Don't do MySQL. Do PostgreSQL instead, or SQLite for small file-based databases.
WYSIWYG without some sort of code fallback is quite annoying to me, so that's not going to happen. Typically the fallback is HTML which isn't ideal to me, but it's not that bad. GUI editors lower the barrier for entry, which can be both a good and a bad thing.
Not having work pages would have a huge impact on site organization. Works link to pages, and pages link to works, for the most part. Without work pages to link to, walled gardens would start to spring up. While I realize that work pages aren't the core of the site, so to speak, people use the wiki in different ways. I've used it to find interesting anime to watch, and some people try to tout their favorite works. I think we probably should accommodate different uses such as this (to an extent, anyway). I also wouldn't be reading your fic, Bob, if there wasn't a wiki page on it. (But keep the questions like this coming; they're important to consider.)
As far as a name, AllTheTropes isn't bad. I can't come up with any names that aren't pun-based, and I'm afraid StarshipTropers.org and Trope-A-Dope.org are not going to go over that well. Tropes.tv is also unregistered, but that sounds like a lolsuit waiting to happen.
And in terms of forums, I'm not really sold on the need yet. TRS and Special Efforts were useful. However, there are tons of other sites out there where you can discuss the media you like, and very few that invite media analysis.
I'd like to preserve the namespaces (i.e. subpages) to keep things organized. PmWiki has an extension for a third subpage (and only 3 -- 5 is right out!), so one could potentially have Manga/MahouSenseiNegima,TropesA-D or Webcomic/Xkcd,Characters. But other software does subpages better, so I'm going to keep looking.
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WYSIWYG without some sort of code fallback is quite annoying to me, so that's not going to happen. Typically the fallback is HTML which isn't ideal to me, but it's not that bad. GUI editors lower the barrier for entry, which can be both a good and a bad thing.
Not having work pages would have a huge impact on site organization. Works link to pages, and pages link to works, for the most part. Without work pages to link to, walled gardens would start to spring up. While I realize that work pages aren't the core of the site, so to speak, people use the wiki in different ways. I've used it to find interesting anime to watch, and some people try to tout their favorite works. I think we probably should accommodate different uses such as this (to an extent, anyway). I also wouldn't be reading your fic, Bob, if there wasn't a wiki page on it. (But keep the questions like this coming; they're important to consider.)
As far as a name, AllTheTropes isn't bad. I can't come up with any names that aren't pun-based, and I'm afraid StarshipTropers.org and Trope-A-Dope.org are not going to go over that well. Tropes.tv is also unregistered, but that sounds like a lolsuit waiting to happen.
And in terms of forums, I'm not really sold on the need yet. TRS and Special Efforts were useful. However, there are tons of other sites out there where you can discuss the media you like, and very few that invite media analysis.
I'd like to preserve the namespaces (i.e. subpages) to keep things organized. PmWiki has an extension for a third subpage (and only 3 -- 5 is right out!), so one could potentially have Manga/MahouSenseiNegima,TropesA-D or Webcomic/Xkcd,Characters. But other software does subpages better, so I'm going to keep looking.
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