[casual_games] Casual Games Wiki Deletion

[Brent Lowrie]

Brian and group

I think a page per is a fine idea, although really more value to someone
who does not have a current website. Companies and most freelancer and
contractors invest a lot of time, money and effort creating engaging
websites to convey their message and show their work. Personally, seeing
as they would have to click a link off the main listing page anyways, I
would rather they visit my website which would probably be the end
result anyways. Just my 2 bits.


Brent Lowrie
Team Leader

RARE METHOD Games and Animation
500, 1812 4th Street S.W. Calgary AB T2S 1W1
P. 403.543.4500 x341 F. 403.532.3004

games.raremethod.com

-----Original Message-----
From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Brian Robbins
Sent: October 22, 2005 2:34 PM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: RE: [casual_games] Casual Games Wiki Deletion

Will, thanks for bringing this to my attention. I'm actively working
with Jason Della Rocca to get this resolved. The reason the Blockdot
page was flagged for deletion is as Allan mentioned, it contains
personal contact information, and we are trying to keep the wiki free of
any classified ads.

However, as mentioned in an earlier thread there is a need and value to
having a list of developers and publishers, and this content is entirely
appropriate to the Wiki. I have moved the previous lists to within the
Casual Games namespace, and would like to encourage all of you to help
contribute to the Developer
(http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/Casual_Games_SIG/Developers) and
Publisher
(http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/Casual_Games_SIG/Publishers)
sections.

I would like to get more of your opinions on having full pages on the
wiki dedicated to a single company (such as the Blockdot page:
http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/Blockdot  I can see potential value
for this as it allows everyone to provide a greater level of information
than we want on the Publisher or Developer listings. However there is a
fine line between providing information and becoming a space for
classified ads. What do all of you think? At the end of the day this is
your Wiki and we all want to make sure that it contains the kind of
content that you find useful.

In specific response to Allan, while his comments have been true in the
past, I am confident that we are moving beyond that point, and we as a
SIG are going to start actively utilizing this Wiki to share knowledge
with the community, as well as to collaborate on future projects. I will
be actively monitoring all changes on the Casual SIG space and we will
be able to rectify any "liberal editing and deletion"  Please do not let
that concern prevent you from contributing.

For those of you that are new to Wiki's, I'd also like to encourage you
to learn more in the Quickstart Guide
http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/IGDAwiki:Quick_Start_Guide

Thanks everyone!
--
Brian Robbins
Director, Online Gaming
http://www.fuelgames.com/blog/
Chair, IGDA Online Games SIG  & IGDA Casual Games SIG
http://www.igda.org/online/     http://www.igda.org/casual/