User talk:Jmattera

Hi Jmattera,

Thanks! I'm with you.

I would like to see the Traveller Wiki entries more organized and interconnected like you.

A lot of the smaller entries almost never get seen such as Igsiirdi, a Vilani government entry, so now I've linked it to the Vilani entry.

I will work up a guide to using the (Header) system that I use.

Essentially it has three parts:

• (Entry Name), which is the name of the entry itself, such as Vilani
• (Category Name), which is the category or tag, usually at the bottom of the page, such as (Sophont).
• (Section Name), describes a section ith an entry, uch as (Synopsis), (Physiology), or (History).

So, that entry would read: "Vilani (Sophont) Synopsis"

The (Synopsis) part I important, it's a brief and quick definition or explanation of the entry so the writer can very quickly know what the entry is about. All of the entries benefit from that. And it's a standard Wiki practice.

Each kind of category in the Wiki has a pre-designed "template" of sections, that I designed to help organize and develop, or flesh out, the entry.

I'll work on more explanation for you.

Maksim-Smelchak. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 08:57, 16 January 2015 (EST)

So, for example, a creature entry would read:

Zh'a Cha'a (Creature) Synopsis

Zh'a Cha'a are small, generally green lizard-like reptillianoids with sucker feet.

Zh'a Cha'a (Creature) Physiology & Ecology

Physiological data.

Zh'a Cha'a (Creature) Diet & Trophics

Zh'a Cha'a are largely insectivores.

Zh'a Cha'a (Creature) History & Advisory

History of the beast and a JTAS advisory.

Zh'a Cha'a (Creature) References

Sources.

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Thanks for the feedback. It has been a real struggle to try to put some consistency and organization into the ship listings. Part of the problem is that I'm often taking someone else's creation and reworking it so that it makes more sense in my view. But again it is my view and I don't want to get into a flame war because my vision doesn't match up with another's views.

I've had several discussions with a retired navy guy, and he's helped to shape my actions in trying to organize the ship information. Please feel free to contribute your opinions. By the way it is great to see the mass of contributions you've made lately.

Can you provide some insight on your titling of headers? ie. Military, Government, etc. I am more likely to use category rather than including a category in a header line.

Jmattera (talk) 21:02, 15 January 2015 (EST)

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Hi Jmattera, Thanks, mate! What you say make sense. By the way, I think you do some great writing and like your posts. Maksim-Smelchak. Maksim-Smelchak (talk) 19:34, 14 January 2015 (EST)

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With the wide variance in tonnage, I'm not sure of the value of having it on that particular page. Tonnage does not seem to be a good measure because there is a lot of variance not only between tech levels, but between ship classes within the same tech level. I've struggled with attempting to organize the various ships into some system that makes sense, which accounts for the way I've organized the ships on the sub pages. If you feel that there is some better why to present the information, I would appreciate your input. Jmattera (talk) 19:21, 14 January 2015 (EST)

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Hi Jmattera, Could you add tonnage amounts to the "Starship Types" entries, please? Thanks! Maksim-Smelchak. 205.225.192.66 17:40, 14 January 2015 (EST)

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