Sphere - User contributions [en]

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2017-02-04T17:41:27Z

RedWordSmith: Rm extra div

<div style="background: #ffcc44">'''The Wiki will be unavailable Feb 9th for maintenance. -- [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft]'''</div>

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2017-02-04T17:40:53Z

RedWordSmith: Notice of scheduled maintenance Feb 9th.

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File:Mech.png

2013-06-30T18:15:26Z

RedWordSmith: The walking mech.

The walking mech.

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2013-06-30T18:12:05Z

RedWordSmith: Rm downtime notice

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.</div>

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2013-06-22T02:26:44Z

RedWordSmith: Wiki will be down 2013 June 30.

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.
<div style="background: #ffcc44">'''The Wiki will be unavailable June 30 for maintenance. -- [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft]'''</div>
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2011-12-15T23:46:35Z

RedWordSmith: Test file

Test file

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2011-10-13T18:46:58Z

RedWordSmith: Rm upgrade notice

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.</div>

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2011-10-12T06:13:36Z

RedWordSmith: Explain date

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.
<div style="background: #ffcc44">'''Note: The wiki will be unavailable for maintenance starting at 8PM CST, Oct 12th''' - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 22:50, 11 October 2011 (PDT) </div>
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MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2011-10-12T05:50:20Z

RedWordSmith: Wiki unavailable much later today for upgrades

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.
<div style="background: #ffcc44">'''Note: The wiki will be unavailable for maintenance starting at 8PM CST''' - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 22:50, 11 October 2011 (PDT) </div>
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Sphere:Community Portal

2011-03-15T03:59:05Z

RedWordSmith: moved Sphere:Community Portal to Sphere:Community portal: Vector skin seems to want lowercase portal

#REDIRECT [[Sphere:Community portal]]

Sphere:Community portal

2011-03-15T03:59:05Z

RedWordSmith: moved Sphere:Community Portal to Sphere:Community portal: Vector skin seems to want lowercase portal

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2011-03-15T03:57:18Z

RedWordSmith: Upgrade over

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.</div>

Main Page

2011-03-15T03:51:42Z

RedWordSmith: /* Misc Content */ Rm old discussion link

==Second Sphere==
[[File:Spheremap.png| thumb]]
===[[Spacer's Guide to the Sphere]]===

[[Writer's Guide to the Sphere]]<br>
====IC Information====
[[The Breakdown]]<br>

[[Second Sphere Locations]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Articles]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Timeline]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Nations and Powers]]<br>

[[Weapons of the Colonization Era]]<br>
====OOC Information====

[[Second Sphere PC Plans]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Suggestion Box]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Jane's]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Fiction]]<br>
[[Spheretropes]]<br>

===ZOCU War===
[[Battles of the ZOCU War]]<br>
[[Weapons of the ZOCU War]]<br>
[[People of the ZOCU War]]<br>
[[Formations and Ships of the ZOCU War]]<br>
[[ZOCU War Aftermath]]<br>

===Magnate War===
[[Battles of the Magnate War]]<br>
[[Weapons of the Magnate War]]<br>
[[People of the Magnate War]]<br>
[[Formations and Ships of the Magnate War]]<br>
[[Magnate War Aftermath]]<br>

===Conflicts of the Sino-Russian Arm===
[[Battles of the Sino-Russian Arm]]<br>
[[Weapons of the Sino-Russian Arm]]<br>
[[People of the Sino-Russian Arm]]<br>
[[Formations and Ships of the Sino-Russian Arm]]<br>
[[Sino-Russian Arm today]]<br>

===Rules===
[[Second Sphere History Paths]]<br>
[[Second Sphere SP Rules]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Planet Rules]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Economic Rules]]<br>
:[[Second Sphere Trade]]
[[Second Sphere Technology Rules]]<br>
:[[Xeno and Theotech]]
[[Second Sphere Application Rules]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Ground Construction Rules]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Craft Construction Rules]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Ship Construction Rules]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Transgenic Rules]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Experimental Rules]]<br>

[[Second Sphere Covert Rules]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Technologies]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Rules]]<br>

===Sphere Robot Wars===
[[Beyond the Veil]]<br>
[[Sphere Robot Wars]]: A permutation of the Second Sphere combat rules, for character (eg, individual machine) level RPing.<br>

== Other Currently Running Games ==
===[https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?height=600&wkst=1&bgcolor=%23009900&src=a4cv4fa6q89bhneq3vfigc65so%40group.calendar.google.com&color=%2328754E&ctz=Etc%2FGMT Timetable]===
[[Mage: The Ascension]]<br>
[[The Expanse]]<br>
[[Exalted: Silence]]<br>
[[Mai Expanse]]<br>
[[FSN: Clock Tower]] <br>
[[Aberrant: Exile]]<br>
[[Mirland Quest]] <br>

'''[[All Those Oneshots]]'''

== Potential Games ==
[[FiveScion]]<br>
[[Apocalypse]]<br>
[[Anomaly Wars]] <br>
[[Magia Ex Machina]] <br>
[[Sphere: Longshots]]<br>
[[ZR Chronicles]]<br>
[[Traveler: The Summer Mini Campaign]]<br>
[[Strangereal World]]<br>
[[Stargate]] <br>
[[Alien Sky]] <br>
[[Skies of Steam and Steel - S3]] <br>
[[Oseng Nanoha]]<br>
[[Post War Glories]] <br>
[[Crownshatter]]<br>
[[Maesters of Magia]]<br>
[[Trezlan Warlords]]<br>
[[Weezils and Webernoughts]]<br>
[[Mage: The Technocratic Union]]<br>
[[SW WEG]]<br>
[[Posthuman Spiral]]<br>
[[Heaven's Garden]]<br>
[[Persona FES]]<br>
[[Space Mercs: Salvagers for hire]]<br>
[[The Sacred Band]]

== Games on Hiatus ==
[[Crystal Ambition]]<br>
[[Persona]]<br>
[[Aberrant:Legacy]]<br>
[[Eclipse Phase]]<br>
[[Super Robot Wars L]] <br>
[[Dungeons & Wookiees]] <br>
[[Dark Heresy]] <br>
[[Transcendence]]<br>
[[MJInfernals]]<br>
[[AlchemicalsEx]]<br>

==Fictional Games==
[[Cyberpunk in 2042]]<br>
[[Heaven's Wake]]<br>
[[Mage 1920]]<br>
[[Megastructure]]<br>
[[New Dawn]] - Under Construction<br>
[[Yon Crusade]]<br>

==Developmental Prototypes==
[[More Robot Wars]]<br>
[[Skies of Arcana]]<br>
[[Deep Beyond]]<br>
[[Sphere: the Other Side]]<br>
[[Mal Otome]]<br>
[[Nexus]]<br>
[[Subspace Wars]] <br>
[[Lordstech]]<br>
[[UnSol]]<br>
[[The Big SD]]<br>
[[Super Robot Wars: Original FBH]]<br>
[[Götterdämmerung - Renaissance Saga]]<br>

== [[Discontinued Games]] ==

[[Sphere Story Debate Forum Links]]

== Fictive Prose ==
[[Haraway Shorts]] <br>
[[Last]]

=== Game Fanfiction ===

=== Nanowrimo ===
[[Shrike's Nanowrimo Project]] <br>
[[Singh's Nanowrimo stuff]] <br>
[[FBH's Nanowrimo]] <br>
[[Exhack's Nanowrimo]] <br>

== Misc Content ==
XML dumps of the current contents of the wiki are made on a regular basis, currently at least once a week. See [http://fancruft.com/swikitest/backup.7z backup.7z]. A backup of the wiki including page history and revisions is made less frequently, see [http://fancruft.com/swikitest/backup-full.7z backup-full.7z].

You will need [[wikipedia:7-Zip|7-Zip]] or similar for this.

- [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 13:25, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2011-03-14T21:59:18Z

RedWordSmith: Need to fix a few things later tonight.

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.
<div style="background: #ffcc44">'''Note: The wiki may be unavailable for 2-3 hours tonight, starting at 10PM CST, for additional cleanup from the crash yesterday. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 21:59, 14 March 2011 (UTC)'''</div>
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User:RedWordSmith

2010-04-19T13:29:24Z

RedWordSmith: Strikeout "really soon." Bleh.

== Attention Anime Fans ==
<s>Sometime Really Soon (this month, the user system and Wordpress are already in place), ''FanCruft'' will go from being a one-man show to being a community-driven [[wikipedia:bliki|wikiblog]]. I need people who love anime and want to talk about their favorite shows (OVA, Series, Movie, or widely available ONA). I need people who are willing to heckle the anime they hate even more.</s>

=== Definition of Anime ===
For the purpose of this new ''FanCruft'', anime is either:
# Animation primarily produced or directed in Japan after ~1975 (no ''really'' old stuff).
# Animation created in other countries which is '''clearly''' intended to mimic the "drawn" 2D animation style of Japanese animation after ~1985.

For both of the points above: when in doubt, leave it out.

=== What Reviewers Do ===
Reviewers:
# Watch Anime. For very, very long series (Bleach, Initial D, etc), it's ok to give up after a few discs, but try to watch as much as you can.
# Write a review.
# '''FanCruft Secret Sauce''': Give the anime its initial ratings in the database on a bit over two dozen factors.
# (Optional) Crop and upload some screenshots.
# (Optional) Cross-reference the anime to some other sites.

That's it! If you're interested in giving this a try, go ahead and add your sig below, and I'll put a message on your talk page when things are ready to go. If you know someone that's not on the wiki that might be interested, let them know about this and have them email '''webmaster [at] fancruft.com'''

==== Interested in Reviewing Anime ====


*I'm not going to stop reviewing anime myself, of course. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 06:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
*I am for you. >:| [[User:Maloncanth|M.M.]] 06:44, 27 March 2009 (UTC)



=== Style Guide ===
* "Anime" is preferred for the plural, "animes" is acceptable if you really have to use it. Avoid diacritics or accents.
* Thumbnails:
** Are entirely optional.
** Always need to be ''exactly'' 200 by 154 pixels, with a caption of some sort (one word to a few sentences), to avoid breaking things.
** Cropping the image is highly encouraged, even when it's already the right aspect ratio. In particular, subtitles should always be cropped out.
** Thumbnails that have a character looking to the right should be flipped or mirrored so that characters look ''toward'' the review text, as long as this doesn't harm image quality. (e.g. Avoid flipping the image when it would cause english text in the background to be unreadable).
** Avoid other edits to images. Some older thumbnails have had contrast adjustments, but even this is depreciated.
** Thumbnails should be no "worse" than the equivalent of a scene from a PG-13 film; if you wouldn't see it on a public beach in the U.S., it shouldn't be on ''FanCruft''.
** Up to 3 thumbnails for most reviews, up to 4 thumbnails for a review with an average quality rating of "Must-see," "Avoid," or "Worst Anime Ever."
** When in doubt, leave it out.
* Reviews
** Character names: The name that's most commonly used in the most recent official English dub is preferred. Other names that point out a distinct character are acceptable. When no official dub is available, use your best judgment.
** '''NO HENTAI REVIEWS.''' If it's on Netflix, it's almost certainly ok. If it's got people [[wikipedia:sexual intercourse|doing it]], it's almost certainly not (but note important artistic exceptions such as ''Kara no Kyokai''). Tentacles doing bad things to people are '''''way''''' not acceptable.
*** In this case, when in doubt, go ahead and post (reviews ''can'' be deleted and archived off-site easily enough if you make a mistake). We'd rather have a temporary mistake of putting something in the database that doesn't belong than permanently leaving out an artistic work.
*** Reviews should be in good taste, even if the anime is not.
*** ALWAYS apply a high "fanservice" or "violence" rating for questionable anime; a 9 or 10 in either category, as appropriate.
** Generally, use good grammar and spelling. American English is preferred (I'm from the U.S., so the articles that FanCruft is starting out with are already in this style). British English is acceptable and should be left as-is when possible. Anything else is acceptable as long as it's more or less readable.
** Reviews should be at least a good solid paragraph. Longer is better, but don't go over three pages of text; no one is going to read your dissertation on the hidden Etruscan symbolism of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' here.
** Keep in mind that the first hundred words or so may show up in search results. The first paragraph should be an introduction and give a broad overview of the anime.
*Ratings
**There are no right or wrong ratings, but please don't leave all of the sliders at "5" just because that's where they start. Put some thought into it. Category ratings are the key ingredient for ''FanCruft'''s "Secret Sauce."
*Cross-references
**Are entirely optional.
**IDs for Netflix, ANN, Wikipedia, and CrunchyRoll are more useful than the others, if you don't want to look for everything (and you probably don't, it's time-consuming and not fun).

Main Page

2010-04-19T13:25:06Z

RedWordSmith: /* Misc Content */ New full backup, first one in almost a year, cat no longer needed

==Second Sphere==
[[File:Spheremap.png| thumb]]
[[Spacer's Guide to the Sphere]]<br>

[[Second Sphere Locations]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Articles]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Timeline]]<br>
[[Second Sphere PC Plans]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Nations and Powers]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Suggestion Box]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Jane's]]<br>

===ZOCU War===
[[Battles of the ZOCU War]]<br>
[[Weapons of the ZOCU War]]<br>
[[People of the ZOCU War]]<br>
[[Formations and Ships of the ZOCU War]]<br>
[[ZOCU War Aftermath]]<br>

===Magnate War===
[[Battles of the Magnate War]]<br>
[[Weapons of the Magnate War]]<br>
[[People of the Magnate War]]<br>
[[Magnate War Aftermath]]<br>

===Rules===
[[Second Sphere History Paths]]<br>
[[Second Sphere SP Rules]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Economic Rules]]<br>
:[[Second Sphere Trade]]
[[Second Sphere Technology Rules]]<br>
:[[Xeno and Theotech]]
[[Second Sphere Application Rules]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Craft Construction Rules]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Ship Construction Rules]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Transgenic Rules]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Covert Rules]] - Experimental!<br>

[[Second Sphere Technologies]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Rules]]<br>

===Sphere Robot Wars===
[[Sphere Robot Wars]]: A permutation of the Second Sphere combat rules, for character (eg, individual machine) level RPing.<br>

== Other Currently Running Games ==
[[Mage: The Ascension]]<br>
[[The Expanse]]<br>
[[Persona]]<br>
[[Exalted: Silence]]<br>
[[Aberrant:Legacy]]<br>
[[FRW:Ray's Counter Attack]] (Only on off days) <br>
[[Silicon Substrate]]<br>
[[Exalted: Mal]]<br>
[[A Road Taken]] <br>

== Potential Games ==
[[Infernals One-Shot]]<br>
[[Apocalypse]]<br>
[[Deep Beyond]]<br>
[[Exile]]<br>
[[Mal Otome]]<br>
[[Nexus]]<br>
[[Sphere: Longshots]]<br>
[[Subspace Wars]] <br>
[[ZR Chronicles]]<br>
[[Sphere: the Other Side]]<br>

== Games on Hiatus ==
[[Aberrant: Elites]]<br>
[[Corporation]]<br>
[[Exalted: FBH]] <br>
[[Exalted: Romance of the Dragon Kingdoms]]<br>
[[Fate/Silence/Night]]<br>
[[The Unbound]]<br>
[[FBH Robot Wars]]<br>
[[Pulp Horror]]<br>

==Fictional Games==
[[Cyberpunk in 2042]]<br>
[[Malhou Project]]<br>
[[Heaven's Wake]]<br>
[[Mage 1920]]<br>
[[Megastructure]]<br>
[[New Dawn]] - Under Construction<br>
[[UnSol]]<br>
[[Yon Crusade]]<br>
[[Mage: The Ascension: The Game]]

== Discontinued Games ==
<s>[[Alpha Omega]]</s><br>
<s>[[Bliss Stage]]</s><br>
<s>[[Code Cravat]]</s><br>
<s>[[C-Tech Game]]</s><br>
<s>[[Eclipse Phase]]</s><br>
<s>[[Fuels of Empire]]</s><br>
<s>[[Imperial Dreams]]</s><br>
<s>[[Maelstrom]]</s><br>
<s>[[Nyxfall]]</s><br>
<s>[[Smoke and Mirrors]]</s><br>
<s>[[Turn SRW]]</s><br>

=== Lords of Ether ===
[[LOE Rules|Rules]]<br>
[[LOE Nations|Nations]]<br>
[[LOE Hero Sessions|Hero Sessions]]<br>
[[LOE Miscellaneous|Miscellaneous]]<br>
[http://cid-194df5ff1d442264.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Images/loe2map1.jpg LoE Map]

=== Old Sphere ===
[[Setting and Backstory|Setting and Backstory]]<br>
[[Rules|Rules]]<br>
[[Nations and Powers|Nations and Powers]]<br>
[[Militaries|Militaries]]<br>
[[Jane's|Jane's]]<br>
[[Miscellaneous|Miscellaneous]]<br>
[[Updates and Errata|Updates and Errata]]<br>
[[Supporting Material|Supporting Material]]<br>

[[Sphere.jpg|Sphere Map]]<br>
[http://leqxiq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p25htQg17eHDldkTWA5590j6l7-si80AoDcj19ayaL7MezP2Ah_aMhqjpxNZBu9P-_kOEfEKev1c/sphere.jpg Sphere Map Mirror]<br>

[http://leqxiq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pQJTTud63h9kQn5hGldx7st6o3sKVsqHuePhi4rC54TSgRtyss-7u-9mZSs1dnzpvB_ziLt2mkZo/mapthing.GIF The other map]

=== Arcana ===
[[Arcana: Iron and Magic]]<br>
[[Arcana: Mages and Magic]]<br>
[[Arcana: Unit Design]]<br>
[[Arcana: PC Nations]]<br>
[[Arcana: Important NPCs]]<br>

[[Sphere Story Debate Forum Links]]

== Fictive Prose ==
=== Game Fanfiction ===
=== Nanowrimo ===
[[Shrike's Nanowrimo Project]] <br>
[[Unlimited Mal Works]] <br>
[[Singh's Nanowrimo stuff]] <br>

== Misc Content ==
[[Wiki Discussion]]

----

XML dumps of the current contents of the wiki are made on a regular basis, currently at least once a week. See [http://fancruft.com/swikitest/backup.7z backup.7z]. A backup of the wiki including page history and revisions is made less frequently, see [http://fancruft.com/swikitest/backup-full.7z backup-full.7z].

You will need [[wikipedia:7-Zip|7-Zip]] or similar for this.

- [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 13:25, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2009-09-21T16:37:28Z

RedWordSmith: Rm notice.

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.</div>

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2009-09-19T18:26:03Z

RedWordSmith:

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.
<div style="background: #ffcc44">The Update to Sphere Wiki planned for the 19th is much more complicated than I thought it would be, and has been delayed. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 18:26, 19 September 2009 (UTC)</div>
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MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2009-09-15T01:08:29Z

RedWordSmith: Oops, 19th, not 17th.

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.
<div style="background: #ffcc44">Sphere Wiki will be unavailable for roughly two to three hours this Saturday, the 19th, starting at 1:00PM, Central Standard Time. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 01:07, 15 September 2009 (UTC)</div>
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MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2009-09-15T01:07:43Z

RedWordSmith: Upcoming maintence

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.
<div style="background: #ffcc44">Sphere Wiki will be unavailable for roughly two to three hours this Saturday, the 17th, starting at 1:00PM, Central Standard Time. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 01:07, 15 September 2009 (UTC)</div>
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Main Page

2009-07-23T05:09:48Z

RedWordSmith: /* Misc Content */ Update contents on backups

== Sphere ==
[[Setting and Backstory|Setting and Backstory]]<br>
[[Rules|Rules]]<br>
[[Nations and Powers|Nations and Powers]]<br>
[[Militaries|Militaries]]<br>
[[Jane's|Jane's]]<br>
[[Miscellaneous|Miscellaneous]]<br>
[[Updates and Errata|Updates and Errata]]<br>
[[Supporting Material|Supporting Material]]<br>

[[Sphere.jpg|Sphere Map]]<br>
[http://leqxiq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p25htQg17eHDldkTWA5590j6l7-si80AoDcj19ayaL7MezP2Ah_aMhqjpxNZBu9P-_kOEfEKev1c/sphere.jpg Sphere Map Mirror]<br>

[http://leqxiq.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pQJTTud63h9kQn5hGldx7st6o3sKVsqHuePhi4rC54TSgRtyss-7u-9mZSs1dnzpvB_ziLt2mkZo/mapthing.GIF The other map]

[[Sphere Story Debate Forum Links]]

== The Second Sphere ==

[[So you want to join ARROWs]]<br>
[[The Eridanus Campaign]]<br>

[[Second Sphere Articles]]<br>
[[Weapons of the ZOCU War]]<br>

[[Second Sphere History Paths]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Technologies]]<br>
[[Second Sphere Rules]]<br>

[[Second Sphere PC Plans]]<br>

[[Second Sphere Suggestion Box]]<br>

== Lords of Ether ==

*under construction*
[[LOE Rules|Rules]]<br>
[[LOE Nations|Nations]]<br>
[[LOE Hero Sessions|Hero Sessions]]<br>
[[LOE Miscellaneous|Miscellaneous]]<br>
[http://cid-194df5ff1d442264.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Images/loe2map1.jpg LoE Map]

== Other Games ==
<s>[[Nyxfall]]</s><br>
<s>[[Imperial Dreams]]</s><br>
<s>[[Fuels of Empire]]</s><br>
<s>[[Smoke and Mirrors]]</s><br>
<s>[[Bliss Stage]]</s><br>
<s>[[C-Tech Game]]</s><br>
<s>[[Code Cravat]]</s><br>
<s>[[Alpha Omega]]</s> <br>
[[Mage: The Ascension]]<br>
[[Super Robot Wars]]<br>
[[Aberrant: Elites]]<br>
[[Heaven's Wake]]<br>
[[Maelstrom]]<br>
[[Fate/Silence/Night]]<br>
[[New Dawn]] - Under Construction<br>
[[General War]]<br>
[[The Unbound]]<br>
[[Megastructure]]<br>

== Misc Content ==
[[Wiki Discussion]] - ''New!''<br>
XML dumps of the current contents of the wiki are made on a regular basis, currently at least once a week. See [http://fancruft.com/swikitest/backup.7z backup.7z]. A backup of the wiki including page history and revisions is made less frequently, see [http://fancruft.com/swikitest/backup-full.7z backup-full.7z].

You will need [[wikipedia:7-Zip|7-Zip]] or similar for this.

For the full backup, you also need a [[wikipedia:Cat_(Unix)|cat]]. =^_^=

- [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 05:09, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
[[category: Backup]]

Sphere:Current events

2009-07-22T18:31:46Z

RedWordSmith: Update

<big>WELCOME</big>

=== New: July 22 Accounts Must be Approved ===
Per requests from the other administrators, as of July 22nd, new accounts must be approved before they can be used. Existing accounts should have been approved; let Shrike, OmegaPaladin, Silence, or myself know if there are any problems. '''Administrators and Bureaucrats''': Please see the Community Portal for instructions on approving new accounts. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 18:31, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

=== Notes. Please keep a local backup of anything important to you! ===
*Regular backups are made of the database by both Dreamhost and myself, but please keep a copy of anything important to you for yourself on your computer.

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2009-07-22T18:24:47Z

RedWordSmith: Update notice.

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<div style="background: #ffcc44">Sphere Wiki has been updated. See Current Events for details. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 18:24, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
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Sphere:Approval

2009-07-22T18:20:10Z

RedWordSmith: Explain how to approve new users.

=== How to Approve New Users on Sphere ===

Only bureaucrats on Sphere Wiki can approve users. As of this writing, all administrators on the wiki are also bureaucrats. If you need someone to approve your account, check the [[Special:ListUsers|User List]] to find out who to talk to on the forums, IRC, etc.

First, some background: Mediawiki, the software that Sphere Wiki runs on, assigns all accounts to groups, which give their members permission to do things, such as editing pages. On Sphere Wiki, the permissions for the default group have been made more restrictive, and a special group, approved, has been made with (more or less) the usual default user permissions. To approve an account, you must add that user to the "approved" group.

==== Step 1 ====
Go to special pages.

==== Step 2 ====
Click on [[Special:UserRights|User Rights Management]]

==== Step 3 ====
Enter the username you want to approve. Wiki usernames are Case Sensitive.

==== Step 4 ====
Check the box next to "approved" -- '''IMPORTANT''': Leave the box next to "Bureaucrat" unchecked. It is trivial for someone with Bureaucrat permissions to completely take over the wiki, which would require manually editing the database to fix. Press "Save User Groups" when done.

==== Step 5 ====
The page will reload, showing that the user is now in the approved group.

Sphere:Community portal

2009-07-22T17:52:00Z

RedWordSmith: Adding template Sphere:Approval

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2009-07-20T05:42:20Z

RedWordSmith: Notice of planned maintence

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<div style="background: #ffcc44">''Sphere Wiki'' will be unavailable Wednesday, July 22 starting at about 12:00PM, noon, Central Standard Time for two to three hours of maintenance. This downtime will affect both reading and editing. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 05:42, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

</div>

User:RedWordSmith

2009-05-07T07:27:26Z

RedWordSmith: /* Attention Anime Fans (Draft, everything here subject to change) */ Minor update on status

== Attention Anime Fans ==
Sometime Really Soon (this month, the user system and Wordpress are already in place), ''FanCruft'' will go from being a one-man show to being a community-driven [[wikipedia:bliki|wikiblog]]. I need people who love anime and want to talk about their favorite shows (OVA, Series, Movie, or widely available ONA). I need people who are willing to heckle the anime they hate even more.

=== Definition of Anime ===
For the purpose of this new ''FanCruft'', anime is either:
# Animation primarily produced or directed in Japan after ~1975 (no ''really'' old stuff).
# Animation created in other countries which is '''clearly''' intended to mimic the "drawn" 2D animation style of Japanese animation after ~1985.

For both of the points above: when in doubt, leave it out.

=== What Reviewers Do ===
Reviewers:
# Watch Anime. For very, very long series (Bleach, Initial D, etc), it's ok to give up after a few discs, but try to watch as much as you can.
# Write a review.
# '''FanCruft Secret Sauce''': Give the anime its initial ratings in the database on a bit over two dozen factors.
# (Optional) Crop and upload some screenshots.
# (Optional) Cross-reference the anime to some other sites.

That's it! If you're interested in giving this a try, go ahead and add your sig below, and I'll put a message on your talk page when things are ready to go. If you know someone that's not on the wiki that might be interested, let them know about this and have them email '''webmaster [at] fancruft.com'''

==== Interested in Reviewing Anime ====


*I'm not going to stop reviewing anime myself, of course. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 06:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
*I am for you. >:| [[User:Maloncanth|M.M.]] 06:44, 27 March 2009 (UTC)



=== Style Guide ===
* "Anime" is preferred for the plural, "animes" is acceptable if you really have to use it. Avoid diacritics or accents.
* Thumbnails:
** Are entirely optional.
** Always need to be ''exactly'' 200 by 154 pixels, with a caption of some sort (one word to a few sentences), to avoid breaking things.
** Cropping the image is highly encouraged, even when it's already the right aspect ratio. In particular, subtitles should always be cropped out.
** Thumbnails that have a character looking to the right should be flipped or mirrored so that characters look ''toward'' the review text, as long as this doesn't harm image quality. (e.g. Avoid flipping the image when it would cause english text in the background to be unreadable).
** Avoid other edits to images. Some older thumbnails have had contrast adjustments, but even this is depreciated.
** Thumbnails should be no "worse" than the equivalent of a scene from a PG-13 film; if you wouldn't see it on a public beach in the U.S., it shouldn't be on ''FanCruft''.
** Up to 3 thumbnails for most reviews, up to 4 thumbnails for a review with an average quality rating of "Must-see," "Avoid," or "Worst Anime Ever."
** When in doubt, leave it out.
* Reviews
** Character names: The name that's most commonly used in the most recent official English dub is preferred. Other names that point out a distinct character are acceptable. When no official dub is available, use your best judgment.
** '''NO HENTAI REVIEWS.''' If it's on Netflix, it's almost certainly ok. If it's got people [[wikipedia:sexual intercourse|doing it]], it's almost certainly not (but note important artistic exceptions such as ''Kara no Kyokai''). Tentacles doing bad things to people are '''''way''''' not acceptable.
*** In this case, when in doubt, go ahead and post (reviews ''can'' be deleted and archived off-site easily enough if you make a mistake). We'd rather have a temporary mistake of putting something in the database that doesn't belong than permanently leaving out an artistic work.
*** Reviews should be in good taste, even if the anime is not.
*** ALWAYS apply a high "fanservice" or "violence" rating for questionable anime; a 9 or 10 in either category, as appropriate.
** Generally, use good grammar and spelling. American English is preferred (I'm from the U.S., so the articles that FanCruft is starting out with are already in this style). British English is acceptable and should be left as-is when possible. Anything else is acceptable as long as it's more or less readable.
** Reviews should be at least a good solid paragraph. Longer is better, but don't go over three pages of text; no one is going to read your dissertation on the hidden Etruscan symbolism of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' here.
** Keep in mind that the first hundred words or so may show up in search results. The first paragraph should be an introduction and give a broad overview of the anime.
*Ratings
**There are no right or wrong ratings, but please don't leave all of the sliders at "5" just because that's where they start. Put some thought into it. Category ratings are the key ingredient for ''FanCruft'''s "Secret Sauce."
*Cross-references
**Are entirely optional.
**IDs for Netflix, ANN, Wikipedia, and CrunchyRoll are more useful than the others, if you don't want to look for everything (and you probably don't, it's time-consuming and not fun).

User:RedWordSmith

2009-03-27T06:24:37Z

RedWordSmith: /* What Reviewers Do */ Rm period after .com, just in case.

== Attention Anime Fans (Draft, everything here subject to change) ==
Sometime Really Soon (Late April?), ''FanCruft'' will go from being a one-man show to being a community-driven [[wikipedia:bliki|wikiblog]]. I need people who love anime and want to talk about their favorite shows (OVA, Series, Movie, or widely available ONA). I need people who are willing to heckle the anime they hate even more.

=== Definition of Anime ===
For the purpose of this new ''FanCruft'', anime is either:
# Animation primarily produced or directed in Japan after ~1975 (no ''really'' old stuff).
# Animation created in other countries which is '''clearly''' intended to mimic the "drawn" 2D animation style of Japanese animation after ~1985.

For both of the points above: when in doubt, leave it out.

=== What Reviewers Do ===
Reviewers:
# Watch Anime. For very, very long series (Bleach, Initial D, etc), it's ok to give up after a few discs, but try to watch as much as you can.
# Write a review.
# '''FanCruft Secret Sauce''': Give the anime its initial ratings in the database on a bit over two dozen factors.
# (Optional) Crop and upload some screenshots.
# (Optional) Cross-reference the anime to some other sites.

That's it! If you're interested in giving this a try, go ahead and add your sig below, and I'll put a message on your talk page when things are ready to go. If you know someone that's not on the wiki that might be interested, let them know about this and have them email '''webmaster [at] fancruft.com'''

==== Interested in Reviewing Anime ====


*I'm not going to stop reviewing anime myself, of course. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 06:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)



=== Style Guide ===
* "Anime" is preferred for the plural, "animes" is acceptable if you really have to use it. Avoid diacritics or accents.
* Thumbnails:
** Are entirely optional.
** Always need to be ''exactly'' 200 by 154 pixels, with a caption of some sort (one word to a few sentences), to avoid breaking things.
** Cropping the image is highly encouraged, even when it's already the right aspect ratio. In particular, subtitles should always be cropped out.
** Thumbnails that have a character looking to the right should be flipped or mirrored so that characters look ''toward'' the review text, as long as this doesn't harm image quality. (e.g. Avoid flipping the image when it would cause english text in the background to be unreadable).
** Avoid other edits to images. Some older thumbnails have had contrast adjustments, but even this is depreciated.
** Thumbnails should be no "worse" than the equivalent of a scene from a PG-13 film; if you wouldn't see it on a public beach in the U.S., it shouldn't be on ''FanCruft''.
** Up to 3 thumbnails for most reviews, up to 4 thumbnails for a review with an average quality rating of "Must-see," "Avoid," or "Worst Anime Ever."
** When in doubt, leave it out.
* Reviews
** Character names: The name that's most commonly used in the most recent official English dub is preferred. Other names that point out a distinct character are acceptable. When no official dub is available, use your best judgment.
** '''NO HENTAI REVIEWS.''' If it's on Netflix, it's almost certainly ok. If it's got people [[wikipedia:sexual intercourse|doing it]], it's almost certainly not (but note important artistic exceptions such as ''Kara no Kyokai''). Tentacles doing bad things to people are '''''way''''' not acceptable.
*** In this case, when in doubt, go ahead and post (reviews ''can'' be deleted and archived off-site easily enough if you make a mistake). We'd rather have a temporary mistake of putting something in the database that doesn't belong than permanently leaving out an artistic work.
*** Reviews should be in good taste, even if the anime is not.
*** ALWAYS apply a high "fanservice" or "violence" rating for questionable anime; a 9 or 10 in either category, as appropriate.
** Generally, use good grammar and spelling. American English is preferred (I'm from the U.S., so the articles that FanCruft is starting out with are already in this style). British English is acceptable and should be left as-is when possible. Anything else is acceptable as long as it's more or less readable.
** Reviews should be at least a good solid paragraph. Longer is better, but don't go over three pages of text; no one is going to read your dissertation on the hidden Etruscan symbolism of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' here.
** Keep in mind that the first hundred words or so may show up in search results. The first paragraph should be an introduction and give a broad overview of the anime.
*Ratings
**There are no right or wrong ratings, but please don't leave all of the sliders at "5" just because that's where they start. Put some thought into it. Category ratings are the key ingredient for ''FanCruft'''s "Secret Sauce."
*Cross-references
**Are entirely optional.
**IDs for Netflix, ANN, Wikipedia, and CrunchyRoll are more useful than the others, if you don't want to look for everything (and you probably don't, it's time-consuming and not fun).

User:RedWordSmith

2009-03-27T06:22:57Z

RedWordSmith: /* What Reviewers Do */

== Attention Anime Fans (Draft, everything here subject to change) ==
Sometime Really Soon (Late April?), ''FanCruft'' will go from being a one-man show to being a community-driven [[wikipedia:bliki|wikiblog]]. I need people who love anime and want to talk about their favorite shows (OVA, Series, Movie, or widely available ONA). I need people who are willing to heckle the anime they hate even more.

=== Definition of Anime ===
For the purpose of this new ''FanCruft'', anime is either:
# Animation primarily produced or directed in Japan after ~1975 (no ''really'' old stuff).
# Animation created in other countries which is '''clearly''' intended to mimic the "drawn" 2D animation style of Japanese animation after ~1985.

For both of the points above: when in doubt, leave it out.

=== What Reviewers Do ===
Reviewers:
# Watch Anime. For very, very long series (Bleach, Initial D, etc), it's ok to give up after a few discs, but try to watch as much as you can.
# Write a review.
# '''FanCruft Secret Sauce''': Give the anime its initial ratings in the database on a bit over two dozen factors.
# (Optional) Crop and upload some screenshots.
# (Optional) Cross-reference the anime to some other sites.

That's it! If you're interested in giving this a try, go ahead and add your sig below, and I'll put a message on your talk page when things are ready to go. If you know someone that's not on the wiki that might be interested, let them know about this and have them email '''webmaster [at] fancruft.com'''.

==== Interested in Reviewing Anime ====


*I'm not going to stop reviewing anime myself, of course. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 06:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)



=== Style Guide ===
* "Anime" is preferred for the plural, "animes" is acceptable if you really have to use it. Avoid diacritics or accents.
* Thumbnails:
** Are entirely optional.
** Always need to be ''exactly'' 200 by 154 pixels, with a caption of some sort (one word to a few sentences), to avoid breaking things.
** Cropping the image is highly encouraged, even when it's already the right aspect ratio. In particular, subtitles should always be cropped out.
** Thumbnails that have a character looking to the right should be flipped or mirrored so that characters look ''toward'' the review text, as long as this doesn't harm image quality. (e.g. Avoid flipping the image when it would cause english text in the background to be unreadable).
** Avoid other edits to images. Some older thumbnails have had contrast adjustments, but even this is depreciated.
** Thumbnails should be no "worse" than the equivalent of a scene from a PG-13 film; if you wouldn't see it on a public beach in the U.S., it shouldn't be on ''FanCruft''.
** Up to 3 thumbnails for most reviews, up to 4 thumbnails for a review with an average quality rating of "Must-see," "Avoid," or "Worst Anime Ever."
** When in doubt, leave it out.
* Reviews
** Character names: The name that's most commonly used in the most recent official English dub is preferred. Other names that point out a distinct character are acceptable. When no official dub is available, use your best judgment.
** '''NO HENTAI REVIEWS.''' If it's on Netflix, it's almost certainly ok. If it's got people [[wikipedia:sexual intercourse|doing it]], it's almost certainly not (but note important artistic exceptions such as ''Kara no Kyokai''). Tentacles doing bad things to people are '''''way''''' not acceptable.
*** In this case, when in doubt, go ahead and post (reviews ''can'' be deleted and archived off-site easily enough if you make a mistake). We'd rather have a temporary mistake of putting something in the database that doesn't belong than permanently leaving out an artistic work.
*** Reviews should be in good taste, even if the anime is not.
*** ALWAYS apply a high "fanservice" or "violence" rating for questionable anime; a 9 or 10 in either category, as appropriate.
** Generally, use good grammar and spelling. American English is preferred (I'm from the U.S., so the articles that FanCruft is starting out with are already in this style). British English is acceptable and should be left as-is when possible. Anything else is acceptable as long as it's more or less readable.
** Reviews should be at least a good solid paragraph. Longer is better, but don't go over three pages of text; no one is going to read your dissertation on the hidden Etruscan symbolism of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' here.
** Keep in mind that the first hundred words or so may show up in search results. The first paragraph should be an introduction and give a broad overview of the anime.
*Ratings
**There are no right or wrong ratings, but please don't leave all of the sliders at "5" just because that's where they start. Put some thought into it. Category ratings are the key ingredient for ''FanCruft'''s "Secret Sauce."
*Cross-references
**Are entirely optional.
**IDs for Netflix, ANN, Wikipedia, and CrunchyRoll are more useful than the others, if you don't want to look for everything (and you probably don't, it's time-consuming and not fun).

User:RedWordSmith

2009-03-27T06:08:59Z

RedWordSmith: /* What Reviewers Do */

== Attention Anime Fans (Draft, everything here subject to change) ==
Sometime Really Soon (Late April?), ''FanCruft'' will go from being a one-man show to being a community-driven [[wikipedia:bliki|wikiblog]]. I need people who love anime and want to talk about their favorite shows (OVA, Series, Movie, or widely available ONA). I need people who are willing to heckle the anime they hate even more.

=== Definition of Anime ===
For the purpose of this new ''FanCruft'', anime is either:
# Animation primarily produced or directed in Japan after ~1975 (no ''really'' old stuff).
# Animation created in other countries which is '''clearly''' intended to mimic the "drawn" 2D animation style of Japanese animation after ~1985.

For both of the points above: when in doubt, leave it out.

=== What Reviewers Do ===
Reviewers:
# Watch Anime. For very, very long series (Bleach, Initial D, etc), it's ok to give up after a few discs, but try to watch as much as you can.
# Write a review.
# '''FanCruft Secret Sauce''': Give the anime its initial ratings in the database on a bit over two dozen factors.
# (Optional) Crop and upload some screenshots.
# (Optional) Cross-reference the anime to some other sites.

That's it! If you're interested in giving this a try, go ahead and add your sig below, and I'll put a message on your talk page when things are ready to go:
==== Interested in Reviewing Anime ====


*I'm not going to stop reviewing anime myself, of course. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 06:08, 27 March 2009 (UTC)



=== Style Guide ===
* "Anime" is preferred for the plural, "animes" is acceptable if you really have to use it. Avoid diacritics or accents.
* Thumbnails:
** Are entirely optional.
** Always need to be ''exactly'' 200 by 154 pixels, with a caption of some sort (one word to a few sentences), to avoid breaking things.
** Cropping the image is highly encouraged, even when it's already the right aspect ratio. In particular, subtitles should always be cropped out.
** Thumbnails that have a character looking to the right should be flipped or mirrored so that characters look ''toward'' the review text, as long as this doesn't harm image quality. (e.g. Avoid flipping the image when it would cause english text in the background to be unreadable).
** Avoid other edits to images. Some older thumbnails have had contrast adjustments, but even this is depreciated.
** Thumbnails should be no "worse" than the equivalent of a scene from a PG-13 film; if you wouldn't see it on a public beach in the U.S., it shouldn't be on ''FanCruft''.
** Up to 3 thumbnails for most reviews, up to 4 thumbnails for a review with an average quality rating of "Must-see," "Avoid," or "Worst Anime Ever."
** When in doubt, leave it out.
* Reviews
** Character names: The name that's most commonly used in the most recent official English dub is preferred. Other names that point out a distinct character are acceptable. When no official dub is available, use your best judgment.
** '''NO HENTAI REVIEWS.''' If it's on Netflix, it's almost certainly ok. If it's got people [[wikipedia:sexual intercourse|doing it]], it's almost certainly not (but note important artistic exceptions such as ''Kara no Kyokai''). Tentacles doing bad things to people are '''''way''''' not acceptable.
*** In this case, when in doubt, go ahead and post (reviews ''can'' be deleted and archived off-site easily enough if you make a mistake). We'd rather have a temporary mistake of putting something in the database that doesn't belong than permanently leaving out an artistic work.
*** Reviews should be in good taste, even if the anime is not.
*** ALWAYS apply a high "fanservice" or "violence" rating for questionable anime; a 9 or 10 in either category, as appropriate.
** Generally, use good grammar and spelling. American English is preferred (I'm from the U.S., so the articles that FanCruft is starting out with are already in this style). British English is acceptable and should be left as-is when possible. Anything else is acceptable as long as it's more or less readable.
** Reviews should be at least a good solid paragraph. Longer is better, but don't go over three pages of text; no one is going to read your dissertation on the hidden Etruscan symbolism of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' here.
** Keep in mind that the first hundred words or so may show up in search results. The first paragraph should be an introduction and give a broad overview of the anime.
*Ratings
**There are no right or wrong ratings, but please don't leave all of the sliders at "5" just because that's where they start. Put some thought into it. Category ratings are the key ingredient for ''FanCruft'''s "Secret Sauce."
*Cross-references
**Are entirely optional.
**IDs for Netflix, ANN, Wikipedia, and CrunchyRoll are more useful than the others, if you don't want to look for everything (and you probably don't, it's time-consuming and not fun).

User:RedWordSmith

2009-03-16T07:46:15Z

RedWordSmith: /* Style Guide */ Rm "solid"

== Attention Anime Fans (Draft, everything here subject to change) ==
Sometime Really Soon (Late April?), ''FanCruft'' will go from being a one-man show to being a community-driven [[wikipedia:bliki|wikiblog]]. I need people who love anime and want to talk about their favorite shows (OVA, Series, Movie, or widely available ONA). I need people who are willing to heckle the anime they hate even more.

=== Definition of Anime ===
For the purpose of this new ''FanCruft'', anime is either:
# Animation primarily produced or directed in Japan after ~1975 (no ''really'' old stuff).
# Animation created in other countries which is '''clearly''' intended to mimic the "drawn" 2D animation style of Japanese animation after ~1985.

For both of the points above: when in doubt, leave it out.

=== What Reviewers Do ===

=== Style Guide ===
* "Anime" is preferred for the plural, "animes" is acceptable if you really have to use it. Avoid diacritics or accents.
* Thumbnails:
** Are entirely optional.
** Always need to be ''exactly'' 200 by 154 pixels, with a caption of some sort (one word to a few sentences), to avoid breaking things.
** Cropping the image is highly encouraged, even when it's already the right aspect ratio. In particular, subtitles should always be cropped out.
** Thumbnails that have a character looking to the right should be flipped or mirrored so that characters look ''toward'' the review text, as long as this doesn't harm image quality. (e.g. Avoid flipping the image when it would cause english text in the background to be unreadable).
** Avoid other edits to images. Some older thumbnails have had contrast adjustments, but even this is depreciated.
** Thumbnails should be no "worse" than the equivalent of a scene from a PG-13 film; if you wouldn't see it on a public beach in the U.S., it shouldn't be on ''FanCruft''.
** Up to 3 thumbnails for most reviews, up to 4 thumbnails for a review with an average quality rating of "Must-see," "Avoid," or "Worst Anime Ever."
** When in doubt, leave it out.
* Reviews
** Character names: The name that's most commonly used in the most recent official English dub is preferred. Other names that point out a distinct character are acceptable. When no official dub is available, use your best judgment.
** '''NO HENTAI REVIEWS.''' If it's on Netflix, it's almost certainly ok. If it's got people [[wikipedia:sexual intercourse|doing it]], it's almost certainly not (but note important artistic exceptions such as ''Kara no Kyokai''). Tentacles doing bad things to people are '''''way''''' not acceptable.
*** In this case, when in doubt, go ahead and post (reviews ''can'' be deleted and archived off-site easily enough if you make a mistake). We'd rather have a temporary mistake of putting something in the database that doesn't belong than permanently leaving out an artistic work.
*** Reviews should be in good taste, even if the anime is not.
*** ALWAYS apply a high "fanservice" or "violence" rating for questionable anime; a 9 or 10 in either category, as appropriate.
** Generally, use good grammar and spelling. American English is preferred (I'm from the U.S., so the articles that FanCruft is starting out with are already in this style). British English is acceptable and should be left as-is when possible. Anything else is acceptable as long as it's more or less readable.
** Reviews should be at least a good solid paragraph. Longer is better, but don't go over three pages of text; no one is going to read your dissertation on the hidden Etruscan symbolism of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' here.
** Keep in mind that the first hundred words or so may show up in search results. The first paragraph should be an introduction and give a broad overview of the anime.
*Ratings
**There are no right or wrong ratings, but please don't leave all of the sliders at "5" just because that's where they start. Put some thought into it. Category ratings are the key ingredient for ''FanCruft'''s "Secret Sauce."
*Cross-references
**Are entirely optional.
**IDs for Netflix, ANN, Wikipedia, and CrunchyRoll are more useful than the others, if you don't want to look for everything (and you probably don't, it's time-consuming and not fun).

User:RedWordSmith

2009-03-16T07:41:26Z

RedWordSmith: /* Style Guide */

== Attention Anime Fans (Draft, everything here subject to change) ==
Sometime Really Soon (Late April?), ''FanCruft'' will go from being a one-man show to being a community-driven [[wikipedia:bliki|wikiblog]]. I need people who love anime and want to talk about their favorite shows (OVA, Series, Movie, or widely available ONA). I need people who are willing to heckle the anime they hate even more.

=== Definition of Anime ===
For the purpose of this new ''FanCruft'', anime is either:
# Animation primarily produced or directed in Japan after ~1975 (no ''really'' old stuff).
# Animation created in other countries which is '''clearly''' intended to mimic the "drawn" 2D animation style of Japanese animation after ~1985.

For both of the points above: when in doubt, leave it out.

=== What Reviewers Do ===

=== Style Guide ===
* "Anime" is preferred for the plural, "animes" is acceptable if you really have to use it. Avoid diacritics or accents.
* Thumbnails:
** Are entirely optional.
** Always need to be ''exactly'' 200 by 154 pixels, with a caption of some sort (one word to a few sentences), to avoid breaking things.
** Cropping the image is highly encouraged, even when it's already the right aspect ratio. In particular, subtitles should always be cropped out.
** Thumbnails that have a character looking to the right should be flipped or mirrored so that characters look ''toward'' the review text, as long as this doesn't harm image quality. (e.g. Avoid flipping the image when it would cause english text in the background to be unreadable).
** Avoid other edits to images. Some older thumbnails have had contrast adjustments, but even this is depreciated.
** Thumbnails should be no "worse" than the equivalent of a scene from a PG-13 film; if you wouldn't see it on a public beach in the U.S., it shouldn't be on ''FanCruft''.
** Up to 3 thumbnails for most reviews, up to 4 thumbnails for a review with an average quality rating of "Must-see," "Avoid," or "Worst Anime Ever."
** When in doubt, leave it out.
* Reviews
** Character names: The name that's most commonly used in the most recent official English dub is preferred. Other names that point out a distinct character are acceptable. When no official dub is available, use your best judgment.
** '''NO HENTAI REVIEWS.''' If it's on Netflix, it's almost certainly ok. If it's got people [[wikipedia:sexual intercourse|doing it]], it's almost certainly not (but note important artistic exceptions such as ''Kara no Kyokai''). Tentacles doing bad things to people are '''''way''''' not acceptable.
*** In this case, when in doubt, go ahead and post (reviews ''can'' be deleted and archived off-site easily enough if you make a mistake). We'd rather have a temporary mistake of putting something in the database that doesn't belong than permanently leaving out an artistic work.
*** Reviews should be in good taste, even if the anime is not.
*** ALWAYS apply a high "fanservice" or "violence" rating for questionable anime; a 9 or 10 in either category, as appropriate.
** Generally, use good grammar and spelling. American English is preferred (I'm from the U.S., so the articles that FanCruft is starting out with are already in this style). British English is acceptable and should be left as-is when possible. Anything else is acceptable as long as it's more or less readable.
** Reviews should be at least a good solid paragraph. Longer is better, but don't go over a solid three pages of text; no one is going to read your dissertation on the hidden Etruscan symbolism of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' here.
** Keep in mind that the first hundred words or so may show up in search results. The first paragraph should be an introduction and give a broad overview of the anime.
*Ratings
**There are no right or wrong ratings, but please don't leave all of the sliders at "5" just because that's where they start. Put some thought into it. Category ratings are the key ingredient for ''FanCruft'''s "Secret Sauce."
*Cross-references
**Are entirely optional.
**IDs for Netflix, ANN, Wikipedia, and CrunchyRoll are more useful than the others, if you don't want to look for everything (and you probably don't, it's time-consuming and not fun).

User:RedWordSmith

2009-03-16T07:38:57Z

RedWordSmith: Work on anime notes

== Attention Anime Fans (Draft, everything here subject to change) ==
Sometime Really Soon (Late April?), ''FanCruft'' will go from being a one-man show to being a community-driven [[wikipedia:bliki|wikiblog]]. I need people who love anime and want to talk about their favorite shows (OVA, Series, Movie, or widely available ONA). I need people who are willing to heckle the anime they hate even more.

=== Definition of Anime ===
For the purpose of this new ''FanCruft'', anime is either:
# Animation primarily produced or directed in Japan after ~1975 (no ''really'' old stuff).
# Animation created in other countries which is '''clearly''' intended to mimic the "drawn" 2D animation style of Japanese animation after ~1985.

For both of the points above: when in doubt, leave it out.

=== What Reviewers Do ===

=== Style Guide ===
* "Anime" is preferred for the plural, "animes" is acceptable if you really have to use it. Avoid diacritics or accents.
* Thumbnails:
** Always need to be ''exactly'' 200 by 154 pixels, with a caption of some sort (one word to a few sentences), to avoid breaking things.
** Cropping the image is highly encouraged, even when it's already the right aspect ratio. In particular, subtitles should always be cropped out.
** Thumbnails that have a character looking to the right should be flipped or mirrored so that characters look ''toward'' the review text, as long as this doesn't harm image quality. (e.g. Avoid flipping the image when it would cause english text in the background to be unreadable).
** Avoid other edits to images. Some older thumbnails have had contrast adjustments, but even this is depreciated.
** Thumbnails should be no "worse" than the equivalent of a scene from a PG-13 film; if you wouldn't see it on a public beach in the U.S., it shouldn't be on ''FanCruft''.
** Up to 3 thumbnails for most reviews, up to 4 thumbnails for a review with an average quality rating of "Must-see," "Avoid," or "Worst Anime Ever."
** When in doubt, leave it out.
* Reviews
** Character names: The name that's most commonly used in the most recent official English dub is preferred. Other names that point out a distinct character are acceptable. When no official dub is available, use your best judgment.
** '''NO HENTAI REVIEWS.''' If it's on Netflix, it's almost certainly ok. If it's got people [[wikipedia:sexual intercourse|doing it]], it's almost certainly not (but note important artistic exceptions such as ''Kara no Kyokai''). Tentacles doing bad things to people are '''''way''''' not acceptable.
*** In this case, when in doubt, go ahead and post (reviews ''can'' be deleted and archived off-site easily enough if you make a mistake). We'd rather have a temporary mistake of putting something in the database that doesn't belong than permanently leaving out an artistic work.
*** Reviews should be in good taste, even if the anime is not.
*** ALWAYS apply a high "fanservice" or "violence" rating for questionable anime; a 9 or 10 in either category, as appropriate.
** Generally, use good grammar and spelling. American English is preferred (I'm from the U.S., so the articles that FanCruft is starting out with are already in this style). British English is acceptable and should be left as-is when possible. Anything else is acceptable as long as it's more or less readable.
** Reviews should be at least a good solid paragraph. Longer is better, but don't go over a solid three pages of text; no one is going to read your dissertation on the hidden Etruscan symbolism of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' here.
** Keep in mind that the first hundred words or so may show up in search results. The first paragraph should be an introduction and give a broad overview of the anime.
*Ratings
**There are no right or wrong ratings, but please don't leave all of the sliders at "5" just because that's where they start. Put some thought into it. Category ratings are the key ingredient for ''FanCruft'''s "Secret Sauce."
*Cross-references
**Are entirely optional.
**IDs for Netflix, ANN, Wikipedia, and CrunchyRoll are more useful than the others, if you don't want to look for everything (and you probably don't, it's time-consuming and not fun).

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2009-02-16T06:49:24Z

RedWordSmith: Rm old database moved notice.

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.</div>

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2009-02-05T04:48:26Z

RedWordSmith: Update notice, move successful

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.
<div style="background: #ffcc44">''Sphere Wiki'' was successfully moved from the main FanCruft database, Lavos, to its own database, Radius. Please let me or [[User:OmegaPaladin|OmegaPaladin]] know about any problems that come up. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 04:48, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
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MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2009-02-04T10:38:04Z

RedWordSmith: Update notice

<br />
<div style="background: #ffcc44">''Sphere Wiki'' will be <u>'''UNAVAILABLE TODAY'''</u> Wednesday, February 4 starting at about 4:00PM Central Standard Time for database maintenance. This downtime will affect both reading and editing. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 10:38, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

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MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2009-01-15T21:04:03Z

RedWordSmith: Advanced notice of unavailablity.

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.
<div style="background: #ffcc44">''Sphere Wiki'' will be '''unavailable''' for several hours on '''Wednesday, February 4''' for database maintenance. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 21:04, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
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MediaWiki:Common.css

2009-01-09T01:07:32Z

RedWordSmith: Make things look better.

/* CSS placed here will be applied to all skins */
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background-color: #e0e3e6;
border: thin solid silver;
-moz-border-radius-topright: 0.5em;
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Main Page

2009-01-05T19:11:05Z

RedWordSmith: /* Misc Content */ Cronjob and 7zip based backups now working.

Main Page

2009-01-01T10:02:18Z

RedWordSmith: /* Misc Content */ How to download.

Main Page

2009-01-01T09:55:16Z

RedWordSmith: New Backup, now in 7zip format

Main Page

2008-12-09T20:18:31Z

RedWordSmith: Link to backup

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2008-12-09T20:06:39Z

RedWordSmith: Remove maintence notice

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.
</div>

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2008-12-09T18:26:39Z

RedWordSmith: Maintence notice

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.
</div>

<div style="background: orange"><b>The wiki is currently undergoing required maintenance work. Some pages may not work, or the wiki may become temporarily unavailable. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 18:26, 9 December 2008 (UTC)</b></div>

Main Page

2008-10-05T07:21:43Z

RedWordSmith:

<big>WELCOME</big>

See [[Special:Allpages]] for a list of pages. If you notice any pages that weren't moved over from the old wiki, let me know and I'll try to figure out what happened. Regular backups are made of the database by both Dreamhost and myself, but please keep a copy of anything important to you for yourself on your computer. You'll need to be logged in to an account to edit. - [[User:RedWordSmith|RWS]], [http://fancruft.com/ FanCruft] 07:21, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2008-10-05T06:54:08Z

RedWordSmith:

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.
</div>

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2008-10-05T06:53:44Z

RedWordSmith:

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.
<br /><img src="http://fancruft.com/images/fancruft.png"></div>

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2008-10-05T06:52:41Z

RedWordSmith:

<br /><div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.</div>

MediaWiki:Sitenotice

2008-10-05T06:52:23Z

RedWordSmith: New page: <div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.</div>

<div style="background: #DDDDFF">This wiki is on [http://FanCruft.com/ FanCruft], a site for anime.</div>

Sphere:About

2008-10-05T06:38:11Z

RedWordSmith: Redirecting to Main Page

#redirect [[Main Page]]