News
This is the News section of the website, it is forā¦ news. It includes an RSS feed that you can subscribe to so you donāt have to manually check. Correction, I thought it did, dunno what to do now.
Brief Update
I figured I may as well explain a few of the things that have happened recently.
Over the past month or so, Iāve been focusing a lot on editing the styling of the wikiā¦both to make it look a little nicer and for personal purpose.
The other day, I realized that I had spent a significant amount of time on stuff that the average reader will never ever see and, so, I decided to put that all on hold.
The changes Iāve made are adequate enough to make the wiki look nicer. So Iāll possibly be improving the looks of the wiki.
However, because of this focus on styling, I actually didnāt do that much writing, outside of a few exceptions. This should be changing (hopefully).
My actual real-life focus isnāt dedicated to the wiki and is currently focused on a few different things, with the wiki being on the lower end of the priority pole. But since Iāll (hopefully) be writing instead of styling, more stuff should be added. Or, at least, the visual aspect of some articles will have a noticeable upgrade.
Patreon & Ko-Fi
I decided to remove the links to both of them. This is because, let me be real, I failed to attract any attention and thus any supporters. Plus my Patreon page got disabled and I was too lazy to open it up again.
Plus I just wasnāt really into the idea in the first place. My commercialization pursuits will have to come from somewhere else, unfortunately. Or fortunately, if you have my weird perspectives on Economics.
Brief Break
I think Iām gonna take a brief break from writing regularly. Iāve been doing around 30 minutes a day regularly for a while now. Maybe a month or longer.
However, Iāve been running out of fuel so I think Iāll justā¦stop for a while. Iāll get back to it eventually, though I canāt say when for sure. Hopefully within November.
Styling
Besides writing on the wiki, Iāve also been making a lot of changes to the styling here. Some changes are more obvious than others.
Itās a bit of a pain to wrestle with dokuwiki at times, which is contributing to me getting a little tired.
Non-Wiki Creative Things
Besides working on the wiki, Iāve also been focusing on the other creative things I do. Iām finally progressing in one in particular, which means Iām excited on that front.
Conclusion
So yeah, not much else to say of course.
Obligatory Update
Iāve decided to make a few changes, some bigger than othersā¦so, yeah.
Article Additions
Iāve decided to stop explaining what new articles Iāve added since the last update, because I started creating new articles more regularly. So I feel itās unnecessary to say what I added anymoreā¦also, I lost track of what I added.
Styling Changes
Cards
These cards are one of the newest additions and one that Iām particularly proud of.
Theyāre based off of the cards from Bootstrap, but I think I managed to make them more versatile.
Unfortunately, Dokuwiki doesnāt particularly like them.
Iāve gone ahead and changed the CSS for the wiki, making it all look a bit more uniform (and nicer). Besides that, I added some extra stuff via the WRAP pluginā¦which should be visible in a few places.
Itās possible Iāll add some more stuff, though Iāll note that Dokuwikiās limitations have become pretty clear to me. It really doesnāt like a lot of the stuff I did.
Highlights
I would like to brag about the Writing Notes for Vampires article, since I think itās particularly good.
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Hello! It is apparently the first day of the Obon Festival (unless I made a horrible mistake somewhere) and, thus, a new update.
As a side-note, I planned to create this update two days ago during å±±ć®ę„ but then forgot about it. Not that it matters that much.
It did take a while to figure out what to make the banner and, Iāll be honest: not my best work, but itāll do.
Boring Wiki Updates
- Added small banner images for many of the media articles that lacked them.
- Added a few regular banners for the media article pages.
Exciting Wiki Updates
Article Additions
The total article count previously was 236 and, now, there are 250 listed on the main page. Not that many, but still.
Of those, Iād say I put the most effort into the Zelda article, as Iām currently going thru some Zelda media.
Slight Change
Previously, I stated that I started prioritizing just adding new articles even if I donāt create images for them or even if they arenāt super well-thought-outā¦well, Iāve made another bold decision: I will start writing about stuff that I havenāt actually gone thru.
To clarify a little by what I mean, Iāll just point to World of Darkness and Chronicles of Darkness as two examples that pre-date this decision. They donāt include any reviews and are pretty bare-bones, but I still consider them relevant enough to mention.
There are a few things Iāve written about that fall into the same category and, since Iām the boss, I may as well start to include those on the public wiki as well.
Iāll also note that there is a pretty big backlog that Iām gradually going thru, just that itāll take a while toā¦get thru.
Blog-y Stuff
Zelda Timeline Stuff
I was thinking recently about how to fix the Zelda timeline and, wellā¦yeah.
One thing I was thinking about was how to make it all fit together without breaking anything. I concluded that youād have to make story changes to accommodate all the information present.
That saidā¦and I think I might add this to the article itself: maybe the official timeline isnāt that bad. Functionally, it manages to unite multiple disparate games into a single unified continuityā¦and without hitting too many issues in the process. Thatās impressive in a wayā¦though Iām not fully convinced itās without issue ā those issues are merely ignored by the fanbase (if they notice them).
How many people have played Zelda games?
Something that Iāve started to wonder is how many people making video essays and retrospectives about Zelda have actually played the games theyāre talking about. Grantedā¦I havenāt, but Iām not really pretending that I have.
Iām saying this because, whenever someone talks about Twilight Princess (for example), I get the impression they and I played two different games. I may or may not elaborate on that further.
Fan Wikis
While browsing the Zeldawiki recently, I came to the conclusion that itās not being edited well. Now, I complain about some of that on the Zelda article, but Iāll repeat myself: why is the wiki treating Zelda as one character? Zelda is multiple characters. It is beyond annoying to have just one article for all the Zeldas.
Like, I get why theyāre doing it, but it doesnāt make it less stupid. It just makes the lives of readers harder.
Though I initially thought this was just the case for Zelda, Link and maybe Ganonā¦Iāve since learned that it applies to way more of the characters ā and it applies inconsistently.
For example: Anjuās page lists Anju from Majoraās Mask and The Minish Capā¦despite those being completely unrelated characters. Meanwhile, Cucco Lady has her own pageā¦despite her being closer to the Anju from The Minish Cap.
You could blame one of two entities for this: Nintendo for re-using characters across games or the wiki for presenting these disparate characters as the same character.
Nowā¦I have a bunch of issues like this with fan wikis run online. Most of them are written in boring wiki speak which is a terrible choice, though I canāt articulate why right now. But one reason is: why would I read this over Wikipedia in that case?
There are a few other problems like them going into too much detail, not including enough fanon stuff (specifically fan theories and analysis; kinda like what Tolkiengateway does) andā¦I canāt think of anything else right now.
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I said that thereād be an update in two days. But this is a very minor update because I didnāt get anything done.
Itās just to explain some things I may have left out.
Priorities!
In the previous update, I explained that the wiki isnāt my current #1 priority so Iāll explain what is: coding. Kinda.
Iāve been coding in Red recently, which is why Iāve been busy. Hopefully some of the stuff I make will actually end up on Software & Games butā¦who knows, really? I do have some ideas, but implementation is at minimum a month or two away.
Iāve also been busy with other annoying things, but I should be able to deal with those.
That's...it?
I donāt have much else to say, honestly. Unless you, the reader, are interested in hearing rants.