Talk:Main Page

Wiki.yog-sothoth.com

• Currently we re-direct wiki.yog-sothoth.com to www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/ It's cleaner to simply keep and run the wiki at wiki.yog-sothoth.com . Would suggest looking into it - allows access and usage to be tracked easier.

Basic Wiki Rules

• Need to establish basic wiki rules of use/conduct. See Tutorial:Cthulhuwiki Rules and add to it. --Squashua 13:48, 19 January 2006 (EST)

Wikipedia vs CthulhuWiki

• A lot of information has been extracted from the original Wikipedia. I recommend (1) cleaning out many of these pages, (2) leaving only the information relevant to this wiki, (3) emphasizing the link to the wikipedia entry, (4) adjusting the entry on this site. Under the impression that this wiki is more for gaming/keeper/player purposes - that's where we can help guide it. If combining both factual and fiction information, there is a {{mythos|text}} template for this.

Fact vs. Fiction

• If we separate fact vs. fiction within the scope of each entry, we should be fine. To every factual entry, we can have a "So and So within the Cthulhu Mythos" section. This could easily work for Historic Locations/Figures, etc. Items that have both fact and fiction entries, such as Aleister Crowley - he appears in Golden Dawn (Adventure) IIRC - can be listed under both Category:Historical Occultists and Category:Tenebrous Persons --Squashua 11:13, 2 February 2006 (EST)

CoC:Supplements or Not ?

• Need to determine if we should sub-categorize the supplements found on Category:CoC:Supplements. Input needed. Rules Books, 1890's Setting, 1920's Setting, Modern Setting, etc. --Squashua 18:15, 3 February 2006 (EST)
  • Some of the books would be tough to catagorize in only 1 catagory. Taint of Madness, for example. --phobia @ the Shoggoth Network 01:43, 4 February 2006 (EST)
    • Taint of Madness is the insanities sourcebook, right? It would go under Sourcebooks, just like the Cairo and Bermuda Triangle Sourcebooks. --Squashua 08:18, 4 February 2006 (EST)
      • it covers historical and game info for all 3 eras, and includes a scenario for each. Where would you put it?
        • Sourcebook. Scenarios are listed individually, so each gets listed in the Scenario's section; and the portion on insanities would be listed as an Article, and all would be linked to within the Sourcebook's page. Because there is SO MUCH re-use/reprinting in Chaosium (I've seen the same article in the CoC Main Book, an old Campaign Book AND in a Keeper's Compendium), it makes sense to list the portions individually and leave the details regarding such out of the books themselves. On a related subject, Scenarios should probably be sub-divided based on era/setting. --Squashua 23:07, 4 February 2006 (EST)
        • Fair enough. You've got my vote to catagorize them in this manner. *How are monograph scenarios to be catagorized? Are we treating these as official scenarios, fan material, or something else? How about scenarios in other publications? I think it would be simplest to catagorize them all in the same Scenarios catagory and just have the source listed as part of the overall page. --phobia @ the Shoggoth Network 11:14, 10 February 2006 (EST)
  • All Scenarios are to be categorized as CoC:Scenarios, whether published, availability, etc. All articles ("Lovecraftian Supers" for example, or "The Keeper's List of Lists") are CoC:Articles. Each will link to whichever book/etc. published it. Some scenarios and articles have been published multiple times in different places. --Squashua 13:12, 10 February 2006 (EST)

Additional Suggested Categories

• Fact
  • History
    • The Development of the Cthulhu Mythos
    • History of the CoC RPG
  • Media
    • CoC as Pop Culture
• Games
  • Role-Playing Games
    • The Call of Cthulhu (RPG)
      • Rules Books
        • Investigator's Companion
        • Keeper's Compendium I
        • etc.
      • 1890's Setting
      • 1920's Setting
        • Cthulhu Classics
        • Masks of Nyarlothotep
        • etc.
      • Modern Setting
        • Delta Green
        • etc.
    • GURPS Cthulhupunk