Maesenko
So, I went in search of a list of textile coding and was directed to Wikipedia. I found a list there of groups and/or sites that use Textile, only to find that Obsidian Portal was not there. I added it to the list, but I found that the link led to nowhere! In fact, the only other references I came across on the whole of Wikipedia was from the ENnie awards listings.
Does anybody out there want to help create the Obsidian Portal Wikipedia page?
_~Mae_
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twigs
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Just trying to help out.
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im happy to help out with the wikipedia site. I assume as a user I entitled to make the wiki, as I am not officially linked to the company. My plan would be to plagiarise alex_redeyes review of the site enormously and take all the credit.... ok ok , ill reference Alex :)
whats the next step? is everyone happy for Mae, Dread and I to put the wiki page together based on the Alex review (as a starting point)?
twigs
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_Portal
however I have not used Alex_redeys review after all as I suspect that may breach the wikipedia policies.
if anyone wants to edit the page, create an account and get stuck in :) there is a 'talk' tab which can be used to discuss the page and collaborate on content
be aware it seems there may have, briefly, been an OP wikipedia site before, but it was deleted by "Karl Dickman" as it had "No credible indication of importance (individuals, animals, organizations, web content, events))"
***Edit *** not sure if its a 'refreshing issue' but it looks to me like Mr Dickman has deleted the page again... I will let some time pass and check it again later
anyone who wants to provide factual links to independent sources can do so however (awards won perhaps?)
in terms of the history of the site, we would need a personal interview from the founders to exist somewhere, and then we could site that
running short of time, so I have created this place holder for now...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Obsidian_Portal
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twigs
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just type in and save "test edit by ~~~~" and that will let me know it works ok :)
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Nick
If this were published on a well supported online site (Dragon?), or better still a hard copy publication somewhere (Dragon again maybe; is OP old enough for that to have happened?) that would be an even stronger reference still.
https://d2pq0u4uni88oo.cloudfront.net/projects/461321/video-222929-h264_high.mp4
The wayback machine shows a Beta version of the site from 2007 (March 14th to be specific)
"https://web.archive.org/web/20070314023801/http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/list":https://web.archive.org/web/20070314023801/http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/list
The original workers were from a company called aisleten; where they hosted a blog called "Midnight Oil". It was very popular (cough) with some (cough, cough) gamers.
"https://web.archive.org/web/20070514145002/http://blog.aisleten.com/2007/02/":https://web.archive.org/web/20070514145002/http://blog.aisleten.com/2007/02/
The first blog entry of Midnight Oil speaks of "Beta invites". The fifth entry mentions Obsidian Portal (in a list of things).
I think the beta tag came off in late 2007; not sure. Wayback doesn't show it after October 2007 any ways.
If the author of Midnight Oil is the same guy as the Ruby on Rails account information says, that would be Micah Wedemeyer From: Atlanta, GA, USA
In this post ("here on the forums":http://forums.obsidianportal.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=4&page=1#Item_0): He introduces himself as the co-founder of the site.
Can't run the interview at work, but the blog has an early interview by the Core Mechanic (see "here":http://blog.obsidianportal.com/the-core-mechanic-interviews-us/). The link there is ... lets call it broken. "This":http://thecoremechanic.blogspot.ca/2010/01/interview-with-obsidian-portal-part-1.html seems to be the text of the interview.
And ... that's all the time I have. More tonight if I can find it.
(Fixed typo in Micah's name.... sorry Micah.)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_ENnie_Award_winners
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_ENnie_Award_winners
Plus the Ennie website
Gold Winner
http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/about-us/2011-nominees-and-winners/
Silver Winner
http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/about-us/2012-noms-and-winners/
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