There are loads of wikis all over the place. There’s wikipedia, wikibooks (textbooks), wiktionary (dictionary), wikitravel (travel guide)…
There are plenty of “unofficial” wikis too. Some author fansites collect info about characters in a wiki. https://suberic.net has a Diana Wynne Jones wiki.
I doubt wikipedia would like us flooding them with articles about “Nose RC”, “Breathing RC” and “Bladder Induced Lucid Dreaming”. So perhaps we can start a small one?
r3m0t, If you get something started I’ll try to add what I can when time permits. At the moment I feel like I have spread myself thin, and seem to be juggling too many projects already. Sounds like a great idea though!
By the way, a wiki’s name doesn’t have to start with wiki. Or have wiki in it. It could well be the “Lucid Dreaming Wiki” or “ld4all wiki”.
But I had an idea - it could be shared with some of the larger websites about astral projection, shared dreaming, near-death experiences, etc.
On the main page it could have a few links (“Lucid dreaming”, “Astral projection” etc) which could have more (“Reality Checks”, “Dreamsigns”, “Dream journal”, “Wake Induced Lucid Dreaming”…)
I will try to set up a wiki ASAP (which isn’t very soon because I am not allowed on the computer at home until Saturday. Hopefully, though, I’ll get it started earlier.) I’ll post the URL and send pasQuale a username and password as an administrator!
After some more consideration I have decided not to custom make a wiki. Instead I have started a Lucid dreaming wikibook with what I think is a fairly good plan. A super-short explanation of how to edit anything follows:
[code]Click the “Edit this page” link at the bottom or on the left side of the page. Then just type in whatever you want wherever you want. Here are the codes:
==Big heading==
===Subheading===
Horizontal rule follows:
‘‘italics’’ or ‘’‘bold’’’
Read more about [[LD Dream Recall|dream recall]]. (link)
[/code]
I recommend you sign up - it’s very simple - before making major contributions.
They never send you any emails etc. and all you need to put in is username and password (not even email!).
But yes, you can edit anonymously. If you don’t mind your IP address showing up that is. Of course, signing up is basically anonymous, without even an email address…
Wondering if we can edit things yet? I know we CAN, but would you mind at this point. For example the Glossary says right now its just a list so I’m a little confused if I should put definitions or just enter more words or what…
How do you use the ‘Revert’ feature? I can’t find the latest edits for JUST the lucid dreaming wiki, it lists all changes to all wikis when I look at it!! Oh I added some stuff… we should make a sticky (but locked) post just like that…
That isn’t wikibooks, wikibooks is here: wikibooks.org
Click on “English” then on “Lucid dreaming” under “Miscellanous”. Alternatively, type “LD” or “Lucid dreaming” into the text box at the top-right and click on Go.
infection0: If you just want edits in the lucid dreaming book, you need to register (it’s anonymous) and login. Then go to every page about lucid dreaming (there are only six or so ) and click on “Watch this page” on the left. Then, click on “My Watchlist” on the left. It’s like Recent Changes, but only for the pages on your watch list.
By the way, whoever copied the descriptions of MILD and WBTB from elsewhere in the forum, please be a little careful! This sentence got into the book:
Although the wikibook will mostly have people from ld4all.com editing it, it doesn’t belong to ld4all.com! It is strictly the property of nobody and everybody.