Recently I just discovered what the Wiki feature was for. And upon searching, most seem to not know what its purpose is and therefore don't care about it. Never fear, I'm here. It's been approximately never since I wrote an informative প্রবন্ধ so আপনি are all in for quite the treat!
"It's a glorified article."
I've seen several মতামত that Wikis are a "glorified article", insinuating that what আপনি can and would put in a Wiki, আপনি can and would put in an article. That is simply not true. See below for example.
Above is what আপনি can do with an article. That is noticeably missing when আপনি go to create a Wiki for a very simple reason. Wikis are strictly informational.
For arguments' sake, I have tried to put the information I would put in a Wiki in an actual প্রবন্ধ to প্রদর্শনী the difference. The result is below.
Okay Heather, আপনি make an excellent point as always. But what DO I put in a Wiki?
Thank you. And as I've ব্যক্ত before, make Wikis informational. Think of Wikipedia + Wikia (a fandom spinoff of Wikipedia which ultimately is what ফ্যানপপ is going for here.) This would especially be easy (or difficult depending on your POV) for tv প্রদর্শনী clubs. I have already made a total of 5 Wikis for 2 different tv shows, and I've only just begun. There is a wealth of knowledge out there to inform current and potential অনুরাগী of.
I can't tell আপনি how many times I have found a club on here for a character, tv show, movie, অথবা celebrity and wanted to learn আরো about them only to have to open up another tab and গুগুল it for আরো information myself. Think of how much foot traffic that has হারিয়ে গেছে Fanpop, when it could all be easily accessed right here!
Here are some ideas of Wikis আপনি could make for সংগঠন আপনি are in:
TV Shows - A page for each season, episode, and character
Movie - A page for each character, and spinoffs/sequels
Actor/Actress - A page for characters they have played, tv and চলচ্চিত্র they appeared in
Musician - A page for each album
Awesome! What's to stop people from copy/pasting from Wikipedia/Wikia?
Nothing. But it doesn't mean you should. Not entirely anyway. I copy/pasted summaries for tv episodes for my Wikis but I also didn't take the easy way out and just c/p everything into a Wiki and call it a day. I went the route of Wikia and took screencaps to accompany my words. Take a look at the world's leading Wikia page link. Where I got my inspiration.
We at ফ্যানপপ like images. I think anyway. There's nothing that says Wikis have to be a pile of informative words. Make it fun for the fan! Here are some লিঙ্ক to Wikis I have already made so আপনি can see first hand for yourself. I have only just begun tweaking with this and I can think of so much I could add just to one season page. One annoying thing about Wikis is that if আপনি উঠিয়ে রাখুন an image, it uploads automatically to the club sans keywords/credit. Hopefully this gets fixed.
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Thanks Heather! This was very helpful. I'm off to watch John Wick now.
You're welcome ;)
TL;DR version Make your Wikis informational, opinion pieces and lists don't belong there!
"It's a glorified article."
I've seen several মতামত that Wikis are a "glorified article", insinuating that what আপনি can and would put in a Wiki, আপনি can and would put in an article. That is simply not true. See below for example.
Above is what আপনি can do with an article. That is noticeably missing when আপনি go to create a Wiki for a very simple reason. Wikis are strictly informational.
For arguments' sake, I have tried to put the information I would put in a Wiki in an actual প্রবন্ধ to প্রদর্শনী the difference. The result is below.
This just does not look right.
Okay Heather, আপনি make an excellent point as always. But what DO I put in a Wiki?
Thank you. And as I've ব্যক্ত before, make Wikis informational. Think of Wikipedia + Wikia (a fandom spinoff of Wikipedia which ultimately is what ফ্যানপপ is going for here.) This would especially be easy (or difficult depending on your POV) for tv প্রদর্শনী clubs. I have already made a total of 5 Wikis for 2 different tv shows, and I've only just begun. There is a wealth of knowledge out there to inform current and potential অনুরাগী of.
Improper use of Wikis
I can't tell আপনি how many times I have found a club on here for a character, tv show, movie, অথবা celebrity and wanted to learn আরো about them only to have to open up another tab and গুগুল it for আরো information myself. Think of how much foot traffic that has হারিয়ে গেছে Fanpop, when it could all be easily accessed right here!
(More) proper use of Wikis
Here are some ideas of Wikis আপনি could make for সংগঠন আপনি are in:
TV Shows - A page for each season, episode, and character
Movie - A page for each character, and spinoffs/sequels
Actor/Actress - A page for characters they have played, tv and চলচ্চিত্র they appeared in
Musician - A page for each album
Awesome! What's to stop people from copy/pasting from Wikipedia/Wikia?
Nothing. But it doesn't mean you should. Not entirely anyway. I copy/pasted summaries for tv episodes for my Wikis but I also didn't take the easy way out and just c/p everything into a Wiki and call it a day. I went the route of Wikia and took screencaps to accompany my words. Take a look at the world's leading Wikia page link. Where I got my inspiration.
A Wiki I created for one season of a tv show.
We at ফ্যানপপ like images. I think anyway. There's nothing that says Wikis have to be a pile of informative words. Make it fun for the fan! Here are some লিঙ্ক to Wikis I have already made so আপনি can see first hand for yourself. I have only just begun tweaking with this and I can think of so much I could add just to one season page. One annoying thing about Wikis is that if আপনি উঠিয়ে রাখুন an image, it uploads automatically to the club sans keywords/credit. Hopefully this gets fixed.
link
link
Thanks Heather! This was very helpful. I'm off to watch John Wick now.
You're welcome ;)
TL;DR version Make your Wikis informational, opinion pieces and lists don't belong there!
