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I am using Media Wiki software for the PBM Wiki.
I am new to being on the admin side of wikis, and would appreciate some guidance, for those in the know.
I want to limit access to who all can edit (or vandalize) the PBM Wiki. I know that, typically, one of the core beauties of wiki software is that it empowers a mass of individuals to edit and to revise a given wiki site.
My preference, however, is for myself and a handful of others (trusted others) to be able to edit and to add to the PBM Wiki. Some anonymous soul added a spam link on the PBM Wiki, recently, so I would like to go ahead and address this potential nightmare, to get it out of the way.
I believe that what I need to do is to edit the LocalSettings.php file. If anyone in the know can provide me a simple copy and paste of what to add to the LocalSettings.php file, that would be appreciated. Or, in the event that I am lost and in left field on this subject, if you could provide corrective guidance in the alternative, then that would be appreciated, as well.
Mucho thanks in advance for your help!
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Hmmm.....I may have figured it out. I hope so, anyway.
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The PBM Wiki proceeds slowly, although in actuality, a bit faster than I had thought that it would. The whole reason that I set it up, initially, was to use the wiki format as a display mechanism for the PBM Boneyard list. I have a feeling, though, that the PBM Wiki is already beginning to morph into something larger - something much, much larger.
Oh, we're not there, yet. Hell, at the rate that I seem to free up time to work on things PBM related, it may never get done. But, that aside, I do think that it is a play by mail gaming project that has enormous potential. It will also fit right in, I believe, with PlayByMail.Net's objective of being a facilitator for PBM gaming.
Tony (site user Nazareth) was nice enough to send me a list of PBM games and PBM companies to add to the PBM Boneyard list. This info will get worked into the PBM Wiki site, in due time, also.
I am debating with myself what the front page of the PBM Wiki site should look like. I really haven't got a clue, right now. I think that I am just going to play things by ear, and let that site's look evolve, as I add more and more information to it.
Mark Wardell, the Mad Scientist of PBM, was originally intending to create some kind of PBM related wiki, as I recall off the top of my head, but I don't know when - or even if - that project is likely to see the light of day. Mark seems distracted with real life issues, the last long while, now. In the meantime, while I didn't really intend to create a PBM related wiki website, previously, suggestions by others to put the PBM Boneyard list into wiki format has spurred me to action, and now, here we are.
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You should recruit Tony to add the list - Many hands make light work - thats the idea of a wiki
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I see Agema is missing off the games compnies listing.
We have our Wiki for The Glory of kings as well as wikipedia
http://lgdr.wikia.com/wiki/The_Glory_of_Kings_Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glory_of_Kings
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I added Agema. The list is far from complete.
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The PBM Wiki continues to make progress, and I hope to have the remainder of the PBM Games and PBM companies listed in the PBM Boneyard list transferred over to the PBM Wiki, by the end of the day.
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Barring any unintentional oversights, I have transitioned the PBM Boneyard entries over to the PBM Wiki.
Now, I need to finish transferring the PBM games and PBM companies that Nazareth sent to me, recently.
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This is Carol from Flagships defination of PBM grim:
What is PBM?
PBM stands for Play-by-Mail. The basic idea is a simple one: instead of meeting your fellow players around a table in the same room, you post your orders for each turn to an impartial moderator. The game moderator (who’s called a GM, for short) processes them along with the other player’s orders and sends you the results, ready for you to brood over before you post your orders back for the following turn.
If you’re used to tabletop games this may seem a strange idea at first, but PBM games are designed to make the most out of their medium.
They can handle a larger number of players than it’s easy to gather for a tabletop game, so you’re not restricted to people nearby and can write your orders at a time that suits you. Games can last longer, too, than is generally convenient in a tabletop session. Indeed, though many PBM games end when appropriate victory conditions have been reached, there are some games which are designed to continue indefinitely. In most PBM games there is a wealth of information and options to think over during the time between receiving your results and sending in your orders for the next turn: most PBM games have considerable depth.
A big difference between PBM games and tabletop games is that for each turn in PBM you usually get individual results which are relevant to your own position, not an overview of the whole game. Therefore it’s often necessary to contact some of the other players in order to swap information, agree on frontiers and to ally for mutual protection - or the opposite! This need to interact between turns is called “diplomacy”; it’s not necessary for all PBM games, but it is an aspect of PBM gaming which appeals to many players because it’s a way of making friends who share your interets. PBM is strong on sociability!
Some GMs moderate their games wholly by computer, some use computers to assist them, while others moderate “by hand”. Each method has it’s own characteristics, so you’ll need to decide which suits you best. Many of the computer-moderated games are competitive games which will end with a winner, and many of the hand-moderated or computer-assisted games are long-lasting, open-ended games. It’s hard to generalise, though, as the choice is so huge. There are over 200 PBM games running in Britain alone, and many more by email worldwide!
Yes, you do have to pay for your turns, up front (Briny en Garde is free to play). But competition among a huge range of games keeps prices reasonably low for what you get back, so as hobbies go, PBM is an inexpensive way to have lots of fun.
Do you want to play a king, a spacefarer, a mage, a soccer manager, a mercenary, an enchantresss, France or a bug-eyed monster? These opportunities and many more await you, Playing-by-Mail.
(The author of this introduction to PBM, Carol Mulholland, is the editor of Flagship magazine.)
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I added a link and a page for it on the site, Toppers.
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