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-	==Story Discussions==	+	Older discussions (including those started before 2019) have been moved to one of the archives listed below:
-	This is a great idea, but the problem is that the story lacks focus.  Everyone is just adding to it in crazy directions with some adult content thrown in.  Although I guess its funny, it will never be a story.  I suggest that the authors try their best to constrain it to the world of the story, and not have things like out of place items like possibly cell phones or celebrities, etc. (I am talking here about the non-adult stories.)	+	*[[Talk:Main Page/Archive1|archive page 1]]
-	::I completely agree, but keep in mind that if you see something that doesn't belong, feel free to cut it out. Also all it takes is one person with the urge to create a focused storyline. Right now everyone is just putting in little peices just for the heck of it.	+	*[[Talk:Main Page/Archive2|archive page 2]]
-	::::I agree that story focus will be a problem with the current system (I also agree that this is a great idea). How about writing a short blurb on the beginning page when starting a new story? It could work as a setting definition for that story, and as a reference when editors weigh whether new additions to that story are appropriate or not. It would also work as a traditional book blurb, making it easier for readers to choose stories to their liking. [[User:E.p.|E.p.]] 11:15, 12 December 2006 (EST)	+	----
		+	== question about photo links==
		+	I am adding some images and gifs to my story to make it more interesting,  My story is an adult story so I was wonder if I can use adult images I.e including nudity on my story pages Or is this Not aloud ?
-	Whoever put in that story about red october, it was really good! -RobKohr  08:00, 10 August 2006 (EDT)	+	It's allowed.  It's been done before.  As long as no one is underage, it's all good. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 19:16, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
-	*Tip: [http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=powerbar&spell=1 search for small images] and add the links to them to equipment. This  way you can use images in the equipment list. Try to use the direct image url and not the google cached copy since that changes frequently.	+	I got the "To help protect against automated spam, please type the two words you see in the box below:"
		+	when trying to add new image link, yet for some reason there's only the "I'm not a robot" checkbox without any words in it.
		+	--[[User:Borkenone|Borkenone]] 17:37, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
		+	== Awakening From a Deep Slumber (Got bored playing Minecraft) ==
-	** Removing the "Random page" link might be a good idea for this project, especially when children are visiting the site, may curiously or accidentally stumble onto a scene from an 18+ story or something. [[User:Leileilol|Leileilol]] 20:39, 28 November 2006 (EST)	+	I am back. Who wants to do some stuff? --[[User:Magikarp7297|Magikarp7297, the Wild Card]] 05:53, 3 January 2019 (UTC)<br>
-	**Done, good thinking!  :)	+
-	* Anyone played Fantasy Quest? Are the Diablo sprites infringing any copywrite? [[User:FQ|FQ]] 16:57, 8 January 2007 (EST)	+	I may be returning regularly again (got bored playing terraria). i'll keep in touch. --[[User:adam02oc|adam02oc]] 19:41, 18th January 2019 (GMT)
-	*How to we block destructive morons like [[C.Mitch]] and [[Gaius Flaminus the Censor]] who want to trash the site? [[User:Platypus]]	+	== "Do Not Edit" and "Private" Stories ==
-	*I posted Gaius' rant over at the parent page, eddithis.info.  Maybe someone there can do something about him. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 16:44, 23 February 2007 (EST)	+
-	*Good idea Platypus! [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+
-	*I wasn't here when Gaius Flaminus struck, but I went onto the recent changes page and I agree he sounds like a @#%$&. Post on my talk page if you agree. [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+	So, does anybody want to do anything about the "do not edit" sign for the Choose Your Own Adventures on this page? Can we remove the signs?
-	*Has anyone tried [[Crusader (an action-adventure fantasy)|Crusader]] or [[Paladin (Crusader 2)|Paladin]]? They're not as boring as they may sound! [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+	If authors don't want their stories edited, we should respect their wishes and not edit their stories. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 01:22, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
-	**Yeah, I have. Crusader started fine but then got too wierd and mixed-up after a while. Paladin is newer, so it's still coming together. I added about 8 pages to Paladin the other day...[[User:Ashogo|Ashogo]]	+
-	*I sort of stopped making then since I though they had enough (though I might start again after a while) and I've been looking on recent changes. Many different users are adding new things. They can be weird, but they aren't misspelled or way off topic, so I let them stay. [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+	What about the ones that haven't been edited or updated in a while? I know I did some minor editing on a "do not edit" or "private" story I liked a while back on a story that was practically abandoned a couple years ago. Fixing spelling, link issues, category issues... ya know, that kind of thing. Perhaps "do not edit" stories should become public domain after a period of no activity?  --[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 17:15, 18 February 2019 (UTC)
-	**Oh yeah, they aren't really poorly written or anything, they just don't fit together. (like one second you're fighting off monsters in your castle and suddenly you're in a forest and the castle is never mentioned again)I kinda figured that you didn't write most of the more recent stuff. It's not really bad or anything.[[User:Ashogo|Ashogo]]	+
-	*What in the #^%* is going on!? I keep pressing "remember me" on the log in page and it keeps saying I'm not logged in! I don't know what's going on! [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]17:05, 11 Feb. 2007 (EST).	+	==Big Project: Revamping the Wiki==
-	**How odd.  It's working fine for me. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 16:41, 23 February 2007 (EST)	+
-	*Arg!!! I'm choking on a carrot! [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+	I think that we need to make a team effort to revamp the wiki and make it more organized.
-	==Zoo Template==	+	As part of that, I suggest that the main page could use some cleaning up and reorganization; it is super long and filled with material that is outdated. For instance, the lists of popular stories has several stories that have barely been updated in ages or have been practically abandoned and the quick reference for page length and story status is also somewhat outdated. Cleaning the front page of stories that have been abandoned should be done. Also, I am neither seeing a link to a page with the wiki rules are listed clearly, or a subsection where the rules are listed. That might be something that we should add to the main page.
-	*How do you add animal sketches to the zoo templet? I tried to add one and it didn't work. [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+
-	*If you mean adding animals to the directory, first, I upload the animal pic I want using the 'Upload File' button.  Then I right click on the uploaded file and choose 'properties' from the menu to see how the pic is named here on the site.  Then I add a line like this to the ZooTemplate:	+	Here are some of the things that I have done to work towards the goal of cleaning up and improving the Wiki:
-	<nowiki>|[[Hyenas.]] http://www.editthis.info/images/choose_your_own_adventure/a/a9/Striped-hyena_1_sm.gif</nowiki>	+
-	I seperate rows of animals by using |- at the start of a new row.	+	*I have started working on a [[Main Page (2019)|modified version of the Main Page]] to act as a proposal for cleaning up and organizing things here. The idea is to clean things up by getting rid of the tables and stuff (the  top story lists can be folded into separate pages dealing with each Story Rating), as its the tables and extra formatting that are making the Main Page a bit too long and have a bit of a <nowiki>clusterf*ck</nowiki> in its layout. Feel free to edit it to make it look better, as I am not that good with advanced formatting. Also feel free to start up a discussion on that page to provide more focused feedback.
-	Incidentally, I acquired those sketches from http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/mySearch.php  --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 00:04, 3 March 2007 (EST)	+
-	If you mean adding the sketch to new pages, the template looks like this on a new page:	+	*I have also started to make a series of categories and sub-categories to make navigation through the pages a bit easier. For instance, I have established a [[:Category:Reference Database| Reference Database]] category and [[:Category:Story Ratings| Story Ratings]] subcategory to better organize story categories and sub-categories. For instance, I made a category for [[:Category:PG-13 Stories| PG-13 Stories]] as a sub-category to Story Ratings and will include all stories that are PG-13 in nature. Before, all stories of a specific rating would be categorized under System Pages... but not anymore! I am currently working on updating the categories of the various story grouping pages.
-	<nowiki>{{ZooExhibitTemplate|Animal=The Platypus|animalpic=http://www.editthis.info/images/choose_your_own_adventure/3/38/Platypus_7408_sm.gif}}	+
-	</nowiki>	+
-	Animal= the name of the animal, animalpic= the address of the picture --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 00:24, 3 March 2007 (EST)	+
-	==1st Person Stories==	+	*I also improved the organization of this talk page somewhat and plan on archiving any long discussions that I run across, especially if they haven't...
-	*Do stories have to be set in the second-person perspective? Because I have a story set in first-person that I think might be nice here, but it would be a pain to change everything to second-person. I don't see any rules about it so I'm guessing it's ok...?[[User:Ashogo|Ashogo]]	+
-	*Go ahead. When it comes to writing, don't be afraid to experiment.  There's nothing wrong with doing something a little different.  Also, Jo-Ann the Librarian is in semi-3rd person. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 00:04, 3 March 2007 (EST)	+	*I Will update links and categories as I come across them if needed.
-	**Got it. Thanks.[[User:Ashogo|Ashogo]]	+
-	==Formatting Text==	+	Any thoughts or volunteers to help out? I'd like to get some feedback from anyone else who is active here. Will also update and keep you guys posted here
-	*How do you add words in bold writing after you make a new page or edit a page? [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+
-	*By putting threee quote marks around the text (<nowiki>'''bold'''</nowiki>='''bold'''). Two quotes makes ''italics''. Or use the little string of buttons on the top of the edit window. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 11:25, 25 February 2007 (EST)	+
-	* Thanks for the info, but I was really meaning like this: (blocked "User:66.168.100.13" with an expiry time of infinite: vandal) which appeared on "recent changes" page after [[User:RobKohr|RobKhor]] blocked User 66.168 etc.	+	--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 05:52, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
-	*Oh, that.  Write something in the summary box at the bottom of the edit screen and it will appear on the "recent changes" page.--[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 07:38, 27 February 2007 (EST)	+	I most definitely agree with Durzan, but not just that but also getting this website more out there! I feel as if this website is pretty much dead, with only a few editors creating their story; while a majority of them start off creating their story but then never add any articles later on and just abandon it. Besides user activity, is there any data that someone can share that shows traffic of people actually visiting and reading all these stories on here? I've been persistently adding to my story for over 4 years now but can't help to think that no one ever reads it.
-	*Is there any way to format text so that certain lines are out in the middle (indented) like this:	+	--[[User:117|117]] 21:04, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
-	E x a m p l e	+
-	But without having that blue box around it?	+
-	I don't think so.	+	Alright guys, I finished revamping the main page. Let me know what you think!
-	You just have to start pages at the beginning of the page I guess.[[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+	--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 23:34, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
-	*Hm....That kind of sucks. Oh well, thanks.[[User:Ashogo|Ashogo]]	+	Added the new {{Adopted}} tag to the main page. The idea is that if someone wishes to continue or maintain a story that has been abandoned for a while, they can attach that tag to the story and basically take up the mantle of the main author. Of course, if the original author returns and starts working on it again, then the adopted author should respect the original author's wishes. The idea here is to prevent abandoned private stories (or public stories that see little activity), get a bit more love.
-	*I've been puzzling over this for days... and the answer is right above us!  Colons!	+	--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 15:31, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
-	Typing this:	+
-	<nowiki>	+	I agree with 117, it pretty difficult to find this site. it took my a week to find it after i had lost the bookmark and i knew what i was looking for so i can only imagne how few people actully see this site.
-	::Indent</nowiki>	+	--[[User:Illegalmobster|Illegalmobster]] 12:44, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
-	<nowiki>::::Further indent.</nowiki>	+	Yeah, is there a way to bump this site in popularity? I guess we could use social media, but let's face it, people in today's world don't care that much about writing/reading in their free time. They'd rather turn to YouTube or Twitch. I can't really think of many ways to get this site out there.
-	Produces this:	+	Also, I just Googled "Create Your Own Story" and the first result was mystorybook.com, and then Storybird after that. (On the plus side, the term "Smutty Sex Romp" actually brings up Smutty Sex Romp, and then another wiki from EditThis right below it.) --[[User:Magikarp7297|Magikarp7297, the Wild Card]] 06:45, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
-	::Indent.	+
-	::::Further indent. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 00:09, 3 March 2007 (EST)	+
-	*so it IS possible. Sweet, I thought there must be a way to do it	+
-	::::::Thanks.[[User:Ashogo|Ashogo]]	+
-	== Princess Carkegee ==	+	I only stumbled across it by pure chance. I was trying to find information on then-West Ham striker Pull Dickoff, their leading scorer for the previous season. Now I have several thousand contributions. -- [[User:Teejay|Teejay]]
-	*I'm confused about the Kid's adventure, Princess Carkegee. It seems to be about religion, in which not many people would take interest. The plot is mixed up and confusing, and it seems to be focusing on more then one religion at once. The title does not mix into the adventure. The adventure, I think, needs to be changed. [[User:Fruitbat]]	+
-	**I'm glad I'm not the only one who couldn't make heads or tails out of that sotry. I'm not sure if it's meant to be Buddhist, Christian or what. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 09:03, 14 February 2007 (EST)	+
-	* Right now, I think I'm going to try to "re-vamp" Carkegee a little...	+
-	[[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]].	+
-	*I have now added a Princess Carkegee status bar to the adventure. [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+
-	*What the...wow, you're right. What is going ON in that story? I really don't get it. [[User:Ashogo|Ashogo]]	+
-	*I did a google search for "princess carkegee".  There's more confusing buddhist/christian/hallucination stuff about her flaoting around out there, but nothing that makes any kind of sense.--[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 00:04, 3 March 2007 (EST)	+
-	== Best wiki ever ==	+	I feel like promoting this site on social media would also cause a more toxic culture to be introduced which could drive off other people or kill this site off permanently. I also feel like the site could use a bit more cleaning up, I don't know if durzan's idea that started this thread has been implemented yet but I'm assuming it has, sorry if I'm wrong about that, but if it is the site still feels a little non-user friendly, tbh I still don't fully know how to use everything on this site --[[User:Illegalmobster|Illegalmobster]] 11:44, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
-	*I admit obviously that I've only flicked through the non-adult sections and have paid the most attention to the Sex Romp story, but still, this is an excellent use of the wiki technology.	+	Yes, my idea to revamp the main page has been implemented. As for this site being non-user friendly, well... that just comes with the territory of this being a wiki that is at least a decade old and that is run on out of date software that makes navigation somewhat terrible. Not to mention the fact that the server the website is on regularly seems to shut down for a few minutes every couple of hours. RobKhor is the only one who can fix that kind of shit, and he ain't around much from what I heard... so there isn't much we can really do about the underlying problem... unless you guys think we should start up a newer wiki on some other site. That has been proposed before, but it almost always quickly falls apart... as it presents its own significant problems.
-	*I'm glad someone likes the site, since every day lately another jerk attacks and I waste a lot of time repairing things. [[User:Platypus|Platypus]]	+	As for getting this website a little more out there... I'm not really sure how to go about it. The main traffic of this site comes from the adult stories, and as such putting it on social media (except possibly twitter) wouldn't be very helpful. Even then, the fact that there is little regulation of the content here means it would quickly become controversial. Especially since quite a few of the stories and routes have yet to be scrubbed of underage sexual content.
		+	That being said, I have been working on an idea that can hopefully lead to some cross-pollination with other CYOA type websites, but its a long-shot.
		+	--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 14:06, 11 July 2019 (UTC)
-	*Why is it that "Smutty Sex Romp" can have the word "sex" when the word "sex" is forbidden?	+	I understand about the old server thing I just didn't know about it due to me not being in the loop with the inner workings of this site. and I agree that promoting on any large social media would probably end badly. hope your plans go well. --[[User:Illegalmobster|Illegalmobster]] 6:30, 11 july 2019 (UTC)
-	Oh - wait...I understand now...	+
		+	==Need Collaborators for [[Tales of Illnora]] ==
		+	Okay, so I recently started up the [[Tales of Illnora]] mega-story. I am working on one specific branch of that story, and I need some people willing to work with me, bounce ideas, improve the writing of existing pages, and so forth.
-	*Dang! I accidentally messed up the regular status indicator! [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+	FYI: Its intended to be an Adult story with multiple branching off points with the common theme of all focusing on story and character development. At this point however, my ideas and goals for the mega-story are somewhat hazy. Having one or more people who are actively contributing to the overarching narrative and premise would be very helpful.
-	*No biggie.  Click on 'history' and go back to the revision before you messed it up.--[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 15:46, 5 February 2007 (EST)	+
		+	--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 08:22, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
-	*Daang...who did the "World's End" Story? It's incredibly good, now we just need it to be expanded.[[User:Ashogo|Ashogo]]	+	== FREE Girl Scout Cookies! ==
-	*Well, it was started by 128.138.31.70... It looks like it attract writers who don't make names for themselves. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 01:13, 3 March 2007 (EST)	+
-	== Page counts ==	+	Now that I have your attention, I just wanna say... a crap ton of things. But I'll break my keyboard, so here's the most important ones.
-	*The page counts seem wildly off.	+	1. Hello Neighbor is awesome. I just got it yesterday for the Switch and already love it.
-	*And how do you figure that?  Many stories here have their own status bar. By going to the Special Page 'Most Linked To Pages', you can see precisely how many pages link to a status bar.  So the pages counts aren't guesses.  They're computed by the site itself. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 10:22, 9 February 2007 (EST)	+	2. I'm back (sort of) and writing [[DeathWeaver|a story about death, destruction, and maybe some elves]]
-	== Categories ==	+	3. Is there any chance we have to bring back the page viewed thing? You know, to show how many times someone visits a page?
-	Categories need to be created for each individual story. Makes it easier to group them and keep track of your pages. Also, I've created [[:Category:Templates]] for all "Status" templates - [[User:Kwenn|Kwenn]] 12:45, 9 February 2007 (EST)	+	4. If anyone needs guidance for a story (ideas, grammar checking, or even just a read through), I get bored sometimes since the Nintendo 3DS no longer supports YouTube. So go ahead... I can be a co-author. Just leave a message on my [[User talk:Magikarp7297|talk page]]
-	It isn't necessary to categorize every page in a story.  Having a status bar unique to that story serves pretty much the same function.  But a category for templates is a good idea. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 13:10, 9 February 2007 (EST)	+	--[[User:Magikarp7297|Magikarp7297, the Wild Card]] 04:50, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
-	==Sysyop Rights==	+	You would have to talk to RobKohr about restoring the page-view counter.  Unfortunately, that's easier said than done. I would love to see it brought back. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 11:24, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
-	*Something starnge just happened to me! I got sysop rights today and now the entire site looks different! I can't find edit buttons in certain places! I woundered if Platypus or anyone else with sysop rights sees the same thing, and also if they know how to get back to the old page or if it's just an effect of the sysop. [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+
-	*[[User:RobKohr|RobKohr]] has promoted us, Fruitbat. Now we can block vandals or protect pages, as necessary. I haven't noticed any missing edit buttons... yet.--[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 11:25, 25 February 2007 (EST)	+	''Sigh...'' I feared as much. Oh, well... we still have a chance to get his attention. Maybe. I'll see what I can do. --[[User:Magikarp7297|Magikarp7297, the Wild Card]] 22:40, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
-	* I understand about the promotion. However, the page is now back to normal. I don't know what happened to the page. All of the edit buttons seemed to dissappear, but they are all back now. [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+	== Rule 1 of making a good interactive story ==
-	*What does "protect" do?	+	STOP ADDING SEVERAL THOUSAND CHOICES FOR EACH PAGE THAT SOUNDS COOL BUT YOU KNOW WILL NEVER BE FILLED OUT. THANK YOU. --[[User:Felrid|Felrid]] 12:49, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
-	**'protect' prevents anyone from editting a page. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 08:45, 28 February 2007 (EST)	+
-	*I wounder what the highest rank we can get is?	+	One of the main pieces of ettiquite for this site is to provide at least one (preferably 2+) options with every page you make so that someone else can easily add on to the story, but yes, having several red links per page does get irritating real fast. Not really much you can do about it except build off the story line yourself. --[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 15:26, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
-	*It appears someone may have beed sort of "vandalizing". on the special page "user list", there are about 20 user names with multiple exlamation points, sort of like C. Mitch's ones. Should I block them? [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+	== This is getting annoying; the site was down for 2 days straight... ==
-	**I noticed those. I'm not sure if they mean anything or not. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 00:04, 3 March 2007 (EST)	+
-	*I went ahead and blocked them. It took a while! [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+
-	== Category experiment. ==	+	Okay, something seriously needs to be done about this.
-	I know we've discussed categories before, and that some people have decided that it's unnecessary to put every page of a story in a category. I disagree, personally, I think that the current method is too unorganized, and when I see a page in recent changes, I can't tell what story it belongs to. So as a compromise, I'm going to start assigning categories to one story ([[Dead Kid]]) as a trial. If it works out well, we move on the next story. If it doesn't work out, well, it doesn't work out. (IMO, this plan makes at least as much sense as starting all of the Victim pages with "Victim:"). &mdash; [[User:LastUserNameEver|LastUserNameEver]] 11:55, 15 March 2007 (EST)	+	The site was down for two days straight. It's one thing if it goes down every 10 mins or so, but for those 2 days, I had absolutely no access. What's the point in having a wiki farm to store information if you can't access said information regularly and consistently. I'm halfway considering figuring out how much it costs to run one of these things and seeing if I could do it better than RobKohr. At the very least, I'd have up to date software to work with...
-	I disagree. Although I do find it hard to tell what story certain pages go into (especially if no status bar was placed on the page), I don't think that categorys are needed for each story and individual page. Although I don't really mind experimenting, I just don't want you to kill yourself caregorizing every page on the site. [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+	Perhaps Miraheze would be a good alternative to move the wiki to? hm?
-	I think having unique status bars for each story works just as well, but I have nothing against experimenting. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 13:10, 15 March 2007 (EST)	+	--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 14:58, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
-	What is going on!? Categories are being placed for each and every story, even for the crumbling Island of Utobi! I don't know why everyone wants to categorize every page! Isn't ten categories enough? [[User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat]]	+
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		+	Hey so Durzan what did you find, are you going to pursue it? because if so i'd be interested in switching over.
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		+	--[[User Illegalmobster|Illegalmobster]] 20:33, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Update, for those of you who are interested... Friedman from CHYOA is offering to provide hosting for CYOS. If Plat's up for it of course, and provided we can transfer the site archives over to the new host.
		+	So yeah, persuing a new host is sorta still on the table...
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		+	Friedman might actually be willing to update the wiki to the latest version of MediaWiki too.
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		+	--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 01:27, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
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		+	I really wasn't expecting the site to come back until after the pandemic restrictions were over.
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		+	I don't have any special archive access or transfer abilities, though.  Anything I choose to re-post on some other site would have to be copied one page at a time. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 16:26, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Thats where this comes into play (www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=WikiTeam#Tools_and_source_code), we can create a wiki dump using one of their python scripts to crawl the site, upload it to internet archive, and then have Friedman download a copy of the wiki.
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		+	--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 22:11, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Welp, its finally back up. Does anyone have the ability to run an XML crawler? Cause my macbook seems to be unable to even get the darn thing to work properly.
		+	--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 18:06, 16 April 2020 (UTC)
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		+	: Being able to edit/add to Smutty Sex Romp et al on a site where pages load in 2 seconds or less would be wonderful.
		+	: Being able to use variables (requiring a new-ish version of MediaWiki) in order to no have to use Twine or Ren'Py would be doubly wonderful.
		+	: [[User:Anedwcan|Anedwcan]] 17:03, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
		+
		+	: We can dump pages/stories using the [[Special:Export]] tool in leu of the dumpgenerator (which doesn't appear to work with this version of MediaWiki). Shouldn't be too much trouble to import them into any MediaWiki where you have shell access. The only big question is whether this new CYOS would be subject to CHYOA's rules (chyoa.com/chapter/Rules.560688). Smutty Sex Romp, in its current state, breaks every rule on the list (though it's close to passing the first). Would we have to edit out every case of bestiality or sadistic violence from stories before they could be imported? Or would new CYOS have a different set of rules from CHYOA?
		+	:--[[User:Pickles|Pickles]] 20:41, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
		+
		+
		+	It happened again. Really thought the site was dead for reals this time.
		+
		+	--[[User:PostWriter|PostWriter]] 22:31 13 June 2021 (UTC)
		+
		+	: Sorry, I was away camping and didn't get the notification that the site was down --[[User:RobKohr|RobKohr]]
		+
		+	Can we please have a notification on when this maintenance will happen again, I don't want to see over-cooked rants while seeing new pages. We literally have the fund to make such a thing as well as better domain-landlords than this current version as the current rep for this site should be rotting in max-sec for the amount of cons. Maybe a 1- or 2-week awareness notice with the text-box blaring on the main page as we enter the site? - TheGreenRaider
		+
		+	== Benja ==
		+
		+	¿Tengo permiso de hacer una wiki de CYOS para Fandom.com?
		+
		+	We don’t own the concept of CYOS adventure.  If you want to do something similar elsewhere, you’re free to do so.  If you want to copy material from specific pages on this site, you should speak to individual authors if possible. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 00:52, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
		+
		+	And if the owner is unavailable, like hospitalized, imprisoned, un-alive, lives in another country? Can we have something like a poll on adoptive interactives? -TheGreenRaider3
		+
		+	If anybody is still here, yo. -Tempaccount1
		+
		+	Yo, Tempaccount1! - HelloTempAccount
		+
		+	Damn a persons still here....
		+
		+	Can confirm that I still love the choose your own adventure concepts here, decided to have a crack at making myself an expansive story for fun. Hello to any lurkers who happen to stumble by - - [User: BonnieEr] 12:07, 06 December, 2023
		+
		+	== Still Occasionally lurk here ==
		+
		+	Hey, I still occassionally lurk or browse here off and on for inspiration.
		+	--[[User:Durzan|Durzan]] 23:22, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
		+
		+	Good to know. I haven’t been actively posting, but i’m still here. --[[User:Platypus|Platypus]] 22:58, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

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Current revision as of 22:58, 11 September 2024

Older discussions (including those started before 2019) have been moved to one of the archives listed below:

• archive page 1
• archive page 2

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Contents 1 question about photo links 2 Awakening From a Deep Slumber (Got bored playing Minecraft) 3 "Do Not Edit" and "Private" Stories 4 Big Project: Revamping the Wiki 5 Need Collaborators for Tales of Illnora 6 FREE Girl Scout Cookies! 7 Rule 1 of making a good interactive story 8 This is getting annoying; the site was down for 2 days straight... 9 Benja 10 Still Occasionally lurk here

question about photo links

I am adding some images and gifs to my story to make it more interesting, My story is an adult story so I was wonder if I can use adult images I.e including nudity on my story pages Or is this Not aloud ?

It's allowed. It's been done before. As long as no one is underage, it's all good. --Platypus 19:16, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

I got the "To help protect against automated spam, please type the two words you see in the box below:" when trying to add new image link, yet for some reason there's only the "I'm not a robot" checkbox without any words in it. --Borkenone 17:37, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Awakening From a Deep Slumber (Got bored playing Minecraft)

I am back. Who wants to do some stuff? --Magikarp7297, the Wild Card 05:53, 3 January 2019 (UTC)

I may be returning regularly again (got bored playing terraria). i'll keep in touch. --adam02oc 19:41, 18th January 2019 (GMT)

"Do Not Edit" and "Private" Stories

So, does anybody want to do anything about the "do not edit" sign for the Choose Your Own Adventures on this page? Can we remove the signs?

If authors don't want their stories edited, we should respect their wishes and not edit their stories. --Platypus 01:22, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

What about the ones that haven't been edited or updated in a while? I know I did some minor editing on a "do not edit" or "private" story I liked a while back on a story that was practically abandoned a couple years ago. Fixing spelling, link issues, category issues... ya know, that kind of thing. Perhaps "do not edit" stories should become public domain after a period of no activity? --Durzan 17:15, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Big Project: Revamping the Wiki

I think that we need to make a team effort to revamp the wiki and make it more organized.

As part of that, I suggest that the main page could use some cleaning up and reorganization; it is super long and filled with material that is outdated. For instance, the lists of popular stories has several stories that have barely been updated in ages or have been practically abandoned and the quick reference for page length and story status is also somewhat outdated. Cleaning the front page of stories that have been abandoned should be done. Also, I am neither seeing a link to a page with the wiki rules are listed clearly, or a subsection where the rules are listed. That might be something that we should add to the main page.

Here are some of the things that I have done to work towards the goal of cleaning up and improving the Wiki:

• I have started working on a modified version of the Main Page to act as a proposal for cleaning up and organizing things here. The idea is to clean things up by getting rid of the tables and stuff (the top story lists can be folded into separate pages dealing with each Story Rating), as its the tables and extra formatting that are making the Main Page a bit too long and have a bit of a clusterf*ck in its layout. Feel free to edit it to make it look better, as I am not that good with advanced formatting. Also feel free to start up a discussion on that page to provide more focused feedback.

• I have also started to make a series of categories and sub-categories to make navigation through the pages a bit easier. For instance, I have established a Reference Database category and Story Ratings subcategory to better organize story categories and sub-categories. For instance, I made a category for PG-13 Stories as a sub-category to Story Ratings and will include all stories that are PG-13 in nature. Before, all stories of a specific rating would be categorized under System Pages... but not anymore! I am currently working on updating the categories of the various story grouping pages.

• I also improved the organization of this talk page somewhat and plan on archiving any long discussions that I run across, especially if they haven't...

• I Will update links and categories as I come across them if needed.

Any thoughts or volunteers to help out? I'd like to get some feedback from anyone else who is active here. Will also update and keep you guys posted here

--Durzan 05:52, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

I most definitely agree with Durzan, but not just that but also getting this website more out there! I feel as if this website is pretty much dead, with only a few editors creating their story; while a majority of them start off creating their story but then never add any articles later on and just abandon it. Besides user activity, is there any data that someone can share that shows traffic of people actually visiting and reading all these stories on here? I've been persistently adding to my story for over 4 years now but can't help to think that no one ever reads it.

--117 21:04, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Alright guys, I finished revamping the main page. Let me know what you think! --Durzan 23:34, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Added the new (Adopted) tag to the main page. The idea is that if someone wishes to continue or maintain a story that has been abandoned for a while, they can attach that tag to the story and basically take up the mantle of the main author. Of course, if the original author returns and starts working on it again, then the adopted author should respect the original author's wishes. The idea here is to prevent abandoned private stories (or public stories that see little activity), get a bit more love. --Durzan 15:31, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

I agree with 117, it pretty difficult to find this site. it took my a week to find it after i had lost the bookmark and i knew what i was looking for so i can only imagne how few people actully see this site. --Illegalmobster 12:44, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, is there a way to bump this site in popularity? I guess we could use social media, but let's face it, people in today's world don't care that much about writing/reading in their free time. They'd rather turn to YouTube or Twitch. I can't really think of many ways to get this site out there.

Also, I just Googled "Create Your Own Story" and the first result was mystorybook.com, and then Storybird after that. (On the plus side, the term "Smutty Sex Romp" actually brings up Smutty Sex Romp, and then another wiki from EditThis right below it.) --Magikarp7297, the Wild Card 06:45, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

I only stumbled across it by pure chance. I was trying to find information on then-West Ham striker Pull Dickoff, their leading scorer for the previous season. Now I have several thousand contributions. -- Teejay

I feel like promoting this site on social media would also cause a more toxic culture to be introduced which could drive off other people or kill this site off permanently. I also feel like the site could use a bit more cleaning up, I don't know if durzan's idea that started this thread has been implemented yet but I'm assuming it has, sorry if I'm wrong about that, but if it is the site still feels a little non-user friendly, tbh I still don't fully know how to use everything on this site --Illegalmobster 11:44, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Yes, my idea to revamp the main page has been implemented. As for this site being non-user friendly, well... that just comes with the territory of this being a wiki that is at least a decade old and that is run on out of date software that makes navigation somewhat terrible. Not to mention the fact that the server the website is on regularly seems to shut down for a few minutes every couple of hours. RobKhor is the only one who can fix that kind of shit, and he ain't around much from what I heard... so there isn't much we can really do about the underlying problem... unless you guys think we should start up a newer wiki on some other site. That has been proposed before, but it almost always quickly falls apart... as it presents its own significant problems.

As for getting this website a little more out there... I'm not really sure how to go about it. The main traffic of this site comes from the adult stories, and as such putting it on social media (except possibly twitter) wouldn't be very helpful. Even then, the fact that there is little regulation of the content here means it would quickly become controversial. Especially since quite a few of the stories and routes have yet to be scrubbed of underage sexual content.

That being said, I have been working on an idea that can hopefully lead to some cross-pollination with other CYOA type websites, but its a long-shot. --Durzan 14:06, 11 July 2019 (UTC)

I understand about the old server thing I just didn't know about it due to me not being in the loop with the inner workings of this site. and I agree that promoting on any large social media would probably end badly. hope your plans go well. --Illegalmobster 6:30, 11 july 2019 (UTC)

Need Collaborators for Tales of Illnora

Okay, so I recently started up the Tales of Illnora mega-story. I am working on one specific branch of that story, and I need some people willing to work with me, bounce ideas, improve the writing of existing pages, and so forth.

FYI: Its intended to be an Adult story with multiple branching off points with the common theme of all focusing on story and character development. At this point however, my ideas and goals for the mega-story are somewhat hazy. Having one or more people who are actively contributing to the overarching narrative and premise would be very helpful.

--Durzan 08:22, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

FREE Girl Scout Cookies!

Now that I have your attention, I just wanna say... a crap ton of things. But I'll break my keyboard, so here's the most important ones.

1. Hello Neighbor is awesome. I just got it yesterday for the Switch and already love it.

2. I'm back (sort of) and writing a story about death, destruction, and maybe some elves

3. Is there any chance we have to bring back the page viewed thing? You know, to show how many times someone visits a page?

4. If anyone needs guidance for a story (ideas, grammar checking, or even just a read through), I get bored sometimes since the Nintendo 3DS no longer supports YouTube. So go ahead... I can be a co-author. Just leave a message on my talk page

--Magikarp7297, the Wild Card 04:50, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

You would have to talk to RobKohr about restoring the page-view counter. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done. I would love to see it brought back. --Platypus 11:24, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Sigh... I feared as much. Oh, well... we still have a chance to get his attention. Maybe. I'll see what I can do. --Magikarp7297, the Wild Card 22:40, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Rule 1 of making a good interactive story

STOP ADDING SEVERAL THOUSAND CHOICES FOR EACH PAGE THAT SOUNDS COOL BUT YOU KNOW WILL NEVER BE FILLED OUT. THANK YOU. --Felrid 12:49, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

One of the main pieces of ettiquite for this site is to provide at least one (preferably 2+) options with every page you make so that someone else can easily add on to the story, but yes, having several red links per page does get irritating real fast. Not really much you can do about it except build off the story line yourself. --Durzan 15:26, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

This is getting annoying; the site was down for 2 days straight...

Okay, something seriously needs to be done about this.

The site was down for two days straight. It's one thing if it goes down every 10 mins or so, but for those 2 days, I had absolutely no access. What's the point in having a wiki farm to store information if you can't access said information regularly and consistently. I'm halfway considering figuring out how much it costs to run one of these things and seeing if I could do it better than RobKohr. At the very least, I'd have up to date software to work with...

Perhaps Miraheze would be a good alternative to move the wiki to? hm?

--Durzan 14:58, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Hey so Durzan what did you find, are you going to pursue it? because if so i'd be interested in switching over.

--Illegalmobster 20:33, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

Update, for those of you who are interested... Friedman from CHYOA is offering to provide hosting for CYOS. If Plat's up for it of course, and provided we can transfer the site archives over to the new host. So yeah, persuing a new host is sorta still on the table...

Friedman might actually be willing to update the wiki to the latest version of MediaWiki too.

--Durzan 01:27, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

I really wasn't expecting the site to come back until after the pandemic restrictions were over.

I don't have any special archive access or transfer abilities, though. Anything I choose to re-post on some other site would have to be copied one page at a time. --Platypus 16:26, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Thats where this comes into play (www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=WikiTeam#Tools_and_source_code), we can create a wiki dump using one of their python scripts to crawl the site, upload it to internet archive, and then have Friedman download a copy of the wiki.

--Durzan 22:11, 31 March 2020 (UTC)

Welp, its finally back up. Does anyone have the ability to run an XML crawler? Cause my macbook seems to be unable to even get the darn thing to work properly. --Durzan 18:06, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

Being able to edit/add to Smutty Sex Romp et al on a site where pages load in 2 seconds or less would be wonderful.

Being able to use variables (requiring a new-ish version of MediaWiki) in order to no have to use Twine or Ren'Py would be doubly wonderful.

Anedwcan 17:03, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

We can dump pages/stories using the Special:Export tool in leu of the dumpgenerator (which doesn't appear to work with this version of MediaWiki). Shouldn't be too much trouble to import them into any MediaWiki where you have shell access. The only big question is whether this new CYOS would be subject to CHYOA's rules (chyoa.com/chapter/Rules.560688). Smutty Sex Romp, in its current state, breaks every rule on the list (though it's close to passing the first). Would we have to edit out every case of bestiality or sadistic violence from stories before they could be imported? Or would new CYOS have a different set of rules from CHYOA?

--Pickles 20:41, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

It happened again. Really thought the site was dead for reals this time.

--PostWriter 22:31 13 June 2021 (UTC)

Sorry, I was away camping and didn't get the notification that the site was down --RobKohr

Can we please have a notification on when this maintenance will happen again, I don't want to see over-cooked rants while seeing new pages. We literally have the fund to make such a thing as well as better domain-landlords than this current version as the current rep for this site should be rotting in max-sec for the amount of cons. Maybe a 1- or 2-week awareness notice with the text-box blaring on the main page as we enter the site? - TheGreenRaider

Benja

¿Tengo permiso de hacer una wiki de CYOS para Fandom.com?

We don’t own the concept of CYOS adventure. If you want to do something similar elsewhere, you’re free to do so. If you want to copy material from specific pages on this site, you should speak to individual authors if possible. --Platypus 00:52, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

And if the owner is unavailable, like hospitalized, imprisoned, un-alive, lives in another country? Can we have something like a poll on adoptive interactives? -TheGreenRaider3

If anybody is still here, yo. -Tempaccount1

Yo, Tempaccount1! - HelloTempAccount

Damn a persons still here....

Can confirm that I still love the choose your own adventure concepts here, decided to have a crack at making myself an expansive story for fun. Hello to any lurkers who happen to stumble by - - [User: BonnieEr] 12:07, 06 December, 2023

Still Occasionally lurk here

Hey, I still occassionally lurk or browse here off and on for inspiration. --Durzan 23:22, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Good to know. I haven’t been actively posting, but i’m still here. --Platypus 22:58, 11 September 2024 (UTC)