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RogueBasin currently uses an antiquated wiki engine. [[We]] at [[Wikihack]] can do a few things that RogueBasin editors currently cannot; for example, we can upload screenshots to our articles. However, we are on a commercial wiki host, [[Wikia:Wikia|Wikia]], and we have Google ads while RogueBasin does not yet show advertisements.
 
RogueBasin currently uses an antiquated wiki engine. [[We]] at [[Wikihack]] can do a few things that RogueBasin editors currently cannot; for example, we can upload screenshots to our articles. However, we are on a commercial wiki host, [[Wikia:Wikia|Wikia]], and we have Google ads while RogueBasin does not yet show advertisements.
  
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|+''Comparitive chart'' (''as of 5 April 2009'')  
| width="20%" | ''Wiki''
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|width="20%"|''Wiki''
! width="40%" | RogueBasin
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!width="40%"|RogueBasin  
! width="40%" | [[Wikihack]]
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!width="40%"|[[Wikihack]]
 
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|| ''Scope''
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|''Scope''
|| All roguelike games, including [http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php/NetHack ''NetHack''], [http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php/Angband ''Angband''], ...
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|All roguelike games, including [http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php/NetHack ''NetHack''], [http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php/Angband ''Angband''], ...
|| ''[[NetHack]]'', with occasional mention of derivates like ''[[SLASH'EM]]''
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|''[[NetHack]]'', with occasional mention of derivates like ''[[SLASH'EM]]''
 
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|| ''License''
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|''License''
|| GNU Free Documentation License
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|GNU Free Documentation License
|| [[Wikia:Wikia copyrights|GNU Free Documentation License]]
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|[[Wikia:Wikia copyrights|GNU Free Documentation License]]
 
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|| ''[[Wiki:WikiEngine|WikiEngine]]''
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|''[[Wiki:WikiEngine|WikiEngine]]''
|| MediaWiki [http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=Special:Version 1.6.10]
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|MediaWiki [http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=Special:Version 1.6.10]
|| MediaWiki [[Special:Version|1.13.4]]
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|MediaWiki [[Special:Version|1.13.4]]
 
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|| ''Content pages''
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|''Content pages''
|| [http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=Special:Statistics 847] (24%)
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|[http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=Special:Statistics 929] (26%)
|| [[Special:Statistics|3540]] (100%)
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|[[Special:Statistics|3540]] (100%)
 
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|| ''Image uploads''
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|''Image uploads''
|| [http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=Special:Upload disabled]
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|[http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=Special:Upload disabled]
|| [[Special:Upload|enabled]] for logged-in users
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|[[Special:Upload|enabled]] for logged-in users
 
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[[Category:Websites]]

Revision as of 18:58, 1 July 2009

The logo of RogueBasin

RogueBasin is a wiki about roguelike games in general, now located at http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org ... you can now participate by creating an account.

Some interesting pages:

In addition, RogueBasin has many pages about individual roguelike games and some pages about roguelike programming. Some roguelike developers create pages about their own games, while a few players post reviews of the games.

Conditions for RogueBasin editors

While RogueBasin was at roguebasin.t-o-m-e.net, Spam forced it to restrict editing to registered users and to block the creation of new user accounts, except through an alternate process publicised in some Usenet groups but not the wiki itself. In practice, this made registering an account and contributing to RogueBasin somewhat worthless, because few others would be able to create an account and edit those contributions.

Thus The Quest for the new RogueBasin. Users of rec.games.roguelike.development discussed new hosting for RogueBasin. DarkGod, the maintainer of ToME, gave a copy of the MediaWiki 1.3.9 database to Björn Bergström of roguelikedevelopment.org. The wiki has now finally replaced the default MediaWiki flower with a new logo from an old logo contest. Also, you can now register an account on the wiki. The site is still using MediaWiki 1.3.9 but a planned upgrade will help it defend against troubles like spam.

Statistical comparison between RogueBasin and Wikihack

RogueBasin currently uses an antiquated wiki engine. We at Wikihack can do a few things that RogueBasin editors currently cannot; for example, we can upload screenshots to our articles. However, we are on a commercial wiki host, Wikia, and we have Google ads while RogueBasin does not yet show advertisements.

Comparitive chart (as of 5 April 2009)
Wiki RogueBasin Wikihack
Scope All roguelike games, including NetHack, Angband, ... NetHack, with occasional mention of derivates like SLASH'EM
License GNU Free Documentation License GNU Free Documentation License
WikiEngine MediaWiki 1.6.10 MediaWiki 1.13.4
Content pages 929 (26%) 3540 (100%)
Image uploads disabled enabled for logged-in users