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Steven Lake · 07-13-2010, 12:45 AM

Ok, I've been mulling over this idea a little bit, so I thought to ask and see what you guys thought about this. Wikipedia is very obviously one of the largest repositories of information on the internet. I think therefore it would be neat as an author to take unique elements from your books and include those as items as unique entries in Wikipedia. For example with me, I could explain my world, who the nine ancient races are, Earthfleet, the Society, etc. as well as the technologies.

For example, using myself as a model, I could add an entry explaining what my coaxial FTL drive technology I use in my books is, a breakdown of the races in the book, or something else like that.

Have any of you guys considered something like this? And if so, how much would you put up on Wikipedia?

07-13-2010, 12:45 AM	#1
Steven Lake Sci-Fi Author Posts: 1,158 Karma: 14743509 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Device: PC (Calibre)	A wild idea - Wikipedia'ing your books/worlds Ok, I've been mulling over this idea a little bit, so I thought to ask and see what you guys thought about this. Wikipedia is very obviously one of the largest repositories of information on the internet. I think therefore it would be neat as an author to take unique elements from your books and include those as items as unique entries in Wikipedia. For example with me, I could explain my world, who the nine ancient races are, Earthfleet, the Society, etc. as well as the technologies. For example, using myself as a model, I could add an entry explaining what my coaxial FTL drive technology I use in my books is, a breakdown of the races in the book, or something else like that. Have any of you guys considered something like this? And if so, how much would you put up on Wikipedia?