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More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:42 am
by makslane
I want to give to the Game Editor community more power and control over the whole site.
For this, I want to unify the look of the main site, forum, wiki and development site.
My idea to give more control is transform the main site in a wiki, so, every user here can edit the site.
Even better if we can put a blog for each user like the Wordpress (http://wordpress.org)

What We have:

Main site: http://game-editor.com (made with: static html files, sith few dynamic contents to show the demo)
Forum: http://game-editor.com/forum (made with: http://phpbb.com)
Wiki: http://game-editor.com/wiki (made with: http://mediawiki.org)
Development site: http://code.game-editor.com (made with: http://trac.edgewall.org)

I'm trying to find templates thats cover the phpBB and Mediawiki, but if We have a good template for the mediawiki, I think will be a good start to replace the main site.
The only think is put all contents of the main site in the wiki!

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:56 pm
by Hblade
Do you think that's a good idea? What if a nub enters and starts typing random things

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:16 pm
by pyrometal
Hblade wrote:What if a nub enters and starts typing random things


That's why IP banning is a useful tool!

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:20 pm
by jimmynewguy
IP banning lol

But ya I think it's a good idea :)

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:38 pm
by Kalladdolf
Generally it is a good idea as long as we're able to control ourselves.

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:20 pm
by makslane
Hblade wrote:Do you think that's a good idea? What if a nub enters and starts typing random things


The moderators can do what I do now in the forum: delete abusive posts and ban bad users!
The point is the most users here doesn't post bad or random things ob the forum.

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:32 pm
by Kalladdolf
Did you have in mind to set up moderators here?

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:41 pm
by Hblade
I know, I know. Just saying :P. Anyways, since you guys all put it taht way, heck, I think it's a good idea too then o.o

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:49 pm
by Kalladdolf
Oh, you had a good reason for your concerns. It's not always the safest thing to do and I appriceate makslane's trust in us.

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:54 pm
by Hblade
Me too :D It wasn't the current useres I was worried about, it was new ones.

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:56 pm
by makslane
Kalladdolf wrote:Did you have in mind to set up moderators here?


If have enougth number of posts and change, yes!

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:58 pm
by makslane
Hblade wrote:Me too :D It wasn't the current useres I was worried about, it was new ones.


Another way, is give write access only to the trusted users, may be, based on the score.

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:30 pm
by Fuzzy
You could have an area that anyone could write to, and after review by the moderators, it gets moved to a more permanent place where only more trusted people can edit.

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:41 pm
by makslane
Is another good idea, thanks!

Re: More Power to the Game Editor Community

PostPosted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:51 pm
by Hblade
Or you could have it to where when someone writes something, it has to be approved by you or something.