WCPedia: Images needed please
- Thread starter Dundradal
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I really, really, very strongly dislike the idea of "Terran Confederation Archives" or anything along those lines. "Wing Commander Encyclopedia" or something like that is the way to go.
The thing about Terran Confederation Archives is that it suggests an in-universe viewpoint. Which is a bad thing. This encyclopedia absolutely should not be in-universe. It should be as in-depth as possible, going beyond in-universe. Describing a ship, it should include such information as what games it appeared in, and so on.
I mean, I love in-universe stuff. One of the most wonderful things about the WC series is that almost every game came with a biased, in-universe manual - heck, Armada had two biased in-universe manuals rolled into one. It was fantastic. However, the WC Wiki is supposed to be the great grand central encyclopedia of the WC community. It absolutely must not have an in-universe bias or perspective, because such devices always force you, sooner or later, to misinterpret, twist, and overlook pieces of information just to stay true to the chosen perpective.
There's already several websites out there in the community that provide WC-related information from an in-universe point of view - we don't need another one. What we do need, is a 100% reliable, absolutely unbiased base of information that the entire community (and hopefully future WC game developers, too) can draw upon.
The thing about Terran Confederation Archives is that it suggests an in-universe viewpoint. Which is a bad thing. This encyclopedia absolutely should not be in-universe. It should be as in-depth as possible, going beyond in-universe. Describing a ship, it should include such information as what games it appeared in, and so on.
I mean, I love in-universe stuff. One of the most wonderful things about the WC series is that almost every game came with a biased, in-universe manual - heck, Armada had two biased in-universe manuals rolled into one. It was fantastic. However, the WC Wiki is supposed to be the great grand central encyclopedia of the WC community. It absolutely must not have an in-universe bias or perspective, because such devices always force you, sooner or later, to misinterpret, twist, and overlook pieces of information just to stay true to the chosen perpective.
There's already several websites out there in the community that provide WC-related information from an in-universe point of view - we don't need another one. What we do need, is a 100% reliable, absolutely unbiased base of information that the entire community (and hopefully future WC game developers, too) can draw upon.
Dundradal
Frog Blast the Vent Core!
We can go with that. It was what I originally suggested, I was just thinking of a logo more than an overall renaming. You know something to look pretty. 
I like calling it WCPedia to be honest. That just sucks for a main logo.
How about Wing Commander Encyclopedia imposed over the data pad screen from Priv? That would be a nice image.
I like calling it WCPedia to be honest. That just sucks for a main logo. How about Wing Commander Encyclopedia imposed over the data pad screen from Priv? That would be a nice image.
Dundradal
Frog Blast the Vent Core!
Dave, the only thing I recommend is adding them to the Ship Images Category so that they can be easily located if someone would like to use them for an article.
You just need to go to the Image, click Edit and then add [[category:Ship Images]] and then save. This will put them in with the other images already uploaded.
I've gone ahead and done it for the images already uploaded, but just so you know from now on. Otherwise, the images simply get lost.
Some of the images are nice, but you might want to take the time to edit them a bit yourself (cropping, etc). Some of them have pieces chopped off or are at odd angles. You can easily do this then reupload the images with the same name to overwrite them.
Thanks for helping!
You just need to go to the Image, click Edit and then add [[category:Ship Images]] and then save. This will put them in with the other images already uploaded.
I've gone ahead and done it for the images already uploaded, but just so you know from now on. Otherwise, the images simply get lost.
Some of the images are nice, but you might want to take the time to edit them a bit yourself (cropping, etc). Some of them have pieces chopped off or are at odd angles. You can easily do this then reupload the images with the same name to overwrite them.
Thanks for helping!