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Slow News Is Good News
gamebunny — ... Massively is reporting on the struggles of documenting MUD (”Multi User Dungeons”, aka MMO precursors) history. Apparently, Wikipedia doesn’t believe these games existed. ...

The End of MUD History?
The Ancient Gaming Noob — ... The angst of the week seems to be about Wikipedia chopping articles about MUDs because they lack verifiable sources. For good or bad, Wikipedia is the animal it is, and its rules can be enforced rather selectively.  Somebody seems to have it in for MUD history and they have the rules to back them up. If it wasn’t lack of sources, it would be the “not notable” angle or something else.  Go listen to Jason Scott or look up Wikilawyering (and all the “See Also” items listed on that page) to get a feel for what ...

Threshold RPG and Wikipedia
The Ancient Gaming Noob — ... Muckbeast has posted a writeup about the trials and tribulations of trying to create and keep alive an entry about the MUD Threshold RPG on Wikipedia, the event that set off much of the brouhaha about keeping MUD history alive that even I posted about the other day. A tale of politics, ambition, spite, and retaliation, it stands as another example of the “game of Wikipeidia” vs. “the ideal of Wikipedia.” Posted in entertainment, MUDs   Tagged: Threshold RPG, ...

A MUD History Wiki
The Ancient Gaming Noob — ... After the Wikipedia purge of entries on MUDs and MUD History there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. But then, after the initial shock wore off, people picked themselves up and start in on the business at hand, the preservation of all that MUD history and lore. And so the MUD Wiki was born over on Wikia. Yes, this is not actually breaking news.  There was a comment on one of my posts on the subject almost two weeks back announcing the creation of the Wiki.  I held off on doing a post on the subject because, frankly, ...