User talk:Ose

Welcome
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Speculation to Facts
I'm no Wiki edit expert. I'm not sure Ose is the right "sysop", but the only one active? I'm not sure this page (Ose's Talk) is the right one for this discussion.

I want all the current pages to have a big red box on top saying this is an old page containing informed speculation about the game. Now that the game is released, we can gradually replace all guesses with facts. As an exmaple on the FAQ page we "guess" the release date as the 5th (it came out on the 4th), further down the game name is "guessed" as being spore... and so on. Editing each page will take time.

Can a Wiki-expert-sysop do a "quick-n-dirty" edit that will mark all pages out of date .. and then it easy to remove this as they become updated? MSquare 17:17, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

RE: Logo
Yea I didn't intend on that image being a permanent new logo. It's just that I think the current one looks like crap haha. It so plain and has no color. I'm currently trying to find a font similar to the latest Spore logo, so that I can design a possible new permanent logo. I'm thinking about a transparent image with SPORE at the top, WIKI under that, and a creature below that. As for feedback about the skin... I think it looks quite good. JoePlay (talk) 23:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Fanon/Canon
Wow! Lots to cover...

Fictional taxa: These are marked with tax-concept, which contains the tag delete. These were created erroneously before I realized some of the creatures in the SporeWiki were purely conceptual. I have stopped classifying concepts, and now I am verifying they are real in advance by looking for an image, which is necessary anyway for a justified classification. The image just says so much that words can't, like the posture or positioning of certain features.

Ha, does Kirkburn realize I joined 11 days ago? Even at that, I'm only a Yeoman Editor on Wikipedia (Bob the Wikipedian). (By the way...what are the chances I could get my username changed to that? I know you can do that on Wikipedia, but I wasn't sure if you had the proper tools to do that here.  I'd rather not have my last name displayed, if you know what I mean.)  But hey, who knows? Maybe I would make a good admin. I've been adminning forums for three years now, so this is just another step forward. I am honored that he has nominated me and will accept the nomination. :)

Maxis creatures...um...tell me what to do, and I'll try. I definitely can see where these are important to distinguish from fan-created creatures.

I wish I could say taxonomy was simple and just invite you to join in the project, but unfortunately, it's so hard I still haven't learned how to classify the birds! In fact, as best I can tell, no scientist has come up with a good way to do it. Mostly, it involves studying the structure, and occasionally habits, and a lot of appearance. I wish I could get it through some people's heads that an image will really simplify the process, and it will also help verify that it's not just a concept. I'm happy to see that Neini8 has taken up the challenge and is at least classifying his/her own creatures, and doing a very nice job of it, too.

Redirects...hmm. In Wikipedia, it's never been a problem to do that, but I can see your point. Since each scientific name is mentioned only once, it might make more sense to do a direct link instead of a redirect. The genera will eventually need their own pages once multiple species exist, but until then, they only serve as single-instance redirects. For now, I'll stop creating redirects on the genus and species.

God bless, Schnautzr 15:59, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Introa
That's probably it! Sorry for the mixup, I don't know how I linked to that old page. Sorry for the mixup. By the way, when you change a link to Content:Natrian Empire could you fix it so it looks like Natrian Empire? Thanks. Introi Leader 00:44, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

yes, please. I don't know why I made the new page, and didn't just fix up the old one, but yes, delete the old one. Introi Leader 01:06, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

name change
sorry i didnt think it was possible to get a name change. but yes i would like to have it changed to HalfwingAeon Halfwing 16:10, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Spore fanon
Yeah I'd recommend we make a Spore Fanon Wiki and then maybe add a message to MediaWiki:Copyrightwarning saying user creations should be put there or something.--Richard 19:09, 14 August 2008 (UTC)