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Infobroker: individual issue no longer available from Comixology.

2021-10-28T20:25:16Z

individual issue no longer available from Comixology.

Infobroker at 05:44, 7 April 2017

2017-04-07T05:44:40Z

Infobroker: guideline updates - avoid spoiler alerts for event note card pages

2017-04-06T16:33:18Z

guideline updates - avoid spoiler alerts for event note card pages

Infobroker: added tips for seeing fresh data on pages with queries.

2016-03-10T02:30:26Z

added tips for seeing fresh data on pages with queries.

Infobroker: fix ups

2015-04-14T01:57:03Z

fix ups

Infobroker at 20:10, 4 February 2015

2015-02-04T20:10:37Z

Infobroker at 22:43, 7 January 2015

2015-01-07T22:43:04Z

Infobroker: layout fine tune

2015-01-07T22:41:16Z

layout fine tune

Infobroker: image inserts - flipbook event examples

2015-01-07T22:24:45Z

image inserts - flipbook event examples

Infobroker: added archive link

2015-01-07T15:54:10Z

added archive link

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 # It is straight line continuity, without too many references to other time periods, and there are no flashbacks or flashforwards.
 # The issue is available for a free read to anyone that wants to register an account with Comixology (also free). So everyone can read it and be familiar with the granularity I used in delineating the events.
 You can see the list of events that were defined for that issue [[Astro_City:_The_Flip_Book/Events | here]].

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 == Caveats, Guidelines and Such ==
 * There will be ongoing impact and changes to the site as a whole as these events note-cards firm up.
-* Even if annotating material from comics recently published, please do not use Spoiler Alerts. I would prefer NOT having to maintain them for these event pages. Anyway browsing these pages, does so knowing they are risking spoilage.
+* Even if annotating material from comics recently published, please do not use Spoiler Alerts. I would prefer NOT having to maintain them for these event pages. Anyone browsing these pages, does so knowing they are risking spoilage.
 * I will ask that when creating (or editing) these Event Note Cards, please source from the comic pages directly.  Don't rely on memory, or secondary sources, not even '''Herocopia'''.
 * If information like dates get clarification from other places like letters pages, commentary from Kurt, or others on the creative staff, please detail that in the summary section.  These Event Notes Cards work very much the same as bibliography notes for a research paper.

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 == Caveats, Guidelines and Such ==
 * There will be ongoing impact and changes to the site as a whole as these events note-cards firm up.
-* I ask for now, that any issue being annotated not to have been published within the last three months. Yes there are already some that I did during testing that violate this guideline, but lets try to adhere to this going forward. The reason for this is to avoid spoilage, and even though we have spoiler alerts,  I would prefer NOT having to maintain them for these event pages.
+* Even if annotating material from comics recently published, please do not use Spoiler Alerts. I would prefer NOT having to maintain them for these event pages. Anyway browsing these pages, does so knowing they are risking spoilage.
-* As current examples show,  there is only '''ONE EVENT PER PAGE.'''
+* I will ask that when creating (or editing) these Event Note Cards, please source from the comic pages directly.  Don't rely on memory, or secondary sources, not even '''Herocopia'''.
 * Use the discussion tab on this page for questions, suggestions, ideas and comments.
-=== Event Entries Not Showing Up On Issue and Character Pages ===
+=== Event Entries Not Showing Up On Herocopia Issue and Character Pages ===
 The problem has to do with how wiki sites update pages with queries on them. It is not an automatic process. Pages get cached, and something has to trigger the page that it needs to be updated. Usually a change (edit) to the page will do the trick. But for pages that don't change, the cached paged is what is delivered from the server.  Over time the pages will get refreshed by trigger devices within the wiki server, but if you want to check your entries, here's the steps to take...

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 == Caveats, Guidelines and Such ==
 * There will be ongoing impact and changes to the site as a whole as these events note-cards firm up.
-* I ask for now, that any issue being annotated not to have been published within the last six months. Yes there are already some that I did during testing that violate this guideline, but lets try to adhere to this going forward. The reason for this is to avoid spoilage, and even though we have spoiler alerts,  I would prefer NOT having to maintain them for these event pages.
+* I ask for now, that any issue being annotated not to have been published within the last three months. Yes there are already some that I did during testing that violate this guideline, but lets try to adhere to this going forward. The reason for this is to avoid spoilage, and even though we have spoiler alerts,  I would prefer NOT having to maintain them for these event pages.
 * As current examples show,  there is only '''ONE EVENT PER PAGE.'''
 * Use the discussion tab on this page for questions, suggestions, ideas and comments.
 == Example Issue ==

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 == Timelines and Annotation Lists Are Back (with a vengeance) ==
-People should feel free to try their hand at making '''Event Note-Cards.''' This button is a fast way to prime a '''Herocopia''' page with a shell of the basic templates you need to detail and link it to an event.
+People should feel free to try their hand at making '''Event Note-Cards.''' The button mentioned in Step 2 (below) is a fast way to prime a '''Herocopia''' page with a shell of the basic templates you need to detail and link it to an event.
 Doing an ''Event Annotation'' is easy and straightforward because it is template driven.
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-There are still some glitches and ghosts in the machine.  But don't worry about them, they are minor and/or don't impact the process.
+There are still some glitches and ghosts in the machine.  But don't worry too much about them, they are minor and/or shouldn't impact the overall process.
 == Caveats, Guidelines and Such ==
-* I will be adding some documentation which will also include a basic Q&A as time permits. Feel free to append question on the Discussion Tab(above).
+* I will be adding some documentation which will also include a basic Q&A as time permits. Feel free to append questions on the Discussion Tab(above).
 * The template names might (WILL) change, but that impact should be negligible to authors.
 * There will be ongoing impact and changes to the site as a whole as these events note-cards firm up.
-* I ask for now, that any issue being annotated not to have been published within the last six months. Yes there are already some that I did during testing that violate this guideline, but lets try to adhere to this going forward.
+* I ask for now, that any issue being annotated not to have been published within the last six months. Yes there are already some that I did during testing that violate this guideline, but lets try to adhere to this going forward. The reason for this is to avoid spoilage, and even though we have spoiler alerts,  I would prefer NOT having to maintain them for these event pages.
 * As current examples show,  there is only '''ONE EVENT PER PAGE.'''
 * Use the discussion tab on this page for questions, suggestions, ideas and comments.

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 '''step #3:'''<br>
-Edit the "EventHeader" template. This is where you add information about the element itself.  The parameters should be fairly self-explanatory.  I'll add more documentation later.
+Edit the "EventHeader" template. This is where you add information about the event itself.  The parameters should be fairly self-explanatory.  I'll add more documentation later.
 '''step #4:'''<br>

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	And you can see how the event incorporates into a character page by clicking on one of the "event elements," like this one for [[Starwoman]].		And you can see how the event incorporates into a character page by clicking on one of the "event elements," like this one for [[Starwoman]].
−	[[image:~~StarwomanWventExample~~.jpg\|600px\|center\|link=Starwoman]]	+	[[image:StarwomanEventExample.jpg\|600px\|center\|link=Starwoman]]

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 You can see the list of events that were defined for that issue [[Astro_City:_The_Flip_Book/Events | here]].
-[[image:FlipBookEventList.jpg|600px|center]]
+[[image:FlipBookEventList.jpg|600px|center|link=Astro_City:_The_Flip_Book/Events]]
 You can see an example of one of the events by clicking [[Honor_Guard's_First_Big_Clash_with_Pyramid |here]].
-[[image:eventExample.jpg|600px|center]]
+[[image:eventExample.jpg|600px|center|link=Honor_Guard's_First_Big_Clash_with_Pyramid]]
 And you can see how the event incorporates into a character page by clicking on one of the "event elements," like this one for [[Starwoman]].

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	As always, thanks for your participation, help and patience.--[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 19:07, 22 December 2014 (PST)		As always, thanks for your participation, help and patience.--[[User:Infobroker\|Infobroker]] ([[User talk:Infobroker\|talk]]) 19:07, 22 December 2014 (PST)
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