MetaMoss wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 5:01 pm
After seeing that there will even be articles on stuff like Alex Kidd, the only question I can think to ask is this: what
aren't you going to cover?
It's certainly one thing I really appreciate about it being such an extensive, all-inclusive kind of project not necessarily tied to a specific "guide" for the main website: I can write about whatever the goddamn hell I want to write about, and I don't have to make sure the other 90 pages related to it are "done", because maybe they never will be!
But yeah, just like the main website, first priority is DRAGON BALL, second priority is ORIGINAL JAPANESE, and third priority is EVERYTHING ELSE RELATED TO THOSE. That gives us plenty of leeway to cover things like alternate music scores and other Toriyama works, and to do so when we're ready to do them at a quality level and scope we're comfortable with.
I recently answered this on Twitter (and I know I showed it off briefly on the stream), but at least for me personally, I've done pages for things like "The World of Dragon Ball Z" because I needed a break from some larger project, and it was a singular/individual thing that could be covered in its entirety all in one shot. That's... an attractive project prospect! Stuff like that is a great palate cleanser in between working on other things, whether I'm wrapping one up and before moving on to another one, or just needing a break within a big project.
pepd wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:03 pm
I'm more than pleased to see the manga images, Debuts and extensive citation. I don't know if it would be significant work or if anyone would be even interested in such feature, but would you consider adding something to identify the nature of the source immediately? Maybe something like (Description)M [23] (Manga, Toriyama, Guide, Anime, Videogame). The date listing and Kikuchi pages are also amazing.
We've talked a lot about citations, and we're still adjusting formatting for things like footnotes, and footnotes even within citations. I know this functionality didn't seem to work well while I was streaming, but you can hover over a superscript citation note to actually view/read the full source without having to click down to an anchor at the bottom of the page. This lets you clarify exactly what it is without losing your spot on the page.
To your point about clarifying with a notation letter if it's manga vs TV vs book etc., I personally feel that really gets too much into editorializing on the hierarchy of "canonicity", so to speak. We'll clarify with notes, and we'll sure tell you if something is "wrong", but the source is the source is the source, and where it comes from -- so long as it's a real thing and fits our criteria for BEING a source -- doesn't/shouldn't matter. And again, you can hover and find out if you want, and make your own call from there.
KBABZ wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:27 am
I asked this in the chat, but how much overlap will there be between the wiki and the main site? Editorial will obviously live on the main site, but how about things like the manga/anime pages? Will those become redirects to the wiki?
TBD on some of that. Even for "just" things like episode pages, we think there's still a lot of value in having a curated, designed experience with a real website layout for a lot of stuff, with fine control over how and where things are placed.
For things that the main website guides don't yet have pages for, we might just have the non-existent inner page just redirect to a wiki page if one exists. We'll probably also link respective wiki pages on main website pages.
I dunno. It'll grow, change, and evolve as it all gets built. I always have been and still am in it for the long haul here, so I'm just as excited as you to see how it all shakes out over time!
Thanks, folks! Your enthusiasm and excitement is deeply appreciated.
