#wikisworld — Public Fediverse posts

Awhile ago, I announced a plan to convert Pandora's Tale Wiki from MediaWiki to git. The main reasons are
1) In an era of increasing censorship, a wiki about queerness and fighting fascism should be available in a format that is easy to edit offline.
2) I think it will be easier to maintain.

Today, I have taken the first public step in that process. You can see a git-ified version of the wiki here:
https://git.average.name/1something/PTW
Hosting is provided by @[email protected] : That's right, a Helper is hosting the wiki about Helpers. She might, or might not, provide our permanent home.

Two things need to happen before I can declare this version of PTW the "main" one. First, I need to verify that this format is actually easier to maintain. That means waiting for @[email protected] to release a new chapter so I can see how hard it is to update.

Second, (almost?) every page currently has formatting errors due to the conversion. I need to fix all of them.

Until I complete both of those steps, the MediaWiki version will remain at https://pandorastale.wiki .

#PandorasTale #PandorasTaleWiki #WikisWorld #Wikis

Today we completed a goal we've had for a long time.

The wiki now has clear delineations between canon information sourced directly from the comic, and "semi-canon" information sourced from @[email protected] social media.

All references to social media are accompanied by an archive link. Hence, social media posts which can't be archived (such as Discord messages) are not referenced on the wiki at all.

I waffled back and forth about whether the alt text should be considered fully canon or only semi-canon. I decided to count it as semi-canon because
a)Currently the alt text is only visible on the fediverse, not the actual comic site.
b)For Chapters 1-5, the alt text is based on drafts of the script, and the text differs in a few places from what's in the comic.

You can see all pages with semi-canon information here:
https://pandorastale.wiki/wiki/Category:Pages_with_semi-canon_content

#PandorasTale #PandorasTaleWiki #ComicsByXan #Webcomics #MediaWiki #Miraheze #WikisWorld #Wiki

Today, our incredible host @[email protected] celebrates their ninth anniversary! Let's have a great Year 10. #PandorasTale #PandorasTaleWiki #Webcomic #Webcomics #WebcomicWiki #ComicWiki #MediaWiki #Wiki #IndieWiki #WikisWorld #Miraheze

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/miraheze/statuses/112827463071787360

Is it silly that I seriously considered changing to another Mastodon server just to get access to additional #emojos? 🙈 Drooling for the options in #wikisworld and #fosstodon (though I'd probably go way overboard with them anyway). Btw, hat tip to https://emojos.in for the excellent emojo browsing service!