Conclave / Carthax Sector wiki?

[Kaled]

I was thinking about the Chronicles of the Carthaxian Conclave thread and wondered if we should recreate it as a wiki. That way different characters / campaigns/ events etc could all have their own pages which could be hyper-linked rather than all just being in one long thread.  People could post characters and profiles on there too if they so fancied. Also people could also use it to post the adventures of their characters in their own campaigns as well as what happens when they come together at Conclave events and the two could still be separated

The other thing I thought we could put on there are guides to Inquisitor, creating characters, running campaigns etc.

I'd looked at wikispaces as a possible place to host this, but before going any further I thought I'd see if anyone else thinks it's a good idea...

- Dave

[DapperAnarchist]

I like it - I already have  a Google Sites site for my little subsector, which, once I do some gaming, will be evolved.

[MarcoSkoll]

I was actually wondering about this some time ago. It is starting to reach a scale where it would benefit from all the hyperlinking and extra depth a wiki could offer.

If we were really going into such things, then we could also start building up an official history, which is an area where the sector is somewhat lacking - nothing too rigid as to stop people adding to it, but at least addressing the basics of Carthax Sector history through big events like the Horus Heresy and Age of Apostasy.

I'd certainly suggest keeping the thread for new big announcements relating to events and such though.

[RobSkib]

I'm very game for this, I think it's a brilliant idea.

In regards to an official history, I think that anything written on the 'history' section would be official enough for me. People can change, amend and add little bits here and there, and anyway, there's the 'official' history, and what actually happened

I'd certainly contribute my various planets, gribblies, heroes and villains to the wiki, it'd be a great way of interweaving everything.

[Inquisitor Octavian Lars]

Great Idea, I tried using a blog, but it sort of died in my mind.

[Kaled]

Okay, watch this space - I have a day off tomorrow so will look at setting this up in between starting work on yet another Blood Bowl team* and visiting the dentist.

* I'm sure I'll get back to Inquisitor models soon, I have a few ideas that are crying out to be made into models.

[Kaled]

It's rough, and I haven't really uploaded any proper content, but this is the kind of thing I was thinking of;
http://carthax.wikispaces.com/

A proper logo is in the works, and I'll start copying over content from various places as I find time.  In the meantime feel free to join up and start posting stuff.  I'll probably approach a couple of people to help oversee the site and keep things organised but I'm keen to have as many people as possible contribute.  As with the 'Chronicles' thread, please don't worry too much about inconsistencies and contradictions - remember the golden rule EYHBTIAL.

[RobSkib]

Boom, signed up. Apparently I've got to wait for my request for membership has been accepted or something?

What kind of things are we looking for here? It's very bare bones atm, and I don't really know what kind of format anything is going to be in. Should I just write things here and there until we have a rough idea of formatting, when everything can be done at once?

[Heroka Vendile]

So our own conclave-approved version of Nexus Hive then? Sounds like a good idea, so long as people are sensible and can cross-reference properly.

[RobSkib]

Well, I'd consider Inquisitor players to be the most sensible out of any gamers, it's a fair prerequisite for the game! I'm rubbish at cross-referencing, but there's always time to learn, and I have plenty to contribute, even if it's crap.

[Kaled]

I think that the best thing to do is for people to post whatever they see fit and we can look at rearranging it all if necessary. Campaigns, characters, background, fiction would all be valid things to post. I'll post the FAQs I wrote about the game on there, but if people want to add to them or to add pages on modelling, gaming, getting started etc then that would be good too. I just threw up some sections as a starting point - feel free to suggest others or to suggest a completely different structure if you have a better idea.

As for formatting, some templates would be good so if anyone has any suggestions in that regard then let me know.

[Macabre]

Would you included my work done on the Wilderwest?

[Heroka Vendile]

I've never used wikispaces before, so don't know anything about their template setup off-hand.

I did think of something extra for the left nav bar though, to go alongside Imperial Institutions. "Rogues Gallery" is the current name of the page, intended for organisations and people that while probably breaking laws or whatever, are still essentially Imperial and not "threats" as such. Such as arms smugglers, rogue traders, criminal gangs, etc.

[Kaled]

Would you included my work done on the Wilderwest?

Please feel free to add whatever you want. Anything people create that adds to the sector  (or to a neighbouring sector), or is useful to people who want to know more about the game is valid.

I did think of something extra for the left nav bar though, to go alongside Imperial Institutions. "Rogues Gallery" is the current name of the page, intended for organisations and people that while probably breaking laws or whatever, are still essentially Imperial and not "threats" as such. Such as arms smugglers, rogue traders, criminal gangs, etc.

I've added that to the menu. As people add pages I'll keep reassessing what goes on that menu.

[DapperAnarchist]

Can we have a subsector section? For those who want to be within Carthax, but not stepping on too many toes