SporeWiki:Super Collab

Welcome to the SporeWiki Super Collaboration project page. The purpose of this page is to focus on key concepts and ideas created for the project, keep track of them, and make decisions on the project.

Introduction
The central idea behind the super collaboration is that users contribute to a world building project with a specialisation and can provide suggestions to other contributors. This could be in-universe (such as science and technology, culture, and so-on) ot out of the universe (page formatting, image creation). Unlike the main fiction universe no-one will have full control or ownership over content submitted to the project. The spirit of the project involves voluntary contribution, and no user will be forced to do or not do something against their will. Users with different specialisms can also discuss their ideas with each other. Decisions will be made by community consensus.

How to contribute
The project should start out small. The idea is to build the fiction "bottom up", that means starting with the basics of the fiction before branching out. This avoids over-complification of the setting. The ideal would be to start with a single fiction, and for contributors to work together on it (but perhaps with different member species), before branching out to build more content and the setting.

Submitting content
Before content can be added to the project, it must first be submitted for canonization. This section will cover the types of submission, and how to submit content.

To begin, we shall cover the four types of submissions.

Creation
A submission is considered a "creation" if it contains content that does not build off of any existing canon content. This would include things like the creation of a new civilization or a new species.

Submissions in this category will have to be approved through a poll before it is accepted as canon. Territory claims also fall under this category.

Addition
A submission is considered an "addition" if it is a large addition to any existing content that is already canon. Examples include things like a new city, religion, etc. for an existing civilisation.

Submissions in this category will be automatically made canon unless vetoed by the creator of the content the addition pertains to. If vetoed, the subbmission will have to be approved by poll.

Expansion
A submission is considered an "expansion" if it simply expands upon existing canon content. This would include things like past events, character descriptions, or buildings within cities.

Submissions in this category will be automatically made canon unless vetoed by the creator of the  content the addition pertains to. If vetoed, the subbmission will have to be approved by poll.

Modification
A submission is considered a "modification" if it makes some sort of destructive change to existing canon content. This would include things like changes to a species' biology, removal of content, etc.

Submissions in this category will have to be approved through a poll before it is accepted as canon.

Here's a template that you should use for submissions. Simply copy/paste this wiki code, and then fill in the needed fields.

Type of submission:

Name of submitter:

Name of content creator:

Link to relevant content:

Brief description of submission:

Summary/longer description of submission (if necessary):

Voting
Inevitably there will be points and issues during the project where it could go one of a number of ways. Such issues will be debated in the discussion section below. Polls can be created using bullet points with a comment describing one's opinion. One may use Category:Polling templates templates if necessary.

Please be patient with edit conflicts. Save your edit before submission so it can be pasted back again.

When voting one should follow this example:


 * - Explanation - ~

When discussing, direct replies to the line above can be added in this fashion:

User One comments "blah".


 * User Two replies "blergh".


 * User Three replies "blarg".

User Four comments on something else.

User One comments "blah".
 * User Two replies "blergh".
 * User Three replies "blarg".

User Four comments on something else.

Current projects
None yet.

Submission
Submit ideas for review here

Issue 1: Where should we set this project
Much of the focus seems to be setting this project in an entire new universe. And it seems to be the most popular idea. However, much of this spirals from a suggestion made on IRC, and there has been no formal decision on whether to start this project in the main fiction universe (or even Fantasy or Civilisation universe), a timeline or different era within the main universe, or an entirely new universe. I believe we should weigh the pros and cons for each of these settings (but we shouln't be concerned with the details of a setting yet). -- Wormulon  Talk to me  00:56, April 10, 2016 (UTC)


 * My personal opinion is that we may encounter conflits of interest if we set this fiction in the primary fiction universe at it's current time and space. The point is that we supposed to be working together, but that little island of working together will burst in a setting where in everything else we are not. Especially if the fiction expands and interacts with existing fictions, where we have very different ideas both in and oit of universe about how things run.  As a pro for setting in the main universe, it would mean we wouldn't have to build an entirely new setting.  And as a compromise, I don't mind working on a small-scale fiction set in the main universe as an experiment before working on something like an entirely new one.  In any case, we should start out small. --Wormul.png Wormulon   Talk to me  00:56, April 10, 2016 (UTC)