SourceForge Dungeon Craft Wiki

[Uatu]

Well - slow loading times can kill a website quite easily... If only the wiki was faster (I do like wikis in general)...

[manikus]

There was a wiki before the SourceForge wiki, hosted by PBWiki. It loaded fast, but had google text ads, which weren't too bad actually. But, no one ever visited that one either. In that time that I was active with it - which included advertising it - it was only visited by one person other than myself.

I certainly won't take down the SF wiki, but I think it's done.

[Uatu]

I dunno - Wikis are a funny thing (some people like them, some people don't)... I do like them in general, as long as they load quickly

[manikus]

I like them as well. I just don't want to put a ton of time into one if no one is interested. Besides, if I'm the only one adding information, there are much better formats to use.

[Arminius]

Originally Posted by manikus So, apparently only 3 people have ever gone to the Wiki. I know the poll is still open for a bit, but I think it's pretty safe to say that it has been bumped to the bottom of my things to work on list, if not off of it all-together.

I only went there twice. The second time was recently when I was doing some quick research for my attempt at writing a tribute/petition for DC/Richard Turner. Remember when you wondered where I got the 1995 figure from? Thats where.

I wanted to include that other stuff in there about those old game programming books that helped convince him it could be done but somehow that got left out of my article. Maybe you could work it back in there when you edit?

BTW: That stuff at the beginning was meant to be on the humorous side. If it doesnt actually come off that way then please by all means edit it however you see fit. I think a tribute/petition article ought to be a collaborative effort on the community's part anyway. I just wanted to get the ball rolling on it.

@UATU - As for the likeability factor of Wikis I think that when someone is just wanting to find any info they can on something that is of great interest to them they will be pleased to find anything in any form so long as it provides the info they were seeking. The form in which it is delivered doesnt really matter when someone wants info anyway they can get it. Of course, if you are talking about attempts at advertising DC to new folks to whom DC needs introducing and who do not yet know why they should even be interested in it, well that is of course a different story entirely. I don't think that crowd would even find a wiki, not on sourceforge anyway. They might find a DC article on the regular Wikipedia though if it is linked to many other things like the CRPG category in general and of course Gold Box game articles.

[Arminius]

Originally Posted by manikus So, apparently only 3 people have ever gone to the Wiki. I know the poll is still open for a bit, but I think it's pretty safe to say that it has been bumped to the bottom of my things to work on list, if not off of it all-together.

I only went there twice. The second time was recently when I was doing some quick research for my attempt at writing a tribute/petition for DC/Richard Turner. Remember when you wondered where I got the 1995 figure from? Thats where.

I wanted to include that other stuff in there about those old game programming books that helped convince him it could be done but somehow that got left out of my article. Maybe you could work it back in there when you edit?

BTW: That stuff at the beginning was meant to be on the humorous side. If it doesnt actually come off that way then please by all means edit it however you see fit. I think a tribute/petition article ought to be a collaborative effort on the community's part anyway. I just wanted to get the ball rolling on it.

[manikus]

Add whatever you wanted to the thread on your forums and then PM me when it's up.

The bit of the wiki including the date I couldn't remember were directly from the original DC site, so they must be correct.