The ADTRWiki: Series synopses, suggestions

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Pierson: Oct 31, 2004; College Slice

ADTRWiki

ADTRWIKI.com is an open-source collaborative effort between all members of SA who have maybe at some point in the past enjoyed a show about anime and think that other people might enjoy it too. If someone's looking for a good show and don't perhaps know exactly what they're looking for, this is the place to browse. It's a repository of the good shows we've watched over the years and has opinions, links where you can find more information, and opinions of SA members of the shows they've watched.

Notes

You must be approved to do basically anything that isn't looking at pages. Post in this thread so Nate RFB or I can approve you and you can start making and editing.
This isn't meant to be a comprehensible encyclopedia of anime. We want writeups and (most importantly) opinions on series that people have enjoyed and/or think others would enjoy, not just a volumous recording of all the bad shows we've subjected ourselves to over the years.
No porn.
It isn't as hard as it looks. There is an editing guideline linked on the front page of the wiki that details all the different formatting, none of it is any more complex than using the tags here. Take a shot at it!
Joke/parody pages. Unless they're really funny.
Don't just make stub pages. If you don't like a series enough to make a full page on it, opinion and all, you probably shouldn't.
If the wiki goes down then one of us is just loving with code. Pay no attention to the goon behind the curtain, it'll be back up shortly.

Pierson fucked around with this message at 12:58 on Jul 18, 2012

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Quotey: Aug 16, 2006; We went out for lunch and then we stopped for some bubble tea.

Signed up as Quotey.

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Zorak: Nov 7, 2005

In as Zorak.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 17:52

Swilo: Jun 2, 2004; ANIME SUCKS HARD

Registered as Swilo, already spotted some typos :arghfist:

# ? Jan 15, 2007 18:51

XboxPants: Jan 30, 2006; Steven doesn't want me watching him sleep anymore.

I'm there as... you guessed it... XboxPants.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 19:00

nil!: Feb 5, 2004; I don't think so.

What the hell, I'm in.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 19:11

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

XboxPants posted:

I'm there as... you guessed it... XboxPants.

I can't find you when I search for "XboxPants" :confused:

(EDIT: Or I could look at the user list... :downs:

)

I made a Haibane Renmei entry as a quick test, and noticed:

1. "Licensed" is spelled wrong in the info box.
2. We should add a field for "Format," stating whether the entry is an Anime(TV/OVA/Movie) or Manga.
3. Is current status referring to whether the show is licensed, or whether it's finished?
4. Maybe, for manga, we should change the "Number of Episodes" to "Number of Episodes/Volumes:" That way either format has an option. "Episode Length" would just be set to "N/A" for Manga.
5. Eventually we should set up an index that shows all of the entries entered thus far.

Nate RFB fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Jan 15, 2007

# ? Jan 15, 2007 19:15

Pierson: Oct 31, 2004; College Slice

Nate RFB posted:

I can't find you when I search for "XboxPants" (EDIT: Or I could look at the user list... )

I made a Haibane Renmei entry as a quick test, and noticed:

1. "Licensed" is spelled wrong in the info box.
2. We should add a field for "Format," stating whether the entry is an Anime(TV/OVA/Movie) or Manga.
3. Is current status referring to whether the show is licensed, or whether it's finished?
4. Maybe, for manga, we should change the "Number of Episodes" to "Number of Episodes/Volumes:" That way either format has an option. "Episode Length" would just be set to "N/A" for Manga.
5. Eventually we should set up an index that shows all of the entries entered thus far.

All good points, changes have been made. I also removed the 'Anime Name' from the template since it was entirely redundant as page names display it anyway.

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Crazed_Capybara_Rider: Oct 22, 2000

Signed up as "CCR" because my username is huge.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 19:29

Craptacular!: Jul 9, 2001; Fuck the DH

Signed up as Craptacular!

# ? Jan 15, 2007 19:47

Sled: May 20, 2004; Musashi not only wields a sword but also a pair of pistols.

Signed up as Sledeau.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 19:50

Totalizator: Nov 9, 2006; Can't post for 3 years!

Signed up as Totalizator.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 20:04

Lunch! Finally!: Jan 23, 2006; I- I don't even know what you just called me!

Eh, what have I got to lose? In as Golden315

# ? Jan 15, 2007 20:06

clearacell: Mar 25, 2006; Just gotta take it down...like a champ.

Registered as clearacell, hope to help out any way I can

# ? Jan 15, 2007 20:11

nil!: Feb 5, 2004; I don't think so.

Is there any clean way to list multiple opening/ending songs? I'm attempting a Honey & Clover entry which has 5 songs total and it looks like hell. Even worse, think of a series like Bleach that has upwards of a dozen or more. Maybe Op/Eds should be in the body instead of the info box.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 20:17

ZiegeDame: Aug 21, 2005; YUKIMURAAAA!

See if you can guess what I registered as.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 20:20

Pierson: Oct 31, 2004; College Slice

nil! posted:

Is there any clean way to list multiple opening/ending songs? I'm attempting a Honey & Clover entry which has 5 songs total and it looks like hell. Even worse, think of a series like Bleach that has upwards of a dozen or more. Maybe Op/Eds should be in the body instead of the info box.

Oh God I never thought of that. Good idea, implemented.

VVV You've got a point there. I think we should keep episode length/# of episodes and the company/director that made them at least because that gives a general idea of how long the series is and the creators because everyone likes that kind of thing. Should we keep those four and get rid of the others?

Pierson fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Jan 15, 2007

# ? Jan 15, 2007 20:21

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

nil! posted:

Is there any clean way to list multiple opening/ending songs? I'm attempting a Honey & Clover entry which has 5 songs total and it looks like hell. Even worse, think of a series like Bleach that has upwards of a dozen or more. Maybe Op/Eds should be in the body instead of the info box.

To be honest, I wonder if we even need to have them listed. Afterall, if you're interested in pieces of info like that then ANN would be a better source probably. The purpose of the wiki is more to just get a show's name out there as a recommendation, rather than provide on random info bits into the show. I wonder if, in that sense, we need list stuff like "Director" since that too may have multiple entries.

EDIT: Eh, I like having the Director listed I guess because that way we can also have an "Artist" for manga.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 20:21

XboxPants: Jan 30, 2006; Steven doesn't want me watching him sleep anymore.

Nate RFB posted:

To be honest, I wonder if we even need to have them listed. Afterall, if you're interested in pieces of info like that then ANN would be a better source probably. The purpose of the wiki is more to just get a show's name out there as a recommendation, rather than provide on random info bits into the show. I wonder if, in that sense, we need list stuff like "Director" since that too may have multiple entries.

EDIT: Eh, I like having the Director listed I guess because that way we can also have an "Artist" for manga.

Maybe this can be a case by case basis - when there's a director who's pretty much doing the whole show, like Satoshi Kon or Miyazaki, then you would list a director, but if it's Naruto or something where there's a random director for every episode, that's not very important, and you don't list any director information.

Also, "format" doesn't need to say "anime/manga" on the final page, that's redundant; same thing for "status".

# ? Jan 15, 2007 20:30

Pierson: Oct 31, 2004; College Slice

XboxPants posted:

Maybe this can be a case by case basis - when there's a director who's pretty much doing the whole show, like Satoshi Kon or Miyazaki, then you would list a director, but if it's Naruto or something where there's a random director for every episode, that's not very important, and you don't list any director information.

Also, "format" doesn't need to say "anime/manga" on the final page, that's redundant; same thing for "status".

The thing about the Template:Infobox page is, you can have dozens of lines in the template page, and then only use the ones you think are neccessary in the series page. Any you choose not to add info for won't be shown.

Edit: no, it appears I'm dead wrong. You can add new fields to the infobox template but you can't not show ones currently there. Oh well.

Pierson fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Jan 15, 2007

# ? Jan 15, 2007 20:37

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

Pierson posted:

edit: Example, if you wanted to add the writer for your show, you'd just add
code:
|- 
! Writer
| {{{writer|}}}
|-
To the Template:Infobox page, and then
code:
writer = Some Guy|
To the series page infobox, and it would show up. But since nobody else added that to their page, it wouldn't for them. At this point it's really a question of how much info the writer of the page wants to include. On one hand you're right and this isn't ANN filled with trivia, but on the other there's no harm in adding it.

I added "# of Episodes" to the Template to see if I could try to alternate between "Episodes/Volumes" and "Episodes," but while it added the field that I wanted it didn't remove the original "Episodes/Volumes" from the page.

At least this means we can have a degree of customization for each entry, if the entry maker is willing to add the necessary stuff to the Infobox.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 21:00

Squallege: Jan 7, 2006; No greater good, no just cause; Grimey Drawer

Registered as Greed.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 21:11

Pierson: Oct 31, 2004; College Slice

Nate, take a look at the :hr:

page. If you don't have a problem with it shall we use that as the standard template so we can stop messing around with layouts? Basically eveything that isn't the short synopsis (i.e. music, character bios, website links etc) can go into sub-headings under Main Description as the writer feels the need to add them, and the infobox kept to the bare minimum of info?

# ? Jan 15, 2007 21:21

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

Pierson posted:

Nate, take a look at the page. If you don't have a problem with it shall we use that as the standard template so we can stop messing around with layouts? Basically eveything that isn't the short synopsis (i.e. music, character bios, website links etc) can go into sub-headings under Main Description as the writer feels the need to add them, and the infobox kept to the bare minimum of info?

Sounds good to me. I changed "If You Like This..." to "If You Like This, You Might Like..." though just for clarity.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 21:31

Factor_VIII: Feb 2, 2005; Les soldats se trouvent dans la v�rit�.

Signed up as Factor_VIII.

Nate RFB posted:

Sounds good to me. I changed "If You Like This..." to "If You Like This, You Might Like..." though just for clarity.

I agree that this is more descriptive.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 21:46

darkgray: Dec 20, 2005; My best pose facing the morning sun!

I've registered as "darkgray". Hold me.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 22:02

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

Everyone who has registered thus far is approved. You guys can start making entires, using the Haibane page as a template. Unless there are any comments/suggestions over the look for it. Otherwise, just search for whatever page you want to make, and when it doesn't find it click on "Create page."

Next step is finding a way to index the entries.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 22:10

Ziddar: Jul 24, 2003; Time Travel: Not Even Once

okay maybe a few times

Hopping in as 'Ziddar'. Looking forward to good things. :coal:

# ? Jan 15, 2007 22:26

tankadillo: Aug 15, 2006

Registered as raezr. This looks like a great idea

# ? Jan 15, 2007 23:05

Craptacular!: Jul 9, 2001; Fuck the DH

Do I need to know a lot of Wikipedia poo poo to contribute to this? I can work with the 'fill in the blank' template, but I've never contributed to Wikipedia aside from some very minor text entry, vandalism reversal, and typo correcting.

I know this makes me a minority who is very NOT Web 2.0, but what can I say...

# ? Jan 15, 2007 23:14

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

Craptacular! posted:

Do I need to know a lot of Wikipedia poo poo to contribute to this? I can work with the 'fill in the blank' template, but I've never contributed to Wikipedia aside from some very minor text entry, vandalism reversal, and typo correcting.

I know this makes me a minority who is very NOT Web 2.0, but what can I say...

Well, I didn't know anything about creating/editing wiki pages until this morning, and now that the template seems more or less hammered out I think it'll be a lot easier. It's a work in progress, so any help can be directed right in the thread here.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 23:32

Nick Biped: May 22, 2004; In the wrong hands, the stapler is a deadly weapon.

Sounds neat. Signed up as Nick Biped.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 23:51

Factor_VIII: Feb 2, 2005; Les soldats se trouvent dans la v�rit�.

I've now created my first entry. One suggestion I have to make however is that we add a few links at the bottom of each article in order to make it easier for someone that's interested in a series to look up more information about it.

# ? Jan 15, 2007 23:53

Sirmio: Aug 1, 2006

This is an awesome idea, signed up as Sirmio.

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L-O-N: Sep 13, 2004; Pillbug

In as L-O-N. You trust me, right? :sweatdrop:

# ? Jan 16, 2007 01:48

tankadillo: Aug 15, 2006

How do we want to categorize articles? I'm guessing the best method would be by genre since that's what most people are going to care about, but maybe also by director and stuff might be a good idea.

# ? Jan 16, 2007 01:49

Konstantin: Jun 20, 2005; And the Lord said, "Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

In as Konstantin. Hopefully this won't result in drama.

# ? Jan 16, 2007 01:58

Embedded_Image: Mar 12, 2003; headfirst

Interesting. If you type in "Yu-Gi-Oh" it will take you to the correct page. If you type in "yu gi oh" it returns nothing. How hard is it to add closest matches to the search results? Also, do we have redirects working? We can't even agree on an official thread title for Haruhi...

Last thing: does anyone think it would be a good idea to have a players/codec page? It might be an easy way to keep everyone current.

Embedded_Image fucked around with this message at 04:23 on Jan 16, 2007

# ? Jan 16, 2007 02:05

Solanumai: Mar 26, 2006; It's shrine maiden, not shrine maid!

This seems like a good idea. I'm in as Shere.

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Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

raezr posted:

How do we want to categorize articles? I'm guessing the best method would be by genre since that's what most people are going to care about, but maybe also by director and stuff might be a good idea.

Genres and formats are probably the two best ways. Maybe Pierson can elaborate on how that'll work though. Right now searching goes just for revelancy, but hopefully it can be made so that you can run a search that grabs every entry with "Drama" as a Genre, or every Manga entry that's been published thus far. Eventually maybe we'll find a way to sort the results by highest votes, and so on.

Embedded_Image posted:

Last thing: does anyone think it would be a good idea to have a players/codec page? It might be an easy way to keep everyone current.

As in, the best stuff to use to watch fansubs? I think it might be a bit unnecessary, but it can't hurt either.

# ? Jan 16, 2007 02:27

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