Fallout Wiki

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:00 pm

http://falloutvault.com

If you don't know what a wiki is, I suggest you <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWik ... uide">read the manual</a>. Basically, it's a source of information that anyone can edit. You don't even have to be registered. The goal is for it to become a database of knowledge about everything to do with Fallout.

Fallout 1 is canon, so is Fallout 2, if it doesn't contradict FO1.

As some of you may work out, it's possible for someone to go in there and spam everything and delete the parts they didn't spam. Firstly, this spam is reversable so it can be undone easily. Secondly, IPs are stored and people can be banned from the wiki (and this site) if they decide they want to wreck everything, so hopefully that won't happen.

Anyway, before announcing it on the front page I thought I'd test people's reactions in here first.

Ausir is the head admin on the wiki, as it was his idea. It needs to be skinned to look Fallout-ish or like DAC, but that's to come later...

Again I advise you <a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWik ... uide">read the manual</a> if you don't know how wikis work, as it's not simply HTML (though it's easy to pick up).

Eventually... well it could be a database on everything Fallout, from quests, to locations, to NPCs, to background information.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:11 pm

Good idea! You have my full spiritual support!

WinterMilk · Post by **WinterMilk** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:02 am

Just thought I'd drop into ask a question...

I was checking out your wiki and in particular the list of possible names...

Did you ever think of calling it "The Vault" or something pertaining to Vaults... that way the name would be particuarly Fallout-ish whilst also having the strong connotation of actually being a vault full of information...

Well that's it. Just an idea

Post by **Alexander** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:34 am

Anonymous wrote:Just thought I'd drop into ask a question...

I was checking out your wiki and in particular the list of possible names...

Did you ever think of calling it "The Vault" or something pertaining to Vaults... that way the name would be particuarly Fallout-ish whilst also having the strong connotation of actually being a vault full of information...

Well that's it. Just an idea

Haha! How about Wiki 13?!

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:33 am

The Vault doesn't sound too bad, actually.

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:38 pm

Wikipocalypse... I like that name...

SuperH · Post by **SuperH** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:04 pm

Apocalypse Wiki

And then later on when it has gone down and has come back:

Apocalypse Wiki Redux

But I suppose that is the wrong referance!

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:18 pm

Encyclopedia Falloutica

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:48 pm

Vault Infinity.

MR Snake · Post by **MR Snake** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:55 pm

The Vaultrix

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:58 pm

My vote would be at Vault or Wiki 13... good one.

Twigman · Post by **Twigman** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:50 pm

My vote's in for the vault. nice double entendre.

Fez · Post by **Fez** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:08 pm

"The Big Bumper Book of Fallout Fun"

or

"A Treatise on the Origins of the Wastes by Means of the Apocalypse Or, the Preservation of Favored Survivors in the Struggle for Life".

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:21 pm

There's a poll on the main page with some suggestions. I like "The Vault-Tec Holodisk Library" as a sound, it's just that it's not just holodisks we're documenting.

Maybe "The Vault-Tec Holo-archive?" or HoloArchive or holoarchive.

Edit: The Fallout HoloArchive. I like it.

Fez · Post by **Fez** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:32 am

I do kind of like that one in your edit, Teatime. Though obviously my own long-winded one is my favourite.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:42 am

"The Vault", keep it simple ladies.

requiem_for_a_starfury · Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:30 am

I notice 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Wasteland' is currently the most popular, but to make it more Fallouty shouldn't it be 'The Highwayman's Guide to the Wasteland'?

I voted for Vault-Tec HoloArchive (I think you should drop the 'The') BTW.

Post by **King of Creation** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 2:40 pm

The Fallout Consortium of the Ages

Naked_Lunch · Post by **Naked_Lunch** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:28 pm

The Vault is the best name. Ever. Wikipocalypse aint bad either but's it too hard to spell and say. Anyone who dissagrees with have to face being raped by a storm of tubgirls.

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:16 am

I could live with <b>The Vault</b>. Thoughts?

As long as most people are OK with the name, I think we choose that one. We're never going to get a name that everyone likes, but maybe one that most people don't hate...