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Welcome to the CthulhuWiki

The CthulhuWiki (aka 'Wikithulhu') is an information resource relating to 20th Century Horror and Weird Fiction writer H.P. Lovecraft and works inspired by his writings, including the Cthulhu Mythos, the Call of Cthulhu role-playing game by Chaosium and the Yog-Sothoth.com web site.

Wikis live off user contributions. Something in the Yog-Sothoth.com forums needs preserving or writing up? Then why not preserve it here? Always wanted to write an entry about your favourite Call of Cthulhu supplement? Now you can.

An article a day? A week? A month? Whatever your timetable, help build the CthulhuWiki into a resource for yourself and other Lovecraft and Call of Cthulhu fans...

Paul Maclean

www.yog-sothoth.com

Tutorial

Click here to visit a brief, local tutorial on how to edit a Wiki, along with basic guidelines for using Cthulhuwiki templates (for new books, authors, characters, etc.)

Categories

Try clicking on these links to find a topic; make sure to use the Style Guides.

Master Category 
All Subcategories of this topic are categories themselves; this is where all uppermost-level (primary) categories (some listed below; others below are subcategories) should branch. See each category for instructions on how to add a page to a category.
Cthulhu Mythos 
Subcategories of this topic detail various aspects of the Cthulhu Mythos.
Keeper Advice 
Advice for Keepers of Call of Cthulhu (RPG).
Games 
Subcategories of this topic detail various games based on Cthulhu Mythos.
Call of Cthulhu (RPG) 
Subcategories of this topic detail various games based on Call of Cthulhu (RPG).
Literature 
Selection of real-world Books and Magazines related to the Cthulhu Mythos.
Media 
Subcategories of this topic detail appearances of the Cthulhu Mythos in various forms of media (Television, Movies, Games, Literature, etc.).
Writers 
Category of all Writers.
Artists 
Category of all Artists.
Historic Authors 
Category of Historic Authors.
Historic Occultists 
Category of Historic Occultists.
Historic Locations 
Category of Historic, Real-World Locations referenced in the CM.
Eras 
Category for timelines; combine both Mythos and Non-Mythos events using special formatting. See 1923 or 1920s as examples.
User List 
Pages regarding the users and contributors of this wiki.

Images

If you would like to add images to your entries, please contact [email protected]

Tasks for Everyone!

These are the major TODOs. You can help by completing them yourself!

Revise Cthulhu Mythos

Take this page and break it down into it's component pages and categorize them properly based on the categories in Category:Cthulhu Mythos.

Cleanup the Dumping Grounds

Take This page and break it down, as it became a dumping ground for information.

Propose Style Guidelines

We need templates. Go to Template Ideas and post what you think is essential information for each Writer, Artist, Book, Magazine (a list of adventures, dates), Game, Adventure/Scenario (a reference to each book/magazine it shows up in), etc. See Style Guides.

Handle Confusing Pages

See the list of Category:Confusing Pages for more details.

Should be Sub-Categorize CoC:Supplements?

See Category:CoC:Supplements and determine if we need a category for Sourcebooks, Rules, Scenario Compilations, Campaign Books, Monographs (already done), or not. Discuss here.

Be Wise, Categorize!

There are very few uncategorized pages left. Click here to see all uncategorized pages.