Weapon Mod: </span>http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1... </p>

<p>Many thanks for your support. Again, I'm not entirely sure how long the project will take to complete, as it is still in its initial, conceptual stages. </p>

<p>Well, we will need all the help we can get, so if you're interested, please contact me at GDQuakekill@hotmail.com so we can establish a means of communication between you and the team. Cheers. </p>

<p>Yes, 3D modeling and animation. The preferred software would be Blender, but if you're comfortable with anything else, that would be perfectly fine. </p>

<p>If one of your pages is labelled a stub and it is no different to any other episode page, then just remove the stub template and category. </p>

<p>They all seem in check. I'm not entirely sure why an episode page would be labeled as a stub, seeing how they're meant to be short, with limited information. </p>

<p>That's not for me to say, but the project will be ongoing for quite some time. </p>