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 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.
ęµ·ć®ę„ ā Marine Day
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.
ēÆē± ęµć ā Floating Lantern Festival
Today is apparentlyā¦that day so I figured Iāll make this a wiki update. Just to be clear, the next one might be in two days.
Finallyā¦I managed to line it up with a day where something happens!
So! Letās get into it!
Boring Wiki Stuff
- I finished upgrading all the images.
- I noticed a few of the articles I intended to publish Iā¦didnāt. So I fixed that.
- Slightly re-wrote the Vampires article because it was bad. I also added a bit more onto it.
- Removed the dotted line that appears under tags.
- I added creator article links to the index pages.
- It came to my attention that the banner images were being blocked when using a specific blocklist, so I moved them. This should have fixed the problem.
- I realized that anonymous users (anyone who isnāt logged in) lacked access to the search bar among other things, so I re-enabled that. You can now search the wiki.
- I moved storytelling theory from the Musings section to the Media section, since it was more appropriate.
- While I was at it, I renamed the media section to āstoryā considering the number of story articles is increasing.
- I went ahead and changed how I handle spacing.
- I switched from using āsingle quotesā to ādouble quotesā. Though this change will be rolled out gradually and not immediately visible.
- Single quotes are still used for individual words or terms.
- I re-arranged parts of the story section to account for terminology changes.
- I moved āUnits of Measurementā from the History & Philosophy section to the Misc Musings section.
- Other things I canāt think of.
Exciting Wiki Stuff
Article Additions
* The Beach Generation * Compact Cassette * Compact Disc * Damsel in Distress * Digital Versatile Disc * Eurobeat * FeverĀ° * Genre * Gyaru-Moji * Gyaru * Ludo-Narrative Dissonance * Mecha * Story Metadata * MiniDisc * ParaPara * PictoChat * Plot Contrivance
* Plot Hiccup * Plot Hole * RebelovƩ * SocJus * Star Wars * Character * Story Context * Element * Storytelling Theory * Sub-Genre * Subject * The Big Short * Theme * This, therefore that * TRON * Forgotten Elements of Warcraft * Warcraft Retcons
Compared to the last update, this is an increase of about 49 articles, though Iām apparently not listing all of those that I added hereā¦since Iām only counting 33. Oh, well.
The total, as of me writing this is 236 which I think is nice.
Small Additions
At a later stageā¦l-later stage between the last update and this oneā¦but not the latest stageā¦yeah.
Anyway! I decided that it would make more sense to prioritize shorter complete articlesā¦and release those ASAPā¦so thatās what I did. I went thru the sitemap and found anything that was short but readable and made them public.
Thatās why, if you were frequenting the wiki (for some reasonā¦) you may have noticed a slight boost at one point from 200 to 211.
After I decided on a specific ārelease-dateā for this update, I decided to apply the same thinking to some media articles that didnāt exist yet (or did in a limited form). So as per my effort to rid myself of the playgroundā¦I started releasing a few articles.
These wonāt have any banner images for a while, though Iām not sure for how long. My priority currently in life isnāt the wiki and my priorities in the wiki are focused on publishing as many of the former playground articles as possible.
Articles that fall into this category specifically include: The Big Short, TRON, Star Wars, SIGNAL LOST, Better than Adventure.
Story Stuff
After a long time, I finally released the article on Storytelling Theory. I think itāll serve as the foundation for all other story-related stuff on the wiki. Though itās still a little messy, I think itās readable enough.
Besides that, Iāve defined Theme, Element, Character, Subject and Genre though it took a while. I think the terms are clear and atomic enough to be useful.
Oh, right, I also added the Mecha article, but I gotta fix it up a little first.
SocJus
This is its own section because I consider it that important. I released an article on SocJus, which is known by many names which include: wokeism, leftism, progressivism among many others.
Iām also a little nervous about releasing it, but still felt it was a good idea.
I consider it one of my best works, though itās still a little messy because, at this point, I have to admit Iām not very good at writing. Though! I did my best.
Itās likely to be controversial and, well, thatās fineā¦I guess.
My biggest concern is actually that it might distract from everything else on the wiki which I really donāt want.
Other Stuff
Death Note
I added another section to the Death Note article, since I figured I should explain myself on one pointā¦
That being the bus hijacking. The reason why Iām explaining myself is due to the realization most people donāt see any issue with it.
Warcraft
I added Warcraft Retcons and Forgotten Elements of Warcraft. These are pretty self-explanatory and theyāll be gradually added to.
Windows Ricing
I updated the Windows Ricing article so itās finally up-to-date and possibly useful.
Blog-y Stuff
Wiki Writing Approach
To elaborate a little on my current approach to writing stuff on hereā¦which I didnāt really do in the previous updateā¦
Previously, I used to put a lot of content on the wiki, not just wiki stuff. I treated it basically like a personal notebook, but then realized that that wasnāt quite ideal.
Somewhat recently (possibly a few months ago) I discovered Obsidian and found that that was way better suited to my personal notebooks approach.
So something I had sorta decided on was that my Obsidian vault would be a much looser and less focused version of this wikiā¦with the content from the vault gradually making its way on here. This is partially the reason Iām focusing so much on all those playground articles: I want to reduce the playground as much as possible, so I can properly adopt this approach.
Itās dawning on me now, for example, that I actually had a little more written in Obsidian for something that got turned into an articleā¦but I just forgot about it.
Spider-Man & Marvel
I had recently taken a look at the Marvel Wiki article on Mary Jane and, well, I was less than pleased with what I was reading.
So Iāll quickly express something here before the inevitable Marvel and Spider-Man articlesā¦oh, before that, I should note that Iām not a comics guy, mostly down to it being kinda daunting to enter as a beginner.
I think Marvelās biggest issue is that they just donāt want to end a story (besides the other issues). Though MJ specifically experienced an obvious character assassination, which was after that awful arc that I keep reading about (at this point 17 years old).
Marvel should just scratch everything and start over. In the sense that they should create an ending for all the current story arcs and then just start all over again.
Though, since I wrote that, I did start reading the Spider-Man comics and I was enjoying myself a lot. But Iāve taken a small break from reading it because thereās a lot.
Tolkien
Tolkien might make his way onto this wiki since I decided to take a break from Spider-Man specifically to focus a little on Tolkienās stuff.
Iāve been reading The Hobbit and itās quite nice. Plus Iāve been re-watching the films.
Banner Image
Since itās such a nice picture, I may as well link to the source. Itās CC0, but I figured I may as well anyhow.
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