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[thebruce]

so... what's the point in duplicating the wiki?
especially copying one wiki content to another?
(and I haven't been doing edits on the D9 wikibruce yet, it's been mainly a few others)

[Dr. Awkward]

District 9 wikibruce - sweet !

[thebruce]

well, if it focuses more on the movie aspect, that's fine... but duplicating efforts (especially directly duplicating content) just leads to confusion. eg I specifically didn't set up a Fringe wiki because there was already a Fringe wiki.
Just saying.
Even so, I do intend to eventually get to 'touching up' the wiki.

[Dr. Awkward]

[thebruce]

Well players ultimately decide what resources they want and where.
But as anyone who maintains a website will tell you, finding another site duplicating your content, even linking back as the 'original source' is simply bad form. At the very least, it could be re-written so it's not an exact copy. If it's a website with a different purpose even, that wouldn't be so bad. But in this case, it's another wiki, with duplicated content, in a sense trying to 'one-up' the source (at least that's how it seems). If it's intending to offer additional information, then really, focus on the additional information and direct people to an already existing website for the rest, rather than duplicating its content.
Anyway, regardless, if people decide to use that wiki, that's fine, the community always decides.
I'm just saying - seeing the content of that wiki having duplicated the content of this wiki directly is just bad etiquette. My concern is partially confusion and people having upkeep two identical resources...

ie, blogs and wikis go hand in hand, even they offer the same content, because their purposes and methods of delivery are different; they help in different ways. Heck there's even d-9clues.com and d-9forum.com following everything...
whatever. doesn't matter... I've barely even touched this wiki yet anyway.

And I don't want to detail this thread into a webmaster battle any more than it already is... just voicing my concern about resources.

[DanTheDevil]

If this comes to fisticuffs, I've got your back thebruce .

[Dr. Awkward]

Bruce, don't take the debate format personal - it's simply easier to address your concerns in this manner ...

[thebruce]

Dude. It's a wiki. And it's directly copied content from another wiki. It's not a blog. It's not a forum. Even if it can be a serve as all three, it's still a wiki.
Anyway, this is Off Topic, and at the very least, I'm taking to PM, not public discourse.

[EloquentDemon]

But it's not your ARG to begin with...you're writing notes down on what has happened so far. In an ARG that you have no ownership rights over. And you're complaining because people are using the same words. From a wiki. I can say hello, you can say hello...it's not copyright infringement.

Once you posted it on a wiki it was free game.

Shut up all ready. Thanks.

[thebruce]

Listen, information wants to be free. People who organize information put their own personal effort into it. I never said the information belongs only in one place, and that's counter-intuitive with the nature of an ARG. But copying someone else's organizational work is not the same as organizing the same information your own way. I said I don't care how many sites there are or if this wetpaint site continues to exist - the more the merrier IMO, because the community ultimately decides. But in any medium, copying and pasting someone else's own efforts, let alone without asking is just bad etiquette.
..This has already blown waaaay out of proportion anyway. Take it to PM if you still want to debate. srsly.

[madamimadam]

this is so incredibly off-topic.. could you guys please carry this on in private messages? you're cluttering the D-9 forum with a personal argument. we need to be able to use it for D-9 information when the time comes. thanks

[StapledPuppet]

So off-topic? Geez.

Anyway, still no reply about the job information, I am still waiting on that one, has anyone else received any e-mails yet?

[madamimadam]

[Dr. Awkward]

I understand it's improper to have this discussion here, and for that I apologize unFicitioners ...
I won't address this any further in this thread or otherwise.

I really don't have any interest in debating via private message - it seems counter-intuitive to the point of a debate. Almost like having a private wiki - lol

Tho I thank you for the advice - this'll be a nice reference for me in terms of how other's may percieve things & how good intentions may not always justify their end by their means, as well as a what can be considered proper etiquette ...

I honestly don't consider the site mine, and am not terribly interested in District 9 currently - altho it does seem cool, summer's the busy season and arging falls to the wayside 'til snow is upon the lands ...

I had fifteen minutes to kill & thought I was doin' a good deed.
Feel free to edit or delete the pages in question ...
Apologies to anyone who took offence.

Also, for the record, I haven't recieved anything from MNU or any of the affiliate sites.

[crawls under rock]