I'm currently doing a bot run to rename a bunch of Recap pages to change the format to Work/Recap/S1/E01 Episode Name. Which means I can finally turn on the hierarchical menus for the work pages after this, as that template wants to parse on a slash. Did a lot of manual renaming while I was there, adding apostrophes in the appropriate places in episode titles, etc. And with that, I think that the import from TV Tropes is done.
That's actually a pretty big milestone. In wiki features, All The Tropes is now better than TV Tropes. And for me, this milestone means that the time of my major involvement in the project is coming to an end.
I started working on ATT to provide a place for people to work on tropes without attitudes of uniform positivity and censorship, and because I was the only one I knew with the technical skill and drive to make a replacement. And I believe that we have succeeded in building that site, and in creating more inclusive and educational values for tropers. While there is certainly still room to grow, the site has become self-sufficient and has attracted editors from all over the world. I've helped to build a wiki with an open culture that doesn't rely on one person, and I'm very proud of that.
What ATT needs the most now is not raw technical skill, but content creators and people to grow the community. And I'm confident that ATT will find them, and continue to grow. I have every confidence in GethN7 and Bob to lead ATT onward (and I may poke my head in and help a bit too).
I'm not really going anywhere, but I want to concentrate on other efforts. When I joined, I didn't have a job, but now I am employed full-time. I'd like to get back to working on the final push for the Perl 6 language, which is offically coming out Christmas next year. And working on the wiki has kept me from working on my own writing, and I want to get back to that. Not that anyone reads my work, but I want to create more than analyze right now.
So instead of hanging on to the idea of leadership and doing gradually less work, I want to encourage ATT to seek out future leaders now. Thanks for believing, everyone; Viva Tropes!
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That's actually a pretty big milestone. In wiki features, All The Tropes is now better than TV Tropes. And for me, this milestone means that the time of my major involvement in the project is coming to an end.
I started working on ATT to provide a place for people to work on tropes without attitudes of uniform positivity and censorship, and because I was the only one I knew with the technical skill and drive to make a replacement. And I believe that we have succeeded in building that site, and in creating more inclusive and educational values for tropers. While there is certainly still room to grow, the site has become self-sufficient and has attracted editors from all over the world. I've helped to build a wiki with an open culture that doesn't rely on one person, and I'm very proud of that.
What ATT needs the most now is not raw technical skill, but content creators and people to grow the community. And I'm confident that ATT will find them, and continue to grow. I have every confidence in GethN7 and Bob to lead ATT onward (and I may poke my head in and help a bit too).
I'm not really going anywhere, but I want to concentrate on other efforts. When I joined, I didn't have a job, but now I am employed full-time. I'd like to get back to working on the final push for the Perl 6 language, which is offically coming out Christmas next year. And working on the wiki has kept me from working on my own writing, and I want to get back to that. Not that anyone reads my work, but I want to create more than analyze right now.
So instead of hanging on to the idea of leadership and doing gradually less work, I want to encourage ATT to seek out future leaders now. Thanks for believing, everyone; Viva Tropes!
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