not a committee post: misc template links

[aethel]

The vid template is now in use if anyone wants to try it out.

So many new zine templates are now in use that I created a guide to go with them.

Another fanwork template idea: Since vids get their own template, why not fanfiction? Any other fields to add to this one?

Amy wrote a nifty timeline help page for creating your own timeline template, like the graph on the Timeline_of_Slashed_Sources page.

Comments

Re: Podfic template?

[ratcreature]

But is there any podfic that has a seperate article from its story? And if so why? Wouldn't any special comment on the podfic be bundled in the story article like fanart for stories is? Or is this box supposed to go on the story page, i.e. two boxes?

Re: Podfic template?

[tai]

Well, Written by the Victors and And Be One Traveler both have their own pages linked from the main podfic article. I tend to think of podfic as being its own fanwork, not just an extension of the fanfic, and if you're profiling a fan who is primarily a podfic reader it's useful to have pages about her most notable works. Those two podfics I linked were both large collaborative works with multiple readers, but if someone thinks a podfic is notable enough to have its own page I see no reason why it shouldn't, and hence a template would be useful!

Re: Podfic template?

[ratcreature]

Well, I'm not saying it is not a fanwork, fanart illustrating the story is its own fanwork too, and still bundled on story pages. You can link to sections on pages just as well as to pages, so linking to the podfic section directly on a story page is no problem.

I'm not against having a template as such, as that I'd like it better if the guidline was to bundle such clusters of fanworks in one article unless it was becoming really huge, rather than splitting off the cover, the podfic, the fanmix, the illustration, the trailer and so on and so forth, each in its own tiny article. We could still put the technical detail about the podfic in some template box, like how on wikipedia there are sometimes two boxes on one page.

Re: Podfic template?

[tai]

Having two templates on one page also sounds great! I just found this List of Merlin Podfics frogspace has made - everything is on the story pages and articles like Quickening Days, where half the page is about the podfic, could easily be broken into sections. I agree it would be silly to have half a dozen tiny articles about one cluster, but I don't think that's very likely to happen. As long as people feel free to create podfic pages when they really do deserve a separate one, like those two epic collaborations linked above, it's all good.