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Some opinions needed

Post by Cairnie »

Lately I've been trying to fill in some of the Wanted Pages in Raywiki, and I think I'm gonna need some help with the names of some characters in the Rayman series, such as the enemies,

* Is Globox's race really called the Glute? All too often I see that his race is just referred to as just Globoxes and I don't remember hearing the word Glute at all in any game.
* On Wikipedia, there is a long list of Rabbid types. Do you think these are official names? It kinda hurts to have to include Rabbid info in the Wiki but since it's supposed to do with everything Rayman...
* Do you think some day we should have a Help section and a Style guide to show new users how to make articles not look like shit? And trust me that happens a lot, even I'm guilty of making not-so good articles. :(

Any other questions and that can be discussed here.
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Re: Some opinions needed

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1. In Rayman 3, Globox says: "Even Spiderglute can't do this".

2. Rabbids sucks and are unimportant to the Rayman franchise.

3. I DON'T KNOW!!! OMG, WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!! :fou:
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Re: Some opinions needed

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I've never heard of Glutes before, and I don't think the Rabbids names are official. Moreover, most of them just have different clothes, which doesn't make them a different species though.
Also, I don't think creating a help section is part of our priorities now... We'd better create and fill more articles :)
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Re: Some opinions needed

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Hunchman801 wrote:I've never heard of Glutes before, and I don't think the Rabbids names are official. Moreover, most of them just have different clothes, which doesn't make them a different species though.
Also, I don't think creating a help section is part of our priorities now... We'd better create and fill more articles :)
I don't really believe in "Glute" either, or Raymanian as a species. They just seem to be fanmade terms to me.

Also, are articles about fan fictions allowed? Ages ago someone wrote such but it used a period and therefore made it 404.
https://raymanpc.com/wiki/en/Alien_vs._Rayman

R4, a little less huge text please.
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Re: Some opinions needed

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No, the forum is for posting that stuff. (Particularly Rayman Artworks) Someone made an article about TARC as well and:

1. It doesn't need an article--it relates to the forums, not to Rayman.
2. It's completely biased. Wikis should be made from a neutral point of view.

And also no, I've never heard of races such as Raymanian and Glute.
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I thought not. I would have taken care of articles like that straight away if I was an admin.
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Re: Some opinions needed

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well as rayman4 said, apparently in rayman 3 globox says "not even spiderglute could do this". or so i've been told by a number of people, i couldn't ever actually make out what he said. i just though "spider-what?!"
the rabbid names are very likely to be unofficial.
the help section might be a good idea. it would slow things down temporarily, but it might actually speed things up in the future.
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Re: Some opinions needed

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Raywiki says: The Rabbids got their own cookies on 7th March 2007, as seen on RaymanZone.

WHAT THE FUCK?

The cookies are fan cookies, if they are involved, then any fan-fiction should be involved at RayWiki.
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WHAT THE FUCK INDEED.
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Re: Some opinions needed

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StaceyW wrote:I don't really believe in "Glute" either, or Raymanian as a species. They just seem to be fanmade terms to me.
Neither do I. And in my opinion, fan made terms should not be used in the wiki, or only mentioned as such if need be.
StaceyW wrote:Also, are articles about fan fictions allowed? Ages ago someone wrote such but it used a period and therefore made it 404.
https://raymanpc.com/wiki/en/Alien_vs._Rayman
Fan fictions are to be posted in forums, but I haven't decided yet whether there should be articles such as TARC, PC and RZ at RayWiki. As foultzboyz said, it relates to the forums, but it could be interesting to create structured and unbiased articles about such entities. Anyway, it's worth debating.

By the way, I'll be on holiday tomorrow, which means I'll have more free time to edit the wiki. I've also given you two administrator rights, make good use of them!
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Thank you Hunch! I'll do my best.
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Re: Some opinions needed

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You is one of the most dedicated Rayman fans I know. I think.

Of course you'll be on your best, no matter what!

Dang cheesy scenes.
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Re: Some opinions needed

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Seeing there is already topic...

There is very big mistake with Mosquitoes. Some articles say
Moskito (same as Bzzitz)
King Moskito
Other
Angus (same as Bziitz)
Moskito
Another
Bziitz
One Moskito

I personally have got Reason with capital 'r' to believe it is
Angus
Moskito
Bziitz
I wannot describe reason, cause it is huge, in my mind and in Polish. If you want, I can put it here.

So, what do YOU think? And should I say why I believe my version is like this?
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Re: Some opinions needed

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Hunchman801 wrote:
StaceyW wrote:I don't really believe in "Glute" either, or Raymanian as a species. They just seem to be fanmade terms to me.
Neither do I. And in my opinion, fan made terms should not be used in the wiki, or only mentioned as such if need be.
StaceyW wrote:Also, are articles about fan fictions allowed? Ages ago someone wrote such but it used a period and therefore made it 404.
https://raymanpc.com/wiki/en/Alien_vs._Rayman
Fan fictions are to be posted in forums, but I haven't decided yet whether there should be articles such as TARC, PC and RZ at RayWiki. As foultzboyz said, it relates to the forums, but it could be interesting to create structured and unbiased articles about such entities. Anyway, it's worth debating.

By the way, I'll be on holiday tomorrow, which means I'll have more free time to edit the wiki. I've also given you two administrator rights, make good use of them!
I personally think that RZ deserves it own article mostly because of the lum quest that it supported after you beat Rayman 3 and Rayman RRR.
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Re: Some opinions needed

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Something to think on...I'm thinking that it wouldn't be a bad idea since it is relevant to the games, as long as it sticks to the website and topic itself and not into all sorts of forum stories.
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Well yeah, well maybe you could include the first hack of RZ, but I think it should really focus on the lums quest though as well.
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Re: Some opinions needed

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how long has it been since the lums quest actually worked?
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stan423321 wrote:So, what do YOU think? And should I say why I believe my version is like this?
As far as I know, there are only two mosquitoes: Bzzit (whose named is revealed in Rayman Revolution) and Moskito, of course. I don't know where you got the name Angus from ;)
Holy Crap wrote:how long has it been since the lums quest actually worked?
More than three years.
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I think it stopped working when RZ changed to its second theme.
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I can't remember the exact date, but it was in December 2004, when RZ was hacked for the first time.
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