Return to Unfiction unforum
 a.r.g.b.b 
FAQ FAQ   Search Search 
 
Welcome!
New users, PLEASE read these forum guidelines. New posters, SEARCH before posting and read these rules before posting your killer new campaign. New players may also wish to peruse the ARG Player Tutorial.

All users must abide by the Terms of Service.
Website Restoration Project
This archiving project is a collaboration between Unfiction and Sean Stacey (SpaceBass), Brian Enigma (BrianEnigma), and Laura E. Hall (lehall) with
the Center for Immersive Arts.
Announcements
This is a static snapshot of the
Unfiction forums, as of
July 23, 2017.
This site is intended as an archive to chronicle the history of Alternate Reality Games.
  

The time now is Fri Nov 22, 2024 1:07 pm
All times are UTC - 4 (DST in action)		 View posts in this forum since last visit
View unanswered posts in this forum
Calendar
 Forum index » Chaotic Fiction » Slender Man Mythos
Operation Slendy Wikipedia
Moderators: ChildOfAtom, Cougar Draven, DavFlamerock, Dixie_Wolf, ndemeter
View previous topicView next topic
Page 3 of 6 [78 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Next
Author Message
Cougar DravenModerator
Entrenched


Joined: 30 Oct 2010
Posts: 1190
Location: Potentially everywhere.
VoidCaste wrote:
Man, I quit reading your sad attempts at insults like forever ago. You piss and moan or try for wit all ya like, it doesn't matter to me or even 90% of posters on here. You're a joke.

Now Mr. SRS BIDNESS please, keep banging away on that keyboard with them fatfingers of yours lol keep proving how ignorant you really are.


Ah, except I'm not ignorant, not by a long shot. I suspect you aren't either, but you troll too much for your own good.

As it stands, I suspect I'm starting to irritate you, so, by all means, go away and quit reading my posts, and I'll stop responding to you.
_________________
Currently playing: MH, EMH, The Master Theorem
Moderating: Slender Man Mythos, The Master Theorem
Writing: ???
Picture that. In your dreams.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:55 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
VoidCaste
Decorated

Joined: 22 Feb 2011
Posts: 251

 		*Yawn* Dude SRSLY if you need to get in the last word/post all you have to do is ask nicely.
I'll give it ya, promise. Laughing

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:58 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
qaqa
Unfictologist


Joined: 23 Oct 2010
Posts: 1660

 		I don't agree with VoidCaste's behavior, but I don't need a wikipedia page to validate any of this. I don't need it to go mainstream. And I think we have plenty of talented young people involved, and more getting involved everyday, doing their own thing. Learning how to write and direct. It's inspiring enough on its own. DIY.

I admire the effort and devotion to the concept but I don't see the need for this. As I see it, the longer this remains a homegrown development, a shared creative concept, and refrains from bucking for mainstream publicity, the longer it avoids turning into The Ring 2 or The Grudge 3.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:58 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
VoidCaste
Decorated

Joined: 22 Feb 2011
Posts: 251
qaqa wrote:
I don't agree with VoidCaste's behavior, but I don't need a wikipedia page to validate any of this. [/i]


Just out of curiosity, what part of "My behavior" is it that you don't agree with? My original assessment of Phenom asking people why they haven't been editing or me defending myself from being cursed at and insulted?
Not trying to argue with you, Im really just curious to know the reason for singling my behavior out.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 2:07 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
NoMoreGaems
Unfettered


Joined: 17 Sep 2010
Posts: 627

 		Well, he's a modern folk character, so he's gonna get popular sooner or later.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:12 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Phenom
Unfettered

Joined: 01 Jan 2011
Posts: 547

 		Thanks CD for your support.

I think this was going to get a page sooner or later.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:36 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
SolDL
Unfettered


Joined: 21 Oct 2010
Posts: 545
qaqa wrote:
I don't agree with VoidCaste's behavior, but I don't need a wikipedia page to validate any of this. I don't need it to go mainstream. And I think we have plenty of talented young people involved, and more getting involved everyday, doing their own thing. Learning how to write and direct. It's inspiring enough on its own. DIY.

I admire the effort and devotion to the concept but I don't see the need for this. As I see it, the longer this remains a homegrown development, a shared creative concept, and refrains from bucking for mainstream publicity, the longer it avoids turning into The Ring 2 or The Grudge 3.


I don't think it needs a Wikipedia page, but for the opposite reason. The thing that is frightening about Slender Man is the mystery of him, that first moment of pants-shitting terror you feel when you discover a link to Marble Hornets at 1 in the morning, without any sort of explanation given. The only thing I can see a Wikipedia page being used for is for rookie bloggers to tout their wares, or to provide some sort of concrete definition about what Slender Man is, which is going to reduce the quality of experience for newcomers to the Mythos. And I don't think it'd be picked up by anybody with a budget if it didn't have that chill anymore.

Qaqa, homegrown entertainment and grassroots support is all very nice, and sure, it avoids becoming The Ring 2. But it's also not given the chance to become Ring or Ju-on.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:48 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Cougar DravenModerator
Entrenched


Joined: 30 Oct 2010
Posts: 1190
Location: Potentially everywhere.

 		Can't believe I actually have to try to rally the troops.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Slender_Man_(2nd_nomination)

Now, just a bit of a warning. I'll not be tolerating insults and flaming in this thread. We've dealt with it before, I won't do it again. Anything of the sort gets extricated and moved to the troll thread.
_________________
Currently playing: MH, EMH, The Master Theorem
Moderating: Slender Man Mythos, The Master Theorem
Writing: ???
Picture that. In your dreams.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:51 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Phenom
Unfettered

Joined: 01 Jan 2011
Posts: 547
Cougar Draven wrote:
Can't believe I actually have to try to rally the troops.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Slender_Man_(2nd_nomination)

Now, just a bit of a warning. I'll not be tolerating insults and flaming in this thread. We've dealt with it before, I won't do it again. Anything of the sort gets extricated and moved to the troll thread.


I don't know if this will help or not but I remember some guy at Wikipedia gave me link to a e-book (that was also published as a real book) that had part of it explaining Marble Hornets. I'll try to find it.

Is it possible we can use this as a citation?

EDIT: Found it:

http://books.google.com/books?id=Ovyn0Uvt6g8C&lpg=PP2&ots=GecVcpSUYZ&dq=marblehornets&lr&pg=PA87#v=snippet&q=marble%20hornets&f=false

Any useful?

PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:15 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
SolDL
Unfettered


Joined: 21 Oct 2010
Posts: 545

 		I'm reading a lot of the points they make on the nomination page, and in accordance with the Wikipedia rules for primary sources, I'd personally agree with a lot of the deleters. But if you do want to stop it, maybe see if you can't use one of the secondary blogs which discuss these ie. Slenderbloggins to make references, rather than the primary blogs themselves? I do agree with you, Cougar: It's notable, nobody can say it's not. The issue is, we are far too deep in this ourselves, and I bet you folks wrote a lot of that from your own memory, which Wiki frowns on.

I'd also say that if we're pushing Slendy as an 'urban legend' (which I don't think I agree with as a definition; he is a memetic device at best), we'd need to cut the clearly fictional blog sections, PARTICULARLY the Core Theory part. Once again, I'm not saying it's not notable, it absolutely is within the fanbase. But that blog section there looks pretty out of place, if I was writing, I'd focus on the blogs which have recognition outside of this circle, and that would pretty much only extend to Marble Hornets.

I've made it pretty clear that I'm mostly ambivalent towards this article, but I know you folks want to keep it. TL;DR? Go to Slenderbloggins, see if we can't dig some citations up there.

The book Phenom is talking about also looks like a damn good read.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:59 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Phenom
Unfettered

Joined: 01 Jan 2011
Posts: 547

 		Hey, didn't Troy get interviewed by some online magazine? That might be a good source if I can find it.

PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:16 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Cougar DravenModerator
Entrenched


Joined: 30 Oct 2010
Posts: 1190
Location: Potentially everywhere.
SolDL wrote:
I'm reading a lot of the points they make on the nomination page, and in accordance with the Wikipedia rules for primary sources, I'd personally agree with a lot of the deleters. But if you do want to stop it, maybe see if you can't use one of the secondary blogs which discuss these ie. Slenderbloggins to make references, rather than the primary blogs themselves? I do agree with you, Cougar: It's notable, nobody can say it's not. The issue is, we are far too deep in this ourselves, and I bet you folks wrote a lot of that from your own memory, which Wiki frowns on.


Not so much personal memory, but definitely under the auspices of original research and questionable sourcing. And there's the rub.
_________________
Currently playing: MH, EMH, The Master Theorem
Moderating: Slender Man Mythos, The Master Theorem
Writing: ???
Picture that. In your dreams.

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:01 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
The Kempest
Unfettered


Joined: 07 Mar 2011
Posts: 433
Location: Northern California

 		HNNNNNNNNGGGGG INTERNET FIGHT

PHENOM POSTED AND NOW I'M MAD AND SHIT

TIME TO TELL DRAVEN TO FUCK OFF

HNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG
_________________
The wrestlers complained he was loud, they couldn't study Kempest scripts.
Tharol wrote:
Sorry there Kempest causes laugh.


PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 3:17 am
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Krauser888
Veteran

Joined: 19 Jun 2011
Posts: 128
SolDL wrote:
I'd also say that if we're pushing Slendy as an 'urban legend' (which I don't think I agree with as a definition; he is a memetic device at best), we'd need to cut the clearly fictional blog sections, PARTICULARLY the Core Theory part. Once again, I'm not saying it's not notable, it absolutely is within the fanbase. But that blog section there looks pretty out of place, if I was writing, I'd focus on the blogs which have recognition outside of this circle, and that would pretty much only extend to Marble Hornets.


But...but...my free publicity...D':

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 1:43 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
SolDL
Unfettered


Joined: 21 Oct 2010
Posts: 545

 		Hey, you sign a book deal, you're back up there like a shot, buddy.

Or the script I've heard so little about!

PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 11:54 pm
 View user's profile
 Back to top 
Display posts from previous:   Sort by:   
Page 3 of 6 [78 Posts]   Goto page: Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Next
View previous topicView next topic
 Forum index » Chaotic Fiction » Slender Man Mythos
Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
You cannot post calendar events in this forum



Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group