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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yair" data-source="post: 2768110" data-attributes="member: 10913">The question is - who does the repository serve? If it is meant to be an online resource for homebrewers only, there is no need to limit the size of the Section 15. A huge Section 15 will make it difficult to use the material in a non-digital format, so publishers may want to actually buy each other's work if they want to use it (*gasp!*), but for the wiki's end user the size of the Section 15 simply doesn't matter.I'm not at all clear on what's needed in the Section 15. Can I change the order? Can I use bullet points or stars? If the original has some emphasis (indentation, bold), should I maintain it?I just don't know.True, this is inherently very difficult.It is an interesting conundrum.It is trivial that you can publish any original content, or anything with the publisher's support, and publishing free content is nearly as obvious. Going anywhere beyond that is sure to alienate some people.Personally, I would add old content (over 4 or 5 years old) and crippled content ("freeing" it into a usable format). I realize OGC can have commercial value for decades, but I feel that for a D&D/d20-based RPG 4 to 5 years is a good place to draw the line. The addition of crippled OGC is both out of spite (to "punish" those who I feel abuse the OGL), and practicality (I simply can't Use crippled OGC, to use it I need to make an open version of the material).Ensuring quality is even more difficult. A large part of quality is presenting a cohesive tight package and throwing out the rest; obviously problematic. I was thinking on a voting system based site, with categories based on type of contribution (campaign setting, magic system variant, and so on). But might not work well for a wiki.</blockquote>

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