02-08-2002 20:54									#1
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First of all, if you havent heard about the Apolyton Directory see the directory itself http://apolyton.net/dir and it's faq http://apolyton.net/forums/misc.php?action=faq&page=9

Now, would you find it helpfull to have the stories posted here archived and perhaps categorized in a special category of the Directory?

It would allow for a more organized archival, reviews/comments always separated from the stories and even votes, although i dont think anyone here would be writing in order to just get a good vote

I know we have the Stories page on the civ3 section(and i know i need to update it ) but that is and will be only for the contests

looking forward to you feedback

Last edited by MarkG on 02-08-2002 at 21:01

	02-08-2002 22:44									#2
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Great idea. I'm all for it.

	03-08-2002 04:42									#3
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all the ones who made it to the semi-finals maybe?

	03-08-2002 05:11									#4
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i'm talking about all stories, regardless of the contests

	03-08-2002 20:41									#5
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even the bad ones?

	04-08-2002 07:51									#6
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Good idea.

	04-08-2002 23:44									#7
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would you include uncompleted stories?could be a good incentive to the writers to complete their masterpieces.

	05-08-2002 01:31									#8
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for the sake of readers i dont think uncompleted stories should be included

	06-08-2002 05:48									#9
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG for the sake of readers i dont think uncompleted stories should be included

Damn! My story is taking forever! Time to start a new thread, I supose....

	06-08-2002 06:48									#10
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so, any ideas on subcategories?

	06-08-2002 06:51									#11
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They could be organized first by date, and then under each date catagory the could be alpgebetized first by story title, and then again by the author's name. This would be relatively simple and allow for fairly quick reference and stuff for people who are looking for works by a specfic author, or who are just trying to find a specific story and know either the author or the title, but not both.

Kman

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i'm talking about categorization based on the content

	06-08-2002 07:14									#13
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG i'm talking about categorization based on the content

I see....
well, thats tough. Without thinking about it Id have some of the following catagories:

War (the most prevelant, by far)

Comedy

Love

Action

Drama (im not aware of any, but Im fairly new to this forum)

Epic

Poetry (Im not aware of any of these either, but if there are none Im sure some may be made in the future)

Other (verto is thinking of doing a story told through news paper like articles. stuff like that could go here)

	08-08-2002 05:58									#14
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i havent read for some time, but we have love stories?

	08-08-2002 07:18									#15
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This is the only one I know of and Im not even sure if it is completely a love story, but thats not to say more have been written in the past or more might be written in the future. Here is a link, Im pretty sure this is the one Im thinking of.
Amy's Story, by Bella Hella

	08-08-2002 07:24									#16
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the fiction > civ3 stories category has been created!
http://apolyton.net/dir/index.php?t=sub_pages&cat=113
no sub-categories yet

	08-08-2002 22:22									#17
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Hmm... What if you force the authors themselves to categorize the stories (at least the newest ones).
It would save time.

Another alternate organization solution:

Three topics, Historical Fiction, Fiction and Alternative History (all self explanitory)\

Each would have subtopics as such:

-Prehistory (4000 B.C.- 2000 B.C.)
-Ancient History (2000-0 A.D.)
-Roman History (0-1000 AD)
-Middle Ages (1000-1500)
-Industrial Rev. (1500-1800)
-Modern Ages (1800-2000)
-The Future (2000-?)

	08-08-2002 22:24									#18
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quote: Poetry (Im not aware of any of these either, but if there are none Im sure some may be made in the future

We have 3 poems.

Civ III Poem (by darkcloud: second in a story contest) THE FIRST CIV POEM EVER
and
metaliturtle and Christantine made some as well.

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There, I just submitted one story my most recent humorous tale. The Lone Hero... I'll have to look up the older threads now

	09-08-2002 14:56									#19
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i'll probably go with "Humour", "Drama", "Other" as in the smac category

btw, DC, civ is all bout alternate history, isnt it?

	09-08-2002 22:46									#20
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I think the categories should be based on time periods, as DC said, excluding poems and the like.

	09-08-2002 23:27									#21
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Not exactly Mark.

For example:

Someone could have a historical story based upon the rise of napoleon... It may not really be based on the game, but feature the units, etc.

Someone could also create a "fiction" tale: set in the space age with modified units, etc. Or perhaps just an off beat tale such as Poems, Newsletters, etc.

For the Historical Section, it would be like Historical Fiction, etc. Fiction that could have happened, fairly historical like... Example: Babylonians/Americans in a space race whereas Alt.history would have a plausible explanation... Hammurabi II expanded Babylon mroe in this universe than before, etc.

There's my explanation

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But mark, it would be nice to have datings for the tales... For example:

Humor->No categories
Drama->With the dating categorises
Other->No categories

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So far my stories are the only ones listed in the directory, good work Mark

	10-08-2002 00:59									#22
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The new stories thing is looking great!!! (even though only DC's stories are there so far Perhaps we should of started with good literature. J/K)
Thanks MarkG.

Kman

	10-08-2002 01:27									#23
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You haven't read the poem, I assume...

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Submit and you'll have what you want listed.

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The poem wasnt bad, I guess...
Naw, really it was pretty good. I am not big on poetry, so to get a complament on a poem from me is rare - it must have been the warlike nature of the poem or something that excited me.

	10-08-2002 23:56									#25
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I see

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I understand dislike of poetry, I never read it I don't even read what I write in the realm of poetry but twice

However, it received 2nd in the contest, so it must have been good

Thanks for the compliment