Forum:An RPG Wiki

Regarding an idea for a small RPG Wiki...
Hi, I was thinking the other day that it would be much easier to put all of our group's content on a Wiki for each other to see (there are a lot of archives of text and info involved). We have had several forums and websites in the past, but it's a very long process with no automated way of making repetitive pages like character profiles. Unfortunately, it's a small group of roleplayers and it wouldn't be some massive community that would be pulled in by this new Wiki. Upon reading Wikia's guidelines and recommendations, I backed off and tried somewhere else - wetpaint.com. It doesn't have some of the same restrictions as Wikia, but it's so uncustomizable that I'm starting to think I made the wrong choice. I like the MediaWiki features, not this pseudo-wiki blog ordeal that doesn't even allow categories, custom HTML or CSS.

Is Wikia wrong for this site? Is it easier for me to try running a mediawiki or somesuch on my own website?

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!

--Naiama 23:34, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * From the sound of it, you might consider try it out at the Scratchpad Wiki since you said you had a small amount of players (and thus expected contributers), although what's small for you may by moderately sized to me. In any case, starting a Scratchpad would be my suggestion, then requesting a single wiki if it gets large enough. If you think a single wiki might be right, go make a request! Bottom line, I think you should try Wikia out. Unless you have access to a server (like you own one and know how to use, install, configure, troubleshoot, basic IT stuff) running your own MediaWiki installation really isn't for you. Hope this helps!--Imaginationac (Talk | Edits | [mailto:imaginationac@gmail.com Email]) 02:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for responding. I took a look at Scratchpad. To be more clear, there are around 89 chapters, not including individual stories that I want to put up. I think it would be much too hard to manage on a mini-wiki. I think I'll request a Wikia and see how it goes.  --Naiama 02:34, 16 July 2007 (UTC)