<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="http://72.14.177.54/skins/common/feed.css?207"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
	<channel>
		<title>Create Your Own Story - User contributions [en]</title>
		<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Special:Contributions/Fantasy</link>
		<description>From Create Your Own Story</description>
		<language>en</language>
		<generator>MediaWiki 1.15.1</generator>
		<lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:15:05 GMT</lastBuildDate>
		<item>
			<title>User talk:Platypus</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Since this page has become rather cluttered, I've moved old discussions to the archive page below.  Feel free to leave new messages here.  I'll get back to you ASAP!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[User talk:Platypus/Archive1]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;Add new comments below.  Do not add new comments to the archive.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Not on my page! It stops at &amp;quot;logs&amp;quot;!&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fantasy]] 17:05, 25 January 2012&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hello! I somehow cannot find/access that &amp;quot;deleted contributions&amp;quot; page you speak of. I have tried looking in my account page and my &amp;quot;my contributions&amp;quot; page, and did not find it. Where is it?&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fantasy]] 11:57, 25 January 2012&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hello! I contributed to a story called Sensual Realms (not created by me) that you deleted recently. I would like to know if I could somehow access the pages I had written for this story (to use them for another story or simply to save them on my PC, as I don't want to lose them).&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fantasy]] 21:03, 23 January 2012&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Okay, I tried to fix the Q and C bit put it's still collapsed.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:09, 20 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus the pervert 13 year old comic is a) incomplete or b) (not exactly sure sorry) missing pages can u put them in please and thank you  keep up the good work:)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Great, I have two pages in the Uncategorized pages, could you delete them? I kinda balnked out the story for future title-changing and stuff.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:57, 21 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I keep psting but I know I didn't cause it, and I don't know who did. The Adult Story Section fell in an earthquake again.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 17:04, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, well, that's enough reason to keep it around.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:48, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Darn, click type 'Wiki:RPG' into the search box. It's shameless advertising, so what's going to happen to it?--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:25, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And in other news, should there be a link to [[Choose Your Own Papal Adventure]]? The author doesn't seem to be working on it and it isn't connected to the main page. However, it says to not put it on but it won't find a new author that way.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:51, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Yeah, but he'll leave two newborn carcasses of barely started stories. He didn't even bother putting a category for one and the other didn't have brackets around it. Didn't notice the case sensitivity, either. Figure someone will pick it up someday.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:44, 17 December 2011 (UTC) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Note: Adult story section got collapsed. Not sure how to fix it. Might remove other stuff in the process&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:04, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks. I realize now my first idea may be a bit too much to start with. Are there any rules against making a short CYOA just to get one's feet wet (and see if people actually like my writing. :0)? Or would it be better to write some pages of public stories? (Most public ones seem to be adult though. o.o) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi. Since you seem to be the person in charge, I was wondering if occassionally having formatting errors will get me in trouble? I will be posting from my phone and sometimes it utterly refuses to let line breaks 'work' no matter how many times I hit enter. (By work, I mean, it jumbles/smooshes my paragraphs together). Sometimes I can fix it, sometimes I can't. :/ On the same note is there a 'Request an Editor' thing so that maybe if it does happen you aren't having to be the one who corrects me all the time? Thanks. -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Captain Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I'm going to ask you, what are all the stuff in special Pages? There's wanted and unwanted and so on so forth. What are they for?&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 22:32, 28 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks for the clarification. I guess unwanted pages would be already written.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 11:28, 29 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus, the original author is a friend of mine and he's asked me to take over his story. I have a couple of stories and am hoping to merge them into one, so I can focus on writing one large, interconnected one rather than a couple of smaller ones.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:elsarin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I don't think I'm up to the high standards you set on your site.  I won't trouble you anymore with uncategorized pages and I apologize for the time you've had to spend cleaning up after me.  If you could please post the contents of the page you deleted on my talk page, I'll copy them elsewhere.  Thanks.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Platypus - I'm new to this site and have been having fun creating stories.  After your warning about categorizing pages, I added categories to my pages.  Apparently, I forgot to add a category to one of my pages last night and you deleted it.  Please restore the content of that page so I can add a category.  I am still in the middle of editing this story.  I'm not going to continue spending hours writing stories on this site if a simple mistake like this causes you to delete all of my work.  &lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, &lt;br /&gt;
I made some changes to links in The Story of Jack Foster, and all three links suddenly took the reader into Smutty sex Romp. I guess the author of that page, who doesn't seem to be active any longer, must have intended for this to happen, but it just seems really odd.&lt;br /&gt;
Can you let me know your thoughts on this? I will change all the links back if you think I should, it just seemed like a mistake at first so I corrected one, then another. When I saw that the third link of the three on that page led there too, I thought i should check in with you...&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks in advance!&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Starry]] 20.14, 19 November 11&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus, I was hoping you could add another few... Or alot more pages and options to the story A New Life in the section of a college girl with a bladder problem. Please add alot of new and exciting pages that relate to the topic, by myself I think I've added atleast 5 or more pages but I'm not even as close to as good as you in editing and adding plus one other reason is that it is not as fun when your the only user editing and adding to that story in which you have to create all the pages and when you read ten you already know what will happen. Please add alot of pages and exciting new options to the story in the college girl with a bladder problem Section. Thanks. From: Shawnbunbun. Once again thanks.-November 15th at 6:10 PM (AKA 18:10 Army time).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;.&amp;lt; As far as I knew the grammar isn't too horrible. I'm pretty sure I got spelling correct... is it just the random capitals for words that shouldn't be capitalized that's bugging you? And I'll remember about the Category's. ^^ Btw new to leaving messages so sorry if I've messed up. Just found this site last night.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Xx.Fate.Eater.xX|Xx.Fate.Eater.xX]] 14:06, 08 November 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, I was wondering if you could create two pages, a public and a so-called private. This could lessen the chances of people editing stories that were only supposed to be edited by one person. in fact, a completed section where nothing could be edited could be placed as well. Tell me what you think or if you want, just create the section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 03:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, I dropped by the site this morning to do some additions to my stories and noticed that both of them have been removed from the main page. To my knowledge neither have been deleted and I am greatful for that. I am unsure what I have done or how I have offended you to make you want to remove peoples access to my stories. I won't make any additions until hearing from you or revert the changes you made. I realize that I, personally haven't made any recent additions to them but since they were still being read and other people were starting contribute I didn't think this would be a problem. If I have done something to offend you then I am sorry, if you would have dropped me a line on my talk page then I am sure we could have worked it out. Please let me know what you would like me to do or not do. Thanks,--[[User:Blackdragon25|Blackdragon25]] 15:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus again, on the main page The Devils Daughter has no apostrophe if I put an apostrophe wouldn't it totally spaz out?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus about not putting down the Category, my bad there, still getting the hang of this system!! Forgive me :D  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Not sure what you mean by the last message I received, as I copied off of the main tutorial page on how to add category.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Missredelle|Missredelle]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sry, I'm from germany and those hs cause me alot of trouble:D By the way, this was my first writing here and I would appreciate some feedback maybe. Thanks for the correcting&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:MCGeddo|MCGeddo]] 21:37, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is what TheSugarTrail is doing with that story of his anything more than spam? Story starts out with pick your hair color. 4 options. Then nothing changes from that other than simple hair color. Then after that comes eye color 3 options again nothing changes b/c of this. Finally a name is picked with 6 options. Nothing changes in the story based on these 3 things. Then you gotta do the math 4 x 3 x 6 = 72 pages per page of actual story. SEVENTY TWO PAGES PER PAGE OF ACTUAL STORY!!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The story currently has about 232 pages. Roughly 10 of these 232 pages are not simply a clone of another page with 1 word or letter changed. Each additional actual page to the story will be needed to have 71 clones of it to keep the story going.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://editthis.info/Choose_your_own_adventure/Windy_Lea_Stories&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Yihman1|Yihman1]] 22:03, 5 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Archiving The 'General Discussion' Page &amp;amp; Other ==&lt;br /&gt;
Like what you did with your own user talk page, perhaps you should do the same thing with the 'General Discussion' page.  It's got a ridiculous amount of subtopics on the page and most of them are dead. I'd like to use that page more often and maybe help people with their problems other than just you having to toil away being admin and all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, maybe we could have a 'Story of the Year Award'. The nominations for this award could include the stories that were featured in the year. There would be a separate page where people can vote for a story. Voting can be done by making pages called (( Voting: Nomination )) and people can just click on the page to vote, the amount of views that were done on that page will decide the winner. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 23 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I'm in full agreement about the General Discussion page needing an archive.  I'd be happy to contribute towards making that a reality, too. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:38, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::I decided to full-on go ahead and '''be bold''', so I did it.  Everything prior to 2010 is now in an [[Talk:Main Page/Archive1|archive page]].  If more discussions did take place on the General Discussion page, I can see a system that had archived sections divided by topic, e.g. an archive for questions about writing stories, an archive for questions about how to edit a wiki, an archive for promoting a particular story.  But that's the future, and I'll probably have cyborg bits by then. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:56, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Dating Site Ads ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I know you've probably noticed this by the time you read this, but some person changed the Main Page to some crappy dating site ad. Thankfully, I happened to go on about 45 minutes after this incident and switched it back to the previous addition. This is really starting to piss me off, the Dating Site Ads I mean. Just checking the recent changes now, I see two spam accounts that were just made, with one being the account responsible for doing the griefing on the site. Hopefully this rubbish can finally end. I don't know who is doing this, but one thing is for sure, they must be really bored. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 9 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apparently they are at it again, if I did it correctly I changed the main page back to your previous edit. It's amusing in a way because they actually think people looking for a choose your own adventure style text based site like this are doing to see some dating advertisements in &amp;quot;not-really English&amp;quot; and go like oh, let me check that out instead. I also updated two of the stories I have been working on for # of pages as they were out of date. --[[User:Rouge|Rouge]] November 18, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Review Area ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, i've recently finished my last story (though, I need to read it over for grammatical errors), and I was thinking that I should, instead of making another story, I would perhaps make a reviewing area, if this works out well, this could increase publicity for stories which should be read, encourage writers to continue writing on this site, and also give writers constructive criticism (e.g. one choice stories).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You should be asking by now, why are you asking me? Well, I already asked TheElderOnes, and he says it's a good concept, now i'm just here to ask you if you find it good as well. Perhaps, even helping me do reviews, since you are, a well known person on this site. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 7:36 (AEST), 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A few more questions, where does my review page go? I kind of don't want it to be in some section were no one would see it, since the whole point of this idea is to increase publicity for stories which should be more popular and of course, make consturctive criticisms about the writers story. Also, who are some people you would think are capable and willing to help me write the reviews? -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 16:48 (AEST) 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Maybe you could somehow mix them together. Say, add a third column, then add a link on the main page to all the reviews. The link could tell the reader how the reviews are done. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone| Heyoeveryone]] September 23 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cool! Just tell me when you're ready. Though, I think that I may need help with this project. Since I can't play through every single story without becoming too stressed (I don't want this to become a 'real' job). Plus, I have some personal issues to attend to, so I cannot necessarily log in every day. So I'm suggesting that we should make a 'ad' for people willing to review, they can send you or me a message detailing why he or she should be allowed to review. Or, we can go a easier way and just make a 'user reviews' section. Then, if we find certain reviews that are of high quality, we just move it to the 'official reviews' section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh and sorry for the late reply. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 20:57 (AEST) 24 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, can you umm... make the reviews page for me, i'm kind of scared when changing the site such as this. You can leave it red linked if you want, and i'll just add in the stuff. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 30 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you!!! And you're welcome to write reviews anytime. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 2 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Question on something that could be considered a &amp;quot;nonstory&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, Platypus, do you know how to make a personalized status indicator? I'd like to get rid of the MP stuff and add more stuff on it -[[User:Storylover141|Storylover141]] 17:56 PDT, 25 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
All right. So, I've been plotting this big universe in which my stories occur, and after writing a certain story, I plan on finally writing a really big story that involves characters from all of the stories (and new ones, of course), meeting up and sh- stuff. But, what I had been planning is writing a little bit of a supplementary thing, bridging some of the events of the stories and connecting them before the real fun can begin. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, this would just be in a diary format, with &amp;quot;forward&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;backwards&amp;quot; options being on pages. Now comes my question - would it be cool if I did that as a separate story, or should I add it in as pages in the Elderpedia (this is my current idea)... I could, of course, do it on another site, but that's the least attractive option. The pages, if added to the Elderpedia would have a title that clearly defines them as part of the Elderpedia, but with a marker like &amp;quot;Elderpedia:BCDiary1&amp;quot; or something similar. Now that I'm ranting, I think it's simpler to end this here. Just wanted to get your opinion on this before going through with it. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shall do, good sir. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:27, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Unrelated to the above question, but I don't want to clutter your page with headlines - Does this wiki have an IRC chat yet? It seems like it would, and a good amount of other wikis have their own. It'd be a good way for people to ask questions to each other, and could even lead to ideas for new stories. I dunno, I just think that this kind of thing would be interesting and was wondering if we already had one set up or not. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:03, 17 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Adding here for the same reason stated in my last message here. I saw your discussion with Heyoeveryone, and your ideas on the review page. I thought of a way you could combine them if you want, like the review page being separate like the featured story, as in your first idea, and then once a--[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC) story is reviewed there, you could do a third column link to either the review page or the specific review.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In case it's a bit oddly phrased (Which I'm sure it is), I dicked around for a minute and threw together [[Delete:ReviewExample|this]] to serve as a visual aid. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 05:58, 22 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More spam, dude. [[How can established folks perceive estimable absol|Here,]] [[I thought this was about time I acquainted myself‎|here,]] and [[It is primo how mavericks must not fully explain a|here,]] and the users in question are [[User:Andreatsde|Andreatsde,]] [[User:Randyjukla|Randyjukla]] and [[User:Beatrizwbm|Beatrizwbm.]] --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:33, 23 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is just gonna be my little section of the page, hope you don't mind. Anyways, I noticed that we have the &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{incomplete}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; thing, which generates the &amp;quot;incomplete pages&amp;quot; warning. What I'm wondering is this: Do we have one that would do one for categorization warning, and if we don't, why not? It'd be quite useful, as there's someone getting warned for this very reason almost every day, where as the incomplete thing is maybe once a week or so, it seems. It'd be so easy to just thrown &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{categorization}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; on a page and have it tell them, and if someone wants to personalize the message or whatever, they could just type it in on their own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just, uh... just a thought. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 01:03, 1 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ah, finally! A template. &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; shall not go to waste here - that I'm sure of. Also, that O.D.S.T. person below was annoying. Just saying. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, I just saw what GreatGrapes or whatever the fuck his name was did in the Recent Changes log. What an immature brat. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't expect him to get himself into some sort of shit when he started claiming stories were parts of other stories and making an &amp;quot;admins&amp;quot; page with his name on it. Also, that was probably the worst attempt at vandalism I've ever seen. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But, hey. Bein' the only admin is a tough job. I guess you're kinda guaranteed to get vandalized/targeted when you've got power like that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh well, such is life on CYOAWiki. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 03:54, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, i'm so sorry that i keep on forgetting to categorize my posts. I'M SO SORRY! i'm new to this site, and i did'n't mean to! i'm so, so, sorry! forgive meeeeee!!!! --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 1:48, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I promise i will be more careful. If i forget to catagorize a post, i will IMMEDEATELY fix it. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 3:27, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That was accedental! i was rushing out hte door when i was doing that And forgot to change it! i'm fixing it now. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 6:41, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== General Disclaimer ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please understand that, well, the General Disclaimer page was indeed not part of a story, it is a legal page.  It &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[most likely]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; freed this site from liability including slander and defamation.&lt;br /&gt;
[[user:O.D.S.T.|O.D.S.T.]] - '''''Proin sit amet nisi scientiam nostrum''''' 23:21, 26 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Uncategorised ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I've been popping in a few categories for people that forgot and throwing the odd &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}--~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; onto talk pages, and it has just this second dawned on me that I really should've cleared that with you first.  My apologies about that.  Are you cool with me continuing to do so? [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 09:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So, you sent me a message about a status bar... And, I'm not sure what that is.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Krinkel|Krinkel]] 16:59, 26 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Revert, don't delete ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I might be new around here but coming from Wikipedia I'd like to offer some friendly advice: Feel free to revert changes you don't approve of. But do not wholesale ''delete'' contributions, especially from newcomers, if you want them to stick around.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Why? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Simple: reverted changes can still be found, edited, and thus - improved upon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Deleted pages can't be accessed by the newcomer, and thus they are probably lost (the nature of a wiki is such that you aren't really supposed to have to keep private copies of your contributions).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So I have a deal for you, Platypus. If you use your administrative powers to restore the pages of mine you deleted, I promise to work with you in improving the language and correcting the POV issues. Do we have a deal? :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 06:56, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Name Changing? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, I was wondering if you had the ability to change the name of pages or anything? If so... could you change the name of [[SM:Keep Waiting|this page]] to SM:Waiting Room for me please? Thanks, in either case. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks again, and for changing the links on the other 2 pages so they link correctly again. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Couple Questions ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just got couple quick questions for you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1) For the Pit of Abandoned Stories, what defines &amp;quot;a long while?&amp;quot; A month, two, three? I've been browsing some of the stories and I've found a handful with sub-10 pages and haven't been worked on since September (or later). I was considering moving them to the pit but I wasn't sure if 3 months was long enough, and if regular users like myself are allowed to move stories there.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2) In a similar vein, I notice there are like 6 red links on the main page. It looks like someone went to add a story but then never even bothered to write the first page. I was considering seeing how long some had been sitting there and if it had been a month, or longer, I was just going to remove them. Is that alright with you? Or is a month not long enough?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
3) Is there a way to hide pages/keep them from the recent changes? I'm guessing not, but... figured I'd ask. I have another story idea but I'd prefer people not read as I'm writing it and just when I post it when I finish (which shouldn't take too long, I have this one planned out and its' only ~40-50 pages).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ultimately it probably doesn't matter, though. Someone will probably stumble on it while I'm writing. I just remember seeing something about a way you can mark stories (I thought it was using the 'mark as minor change' button but I still see those in the changes list) to keep them hidden.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, if I am bugging you too much, feel free to hit me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Main Page Adjustments ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
True enough, I didn't think about the vandals thing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And to maybe save you some legwork, I moved the following to the Pit:&lt;br /&gt;
* [[The broken story of stupidness :P]] (14 pages but hasn't been worked on since 14 Sept 2011 and is... kinda bad.)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Castle Adventure]] (1 Page; Worked on Oct 12 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[After the Fire]] (1 Page, Oct 22 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Chaos]] (2 Pages, March 7 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Born to be Bad]] (8 Pages; June 9th 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Artemis Fowl]] (7 pages; Sept 9 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Antoinette's story]] (2 Pages; April 21 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure of a Half Blood]] (8 pages; Mar 11 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure Island]] (2 pages; April 5 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That is assuming the &amp;quot;last modified&amp;quot; date at the bottom of every page is the date it was last worked on (checked every page in each story to make sure there was nothing more current).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I also removed all the redlinks on the main page from PG-13. My phone can't load the whole main page so I can only edit by section. I'll probably move some more when I find another 10 or so. If you'd rather I not mention anything here just let me know and I'll keep quiet in the future.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== How will i know if you created the story? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is there something that will show up or something? And, I'm sorry that I don't meet the expectations on your stories, and i won't add on to your stories anymore,  and you can go ahead and ban me, I won't get on for a while anyway, I have to get my computer screen fixed, my s button fixed, and a bug off my computer. Because of my screen, i can't see most anything i type, but, i deserve what you said, &amp;quot;Do not even try to contribute to any of my stories.&amp;quot; So, bye. (By the way, i'm new to this, of course, so, if there are two of what i put down, or it doesn't show up right, go ahead, get pissed off at me) [[Luigi]]... I think i finally learned how  to do the category thing now -_-&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Instructions to remember pages? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I have a question I can't find any discussion of, but since I'm interested in your view on &amp;quot;Smutty&amp;quot; specifically, I'm asking you directly:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What about instructions to &amp;quot;remember&amp;quot; pages? That is, the text gives a link you're supposed to remember (bookmark etc) but not yet visit. Only at some specified later time are you to navigate to the given page. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For example, on [[Resume boffing the booth babe from behind|this page]] I'm thinking to give &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; the reader an option to visit the booth babe later. Say in the caveman's cave you reach from the costume shop (or somewhere else several steps later in the story). Instead of duplicating the entire tree of options between now and then just to be able to present that one additional choice at the appropriate time, it would be easier/cleaner to simply instruct the player to copy/bookmark a special link when &amp;quot;you find yourself in a caveman's cave&amp;quot;. If read at that time the linked page would pick up the story (and make sense). If read at any other time, it would be meaningless.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Much like in a dead-tree CYOA when you see &amp;quot;You have found the silver key. When you see a silver door, turn to paragraph 123. This choice is not presented in the text at that time. Do not go to this paragraph now, instead continue at...&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you find this interesting I'll write up the page for you to examine. Just thought to ask first not to waste my effort if you want to keep the story (or the whole site) free of bells and whistles such as that. [[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 20:21, 12 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Embedding Pictures ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is it OK to embed some random pics from google into a story?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Most of it is fanart (no copyrights) but i m not sure about all of them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-Zoroastra (P.S. : How do you link to your user talk page?)&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:05:33 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>User talk:Platypus</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Since this page has become rather cluttered, I've moved old discussions to the archive page below.  Feel free to leave new messages here.  I'll get back to you ASAP!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[User talk:Platypus/Archive1]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;Add new comments below.  Do not add new comments to the archive.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hello! I somehow cannot find/access that &amp;quot;deleted contributions&amp;quot; page you speak of. I have tried looking in my account page and my &amp;quot;my contributions&amp;quot; page, and did not find it. Where is it?&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fantasy]] 11:57, 25 January 2012&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hello! I contributed to a story called Sensual Realms (not created by me) that you deleted recently. I would like to know if I could somehow access the pages I had written for this story (to use them for another story or simply to save them on my PC, as I don't want to lose them).&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fantasy]] 21:03, 23 January 2012&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Okay, I tried to fix the Q and C bit put it's still collapsed.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:09, 20 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus the pervert 13 year old comic is a) incomplete or b) (not exactly sure sorry) missing pages can u put them in please and thank you  keep up the good work:)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Great, I have two pages in the Uncategorized pages, could you delete them? I kinda balnked out the story for future title-changing and stuff.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:57, 21 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I keep psting but I know I didn't cause it, and I don't know who did. The Adult Story Section fell in an earthquake again.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 17:04, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, well, that's enough reason to keep it around.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:48, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Darn, click type 'Wiki:RPG' into the search box. It's shameless advertising, so what's going to happen to it?--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:25, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And in other news, should there be a link to [[Choose Your Own Papal Adventure]]? The author doesn't seem to be working on it and it isn't connected to the main page. However, it says to not put it on but it won't find a new author that way.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:51, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Yeah, but he'll leave two newborn carcasses of barely started stories. He didn't even bother putting a category for one and the other didn't have brackets around it. Didn't notice the case sensitivity, either. Figure someone will pick it up someday.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:44, 17 December 2011 (UTC) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Note: Adult story section got collapsed. Not sure how to fix it. Might remove other stuff in the process&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:04, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks. I realize now my first idea may be a bit too much to start with. Are there any rules against making a short CYOA just to get one's feet wet (and see if people actually like my writing. :0)? Or would it be better to write some pages of public stories? (Most public ones seem to be adult though. o.o) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi. Since you seem to be the person in charge, I was wondering if occassionally having formatting errors will get me in trouble? I will be posting from my phone and sometimes it utterly refuses to let line breaks 'work' no matter how many times I hit enter. (By work, I mean, it jumbles/smooshes my paragraphs together). Sometimes I can fix it, sometimes I can't. :/ On the same note is there a 'Request an Editor' thing so that maybe if it does happen you aren't having to be the one who corrects me all the time? Thanks. -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Captain Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I'm going to ask you, what are all the stuff in special Pages? There's wanted and unwanted and so on so forth. What are they for?&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 22:32, 28 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks for the clarification. I guess unwanted pages would be already written.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 11:28, 29 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus, the original author is a friend of mine and he's asked me to take over his story. I have a couple of stories and am hoping to merge them into one, so I can focus on writing one large, interconnected one rather than a couple of smaller ones.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:elsarin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I don't think I'm up to the high standards you set on your site.  I won't trouble you anymore with uncategorized pages and I apologize for the time you've had to spend cleaning up after me.  If you could please post the contents of the page you deleted on my talk page, I'll copy them elsewhere.  Thanks.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Platypus - I'm new to this site and have been having fun creating stories.  After your warning about categorizing pages, I added categories to my pages.  Apparently, I forgot to add a category to one of my pages last night and you deleted it.  Please restore the content of that page so I can add a category.  I am still in the middle of editing this story.  I'm not going to continue spending hours writing stories on this site if a simple mistake like this causes you to delete all of my work.  &lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, &lt;br /&gt;
I made some changes to links in The Story of Jack Foster, and all three links suddenly took the reader into Smutty sex Romp. I guess the author of that page, who doesn't seem to be active any longer, must have intended for this to happen, but it just seems really odd.&lt;br /&gt;
Can you let me know your thoughts on this? I will change all the links back if you think I should, it just seemed like a mistake at first so I corrected one, then another. When I saw that the third link of the three on that page led there too, I thought i should check in with you...&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks in advance!&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Starry]] 20.14, 19 November 11&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus, I was hoping you could add another few... Or alot more pages and options to the story A New Life in the section of a college girl with a bladder problem. Please add alot of new and exciting pages that relate to the topic, by myself I think I've added atleast 5 or more pages but I'm not even as close to as good as you in editing and adding plus one other reason is that it is not as fun when your the only user editing and adding to that story in which you have to create all the pages and when you read ten you already know what will happen. Please add alot of pages and exciting new options to the story in the college girl with a bladder problem Section. Thanks. From: Shawnbunbun. Once again thanks.-November 15th at 6:10 PM (AKA 18:10 Army time).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;.&amp;lt; As far as I knew the grammar isn't too horrible. I'm pretty sure I got spelling correct... is it just the random capitals for words that shouldn't be capitalized that's bugging you? And I'll remember about the Category's. ^^ Btw new to leaving messages so sorry if I've messed up. Just found this site last night.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Xx.Fate.Eater.xX|Xx.Fate.Eater.xX]] 14:06, 08 November 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, I was wondering if you could create two pages, a public and a so-called private. This could lessen the chances of people editing stories that were only supposed to be edited by one person. in fact, a completed section where nothing could be edited could be placed as well. Tell me what you think or if you want, just create the section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 03:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, I dropped by the site this morning to do some additions to my stories and noticed that both of them have been removed from the main page. To my knowledge neither have been deleted and I am greatful for that. I am unsure what I have done or how I have offended you to make you want to remove peoples access to my stories. I won't make any additions until hearing from you or revert the changes you made. I realize that I, personally haven't made any recent additions to them but since they were still being read and other people were starting contribute I didn't think this would be a problem. If I have done something to offend you then I am sorry, if you would have dropped me a line on my talk page then I am sure we could have worked it out. Please let me know what you would like me to do or not do. Thanks,--[[User:Blackdragon25|Blackdragon25]] 15:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus again, on the main page The Devils Daughter has no apostrophe if I put an apostrophe wouldn't it totally spaz out?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus about not putting down the Category, my bad there, still getting the hang of this system!! Forgive me :D  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Not sure what you mean by the last message I received, as I copied off of the main tutorial page on how to add category.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Missredelle|Missredelle]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sry, I'm from germany and those hs cause me alot of trouble:D By the way, this was my first writing here and I would appreciate some feedback maybe. Thanks for the correcting&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:MCGeddo|MCGeddo]] 21:37, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is what TheSugarTrail is doing with that story of his anything more than spam? Story starts out with pick your hair color. 4 options. Then nothing changes from that other than simple hair color. Then after that comes eye color 3 options again nothing changes b/c of this. Finally a name is picked with 6 options. Nothing changes in the story based on these 3 things. Then you gotta do the math 4 x 3 x 6 = 72 pages per page of actual story. SEVENTY TWO PAGES PER PAGE OF ACTUAL STORY!!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The story currently has about 232 pages. Roughly 10 of these 232 pages are not simply a clone of another page with 1 word or letter changed. Each additional actual page to the story will be needed to have 71 clones of it to keep the story going.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://editthis.info/Choose_your_own_adventure/Windy_Lea_Stories&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Yihman1|Yihman1]] 22:03, 5 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Archiving The 'General Discussion' Page &amp;amp; Other ==&lt;br /&gt;
Like what you did with your own user talk page, perhaps you should do the same thing with the 'General Discussion' page.  It's got a ridiculous amount of subtopics on the page and most of them are dead. I'd like to use that page more often and maybe help people with their problems other than just you having to toil away being admin and all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, maybe we could have a 'Story of the Year Award'. The nominations for this award could include the stories that were featured in the year. There would be a separate page where people can vote for a story. Voting can be done by making pages called (( Voting: Nomination )) and people can just click on the page to vote, the amount of views that were done on that page will decide the winner. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 23 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I'm in full agreement about the General Discussion page needing an archive.  I'd be happy to contribute towards making that a reality, too. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:38, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::I decided to full-on go ahead and '''be bold''', so I did it.  Everything prior to 2010 is now in an [[Talk:Main Page/Archive1|archive page]].  If more discussions did take place on the General Discussion page, I can see a system that had archived sections divided by topic, e.g. an archive for questions about writing stories, an archive for questions about how to edit a wiki, an archive for promoting a particular story.  But that's the future, and I'll probably have cyborg bits by then. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:56, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Dating Site Ads ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I know you've probably noticed this by the time you read this, but some person changed the Main Page to some crappy dating site ad. Thankfully, I happened to go on about 45 minutes after this incident and switched it back to the previous addition. This is really starting to piss me off, the Dating Site Ads I mean. Just checking the recent changes now, I see two spam accounts that were just made, with one being the account responsible for doing the griefing on the site. Hopefully this rubbish can finally end. I don't know who is doing this, but one thing is for sure, they must be really bored. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 9 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apparently they are at it again, if I did it correctly I changed the main page back to your previous edit. It's amusing in a way because they actually think people looking for a choose your own adventure style text based site like this are doing to see some dating advertisements in &amp;quot;not-really English&amp;quot; and go like oh, let me check that out instead. I also updated two of the stories I have been working on for # of pages as they were out of date. --[[User:Rouge|Rouge]] November 18, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Review Area ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, i've recently finished my last story (though, I need to read it over for grammatical errors), and I was thinking that I should, instead of making another story, I would perhaps make a reviewing area, if this works out well, this could increase publicity for stories which should be read, encourage writers to continue writing on this site, and also give writers constructive criticism (e.g. one choice stories).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You should be asking by now, why are you asking me? Well, I already asked TheElderOnes, and he says it's a good concept, now i'm just here to ask you if you find it good as well. Perhaps, even helping me do reviews, since you are, a well known person on this site. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 7:36 (AEST), 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A few more questions, where does my review page go? I kind of don't want it to be in some section were no one would see it, since the whole point of this idea is to increase publicity for stories which should be more popular and of course, make consturctive criticisms about the writers story. Also, who are some people you would think are capable and willing to help me write the reviews? -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 16:48 (AEST) 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Maybe you could somehow mix them together. Say, add a third column, then add a link on the main page to all the reviews. The link could tell the reader how the reviews are done. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone| Heyoeveryone]] September 23 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cool! Just tell me when you're ready. Though, I think that I may need help with this project. Since I can't play through every single story without becoming too stressed (I don't want this to become a 'real' job). Plus, I have some personal issues to attend to, so I cannot necessarily log in every day. So I'm suggesting that we should make a 'ad' for people willing to review, they can send you or me a message detailing why he or she should be allowed to review. Or, we can go a easier way and just make a 'user reviews' section. Then, if we find certain reviews that are of high quality, we just move it to the 'official reviews' section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh and sorry for the late reply. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 20:57 (AEST) 24 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, can you umm... make the reviews page for me, i'm kind of scared when changing the site such as this. You can leave it red linked if you want, and i'll just add in the stuff. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 30 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you!!! And you're welcome to write reviews anytime. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 2 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Question on something that could be considered a &amp;quot;nonstory&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, Platypus, do you know how to make a personalized status indicator? I'd like to get rid of the MP stuff and add more stuff on it -[[User:Storylover141|Storylover141]] 17:56 PDT, 25 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
All right. So, I've been plotting this big universe in which my stories occur, and after writing a certain story, I plan on finally writing a really big story that involves characters from all of the stories (and new ones, of course), meeting up and sh- stuff. But, what I had been planning is writing a little bit of a supplementary thing, bridging some of the events of the stories and connecting them before the real fun can begin. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, this would just be in a diary format, with &amp;quot;forward&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;backwards&amp;quot; options being on pages. Now comes my question - would it be cool if I did that as a separate story, or should I add it in as pages in the Elderpedia (this is my current idea)... I could, of course, do it on another site, but that's the least attractive option. The pages, if added to the Elderpedia would have a title that clearly defines them as part of the Elderpedia, but with a marker like &amp;quot;Elderpedia:BCDiary1&amp;quot; or something similar. Now that I'm ranting, I think it's simpler to end this here. Just wanted to get your opinion on this before going through with it. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shall do, good sir. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:27, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Unrelated to the above question, but I don't want to clutter your page with headlines - Does this wiki have an IRC chat yet? It seems like it would, and a good amount of other wikis have their own. It'd be a good way for people to ask questions to each other, and could even lead to ideas for new stories. I dunno, I just think that this kind of thing would be interesting and was wondering if we already had one set up or not. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:03, 17 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Adding here for the same reason stated in my last message here. I saw your discussion with Heyoeveryone, and your ideas on the review page. I thought of a way you could combine them if you want, like the review page being separate like the featured story, as in your first idea, and then once a--[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC) story is reviewed there, you could do a third column link to either the review page or the specific review.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In case it's a bit oddly phrased (Which I'm sure it is), I dicked around for a minute and threw together [[Delete:ReviewExample|this]] to serve as a visual aid. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 05:58, 22 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More spam, dude. [[How can established folks perceive estimable absol|Here,]] [[I thought this was about time I acquainted myself‎|here,]] and [[It is primo how mavericks must not fully explain a|here,]] and the users in question are [[User:Andreatsde|Andreatsde,]] [[User:Randyjukla|Randyjukla]] and [[User:Beatrizwbm|Beatrizwbm.]] --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:33, 23 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is just gonna be my little section of the page, hope you don't mind. Anyways, I noticed that we have the &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{incomplete}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; thing, which generates the &amp;quot;incomplete pages&amp;quot; warning. What I'm wondering is this: Do we have one that would do one for categorization warning, and if we don't, why not? It'd be quite useful, as there's someone getting warned for this very reason almost every day, where as the incomplete thing is maybe once a week or so, it seems. It'd be so easy to just thrown &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{categorization}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; on a page and have it tell them, and if someone wants to personalize the message or whatever, they could just type it in on their own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just, uh... just a thought. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 01:03, 1 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ah, finally! A template. &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; shall not go to waste here - that I'm sure of. Also, that O.D.S.T. person below was annoying. Just saying. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, I just saw what GreatGrapes or whatever the fuck his name was did in the Recent Changes log. What an immature brat. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't expect him to get himself into some sort of shit when he started claiming stories were parts of other stories and making an &amp;quot;admins&amp;quot; page with his name on it. Also, that was probably the worst attempt at vandalism I've ever seen. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But, hey. Bein' the only admin is a tough job. I guess you're kinda guaranteed to get vandalized/targeted when you've got power like that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh well, such is life on CYOAWiki. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 03:54, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, i'm so sorry that i keep on forgetting to categorize my posts. I'M SO SORRY! i'm new to this site, and i did'n't mean to! i'm so, so, sorry! forgive meeeeee!!!! --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 1:48, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I promise i will be more careful. If i forget to catagorize a post, i will IMMEDEATELY fix it. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 3:27, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That was accedental! i was rushing out hte door when i was doing that And forgot to change it! i'm fixing it now. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 6:41, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== General Disclaimer ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please understand that, well, the General Disclaimer page was indeed not part of a story, it is a legal page.  It &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[most likely]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; freed this site from liability including slander and defamation.&lt;br /&gt;
[[user:O.D.S.T.|O.D.S.T.]] - '''''Proin sit amet nisi scientiam nostrum''''' 23:21, 26 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Uncategorised ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I've been popping in a few categories for people that forgot and throwing the odd &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}--~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; onto talk pages, and it has just this second dawned on me that I really should've cleared that with you first.  My apologies about that.  Are you cool with me continuing to do so? [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 09:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So, you sent me a message about a status bar... And, I'm not sure what that is.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Krinkel|Krinkel]] 16:59, 26 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Revert, don't delete ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I might be new around here but coming from Wikipedia I'd like to offer some friendly advice: Feel free to revert changes you don't approve of. But do not wholesale ''delete'' contributions, especially from newcomers, if you want them to stick around.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Why? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Simple: reverted changes can still be found, edited, and thus - improved upon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Deleted pages can't be accessed by the newcomer, and thus they are probably lost (the nature of a wiki is such that you aren't really supposed to have to keep private copies of your contributions).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So I have a deal for you, Platypus. If you use your administrative powers to restore the pages of mine you deleted, I promise to work with you in improving the language and correcting the POV issues. Do we have a deal? :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 06:56, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Name Changing? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, I was wondering if you had the ability to change the name of pages or anything? If so... could you change the name of [[SM:Keep Waiting|this page]] to SM:Waiting Room for me please? Thanks, in either case. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks again, and for changing the links on the other 2 pages so they link correctly again. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Couple Questions ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just got couple quick questions for you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1) For the Pit of Abandoned Stories, what defines &amp;quot;a long while?&amp;quot; A month, two, three? I've been browsing some of the stories and I've found a handful with sub-10 pages and haven't been worked on since September (or later). I was considering moving them to the pit but I wasn't sure if 3 months was long enough, and if regular users like myself are allowed to move stories there.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2) In a similar vein, I notice there are like 6 red links on the main page. It looks like someone went to add a story but then never even bothered to write the first page. I was considering seeing how long some had been sitting there and if it had been a month, or longer, I was just going to remove them. Is that alright with you? Or is a month not long enough?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
3) Is there a way to hide pages/keep them from the recent changes? I'm guessing not, but... figured I'd ask. I have another story idea but I'd prefer people not read as I'm writing it and just when I post it when I finish (which shouldn't take too long, I have this one planned out and its' only ~40-50 pages).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ultimately it probably doesn't matter, though. Someone will probably stumble on it while I'm writing. I just remember seeing something about a way you can mark stories (I thought it was using the 'mark as minor change' button but I still see those in the changes list) to keep them hidden.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, if I am bugging you too much, feel free to hit me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Main Page Adjustments ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
True enough, I didn't think about the vandals thing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And to maybe save you some legwork, I moved the following to the Pit:&lt;br /&gt;
* [[The broken story of stupidness :P]] (14 pages but hasn't been worked on since 14 Sept 2011 and is... kinda bad.)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Castle Adventure]] (1 Page; Worked on Oct 12 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[After the Fire]] (1 Page, Oct 22 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Chaos]] (2 Pages, March 7 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Born to be Bad]] (8 Pages; June 9th 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Artemis Fowl]] (7 pages; Sept 9 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Antoinette's story]] (2 Pages; April 21 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure of a Half Blood]] (8 pages; Mar 11 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure Island]] (2 pages; April 5 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That is assuming the &amp;quot;last modified&amp;quot; date at the bottom of every page is the date it was last worked on (checked every page in each story to make sure there was nothing more current).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I also removed all the redlinks on the main page from PG-13. My phone can't load the whole main page so I can only edit by section. I'll probably move some more when I find another 10 or so. If you'd rather I not mention anything here just let me know and I'll keep quiet in the future.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== How will i know if you created the story? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is there something that will show up or something? And, I'm sorry that I don't meet the expectations on your stories, and i won't add on to your stories anymore,  and you can go ahead and ban me, I won't get on for a while anyway, I have to get my computer screen fixed, my s button fixed, and a bug off my computer. Because of my screen, i can't see most anything i type, but, i deserve what you said, &amp;quot;Do not even try to contribute to any of my stories.&amp;quot; So, bye. (By the way, i'm new to this, of course, so, if there are two of what i put down, or it doesn't show up right, go ahead, get pissed off at me) [[Luigi]]... I think i finally learned how  to do the category thing now -_-&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Instructions to remember pages? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I have a question I can't find any discussion of, but since I'm interested in your view on &amp;quot;Smutty&amp;quot; specifically, I'm asking you directly:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What about instructions to &amp;quot;remember&amp;quot; pages? That is, the text gives a link you're supposed to remember (bookmark etc) but not yet visit. Only at some specified later time are you to navigate to the given page. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For example, on [[Resume boffing the booth babe from behind|this page]] I'm thinking to give &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; the reader an option to visit the booth babe later. Say in the caveman's cave you reach from the costume shop (or somewhere else several steps later in the story). Instead of duplicating the entire tree of options between now and then just to be able to present that one additional choice at the appropriate time, it would be easier/cleaner to simply instruct the player to copy/bookmark a special link when &amp;quot;you find yourself in a caveman's cave&amp;quot;. If read at that time the linked page would pick up the story (and make sense). If read at any other time, it would be meaningless.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Much like in a dead-tree CYOA when you see &amp;quot;You have found the silver key. When you see a silver door, turn to paragraph 123. This choice is not presented in the text at that time. Do not go to this paragraph now, instead continue at...&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you find this interesting I'll write up the page for you to examine. Just thought to ask first not to waste my effort if you want to keep the story (or the whole site) free of bells and whistles such as that. [[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 20:21, 12 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Embedding Pictures ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is it OK to embed some random pics from google into a story?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Most of it is fanart (no copyrights) but i m not sure about all of them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-Zoroastra (P.S. : How do you link to your user talk page?)&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:57:09 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>User talk:Platypus</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Since this page has become rather cluttered, I've moved old discussions to the archive page below.  Feel free to leave new messages here.  I'll get back to you ASAP!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[User talk:Platypus/Archive1]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;Add new comments below.  Do not add new comments to the archive.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hello! I somehow cannot find/access that &amp;quot;deleted contributions&amp;quot; page you speak of. I have tried looking in my account page and my &amp;quot;my contributions&amp;quot; page, and did not find it. Where is it?&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fantasy]] 21:03, 23 January 2012&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hello! I contributed to a story called Sensual Realms (not created by me) that you deleted recently. I would like to know if I could somehow access the pages I had written for this story (to use them for another story or simply to save them on my PC, as I don't want to lose them).&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fantasy]] 21:03, 23 January 2012&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Okay, I tried to fix the Q and C bit put it's still collapsed.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:09, 20 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus the pervert 13 year old comic is a) incomplete or b) (not exactly sure sorry) missing pages can u put them in please and thank you  keep up the good work:)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Great, I have two pages in the Uncategorized pages, could you delete them? I kinda balnked out the story for future title-changing and stuff.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:57, 21 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I keep psting but I know I didn't cause it, and I don't know who did. The Adult Story Section fell in an earthquake again.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 17:04, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, well, that's enough reason to keep it around.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:48, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Darn, click type 'Wiki:RPG' into the search box. It's shameless advertising, so what's going to happen to it?--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:25, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And in other news, should there be a link to [[Choose Your Own Papal Adventure]]? The author doesn't seem to be working on it and it isn't connected to the main page. However, it says to not put it on but it won't find a new author that way.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:51, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Yeah, but he'll leave two newborn carcasses of barely started stories. He didn't even bother putting a category for one and the other didn't have brackets around it. Didn't notice the case sensitivity, either. Figure someone will pick it up someday.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:44, 17 December 2011 (UTC) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Note: Adult story section got collapsed. Not sure how to fix it. Might remove other stuff in the process&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:04, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks. I realize now my first idea may be a bit too much to start with. Are there any rules against making a short CYOA just to get one's feet wet (and see if people actually like my writing. :0)? Or would it be better to write some pages of public stories? (Most public ones seem to be adult though. o.o) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi. Since you seem to be the person in charge, I was wondering if occassionally having formatting errors will get me in trouble? I will be posting from my phone and sometimes it utterly refuses to let line breaks 'work' no matter how many times I hit enter. (By work, I mean, it jumbles/smooshes my paragraphs together). Sometimes I can fix it, sometimes I can't. :/ On the same note is there a 'Request an Editor' thing so that maybe if it does happen you aren't having to be the one who corrects me all the time? Thanks. -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Captain Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I'm going to ask you, what are all the stuff in special Pages? There's wanted and unwanted and so on so forth. What are they for?&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 22:32, 28 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks for the clarification. I guess unwanted pages would be already written.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 11:28, 29 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus, the original author is a friend of mine and he's asked me to take over his story. I have a couple of stories and am hoping to merge them into one, so I can focus on writing one large, interconnected one rather than a couple of smaller ones.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:elsarin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I don't think I'm up to the high standards you set on your site.  I won't trouble you anymore with uncategorized pages and I apologize for the time you've had to spend cleaning up after me.  If you could please post the contents of the page you deleted on my talk page, I'll copy them elsewhere.  Thanks.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Platypus - I'm new to this site and have been having fun creating stories.  After your warning about categorizing pages, I added categories to my pages.  Apparently, I forgot to add a category to one of my pages last night and you deleted it.  Please restore the content of that page so I can add a category.  I am still in the middle of editing this story.  I'm not going to continue spending hours writing stories on this site if a simple mistake like this causes you to delete all of my work.  &lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, &lt;br /&gt;
I made some changes to links in The Story of Jack Foster, and all three links suddenly took the reader into Smutty sex Romp. I guess the author of that page, who doesn't seem to be active any longer, must have intended for this to happen, but it just seems really odd.&lt;br /&gt;
Can you let me know your thoughts on this? I will change all the links back if you think I should, it just seemed like a mistake at first so I corrected one, then another. When I saw that the third link of the three on that page led there too, I thought i should check in with you...&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks in advance!&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Starry]] 20.14, 19 November 11&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus, I was hoping you could add another few... Or alot more pages and options to the story A New Life in the section of a college girl with a bladder problem. Please add alot of new and exciting pages that relate to the topic, by myself I think I've added atleast 5 or more pages but I'm not even as close to as good as you in editing and adding plus one other reason is that it is not as fun when your the only user editing and adding to that story in which you have to create all the pages and when you read ten you already know what will happen. Please add alot of pages and exciting new options to the story in the college girl with a bladder problem Section. Thanks. From: Shawnbunbun. Once again thanks.-November 15th at 6:10 PM (AKA 18:10 Army time).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;.&amp;lt; As far as I knew the grammar isn't too horrible. I'm pretty sure I got spelling correct... is it just the random capitals for words that shouldn't be capitalized that's bugging you? And I'll remember about the Category's. ^^ Btw new to leaving messages so sorry if I've messed up. Just found this site last night.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Xx.Fate.Eater.xX|Xx.Fate.Eater.xX]] 14:06, 08 November 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, I was wondering if you could create two pages, a public and a so-called private. This could lessen the chances of people editing stories that were only supposed to be edited by one person. in fact, a completed section where nothing could be edited could be placed as well. Tell me what you think or if you want, just create the section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 03:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, I dropped by the site this morning to do some additions to my stories and noticed that both of them have been removed from the main page. To my knowledge neither have been deleted and I am greatful for that. I am unsure what I have done or how I have offended you to make you want to remove peoples access to my stories. I won't make any additions until hearing from you or revert the changes you made. I realize that I, personally haven't made any recent additions to them but since they were still being read and other people were starting contribute I didn't think this would be a problem. If I have done something to offend you then I am sorry, if you would have dropped me a line on my talk page then I am sure we could have worked it out. Please let me know what you would like me to do or not do. Thanks,--[[User:Blackdragon25|Blackdragon25]] 15:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus again, on the main page The Devils Daughter has no apostrophe if I put an apostrophe wouldn't it totally spaz out?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus about not putting down the Category, my bad there, still getting the hang of this system!! Forgive me :D  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Not sure what you mean by the last message I received, as I copied off of the main tutorial page on how to add category.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Missredelle|Missredelle]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sry, I'm from germany and those hs cause me alot of trouble:D By the way, this was my first writing here and I would appreciate some feedback maybe. Thanks for the correcting&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:MCGeddo|MCGeddo]] 21:37, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is what TheSugarTrail is doing with that story of his anything more than spam? Story starts out with pick your hair color. 4 options. Then nothing changes from that other than simple hair color. Then after that comes eye color 3 options again nothing changes b/c of this. Finally a name is picked with 6 options. Nothing changes in the story based on these 3 things. Then you gotta do the math 4 x 3 x 6 = 72 pages per page of actual story. SEVENTY TWO PAGES PER PAGE OF ACTUAL STORY!!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The story currently has about 232 pages. Roughly 10 of these 232 pages are not simply a clone of another page with 1 word or letter changed. Each additional actual page to the story will be needed to have 71 clones of it to keep the story going.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://editthis.info/Choose_your_own_adventure/Windy_Lea_Stories&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Yihman1|Yihman1]] 22:03, 5 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Archiving The 'General Discussion' Page &amp;amp; Other ==&lt;br /&gt;
Like what you did with your own user talk page, perhaps you should do the same thing with the 'General Discussion' page.  It's got a ridiculous amount of subtopics on the page and most of them are dead. I'd like to use that page more often and maybe help people with their problems other than just you having to toil away being admin and all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, maybe we could have a 'Story of the Year Award'. The nominations for this award could include the stories that were featured in the year. There would be a separate page where people can vote for a story. Voting can be done by making pages called (( Voting: Nomination )) and people can just click on the page to vote, the amount of views that were done on that page will decide the winner. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 23 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I'm in full agreement about the General Discussion page needing an archive.  I'd be happy to contribute towards making that a reality, too. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:38, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::I decided to full-on go ahead and '''be bold''', so I did it.  Everything prior to 2010 is now in an [[Talk:Main Page/Archive1|archive page]].  If more discussions did take place on the General Discussion page, I can see a system that had archived sections divided by topic, e.g. an archive for questions about writing stories, an archive for questions about how to edit a wiki, an archive for promoting a particular story.  But that's the future, and I'll probably have cyborg bits by then. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:56, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Dating Site Ads ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I know you've probably noticed this by the time you read this, but some person changed the Main Page to some crappy dating site ad. Thankfully, I happened to go on about 45 minutes after this incident and switched it back to the previous addition. This is really starting to piss me off, the Dating Site Ads I mean. Just checking the recent changes now, I see two spam accounts that were just made, with one being the account responsible for doing the griefing on the site. Hopefully this rubbish can finally end. I don't know who is doing this, but one thing is for sure, they must be really bored. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 9 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apparently they are at it again, if I did it correctly I changed the main page back to your previous edit. It's amusing in a way because they actually think people looking for a choose your own adventure style text based site like this are doing to see some dating advertisements in &amp;quot;not-really English&amp;quot; and go like oh, let me check that out instead. I also updated two of the stories I have been working on for # of pages as they were out of date. --[[User:Rouge|Rouge]] November 18, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Review Area ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, i've recently finished my last story (though, I need to read it over for grammatical errors), and I was thinking that I should, instead of making another story, I would perhaps make a reviewing area, if this works out well, this could increase publicity for stories which should be read, encourage writers to continue writing on this site, and also give writers constructive criticism (e.g. one choice stories).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You should be asking by now, why are you asking me? Well, I already asked TheElderOnes, and he says it's a good concept, now i'm just here to ask you if you find it good as well. Perhaps, even helping me do reviews, since you are, a well known person on this site. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 7:36 (AEST), 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A few more questions, where does my review page go? I kind of don't want it to be in some section were no one would see it, since the whole point of this idea is to increase publicity for stories which should be more popular and of course, make consturctive criticisms about the writers story. Also, who are some people you would think are capable and willing to help me write the reviews? -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 16:48 (AEST) 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Maybe you could somehow mix them together. Say, add a third column, then add a link on the main page to all the reviews. The link could tell the reader how the reviews are done. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone| Heyoeveryone]] September 23 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cool! Just tell me when you're ready. Though, I think that I may need help with this project. Since I can't play through every single story without becoming too stressed (I don't want this to become a 'real' job). Plus, I have some personal issues to attend to, so I cannot necessarily log in every day. So I'm suggesting that we should make a 'ad' for people willing to review, they can send you or me a message detailing why he or she should be allowed to review. Or, we can go a easier way and just make a 'user reviews' section. Then, if we find certain reviews that are of high quality, we just move it to the 'official reviews' section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh and sorry for the late reply. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 20:57 (AEST) 24 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, can you umm... make the reviews page for me, i'm kind of scared when changing the site such as this. You can leave it red linked if you want, and i'll just add in the stuff. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 30 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you!!! And you're welcome to write reviews anytime. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 2 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Question on something that could be considered a &amp;quot;nonstory&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, Platypus, do you know how to make a personalized status indicator? I'd like to get rid of the MP stuff and add more stuff on it -[[User:Storylover141|Storylover141]] 17:56 PDT, 25 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
All right. So, I've been plotting this big universe in which my stories occur, and after writing a certain story, I plan on finally writing a really big story that involves characters from all of the stories (and new ones, of course), meeting up and sh- stuff. But, what I had been planning is writing a little bit of a supplementary thing, bridging some of the events of the stories and connecting them before the real fun can begin. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, this would just be in a diary format, with &amp;quot;forward&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;backwards&amp;quot; options being on pages. Now comes my question - would it be cool if I did that as a separate story, or should I add it in as pages in the Elderpedia (this is my current idea)... I could, of course, do it on another site, but that's the least attractive option. The pages, if added to the Elderpedia would have a title that clearly defines them as part of the Elderpedia, but with a marker like &amp;quot;Elderpedia:BCDiary1&amp;quot; or something similar. Now that I'm ranting, I think it's simpler to end this here. Just wanted to get your opinion on this before going through with it. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shall do, good sir. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:27, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Unrelated to the above question, but I don't want to clutter your page with headlines - Does this wiki have an IRC chat yet? It seems like it would, and a good amount of other wikis have their own. It'd be a good way for people to ask questions to each other, and could even lead to ideas for new stories. I dunno, I just think that this kind of thing would be interesting and was wondering if we already had one set up or not. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:03, 17 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Adding here for the same reason stated in my last message here. I saw your discussion with Heyoeveryone, and your ideas on the review page. I thought of a way you could combine them if you want, like the review page being separate like the featured story, as in your first idea, and then once a--[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC) story is reviewed there, you could do a third column link to either the review page or the specific review.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In case it's a bit oddly phrased (Which I'm sure it is), I dicked around for a minute and threw together [[Delete:ReviewExample|this]] to serve as a visual aid. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 05:58, 22 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More spam, dude. [[How can established folks perceive estimable absol|Here,]] [[I thought this was about time I acquainted myself‎|here,]] and [[It is primo how mavericks must not fully explain a|here,]] and the users in question are [[User:Andreatsde|Andreatsde,]] [[User:Randyjukla|Randyjukla]] and [[User:Beatrizwbm|Beatrizwbm.]] --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:33, 23 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is just gonna be my little section of the page, hope you don't mind. Anyways, I noticed that we have the &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{incomplete}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; thing, which generates the &amp;quot;incomplete pages&amp;quot; warning. What I'm wondering is this: Do we have one that would do one for categorization warning, and if we don't, why not? It'd be quite useful, as there's someone getting warned for this very reason almost every day, where as the incomplete thing is maybe once a week or so, it seems. It'd be so easy to just thrown &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{categorization}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; on a page and have it tell them, and if someone wants to personalize the message or whatever, they could just type it in on their own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just, uh... just a thought. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 01:03, 1 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ah, finally! A template. &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; shall not go to waste here - that I'm sure of. Also, that O.D.S.T. person below was annoying. Just saying. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, I just saw what GreatGrapes or whatever the fuck his name was did in the Recent Changes log. What an immature brat. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't expect him to get himself into some sort of shit when he started claiming stories were parts of other stories and making an &amp;quot;admins&amp;quot; page with his name on it. Also, that was probably the worst attempt at vandalism I've ever seen. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But, hey. Bein' the only admin is a tough job. I guess you're kinda guaranteed to get vandalized/targeted when you've got power like that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh well, such is life on CYOAWiki. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 03:54, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, i'm so sorry that i keep on forgetting to categorize my posts. I'M SO SORRY! i'm new to this site, and i did'n't mean to! i'm so, so, sorry! forgive meeeeee!!!! --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 1:48, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I promise i will be more careful. If i forget to catagorize a post, i will IMMEDEATELY fix it. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 3:27, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That was accedental! i was rushing out hte door when i was doing that And forgot to change it! i'm fixing it now. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 6:41, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== General Disclaimer ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please understand that, well, the General Disclaimer page was indeed not part of a story, it is a legal page.  It &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[most likely]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; freed this site from liability including slander and defamation.&lt;br /&gt;
[[user:O.D.S.T.|O.D.S.T.]] - '''''Proin sit amet nisi scientiam nostrum''''' 23:21, 26 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Uncategorised ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I've been popping in a few categories for people that forgot and throwing the odd &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}--~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; onto talk pages, and it has just this second dawned on me that I really should've cleared that with you first.  My apologies about that.  Are you cool with me continuing to do so? [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 09:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So, you sent me a message about a status bar... And, I'm not sure what that is.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Krinkel|Krinkel]] 16:59, 26 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Revert, don't delete ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I might be new around here but coming from Wikipedia I'd like to offer some friendly advice: Feel free to revert changes you don't approve of. But do not wholesale ''delete'' contributions, especially from newcomers, if you want them to stick around.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Why? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Simple: reverted changes can still be found, edited, and thus - improved upon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Deleted pages can't be accessed by the newcomer, and thus they are probably lost (the nature of a wiki is such that you aren't really supposed to have to keep private copies of your contributions).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So I have a deal for you, Platypus. If you use your administrative powers to restore the pages of mine you deleted, I promise to work with you in improving the language and correcting the POV issues. Do we have a deal? :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 06:56, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Name Changing? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, I was wondering if you had the ability to change the name of pages or anything? If so... could you change the name of [[SM:Keep Waiting|this page]] to SM:Waiting Room for me please? Thanks, in either case. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks again, and for changing the links on the other 2 pages so they link correctly again. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Couple Questions ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just got couple quick questions for you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1) For the Pit of Abandoned Stories, what defines &amp;quot;a long while?&amp;quot; A month, two, three? I've been browsing some of the stories and I've found a handful with sub-10 pages and haven't been worked on since September (or later). I was considering moving them to the pit but I wasn't sure if 3 months was long enough, and if regular users like myself are allowed to move stories there.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2) In a similar vein, I notice there are like 6 red links on the main page. It looks like someone went to add a story but then never even bothered to write the first page. I was considering seeing how long some had been sitting there and if it had been a month, or longer, I was just going to remove them. Is that alright with you? Or is a month not long enough?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
3) Is there a way to hide pages/keep them from the recent changes? I'm guessing not, but... figured I'd ask. I have another story idea but I'd prefer people not read as I'm writing it and just when I post it when I finish (which shouldn't take too long, I have this one planned out and its' only ~40-50 pages).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ultimately it probably doesn't matter, though. Someone will probably stumble on it while I'm writing. I just remember seeing something about a way you can mark stories (I thought it was using the 'mark as minor change' button but I still see those in the changes list) to keep them hidden.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, if I am bugging you too much, feel free to hit me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Main Page Adjustments ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
True enough, I didn't think about the vandals thing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And to maybe save you some legwork, I moved the following to the Pit:&lt;br /&gt;
* [[The broken story of stupidness :P]] (14 pages but hasn't been worked on since 14 Sept 2011 and is... kinda bad.)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Castle Adventure]] (1 Page; Worked on Oct 12 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[After the Fire]] (1 Page, Oct 22 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Chaos]] (2 Pages, March 7 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Born to be Bad]] (8 Pages; June 9th 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Artemis Fowl]] (7 pages; Sept 9 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Antoinette's story]] (2 Pages; April 21 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure of a Half Blood]] (8 pages; Mar 11 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure Island]] (2 pages; April 5 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That is assuming the &amp;quot;last modified&amp;quot; date at the bottom of every page is the date it was last worked on (checked every page in each story to make sure there was nothing more current).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I also removed all the redlinks on the main page from PG-13. My phone can't load the whole main page so I can only edit by section. I'll probably move some more when I find another 10 or so. If you'd rather I not mention anything here just let me know and I'll keep quiet in the future.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== How will i know if you created the story? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is there something that will show up or something? And, I'm sorry that I don't meet the expectations on your stories, and i won't add on to your stories anymore,  and you can go ahead and ban me, I won't get on for a while anyway, I have to get my computer screen fixed, my s button fixed, and a bug off my computer. Because of my screen, i can't see most anything i type, but, i deserve what you said, &amp;quot;Do not even try to contribute to any of my stories.&amp;quot; So, bye. (By the way, i'm new to this, of course, so, if there are two of what i put down, or it doesn't show up right, go ahead, get pissed off at me) [[Luigi]]... I think i finally learned how  to do the category thing now -_-&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Instructions to remember pages? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I have a question I can't find any discussion of, but since I'm interested in your view on &amp;quot;Smutty&amp;quot; specifically, I'm asking you directly:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What about instructions to &amp;quot;remember&amp;quot; pages? That is, the text gives a link you're supposed to remember (bookmark etc) but not yet visit. Only at some specified later time are you to navigate to the given page. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For example, on [[Resume boffing the booth babe from behind|this page]] I'm thinking to give &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; the reader an option to visit the booth babe later. Say in the caveman's cave you reach from the costume shop (or somewhere else several steps later in the story). Instead of duplicating the entire tree of options between now and then just to be able to present that one additional choice at the appropriate time, it would be easier/cleaner to simply instruct the player to copy/bookmark a special link when &amp;quot;you find yourself in a caveman's cave&amp;quot;. If read at that time the linked page would pick up the story (and make sense). If read at any other time, it would be meaningless.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Much like in a dead-tree CYOA when you see &amp;quot;You have found the silver key. When you see a silver door, turn to paragraph 123. This choice is not presented in the text at that time. Do not go to this paragraph now, instead continue at...&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you find this interesting I'll write up the page for you to examine. Just thought to ask first not to waste my effort if you want to keep the story (or the whole site) free of bells and whistles such as that. [[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 20:21, 12 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Embedding Pictures ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is it OK to embed some random pics from google into a story?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Most of it is fanart (no copyrights) but i m not sure about all of them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-Zoroastra (P.S. : How do you link to your user talk page?)&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:56:53 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>User talk:Platypus</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Since this page has become rather cluttered, I've moved old discussions to the archive page below.  Feel free to leave new messages here.  I'll get back to you ASAP!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[User talk:Platypus/Archive1]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;Add new comments below.  Do not add new comments to the archive.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hello! I contributed to a story called Sensual Realms (not created by me) that you deleted recently. I would like to know if I could somehow access the pages I had written for this story (to use them for another story or simply to save them on my PC, as I don't want to lose them).&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fantasy]] 21:03, 23 January 2012&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Okay, I tried to fix the Q and C bit put it's still collapsed.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:09, 20 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus the pervert 13 year old comic is a) incomplete or b) (not exactly sure sorry) missing pages can u put them in please and thank you  keep up the good work:)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Great, I have two pages in the Uncategorized pages, could you delete them? I kinda balnked out the story for future title-changing and stuff.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:57, 21 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I keep psting but I know I didn't cause it, and I don't know who did. The Adult Story Section fell in an earthquake again.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 17:04, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, well, that's enough reason to keep it around.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:48, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Darn, click type 'Wiki:RPG' into the search box. It's shameless advertising, so what's going to happen to it?--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:25, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And in other news, should there be a link to [[Choose Your Own Papal Adventure]]? The author doesn't seem to be working on it and it isn't connected to the main page. However, it says to not put it on but it won't find a new author that way.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:51, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Yeah, but he'll leave two newborn carcasses of barely started stories. He didn't even bother putting a category for one and the other didn't have brackets around it. Didn't notice the case sensitivity, either. Figure someone will pick it up someday.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:44, 17 December 2011 (UTC) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Note: Adult story section got collapsed. Not sure how to fix it. Might remove other stuff in the process&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:04, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks. I realize now my first idea may be a bit too much to start with. Are there any rules against making a short CYOA just to get one's feet wet (and see if people actually like my writing. :0)? Or would it be better to write some pages of public stories? (Most public ones seem to be adult though. o.o) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi. Since you seem to be the person in charge, I was wondering if occassionally having formatting errors will get me in trouble? I will be posting from my phone and sometimes it utterly refuses to let line breaks 'work' no matter how many times I hit enter. (By work, I mean, it jumbles/smooshes my paragraphs together). Sometimes I can fix it, sometimes I can't. :/ On the same note is there a 'Request an Editor' thing so that maybe if it does happen you aren't having to be the one who corrects me all the time? Thanks. -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Captain Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I'm going to ask you, what are all the stuff in special Pages? There's wanted and unwanted and so on so forth. What are they for?&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 22:32, 28 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks for the clarification. I guess unwanted pages would be already written.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 11:28, 29 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus, the original author is a friend of mine and he's asked me to take over his story. I have a couple of stories and am hoping to merge them into one, so I can focus on writing one large, interconnected one rather than a couple of smaller ones.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:elsarin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I don't think I'm up to the high standards you set on your site.  I won't trouble you anymore with uncategorized pages and I apologize for the time you've had to spend cleaning up after me.  If you could please post the contents of the page you deleted on my talk page, I'll copy them elsewhere.  Thanks.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Platypus - I'm new to this site and have been having fun creating stories.  After your warning about categorizing pages, I added categories to my pages.  Apparently, I forgot to add a category to one of my pages last night and you deleted it.  Please restore the content of that page so I can add a category.  I am still in the middle of editing this story.  I'm not going to continue spending hours writing stories on this site if a simple mistake like this causes you to delete all of my work.  &lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, &lt;br /&gt;
I made some changes to links in The Story of Jack Foster, and all three links suddenly took the reader into Smutty sex Romp. I guess the author of that page, who doesn't seem to be active any longer, must have intended for this to happen, but it just seems really odd.&lt;br /&gt;
Can you let me know your thoughts on this? I will change all the links back if you think I should, it just seemed like a mistake at first so I corrected one, then another. When I saw that the third link of the three on that page led there too, I thought i should check in with you...&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks in advance!&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Starry]] 20.14, 19 November 11&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus, I was hoping you could add another few... Or alot more pages and options to the story A New Life in the section of a college girl with a bladder problem. Please add alot of new and exciting pages that relate to the topic, by myself I think I've added atleast 5 or more pages but I'm not even as close to as good as you in editing and adding plus one other reason is that it is not as fun when your the only user editing and adding to that story in which you have to create all the pages and when you read ten you already know what will happen. Please add alot of pages and exciting new options to the story in the college girl with a bladder problem Section. Thanks. From: Shawnbunbun. Once again thanks.-November 15th at 6:10 PM (AKA 18:10 Army time).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;.&amp;lt; As far as I knew the grammar isn't too horrible. I'm pretty sure I got spelling correct... is it just the random capitals for words that shouldn't be capitalized that's bugging you? And I'll remember about the Category's. ^^ Btw new to leaving messages so sorry if I've messed up. Just found this site last night.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Xx.Fate.Eater.xX|Xx.Fate.Eater.xX]] 14:06, 08 November 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, I was wondering if you could create two pages, a public and a so-called private. This could lessen the chances of people editing stories that were only supposed to be edited by one person. in fact, a completed section where nothing could be edited could be placed as well. Tell me what you think or if you want, just create the section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 03:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, I dropped by the site this morning to do some additions to my stories and noticed that both of them have been removed from the main page. To my knowledge neither have been deleted and I am greatful for that. I am unsure what I have done or how I have offended you to make you want to remove peoples access to my stories. I won't make any additions until hearing from you or revert the changes you made. I realize that I, personally haven't made any recent additions to them but since they were still being read and other people were starting contribute I didn't think this would be a problem. If I have done something to offend you then I am sorry, if you would have dropped me a line on my talk page then I am sure we could have worked it out. Please let me know what you would like me to do or not do. Thanks,--[[User:Blackdragon25|Blackdragon25]] 15:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus again, on the main page The Devils Daughter has no apostrophe if I put an apostrophe wouldn't it totally spaz out?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus about not putting down the Category, my bad there, still getting the hang of this system!! Forgive me :D  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Not sure what you mean by the last message I received, as I copied off of the main tutorial page on how to add category.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Missredelle|Missredelle]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sry, I'm from germany and those hs cause me alot of trouble:D By the way, this was my first writing here and I would appreciate some feedback maybe. Thanks for the correcting&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:MCGeddo|MCGeddo]] 21:37, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is what TheSugarTrail is doing with that story of his anything more than spam? Story starts out with pick your hair color. 4 options. Then nothing changes from that other than simple hair color. Then after that comes eye color 3 options again nothing changes b/c of this. Finally a name is picked with 6 options. Nothing changes in the story based on these 3 things. Then you gotta do the math 4 x 3 x 6 = 72 pages per page of actual story. SEVENTY TWO PAGES PER PAGE OF ACTUAL STORY!!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The story currently has about 232 pages. Roughly 10 of these 232 pages are not simply a clone of another page with 1 word or letter changed. Each additional actual page to the story will be needed to have 71 clones of it to keep the story going.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://editthis.info/Choose_your_own_adventure/Windy_Lea_Stories&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Yihman1|Yihman1]] 22:03, 5 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Archiving The 'General Discussion' Page &amp;amp; Other ==&lt;br /&gt;
Like what you did with your own user talk page, perhaps you should do the same thing with the 'General Discussion' page.  It's got a ridiculous amount of subtopics on the page and most of them are dead. I'd like to use that page more often and maybe help people with their problems other than just you having to toil away being admin and all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, maybe we could have a 'Story of the Year Award'. The nominations for this award could include the stories that were featured in the year. There would be a separate page where people can vote for a story. Voting can be done by making pages called (( Voting: Nomination )) and people can just click on the page to vote, the amount of views that were done on that page will decide the winner. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 23 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I'm in full agreement about the General Discussion page needing an archive.  I'd be happy to contribute towards making that a reality, too. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:38, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::I decided to full-on go ahead and '''be bold''', so I did it.  Everything prior to 2010 is now in an [[Talk:Main Page/Archive1|archive page]].  If more discussions did take place on the General Discussion page, I can see a system that had archived sections divided by topic, e.g. an archive for questions about writing stories, an archive for questions about how to edit a wiki, an archive for promoting a particular story.  But that's the future, and I'll probably have cyborg bits by then. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:56, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Dating Site Ads ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I know you've probably noticed this by the time you read this, but some person changed the Main Page to some crappy dating site ad. Thankfully, I happened to go on about 45 minutes after this incident and switched it back to the previous addition. This is really starting to piss me off, the Dating Site Ads I mean. Just checking the recent changes now, I see two spam accounts that were just made, with one being the account responsible for doing the griefing on the site. Hopefully this rubbish can finally end. I don't know who is doing this, but one thing is for sure, they must be really bored. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 9 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apparently they are at it again, if I did it correctly I changed the main page back to your previous edit. It's amusing in a way because they actually think people looking for a choose your own adventure style text based site like this are doing to see some dating advertisements in &amp;quot;not-really English&amp;quot; and go like oh, let me check that out instead. I also updated two of the stories I have been working on for # of pages as they were out of date. --[[User:Rouge|Rouge]] November 18, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Review Area ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, i've recently finished my last story (though, I need to read it over for grammatical errors), and I was thinking that I should, instead of making another story, I would perhaps make a reviewing area, if this works out well, this could increase publicity for stories which should be read, encourage writers to continue writing on this site, and also give writers constructive criticism (e.g. one choice stories).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You should be asking by now, why are you asking me? Well, I already asked TheElderOnes, and he says it's a good concept, now i'm just here to ask you if you find it good as well. Perhaps, even helping me do reviews, since you are, a well known person on this site. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 7:36 (AEST), 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A few more questions, where does my review page go? I kind of don't want it to be in some section were no one would see it, since the whole point of this idea is to increase publicity for stories which should be more popular and of course, make consturctive criticisms about the writers story. Also, who are some people you would think are capable and willing to help me write the reviews? -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 16:48 (AEST) 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Maybe you could somehow mix them together. Say, add a third column, then add a link on the main page to all the reviews. The link could tell the reader how the reviews are done. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone| Heyoeveryone]] September 23 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cool! Just tell me when you're ready. Though, I think that I may need help with this project. Since I can't play through every single story without becoming too stressed (I don't want this to become a 'real' job). Plus, I have some personal issues to attend to, so I cannot necessarily log in every day. So I'm suggesting that we should make a 'ad' for people willing to review, they can send you or me a message detailing why he or she should be allowed to review. Or, we can go a easier way and just make a 'user reviews' section. Then, if we find certain reviews that are of high quality, we just move it to the 'official reviews' section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh and sorry for the late reply. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 20:57 (AEST) 24 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, can you umm... make the reviews page for me, i'm kind of scared when changing the site such as this. You can leave it red linked if you want, and i'll just add in the stuff. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 30 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you!!! And you're welcome to write reviews anytime. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 2 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Question on something that could be considered a &amp;quot;nonstory&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, Platypus, do you know how to make a personalized status indicator? I'd like to get rid of the MP stuff and add more stuff on it -[[User:Storylover141|Storylover141]] 17:56 PDT, 25 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
All right. So, I've been plotting this big universe in which my stories occur, and after writing a certain story, I plan on finally writing a really big story that involves characters from all of the stories (and new ones, of course), meeting up and sh- stuff. But, what I had been planning is writing a little bit of a supplementary thing, bridging some of the events of the stories and connecting them before the real fun can begin. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, this would just be in a diary format, with &amp;quot;forward&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;backwards&amp;quot; options being on pages. Now comes my question - would it be cool if I did that as a separate story, or should I add it in as pages in the Elderpedia (this is my current idea)... I could, of course, do it on another site, but that's the least attractive option. The pages, if added to the Elderpedia would have a title that clearly defines them as part of the Elderpedia, but with a marker like &amp;quot;Elderpedia:BCDiary1&amp;quot; or something similar. Now that I'm ranting, I think it's simpler to end this here. Just wanted to get your opinion on this before going through with it. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shall do, good sir. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:27, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Unrelated to the above question, but I don't want to clutter your page with headlines - Does this wiki have an IRC chat yet? It seems like it would, and a good amount of other wikis have their own. It'd be a good way for people to ask questions to each other, and could even lead to ideas for new stories. I dunno, I just think that this kind of thing would be interesting and was wondering if we already had one set up or not. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:03, 17 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Adding here for the same reason stated in my last message here. I saw your discussion with Heyoeveryone, and your ideas on the review page. I thought of a way you could combine them if you want, like the review page being separate like the featured story, as in your first idea, and then once a--[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC) story is reviewed there, you could do a third column link to either the review page or the specific review.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In case it's a bit oddly phrased (Which I'm sure it is), I dicked around for a minute and threw together [[Delete:ReviewExample|this]] to serve as a visual aid. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 05:58, 22 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More spam, dude. [[How can established folks perceive estimable absol|Here,]] [[I thought this was about time I acquainted myself‎|here,]] and [[It is primo how mavericks must not fully explain a|here,]] and the users in question are [[User:Andreatsde|Andreatsde,]] [[User:Randyjukla|Randyjukla]] and [[User:Beatrizwbm|Beatrizwbm.]] --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:33, 23 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is just gonna be my little section of the page, hope you don't mind. Anyways, I noticed that we have the &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{incomplete}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; thing, which generates the &amp;quot;incomplete pages&amp;quot; warning. What I'm wondering is this: Do we have one that would do one for categorization warning, and if we don't, why not? It'd be quite useful, as there's someone getting warned for this very reason almost every day, where as the incomplete thing is maybe once a week or so, it seems. It'd be so easy to just thrown &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{categorization}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; on a page and have it tell them, and if someone wants to personalize the message or whatever, they could just type it in on their own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just, uh... just a thought. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 01:03, 1 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ah, finally! A template. &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; shall not go to waste here - that I'm sure of. Also, that O.D.S.T. person below was annoying. Just saying. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, I just saw what GreatGrapes or whatever the fuck his name was did in the Recent Changes log. What an immature brat. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't expect him to get himself into some sort of shit when he started claiming stories were parts of other stories and making an &amp;quot;admins&amp;quot; page with his name on it. Also, that was probably the worst attempt at vandalism I've ever seen. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But, hey. Bein' the only admin is a tough job. I guess you're kinda guaranteed to get vandalized/targeted when you've got power like that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh well, such is life on CYOAWiki. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 03:54, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, i'm so sorry that i keep on forgetting to categorize my posts. I'M SO SORRY! i'm new to this site, and i did'n't mean to! i'm so, so, sorry! forgive meeeeee!!!! --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 1:48, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I promise i will be more careful. If i forget to catagorize a post, i will IMMEDEATELY fix it. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 3:27, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That was accedental! i was rushing out hte door when i was doing that And forgot to change it! i'm fixing it now. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 6:41, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== General Disclaimer ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please understand that, well, the General Disclaimer page was indeed not part of a story, it is a legal page.  It &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[most likely]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; freed this site from liability including slander and defamation.&lt;br /&gt;
[[user:O.D.S.T.|O.D.S.T.]] - '''''Proin sit amet nisi scientiam nostrum''''' 23:21, 26 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Uncategorised ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I've been popping in a few categories for people that forgot and throwing the odd &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}--~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; onto talk pages, and it has just this second dawned on me that I really should've cleared that with you first.  My apologies about that.  Are you cool with me continuing to do so? [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 09:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So, you sent me a message about a status bar... And, I'm not sure what that is.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Krinkel|Krinkel]] 16:59, 26 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Revert, don't delete ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I might be new around here but coming from Wikipedia I'd like to offer some friendly advice: Feel free to revert changes you don't approve of. But do not wholesale ''delete'' contributions, especially from newcomers, if you want them to stick around.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Why? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Simple: reverted changes can still be found, edited, and thus - improved upon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Deleted pages can't be accessed by the newcomer, and thus they are probably lost (the nature of a wiki is such that you aren't really supposed to have to keep private copies of your contributions).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So I have a deal for you, Platypus. If you use your administrative powers to restore the pages of mine you deleted, I promise to work with you in improving the language and correcting the POV issues. Do we have a deal? :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 06:56, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Name Changing? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, I was wondering if you had the ability to change the name of pages or anything? If so... could you change the name of [[SM:Keep Waiting|this page]] to SM:Waiting Room for me please? Thanks, in either case. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks again, and for changing the links on the other 2 pages so they link correctly again. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Couple Questions ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just got couple quick questions for you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1) For the Pit of Abandoned Stories, what defines &amp;quot;a long while?&amp;quot; A month, two, three? I've been browsing some of the stories and I've found a handful with sub-10 pages and haven't been worked on since September (or later). I was considering moving them to the pit but I wasn't sure if 3 months was long enough, and if regular users like myself are allowed to move stories there.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2) In a similar vein, I notice there are like 6 red links on the main page. It looks like someone went to add a story but then never even bothered to write the first page. I was considering seeing how long some had been sitting there and if it had been a month, or longer, I was just going to remove them. Is that alright with you? Or is a month not long enough?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
3) Is there a way to hide pages/keep them from the recent changes? I'm guessing not, but... figured I'd ask. I have another story idea but I'd prefer people not read as I'm writing it and just when I post it when I finish (which shouldn't take too long, I have this one planned out and its' only ~40-50 pages).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ultimately it probably doesn't matter, though. Someone will probably stumble on it while I'm writing. I just remember seeing something about a way you can mark stories (I thought it was using the 'mark as minor change' button but I still see those in the changes list) to keep them hidden.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, if I am bugging you too much, feel free to hit me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Main Page Adjustments ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
True enough, I didn't think about the vandals thing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And to maybe save you some legwork, I moved the following to the Pit:&lt;br /&gt;
* [[The broken story of stupidness :P]] (14 pages but hasn't been worked on since 14 Sept 2011 and is... kinda bad.)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Castle Adventure]] (1 Page; Worked on Oct 12 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[After the Fire]] (1 Page, Oct 22 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Chaos]] (2 Pages, March 7 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Born to be Bad]] (8 Pages; June 9th 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Artemis Fowl]] (7 pages; Sept 9 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Antoinette's story]] (2 Pages; April 21 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure of a Half Blood]] (8 pages; Mar 11 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure Island]] (2 pages; April 5 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That is assuming the &amp;quot;last modified&amp;quot; date at the bottom of every page is the date it was last worked on (checked every page in each story to make sure there was nothing more current).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I also removed all the redlinks on the main page from PG-13. My phone can't load the whole main page so I can only edit by section. I'll probably move some more when I find another 10 or so. If you'd rather I not mention anything here just let me know and I'll keep quiet in the future.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== How will i know if you created the story? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is there something that will show up or something? And, I'm sorry that I don't meet the expectations on your stories, and i won't add on to your stories anymore,  and you can go ahead and ban me, I won't get on for a while anyway, I have to get my computer screen fixed, my s button fixed, and a bug off my computer. Because of my screen, i can't see most anything i type, but, i deserve what you said, &amp;quot;Do not even try to contribute to any of my stories.&amp;quot; So, bye. (By the way, i'm new to this, of course, so, if there are two of what i put down, or it doesn't show up right, go ahead, get pissed off at me) [[Luigi]]... I think i finally learned how  to do the category thing now -_-&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Instructions to remember pages? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I have a question I can't find any discussion of, but since I'm interested in your view on &amp;quot;Smutty&amp;quot; specifically, I'm asking you directly:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What about instructions to &amp;quot;remember&amp;quot; pages? That is, the text gives a link you're supposed to remember (bookmark etc) but not yet visit. Only at some specified later time are you to navigate to the given page. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For example, on [[Resume boffing the booth babe from behind|this page]] I'm thinking to give &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; the reader an option to visit the booth babe later. Say in the caveman's cave you reach from the costume shop (or somewhere else several steps later in the story). Instead of duplicating the entire tree of options between now and then just to be able to present that one additional choice at the appropriate time, it would be easier/cleaner to simply instruct the player to copy/bookmark a special link when &amp;quot;you find yourself in a caveman's cave&amp;quot;. If read at that time the linked page would pick up the story (and make sense). If read at any other time, it would be meaningless.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Much like in a dead-tree CYOA when you see &amp;quot;You have found the silver key. When you see a silver door, turn to paragraph 123. This choice is not presented in the text at that time. Do not go to this paragraph now, instead continue at...&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you find this interesting I'll write up the page for you to examine. Just thought to ask first not to waste my effort if you want to keep the story (or the whole site) free of bells and whistles such as that. [[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 20:21, 12 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Embedding Pictures ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is it OK to embed some random pics from google into a story?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Most of it is fanart (no copyrights) but i m not sure about all of them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-Zoroastra (P.S. : How do you link to your user talk page?)&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:13:39 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>User:Fantasy</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User:Fantasy</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;Created page with 'As a medieval fantasy geek with an enormous rape fantasy, I devote myself to the writing of fictional rape scenes (mostly set in medieval fantasy settings). I mostly write in the…'&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;As a medieval fantasy geek with an enormous rape fantasy, I devote myself to the writing of fictional rape scenes (mostly set in medieval fantasy settings). I mostly write in the Adult section and likes to contribute to already existing stories or to create mine, to which people are invited to contribute as long as they wish to create quality pages.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I apologize if what I write offends anyone and reminds that every story I create begins with a warning about the story's content.&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:09:32 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Fantasy</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>User talk:Platypus</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Since this page has become rather cluttered, I've moved old discussions to the archive page below.  Feel free to leave new messages here.  I'll get back to you ASAP!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[User talk:Platypus/Archive1]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;Add new comments below.  Do not add new comments to the archive.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hello! I contributed to a story called Sensual Realms (not created by me) that you deleted recently. I would like to know if I could somehow access the pages I had written for this story (to use them for another story or simply to save them on my PC, as I don't want to lose them).--[[Fantasy]] 21:03, 23 January 2012&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Okay, I tried to fix the Q and C bit put it's still collapsed.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:09, 20 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus the pervert 13 year old comic is a) incomplete or b) (not exactly sure sorry) missing pages can u put them in please and thank you  keep up the good work:)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Great, I have two pages in the Uncategorized pages, could you delete them? I kinda balnked out the story for future title-changing and stuff.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:57, 21 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I keep psting but I know I didn't cause it, and I don't know who did. The Adult Story Section fell in an earthquake again.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 17:04, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, well, that's enough reason to keep it around.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:48, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Darn, click type 'Wiki:RPG' into the search box. It's shameless advertising, so what's going to happen to it?--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:25, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And in other news, should there be a link to [[Choose Your Own Papal Adventure]]? The author doesn't seem to be working on it and it isn't connected to the main page. However, it says to not put it on but it won't find a new author that way.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:51, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Yeah, but he'll leave two newborn carcasses of barely started stories. He didn't even bother putting a category for one and the other didn't have brackets around it. Didn't notice the case sensitivity, either. Figure someone will pick it up someday.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:44, 17 December 2011 (UTC) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Note: Adult story section got collapsed. Not sure how to fix it. Might remove other stuff in the process&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:04, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks. I realize now my first idea may be a bit too much to start with. Are there any rules against making a short CYOA just to get one's feet wet (and see if people actually like my writing. :0)? Or would it be better to write some pages of public stories? (Most public ones seem to be adult though. o.o) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi. Since you seem to be the person in charge, I was wondering if occassionally having formatting errors will get me in trouble? I will be posting from my phone and sometimes it utterly refuses to let line breaks 'work' no matter how many times I hit enter. (By work, I mean, it jumbles/smooshes my paragraphs together). Sometimes I can fix it, sometimes I can't. :/ On the same note is there a 'Request an Editor' thing so that maybe if it does happen you aren't having to be the one who corrects me all the time? Thanks. -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Captain Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I'm going to ask you, what are all the stuff in special Pages? There's wanted and unwanted and so on so forth. What are they for?&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 22:32, 28 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks for the clarification. I guess unwanted pages would be already written.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 11:28, 29 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus, the original author is a friend of mine and he's asked me to take over his story. I have a couple of stories and am hoping to merge them into one, so I can focus on writing one large, interconnected one rather than a couple of smaller ones.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:elsarin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I don't think I'm up to the high standards you set on your site.  I won't trouble you anymore with uncategorized pages and I apologize for the time you've had to spend cleaning up after me.  If you could please post the contents of the page you deleted on my talk page, I'll copy them elsewhere.  Thanks.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Platypus - I'm new to this site and have been having fun creating stories.  After your warning about categorizing pages, I added categories to my pages.  Apparently, I forgot to add a category to one of my pages last night and you deleted it.  Please restore the content of that page so I can add a category.  I am still in the middle of editing this story.  I'm not going to continue spending hours writing stories on this site if a simple mistake like this causes you to delete all of my work.  &lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, &lt;br /&gt;
I made some changes to links in The Story of Jack Foster, and all three links suddenly took the reader into Smutty sex Romp. I guess the author of that page, who doesn't seem to be active any longer, must have intended for this to happen, but it just seems really odd.&lt;br /&gt;
Can you let me know your thoughts on this? I will change all the links back if you think I should, it just seemed like a mistake at first so I corrected one, then another. When I saw that the third link of the three on that page led there too, I thought i should check in with you...&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks in advance!&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Starry]] 20.14, 19 November 11&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus, I was hoping you could add another few... Or alot more pages and options to the story A New Life in the section of a college girl with a bladder problem. Please add alot of new and exciting pages that relate to the topic, by myself I think I've added atleast 5 or more pages but I'm not even as close to as good as you in editing and adding plus one other reason is that it is not as fun when your the only user editing and adding to that story in which you have to create all the pages and when you read ten you already know what will happen. Please add alot of pages and exciting new options to the story in the college girl with a bladder problem Section. Thanks. From: Shawnbunbun. Once again thanks.-November 15th at 6:10 PM (AKA 18:10 Army time).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;.&amp;lt; As far as I knew the grammar isn't too horrible. I'm pretty sure I got spelling correct... is it just the random capitals for words that shouldn't be capitalized that's bugging you? And I'll remember about the Category's. ^^ Btw new to leaving messages so sorry if I've messed up. Just found this site last night.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Xx.Fate.Eater.xX|Xx.Fate.Eater.xX]] 14:06, 08 November 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, I was wondering if you could create two pages, a public and a so-called private. This could lessen the chances of people editing stories that were only supposed to be edited by one person. in fact, a completed section where nothing could be edited could be placed as well. Tell me what you think or if you want, just create the section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 03:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, I dropped by the site this morning to do some additions to my stories and noticed that both of them have been removed from the main page. To my knowledge neither have been deleted and I am greatful for that. I am unsure what I have done or how I have offended you to make you want to remove peoples access to my stories. I won't make any additions until hearing from you or revert the changes you made. I realize that I, personally haven't made any recent additions to them but since they were still being read and other people were starting contribute I didn't think this would be a problem. If I have done something to offend you then I am sorry, if you would have dropped me a line on my talk page then I am sure we could have worked it out. Please let me know what you would like me to do or not do. Thanks,--[[User:Blackdragon25|Blackdragon25]] 15:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus again, on the main page The Devils Daughter has no apostrophe if I put an apostrophe wouldn't it totally spaz out?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus about not putting down the Category, my bad there, still getting the hang of this system!! Forgive me :D  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Not sure what you mean by the last message I received, as I copied off of the main tutorial page on how to add category.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Missredelle|Missredelle]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sry, I'm from germany and those hs cause me alot of trouble:D By the way, this was my first writing here and I would appreciate some feedback maybe. Thanks for the correcting&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:MCGeddo|MCGeddo]] 21:37, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is what TheSugarTrail is doing with that story of his anything more than spam? Story starts out with pick your hair color. 4 options. Then nothing changes from that other than simple hair color. Then after that comes eye color 3 options again nothing changes b/c of this. Finally a name is picked with 6 options. Nothing changes in the story based on these 3 things. Then you gotta do the math 4 x 3 x 6 = 72 pages per page of actual story. SEVENTY TWO PAGES PER PAGE OF ACTUAL STORY!!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The story currently has about 232 pages. Roughly 10 of these 232 pages are not simply a clone of another page with 1 word or letter changed. Each additional actual page to the story will be needed to have 71 clones of it to keep the story going.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://editthis.info/Choose_your_own_adventure/Windy_Lea_Stories&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Yihman1|Yihman1]] 22:03, 5 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Archiving The 'General Discussion' Page &amp;amp; Other ==&lt;br /&gt;
Like what you did with your own user talk page, perhaps you should do the same thing with the 'General Discussion' page.  It's got a ridiculous amount of subtopics on the page and most of them are dead. I'd like to use that page more often and maybe help people with their problems other than just you having to toil away being admin and all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, maybe we could have a 'Story of the Year Award'. The nominations for this award could include the stories that were featured in the year. There would be a separate page where people can vote for a story. Voting can be done by making pages called (( Voting: Nomination )) and people can just click on the page to vote, the amount of views that were done on that page will decide the winner. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 23 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I'm in full agreement about the General Discussion page needing an archive.  I'd be happy to contribute towards making that a reality, too. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:38, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::I decided to full-on go ahead and '''be bold''', so I did it.  Everything prior to 2010 is now in an [[Talk:Main Page/Archive1|archive page]].  If more discussions did take place on the General Discussion page, I can see a system that had archived sections divided by topic, e.g. an archive for questions about writing stories, an archive for questions about how to edit a wiki, an archive for promoting a particular story.  But that's the future, and I'll probably have cyborg bits by then. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:56, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Dating Site Ads ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I know you've probably noticed this by the time you read this, but some person changed the Main Page to some crappy dating site ad. Thankfully, I happened to go on about 45 minutes after this incident and switched it back to the previous addition. This is really starting to piss me off, the Dating Site Ads I mean. Just checking the recent changes now, I see two spam accounts that were just made, with one being the account responsible for doing the griefing on the site. Hopefully this rubbish can finally end. I don't know who is doing this, but one thing is for sure, they must be really bored. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 9 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apparently they are at it again, if I did it correctly I changed the main page back to your previous edit. It's amusing in a way because they actually think people looking for a choose your own adventure style text based site like this are doing to see some dating advertisements in &amp;quot;not-really English&amp;quot; and go like oh, let me check that out instead. I also updated two of the stories I have been working on for # of pages as they were out of date. --[[User:Rouge|Rouge]] November 18, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Review Area ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, i've recently finished my last story (though, I need to read it over for grammatical errors), and I was thinking that I should, instead of making another story, I would perhaps make a reviewing area, if this works out well, this could increase publicity for stories which should be read, encourage writers to continue writing on this site, and also give writers constructive criticism (e.g. one choice stories).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You should be asking by now, why are you asking me? Well, I already asked TheElderOnes, and he says it's a good concept, now i'm just here to ask you if you find it good as well. Perhaps, even helping me do reviews, since you are, a well known person on this site. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 7:36 (AEST), 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A few more questions, where does my review page go? I kind of don't want it to be in some section were no one would see it, since the whole point of this idea is to increase publicity for stories which should be more popular and of course, make consturctive criticisms about the writers story. Also, who are some people you would think are capable and willing to help me write the reviews? -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 16:48 (AEST) 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Maybe you could somehow mix them together. Say, add a third column, then add a link on the main page to all the reviews. The link could tell the reader how the reviews are done. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone| Heyoeveryone]] September 23 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cool! Just tell me when you're ready. Though, I think that I may need help with this project. Since I can't play through every single story without becoming too stressed (I don't want this to become a 'real' job). Plus, I have some personal issues to attend to, so I cannot necessarily log in every day. So I'm suggesting that we should make a 'ad' for people willing to review, they can send you or me a message detailing why he or she should be allowed to review. Or, we can go a easier way and just make a 'user reviews' section. Then, if we find certain reviews that are of high quality, we just move it to the 'official reviews' section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh and sorry for the late reply. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 20:57 (AEST) 24 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, can you umm... make the reviews page for me, i'm kind of scared when changing the site such as this. You can leave it red linked if you want, and i'll just add in the stuff. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 30 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you!!! And you're welcome to write reviews anytime. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 2 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Question on something that could be considered a &amp;quot;nonstory&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, Platypus, do you know how to make a personalized status indicator? I'd like to get rid of the MP stuff and add more stuff on it -[[User:Storylover141|Storylover141]] 17:56 PDT, 25 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
All right. So, I've been plotting this big universe in which my stories occur, and after writing a certain story, I plan on finally writing a really big story that involves characters from all of the stories (and new ones, of course), meeting up and sh- stuff. But, what I had been planning is writing a little bit of a supplementary thing, bridging some of the events of the stories and connecting them before the real fun can begin. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, this would just be in a diary format, with &amp;quot;forward&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;backwards&amp;quot; options being on pages. Now comes my question - would it be cool if I did that as a separate story, or should I add it in as pages in the Elderpedia (this is my current idea)... I could, of course, do it on another site, but that's the least attractive option. The pages, if added to the Elderpedia would have a title that clearly defines them as part of the Elderpedia, but with a marker like &amp;quot;Elderpedia:BCDiary1&amp;quot; or something similar. Now that I'm ranting, I think it's simpler to end this here. Just wanted to get your opinion on this before going through with it. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shall do, good sir. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:27, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Unrelated to the above question, but I don't want to clutter your page with headlines - Does this wiki have an IRC chat yet? It seems like it would, and a good amount of other wikis have their own. It'd be a good way for people to ask questions to each other, and could even lead to ideas for new stories. I dunno, I just think that this kind of thing would be interesting and was wondering if we already had one set up or not. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:03, 17 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Adding here for the same reason stated in my last message here. I saw your discussion with Heyoeveryone, and your ideas on the review page. I thought of a way you could combine them if you want, like the review page being separate like the featured story, as in your first idea, and then once a--[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC) story is reviewed there, you could do a third column link to either the review page or the specific review.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In case it's a bit oddly phrased (Which I'm sure it is), I dicked around for a minute and threw together [[Delete:ReviewExample|this]] to serve as a visual aid. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 05:58, 22 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More spam, dude. [[How can established folks perceive estimable absol|Here,]] [[I thought this was about time I acquainted myself‎|here,]] and [[It is primo how mavericks must not fully explain a|here,]] and the users in question are [[User:Andreatsde|Andreatsde,]] [[User:Randyjukla|Randyjukla]] and [[User:Beatrizwbm|Beatrizwbm.]] --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:33, 23 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is just gonna be my little section of the page, hope you don't mind. Anyways, I noticed that we have the &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{incomplete}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; thing, which generates the &amp;quot;incomplete pages&amp;quot; warning. What I'm wondering is this: Do we have one that would do one for categorization warning, and if we don't, why not? It'd be quite useful, as there's someone getting warned for this very reason almost every day, where as the incomplete thing is maybe once a week or so, it seems. It'd be so easy to just thrown &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{categorization}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; on a page and have it tell them, and if someone wants to personalize the message or whatever, they could just type it in on their own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just, uh... just a thought. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 01:03, 1 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ah, finally! A template. &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; shall not go to waste here - that I'm sure of. Also, that O.D.S.T. person below was annoying. Just saying. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, I just saw what GreatGrapes or whatever the fuck his name was did in the Recent Changes log. What an immature brat. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't expect him to get himself into some sort of shit when he started claiming stories were parts of other stories and making an &amp;quot;admins&amp;quot; page with his name on it. Also, that was probably the worst attempt at vandalism I've ever seen. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But, hey. Bein' the only admin is a tough job. I guess you're kinda guaranteed to get vandalized/targeted when you've got power like that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh well, such is life on CYOAWiki. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 03:54, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, i'm so sorry that i keep on forgetting to categorize my posts. I'M SO SORRY! i'm new to this site, and i did'n't mean to! i'm so, so, sorry! forgive meeeeee!!!! --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 1:48, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I promise i will be more careful. If i forget to catagorize a post, i will IMMEDEATELY fix it. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 3:27, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That was accedental! i was rushing out hte door when i was doing that And forgot to change it! i'm fixing it now. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 6:41, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== General Disclaimer ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please understand that, well, the General Disclaimer page was indeed not part of a story, it is a legal page.  It &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[most likely]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; freed this site from liability including slander and defamation.&lt;br /&gt;
[[user:O.D.S.T.|O.D.S.T.]] - '''''Proin sit amet nisi scientiam nostrum''''' 23:21, 26 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Uncategorised ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I've been popping in a few categories for people that forgot and throwing the odd &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}--~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; onto talk pages, and it has just this second dawned on me that I really should've cleared that with you first.  My apologies about that.  Are you cool with me continuing to do so? [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 09:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So, you sent me a message about a status bar... And, I'm not sure what that is.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Krinkel|Krinkel]] 16:59, 26 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Revert, don't delete ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I might be new around here but coming from Wikipedia I'd like to offer some friendly advice: Feel free to revert changes you don't approve of. But do not wholesale ''delete'' contributions, especially from newcomers, if you want them to stick around.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Why? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Simple: reverted changes can still be found, edited, and thus - improved upon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Deleted pages can't be accessed by the newcomer, and thus they are probably lost (the nature of a wiki is such that you aren't really supposed to have to keep private copies of your contributions).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So I have a deal for you, Platypus. If you use your administrative powers to restore the pages of mine you deleted, I promise to work with you in improving the language and correcting the POV issues. Do we have a deal? :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 06:56, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Name Changing? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, I was wondering if you had the ability to change the name of pages or anything? If so... could you change the name of [[SM:Keep Waiting|this page]] to SM:Waiting Room for me please? Thanks, in either case. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks again, and for changing the links on the other 2 pages so they link correctly again. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Couple Questions ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just got couple quick questions for you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1) For the Pit of Abandoned Stories, what defines &amp;quot;a long while?&amp;quot; A month, two, three? I've been browsing some of the stories and I've found a handful with sub-10 pages and haven't been worked on since September (or later). I was considering moving them to the pit but I wasn't sure if 3 months was long enough, and if regular users like myself are allowed to move stories there.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2) In a similar vein, I notice there are like 6 red links on the main page. It looks like someone went to add a story but then never even bothered to write the first page. I was considering seeing how long some had been sitting there and if it had been a month, or longer, I was just going to remove them. Is that alright with you? Or is a month not long enough?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
3) Is there a way to hide pages/keep them from the recent changes? I'm guessing not, but... figured I'd ask. I have another story idea but I'd prefer people not read as I'm writing it and just when I post it when I finish (which shouldn't take too long, I have this one planned out and its' only ~40-50 pages).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ultimately it probably doesn't matter, though. Someone will probably stumble on it while I'm writing. I just remember seeing something about a way you can mark stories (I thought it was using the 'mark as minor change' button but I still see those in the changes list) to keep them hidden.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, if I am bugging you too much, feel free to hit me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Main Page Adjustments ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
True enough, I didn't think about the vandals thing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And to maybe save you some legwork, I moved the following to the Pit:&lt;br /&gt;
* [[The broken story of stupidness :P]] (14 pages but hasn't been worked on since 14 Sept 2011 and is... kinda bad.)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Castle Adventure]] (1 Page; Worked on Oct 12 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[After the Fire]] (1 Page, Oct 22 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Chaos]] (2 Pages, March 7 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Born to be Bad]] (8 Pages; June 9th 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Artemis Fowl]] (7 pages; Sept 9 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Antoinette's story]] (2 Pages; April 21 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure of a Half Blood]] (8 pages; Mar 11 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure Island]] (2 pages; April 5 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That is assuming the &amp;quot;last modified&amp;quot; date at the bottom of every page is the date it was last worked on (checked every page in each story to make sure there was nothing more current).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I also removed all the redlinks on the main page from PG-13. My phone can't load the whole main page so I can only edit by section. I'll probably move some more when I find another 10 or so. If you'd rather I not mention anything here just let me know and I'll keep quiet in the future.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== How will i know if you created the story? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is there something that will show up or something? And, I'm sorry that I don't meet the expectations on your stories, and i won't add on to your stories anymore,  and you can go ahead and ban me, I won't get on for a while anyway, I have to get my computer screen fixed, my s button fixed, and a bug off my computer. Because of my screen, i can't see most anything i type, but, i deserve what you said, &amp;quot;Do not even try to contribute to any of my stories.&amp;quot; So, bye. (By the way, i'm new to this, of course, so, if there are two of what i put down, or it doesn't show up right, go ahead, get pissed off at me) [[Luigi]]... I think i finally learned how  to do the category thing now -_-&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Instructions to remember pages? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I have a question I can't find any discussion of, but since I'm interested in your view on &amp;quot;Smutty&amp;quot; specifically, I'm asking you directly:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What about instructions to &amp;quot;remember&amp;quot; pages? That is, the text gives a link you're supposed to remember (bookmark etc) but not yet visit. Only at some specified later time are you to navigate to the given page. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For example, on [[Resume boffing the booth babe from behind|this page]] I'm thinking to give &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; the reader an option to visit the booth babe later. Say in the caveman's cave you reach from the costume shop (or somewhere else several steps later in the story). Instead of duplicating the entire tree of options between now and then just to be able to present that one additional choice at the appropriate time, it would be easier/cleaner to simply instruct the player to copy/bookmark a special link when &amp;quot;you find yourself in a caveman's cave&amp;quot;. If read at that time the linked page would pick up the story (and make sense). If read at any other time, it would be meaningless.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Much like in a dead-tree CYOA when you see &amp;quot;You have found the silver key. When you see a silver door, turn to paragraph 123. This choice is not presented in the text at that time. Do not go to this paragraph now, instead continue at...&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you find this interesting I'll write up the page for you to examine. Just thought to ask first not to waste my effort if you want to keep the story (or the whole site) free of bells and whistles such as that. [[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 20:21, 12 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Embedding Pictures ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is it OK to embed some random pics from google into a story?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Most of it is fanart (no copyrights) but i m not sure about all of them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-Zoroastra (P.S. : How do you link to your user talk page?)&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:06:58 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>User talk:Platypus</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Since this page has become rather cluttered, I've moved old discussions to the archive page below.  Feel free to leave new messages here.  I'll get back to you ASAP!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[User talk:Platypus/Archive1]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;Add new comments below.  Do not add new comments to the archive.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hello! I contributed to a story called Sensual Realms (not created by me) that you deleted recently. I would like to know if I could somehow access the pages I had written for this story (to use them for another story or simply to save them on my PC, as I don't want to lose them).--[[User:Fantasy]] 21:03, 23 January 2012&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Okay, I tried to fix the Q and C bit put it's still collapsed.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:09, 20 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus the pervert 13 year old comic is a) incomplete or b) (not exactly sure sorry) missing pages can u put them in please and thank you  keep up the good work:)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Great, I have two pages in the Uncategorized pages, could you delete them? I kinda balnked out the story for future title-changing and stuff.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:57, 21 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I keep psting but I know I didn't cause it, and I don't know who did. The Adult Story Section fell in an earthquake again.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 17:04, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, well, that's enough reason to keep it around.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:48, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Darn, click type 'Wiki:RPG' into the search box. It's shameless advertising, so what's going to happen to it?--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:25, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And in other news, should there be a link to [[Choose Your Own Papal Adventure]]? The author doesn't seem to be working on it and it isn't connected to the main page. However, it says to not put it on but it won't find a new author that way.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:51, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Yeah, but he'll leave two newborn carcasses of barely started stories. He didn't even bother putting a category for one and the other didn't have brackets around it. Didn't notice the case sensitivity, either. Figure someone will pick it up someday.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:44, 17 December 2011 (UTC) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Note: Adult story section got collapsed. Not sure how to fix it. Might remove other stuff in the process&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:04, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks. I realize now my first idea may be a bit too much to start with. Are there any rules against making a short CYOA just to get one's feet wet (and see if people actually like my writing. :0)? Or would it be better to write some pages of public stories? (Most public ones seem to be adult though. o.o) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi. Since you seem to be the person in charge, I was wondering if occassionally having formatting errors will get me in trouble? I will be posting from my phone and sometimes it utterly refuses to let line breaks 'work' no matter how many times I hit enter. (By work, I mean, it jumbles/smooshes my paragraphs together). Sometimes I can fix it, sometimes I can't. :/ On the same note is there a 'Request an Editor' thing so that maybe if it does happen you aren't having to be the one who corrects me all the time? Thanks. -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Captain Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I'm going to ask you, what are all the stuff in special Pages? There's wanted and unwanted and so on so forth. What are they for?&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 22:32, 28 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks for the clarification. I guess unwanted pages would be already written.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 11:28, 29 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus, the original author is a friend of mine and he's asked me to take over his story. I have a couple of stories and am hoping to merge them into one, so I can focus on writing one large, interconnected one rather than a couple of smaller ones.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:elsarin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I don't think I'm up to the high standards you set on your site.  I won't trouble you anymore with uncategorized pages and I apologize for the time you've had to spend cleaning up after me.  If you could please post the contents of the page you deleted on my talk page, I'll copy them elsewhere.  Thanks.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Platypus - I'm new to this site and have been having fun creating stories.  After your warning about categorizing pages, I added categories to my pages.  Apparently, I forgot to add a category to one of my pages last night and you deleted it.  Please restore the content of that page so I can add a category.  I am still in the middle of editing this story.  I'm not going to continue spending hours writing stories on this site if a simple mistake like this causes you to delete all of my work.  &lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, &lt;br /&gt;
I made some changes to links in The Story of Jack Foster, and all three links suddenly took the reader into Smutty sex Romp. I guess the author of that page, who doesn't seem to be active any longer, must have intended for this to happen, but it just seems really odd.&lt;br /&gt;
Can you let me know your thoughts on this? I will change all the links back if you think I should, it just seemed like a mistake at first so I corrected one, then another. When I saw that the third link of the three on that page led there too, I thought i should check in with you...&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks in advance!&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Starry]] 20.14, 19 November 11&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus, I was hoping you could add another few... Or alot more pages and options to the story A New Life in the section of a college girl with a bladder problem. Please add alot of new and exciting pages that relate to the topic, by myself I think I've added atleast 5 or more pages but I'm not even as close to as good as you in editing and adding plus one other reason is that it is not as fun when your the only user editing and adding to that story in which you have to create all the pages and when you read ten you already know what will happen. Please add alot of pages and exciting new options to the story in the college girl with a bladder problem Section. Thanks. From: Shawnbunbun. Once again thanks.-November 15th at 6:10 PM (AKA 18:10 Army time).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;.&amp;lt; As far as I knew the grammar isn't too horrible. I'm pretty sure I got spelling correct... is it just the random capitals for words that shouldn't be capitalized that's bugging you? And I'll remember about the Category's. ^^ Btw new to leaving messages so sorry if I've messed up. Just found this site last night.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Xx.Fate.Eater.xX|Xx.Fate.Eater.xX]] 14:06, 08 November 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, I was wondering if you could create two pages, a public and a so-called private. This could lessen the chances of people editing stories that were only supposed to be edited by one person. in fact, a completed section where nothing could be edited could be placed as well. Tell me what you think or if you want, just create the section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 03:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, I dropped by the site this morning to do some additions to my stories and noticed that both of them have been removed from the main page. To my knowledge neither have been deleted and I am greatful for that. I am unsure what I have done or how I have offended you to make you want to remove peoples access to my stories. I won't make any additions until hearing from you or revert the changes you made. I realize that I, personally haven't made any recent additions to them but since they were still being read and other people were starting contribute I didn't think this would be a problem. If I have done something to offend you then I am sorry, if you would have dropped me a line on my talk page then I am sure we could have worked it out. Please let me know what you would like me to do or not do. Thanks,--[[User:Blackdragon25|Blackdragon25]] 15:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus again, on the main page The Devils Daughter has no apostrophe if I put an apostrophe wouldn't it totally spaz out?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus about not putting down the Category, my bad there, still getting the hang of this system!! Forgive me :D  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Not sure what you mean by the last message I received, as I copied off of the main tutorial page on how to add category.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Missredelle|Missredelle]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sry, I'm from germany and those hs cause me alot of trouble:D By the way, this was my first writing here and I would appreciate some feedback maybe. Thanks for the correcting&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:MCGeddo|MCGeddo]] 21:37, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is what TheSugarTrail is doing with that story of his anything more than spam? Story starts out with pick your hair color. 4 options. Then nothing changes from that other than simple hair color. Then after that comes eye color 3 options again nothing changes b/c of this. Finally a name is picked with 6 options. Nothing changes in the story based on these 3 things. Then you gotta do the math 4 x 3 x 6 = 72 pages per page of actual story. SEVENTY TWO PAGES PER PAGE OF ACTUAL STORY!!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The story currently has about 232 pages. Roughly 10 of these 232 pages are not simply a clone of another page with 1 word or letter changed. Each additional actual page to the story will be needed to have 71 clones of it to keep the story going.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://editthis.info/Choose_your_own_adventure/Windy_Lea_Stories&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Yihman1|Yihman1]] 22:03, 5 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Archiving The 'General Discussion' Page &amp;amp; Other ==&lt;br /&gt;
Like what you did with your own user talk page, perhaps you should do the same thing with the 'General Discussion' page.  It's got a ridiculous amount of subtopics on the page and most of them are dead. I'd like to use that page more often and maybe help people with their problems other than just you having to toil away being admin and all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, maybe we could have a 'Story of the Year Award'. The nominations for this award could include the stories that were featured in the year. There would be a separate page where people can vote for a story. Voting can be done by making pages called (( Voting: Nomination )) and people can just click on the page to vote, the amount of views that were done on that page will decide the winner. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 23 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I'm in full agreement about the General Discussion page needing an archive.  I'd be happy to contribute towards making that a reality, too. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:38, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::I decided to full-on go ahead and '''be bold''', so I did it.  Everything prior to 2010 is now in an [[Talk:Main Page/Archive1|archive page]].  If more discussions did take place on the General Discussion page, I can see a system that had archived sections divided by topic, e.g. an archive for questions about writing stories, an archive for questions about how to edit a wiki, an archive for promoting a particular story.  But that's the future, and I'll probably have cyborg bits by then. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:56, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Dating Site Ads ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I know you've probably noticed this by the time you read this, but some person changed the Main Page to some crappy dating site ad. Thankfully, I happened to go on about 45 minutes after this incident and switched it back to the previous addition. This is really starting to piss me off, the Dating Site Ads I mean. Just checking the recent changes now, I see two spam accounts that were just made, with one being the account responsible for doing the griefing on the site. Hopefully this rubbish can finally end. I don't know who is doing this, but one thing is for sure, they must be really bored. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 9 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apparently they are at it again, if I did it correctly I changed the main page back to your previous edit. It's amusing in a way because they actually think people looking for a choose your own adventure style text based site like this are doing to see some dating advertisements in &amp;quot;not-really English&amp;quot; and go like oh, let me check that out instead. I also updated two of the stories I have been working on for # of pages as they were out of date. --[[User:Rouge|Rouge]] November 18, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Review Area ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, i've recently finished my last story (though, I need to read it over for grammatical errors), and I was thinking that I should, instead of making another story, I would perhaps make a reviewing area, if this works out well, this could increase publicity for stories which should be read, encourage writers to continue writing on this site, and also give writers constructive criticism (e.g. one choice stories).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You should be asking by now, why are you asking me? Well, I already asked TheElderOnes, and he says it's a good concept, now i'm just here to ask you if you find it good as well. Perhaps, even helping me do reviews, since you are, a well known person on this site. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 7:36 (AEST), 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A few more questions, where does my review page go? I kind of don't want it to be in some section were no one would see it, since the whole point of this idea is to increase publicity for stories which should be more popular and of course, make consturctive criticisms about the writers story. Also, who are some people you would think are capable and willing to help me write the reviews? -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 16:48 (AEST) 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Maybe you could somehow mix them together. Say, add a third column, then add a link on the main page to all the reviews. The link could tell the reader how the reviews are done. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone| Heyoeveryone]] September 23 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cool! Just tell me when you're ready. Though, I think that I may need help with this project. Since I can't play through every single story without becoming too stressed (I don't want this to become a 'real' job). Plus, I have some personal issues to attend to, so I cannot necessarily log in every day. So I'm suggesting that we should make a 'ad' for people willing to review, they can send you or me a message detailing why he or she should be allowed to review. Or, we can go a easier way and just make a 'user reviews' section. Then, if we find certain reviews that are of high quality, we just move it to the 'official reviews' section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh and sorry for the late reply. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 20:57 (AEST) 24 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, can you umm... make the reviews page for me, i'm kind of scared when changing the site such as this. You can leave it red linked if you want, and i'll just add in the stuff. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 30 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you!!! And you're welcome to write reviews anytime. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 2 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Question on something that could be considered a &amp;quot;nonstory&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, Platypus, do you know how to make a personalized status indicator? I'd like to get rid of the MP stuff and add more stuff on it -[[User:Storylover141|Storylover141]] 17:56 PDT, 25 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
All right. So, I've been plotting this big universe in which my stories occur, and after writing a certain story, I plan on finally writing a really big story that involves characters from all of the stories (and new ones, of course), meeting up and sh- stuff. But, what I had been planning is writing a little bit of a supplementary thing, bridging some of the events of the stories and connecting them before the real fun can begin. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, this would just be in a diary format, with &amp;quot;forward&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;backwards&amp;quot; options being on pages. Now comes my question - would it be cool if I did that as a separate story, or should I add it in as pages in the Elderpedia (this is my current idea)... I could, of course, do it on another site, but that's the least attractive option. The pages, if added to the Elderpedia would have a title that clearly defines them as part of the Elderpedia, but with a marker like &amp;quot;Elderpedia:BCDiary1&amp;quot; or something similar. Now that I'm ranting, I think it's simpler to end this here. Just wanted to get your opinion on this before going through with it. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shall do, good sir. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:27, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Unrelated to the above question, but I don't want to clutter your page with headlines - Does this wiki have an IRC chat yet? It seems like it would, and a good amount of other wikis have their own. It'd be a good way for people to ask questions to each other, and could even lead to ideas for new stories. I dunno, I just think that this kind of thing would be interesting and was wondering if we already had one set up or not. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:03, 17 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Adding here for the same reason stated in my last message here. I saw your discussion with Heyoeveryone, and your ideas on the review page. I thought of a way you could combine them if you want, like the review page being separate like the featured story, as in your first idea, and then once a--[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC) story is reviewed there, you could do a third column link to either the review page or the specific review.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In case it's a bit oddly phrased (Which I'm sure it is), I dicked around for a minute and threw together [[Delete:ReviewExample|this]] to serve as a visual aid. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 05:58, 22 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More spam, dude. [[How can established folks perceive estimable absol|Here,]] [[I thought this was about time I acquainted myself‎|here,]] and [[It is primo how mavericks must not fully explain a|here,]] and the users in question are [[User:Andreatsde|Andreatsde,]] [[User:Randyjukla|Randyjukla]] and [[User:Beatrizwbm|Beatrizwbm.]] --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:33, 23 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is just gonna be my little section of the page, hope you don't mind. Anyways, I noticed that we have the &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{incomplete}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; thing, which generates the &amp;quot;incomplete pages&amp;quot; warning. What I'm wondering is this: Do we have one that would do one for categorization warning, and if we don't, why not? It'd be quite useful, as there's someone getting warned for this very reason almost every day, where as the incomplete thing is maybe once a week or so, it seems. It'd be so easy to just thrown &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{categorization}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; on a page and have it tell them, and if someone wants to personalize the message or whatever, they could just type it in on their own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just, uh... just a thought. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 01:03, 1 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ah, finally! A template. &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; shall not go to waste here - that I'm sure of. Also, that O.D.S.T. person below was annoying. Just saying. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, I just saw what GreatGrapes or whatever the fuck his name was did in the Recent Changes log. What an immature brat. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't expect him to get himself into some sort of shit when he started claiming stories were parts of other stories and making an &amp;quot;admins&amp;quot; page with his name on it. Also, that was probably the worst attempt at vandalism I've ever seen. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But, hey. Bein' the only admin is a tough job. I guess you're kinda guaranteed to get vandalized/targeted when you've got power like that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh well, such is life on CYOAWiki. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 03:54, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, i'm so sorry that i keep on forgetting to categorize my posts. I'M SO SORRY! i'm new to this site, and i did'n't mean to! i'm so, so, sorry! forgive meeeeee!!!! --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 1:48, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I promise i will be more careful. If i forget to catagorize a post, i will IMMEDEATELY fix it. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 3:27, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That was accedental! i was rushing out hte door when i was doing that And forgot to change it! i'm fixing it now. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 6:41, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== General Disclaimer ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please understand that, well, the General Disclaimer page was indeed not part of a story, it is a legal page.  It &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[most likely]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; freed this site from liability including slander and defamation.&lt;br /&gt;
[[user:O.D.S.T.|O.D.S.T.]] - '''''Proin sit amet nisi scientiam nostrum''''' 23:21, 26 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Uncategorised ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I've been popping in a few categories for people that forgot and throwing the odd &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}--~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; onto talk pages, and it has just this second dawned on me that I really should've cleared that with you first.  My apologies about that.  Are you cool with me continuing to do so? [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 09:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So, you sent me a message about a status bar... And, I'm not sure what that is.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Krinkel|Krinkel]] 16:59, 26 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Revert, don't delete ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I might be new around here but coming from Wikipedia I'd like to offer some friendly advice: Feel free to revert changes you don't approve of. But do not wholesale ''delete'' contributions, especially from newcomers, if you want them to stick around.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Why? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Simple: reverted changes can still be found, edited, and thus - improved upon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Deleted pages can't be accessed by the newcomer, and thus they are probably lost (the nature of a wiki is such that you aren't really supposed to have to keep private copies of your contributions).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So I have a deal for you, Platypus. If you use your administrative powers to restore the pages of mine you deleted, I promise to work with you in improving the language and correcting the POV issues. Do we have a deal? :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 06:56, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Name Changing? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, I was wondering if you had the ability to change the name of pages or anything? If so... could you change the name of [[SM:Keep Waiting|this page]] to SM:Waiting Room for me please? Thanks, in either case. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks again, and for changing the links on the other 2 pages so they link correctly again. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Couple Questions ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just got couple quick questions for you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1) For the Pit of Abandoned Stories, what defines &amp;quot;a long while?&amp;quot; A month, two, three? I've been browsing some of the stories and I've found a handful with sub-10 pages and haven't been worked on since September (or later). I was considering moving them to the pit but I wasn't sure if 3 months was long enough, and if regular users like myself are allowed to move stories there.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2) In a similar vein, I notice there are like 6 red links on the main page. It looks like someone went to add a story but then never even bothered to write the first page. I was considering seeing how long some had been sitting there and if it had been a month, or longer, I was just going to remove them. Is that alright with you? Or is a month not long enough?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
3) Is there a way to hide pages/keep them from the recent changes? I'm guessing not, but... figured I'd ask. I have another story idea but I'd prefer people not read as I'm writing it and just when I post it when I finish (which shouldn't take too long, I have this one planned out and its' only ~40-50 pages).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ultimately it probably doesn't matter, though. Someone will probably stumble on it while I'm writing. I just remember seeing something about a way you can mark stories (I thought it was using the 'mark as minor change' button but I still see those in the changes list) to keep them hidden.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, if I am bugging you too much, feel free to hit me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Main Page Adjustments ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
True enough, I didn't think about the vandals thing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And to maybe save you some legwork, I moved the following to the Pit:&lt;br /&gt;
* [[The broken story of stupidness :P]] (14 pages but hasn't been worked on since 14 Sept 2011 and is... kinda bad.)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Castle Adventure]] (1 Page; Worked on Oct 12 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[After the Fire]] (1 Page, Oct 22 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Chaos]] (2 Pages, March 7 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Born to be Bad]] (8 Pages; June 9th 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Artemis Fowl]] (7 pages; Sept 9 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Antoinette's story]] (2 Pages; April 21 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure of a Half Blood]] (8 pages; Mar 11 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure Island]] (2 pages; April 5 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That is assuming the &amp;quot;last modified&amp;quot; date at the bottom of every page is the date it was last worked on (checked every page in each story to make sure there was nothing more current).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I also removed all the redlinks on the main page from PG-13. My phone can't load the whole main page so I can only edit by section. I'll probably move some more when I find another 10 or so. If you'd rather I not mention anything here just let me know and I'll keep quiet in the future.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== How will i know if you created the story? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is there something that will show up or something? And, I'm sorry that I don't meet the expectations on your stories, and i won't add on to your stories anymore,  and you can go ahead and ban me, I won't get on for a while anyway, I have to get my computer screen fixed, my s button fixed, and a bug off my computer. Because of my screen, i can't see most anything i type, but, i deserve what you said, &amp;quot;Do not even try to contribute to any of my stories.&amp;quot; So, bye. (By the way, i'm new to this, of course, so, if there are two of what i put down, or it doesn't show up right, go ahead, get pissed off at me) [[Luigi]]... I think i finally learned how  to do the category thing now -_-&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Instructions to remember pages? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I have a question I can't find any discussion of, but since I'm interested in your view on &amp;quot;Smutty&amp;quot; specifically, I'm asking you directly:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What about instructions to &amp;quot;remember&amp;quot; pages? That is, the text gives a link you're supposed to remember (bookmark etc) but not yet visit. Only at some specified later time are you to navigate to the given page. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For example, on [[Resume boffing the booth babe from behind|this page]] I'm thinking to give &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; the reader an option to visit the booth babe later. Say in the caveman's cave you reach from the costume shop (or somewhere else several steps later in the story). Instead of duplicating the entire tree of options between now and then just to be able to present that one additional choice at the appropriate time, it would be easier/cleaner to simply instruct the player to copy/bookmark a special link when &amp;quot;you find yourself in a caveman's cave&amp;quot;. If read at that time the linked page would pick up the story (and make sense). If read at any other time, it would be meaningless.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Much like in a dead-tree CYOA when you see &amp;quot;You have found the silver key. When you see a silver door, turn to paragraph 123. This choice is not presented in the text at that time. Do not go to this paragraph now, instead continue at...&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you find this interesting I'll write up the page for you to examine. Just thought to ask first not to waste my effort if you want to keep the story (or the whole site) free of bells and whistles such as that. [[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 20:21, 12 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Embedding Pictures ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is it OK to embed some random pics from google into a story?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Most of it is fanart (no copyrights) but i m not sure about all of them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-Zoroastra (P.S. : How do you link to your user talk page?)&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:06:44 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>User talk:Platypus</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Since this page has become rather cluttered, I've moved old discussions to the archive page below.  Feel free to leave new messages here.  I'll get back to you ASAP!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[User talk:Platypus/Archive1]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;Add new comments below.  Do not add new comments to the archive.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hello! I contributed to a story called Sensual Realms (not created by me) that you deleted recently. I would like to know if I could somehow access the pages I had written for this story (to use them for another story or simply to save them on my PC, as I don't want to lose them).  --[[User:Fantasy]] 21:03, 23 January 2012&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Okay, I tried to fix the Q and C bit put it's still collapsed.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:09, 20 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus the pervert 13 year old comic is a) incomplete or b) (not exactly sure sorry) missing pages can u put them in please and thank you  keep up the good work:)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Great, I have two pages in the Uncategorized pages, could you delete them? I kinda balnked out the story for future title-changing and stuff.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 11:57, 21 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I keep psting but I know I didn't cause it, and I don't know who did. The Adult Story Section fell in an earthquake again.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 17:04, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, well, that's enough reason to keep it around.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:48, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Darn, click type 'Wiki:RPG' into the search box. It's shameless advertising, so what's going to happen to it?--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:25, 20 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And in other news, should there be a link to [[Choose Your Own Papal Adventure]]? The author doesn't seem to be working on it and it isn't connected to the main page. However, it says to not put it on but it won't find a new author that way.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:51, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Yeah, but he'll leave two newborn carcasses of barely started stories. He didn't even bother putting a category for one and the other didn't have brackets around it. Didn't notice the case sensitivity, either. Figure someone will pick it up someday.--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:44, 17 December 2011 (UTC) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Note: Adult story section got collapsed. Not sure how to fix it. Might remove other stuff in the process&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball- The Anti-Adult-Content Resistance Leader]] 16:04, 17 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks. I realize now my first idea may be a bit too much to start with. Are there any rules against making a short CYOA just to get one's feet wet (and see if people actually like my writing. :0)? Or would it be better to write some pages of public stories? (Most public ones seem to be adult though. o.o) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi. Since you seem to be the person in charge, I was wondering if occassionally having formatting errors will get me in trouble? I will be posting from my phone and sometimes it utterly refuses to let line breaks 'work' no matter how many times I hit enter. (By work, I mean, it jumbles/smooshes my paragraphs together). Sometimes I can fix it, sometimes I can't. :/ On the same note is there a 'Request an Editor' thing so that maybe if it does happen you aren't having to be the one who corrects me all the time? Thanks. -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Captain Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I'm going to ask you, what are all the stuff in special Pages? There's wanted and unwanted and so on so forth. What are they for?&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 22:32, 28 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks for the clarification. I guess unwanted pages would be already written.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 11:28, 29 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus, the original author is a friend of mine and he's asked me to take over his story. I have a couple of stories and am hoping to merge them into one, so I can focus on writing one large, interconnected one rather than a couple of smaller ones.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:elsarin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I don't think I'm up to the high standards you set on your site.  I won't trouble you anymore with uncategorized pages and I apologize for the time you've had to spend cleaning up after me.  If you could please post the contents of the page you deleted on my talk page, I'll copy them elsewhere.  Thanks.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Platypus - I'm new to this site and have been having fun creating stories.  After your warning about categorizing pages, I added categories to my pages.  Apparently, I forgot to add a category to one of my pages last night and you deleted it.  Please restore the content of that page so I can add a category.  I am still in the middle of editing this story.  I'm not going to continue spending hours writing stories on this site if a simple mistake like this causes you to delete all of my work.  &lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Fizzlebop]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, &lt;br /&gt;
I made some changes to links in The Story of Jack Foster, and all three links suddenly took the reader into Smutty sex Romp. I guess the author of that page, who doesn't seem to be active any longer, must have intended for this to happen, but it just seems really odd.&lt;br /&gt;
Can you let me know your thoughts on this? I will change all the links back if you think I should, it just seemed like a mistake at first so I corrected one, then another. When I saw that the third link of the three on that page led there too, I thought i should check in with you...&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks in advance!&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Starry]] 20.14, 19 November 11&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey platypus, I was hoping you could add another few... Or alot more pages and options to the story A New Life in the section of a college girl with a bladder problem. Please add alot of new and exciting pages that relate to the topic, by myself I think I've added atleast 5 or more pages but I'm not even as close to as good as you in editing and adding plus one other reason is that it is not as fun when your the only user editing and adding to that story in which you have to create all the pages and when you read ten you already know what will happen. Please add alot of pages and exciting new options to the story in the college girl with a bladder problem Section. Thanks. From: Shawnbunbun. Once again thanks.-November 15th at 6:10 PM (AKA 18:10 Army time).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;gt;.&amp;lt; As far as I knew the grammar isn't too horrible. I'm pretty sure I got spelling correct... is it just the random capitals for words that shouldn't be capitalized that's bugging you? And I'll remember about the Category's. ^^ Btw new to leaving messages so sorry if I've messed up. Just found this site last night.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Xx.Fate.Eater.xX|Xx.Fate.Eater.xX]] 14:06, 08 November 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, I was wondering if you could create two pages, a public and a so-called private. This could lessen the chances of people editing stories that were only supposed to be edited by one person. in fact, a completed section where nothing could be edited could be placed as well. Tell me what you think or if you want, just create the section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Snowball|Snowball]] 03:04, 23 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, I dropped by the site this morning to do some additions to my stories and noticed that both of them have been removed from the main page. To my knowledge neither have been deleted and I am greatful for that. I am unsure what I have done or how I have offended you to make you want to remove peoples access to my stories. I won't make any additions until hearing from you or revert the changes you made. I realize that I, personally haven't made any recent additions to them but since they were still being read and other people were starting contribute I didn't think this would be a problem. If I have done something to offend you then I am sorry, if you would have dropped me a line on my talk page then I am sure we could have worked it out. Please let me know what you would like me to do or not do. Thanks,--[[User:Blackdragon25|Blackdragon25]] 15:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus again, on the main page The Devils Daughter has no apostrophe if I put an apostrophe wouldn't it totally spaz out?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 &lt;br /&gt;
Sorry Platypus about not putting down the Category, my bad there, still getting the hang of this system!! Forgive me :D  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- Not sure what you mean by the last message I received, as I copied off of the main tutorial page on how to add category.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Missredelle|Missredelle]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sry, I'm from germany and those hs cause me alot of trouble:D By the way, this was my first writing here and I would appreciate some feedback maybe. Thanks for the correcting&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:MCGeddo|MCGeddo]] 21:37, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is what TheSugarTrail is doing with that story of his anything more than spam? Story starts out with pick your hair color. 4 options. Then nothing changes from that other than simple hair color. Then after that comes eye color 3 options again nothing changes b/c of this. Finally a name is picked with 6 options. Nothing changes in the story based on these 3 things. Then you gotta do the math 4 x 3 x 6 = 72 pages per page of actual story. SEVENTY TWO PAGES PER PAGE OF ACTUAL STORY!!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The story currently has about 232 pages. Roughly 10 of these 232 pages are not simply a clone of another page with 1 word or letter changed. Each additional actual page to the story will be needed to have 71 clones of it to keep the story going.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
http://editthis.info/Choose_your_own_adventure/Windy_Lea_Stories&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Yihman1|Yihman1]] 22:03, 5 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Archiving The 'General Discussion' Page &amp;amp; Other ==&lt;br /&gt;
Like what you did with your own user talk page, perhaps you should do the same thing with the 'General Discussion' page.  It's got a ridiculous amount of subtopics on the page and most of them are dead. I'd like to use that page more often and maybe help people with their problems other than just you having to toil away being admin and all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, maybe we could have a 'Story of the Year Award'. The nominations for this award could include the stories that were featured in the year. There would be a separate page where people can vote for a story. Voting can be done by making pages called (( Voting: Nomination )) and people can just click on the page to vote, the amount of views that were done on that page will decide the winner. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 23 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:I'm in full agreement about the General Discussion page needing an archive.  I'd be happy to contribute towards making that a reality, too. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:38, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
::I decided to full-on go ahead and '''be bold''', so I did it.  Everything prior to 2010 is now in an [[Talk:Main Page/Archive1|archive page]].  If more discussions did take place on the General Discussion page, I can see a system that had archived sections divided by topic, e.g. an archive for questions about writing stories, an archive for questions about how to edit a wiki, an archive for promoting a particular story.  But that's the future, and I'll probably have cyborg bits by then. [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 19:56, 20 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Dating Site Ads ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I know you've probably noticed this by the time you read this, but some person changed the Main Page to some crappy dating site ad. Thankfully, I happened to go on about 45 minutes after this incident and switched it back to the previous addition. This is really starting to piss me off, the Dating Site Ads I mean. Just checking the recent changes now, I see two spam accounts that were just made, with one being the account responsible for doing the griefing on the site. Hopefully this rubbish can finally end. I don't know who is doing this, but one thing is for sure, they must be really bored. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 9 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Apparently they are at it again, if I did it correctly I changed the main page back to your previous edit. It's amusing in a way because they actually think people looking for a choose your own adventure style text based site like this are doing to see some dating advertisements in &amp;quot;not-really English&amp;quot; and go like oh, let me check that out instead. I also updated two of the stories I have been working on for # of pages as they were out of date. --[[User:Rouge|Rouge]] November 18, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Review Area ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey Platypus, i've recently finished my last story (though, I need to read it over for grammatical errors), and I was thinking that I should, instead of making another story, I would perhaps make a reviewing area, if this works out well, this could increase publicity for stories which should be read, encourage writers to continue writing on this site, and also give writers constructive criticism (e.g. one choice stories).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You should be asking by now, why are you asking me? Well, I already asked TheElderOnes, and he says it's a good concept, now i'm just here to ask you if you find it good as well. Perhaps, even helping me do reviews, since you are, a well known person on this site. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 7:36 (AEST), 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A few more questions, where does my review page go? I kind of don't want it to be in some section were no one would see it, since the whole point of this idea is to increase publicity for stories which should be more popular and of course, make consturctive criticisms about the writers story. Also, who are some people you would think are capable and willing to help me write the reviews? -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 16:48 (AEST) 21 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Maybe you could somehow mix them together. Say, add a third column, then add a link on the main page to all the reviews. The link could tell the reader how the reviews are done. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone| Heyoeveryone]] September 23 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cool! Just tell me when you're ready. Though, I think that I may need help with this project. Since I can't play through every single story without becoming too stressed (I don't want this to become a 'real' job). Plus, I have some personal issues to attend to, so I cannot necessarily log in every day. So I'm suggesting that we should make a 'ad' for people willing to review, they can send you or me a message detailing why he or she should be allowed to review. Or, we can go a easier way and just make a 'user reviews' section. Then, if we find certain reviews that are of high quality, we just move it to the 'official reviews' section.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh and sorry for the late reply. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 20:57 (AEST) 24 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, can you umm... make the reviews page for me, i'm kind of scared when changing the site such as this. You can leave it red linked if you want, and i'll just add in the stuff. -- [[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 30 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thank you!!! And you're welcome to write reviews anytime. --[[User:Heyoeveryone|Heyoeveryone]] 2 October 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Question on something that could be considered a &amp;quot;nonstory&amp;quot; ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, Platypus, do you know how to make a personalized status indicator? I'd like to get rid of the MP stuff and add more stuff on it -[[User:Storylover141|Storylover141]] 17:56 PDT, 25 September 2011&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
All right. So, I've been plotting this big universe in which my stories occur, and after writing a certain story, I plan on finally writing a really big story that involves characters from all of the stories (and new ones, of course), meeting up and sh- stuff. But, what I had been planning is writing a little bit of a supplementary thing, bridging some of the events of the stories and connecting them before the real fun can begin. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, this would just be in a diary format, with &amp;quot;forward&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;backwards&amp;quot; options being on pages. Now comes my question - would it be cool if I did that as a separate story, or should I add it in as pages in the Elderpedia (this is my current idea)... I could, of course, do it on another site, but that's the least attractive option. The pages, if added to the Elderpedia would have a title that clearly defines them as part of the Elderpedia, but with a marker like &amp;quot;Elderpedia:BCDiary1&amp;quot; or something similar. Now that I'm ranting, I think it's simpler to end this here. Just wanted to get your opinion on this before going through with it. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Shall do, good sir. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 12:27, 15 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Unrelated to the above question, but I don't want to clutter your page with headlines - Does this wiki have an IRC chat yet? It seems like it would, and a good amount of other wikis have their own. It'd be a good way for people to ask questions to each other, and could even lead to ideas for new stories. I dunno, I just think that this kind of thing would be interesting and was wondering if we already had one set up or not. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:03, 17 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Adding here for the same reason stated in my last message here. I saw your discussion with Heyoeveryone, and your ideas on the review page. I thought of a way you could combine them if you want, like the review page being separate like the featured story, as in your first idea, and then once a--[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC) story is reviewed there, you could do a third column link to either the review page or the specific review.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In case it's a bit oddly phrased (Which I'm sure it is), I dicked around for a minute and threw together [[Delete:ReviewExample|this]] to serve as a visual aid. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 05:58, 22 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More spam, dude. [[How can established folks perceive estimable absol|Here,]] [[I thought this was about time I acquainted myself‎|here,]] and [[It is primo how mavericks must not fully explain a|here,]] and the users in question are [[User:Andreatsde|Andreatsde,]] [[User:Randyjukla|Randyjukla]] and [[User:Beatrizwbm|Beatrizwbm.]] --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 07:33, 23 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is just gonna be my little section of the page, hope you don't mind. Anyways, I noticed that we have the &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{incomplete}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; thing, which generates the &amp;quot;incomplete pages&amp;quot; warning. What I'm wondering is this: Do we have one that would do one for categorization warning, and if we don't, why not? It'd be quite useful, as there's someone getting warned for this very reason almost every day, where as the incomplete thing is maybe once a week or so, it seems. It'd be so easy to just thrown &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{categorization}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; on a page and have it tell them, and if someone wants to personalize the message or whatever, they could just type it in on their own.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just, uh... just a thought. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 01:03, 1 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ah, finally! A template. &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; shall not go to waste here - that I'm sure of. Also, that O.D.S.T. person below was annoying. Just saying. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Wow, I just saw what GreatGrapes or whatever the fuck his name was did in the Recent Changes log. What an immature brat. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't expect him to get himself into some sort of shit when he started claiming stories were parts of other stories and making an &amp;quot;admins&amp;quot; page with his name on it. Also, that was probably the worst attempt at vandalism I've ever seen. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But, hey. Bein' the only admin is a tough job. I guess you're kinda guaranteed to get vandalized/targeted when you've got power like that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Oh well, such is life on CYOAWiki. --[[User:TheElderOnes|TheElderOnes]] 03:54, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey, i'm so sorry that i keep on forgetting to categorize my posts. I'M SO SORRY! i'm new to this site, and i did'n't mean to! i'm so, so, sorry! forgive meeeeee!!!! --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 1:48, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I promise i will be more careful. If i forget to catagorize a post, i will IMMEDEATELY fix it. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 3:27, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That was accedental! i was rushing out hte door when i was doing that And forgot to change it! i'm fixing it now. --[[User:TeamJack|TeamJack]] 6:41, 18 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== General Disclaimer ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please understand that, well, the General Disclaimer page was indeed not part of a story, it is a legal page.  It &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;[most likely]&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; freed this site from liability including slander and defamation.&lt;br /&gt;
[[user:O.D.S.T.|O.D.S.T.]] - '''''Proin sit amet nisi scientiam nostrum''''' 23:21, 26 September 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Uncategorised ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I've been popping in a few categories for people that forgot and throwing the odd &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{warn1}}--~~~~&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt; onto talk pages, and it has just this second dawned on me that I really should've cleared that with you first.  My apologies about that.  Are you cool with me continuing to do so? [[User:JackalRobot|JackalRobot]] 09:01, 23 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So, you sent me a message about a status bar... And, I'm not sure what that is.&lt;br /&gt;
--[[User:Krinkel|Krinkel]] 16:59, 26 November 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Revert, don't delete ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I might be new around here but coming from Wikipedia I'd like to offer some friendly advice: Feel free to revert changes you don't approve of. But do not wholesale ''delete'' contributions, especially from newcomers, if you want them to stick around.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Why? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Simple: reverted changes can still be found, edited, and thus - improved upon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Deleted pages can't be accessed by the newcomer, and thus they are probably lost (the nature of a wiki is such that you aren't really supposed to have to keep private copies of your contributions).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So I have a deal for you, Platypus. If you use your administrative powers to restore the pages of mine you deleted, I promise to work with you in improving the language and correcting the POV issues. Do we have a deal? :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Cheers,&lt;br /&gt;
[[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 06:56, 16 December 2011 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Name Changing? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi, I was wondering if you had the ability to change the name of pages or anything? If so... could you change the name of [[SM:Keep Waiting|this page]] to SM:Waiting Room for me please? Thanks, in either case. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks again, and for changing the links on the other 2 pages so they link correctly again. :) -- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Couple Questions ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hi Platypus,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Just got couple quick questions for you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1) For the Pit of Abandoned Stories, what defines &amp;quot;a long while?&amp;quot; A month, two, three? I've been browsing some of the stories and I've found a handful with sub-10 pages and haven't been worked on since September (or later). I was considering moving them to the pit but I wasn't sure if 3 months was long enough, and if regular users like myself are allowed to move stories there.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2) In a similar vein, I notice there are like 6 red links on the main page. It looks like someone went to add a story but then never even bothered to write the first page. I was considering seeing how long some had been sitting there and if it had been a month, or longer, I was just going to remove them. Is that alright with you? Or is a month not long enough?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
3) Is there a way to hide pages/keep them from the recent changes? I'm guessing not, but... figured I'd ask. I have another story idea but I'd prefer people not read as I'm writing it and just when I post it when I finish (which shouldn't take too long, I have this one planned out and its' only ~40-50 pages).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ultimately it probably doesn't matter, though. Someone will probably stumble on it while I'm writing. I just remember seeing something about a way you can mark stories (I thought it was using the 'mark as minor change' button but I still see those in the changes list) to keep them hidden.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Also, if I am bugging you too much, feel free to hit me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Main Page Adjustments ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
True enough, I didn't think about the vandals thing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And to maybe save you some legwork, I moved the following to the Pit:&lt;br /&gt;
* [[The broken story of stupidness :P]] (14 pages but hasn't been worked on since 14 Sept 2011 and is... kinda bad.)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Castle Adventure]] (1 Page; Worked on Oct 12 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[After the Fire]] (1 Page, Oct 22 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Chaos]] (2 Pages, March 7 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Born to be Bad]] (8 Pages; June 9th 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Artemis Fowl]] (7 pages; Sept 9 2010)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Antoinette's story]] (2 Pages; April 21 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure of a Half Blood]] (8 pages; Mar 11 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adventure Island]] (2 pages; April 5 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
That is assuming the &amp;quot;last modified&amp;quot; date at the bottom of every page is the date it was last worked on (checked every page in each story to make sure there was nothing more current).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I also removed all the redlinks on the main page from PG-13. My phone can't load the whole main page so I can only edit by section. I'll probably move some more when I find another 10 or so. If you'd rather I not mention anything here just let me know and I'll keep quiet in the future.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- [[User:Captain.Devonin|Cpt. Devonin]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== How will i know if you created the story? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is there something that will show up or something? And, I'm sorry that I don't meet the expectations on your stories, and i won't add on to your stories anymore,  and you can go ahead and ban me, I won't get on for a while anyway, I have to get my computer screen fixed, my s button fixed, and a bug off my computer. Because of my screen, i can't see most anything i type, but, i deserve what you said, &amp;quot;Do not even try to contribute to any of my stories.&amp;quot; So, bye. (By the way, i'm new to this, of course, so, if there are two of what i put down, or it doesn't show up right, go ahead, get pissed off at me) [[Luigi]]... I think i finally learned how  to do the category thing now -_-&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Instructions to remember pages? ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I have a question I can't find any discussion of, but since I'm interested in your view on &amp;quot;Smutty&amp;quot; specifically, I'm asking you directly:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What about instructions to &amp;quot;remember&amp;quot; pages? That is, the text gives a link you're supposed to remember (bookmark etc) but not yet visit. Only at some specified later time are you to navigate to the given page. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For example, on [[Resume boffing the booth babe from behind|this page]] I'm thinking to give &amp;quot;you&amp;quot; the reader an option to visit the booth babe later. Say in the caveman's cave you reach from the costume shop (or somewhere else several steps later in the story). Instead of duplicating the entire tree of options between now and then just to be able to present that one additional choice at the appropriate time, it would be easier/cleaner to simply instruct the player to copy/bookmark a special link when &amp;quot;you find yourself in a caveman's cave&amp;quot;. If read at that time the linked page would pick up the story (and make sense). If read at any other time, it would be meaningless.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Much like in a dead-tree CYOA when you see &amp;quot;You have found the silver key. When you see a silver door, turn to paragraph 123. This choice is not presented in the text at that time. Do not go to this paragraph now, instead continue at...&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you find this interesting I'll write up the page for you to examine. Just thought to ask first not to waste my effort if you want to keep the story (or the whole site) free of bells and whistles such as that. [[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 20:21, 12 January 2012 (UTC)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Embedding Pictures ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Is it OK to embed some random pics from google into a story?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Most of it is fanart (no copyrights) but i m not sure about all of them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-Zoroastra (P.S. : How do you link to your user talk page?)&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:06:06 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/User_talk:Platypus</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Try to seize Sir Briar's assets through trickery</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Try_to_seize_Sir_Briar%27s_assets_through_trickery</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;As the winter's snows began to melt and the birds began to sing of spring's impending arrival, Sir Briar summoned his most important retainers to his castle's meeting room, a large square room in which many banners were hung against the stone walls. Oscar, being a faithful knight of Sir Briar, had been resquested there, along with the two other knights under his lord's command, Anton and Ulrich, the two men he had been squires with. Anton was still as loud-mouthed as ever, nearly unable to hold his tongue when he had something to say, while Ulrich was a silent, but devoted man, almost as good a swordsman as Oscar. The two had always been fierce rivals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And then they all waited in front of their lord's meeting room as Sir Briar met every person responsible of something in his castle, from the head cook to the marshall of his estate. There were rumors of Sir Briar having to leave the estate for a while, and that he wished to make sure everyone knew what they had to do before he left.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Eventually, the door opened, and the head cook came out, apparently disgruntled. Before the three knights could even wonder what had happened, they heard their lord's voice call out for one of them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Oscar, please, enter, and close the door behind you.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Enter the meeting room]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Legend of Lust]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:01:16 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Try_to_seize_Sir_Briar%27s_assets_through_trickery</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Try to seize Sir Briar's assets through trickery</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Try_to_seize_Sir_Briar%27s_assets_through_trickery</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;Created page with 'As the winter's snows began to melt and the birds began to sing of spring's impending arrival, Sir Briar summoned his most important retainers to his castle's meeting room, a lar…'&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;As the winter's snows began to melt and the birds began to sing of spring's impending arrival, Sir Briar summoned his most important retainers to his castle's meeting room, a large square room in which many banners were hung against the stone walls. Oscar, being a faithful knight of Sir Briar, had been resquested there, along with the two other knights under his lord's command, Anton and Ulrich, the two men he had been squires with. Anton was still as loud-mouthed as ever, nearly unable to hold his tongue when he had something to say, while Ulrich was a silent, but devoted man, almost as good a swordsman as Oscar. The two had always been fierce rivals.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And then they all waited in front of their lord's meeting room as Sir Briar met every person responsible of something in his castle, from the head cook to the marshall of his estate. There were rumors of Sir Briar having to leave the estate for a while, and that he wished to make sure everyone knew what they had to do before he left.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Eventually, the door opened, and the head cook came out, apparently disgruntled. Before the three knights could even wonder what had happened, they heard their lord's voice call out for one of them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Oscar, please, enter, and close the door behind you.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Enter the meeting room]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:00:56 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Try_to_seize_Sir_Briar%27s_assets_through_trickery</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>The brave squire Oscar</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/The_brave_squire_Oscar</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;Created page with 'Oscar, unlike a large majority of the citizens of Lustia, had the chance of being born in a wealthy and respected family. His childhood had been an easy one : instead of working …'&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Oscar, unlike a large majority of the citizens of Lustia, had the chance of being born in a wealthy and respected family. His childhood had been an easy one : instead of working day and night to help his family to survive like the common child, the boy could eat meat and wear finely-crafted clothes every day, while learning how to ride a horse and to fight with a sword. Being the talented person that he was, Oscar was quickly recruited by a man, Sir Briar, as a squire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, as he learned how to become a proper knight in Sir Briar's castle, Oscar realized how meaningless his life would be : everyday, he would ceaselessly train to become a better fighter, and would then be used as a simple pawn by the king of Lustia in one of his never-ending wars while his elder brother, Rufus, would inherit the land and estates belonging to their parents.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It was unfair that he, the talented child, the one with the most ambition, had to become a simple glorified mercenary while his brother would earn everything. Oscar felt a need like no other : the need to earn power, the kind of power that would allow him to take everything he would wish, be it a life, a woman, a treasure.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After years of thought, Oscar finally decided that he would never let anyone prevent him from reaching this goal, from earning the power that was rightfully his.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
How would he attempt to attain that power?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Try to seize Sir Briar's assets through trickery]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Team up with criminals and lowlives]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Seize his brother's estate,as it should be his]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Legend of Lust]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:50:13 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:The_brave_squire_Oscar</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Legend of Lust</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Legend_of_Lust</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;'''[Some parts of this story contain several pages of adult content such as explicit violence, rape scenes and other such written content. Bear in mind that the character you play as may commit such acts or become victim of such acts, and the writers of this adventure do not condone these criminal behaviors in any way.]'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Legend of Lust is an adventure that takes place in an unforgiving medieval fantasy world, the realm of Lustia. Dominated by the young but strong human race, it is a place where ambition is rarely rewarded by success, and often by death. The strong ceaselessly dominates the weak, ensuring that no one will kick him off his throne.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But above all things, there is lust. Lust is what dominates every single man and women of Lustia, from the most humble peasant to the greatest of kings. Lust is an unforgiving master, driving the human race to kill, rape and steal from its kin. Each day, more and more souls become slaves of their own fiendish addictions, putting an end to human lives to give a meaning to theirs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Lust is the fuel of dreams. Will you be its slave, or will you overcome it?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Before you begin your adventure, you must choose a character. He or she will be the character you will control, the one you will accompany on his or her journey. You can play as Oscar, the young promising squire trying to earn the power he desires in a way or another, or as Fiona, beautiful daughter of a poor tailor that tries to escape the prison that is poverty.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You will live the legend as:&lt;br /&gt;
*[[The brave squire Oscar]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[The cunning rogue Fiona]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Legend of Lust]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:34:04 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Legend_of_Lust</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Legend of Lust</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Legend_of_Lust</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;[Some parts of this story contain several pages of adult content such as explicit violence, rape scenes and other such written content. Bear in mind that the character you play as may commit such acts or become victim of such acts, and the writers of this adventure do not condone these criminal behaviors in any way.]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Legend of Lust is an adventure that takes place in an unforgiving medieval fantasy world, the realm of Lustia. Dominated by the young but strong human race, it is a place where ambition is rarely rewarded by success, and often by death. The strong ceaselessly dominates the weak, ensuring that no one will kick him off his throne.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But above all things, there is lust. Lust is what dominates every single man and women of Lustia, from the most humble peasant to the greatest of kings. Lust is an unforgiving master, driving the human race to kill, rape and steal from its kin. Each day, more and more souls become slaves of their own fiendish addictions, putting an end to human lives to give a meaning to theirs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Lust is the fuel of dreams. Will you be its slave, or will you overcome it?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Before you begin your adventure, you must choose a character. He or she will be the character you will control, the one you will accompany on his or her journey. You can play as Oscar, the young promising squire trying to earn the power he desires in a way or another, or as Fiona, beautiful daughter of a poor tailor that tries to escape the prison that is poverty.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You will live the legend as:&lt;br /&gt;
*[[The brave squire Oscar]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[The cunning rogue Fiona]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Legend of Lust]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:33:15 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Legend_of_Lust</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Stay in the store and wait for her parents to come back</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Stay_in_the_store_and_wait_for_her_parents_to_come_back</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;As much as Fiona wished to leave the store and go outside to see what there was to see, she remained where she was, behind the counter in her plain old dress, and did not follow her sister as she left to see the knights. Unaware of the opportunity she just missed, she did not regret a thing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, the girl began feeling regret when she saw her parents die, first her mother and then her father, leaving her with the old shop to take care of, and when she was later married to a nice, but ordinary peasant. One day, as she looked to her children and realized how old she had become, she understood that she was born poor, and that she would remain poor all her life.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If only she had left her house, then maybe she would've been at the right place, at the right time. But a dusty, decrepit tailor workshop could never be the right place for someone who dreams of fortune...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt; Your legend ends here... &amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:21:42 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Stay_in_the_store_and_wait_for_her_parents_to_come_back</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Stay in the store and wait for her parents to come back</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Stay_in_the_store_and_wait_for_her_parents_to_come_back</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;Created page with 'As much as Fiona wished to leave the store and go outside to see what there was to see, she remained where she was, behind the counter in her plain old dress, and did not follow …'&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;As much as Fiona wished to leave the store and go outside to see what there was to see, she remained where she was, behind the counter in her plain old dress, and did not follow her sister as she left to see the knights. Unaware of the opportunity she just missed, she did not regret a thing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, the girl began feeling regret when she saw her parents die, first her mother and then her father, leaving her with the old shop to take care of, and when she was later married to a nice, but ordinary peasant. One day, as she looked to her children and realized how old she had become, she understood that she was born poor, and that she would remain poor all her life.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If only she had left her house, then maybe she would've been at the right place, at the right time. But a dusty, decrepit tailor workshop could never be the right place for someone who dreams of fortune...&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:20:28 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Stay_in_the_store_and_wait_for_her_parents_to_come_back</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Follow Anna to the marketplace</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Follow_Anna_to_the_marketplace</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;Created page with 'The girls walk around the city's streets and finally arrive at the marketplace, looking for the two knights in armor.  *Arrive at the marketplace {{Status|Equipment=''Equipme…'&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The girls walk around the city's streets and finally arrive at the marketplace, looking for the two knights in armor.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Arrive at the marketplace]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: name of story you're working on]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:37:50 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Follow_Anna_to_the_marketplace</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Follow the men to the marketplace while they're still in sight</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Follow_the_men_to_the_marketplace_while_they%27re_still_in_sight</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;Created page with 'The girls walk around the city's streets and finally arrive at the marketplace, looking for the two knights in armor.   *Arrive at the marketplace {{Status|Equipment=''Equipm…'&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The girls walk around the city's streets and finally arrive at the marketplace, looking for the two knights in armor.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Arrive at the marketplace]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Legend of Lust]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:35:57 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Follow_the_men_to_the_marketplace_while_they%27re_still_in_sight</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Ask a guard about the men</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Ask_a_guard_about_the_men</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Approaching a town guard, Fiona and Anna asked him if he knew anything about the men who just went through the streets on horses. Even though poor citizens weren't allowed around the rich houses, the guards liked the two girls, their beauty compensating for the bland clothes they wore. Quickly, they received an answer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;These men are royal knights, it seems&amp;quot; answered the guard. &amp;quot;I don't know why they're here, but I've learned not to get in their way. Some are very courteous, I've heard, but most of them act like everyone owes them a favor. Their order has done a lot for us, but most of them are greedy bastards. Be careful, girls.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What will Fiona and Anna do?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Go to the marketplace]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Head home and forget about this]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Legend of Lust]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:34:05 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Ask_a_guard_about_the_men</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Ask a guard about the men</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Ask_a_guard_about_the_men</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Approaching a town guard, Fiona and Anna asked him if he knew anything about the men who just went through the streets on horses. Even though poor citizens weren't allowed around the rich houses, the guards liked the two girls, their beauty compensating for the bland clothes they wore. Quickly, they received an answer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;These men are royal knights, it seems&amp;quot; answered the guard. &amp;quot;I don't know why they're here, but I've learned not to get in their way. Some are very courteous, I've heard, but most of them act like everyone owes them a favor. Their order has done a lot for us, but most of them are greedy bastards. Be careful, girls.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What will Fiona and Anna do?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Go to the marketplace]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Go back home]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Legend of Lust]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:33:32 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Ask_a_guard_about_the_men</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Ask a guard about the men</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Ask_a_guard_about_the_men</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;Created page with 'Approaching a town guard, Fiona and Anna asked him if he knew anything about the men who just went through the streets on horses. Even though poor citizens weren't allowed around…'&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Approaching a town guard, Fiona and Anna asked him if he knew anything about the men who just went through the streets on horses. Even though poor citizens weren't allowed around the rich houses, the guards liked the two girls, their beauty compensating for the bland clothes they wore. Quickly, they received an answer.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;These men are royal knights, it seems&amp;quot; answered the guard. &amp;quot;I don't know why they're here, but I've learned not to get in their way. Some are very courteous, I've heard, but most of them act like everyone owes them a favor. Their order has done a lot for us, but most of them are greedy bastards. Be careful, girls.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What will Fiona and Anna do?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Go to the marketplace]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Head back home]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Legend of Lust]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:32:33 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Ask_a_guard_about_the_men</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Helping her parents at the store</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Helping_her_parents_at_the_store</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;Created page with 'Sitting behind the counter of her parent's tailoring store, Fiona was silently watching the day pass by. She sighed as she looked at the plain dress she was wearing, wondering if…'&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Sitting behind the counter of her parent's tailoring store, Fiona was silently watching the day pass by. She sighed as she looked at the plain dress she was wearing, wondering if she would ever escape this poverty her parents had raised her in. However, the store was getting more empty everyday and only a handful of peasants came there to ask for minor repairs on their torn clothes. Things were not looking bright.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The door opened. Thinking a customer would get in, Fiona stood up, only to find Anna, her sister, entering the room with haste. &amp;quot;Sister, sister, come with me! There are two men in armor in the marketplace, two knights, riding horses!&amp;quot; Fiona's eyes widened. &amp;quot;Horses, you say? Isn't it forbidden to ride a horse in the middle of the marketplace?&amp;quot; Anna nodded. &amp;quot;They must be very important, then, if they have such a right in our city. Maybe they're on a mission for the King!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fiona's curiosity was telling her to follow her sister to go see the knights. After all, everyone knew that the royal knights were sometimes even richer than the nobles who hired them, and she dreamed that somehow, she would be able to get a little gold from them. Cunning was the key. However, she would have to leave the shop unguarded, and her parents would be angry if they were to come back from their friend's farm before her.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What will Fiona do?&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Follow Anna to the marketplace]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Stay in the store and wait for her parents to come back]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Legend of Lust]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:24:36 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Helping_her_parents_at_the_store</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Walking near the rich's houses with Anna</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Walking_near_the_rich%27s_houses_with_Anna</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;Created page with 'As they always did, Fiona and Anna had decided to take a walk around the rich houses of the city after their daily work was done. Stepping on the beautiful and large streets of t…'&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;As they always did, Fiona and Anna had decided to take a walk around the rich houses of the city after their daily work was done. Stepping on the beautiful and large streets of the city, gazing at the magnificient statues and gardens that stood in front of the palaces the nobles lived in, the girls were silently dreaming of living in such a place, someday.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Suddenly, as the sun was setting and as they were about to go back home, they heard the sound of horses in the middle of the streets. They turned around and saw two knights in armor, tall, strong men riding their mounts through the city. They turned around the corner, apparently not noticing the two young ladies as they headed for the marketplace.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Aren't horses forbidden in the city streets?&amp;quot; asked Anna, confused.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Yes, they are&amp;quot; answered Fiona. &amp;quot;These men must be very important if they can just bypass the city's rule like that. Maybe they have a letter from the King himself. Still, they must be very rich.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Anna could read on her sister's face that she was becoming more curious at every second.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What will Fiona do?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Follow the men to the marketplace while they're still in sight]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ask a guard about the men]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Legend of Lust]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:13:34 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Walking_near_the_rich%27s_houses_with_Anna</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>The cunning rogue Fiona</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/The_cunning_rogue_Fiona</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Fiona always thought she was born in the wrong family. Just like many of the other humble citizens of the great city of Aldnor, she grew up in the narrow, junk-filled streets that composed the biggest part of the city. Her parents, being tailors that did not know much success, were poor and could hardly feed their two daughters, Anna and Fiona. The two sisters quickly had to help their parents with their tasks, and the days were long and hard.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The two girls quickly learned that their natural beauty wasn't so much of a gift in the world they were born in. The city of Aldnor was not a place in which you wanted to walk late at night, especially if you were a pretty young woman, as shadowy figures might follow you on your way home. Fiona, being of an average height, was a slim and fit girl, with long dark brown hair and hazel eyes. Her barely freckled face and confident smile attracted many men, and even if her breasts and hips were not large, they surely were not too small either. Anna was younger than her sister and actually looked like she was, being much smaller with long wavy blonde hair and pale blue eyes. However, being smaller, she had a slightly more thick build and her curves made more than one man dream of her.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When they weren't at their parents' store helping them out, the two girls walked around the city, going as close to the great noble's houses as the city guards would let them go. Looking at the small palaces in which the rich lived with envy, Fiona and Anna dreamed of living in one of those magnificient houses, wearing beautiful dresses and eating great meals everyday. Alas, they were only poor young girls in a city filled with beggars, where people could hardly escape the condition they were born in, and they had little time to dream of the life they wanted to live.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, everything changed that day. Fate had decided that Fiona's lust for power should be answered, and that her will should be tested.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What was she doing that day?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Helping her parents at the store]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Walking near the rich's houses with Anna]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Legend of Lust]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:03:45 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:The_cunning_rogue_Fiona</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>The cunning rogue Fiona</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/The_cunning_rogue_Fiona</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;Created page with 'Fiona always thought she was born in the wrong family. Just like many of the other humble citizens of the great city of Aldnor, she grew up in the narrow, junk-filled streets tha…'&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Fiona always thought she was born in the wrong family. Just like many of the other humble citizens of the great city of Aldnor, she grew up in the narrow, junk-filled streets that composed the biggest part of the city. Her parents, being tailors that did not know much success, were poor and could hardly feed their two daughters, Anna and Fiona. The two sisters quickly had to help their parents with their tasks, and the days were long and hard.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The two girls quickly learned that their natural beauty wasn't so much of a gift in the world they were born in. The city of Aldnor was not a place in which you wanted to walk late at night, especially if you were a pretty young woman, as shadowy figures might follow you on your way home. Fiona, being of an average height, was a slim and fit girl, with long dark brown hair and hazel eyes. Her barely freckled face and confident smile attracted many men, and even if her breasts and hips were not large, they surely were not too small either. Anna was younger than her sister and actually looked like she was, being much smaller with long wavy blonde hair and pale blue eyes. However, being smaller, she had a slightly more thick build and her curves made more than one man dream of her.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When they weren't at their parents' store helping them out, the two girls walked around the city, going as close to the great noble's houses as the city guards would let them go. Looking at the small palaces in which the rich lived with envy, Fiona and Anna dreamed of living in one of those magnificient houses, wearing beautiful dresses and eating great meals everyday. Alas, they were only poor young girls in a city filled with beggars, where people could hardly escape the condition they were born in, and they had little time to dream of the life they wanted to live.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
However, everything changed that day. Fate had decided that Fiona's lust for power should be answered, and that her will should be tested.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What was she doing that day?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Helping her parents at the store]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Walking near the rich's houses with Anna]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: name of story you're working on]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:59:58 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:The_cunning_rogue_Fiona</comments>		</item>
		<item>
			<title>Legend of Lust</title>
			<link>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Legend_of_Lust</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;Fantasy:&amp;#32;Created page with 'Legend of Lust is an adventure that takes place in an unforgiving medieval fantasy world, the realm of Lustia. Dominated by the young but strong human race, it is a place where a…'&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Legend of Lust is an adventure that takes place in an unforgiving medieval fantasy world, the realm of Lustia. Dominated by the young but strong human race, it is a place where ambition is rarely rewarded by success, and often by death. The strong ceaselessly dominates the weak, ensuring that no one will kick him off his throne.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But above all things, there is lust. Lust is what dominates every single man and women of Lustia, from the most humble peasant to the greatest of kings. Lust is an unforgiving master, driving the human race to kill, rape and steal from its kin. Each day, more and more souls become slaves of their own fiendish addictions, putting an end to human lives to empower theirs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Lust is the fuel of dreams. Will you be its slave, or will you overcome it?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Before you begin your adventure, you must choose a character. He or she will be the character you will control, the one you will accompany on his or her journey. You can play as Oscar, the young squire trying to prove his worth in a way or another, or as Fiona, daughter of a poor tailor that tries to escape the prison that is poverty.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You will live the legend as:&lt;br /&gt;
*[[The brave squire Oscar]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[The cunning rogue Fiona]]&lt;br /&gt;
{{Status|Equipment=''Equipment''|Health=#|MP=#|Level=#}}&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Legend of Lust]]&lt;/div&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:33:50 GMT</pubDate>			<dc:creator>Fantasy</dc:creator>			<comments>http://72.14.177.54/Create_Your_Own_Story/Talk:Legend_of_Lust</comments>		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>