Why Aren't You Editing the ENWiki?

[Derro]

It's really that I can't tell why I would write something in a wiki rather than a forum post or even a blog.
-blarg

On a wiki it's going to be a lot more accessible. Posted on a forum or in a blog whoever is trying to find it needs to specifically be looking for it. If your D&D article is in a D&D wiki then chances are more people are going to be exposed to it because they're in that community.

 

[Mark]

A single OGL and section 15, rather than for each section, make it less friendly for re-use by publishers.

 

[roguerouge]

Does it matter if I use characters created for Freeport when posting adventures to the wiki?

 

[CleverNickName]

It's easier than you think. You see, on a wiki you don't make a new page. You just go to a page that doesn't exist, and by doing so it exists.

Egad! It really is easy! (I guess I should change my vote now.)

I put up my Fire Islands pantheon for all to enjoy. (here, here, and here.) It's great for The Isle of Dread, King Kong, or any other island/coastal game setting.

 

[Merkuri]

Ah, I see that some of the top reasons are a lack of instructions and the difficulty in creating a new page. (And a lack of inspiration, which I can't do much about.)

Morrus has made me the wiki-master, of sorts, and right now I'm working on organizing the wiki, trying to give it a more unified feel. I guess the next step is to come up with a wiki tutorial of sorts. Look for a very simple tutorial in the next few days.

As a quick tip, to make a new page you either need to click on a link to a page that doesn't exist yet or you can type the name of the page you want into the search box and hit "Go". If the page doesn't already exist you'll be presented with a link where you can create a page with that name. The search method is the way I most often make new pages.

 

[roguerouge]

I put up a fire-fighting encounter in 3e adventures: http://www.enworld.org/wiki/index.php/Category:3E_Adventures

Did I do it right? I couldn't figure out how to put it up as one link to start a list, which would probably, look better, right?

 

[Merkuri]

Did I do it right? I couldn't figure out how to put it up as one link to start a list, which would probably, look better, right?

No, you didn't really do it right. Category pages shouldn't contain content (or not that much content, at least).

Pick a name for the encounter/adventure and create a new page with that name (by searching for the name and clicking the "make this page" link). Paste your content into that page and add this at the bottom:

[[Category:3e Adventures]]

That will add your page to the category, and it will automatically show up when you visit the category page.

 

[CleverNickName]

I put up a fire-fighting encounter in 3e adventures: http://www.enworld.org/wiki/index.php/Category:3E_Adventures

Did I do it right? I couldn't figure out how to put it up as one link to start a list, which would probably, look better, right?

I used good, old-fashioned HTML to build the tables and make headers (using the <h2>, <h3>, etc. commands.) Which is probably a lot harder than it needs to be, but it seems to work out pretty good.

Oh, and you can also create linked headers with double-equal signs, like this:

==My Heading==

I really don't know what I am doing. (shrug) But it's fun learning.

 

[Psion]

How about "I'm not sure the wiki is the right tool for what I'd be writing about". Wikis are collaborative; if I make some house rules for my game, I don't want to point at a page anyone can change. I need something that I have editorial control over.

If I get to a campaign (possible after GenCon), and the players want to put up info about their characters, background, regions, etc., that might be a good use.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I would, but I have trouble figuring out how to do it proper.