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| + | July 14, 2022: I am no longer an active Editor on this Wiki. |
| − | ''Do Not Irritate The Loremaster, For Your Name Rhymes With Awful Things, And They Write The Remembrance.''
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| | + | I may return at some future point, but I have no plans to at this time. |
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| − | ==Profile==
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| − | Call me Talvin, more people know me by that than my real name anyhow.
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| − | I have been playing casually off and on, both tabletop (that's been a while) and computer games since the early 90s, and I have a significant collection of the novels, some in print from back when, though nowadays I mostly get Kindle. My most interesting achievement is losing a Highlander to a Gauss headshot (after I kept saying "There can be only one!") during a free-for-all game in college. And I have a degree in English and Education for all that's worth.
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| − | I have been enjoying this Wiki for a few years and decided it was time I stepped up to pay my dues.
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| − | ==Editing Philosophy== | |
| − | I want to create as few new articles as I can get away with, while working to improve the linking of existing articles. BTW has many pages that are orphans or only linked in their own little bubble, and I firmly believe that wikis work best when there are plenty of crossroads and side-alleys to wander down looking at interesting things. Well-organized category pages can help, but past a certain point they are not of much use to the average user due to the scale.
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| − | Alot of hard work has been done over the years, and before I add to the 35,000+ pages on here, I want to see about bringing some of that hard work forward so others can find it, use it, and improve it.
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| − | ===Creating Connections===
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| − | I want to expand on this a bit: I feel my best role in the Wiki as a whole is ''finding connections.'' With over 35,000 pages as of this writing, the BattleTech Wiki has a ''lot'' of information, but sometimes important bits are widely separated and need to be brought together. An example from the day I write this: I found [[Nagayan Mountain Castle Brian]] in the "Orphaned Pages", sitting unused. The Helm Memory Core! One of the early "big events" of BattleTech Canon! I found that that page cited a source that did not appear on the [[Helm]] page, nor the [[Helm Memory Core]] page, and neither page indicated that it was actually a Castle Brian! (Not sure if Castle Brian was established canon when the novel was written.) So, with a side-trip to the research desk to ensure it really did say "Castle Brian" in the source, I was able to add an important link to a key piece of lore in the Wiki. Not all or even most of what I do is a Big Score like that, but sometimes I come across some neglected little bit that makes me stop and go "Ooooooooh." Then I bring it out for everyone else to see: for readers to enjoy, and for other editors to incorporate into new and/or expanded articles.
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| − | It's not the only thing I do, but it is where my strength lies: not in making new articles, or rewriting old ones extensively, but in making the Wiki ''more Wikified'', if you will.
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| − | ===Just Keeping Score===
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| − | This is for my own amusement more than anything. As I say above, I want to create as few new articles (as distinct from pages, which may be talk pages or redirects or something like project pages) as possible. I also exclude one that started out to be an article and got moved to a Project Page. To remind myself of that, I will keep an updated score of how many articles I still have out there.
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| − | As of 16 February 2022: '''2'''
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| − | * [[Emil]]
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| − | * [[New Avalon Press]]
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| − | ==Projects==
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| − | ===Project Orphanage===
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| − | For my first project, I am going to do what I can do in the Orphanage: [[Special:LonelyPages]]
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| − | I am putting this at [[User:Talvin/Project Orphanage]] for now. If it becomes an official project later, that can move.
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| − | The LonelyPages page will only list up to 1,000 entries, so I am going to have to find someplace to park a lot of little things so I can ''find'' the bigger fish.
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| − | ===Word of Blake Navy===
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| − | [[User:Talvin/Word of Blake Navy]] is something I tinker with when I want a break from the Orphanage. Space battles need more love and attention.
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| − | ===Siege of Hesperus II===
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| − | Part of the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Battles of Hesperus, this was a space battle of note, and I believe the last WarShip battle before the Clan Invasion. I am finding a lot of orphans related to it, so I am going to park relevant ships here (not just orphans) and maybe work toward creating a page for that event. Mine [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Invincible_(Individual_Tharkad-class_WarShip)|what links to the Invincible]] for more.
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| − | OK, this is going to be *huge*, so time to break it out:
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| − | [[User:Talvin/Siege of Hesperus II (2853)]]
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| − | ===Project GameRules===
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| − | I am an active member of [[BattleTechWiki:Project GameRules|Project GameRules]]. My primary role is going around and adding <nowiki>{{WikiProject GameRules|tr=new}}</nowiki> to the discussion pages of articles that appear to me to contain actual game rules, and not just lore. Someone else will come behind me to see if they need edits.
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| − | ===Stuff on the Back Burner===
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| − | [[User:Talvin/Other_Projects|Other Projects]] I am considering or have set aside for now.
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| − | ==Pages That Amuse or Interest Me==
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| − | *[[Four Horsemen of Errai]] - The first big "gem" that I dug out of the Orphanage, that I recall. I hope they expand on this in canon someday.
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| − | *[[Jeffery Foxworth]] Love the reference.
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| − | *[[Schedar Enlightenment and Liberation Force]] (SELF). I mean, if they got forced to join a Clan, they would be...''SELF-Absorbed''!
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| − | *[[Callandra Witch]] There's a story here, and I hope they continue developing it.
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| − | *[[Dagen's Daggers]] Looks like they were just fluff from a Technical Readout, but this is the sort of thing that could make a whole Scenario Pack or Novella. Both? Both is good!
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| − | ==Awards==
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| − | Oh, this place has awards. Neat. I'll probably update my little red ribbon every Friday for now. It's a fun way to keep score.
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| | <div id="awardsboard"><div id="awardsboardheader">Awards Board</div> | | <div id="awardsboard"><div id="awardsboardheader">Awards Board</div> |
| − | [[File:DA.jpg|Direction Appreciated Award, 1st ribbon]]<br> | + | [[File:SupArt.jpg|Superior Article Award, 1st ribbon]][[File:HH.jpg|Helping Hand Award, 1st ribbon]]<br>[[File:AA 1bol.jpg|Assistance Appreciated Award, 2nd ribbon]][[File:DA.jpg|Direction Appreciated Award, 1st ribbon]][[File:SubAdd.jpg|Substantial Addition Award, 1st ribbon]]<br> |
| − | [[File:GH.jpg|Good Humor Award, 1st ribbon]][[File:EC1 1s.jpg|Edit Count (500)]] | + | [[File:GH.jpg|Good Humor Award, 1st ribbon]][[File:EC2 1c.jpg|Edit Count (7,500)]][[File:TIS2 1t.jpg|Time in Service (6 months)]] |
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| | + | <!--Began on 4 Feb, 2022. 3 Month: 4 May. 6 Month: 4 August. After that: Hiatus. --> |
