General Questions Thread~FAQ

Post by **Warmark** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:01 pm

Heh, well im all out of ideas then.

Better ask an Admin.

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:03 pm

Hmm. I just logged in with a different account, and I didn't have the option there either. I think there may be a setting limiting it somehow; best ask an admin to go take a look.

Post by **Batsutousai** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:07 pm

Aye. Cheers, then.

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:37 pm

From what I see looks like you found something!

Post by **Alynna Lis Eachann** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:54 pm

Actually I changed it to see if that would trigger the option to appear in the Profile settings. We'll see if it works.

If you have a similar problem (want a title change but don't have the option in your profile), PM me with the title you want and I'll change it for you.

Post by **kevinswatch** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:17 pm

Oh yeaaah. Now I remember. I think I set a minimum post count in order to change your title. I think it's 25 posts. Maybe 50.-jay

Post by **Alynna Lis Eachann** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:29 pm

kevinswatch wrote:Oh yeaaah. Now I remember. I think I set a minimum post count in order to change your title. I think it's 25 posts. Maybe 50.-jay

Yeah, I suspected. Well, my offer stands... Especially if you ask nicely. If you turn out to be obnoxious, though, I'll change it to Poo-Poo Head.

Post by **Batsutousai** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:38 pm

Figures you'd do something like that, Jay. :p

Poo-Poo Head? Does someone call Covenant that at one point?

Naw, it didn't show up in my Profile.

If you could change it to "Swords Mistress", I'll love you fer forever.

Post by **Batsutousai** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 12:09 am

Or not!!

Yeah, it's 50, Jay.

Haha... aliantha looks about ready to do a

'cause I was counting down outloud.

Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:35 am

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant%2C_the_Unbeliever

Compare: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings

Or even: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannara where each book has its own entry and there are many hyperlinks for each character.

I really have nothing to add to the discussion of the books and have enough forums that take up my time already, I just noticed as I read through them that it wasn't especially well represented on wikipedia (or the internet in general) and wondered why such a bright and devoted community as this one had never mounted a campaign to flesh out the entries on the series.

If there's an explanation for this somewhere else, I apologize. I haven't done all that much reading around.

Post by **danlo** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:41 pm

I tried but some idiot kept switching it back--but you're right we do need a coordinated mass effort--You need to help and stay here for discussion--I'm sure you have plenty to add!!!

Post by **matrixman** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:33 am

Trying to make us feel guilty here, Insomniac? Hey, we get plenty of that just from reading TC!

Personally, I haven't tried to edit/add to the TC information in Wikipedia for the reason danlo mentioned: they would just delete any effort to do so. We're not part of the "in" circle at Wikipedia.

(And secondly, I've never tried because I'm not worthy of the task.)

Post by **Insomniac By Choice** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:00 pm

If you read the talk page, it seems back in February they were supportive of a project to format better and such, so I don't see why they would delete any effort by devoted fans to improve things. I may be wrong, but in most cases of wiki edit wars, there has to be a strong opposition, and I don't think the Covenant series has that.

At worst the problem would citation and POV problems for the tone of the articles if people tried to write in their own interpretations since wikipedia has a "no primary source" policy, but I wouldn't think that would cause too much difficulty.

Post by **Marv** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:06 pm

Wikipedia isn't worthy of the Chronicles. Just my opinion.

Post by **High Lord Tolkien** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:08 pm

Really, why bother with Wikipedia?
We are Kevin's Watch.
We suffice.

Post by **Insomniac By Choice** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:36 am

That's probably true, but according to alexa wikipedia is the 17th most popular site on the web, and kevin's watch is somewhere in the mid six millions. If you want people to find out about Thomas Covenant, Kevin's Watch may suffice but it's not the best possible way to reach people.

If you don't want to, that's fine, I just don't think the excuses you're giving are legitimate.

Post by **Lord Mhoram** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:22 am

I agree with Insomniac By Choice. Wikipedia's Covenant articles suck badly. Didn't danlo try to fix that a while ago?

Post by **High Lord Tolkien** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:34 pm

Insomniac By Choice wrote:That's probably true, but according to alexa wikipedia is the 17th most popular site on the web, and kevin's watch is somewhere in the mid six millions. If you want people to find out about Thomas Covenant, Kevin's Watch may suffice but it's not the best possible way to reach people.

If you don't want to, that's fine, I just don't think the excuses you're giving are legitimate.

"Bravo."

Post by **mrsnull** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:53 pm

Hey everybody! (Julie here)
Dennis needs your help. He has tried and tried to bring the board up at home and it won't come up. He can't even get to the point of signing in.
So, I told him that I would log on at work and ask if anyone has any suggestions.

Please help. He's miserable without you guys.

Thank you, thank you, thank you...

Julie

Post by **Warmark** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:58 pm

The Watch has some server errors right now as Jay said here.

kevinswatch.ihugny.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10181

Its not only him, its a worldwide problem.
I just have to try many times before i get on.

Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.