Introducing The Linkin Park Association Wiki!

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    Bennington_Hahn

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    Aweeeesome idea guys,

    just a shame its be debuted today, as its just been forgotten/lost in the news of ATS & LPUX :D

    But'll I'll be sure to contribute my knowledge to it. No doubt about that! :)
     
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    Benjamin

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    I'm about done with all the Hybrid Theory songs. People can add the song descriptions and maybe have an interpretation section. This whole thing is going to be great after a while!
     
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    Derek

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    We'd like to sway towards not having interpretations. We'd rather have it be more like an LP Encyclopedia then an opinion rolodex lol.
     
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    Ree

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    Great idea!
    I was reading the Muse wiki a while back and thought LP should have one :)
     
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    Derek

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    There's been some updates guys, but the updates could come faster. I know we have some good writers here, and you guys don't have to be scared to contribute :). There are many articles that need to be written, and some examples are on the "Linkin Park" page (linkable via the front page of the wiki). Any link that is in red, needs an article. And if an article you wanna type hasn't been linked/made yet...you can make it via the instructions in the main post and then post the link in the "Discussion" tab of the main page. Lets get this wiki flourishing!
     
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    Benjamin

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    It's really easy to pick up. I've also found it helpful to look at other pages people have edited and see how they typed it up. I may even copy and paste a table and just change the info. You don't even need to know how to do that stuff!
     
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    Zane

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    Me and Adam are going to start a earphone piece for LP wiki
     
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    Zak

    Zak HEY, EVERYONE! GET IN HERE!

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    It's brilliant isn't it?
    I created tables and stuff for one album and just copied the code onto the other albums!
     
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    Benjamin

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    Exactly! I came in having 0 idea what Wiki language is and I already have contributed a lot! And that sounds cool Zane.
     
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    not the first fan wiki

    There is already a LP-dedicated wiki made by a fan, it's available in both english and french :

    http://www.winkinpark.com/
     
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    Have you added the usability enhancements? ;)
     
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    http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Poem

    this would add <poem> tags to the wiki so writing lyrics would be far easier. I'd like to add this to my first request. ...oh dear the smiley put itself in there.

    Well they didn't publicize that one very well, I've never heard of it. Our English wiki has already surpassed them in number of articles. Part of the problem with these wikis is they're not visible enough to the LP community. A good wiki has to be edited by lots of people, so the whole fanbase has to see it. IMO, LPA has the best chance of achieving this.
     
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    Derek

    Derek LPAssociation.com Administrator LPA Administrator

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    From our FB:

    "A big round of applause goes to KATHYXX for her incredible work on the Linkin Park Wiki thus far. Kathy has taken on the task of being a Wiki administrator, and has gone through the efforts to not only redesign the Wiki, but keep it organized and up to date as well. Thanks Kathy! We really appreciate your efforts!"

    Thanks Kathy!

    http://www.facebook.com/LPAssociation
     
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    Mo rezgui

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    Great work Kathy :)
    I was also thinking, for musicians who are also fans of Linkin Park, details on individual songs such as, Beats Per Minute (BPM) and what key the songs are played in (D minor etc.) and maybe even a box that would link to Tabs and sheet music for the songs?

    It's quite a hefty task i guess, but it's always been a shame how that sort of information is hard to find for those wishing to cover Linkin Park songs. :)
     
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    Awesome!
     
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    If we can find sheet music for the songs then I would happily implement them.
     
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    thats a awesome idea!
     
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    Vriska

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    I would love to have any and all information. Anything. That in particular is a great idea, it's just that I don't know them.
    The Tabs can have their own category even, I looked for existing wiki tab examples, though all i got was this: http://www.guitarwiki.com/index.php/AC/DC_-_D.T.

    We just have to find someone that knows all the right tabs.

    thank you too :D

    (I can't install extensions myself though, i don't think)
     
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    Jake

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    I don't see much activity there!
    But I am still contributing

    We can make this big!
    Hopefully Mike will take notice and dump Wikipedia and point people to ours :awesome:
     
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    linkinpark.wikia.com
     
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