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Characters, locations, duplicated pages ([[Player Killer list|like]] [[Pker List|this]]), group-specific terms, skills or equipment, etc. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 19:46, 29 March 2010 (BST)
Characters, locations, duplicated pages ([[Player Killer list|like]] [[Pker List|this]]), group-specific terms, skills or equipment, etc. {{User:Misanthropy/Sig}} 19:46, 29 March 2010 (BST)


[[User:Iscariot/WIP29|My thoughts]]. -- {{User:Iscariot/Signature}} 20:50, 29 March 2010 (BST)


===Vote===
===Vote===

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Glossary

Have a look at it. 200 pages of stuff.

What I'd like us to do is answer the following questions.

What is the Glossary Category for?

I'm going to assume that, like a glossary for an encycolopedia, it's a way to quick link to any and all other pages on the wiki. I would imagine that it was originally intended to function as an extension of the all pages special page, but more in the sense of Player, Group, and wiki Resources. -Poodle of DoomM! Fear is only as deep as the mind will allow it be.T 19:42, 29 March 2010 (BST)

Game terminology, UD specific slang, etc. A glossary is a quick reference point for explaining terms and phrases, not an encyclopedia. The rest of the wiki is for the more detailed stuff. They never lynch children, babies—no matter what they do they are whitewashed in advance 19:46, 29 March 2010 (BST)

There again, I compared it to the glossary of an Encycolopedia,... I never said it was one. -Poodle of DoomM! Fear is only as deep as the mind will allow it be.T 20:27, 29 March 2010 (BST)
Oh I wasn't referring to your use of the term, just saying it needs to be to-the-point, not overly detailed. They never lynch children, babies—no matter what they do they are whitewashed in advance 20:41, 29 March 2010 (BST)

A glossary should contain terms that a layman might not understand. If Joe Blow isn't likely to understand what X phrase is because it's exclusive to Urban Dead or if he's likely to misinterpret the term as it has a meaning in Urban Dead that is different to the mainstream usage then there should be a page explaining it. The Glossary category should be a repository of such pages. -- To know the face of God is to know madness....Praise knowledge! Mischief! Mayhem! The Rogues Gallery!. <== DDR Approved Editor 19:57, 29 March 2010 (BST)

Up to a point. Gker, Pker, Genny, Fak etc. But T'ker? Brain Brother? --RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 19:59, 29 March 2010 (BST)
This was what I was trying to get at,... and really, I don't think it has to occur to any said point. It's more or less something that should be reevaluated from time to time... -Poodle of DoomM! Fear is only as deep as the mind will allow it be.T 20:29, 29 March 2010 (BST)

What needs to be removed from it?

Anything that's not listed in my above response.... -Poodle of DoomM! Fear is only as deep as the mind will allow it be.T 19:42, 29 March 2010 (BST)

Characters, locations, duplicated pages (like this), group-specific terms, skills or equipment, etc. They never lynch children, babies—no matter what they do they are whitewashed in advance 19:46, 29 March 2010 (BST)

My thoughts. -- To know the face of God is to know madness....Praise knowledge! Mischief! Mayhem! The Rogues Gallery!. <== DDR Approved Editor 20:50, 29 March 2010 (BST)

Vote

Anyone think that perhaps a vote similar to the FA vote would be appropriate for articles to be placed into the glossary? -Poodle of DoomM! Fear is only as deep as the mind will allow it be.T 20:33, 29 March 2010 (BST)

id rather fix what we've got, before moving on to the adding of new stuff. --RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 20:36, 29 March 2010 (BST)
Not keen on a voting system. Too much hassle and fuss really. They never lynch children, babies—no matter what they do they are whitewashed in advance 20:40, 29 March 2010 (BST)
It's a category, there is no vote, if it doesn't belong it gets removed. -- To know the face of God is to know madness....Praise knowledge! Mischief! Mayhem! The Rogues Gallery!. <== DDR Approved Editor 20:49, 29 March 2010 (BST)

Lose it?

I think the following pages should be removed.

Agreed with all. They never lynch children, babies—no matter what they do they are whitewashed in advance 19:56, 29 March 2010 (BST)
As I should of explained above, i really want the glossary to include everything a player may encounter in game, or in conversation. The above don't fit the bill, they're too obscure or pointless. That doesn't mean hundreds of pages. Zombie Skills for example would be a good page to add. --RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 19:58, 29 March 2010 (BST)

What pages need to be added/created?

A link to all the guides, the pages included in the player resources, and wiki resource links.... -Poodle of DoomM! Fear is only as deep as the mind will allow it be.T 19:42, 29 March 2010 (BST)

A catch-all glossary page, to which smaller entries can be moved and redirected towards. They never lynch children, babies—no matter what they do they are whitewashed in advance 19:46, 29 March 2010 (BST)

Add Them

Is the information in these pages correct?

It would be something we'd have to look into... -Poodle of DoomM! Fear is only as deep as the mind will allow it be.T 19:42, 29 March 2010 (BST)
This would be the final stage. --RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 19:56, 29 March 2010 (BST)
Most of the information on these is woefully brief.--~ Red Hawk One Talk | space for lease 19:58, 29 March 2010 (BST)
Yes, and written with no consideration for the reader. And dull. --RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 20:00, 29 March 2010 (BST)
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