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Please use other articles' discussion pages; if you have a question about the RS or this wiki, email [mailto:io@rebelsquadrons.org io@rebelsquadrons.org].
 
Please use other articles' discussion pages; if you have a question about the RS or this wiki, email [mailto:io@rebelsquadrons.org io@rebelsquadrons.org].
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== Organization ==
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The RS wiki contains a wide variety of articles and attempts to accomplish many things.  One result is that there is noticeable dissonance between [[IC]] and [[OOC]] articles when navigating the wiki.
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To facilitate clearer organization, the following overarching categories are proposed:
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* '''[[:Category:Universe]]''' - contains all in-character material, such as planets, ships, and so on;
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* '''[[:Category:Rebel Squadrons]]''' (a subcategory of [[:Category:Universe]]) - contains material that reflects the ''current'' state of the RS, from both [[IC]] and [[OOC]] perspectives.
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* '''[[:Category:OOC]]''' (a subcategory of [[:Category:Rebel Squadrons]]) - contains OOC material which has no real IC explanation and reflects the ''current'' state of the RS.  (An example would be [[Beginner's Path]].)  Such material should have an "OOC" heading to alert the reader entering OOC territory.
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* '''[[:Category:Projects]]''' (a subcategory of [[:Category:OOC]]) - contains OOC material that reflects the ''future'' state of the RS, not yet officially introduced.  Such material should have also have an "OOC" heading.
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This organization does not solve the IC/OOC problems inherent in articles about RS units, characters, missions, and so on.  For such articles, the following structure is proposed:
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# A brief OOC introduction and summary of the article.  (For instance, it is necessary to establish that [[ABG]] uses D6 roleplaying before describing the material thus derived.)
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# The complete IC version of the article.
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# The complete OOC version of the article.

Revision as of 22:49, 19 January 2009

Welcome to the RS wiki!

Please use other articles' discussion pages; if you have a question about the RS or this wiki, email io@rebelsquadrons.org.

Organization

The RS wiki contains a wide variety of articles and attempts to accomplish many things. One result is that there is noticeable dissonance between IC and OOC articles when navigating the wiki.

To facilitate clearer organization, the following overarching categories are proposed:

  • Category:Universe - contains all in-character material, such as planets, ships, and so on;
  • Category:Rebel Squadrons (a subcategory of Category:Universe) - contains material that reflects the current state of the RS, from both IC and OOC perspectives.
  • Category:OOC (a subcategory of Category:Rebel Squadrons) - contains OOC material which has no real IC explanation and reflects the current state of the RS. (An example would be Beginner's Path.) Such material should have an "OOC" heading to alert the reader entering OOC territory.
  • Category:Projects (a subcategory of Category:OOC) - contains OOC material that reflects the future state of the RS, not yet officially introduced. Such material should have also have an "OOC" heading.

This organization does not solve the IC/OOC problems inherent in articles about RS units, characters, missions, and so on. For such articles, the following structure is proposed:

  1. A brief OOC introduction and summary of the article. (For instance, it is necessary to establish that ABG uses D6 roleplaying before describing the material thus derived.)
  2. The complete IC version of the article.
  3. The complete OOC version of the article.