[casual_games] Casual Games Wiki Deletion

[Sheri Pocilujko]

What about a template? 

I.e. if you view the QA SIG's website I believe under resources
(http://www.igda.org/qa/resources.php) you'll see a list of third-party
testing houses that has been started. If you go in each one has the
exact same things answered. 

So why not determine what you want up there and then create a template
for people to fill out and put on there?

The other option is do what the SIG did and have that kind of stuff go
on the website where there's limited access as to who can put what up
there and this forces people to fill out the template.

Just my 2 cents...
Sheri


Sheri Pocilujko
High Voltage Software
2345 Pembroke Avenue, Hoffman Estates, IL 60195
Email: sheri.pocilujko at high-voltage.com Web: http://www.high-voltage.com

-----Original Message-----
From: johns at worldwinner.com [mailto:johns at worldwinner.com] 
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 3:41 PM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [casual_games] Casual Games Wiki Deletion

hi

( 05.10.24 13:20 -0700 ) Kim Pallister:
> -          Assymetrical balance between companies (Company A has 50
> works, company B has 500 - Is B "more important" or did they just take
> the time)

why does this matter? so one company has a posting and another does not.
there are many reasons why a company may not have a listing on the wiki
[for instance, mgmnt doesn't give a flying f]. there are just as many
reasons why a company may have a listing [bored admin staff].

this is a wiki- not a financial report ...

if the wiki becomes more well known as a valuable resource, the
companies will put their information on there.

> -          "objective" voice likely to give way to "marketeer" voice.

? 

there are no objective voices ... [or maybe i just didn't drink the
'kool-aid' ...]

> At the very least, there should a policy recommendation about what to
> post, how much of it, and keeping it informational.

eh- one page. that's the recommendation. a wiki is a more informal way
to share information. i know this is hard for you at microsoft, but
let's just open it up and see what sticks. if the company information is
garbage, just skip it. if a company wants to put a whole lot of stuff on
their page, most of us won't read past 'the fold'.

i think it might be a good resource for some idga members. all the idga
needs is the disk space for ... let's say 500 wiki pages [wildly
optomistic]. not too much if you ask me.

> Even the blockdot example, while short, definitely tells you little
> about the company (it assumes you know) and just tells you how to get
> in touch with them to do business. Playfirst's entry is much better as
> an example of the right (IMHO) voice.

but on a wiki- it's up to the people making the content to decide what
voice they want. it's grass roots, not top down.

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