User:PhatePunk/sandbox

My own snadbox

Following on from the now deleted comment about archiving a game, here is a short how-to. Anyone can archive a completed game once it is complete. I tend to wait a short time (a few hours) so those actively playing it can see how it ended easily.


 * 1) Go to the archive section and open (in a new tab/window) the most recent archive for the game that has completed
 * 2) Optionally copy any header (some have things like "this is an archive of an old game, please don't change it).
 * 3) Start a new page with the same name, but increase the digit by one (e.g. 'Ultra archive 4' to 'Ultra archive 5'.
 * 4) Edit the relevant section of the game page, and copy the game you are archiving to the new archive page you have started.
 * 5) Save the archive page.
 * 6) Start the next game:
 * 7) *For the simple games:
 * 8) *#Delete the whole previous game except the first header.
 * 9) *#Pick a new start word (I tend to choose an apropriate word from a random page. For example the 'Tram' start word was chosen as the random page was an article about a Czech town with a tram system).
 * 10) *#Add the new start word in bold at the start of the list and in the header.
 * 11) *#Write the word count line: :Word count 1/400 as of word 
 * 12) *#write an apropriate edit summary and save
 * 13) *For table games:
 * 14) *#delete the contents of all the cells that are not start words
 * 15) *#delete the previous start word(s), but leave the  so you know which you need to add.
 * 16) *#Add you new start word(s) - again I tend to get inspiration from a random page.
 * 17) *#Optionally, choose a new background colour for the table (make it one where the links are easily readable, and try not to make it too similar to another current game).
 * 18) *#Write an apropriate edit summary and save
 * 19) Edit the archive section of the game page
 * 20) Link to the archive page you have created below the previous archive for that type of game, using the same format. For radial games the start word is the centre word, the destination words are the ones in the corners, written clockwise from the top left.
 * 21) Add the short summary line beneath the link to the archive
 * 22) Write and apropriate edit summary and save.