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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Cabbie on August 22, 2004, 06:31:17 am

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: Cabbie on August 22, 2004, 06:31:17 am

Hmm I wonder if we can add an article on freespace on Wikipedia? Any Freespace history expert out here who is willing to make a good detailed article about our favortie game and submit it to it be documented in the annals of internet history? :D

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: Cyker on August 22, 2004, 07:09:40 am

Start one off and then everyone can edit and add to it as time goes on :)

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: Black Wolf on August 22, 2004, 10:08:20 am

It's already in there, but I added quick summaries about the Shivans and Vasudans to go with it.

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: TopAce on August 22, 2004, 11:55:33 am

The main problem is that there are only a few people who visit and edit anything in the Wiki.

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: karajorma on August 22, 2004, 12:11:54 pm

I thing you've got the wrong Wiki TopAce. This isn't the HLP one they're on about.

The topic is on about http://en.wikipedia.org

BW : I just did a wikipedia search for freespace and found nothing.

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: TopAce on August 22, 2004, 12:15:15 pm

Aha.

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: Gloriano on August 22, 2004, 12:16:10 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descent:_Freespace ?

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: karajorma on August 22, 2004, 12:21:56 pm

Odd. I did a search for "Freespace" and turned up absolutely nothing. It simply sent me to a page to search Google and Yahoo.

Oddly enough even searches for "Descent Freespace" or "Descent : Freespace" turned up nothing. It was only a search for "Descent: Freespace" (without the extra space) that turned up anything.

Conclusion : Wikipedia's search engine couldn't find it's own arse with both hands. ;)

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: TopAce on August 22, 2004, 12:28:38 pm

Capital letters may be the problem.

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: Cyker on August 22, 2004, 12:30:12 pm

WikiWiki! :D

I added an article called "Freespace" that provides a link to "Descent: Freespace"

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: karajorma on August 22, 2004, 02:30:21 pm

Quote

Originally posted by TopAce
Capital letters may be the problem.

Doesn't matter. It's still monumentally stupid even if that was the cause.

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: TopAce on August 22, 2004, 02:39:22 pm

Indeed, I didn't say it wouldn't be stupid. I have just tried it myself, it really doesn't matter.

Title: Well then
Post by: Getter Robo G on August 22, 2004, 02:41:12 pm

Pick one of the "old Guard" and take care of business! Show that Wikki who's boss! ;)

  REPRESENT!!!

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: WMCoolmon on August 22, 2004, 03:45:39 pm

Quote

Originally posted by karajorma
Conclusion : Wikipedia's search engine couldn't find it's own arse with both hands. ;)

Although it is able to find the Devil's arse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=my+arse&go=Go)

Title: Putting Freespace in Wikipedia
Post by: TopAce on August 22, 2004, 04:04:57 pm

Congratulations for finding such a rare term. :)