Ideas board for Add–ons or not?
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Ideas board for Add–ons or not?
Apparently there is some confusion — at least for me.
Per the “MUST-READ”:
Anyway, cheers and good night from my side of the planet.
Per the “MUST-READ”:
I bolded the text. Anyways, it seems that this means something different than how I read it. Quoting from another thread,This forum is a place where people can post ideas they have had for the game. It could be anything related to Wesnoth. From a cool new type of add-on, to a small improvement to the help menu, to a new Wesnoth-related Web application. When you have an idea, but no work (yet), this is the place.
I can see how there is room for ambiguity. So, it seems to me that eitherPentarctagon wrote: ↑March 6th, 2018, 8:27 amThe [MUST-READ] thread says:Can-ned_Food wrote: ↑March 6th, 2018, 1:56 am I'm confused, though. Doesn't it allow for a [UMC] tag?
If, by “additions to the game” it means additions or changes to a certain fork of the project and not to anything else, then might I recommend you guys change that Read This post to make it more clear?
(snip)ie: suggestions for improving Wesnoth for UMC authors. Not to post ideas for your particular add-on.This category is for “User Made Content”. These topics would be used for suggesting things for add-on creators.
- that document is inconsistent
it needs revised - the phrasing is foggy
should be revised or augmented - both are permissible
could be revised to clarify that
Anyway, cheers and good night from my side of the planet.
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Re: Ideas board for Add–ons or not?
I'm honestly still not sure what you're finding ambiguous. What, specifically, are you thinking it says is allowed in Ideas that I'm saying belongs in one of the other forums?
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Re: Ideas board for Add–ons or not?
I agree with Can-ned_Food interpretation. "suggestions for improving Wesnoth for UMC authors" go under [engine], or sometimes [interface].
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Re: Ideas board for Add–ons or not?
The description of the UMC tag for threads hinges on how you read that line in the preamble. The one which says
Of course, the topic which prompted me to wonder this wasn't even an add–on, but a new name for my own forthcoming fork of the source — which is, understandably, too far from the criteria of the Ideas board and was more–or–less rightfully moved to another board.
Pardon me for making such a fuss about it. Probably there are very few new topics which do occur as a result of similar interpretation — even from those who read the rules as I did.
See, the troublesome word there is “type”. Does this mean a technical class — à la the difference betweena cool new type of add-on,
[campaign]
and [modification]
, — or does it mean a genre?Of course, the topic which prompted me to wonder this wasn't even an add–on, but a new name for my own forthcoming fork of the source — which is, understandably, too far from the criteria of the Ideas board and was more–or–less rightfully moved to another board.
Pardon me for making such a fuss about it. Probably there are very few new topics which do occur as a result of similar interpretation — even from those who read the rules as I did.
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Re: Ideas board for Add–ons or not?
Can-ned_Food
I've changed
I've changed
toFrom a cool new type of add-on
which should clarify what it means.From new features for UMC authors
In which case, what would [UMC] cover? It sounds a bit redundant.
99 little bugs in the code, 99 little bugs
take one down, patch it around
-2,147,483,648 little bugs in the code
take one down, patch it around
-2,147,483,648 little bugs in the code
Re: Ideas board for Add–ons or not?
I expect that to mean addon ideas for anyone to implement. Examples
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Re: Ideas board for Add–ons or not?
As for that, maybe we could allow posting of rough outlines or plots, with no work yet done or planned, to the suitable __ Development board. Of course, maybe there are some there now: I did not search the boards to see if there are any already. I did see one or two LFW–ish threads.
Probably should require that any such thread
Probably should require that any such thread
- begin with at least a modicum of detail more than simply
“Wouldn't it be fun to have a faction of pacifists?”
or the like. - be tagged a label like CONCEPT or something.