Doom Wiki:Central Processing

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Assistance with Compet-N tables needed
I have now added Compet-N record tables for all Ultimate Doom and Doom II levels. Unfortunately, it seems the only way to get the player name is to check the text file manually. There are over 500 demos listed, so some assistance would be appreciated... Fredrik 18:47, 12 Jan 2005 (PST)

With Plutonia and TNT, make that 1000... - Fredrik 19:09, 12 Jan 2005 (PST)


 * Nevermind, I figured out that I could add the player names from the separate player result tables. Unfortunately, in doing so I discovered that a few entries in the tables are incorrect due to a bug in the Compet-N database. I should probably write another script to find exactly which ones they are. Fredrik 07:44, 13 Jan 2005 (PST)


 * Done. I found 12 errors in the Compet-N database which I have corrected. Fredrik 09:45, 13 Jan 2005 (PST)

Editing tricks
It might be a good idea to start writing up editing tricks - Doomworld has a section about them here. Perhaps we could see about getting permission to include these here on the Wiki, or at least write up the same tricks included here. Fraggle 07:42, 13 Jan 2005 (PST)

Writeups on people
Looking at the front page, there are a bunch of links to prominent Doomers waiting to be written up. However, how should these be named? Some of them are full names, some full names including a nickname and some just a nickname. We ought to be consistent. Should writeups be named like Simon "fraggle" Howard, Simon Howard or just fraggle?

Also, while some people on the front page are obviously prominent people who have made many contributions and are worthy of attention, others I've never heard of. Are we writing up everyone? Fraggle 07:50, 13 Jan 2005 (PST)


 * From what I understand, the person must have released several wads of some prominence. This is a somewhat subjective measure, but a good minimum reqirement could be anyone who has either gotten on the 100 best wads list, 11th annual caco awards or wad of the week for the Doomworld newstuff chronicles. I assume we want to avoid every doom wad author making a bio. Logically, we should prolly start with the most famous wad authors and work our way roughly down.Marius 08:03, 13 Jan 2005 (PST)


 * In generating the speedrunning results tables, I have taken names directly from the Compet-N database, which are inconsistently entered as either 'Simon Howard' or 'Simon "fraggle" Howard'. I also think either of those two might be preferrable. How about going with 'Simon "fraggle" Howard'? Thanks to the redirect system, it's fortunately only a matter of consistency and doesn't matter functionally. If all people are added to Category:People or a subcategory thereof, we can mass-move later on if necessary :P Fredrik 08:01, 13 Jan 2005 (PST)

WAD file uploads
JasonR has now enabled support for WAD file uploads (example: [[Media:Test.wad]]). This should be useful for editing tutorials. Just remember that all WADs must be put under the GFDL, so original creations only and no id content included. .lmp files are also allowed now, which means walkthroughs can be uploaded (but again, mind copyright) - Fredrik 13:04, 13 Jan 2005 (PST)

Image:John carmack.jpg
Image:John carmack.jpg should be deleted. Fair use images should be avoided generally, and images with no source are even worse. Image:John Carmack working.jpg is a better image, and has a clearer status. Fredrik 13:44, 12 Jan 2005 (PST)
 * As I understand it, the copyright on photos is owned by the photographer. Can we find someone who has met John Carmack and taken his photo and get their permission?  Didnt someone from Newdoom have a tour of Id a few years back? Fraggle 07:42, 13 Jan 2005 (PST)
 * Yeah, that would be the best solution. The reason I think "_working.jpg" is better than the other one is that it's from a promotional video and therefore was meant to be distributed. Fredrik 08:05, 13 Jan 2005 (PST)