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== News ==
== News ==


'''11th March '08''':  
'''8th July '09''':  
:Five new games added again since the last update. There are now '''80''' games on the site!
:Ok! So, due to the high volume of spam recently and the low activity of the site, I've disabled user registration completely. Sorry to put such a high barrier to participation. If you'd like to contribute to the site, great! [[:User:Terry|Get in touch]] and I'll happily set up an account for you :)


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'''14th September '08''':
:Sorry it's been so quiet around here lately. Want to help administrate the site? [[:User:Terry|Get in touch]]!


:New additions are: [[Get Lost]] (pictured) courtesy of Richard Marks, [[The Sandbox of God]] and [[Vivid Conceptions]] courtesy of Chubigans, and [[You Have To Burn The Rope]] courtesy of GaryBuseyFan2005. I've also added a page (and walkthrough) for [[Karoshi 2]].


:There's also a ton of new template pages for adventure games thanks to [[:Special:Contributions/Megane67|Megane67]]. If anybody would like to add screenshots and fill in walkthrough information for them, feel free!
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:It's brought a problem to my attention that we should probably take care of sooner rather than later - confusing categories. Right now the way the site works is that any game that has a walkthrough is added to the [[:Category:All_Games|All Games Category]], which keeps the master list sorted. Any games page that doesn't have sufficient walkthrough information is added to the [[:Category:Needs_More_Info|Needs More Info Category]]. If a page isn't added to either, it'll probably just get lost on the wiki over time :(
 
:This is pretty confusing to new contributors, I think - it would be easy to assume that every game on the site should be added to the All Games Category, and in fact that should be the case, as it makes more sense. Also, the Needs More Info category is currently too vague - it includes [[La Mulana]], which is almost complete, as well as, say, [[Harvest: Massive Encounter]], which doesn't have any walkthrough information at all.
 
:So in order to deal with this issue before the site gets any larger, I'm going to make a few changes to how games are categorised.
::'''All game pages on the site will now be added to the "All Games" category''': This should mean that there's a category holding every game on the site, including templates, which should prevent game pages from getting lost. It's also a more sensible use of the "All Games" category.
 
::'''Game pages with complete walkthroughs will be added to a "Walkthroughs" category''': This makes a lot more sense than adding them to a category called "All Games". I should be able to do this by mucking about with the database, so it probably won't involve too much manually editing pages.
 
::'''Game pages with games that need more information will be tiered''': They'll still be part of a "Needs More Info" category, but they'll be ranked by how much information they need. Right now I'm thinking:
 
:::'''Level 0''': No walkthrough information whatsoever. (Example: [[Harvest: Massive Encounter]]).
:::'''Level 1''': A basic FAQ that only deals with some specific aspect of the game/A "Let's Play" video. (Example: [[Darkside Adventures]]).
:::'''Level 2''': Lots of various information about the game (or a video walkthrough), but no definitive, complete, text walkthrough available. (Example: [[La Mulana]]).
 
:These changes will involve manually editing most pages on the site, so it'll probably be a long term thing.
 
:I'm also hoping to put together a submission template to simplify the page creation process. Right now adding a game involves copying a template from another page and working from that, but it would be much nicer if there was a form you could just fill out and submit. I'm not quite sure how best to do this on a wiki, so suggestions are welcome!
 
:Feel free to leave comments about this (or suggestions on how to better approach it) on the [[Talk:Main_Page|Discussion Page]]!
 
'''9th April '08''':
:Unfortunately, due to persistent problems with spam getting past [http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/ Bad Behavior], I've had to disable anonymous page editing (at least until I find a better solution to the spam problem). [http://www.indiefaqs.com/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup User registration] is quick and painless though!
 
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Latest revision as of 22:34, 8 July 2009

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8th July '09:

Ok! So, due to the high volume of spam recently and the low activity of the site, I've disabled user registration completely. Sorry to put such a high barrier to participation. If you'd like to contribute to the site, great! Get in touch and I'll happily set up an account for you :)

14th September '08:

Sorry it's been so quiet around here lately. Want to help administrate the site? Get in touch!


News Archives

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