Greetings, fellow Forumites!
A few months ago, you may remember hearing a call for volunteers to help expand Escape Artists' presence in the world. I was one of those volunteers, and my idea has to do with capturing the rich history of the last decade of great stories and promoting the things that Escape Artists will be doing in the future.
Please visit
Escape Artists Wikia, and take a tour!
Some features to look for:
- Episode lists - sortable lists for all FOUR podcasts; look for the tab at the top of every page.
- Hugo Award stories: read about Escape Pod's long tradition of publishing each year's Hugo nominees.
- Pages about other Podcasts! - like Alasdair said in the Metacast, promoting more genre fiction is better for all of us.
Look for the "
Random Wiki" link to see a sample of the pages that are there, so far.
Since this is a wiki, that means that if you are so inclined, you can help, too. Editorial improvements are not only allowed, but encouraged! Any
red link you see on any page means that there is not yet a destination page about that person or topic. If you see a red link for your favorite author or reader in one of the episode lists, for example, you could click on it and be the one to start the page about them!
The original episode posts are linked to from the Episode lists to make them easy to find, and they usually have author and reader bios you can use to start a new wiki page.
All fans are welcome - no need to ask permission to edit. (There is a "How to" in my Google Slides:
Editing Escape Artists Wikia.)
If any style issues or questions arise, we can discuss them here, on the EA forum, or there are comment sections on each wiki page. If you have concerns about copyrighted content in the wiki (photos or bios, etc.) please ask; for the most part, if you find it on an Escape Artists website, and want to put it on the wiki, that should be okay.
I'll be "lurking" and eager to help if anyone runs into problems. My user name there is "
PapaSmirk" and you should see a welcome note from my robot assistant when you make your first edit.
I hope you find this useful, and at least a little bit fun! I've got a bit of a head start on earning user badges and racking up edit count, so catch me if you can!