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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.)

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.

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. E.p. 11:15, 12 December 2006 (EST)

Whoever put in that story about red october, it was really good! -RobKohr 08:00, 10 August 2006 (EDT)

Tip: 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.

- 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. Leileilol 20:39, 28 November 2006 (EST)
- Done, good thinking! :)

Anyone played Fantasy Quest? Are the Diablo sprites infringing any copywrite? FQ 16:57, 8 January 2007 (EST)

How to we block destructive morons like C.Mitch and Gaius Flaminus the Censor who want to trash the site? User:Platypus
I posted Gaius' rant over at the parent page, eddithis.info. Maybe someone there can do something about him. --Platypus 16:44, 23 February 2007 (EST)
Good idea Platypus! 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. Fruitbat

Has anyone tried Crusader or Paladin? They're not as boring as they may sound! Fruitbat
- 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...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. Fruitbat
- 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.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! Fruitbat17:05, 11 Feb. 2007 (EST).
- How odd. It's working fine for me. --Platypus 16:41, 23 February 2007 (EST)

Arg!!! I'm choking on a carrot! Fruitbat

Zoo Template

How do you add animal sketches to the zoo templet? I tried to add one and it didn't work. 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:

|[[Hyenas.]] http://www.editthis.info/images/choose_your_own_adventure/a/a9/Striped-hyena_1_sm.gif

I seperate rows of animals by using |- at the start of a new row. Incidentally, I acquired those sketches from http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/mySearch.php --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: {{ZooExhibitTemplate|Animal=The Platypus|animalpic=http://www.editthis.info/images/choose_your_own_adventure/3/38/Platypus_7408_sm.gif}} Animal= the name of the animal, animalpic= the address of the picture --Platypus 00:24, 3 March 2007 (EST)

1st Person Stories

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...?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. --Platypus 00:04, 3 March 2007 (EST)
- Got it. Thanks.Ashogo

Formatting Text

How do you add words in bold writing after you make a new page or edit a page? Fruitbat
By putting threee quote marks around the text ('''bold'''=bold). Two quotes makes italics. Or use the little string of buttons on the top of the edit window. --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 RobKhor blocked User 66.168 etc.

Oh, that. Write something in the summary box at the bottom of the edit screen and it will appear on the "recent changes" page.--Platypus 07:38, 27 February 2007 (EST)

Is there any way to format text so that certain lines are out in the middle (indented) like this:

         E x a m p l e

But without having that blue box around it?

           I don't think so.

You just have to start pages at the beginning of the page I guess.Fruitbat

Hm....That kind of sucks. Oh well, thanks.Ashogo
I've been puzzling over this for days... and the answer is right above us! Colons!

Typing this:

::Indent

::::Further indent.

Produces this:

Indent.

Further indent. --Platypus 00:09, 3 March 2007 (EST)

so it IS possible. Sweet, I thought there must be a way to do it

Thanks.Ashogo

Princess Carkegee

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 story. I'm not sure if it's meant to be Buddhist, Christian or what. --Platypus 09:03, 14 February 2007 (EST)
Right now, I think I'm going to try to "re-vamp" Carkegee a little...

Fruitbat.

I have now added a Princess Carkegee status bar to the adventure. Fruitbat
What the...wow, you're right. What is going ON in that story? I really don't get it. Ashogo
I did a google search for "princess carkegee". There's more confusing buddhist/christian/hallucination stuff about her floating around out there, but nothing that makes any kind of sense.--Platypus 00:04, 3 March 2007 (EST)

Best wiki ever

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.

I'm glad someone likes the site, since every day lately another jerk attacks and I waste a lot of time repairing things. Platypus

Why is it that "Smutty Sex Romp" can have the word "sex" when the word "sex" is forbidden?

Oh - wait...I understand now...

Dang! I accidentally messed up the regular status indicator! Fruitbat
No biggie. Click on 'history' and go back to the revision before you messed it up.--Platypus 15:46, 5 February 2007 (EST)

Daang...who did the "World's End" Story? It's incredibly good, now we just need it to be expanded.Ashogo
Well, it was started by 128.138.31.70... It looks like it attract writers who don't make names for themselves. --Platypus 01:13, 3 March 2007 (EST)

Hey, just found this site, and yes, this is amazing. Very happy to be here and can't wait to start on my own story! --Olboyfloats

Repeat of the World's End comment. I'd love to know what happened! (Also, excellent site. Now I've got even more stuff to play with while ignoring homework!) --Cyclone

Page counts

The page counts seem wildly off.

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. --Platypus 10:22, 9 February 2007 (EST)

Sysyop Rights

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. Fruitbat

RobKohr has promoted us, Fruitbat. Now we can block vandals or protect pages, as necessary. I haven't noticed any missing edit buttons... yet.--Platypus 11:25, 25 February 2007 (EST)

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. Fruitbat

What does "protect" do?
- 'protect' prevents anyone from editting a page. --Platypus 08:45, 28 February 2007 (EST)

I wounder what the highest rank we can get is?

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? Fruitbat
- I noticed those. I'm not sure if they mean anything or not. --Platypus 00:04, 3 March 2007 (EST)
I went ahead and blocked them. It took a while! Fruitbat

When I edit Boromir's Quest, I copy the Status Bar and Category indicator from the previous page. Now two of the pages are listed at the top of the category page and not under their appropirate letter. Can someone explain this to me? Fruitbat

On the first page, the category bar reads [[Category:Boromir's Quest| ]]. The blank space after the | floats the page to the top of the index. If it read [[Category: Boromir's Quest|Z]], it would alphabetize the page under Z, no matter what the actual page title is. For most pages, it should simply be [[Category: Boromir's Quest]]. With no |, it alphabetizes by itself. --Platypus 17:02, 15 April 2007 (EDT)

Category experiment.

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:"). — LastUserNameEver 11:55, 15 March 2007 (EST)

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. Fruitbat

I think having unique status bars for each story works just as well, but I have nothing against experimenting. --Platypus 13:10, 15 March 2007 (EST)

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? Fruitbat

fake link spamming

I have recieved the follwing message whan trying to edit main page: "You have been identified as a link spammer by the use of the word sex.

If you are the admin of this wiki, you can go to the control panel for instructions on how to add this to the white list." the word sex was not even written by me (in fcat I was just changing a 0 into a 5), but part of category descriptions, and if I were to try and delete all instnces of it, that would render one story unreadable. so... um... help?

A1s 17:58, 26 March 2007 (EST)

I used to get a similiar message if I tried to eidt the entire Main Page instead of just a section. It might let me do it now since I got promoted to sysop. --Platypus 18:03, 26 March 2007 (EST)

Oh yeah, that happened to me to. It ticked me off. However, I don't get it anymore (however, I don't think it's sysop, since it stopped before I was premoted). Fruitbat

That just happened to me! After I lost all my writing work trying to save only to have it deleted when that message came up, I went to the Nonspam page, and it was blank! I don't know why it turned blank, but it ticked me off (I restored it back to normal). Fruitbat 22:25, 06 April 2007 (EST)

Secret Island of Utobi

I want to know why the people in Secret Island of Utobi do their little 'ritual' of save-edit-save-edit.
I'd like to know that, too, but they don't seem to be very communicative. --Platypus 18:32, 6 April 2007 (EDT)

And now, that story is becoming weird. I mean, first you're stranded on a desert island, and the next (if you choose the right path, of course)you come to a telephone booth where someone dropped their wallet. It would be best if the authors kept to the world of the story and didn't go overboard (this is also refering to a user who added pages like 'watch some TV' or 'go to the arcade' in Visiting the Zoo. Fruitbat

Since I don't know the secret of the secret island, I couldn't say if finding a phone booth or a wallet is that strange... but Visiting the Zoo should certainly remain a story about visiting the zoo, and not wander off topic to visit anyplace other than the zoo. --Platypus 14:24, 17 April 2007 (EDT)

The users who are editing the Secret Island are getting on my last nerve! They never seem to read their mail. I even posted a notice telling them to read their mail on a page they were editing, and they ignore it! I've given 68.216.187.39 user his last warning...Fruitbat

If any of you can't stand Utobi, go to Wikipedia and add a list of critisms about the story.

Huh? We aren't objecting to the story. We are asking you, repeatedly, to please stop filling up the Recent Changes page by doing you edit-save-edit-save-edit routine. Use the Preview button and consider what you want the page to contain before saving it. Or better still, create an identity for yourself. As a logged-in user, you'll have the option of marking changes as minor, so they can be hidden on the Recent Changes pages. --Platypus 14:46, 25 April 2007 (EDT)

Any good story ideas?

Don't edit one page a thousand times! Fruitbat

I am quiting Utobi for a while, so if any of you can contribute that would be awesome. Sodaninga

Zork ripoff

Entire Wiki dedicated to ripping off Uncyclopedia's Zork.

What is this? Fruitbat

Uncyclopedias Zork: [1] I Lion Heart I

Interesting, but I played the original Zorks, which predate wikis. And Zork was preceded by other text-adventure games. So no one's ripping off anyone. --Platypus 17:30, 15 May 2007 (EDT)

I am an Uncyclopedian, and I have no objection to this site. --Anonymous 09:34, 14 June 2007 (EDT)

A Trump Idea

Well I'm bored nowadays and I was wondering if I could make a trump game choose stat thing. I'm gonna make it small with 10 cards and each card only having 4 stats but I thought it would be kinda cool. If I do bother it would probably be Final Fantasy games from 1 - 10 including no FF and year and characters and something else. What do you guys think about this idea? I Lion Heart I

I really don't know what a trump game choose stat thing is, but if you can do it as a Choose Your Own adventure, go right ahead with it. Otherwise, this might not be the appropriate site for it. --Platypus 17:31, 15 May 2007 (EDT)

Crusader

I think there is only 9 pages left to make. I would make them but I need to read the story and choose the right directions so I know the whereabouts and what is happening. I think I've made just under 100 pages (on both my account and my IPs.) I Lion Heart I 16:02, 22 May 2007 (EDT)

I do believe the Crusader story is completely complete. I believe there to be no links in red and I searched through the whole category. Is this the first? --I Lion Heart I 12:47, 8 July 2007 (EDT)

I think so. Congratulations! --Platypus 21:33, 8 July 2007 (EDT)

Shouldn't you just say "337" pages seeming it's definate and will only change if people add more options to a certain place and leave more red links. I'm gonna contribute to Paladin if that's okay. (seeming I haven't seen on [User:Fruitbat|Fruitbat on recently and I'll probably end it before then) I'm babbling on so... --I Lion Heart I 15:05, 9 July 2007 (EDT)

Good job! I'm glad to see that you like my story! Fruitbat

I've blanked a few pages of Jo-Ann the librarian

...and moved them to the Jo-Ann the Librarian (a Comedy)main Jo-Ann page. Don't mistake it for vandalism! --Anonymous 09:18, 15 June 2007 (EDT)

Understood. I've considered blanking those pages myself as none of the rules have been applied in the story. --Platypus 10:14, 15 June 2007 (EDT)

Wouldn't it be advisable...

...to protect the nonspam page? --Anotherpongo 14:51, 22 June 2007 (EDT)

You're right. The link spammers are annoying enough without leaving them the opportunity to mess with the nonspam page. Done. --Platypus 16:55, 22 June 2007 (EDT)

I've made a new logo

I was bored, so I opened Photoshop, and...

Do whatever you want with it. I don't mind. --Anotherpongo 06:54, 24 June 2007 (EDT)

Not bad. We could stand a change in logo. --Platypus 14:25, 24 June 2007 (EDT)

Your new logo has disappeared, so I had to put the old one back. --Platypus 11:06, 25 June 2007 (EDT)

That's odd. Try saving it to your computer then uploading it to the wiki's server space, if there's room. You can always delete it. --Anotherpongo 12:23, 25 June 2007 (EDT)

I think the problem was with the crappy computer I was connecting from. I'm uploading it the the wiki's server, which should serve better even when I'm at a cruddy terminal. --Platypus 16:56, 25 June 2007 (EDT)

I've made a few minor adjustments, to make it slightly better (in my opinion, at least)...

I've made the text black, and enlarged the top text slightly. I've also done a few other things, but they're barely noticeable. --Anotherpongo 12:11, 26 June 2007 (EDT)

SSR page-jump

Since ssr (Smutty Sex Romp) is such a HUGE story, I think it might be cool to have a section on it's main page where you can select certain areas in the "story" to go to. There are certain areas that are near impossible to go to once you have to start over, so this could be an optional thing for people who want to find somewhere quickly or start from a certain place. --User:Kazemawari

There are several options for finding specific areas. On the status bar, there's a spot for Location. Click on the location and you'll go to a brief description of it. From this description page, click on the category, which is Smutty Sex Romp Locations. This will take you to the index of all locations in the story. Click on any of them to get the description, and from that page, click on the left where it says 'what links here'. That will give you a list of pages in that location.

This is why it's important to include the status bar on any page you create. --Platypus 20:55, 16 September 2007 (EDT)

I think it's a good idea with some games like world's end though, where there are no list of locations. I added one. Good idea. --Ashogo

Since I'm Still Working on Ideas, Still Incredibly New on Programming, . . .

And I can't be here 24/7, what state should I leave unfinished pages in? I tried reading the rules, but now I can't find them anymore. I'd really like to not get banned. And for for those unfinished stories I add to (that aren't mine), is there a safe "time limit" I ought to adhere to? For instance, if authors come back from vacation/work/life/whatever and have been absent for three months, find I've added to their story in a way they don't like, I'll back off from their story (they have every right to take their stories wherever they see fit, within the rules, anyway). But should I stay away from any in particular?

I guess the safest bet would be just to start my own stories up, which I plan to do . . .

Don't worry too much. I'm the only active member with the power to ban people, and I only ban people for vandalism. I do appreciate it if you finish an individual page once you've started it. That is, it should include options so other writers can carry the story onward if you don't (unless the page is an ending), and should include the status bar/category from the previous page, as appropriate. You can always edit the page's contents later if you feel it needs more work.

The only story I would advise against adding to at this time is Paladin, since it has a rather complex structure and User: I Lion Heart I has been putting a lot into it recently. --Platypus 18:51, 26 March 2008 (EST)

Wow Paladin 2 is big.

Can't create an adventure

For some reason when I try to create an adventure via the create a wiki link, I can't seem to do it. It always tells me there is no wiki by that name and asks me to create one. But when I do, the same thing happens. Any help with this?

You don't click the creat a wiki link to creat your adventure, you click to edit the section you wish, like kids stories, normal stories and that kind of stuff. Then once you edit it you can copy a story link there, and paste it were it goes. Then you change the name of that to your story. After that you click on hit to edit it.

Platipus, Please Don't Edit My Stuff

Platipus, I would like it if you didn't add pages onto my site. I like to make everything on my stories myself, expecialy "A Random Story" Please, and Thank You.

I saw it say "Work on it, guys. It's public." And I did a lot of stuff to it, too. Sorry.--Hammerthingys42 15:05, 2 September 2008 (PDT)

How Do I Make My Own Stuff?

How Do I Make Stuff Like:

Status
Health	#	Equipment: Example
MP	#
Level	#

But with other options, like: Location, Kills, And How Many Cops Are After You?

Making your own template can be a bit tricky and does take some practice. To start, you might want to go to [[2]] and take a look at the coding that's gone into existing templates. --Platypus 15:40, 2 September 2008 (PDT)

Something similar for Spanish

Great site, great effort, count me in.

I'm talking the idea and using in Spanish. Hope you don't mind.

Why should we mind? Good luck with your writing. Buena suerte, right? --Platypus 18:58, 6 September 2008 (PDT)

Planning to create a new account.

I regret that i didn't used my normal name for my account (FreddeX) so im gonna create an new account named FreddeX. I know it dosn't really matter but still it keeps bugging me so yeah. Just wanted to say this to prevent confusions. --Anonym 12:11, 7 September 2008 (PDT)

Alright done and done i have created an new account! Just so you know. --FreddeX 11:14, 15 September 2008 (PDT)

Giant Cookie story

Guys, can somebody have a look at this, there are some things on there that really aren't very nice, especially on a story designed for kids.

Amazing

I am left speechless.

Although it feels like about 2 years, according to a history check it was only last April that I started “The many rooms”. I decided to take a look back at this site, and simply couldn’t believe what I saw. 1000+ pages? Outstanding. However there seems to be a very large amount of dead ends. All in all, I am VERY happy to see this, I may work on a new project regarding this wiki later ^_^.

Mask man

Deleteting some adventures.

There is alot of adventures which contains only like one or two pages or is simply work in progress, i think that we should consider deleting some of them to make it easier for all of us too find the adventure we are looking for. That is at least what i think.

--FreddeX 11:43, 25 October 2008 (PDT)

I've considered doing that, but every now and then someone comes along and takes a story that's been sitting around going nowhere and turns it into something. That Harry Potter adventurer, for example, had only a few pages for the longest time and then people began adding to it. Rampage had about five barely readable pages until I re-wrote it in proper English and since then many others have added to it.

On the other hand, some of those one- or two-page stories are truly awful and it's hard to imagine anyone ever adding to them. --Platypus 12:43, 25 October 2008 (PDT)

How about we implant a new rule, If a story does not have X amount of pages, it be marked as Under Construction? Mask man 19:50, 27 October 2008 (PDT)

ya sounds good but even if some arnt being worked on we should still keep a few of the good ideas. For example i have strarted working on Zombie blood last week when it only hade 1 page on it.Power8

I think what I'll do is create a Pit of Abandoned Stories page. Any story of less than ten pages which hasn't been touched in over a month gets dropped off the Main Page and into the Pit. Anyone who gets inspired by an abandoned story may freely remove it from the Pit and add to it. --Platypus 10:50, 28 October 2008 (PDT)

Maybe an Idea?

I've been wanting to make a more formal one like these for a while, I've made http://writtenadventures.com in attempt to do so, but you can't add to someone else's adventures. I'm not sure if people more like to add to others' stories, or write their own from start to finish.

Note: If this is considered spam in anyway please delete it immediately, I don't mean it to be at all, just Wiki seems to be a little complicated.

From what I've seen, some people here hate having their stories touched by other people, and some people love to add to stories in progress or start stories that they hope others will add to. We get all types here. --Platypus 16:18, 27 November 2008 (PST)