Can the people who pledged $100 to the Double Fine Adventure kickstarter and get their names in the games credits make a wiki page about themselves? It seems pretty crazy but you would technically be eligible, right?

This was asked on the Bombcast a while back, Jeff said they would decide if you can or can't once they see how they're presented in the credits.

Naa.

@ShadowVirus said:

This was asked on the Bombcast a while back, Jeff said they would decide if you can or can't once they see how they're presented in the credits.

Oh really? Well, that's good to know! Thanks.

Isn't the reason most of the GB staff have wiki pages because of Guitar Hero special thanks?

I'm just saying.

@LordXavierBritish said:

Isn't the reason most of the GB staff have wiki pages because of Guitar Hero special thanks?

I'm just saying.

Yeah. There was a time where they didn't have wiki pages because they said you needed to be in a games credits, right?

If you guys are in the credits of the game then I'd assume yes.

@Dany said:

If you guys are in the credits of the game then I'd assume yes.

you just get in the credits for donating any amount? or a certain amount?

is it still open also?

@Jethuty said:

@Dany said:

If you guys are in the credits of the game then I'd assume yes.

you just get in the credits for donating any amount? or a certain amount?

is it still open also?

You had to donate at least $100.

And it literally just closed.

I donated $100 and I think... no, they shouldn't be able to, it seems pretty pointless to me.

This reminds me that someone needs to thank Dave in a game, because he doesn't have a page.

Well, I've already got a page from other work. If this fits the criteria, it'll be a nice addition.

Although I am one of those $100 donors, I really hope they do not allow creation of those wiki pages. If I remember correctly there was a ton of people who donated that amount of money and it would just be a huge amount of excess pages. I would also imagine that lots of those people also frequent this site so it would just add to the amount of absolute randomness found in each of those pages. Not worth it. If it were up to me I would just put the name in the credits but not allow the creation of a page, unless that person has done something else.

Please, don't bother. You're ruining the wiki if you do something like this.

@Baillie said:

Please, don't bother. You're ruining the wiki if you do something like this.

@Patman99 said:

Although I am one of those $100 donors, I really hope they do not allow creation of those wiki pages. If I remember correctly there was a ton of people who donated that amount of money and it would just be a huge amount of excess pages. I would also imagine that lots of those people also frequent this site so it would just add to the amount of absolute randomness found in each of those pages. Not worth it. If it were up to me I would just put the name in the credits but not allow the creation of a page, unless that person has done something else.

For a name to be added to a game's credits page in the wiki, you need a person page to link to it.

I've been in a fair few game credits, though it feels kind of egotistical of me to pimp myself via a Wiki page. I'll whore the company I co-founded and work for via Wiki, but that's about the limit I think.

This reminds me that someone needs to thank Dave in a game, because he doesn't have a page.

@Soap said:

@Baillie said:

Please, don't bother. You're ruining the wiki if you do something like this.

Plus, who is it for? It seems pretty stupid, eiditing your own fan site? lame...

I'm credited in a Telltale game, but I'd just feel weird putting up a page for myself.

@ShaggE said:

I'm credited in a Telltale game, but I'd just feel weird putting up a page for myself.

I admit that I created my own page due to a couple of small games I'm credited in, but I refuse to link to it or otherwise hint at it. There's nothing on it save my name, the games, and the barest of information.

As someone who has donated $100 and gotten in the credits, let me be the first third to say: I never want a page in the wiki and if someone makes me one, I will be very angry. This shit is so inconsequential; you don't deserve a page in the wiki for being a Kickstarter donor, unless you're some super crazy rich dude that paid for, like, a quarter of the budget yourself.

@iAmJohn said:

As someone who has donated $100 and gotten in the credits, let me be the first third to say: I never want a page in the wiki and if someone makes me one, I will be very angry. This shit is so inconsequential; you don't deserve a page in the wiki for being a Kickstarter donor, unless you're some super crazy rich dude that paid for, like, a quarter of the budget yourself.

The thing is, the rules that every one else was added by allow the creation of special thanks' credits to be added to the wiki. so if you change the rule for double fine, then your going to need to remove a bunch of people.

@Hailinel said:

@ShaggE said:

I'm credited in a Telltale game, but I'd just feel weird putting up a page for myself.

I admit that I created my own page due to a couple of small games I'm credited in, but I refuse to link to it or otherwise hint at it. There's nothing on it save my name, the games, and the barest of information.

Egotist! :P

I'd probably do it if I had made a significant contribution, but all I really did was write a line on their forum that they found funny and put in the script. I'm not even credited by my real name, but as "ShaggE".

@Dagbiker said:

@iAmJohn said:

As someone who has donated $100 and gotten in the credits, let me be the first third to say: I never want a page in the wiki and if someone makes me one, I will be very angry. This shit is so inconsequential; you don't deserve a page in the wiki for being a Kickstarter donor, unless you're some super crazy rich dude that paid for, like, a quarter of the budget yourself.

The thing is, the rules that every one else was added by allow the creation of special thanks' credits to be added to the wiki. so if you change the rule for double fine, then your going to need to remove a bunch of people.

Not going to lie, I am not a fan of the Special Thanks rule either. People put their fucking cats in the Special Thanks section. Should we make a credits page for every game developer's cat?

Just make the policy on it clear one way or the other. Don't let people guess.

@iAmJohn said:

@Dagbiker said:

@iAmJohn said:

As someone who has donated $100 and gotten in the credits, let me be the first third to say: I never want a page in the wiki and if someone makes me one, I will be very angry. This shit is so inconsequential; you don't deserve a page in the wiki for being a Kickstarter donor, unless you're some super crazy rich dude that paid for, like, a quarter of the budget yourself.

The thing is, the rules that every one else was added by allow the creation of special thanks' credits to be added to the wiki. so if you change the rule for double fine, then your going to need to remove a bunch of people.

Not going to lie, I am not a fan of the Special Thanks rule either. People put their fucking cats in the Special Thanks section. Should we make a credits page for every game developer's cat?

The current Special Thanks rules already prohibits cats, animals, nonpersons and production babies as indicated in Jeff's post on this thread about this exact same topic.

As already indicated all signs point to yes, but we are still waiting to see how donation credits will be handled in the game still.

Someone making and writing there own wiki page sounds sad as fuck.

@Unknown_Pleasures said:

Someone making and writing there own wiki page sounds sad as fuck.

As someone who approves wiki submissions alot, I can tell you that it happens more than you would imagine.

That seems like a waste of wiki space.

@Unknown_Pleasures said:

Someone making and writing there own wiki page sounds sad as fuck.

As someone who approves wiki submissions alot, I can tell you that it happens more than you would imagine.

If you do, you would have to use your real name. Then I would harass everyone.

@The_Laughing_Man said:

@Marino said:

@Unknown_Pleasures said:

Someone making and writing there own wiki page sounds sad as fuck.

As someone who approves wiki submissions alot, I can tell you that it happens more than you would imagine.

A lot of people who donated are saying they do not want it done. I mean do the people deserve the page for donating to a kickstarter thing?

I just meant in general, not specifically for this game.

But, as for this game, we list people in "Special Thanks" on every other game. There's no way to know what qualified those people to get thanks on the game, so it's a pretty black and white argument if you ask me. If they're in the credits (aside from babies, pets, non-people), they get a page.

@Dany said:

If you guys are in the credits of the game then I'd assume yes.

Do you really want to open the floodgates to 100,000 new wiki entries that will only ever state, "donated a buck to the DoubleFine project"?

@Dany said:

If you guys are in the credits of the game then I'd assume yes.

Do you really want to open the floodgates to 100,000 new wiki entries that will only ever state, "donated a buck to the DoubleFine project"?

@Hailinel said:

@Patman99 said:

Although I am one of those $100 donors, I really hope they do not allow creation of those wiki pages. If I remember correctly there was a ton of people who donated that amount of money and it would just be a huge amount of excess pages. I would also imagine that lots of those people also frequent this site so it would just add to the amount of absolute randomness found in each of those pages. Not worth it. If it were up to me I would just put the name in the credits but not allow the creation of a page, unless that person has done something else.

For a name to be added to a game's credits page in the wiki, you need a person page to link to it.

It's like 10,000 names. I dont think it's worth the hassle or clutter. If you have to have an actual page to add someone to the credits, then maybe a "Double Fine's Adventure Game's Kickstarter Backers" can be created and just list the thousands of names on there. I just think roughly 10,000 new names to be added to a wiki is so extraneous and not necessary. Possibly give all those people a page but just lock them from being edited or something like that. Im sure there is some sort of work around the staff can come up with that wont result with a bunch of randoms getting their own wiki page.

I think Jeff was leaning towards Yes regarding this. Some final confirmation would be nice because having my own GB page is about 50% of the reason I donated. The other 50% is Brad Muir.

I'd like to note that without a Special Thanks credit, most if not all of the Giant Bomb staff members would not actually have pages of their own. I mean, what exactly did Jeff do for Guitar Hero II?

If I had the money I would've donated and totally edited my own page. All by myself. It would include my entire life story, and all kinds of fun facts about me and my cat, because I know no one would ever see it other than the mod who gets the submission.

I need friends.

@Napalm said:

@Dany said:

If you guys are in the credits of the game then I'd assume yes.

Do you really want to open the floodgates to 100,000 new wiki entries that will only ever state, "donated a buck to the DoubleFine project"?

We're a database. If they're in the credits, they get a page. Whether you (or anyone else) feels that person is "important" or "significant" is irrelevant. Even if no one ever goes to one of these people's pages, it doesn't change the fact that they are credited in a game, regardless of why they are credit.

Maybe, I don't know. I donated 100$, i dont plan on making a wiki page. I didn't do nothin special- just really like Tim Schafer, Adventure games, and really interested in that documentary.

I donated, and I hate the idea of making a page for every single person. It sounds disgusting.

The best solution is to make a heading under the games page and put every persons name there.

@Marino: I'm sure there are more effective ways to handle that process. Game-specific pages would be better suited (I think), because those one-line donation wiki pages will just be lost to time.

I think you should be able to, but it seems a bit unimpressive to do so.

Technically yes, but I don't think they should allow it.

@Napalm said:

@Marino: I'm sure there are more effective ways to handle that process. Game-specific pages would be better suited (I think), because those one-line donation wiki pages will just be lost to time.

I'm not really sure what you mean by "game specific pages." The people who donated money and are listed in the credits would be on the specific page for the game.

And I already addressed your "lost to time" concern. It doesn't matter. Just because you may think someone is insignificant to the credits doesn't mean we don't list them. It's a database. We're not here to decide who was important to the development. One could argue that those people are the most important, considering that without them, this game would have literally not been made.

I donated, and I hate the idea of making a page for every single person. It sounds disgusting.

The best solution is to make a heading under the games page and put every persons name there.

I think what they should do is, when the game comes out, on its own wiki, we have a "special thanks" list of everyone who were in the credits and hyperlink to their respective Giant Bomb profiles.

@The_Laughing_Man said:

@DeeGee said:

I donated, and I hate the idea of making a page for every single person. It sounds disgusting.

The best solution is to make a heading under the games page and put every persons name there.

That could work. Since its a special case ( kickstarter) this might work best.

Don't do anything like that right now. The current plan is to wait and see how credits are handled in the game and then Jeff will render a verdict on the issue.

@Hailinel said:

@ShaggE said:

I'm credited in a Telltale game, but I'd just feel weird putting up a page for myself.

I admit that I created my own page due to a couple of small games I'm credited in, but I refuse to link to it or otherwise hint at it. There's nothing on it save my name, the games, and the barest of information.

dude really? come on...