Call to dee-nee database arms, player bios

[Gantry]

Folks:

With shitpaw departing, we have lost 50% of the RBI Database workforce.  I would REALLY like to get bios (small or otherwise) and RBI stats for all 160 NES players before the Columbus tourney.  Shitpaw, as a final gift before moving, added categories to all the players.  So here is the list:

http://dee-nee.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Players_in_NES_RBI

Pick a player and do 1 page every day or two.  If you need a template, the two best player pages are my Rick Burleson page and Big Hath's Dale Murphy page:

http://dee-nee.com/wiki/index.php/Rick_Burleson
http://dee-nee.com/wiki/index.php/Dale_Murphy

They obviously don't have to be that in-depth, but good starting points.  The Burleson page has a good template in terms of categories, I've been using it for most of the player pages I've done (mostly Ca and the RBI Legend pinch hitters). 

Do your best folks, be it doing only one detailed player page or a bunch of little 2-sentence bios.  I'm worried the db will die out with Shitpaw's depature, and we can't have it! 

Any questions/comments/whatever, let me know...

[Gantry]

Also, if player bios aren't your bag, then the Forum glossary needs plenty of terms:

http://dee-nee.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Forum_Glossary

This would be good to have to let people like OJ catch up with forum nomenclature quickly and easily.  Searching 100,000 topics ain't all that easy.  To do a new term, simply search for it and create a page if it isn't already there.   Be sure to add [[Category:Forum Glossary]] to the very bottom of the page...

Thanks again...

[TempoGL]

gantry, i once tried to figure out how to register or whatever to start doing work on the DB, and couldn't figure it out.  can you perhaps provide a link to said information?

[Gantry]

You have to tell me specifially what trouble you are having.  The first thing you have to do it click "Create an account or log in" in the upper-right corner.  Enter a name and password.  Once you get logged in, click the "edit" tab on any page to start entering text.  Preview a page before you submit it to see how it looks. 

Here is your first test:

http://dee-nee.com/wiki/index.php/Jose_Uribe

Simply add "Jose Uribe is the leadoff hitter and starting shortstop for San Francisco on the NES version of RBI"

Once you get that far, you are good...

[Nacho]

ShitPaw left?

[Gantry]

http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=7340.msg120368#msg120368

My reading comprehension skills lacked there, but he's going away for a couple weeks.  That's just enough time for people to stop caring about the db and letting it stagnate.  Can't let it happen...

[Dryden]

Ha!  I have updated Jose Uribe!  I feel so... empty... inside...

[Gerlost]

Simply add "Jose Uribe looks like Alfonso Ribeiro."

I wanted to add an entry for "DOLT - The worst insult you can call a man." but I don't know the Dee-Nee origin or anything like that.

[Gantry]

You crafty beaver!

If anyone cares, I edited the Uribe page to add the wikilinks.  That was going to be step two for Strassy before Mr. Fancypants showed up and pissed in our tuna salad...

[Gantry]

I think Dolt was used a bit on the forums, wasn't it?  Feel free to add and let others fix it up.  That's the beauty of the wiki, start small and build up:

http://dee-nee.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dolt&action=edit

[Dryden]

Now I'm empty AND ashamed.

[Gantry]

Have some tuna salad, cures what ails ya... 

[TempoGL]

well, i figured out how to register (wow, that was easy) and I added information to the page on my personal RBI favorite, Spike Owen.

[Gerlost]

Alright, Dolt is there.  http://dee-nee.com/wiki/index.php/Dolt

[GDavis]

I made one for "fkn".  Just wanted to try the thing out.

[Gantry]

Well done folks... 

GD - There was actually a fknmc entry already, I redirected "fkn" to "fknmc" and added your example to it...

And sign up for an account you fkndolt!

http://dee-nee.com/wiki/index.php/Fknmc

[Dryden]

That's a pretty screwed up Fknmclink, there, G.

[GDavis]

I guess I ruined Thanksgiving.

[Gantry]

It wsa fine until someone came in, blanked out the page and added "bleh" to the discussion page.  Time to lookup the IP address...

Page has been reverted to the old one...

[fightonusc]

I'm too busy thinking of new and creative ways to make fun of fknmclane. I'm sure that once the tournament is over I'll have more time...