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*Massive kudos to [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] for image contributions past, present, and future.  -- [[User:Demonskrye|Demonskrye]] 14:25, 15 May 2008 (CDT)
 
*Massive kudos to [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] for image contributions past, present, and future.  -- [[User:Demonskrye|Demonskrye]] 14:25, 15 May 2008 (CDT)
 
*:Thank you!!  :D I try! -- [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 00:50, 20 May 2008 (CDT)
 
*:Thank you!!  :D I try! -- [[User:Dtaina|D Taina]] 00:50, 20 May 2008 (CDT)
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==Just a thought==
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So, I'm thinking of creating a [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Gargoyles]] page. Mostly as an answer to a lot of really wacky theories I've seen out there. Some, like ''"Gargoyles was originally an anime," "Disney hates Gargoyles and conspired to kill it," "Space-Spawn look like gargoyles," "The Gathering of the Gargoyles is always in Montreal," "Goliath embraced the human way in Mark of the Panther," "Lexington can't be gay because he went after Angela,"'' and so on and so forth. Thoughts? Suggestions?

Revision as of 11:10, 6 June 2008

Welcome to the GargWiki Community Portal! Here we provide a simple introduction to the GargWiki community and a few useful tools to help editors navigate the site.

Before you begin

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If you are new to GargWiki, or wiki editing in general, you are encouraged to browse some or all of the following pages:

  • GargWiki:About - This page contains a brief description of GargWiki, an explanation of how articles are organized, and a short history of the site.
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Ongoing discussions

GargWiki talk:Community Portal, this page's associated talk page, is for discussions and suggestions relating to the whole of GargWiki. If you would like to get more involved in the running of GargWiki, or if you have an idea to improve the site, you can add it there. Please remember to respect your fellow editors.

As well as this, here is a list of other ongoing discussions elsewhere on the site:

Tasks

In this section, editors can list GargWiki pages according to the work that needs to be done on them. Editors can request pages anonymously or sign their comments by adding three tildes at the end: ~~~

Editors are also encouraged to give a brief explanation as to why they have listed the page, and ideas for improvement.

Requested pages

Special:Wantedpages contains an automatically-generated list of non-existent pages with the most incoming links, but users can also request pages to be created by listing them here.

  • Puck's flute -- An item page, probably a stub for now, but it did appear in a couple of episodes.
  • Gargoyle Way -- We hear this phrase a lot to mean a lot of different things. Maybe someday we can cook up a page talking about the gargoyle code (parenting, banishing, leader/second, all that) Mabe it could help split up the gargoyles page more, as I did when I made clan. -- Matt 16:44, 1 January 2008 (CST)
I would rather have a series of interconnected pages, like Gargoyle, Gargoyle culture (which would link out to, e.g. Clan and Wind Ceremony), Gargoyle biology (which would link out to, e.g. Egg), and maybe even Gargoyle history or similar. We can keep some information (mostly canon) in the main article and then direct people wherever they want to go. Gargoyle Way can redirect to Gargoyle culture. We might even be able to merge some info back into more general articles from clan and egg and whatever else. To keep in line with the archives at Ask Greg, gargoyle culture could also be called gargoyle customs. ... Huh. That seems kinda complicated when I write it all out. -- Supermorff 17:21, 14 January 2008 (CST)
  • Hovercraft -- Talk about hovercrafts and airships. Just a thought. -- Matt 11:48, 10 January 2008 (CST)
Specifically Brod's hovercraft from "Golem" and "Turf". -- Supermorff
Yeah, but we also had the Cyberbiotics' airships, the Hunter's airship and sky sleds and maybe others I can't think of. -- Matt 17:59, 14 January 2008 (CST)
We might as well have separate articles for each: Brod's hovercraft, the Hunters' airship, and the sky sleds, etc. -- Supermorff 07:17, 2 June 2008 (CDT)
  • Street Thugs -- Since we have pages for most of the other recurring characters, I figured they needed their own page as well. Maybe have a subsection for London Street Thugs. -- Matt 17:15, 23 January 2008 (CST)
They appeared in Awakening... uh... 3, Avalon 1 and Hunter's Moon 1. The voice actors who played them switched roles between their first and second appearances (Keith David went from playing the bald white guy to the black guy in a leather jacket). They acquired a gun before their third appearance. That's all I got on them. -- Supermorff 15:10, 1 February 2008 (CST)
  • Construction worker -- Another recurring character without a page. Where there any others we have not done yet? -- Matt 17:15, 23 January 2008 (CST)
From Vendettas and Hunter's Moon 1. Any other appearances? -- Supermorff 15:10, 1 February 2008 (CST)
  • Fairlane -- How about a page for Elisa's car? We see it so much in the the show. It could go in the Vehicles Category PGFish 20:25, 9 April 2008 (CDT)
Since it wasn't identified as a Fairlane, I'd suggest just calling it Elisa's Car or something and mentioning that someone based it off the Fairlane in the Production Background or whatever. Just my two cents. -- Matt 21:22, 7 May 2008 (CDT)

Pages in need of expansion

Special:Shortpages contains an automatically-generated list of pages with the least information, but users can also list pages to be expanded here.

Requested images

Here, users can list articles that they believe could be improved by the inclusion of appropriate images.

  • Avalon Clan -- Matt has requested a collage of higher quality pics of all members seen in canon.
  • Ishimura Clan -- Matt has requested a collage of higher quality pics of all members seen in canon.
  • Labyrinth Clan -- Matt has requested a collage of higher quality pics of all members seen in canon.
Do I include Brentwood? D Taina 17:25, 9 May 2008 (CDT)
No, I'd exclude Brentwood and Fang as they are no longer members as of where we are story-wise. -- Matt 18:58, 9 May 2008 (CDT)
So, while I'm at it... do I include Yama in the Ishimura collage? He was banished and I'm not sure if I should include him. D Taina 14:43, 17 May 2008 (CDT)
No, I wouldn't bother with Yama. Although somebody is bound to ask for a Redemption Squad collage sooner or later, so it might not be a bad idea to have a good picture handy. -- Supermorff 11:54, 19 May 2008 (CDT)
Actually, the picture might look a bit bare without Yama in it. So I don't know. Frankly (and this is the golden rule for all these pictures), go with whatever looks best. -- Supermorff 06:29, 29 May 2008 (CDT)
  • Halloween - Demonskrye would like some pictures of various characters in their Halloween costumes.
From Eye of the Beholder or Gargoyles #4 and #5? Or both? D Taina 17:25, 9 May 2008 (CDT)
I'd personally like both eventually, but no rush. You can also feel free to grab pics of any other characters with interesting Halloween costumes (like Alex, Brendan, Morgan, maybe Thailog?, etc). -- Demonskrye 18:39, 9 May 2008 (CDT)
  • Oberon's Children - A group picture of Oberon's children, perhaps a pan from the Gathering Part One.
I'm working on this one, but it's going to take a while. The pan has moving characters, foreground/midground/background elements, 107 frames... but when it's done, it's going to be awesome!! Here's my progress so far: The Gathering 01 DTaina 08:38, 3 June 2008 (CDT)
  • Gargoyle - Demonskrye would like a picture or pictures of some real stone gargoyles for the Real-World Background section. We can keep the one of the stone gargoyles from the show, but I don't think the "life-sized" free-standing statues we see frequently in the series are really good representations of what most real-world gargoyles look like. Plus, despite the caption, these particular gargoyle statues do not exist in the real world.

Kudos

GargWiki:Special Thanks contains a list of influential people that helped create GargWiki in its current form. Editors can also recognize the efforts of regular users of GargWiki by listing them here:

  • Kudos to VA for rewriting the first sentences of tons of articles for better uniformity of format! (Feel free to use this section for kudos to other editors too.) -- Demonskrye 20 September 2007
    Oh, thank you! :) -- Vaevictis Asmadi 13:09, 20 September 2007 (CDT)
  • Kudos to User:Supermorff for his hard work creating and implementing the CIT text and banner templates. -- Vaevictis Asmadi 21:22, 26 September 2007 (CDT)
    Thanks very much! -- Supermorff 03:53, 27 September 2007 (CDT)
  • A big well done to User:Matt, and also User:Greg Bishansky, for adding Appearances sections to every canon character article. -- Supermorff 14:45, 31 December 2007 (CST)
    Thanks! I can't believe it took less than a day. Thanks everyone who helped put it together, offered suggestions, corrected errors and reminded me of things I'd forgotten. Wait'll you guys hear my next big idea! -- Matt 14:48, 31 December 2007 (CST)
  • Massive kudos to D Taina for image contributions past, present, and future. -- Demonskrye 14:25, 15 May 2008 (CDT)
    Thank you!!  :D I try! -- D Taina 00:50, 20 May 2008 (CDT)

Just a thought

So, I'm thinking of creating a Misconceptions and urban legends about Gargoyles page. Mostly as an answer to a lot of really wacky theories I've seen out there. Some, like "Gargoyles was originally an anime," "Disney hates Gargoyles and conspired to kill it," "Space-Spawn look like gargoyles," "The Gathering of the Gargoyles is always in Montreal," "Goliath embraced the human way in Mark of the Panther," "Lexington can't be gay because he went after Angela," and so on and so forth. Thoughts? Suggestions?