Forum:Some Observations

I'm really impressed with everything contributed so far but I have a few observations I just wanted to throw out there. The E/F cycle will be our first time where we have a decent number of phantoms available to tackle (4 I see as of right now). I see Tsawac has already called the First Gods and the First Godking Court has been cited 4 times by 3 authors(!). If you don't want to you don't have to do it, but I hope someone will pick this article to write. I myself will be more than willing to volunteer for either one of the two remainders (Fog School or Erissa). Another thing I was thinking about is how we haven't really tackled what the heck happened to get from point A (Princess Orithia) to point B (Godking Mandri). We have all been dancing around the perimeter of the issue (myself guilty as charged) and in my opinion it'd be nice to have at least some clues to what went down at the core of the story. I think the G/H cycle would be a good opportunity to have a "Godking Mandri" entry, and perhaps that would shed some light on the central issues we've been alluding to. I'd write if no else wants to, I'll volunteer to do it -- though I will say I haven't really given the issue any thought yet (if someone has a good idea, go ahead!). Thoughts?????? Delkana1 (talk) 04:02, March 21, 2014 (UTC)

I think that, to a large extent, circling around issues is how we ensure collaborative authorship. This is, after all, a story that's about Godking Mandri and Princess Orithia; if we have articles that summarise them, everything that's in those articles is true, one person has established authority over the most central events of the story, and all that's left is to fight over the details. That might work, but I think that the game still works even if we don't ever create a Godking Mandri article. Maybe it works better! I don't know. I certainly think that we could get away with, e.g., never actually writing First Godking Court or Divine Blood and just inferring what they're about from context. I'm in favour of writing the stuff that interests you, not picking up articles because you feel it's a Thing that Must be Done. Tsawac (talk) 04:32, March 21, 2014 (UTC)

I think you have very good points! I just wanted to hear what other people were thinking at this point in time. I agree it is good to not have one person dominate everything and back everyone else into a corner. I guess I just wanted to see if we wanted to formulate a "plan" or just continue to let the story evolve organically. I am flexible and will support whatever the group wants. Delkana1 (talk) 04:42, March 21, 2014 (UTC)

I'd vote for the organic involvement. It's hard because having something about Godking Mandri would be awesome but it seems easy for that to be determinative of so much (including, for example Princess Orithia's story). If someone wants to write the Godking's article, that's great but they should just be careful not to be too all-encompassing. I'm with Tsawac, write what interests you not what you think needs to be written. We may be scholars but it's also ultimantly a game. Have fun but try to make sure your fun doesn't inhibit others'. QueueToo (talk) 19:08, March 21, 2014 (UTC)