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the lost experience

Should we add the letyourcompassguideyou.com to the lost exprience section? --Phil 07:26, 18 May 2006 (PDT)

--Plkrtn 19:30, 19 May 2006 (PDT)== Update == This page is in serious need of an update.--Peephole 16:35, 18 May 2006 (PDT)

It is being constantly changed and refined. Its never being left static. --Plkrtn 19:06, 19 May 2006 (PDT)

I believe what Peephole is referring to is a major overhaul/clean up. I agree; this page is majorly cluttered. However, it can look a lot better with some reformatting to make the boxes line up. One thing that would help would be to change the lists of stuff into links to the category pages. -- Ramirez Selvarn

I'm currently working on building Portals for the sections covered at the bottom. See Portal:Characters for a little preview of what I've done so far. Its by no means finished yet though. Moving them into their own section and just listing the portals toward the top of the page would clean this up considerably. --Plkrtn 19:30, 19 May 2006 (PDT)

Sweet. I should be available Monday and possibly tomorrow night (EST) to help-leave a comment on my talk page if you need me. -- Ramirez Selvarn

Adding content to The Lost Experience box

I think a link to The Lost Experience Clues page would be really helpful for those of us who visit the site often for that reason. Zombiebomb 23:23, 18 May 2006 (PDT)

Thanks for the add! Zombiebomb 18:45, 23 May 2006 (PDT)

Newly Tidied Front Page

I've tidied up the front page some what, and reduced the garish colour scheme, but I still need help making the portals look a little bit more swanky. Any volunteers? --Plkrtn 04:47, 20 May 2006 (PDT)

id love to, why not bring back some of the soft oranges and purples for the news and "next..." sections? I still like the trimmed down front page though

talk contribs 06:47, 20 May 2006 (PDT)

Article of the Week

OK, I've kicked off article of the week with the article on Mr. Friendly (He was the first person to come into my head)... How future articles are decided (Executive decision or sysop vote) is up to others to discuss. I will maintain this, and this week in Lost if you wish, but if someone else would like to take Article of the Week and own it for themselves, I don't mind that either. --Plkrtn 07:28, 23 May 2006 (PDT)

I would prefer a page such as this. This is the same format I set up at HRWiki last year, and it's been working well thusfar. ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 20:44, 23 May 2006 (PDT)

The problem with that is that regular users can't edit it to make comments or vote. -- Ramirez Selvarn

I agree, it should be a user vote, not decided via dictatorship or aristocracy. This is a wiki, after all. --Ernest 11:50, 24 May 2006 (PDT)

Actually, if the SysOps as a whole decided it, it would be an oligarchy. How does Wikipedia decide what article is featured? -- Ramirez Selvarn 11:29, 25 May 2006 (PDT)

Well

I've done my best to contact Admin. I found a phone number to call (that is not the fax number listed on the whois) and left a voicemail. I also emailed four different email addresses that there is an emergency that needs dealing with here. Let's hope this can be resolved soon. --Circeus 17:52, 24 May 2006 (PDT)

I want this to be over. I am not even supposed to work today! Thanks to Plkrtn for the spoiler free policy, hope I can still be spoiler-free. GodEmperorOfHell --17:55, 24 May 2006 (PDT)

Suggestion

we can put links to external links in the main page.. like frappr map frappr map and the orkut community orkut community --.:: zOn3™ ::.

Only see edits before a certain date?

It would nice if there was a way we could only see edits before a certain date for the people in other countries or timezones. --Recurr 13:31, 25 May 2006 (PDT)

Like, Do not show edits after m/d/y or Show only history before m/d/y. --Recurr 13:32, 25 May 2006 (PDT)

Cleanup template/Banner/Category

i have notciced that alot of the pages are getting filled with out of date info, and i couldnt find a cleanup template, so i made one. hope it can be of some use, and sorry if i have been so dense that i couldn't see the existing template.

an example is here:

This article or section has been nominated for a cleanup
The content on this page may be out of place, overwritten, and/or contradictory.
You can help Lostpedia by cleaning it up.

i have also produced one for talk pages: Template:Talk Cleanup

I would be really chuffed if people could start using them on cluttered pages!

- Mikey - "so emo, it hurts"© 06:52, 29 May 2006 (PDT)

Spelling Error in edit box

   * Please use the 'Show Preview' button before saving changes in order to check your submission for erros...

ironic, really - Mikey - "so emo, it hurts"©

Grammar and Tenses

There seems to be no real consensus of what tense to use describing events as the occur in the show. People generally seem to put the most recent episode in the present tense and all others in the past, which makes things confusing. Is there any strong objection to consistently putting all activities taken in the past tense? --Frieze 09:45, 30 May 2006 (PDT)

there was a conscious decision to NOT produce a style guide, but i think past tense would be best - Mikey - "so emo, it hurts"©

i would say past, as in kate did this jack did that, unless it applies to a trait, as above. it would get uber complicated to put it those in the past tense, and the characters still excist. Kates flashback revealed her to have been... nah! - Mikey - "so emo, it hurts"©

Page Navigator

Template:Nav

im really sorry but i dont like the {{nav}} box. its big and clunky, doesn't seem to serve any really useful purpose - Mikey - "so emo, it hurts"©

I agree, it has little purpose to have it on every page--Captain Insano

I agree that it should not be used on every page, but a pared down version could be useful for certain pages, such as navigating through the episode guides, or characters. Each section in the {{nav}} template could be its own smaller navigation box.
Jabberwock talk contribs email - 08:20, 31 May 2006 (PDT)

I agree as well. Make one nav template for "Main Characters" and one for "Supporting Characters" and one for "Companies", etc. --Elvis 09:05, 31 May 2006 (PDT)

I'm trying to come up with something simpler -- take a look at

http://lostpedia.com/wiki/Template:Nav-Main

http://lostpedia.com/wiki/Template:Nav-Minor

It may need some wiki-Template formatting help, since these are just broken-down versions of the main giant Nav template...

But it would be easy to break down the components of the main template in to these mini-templates...

Jenolen 10:41, 31 May 2006 (PDT)

Format of Episode Titles

I'm curious about how episode titles appear in entries. I think they should be italicized (quotes can be so yucky.) Examples of how this would look include:

Man of Science, Man of Faith

Abandoned

What Kate Did

I think this looks classy, and helps readability for a sentence such as:

In the episode What Kate Did, Kate's flashback reveals her to be...

Is there any consensus on the episode title issue?? In some way, they should be set off from the regular text and links...

Jenolen 10:24, 31 May 2006 (PDT)