User talk:OranL

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[edit] Myst Articles

I have given you access to all of the Myst articles you requested with the exception of D'ni Kings and this was because that article had no content whatsoever. Only a single edit took place before the article was CSD'd and that was to redirect it to List of D'ni kings. If you have any other questions or need any other help, feel free to let me know. One point though, seeing that this was not technically a deletion review, a better place to have made this request would probably have been the Administrator Noticeboard, it probably would have been responded fast to as well. Have a good evening. Trusilver 00:44, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

In addition to the page content, I have also userfied the page histories to conform to the GFDL (in case you decide to merge any content from those pages to any articles or reintroduce them to the mainspace after improvements). Also, I was able to find the page history of D'ni Kings (it had been moved to List of D'ni kings) and have userfied that article as well. Black Falcon (Talk) 01:59, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Contribution to D'ni

Recently, an anonymous IP made a change to the article D'ni. I have reverted the change and written an explanation on their talk page.

[edit] Re: Team-Up

Looks like the task force won't happen, but I'm a lone-wolf editor anyhow :P I've begun the cleanup and finding of sources for Myst (video game)- looks like there's enough development info to use, and lots on legacy, but the real issue is we have to find reviews for the game, which are most likely off the net from print publications way back when. Anyway, cheers, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 23:14, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

  • It should be okay if we work on them together. You did a bang-up job on Myst (video game)! I really like the number of references!
    Hopefully, I'll get to work writing up a userpage so we can coordinate stuff. I'm thinking that you can take some articles and I can take some articles. We could also each do a part of each article, if that way would be more productive. What do you think? — OranL (talk) 21:34, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Sounds like a plan, a userpage to keep track of progress would help. I'm thinking that we should first try and get all the video game articles up to GA/FA, and also cleanup, merge, and organize the in-universe info (the characters and such.) The good news is, the newer the game, the more information there is to find, so it would be as hard to find reviews! Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 21:42, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Oh, I started drafting up a feature topic skeleton for the games, so we can keep track of our progress towards a unified topic. See it here. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 21:58, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
That looks pretty cool! I've actually been working a bunch of overtime for the past week, so I haven't had a lot of time to work on much so far—except a little bit while I'm at work. ;)
I noticed that you deleted Star Fissure (Myst) a little while ago. I had glanced over this page a little, and I probably agree that it was pretty useless. In the future though, perhaps we could discuss the deletion of these types of pages before they get deleted (perhaps you could just add a {{prod}} tag to it). I'd like to save as much useful information as possible from these terrible articles and make sure it gets put into other appropriate articles. This way we don't have to rewrite a section from scratch, and we can copy/paste/edit useful parts to fit into another article.
I have quite a few previously deleted pages relating to Myst in my Userspace. Please look at the section on my user page for the list of articles I have. There might be some useful references in some of them (but somehow I doubt they have ANY references…). You can go ahead and comment on them, like I did for Releeshahn if you'd like, or make up a different way to do it. Commenting on them helps me keep track of my progress, but you don't have to. — OranL (talk) 22:33, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Don't worry, Star Fissure was just an obvious *dum dum* page, but if you want me to I can always go grab the source at any time (ah, the privileges of an admin! :P) I'm going to start trying to find all the Myst-related articles and see what needs to be stuck together- right now I'm eyeing Stranger (Myst) and Atrus as candidates to merge into a fleshed out List of Myst characters. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 22:37, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

It looks like you're going to town on the actual video game articles (e.g. Myst, Riven, etc.) so I'm going to work on the more in-universe stuff like the characters and Ages.

  • I'm thinking of actually just compiling all of the characters alphabetically into one big article and then making lists with the names sorted differently by Major/Minor characters, by game/book first appearing in, etc.
  • I'm also thinking of doing a similar thing with all the locations in the series: one article sorted alphabetically with full descriptions and lists sorted other ways.

What do you think? — OranL (talk) 22:13, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Sounds like a plan. None of the characters can really stand on their own, so merging them together is a capital idea. As you've said, I'm basically going to focus on the games (next will be Riven!) so if you can work on the universe we can whip these articles into proper shape! :) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 18:09, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
I've gotten a little sidetracked improving I Love Bees, but I'm making headway in Riven (development fleshing out and cohesive reception is really the major stuff.) One problem is I can't find a good-quality screenshot for the game; considering the graphics are one of the chief commented features, we really need something clear and representative. Do you have the game so we can take a raw shot? Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 21:11, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry it took so long to respond, but my computer's in the shop. I believe I do have the game, just let me know which areas need screenshots and I'll try to grab them. I'll have to find the game and get my computer back from the repair guys first, so it might be a few days before we can really get to work on this part. — OranL (talk) 17:46, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
A good image for the gameplay section was what I was looking for. I have a decent one of Prison island, but if you find a better one with a nicer view or something, that would be great. Some production shots, if you have the version with 'The Making of Riven', might also be good. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 18:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reorganization

I've created a Workshop where I'm coming up with article skeletons and such for the articles. My proposals are to merge information on the D'ni, Bahro, Art and books into Myst canon, and merge all the characters into Characters of Myst. I'm pretty sure there's not enough 3rd-party information to justify an "Ages of..." article, so I say drop it. I've also developed a skeleton for what I hope will be a good series article. Comment there or make changes! Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 14:50, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User space edits

Please don't change my user page. Thank you! — OranL (talk) 23:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Understood. My apologies. --Soetermans (talk) 05:52, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] query

Maybe you can clear this up. Who created the Age of Myst? I’ve seen it as Atrus in publications (probably just erroneous, based on the games, not the novels) but both Catherine and Ti’ana are claimed to have written it in separate places. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs (talk) 17:24, 6 June 2008 (UTC)