Talk:Civilization

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We don't really need this page, at list not the civ lists. There is already a list for SWGB civs, and the civs from the AoE series are listed at their respective games' page.

However, just the description of civilization and nothing else makes this article rather small... therefore, we might consider having it added into another article ("Concepts" or something like that...) instead of creating a separate page for it... Cesar

Modding Civs

I was hoping that other people would add on to the page with how to mod civs and how to integrate them into scenarios. ~ Selim

I don't think that would be possible. I don't think there are any modders registered here other than scenario_t_c, who hasn't been around for a good while. Cesar

Cesar: I think we should not be so short sighted with our goals here. After all the goal is to attract modders and new enthusiasts in general to add content and not rely on just the registered authors we have like t_c. In other words to encourage any and all new enthusiasts to add content should be the goal, and while new civ creation may not be the only or main thrust of modding it is a popular aspect of it. --Anastasia 04:00, 16 June 2006 (CDT)

Selim: I think to make a general statement about civ creation through modding is good and would offer an opportunity to provide links to other more elaborate articles on modding and civ creation. --Anastasia 04:00, 16 June 2006 (CDT)

Ana:

As far as I'm concerned, t_c is our only modder (so far). So it would be way easier for him to convince modders to contribute with articles than it would be for me, since I'm not exactly known by the modding community, and I don't have much modding knowledge. However, as I stated before, I don't think this page is necessary, at least not the way that it is now. We already have civ lists (in fact, SWGB's civ list is a separate and very well detailed article), so those can be removed, which leaves us with only the definition of civilization, which is very little material to deserve a page of its own. So, in my opinion we should change this into an article concerning modding civs, and move the definition of civilization into an article named "Concepts" or "Definitions", in which we would put stuff like the definition of civilization, workaround, lag and stuff that wouldn't fill a page and that are "universal" (happen in all 3 games). Cesar

I imagine that this information could be a part of a "definitions" of terms page like you suggest, however the civs list we have now seem out of place too in my opinion, and the SWGB article about civs should not be the page that we arrive at when we hyperlink the word "civilization" as it is now. The reason being is that it would be nice to be able to hyperlink the word civilization from AOE and AoK articles too. So, in a way this page makes more sense than what we have, and could act as the directory of sorts to the different and more extensive articles pertaining to civs of specific games. Anyway, for me our cup seems half full in regard to t_c being our only modder so far. --Anastasia 14:21, 17 June 2006 (CDT)