The RBI Baseball Database

[Gantry]

Image uploading now enabled, letting you add pics to articles.  You have to be logged in, once you are you'll see an Upload file link on the toolbox on the left side.  Clik away and follow the instructions...

[Nails]

Nice work Nails, a few suggestions which you'll see from my edit. Don't take this as a criticism, more of advice for all

Quoting JoeD:  How dare you, sir

Thanks for the info - will do.

[TβG]

did you want to add the unkown #'s to the pitchers?  i think it would be good to get the info out there and let others speculate.  as i pointed out somewhere else..... they mean.... something.

[TβG]

did you want to add the pitcher's unknown #'s?  i think it would be good to get the info out there and let others speculate on the functions of these stats.  as i pointed out somewhere else on the board, the numbers mean something.

[Nails]

Sure, ... why ... not?

[Nails]

Sure, why not?

[TβG]

dude, the page froze it was loading my reply...  i didn't know it went through.  i let my posts stand for posterity.

....posterity.

[Gantry]

Adding the unkown numbers is probably a good idea....

[fknmclane]

Simply posting/editing a page is rather simple.  Nothing to it at all.  Looks like the linking and whatnot is going to take practice.

I don't have the words to get across how much I love this project.  Gantry for el presidente.

[Gantry]

Links are simple, but a word in double brackets

[[RBI]]

That's it...  If you are ever lost, simply click the "edit" tab on a page that's already made.  You can see all the info used to make the page...

[Gantry]

here's a tip I gave to mclane in his talk page:

http://dee-nee.com/wiki/index.php/User_talk:Fknmclane

Describes how to do redirects, which basically gives one page for an item with multiple words.  Such as Error and BOP, you really want them to go to the same page.  Let me know if that makes any sense...

[fknmclane]

Shit, it even makes sense to me.  This is far easier to use than I expected although I'm probably just at the tip of the iceberg.

The RBI Database project is fantastic and everyone needs to get on board.  I'm calling out all my internet friends...

[Mike D.]

I think that each "forum bigwig" should have a page, however that page should be constructed by someone other than himself.  For example, VitB constructs Gantry's, BDawk does mine, I do RDubs, etc.  We could have a secret drawing like those ghey ass games all the girls in my office do around Christmas time and then they buy me gifts and I never get my person anything.  Maybe this isn't such a good idea.

[fknmclane]

You've seen this, right?

Emilio on RBI Wiki.

[TβG]

i like miked's idea.  i'll do fightonusc since i have an internet crush on him.  and what's interesting about the RBI database is that it isn't a true database in the sense of the software.... it's more of a wiki-base, which i'm sure is a new catch phrase that everyone will be using in the future.

[Gantry]

Yeah, it's a wiki with a database backend.  RBI Database is a little easier to grasp than RBI Wiki, so I went with the former...

The beauty is the open nature.  Simply start a page on anyone you want, assuming it's rbi/dee-nee relevant.  I like to peruse the "Recent Changes" page and simply fix some existing stuff.  Remember, nobody has "claim" to a page, feel free to expand or edit as you wish.  If you change something drastically or you have a question on what they wrote, but it on that article's "talk" page. 

And remember everyone, check off "watch this page" for any pages you work on.  That way you can see updates to your pages.  I highly recommend going to your preferences and having this be the default action:

http://dee-nee.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Preferences

Under editing, check off "Add pages you edit to your watchlist"

[TβG]

can we steal text and stuff from other websites to put it up on player pages, or how do you want us to handle that?  i think links take you away from the page which isn't always a good thing.  what are your thoughts?

[fightonusc]

I've been including a list of sources at the bottom of pages if need be. You can also make a list of external links that reference things you mention in your entry.

[Gantry]

Agreed, typically put references or at the bottom of the page under an External Links section (== External Links ==).  Needless to say, anything from dee-nee proper is game for direct theft...

[fightonusc]

Is there a way to see a list of every entry into the RBI Database? I know that you can get a list of recent changes, but is there a way to just see every entry?