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Information for Contributors

Page history last edited by Imperial Historian 13 years, 10 months ago

The wiki has needed this for a while, but I've finally got the time and motivation to add this page.

 

The wiki is an enormous project, and it can be quite difficult to know where to contribute, I'm adding this page for everyone to write the latest information about what they are doing, and what needs to be done, so new users can quickly see where to go to contribute, and who to contact to find out more.

 

The wiki can be conveniently divided into three major projects:

 

The Frequently Asked Questions, or FAQ section.  Here the questions which are raised most often in discussion which have been discussed to death on the forum are placed with commonly accepted answers, and some quotes to back up this argument, this allows reader to learn what accepted answers to there questions are, as well as providing information which can be used in any accompanying discussions on the forum.

 

Everyone is free to contribute and add to this section as they wish.  Dolorous Menhir is the contributor who has worked on this section most recently, so any specific questions should be directed to him, or myself (Imperial Historian).

 

The Chapter Summaries.  These are what a lot of people come here looking for (I get a message about them at least once a week), but unfortunately they are not finished.  Chapters from a number of the books have been summarised, but none are yet complete.

 

Anyone who wants to contribute to the wiki project easily to an incomplete area, this is the best place to start.  Previous work on chapter summaries has assigned one book to each interested member, this hasn't been successful, as summarising a complete malazan book is a mammoth tasks for one person.  For now we are going to try a new project, anyone interested can sign up for one chapter of the book to summarise, and then when finished do another one.  Hopefully by doing it this way we can get the entirety of gardens of the moon completed by the end of the year.

 

To sign up for a chapter go here, it is expected that if you sign up you will complete the chapter summary within a reasonable length of time (a couple of months).  If you add any updates on the summary straight to the wiki, others can see and offer comments, and work will not be repeated if you cannot finish the summary yourself.

 

Caladan Brood is currently working on a complete set of chapter summaries for Deadhouse Gates, contact him if you wish to contribute to these books.

 

The other books have incomplete chapter summaries, please contribute to gardens before writing summaries for these books.

 

The rest of the wiki, has a miscellany of information from the books with character profiles, information about the different races, and a whole host of other details.  Some of these entries are highly detailed, others are not.  Feel free to contribute to this section as you wish. Some good examples of a complete entry are listed below, as well as templates which can be used for new entries.

 

Good examples:

Character: Onrack

Race: Tiste Edur

 

Templates:

Dramatis Personae

 

If you see any entry which you believe needs work on list it on this page.  Hopefully this should make it easier for those who wish to contribute to find pages to improve.

 

Enjoy your time on the wiki, and I hope you find the information contained here useful,

 

Imperial Historian

Comments (2)

Iron Bars said

at 10:17 pm on May 25, 2011

Um, yeah, Onrack is not Tiste Edur, haha. T'lan Imass, I believe.

Iron Bars said

at 10:19 pm on May 25, 2011

And thanks for the add, guys. I'm going to do some research on the Avowed of the Crimson Guard. Haven't found much on them here. I have a mad busy schedule but I will do my best to contribute in a timely and somewhat entertaining manner. Ciao!

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