Alberto Monteiro wrote: > David Brin asked: > >> Let me know how I can help! >> >> > You must tell us how far can we go - and how far we can't go :-) >
Here are the guidelines so far -- and they aren't consensus guidelines, they are still just guidelines Trent made up. You have to write from an external point of view. It's not fair writing from a point of view inside the author's universe, that is fan fiction. You have to write about fiction. You cannot write fiction. No fan fiction, fan world extending, original fiction, or original world building. The following are definitely in. Summaries. Plot Synopses. Original Reviews. Literary Criticism. And LOTS of trivia We will see how reviews and criticism work out on a wiki, I can see them being productive mostly of edit wars -- especially on Foswiki which doesn't seem to come with a comments page like MediaWiki does. > Obviously, copy-and-pasting huge pieces of the books is totally > out of line. Obviously, giving a small resume of the books is > totally in line. > > Hell lies in the details: could we place resumes of the > character's lifes? Could we place description of the places, > ships, races, concepts, etc? > > See, for example, what motivated this thread: the pages in wikipedia > that were marked for deletion by a wikipedia troll (or should I say > a wikipedia Tandu?): > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Hph-wayuo > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uplift_Universe > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gubru > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaver > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthclan > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tymbrimi > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jophur > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G'Kek > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaker_(David_Brin) > > (possibly other pages) > > Are these pages "too much" or "too little"? > > Alberto Monteiro > > All except Uplift Universe count as trivia. I'd port them straight over. I just looked at the Streaker article. It has an objection that its told from an insider's point of view, like an article for Trekkies by Trekkies. A decent trivia article might not stand on its own, but after following some links you should be able to get a feel for the trivia's role in the universe. It is also good to cite chapter and verse, documenting what books Streaker (for example) appears in and even what pages. This is particularly true for a race like the Tandu who, as I recall, made a cameo appearance in Startide Rising. After porting the endangered Wikipedia pages, I'd focus on articles for DB's books at the synopsis and summary level. Don't forget the bibliographic details. _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
