FK Guide, PDF Group

Lathander · Post by **Lathander** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:26 pm

The following people will be on the FK Guide/PDF Group project:

Japcil
Mariela
Takket
Lathander
Other imms who have expressed an interest.

I would like to try to do the first part "in person" with an in-game meeting. Imms don't need to attend, I can just post the results here for you to follow and chime in on. Of course, you are welcome to attend, but you needn't go out of your way to be there. If we can't meet, I'll start using this thread to throw out ideas.

I'd like to try for....

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f ... c=0&p1=197

Japcil · Post by **Japcil** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:28 am

Works for me.

Mariela · Post by **Mariela** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:15 am

I am generally at work at that time.

My day off this week can get me online between:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f ... ec=0&p1=76

to

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f ... ec=0&p1=76

I can potentially TRY very hard to get the original time availible but unfortunate work comes before play.

Lathander · Post by **Lathander** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:22 am

Does this one work?

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f ... c=0&p1=197

Tavik · Post by **Tavik** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:33 am

I'll be traveling during the first time and I have class during the second time. If the second time can be pushed back about a half an hour, I might make it. I'd be a little late, but it'd be doable.

Solaghar · Post by **Solaghar** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 3:37 am

What is the PDF group going to accomplish? Sounds interesting...

Oghma · Post by **Oghma** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:28 am

Works for me. (second time)

Japcil · Post by **Japcil** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:29 am

Second time for me works as well.

Japcil · Post by **Japcil** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:30 am

Solaghar wrote:What is the PDF group going to accomplish? Sounds interesting...

http://www.gallwey.com/fk/board/viewtop ... ght=#48322

Mariela · Post by **Mariela** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:44 am

Time naturally works for me!

Lathander · Post by **Lathander** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:07 am

It seems like the second time works best for everyone except Tavik, so we will meet then and vote on who gets the worst part of the job. All in favor of Tavik getting that part? Without objection? The motion to give Tavik the worst part passes.

Tavik, we'll post the results and criteria. I can't start 30 minutes earlier because I won't be home from a night out with the family until then.

Japcil · Post by **Japcil** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:11 am

If we were to push it back 30 mins wouldnt it be later not earlier, or did I misread Taviks post?

Nysan · Post by **Nysan** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:11 am

Back usually means later.

Mask · Post by **Mask** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:27 pm

I'm not sure that a PDF file is the best way to do this - would web pages not be better?

Oghma · Post by **Oghma** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:17 pm

A wiki would work in my opinion, that way it can be updated online but follow a concentric design. The pages can be password locked to avoid tampering as well.

Lathander · Post by **Lathander** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:22 pm

We can look at web pages as well later I suppose. The advantage of using a PDF is that they can be read offline as well as online. Not everyone is connected all the time. Some may also want to print and make a binder of them to read the old fashioned way.

We can make that a topic of discussion at the first meeting. Does moving the time one half hour later work for everyone then?

Dalvyn · Post by **Dalvyn** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:09 pm

I would have liked to take part in the meeting (heh, I wouldn't have posted about this project if I hadn't been interested), but that's the middle of the night.

Just go ahead with the meeting and post a summary I guess.

Lathander · Post by **Lathander** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:32 pm

OK, Let me re-examine my schedule and I'll look into picking a different time. If Dal WANTS to be there, I think he should be. I'll post again in a few hours.

Dalvyn · Post by **Dalvyn** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:37 pm

No, really, it's ok. It's hard enough as it is to find a good day and time, and it gets worse if you get to gather people from outside the US.

Solaghar · Post by **Solaghar** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:01 pm

It doesn't affect me one way or another but I'm just wondering, having read the purpose behind it, if there is indeed a point behind making this a PDF rather than say, a webpage or a wiki project? It seems like an FK wiki would actually be a pretty interesting idea and easily link between different subjects, and could include a lot of other information as well, information on the history of FK as it differs from the realms, some of the more interesting events that have taken place, to perhaps give the game more of a sense of history than it currently has, where things which occur tend to be sort of lost to time when the players who took part in them depart.

I mean I like PDFs and all, but they're not the most easily updated format, nor any more navigable than a book, whereas say, a wiki or even a webpage with a good search function would be a lot more easily referenced. I'm not trying to crap on your project or anything, I think it's a good idea to make things more newbie friendly

Maybe I will try to attend the meeting too.