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New article for TMW in WIKIPEDIA
Posted: 24 Nov 2009, 08:32
by iceslice
Yesterday some of us were talking in the town regarding MMORPG experiences & how to improve it.
I was li'l amazed not to see TMW/mana listed in Wikipedia. Freeyorp suggested us to try to add it.
First I tried this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Icesl ... Mana_World .
When I added it to the main article, it caused some error.
Link of the main article : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mana_World
After a li'l twisting of the text it's working fine now. Still not sure if it's longevity gonna linger.
Guys who have experience of editing at least ten articles in Wikipedia are requested to join & enhance further.
Re: New article for TMW in WIKIPEDIA
Posted: 24 Nov 2009, 08:45
by Crush
Sorry, but I am afraid this article will be deleted soon.
This isn't the first try to bring TMW to wikipedia. All earlier attempts were deleted because of lack of notability and lack of independent sources and not much changed in this regard since the last attempt.
But another quite popular wiki where an article about TMW could bring some publicity is
http://TVTropes.org, a wiki about all kinds of media focusing on the tropes used by them where "There Is No Such Thing As Notability".
Note that TVTropes is much MUCH different from Wikipedia, though. Getting familiar with its style, approach and vocabulary is recommended before starting an article.
Re: New article for TMW in WIKIPEDIA
Posted: 24 Nov 2009, 08:52
by iceslice
But I have placed necessary references/links at the bottom.
Re: New article for TMW in WIKIPEDIA
Posted: 24 Nov 2009, 09:13
by iceslice
And something is better than nothing.
Re: New article for TMW in WIKIPEDIA
Posted: 24 Nov 2009, 09:33
by Len
Crush is correct, we did have a very nice one that was deleted
Re: New article for TMW in WIKIPEDIA
Posted: 24 Nov 2009, 09:40
by iceslice
What was the reason ?
Was that neutral enough ?
Re: New article for TMW in WIKIPEDIA
Posted: 24 Nov 2009, 09:51
by Crush
Mostly lack of independent and reliable sources.
When there would be a detailed article about us in a respectable news source (print magazine, TV report, important(!) news website etc.) it would be something different. And anything written by us or copied from us does not count because it is not independent.
Re: New article for TMW in WIKIPEDIA
Posted: 24 Nov 2009, 10:26
by CodyMartin
A wikipedia article would be very nice.
The old deletion discussion can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: ... Mana_World
Re: New article for TMW in WIKIPEDIA
Posted: 24 Nov 2009, 12:41
by iceslice
I think, higher experienced Editors' touch will make the article better evaluated.
Re: New article for TMW in WIKIPEDIA
Posted: 24 Nov 2009, 20:51
by Crush
See, it's deleted. I told you so.
Re: New article for TMW in WIKIPEDIA
Posted: 24 Nov 2009, 20:54
by iceslice
Ya, but my custom or specialized link is still working.
It said, multiple edit attempts caused such.
Since I am not an authenticated person may be I shouldn't try to edit further. (?)
Re: New article for TMW in WIKIPEDIA
Posted: 26 Nov 2009, 12:21
by Leela
I checked the german wikipedia about TMW. The article was also deleted from exactly the reasons Crush said.
plus someone had written in the discussion that this game exists since january 09 ...
but to advertise it, it could be posted on gamer forums and so on. And I think this already happens