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Those three years are gonna be tough, though.

jwhouk wrote:Those three years are gonna be tough, though.

Yep. Though mostly because there's about to be a general election here and I'll be busy...

The Wapsi character index now covers from start, to end 2011, all 2014 to present: 2682 pages tagged, 930 tags.

512 untagged pages to go.

Something occurring just now...

Shouldn't this thread be in General Discussion, not Daily? Just a thought...

Prester Fred wrote:Something occurring just now...

Shouldn't this thread be in General Discussion, not Daily? Just a thought...

Like the (pinned) Cast of Characters and Chronology topics hereabouts, I dare say.

Prester Fred wrote:Something occurring just now...

Shouldn't this thread be in General Discussion, not Daily? Just a thought...

If this thread had been in General Discussion, I never would've known the index exists, so I'm glad it's here. And considering that the Index exists largely to help facilitate the discussion of the daily pages by giving a quick reference to previous strips, it is most useful here, even if it doesn't "belong" here.

I agree with Thor on this one, it may not "technically belong" here, but this is where it is most useful.

+1 as this index is clearly an adjunct to the daily structure of the strip.

All those in favor of sticky-ing this thread?

(Can we even do that? Or do the admins and mods decide on their own and not pay attention to sticky requests?)

GlytchMeister wrote:All those in favor of sticky-ing this thread?

(Can we even do that? Or do the admins and mods decide on their own and not pay attention to sticky requests?)

Seems like a good idea to me! I'd suggest sending a polite PM to Bookworm, the senior admin hereabouts, and ask that the idea be conidered.

Dave wrote:

GlytchMeister wrote:All those in favor of sticky-ing this thread?

(Can we even do that? Or do the admins and mods decide on their own and not pay attention to sticky requests?)

Seems like a good idea to me! I'd suggest sending a polite PM to Bookworm, the senior admin hereabouts, and ask that the idea be conidered.

Is that a suggestion to me or to Louis? Because out of the three of us (you Dave, Louis, and me), I think I'm the least qualified to ask a favor from an admin.

I can send him a PM and ask him to consider it...

EDIT: done.

Dave wrote:I can send him a PM and ask him to consider it...

Just trying to stay polite. The Internet is not a good place to toe lines. He'd probably pay more attention to you, anyway, Mr. 3000 posts and counting.

Anyway, this index is definitely a big resource for the daily threads. Much like the Chronology. Maybe we could merge this with Jwhouk's Cast of Characters. That's already been stickied. And the Index is, in a way, the next step from a list of characters. Maybe Jwhouk and Louis could collaborate or something.

I never knew one had to "qualify" to ask a favor from the admins...

I also support the idea of making it a sticky, in this daily discussion forum.

Wow, already done. Dang, Bookworm doesn't dilly-dally.

*Deposits a Daisy into the Alliteration Amphora.*

I do not dilly dally, nor do I shilly shally.

In any case, yes, I do read my emails (I thought I already posted this, but I guess I missed).

Just about any of the moderators could have done this, but I do recommend that the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil) and jwhouk get together and work out what should be the 'final' list of characters.

BW

Bookworm wrote:I do not dilly dally, nor do I shilly shally.

In any case, yes, I do read my emails (I thought I already posted this, but I guess I missed).

Just about any of the moderators could have done this, but I do recommend that the Sun King (le Roi-Soleil) and jwhouk get together and work out what should be the 'final' list of characters.

BW

The Badger has spoken.

I wonder which moderators can't sticky-fy a thread? Am I missing something here? *shrug* Maybe I'm overthinking.

Thanks, Bookworm, for making this thread stick! ^_^

We won't know the "final" cast of characters until Pablo stops writing the strip.

The Omnibus is constantly changing and adding new characters, places, and storylines to its pages. That is the bane of any work that indexes a serial story that is (conservatively) on its 12th volume.

Thanks for the various kind words and support, and for the pinning.

Just completed tagging 2012, now on line — only 2013, 255 pages, to do…

jwhouk wrote:We won't know the "final" cast of characters until Pablo stops writing the strip. :)

I would hazard a guess that the implication is for us to have a more common approach to naming/tagging to make cross-referencing a bit easier between the brief index tags/descriptions and the in-depth resource of the Omnibus.

When I have finished the tagging pass I'll (eventually) look at my tag descriptions with an eye to including the more formal naming of the relevant Omnibus entries. A clickable link to the Omnibus entries would be great to add to the index, but I don't know if there is a way to link into a .pdf on a sharing site — anyone?