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"*": "<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\" id=\"L1\" >Line 1:</td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\">Line 1:</td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"><strong>MediaWiki has been successfully installed.<</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">strong></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==Is this approach the ideal</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">best/only ?==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td class='diff-context'></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td class='diff-context'></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Consult the [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">No</ins>.  </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td class='diff-context'></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td class='diff-context'></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div>== <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Getting started </del>==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The Game Ontology project is an attempt at categorizing elements of gameplay. As with any schema for categorization, it is not the best and only way: categorization schemas are only so good as they help you do what you want. From this perspective, the current schema has proven useful to us in exploring different research questions. We are in no means bound by it. In fact, one the objectives for having the entire ontology on a wiki is to subject it to a larger community who may collaboratively help grow it into something that is useful to a greater community.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* [//www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">//www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/</del>wiki<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>==<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Why the hierarchical approach?</ins>==</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* [https://lists</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wikimedia</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki</del>-<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">announce MediaWiki release mailing list]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* [//www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Hierarchical approaches afford a natural way of navigating across varying levels of abstraction</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">When we identify specific concepts we wish to discuss, it makes sense for more concrete instances to be \u201cunder\u201d the more abstract and encompassing definition</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">That way, by picking the appropriate level of abstraction, you can still carry out productive discussions. I guess you could say that the hierarchical approach scales well.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==Why is "Goals" a separate top-level element from "Rules"?== </ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The primary distinction between </ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[Goals|goals]] and [[Rules|rules]] that led us to have goals as a top-level element was the fact that rules are enforced, while goals are not</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">In the general sense of the word, you can\u2019t do things that are outside of the rules</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">They limit and regulate. Goals, on the other hand tend to be \u201csofter\u201d. They are guidelines of player activity and may regulate behavior but not action. Also, in terms of the literature on games, goals are generally considered separate of rules (in part because players tend to define their own goals). In this sense, goals as separate was a \u201ccomfortable\u201d decision.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==Why the name "Entity Manipulation"?==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">We also think that the name is rather\u2026hmm...uncomfortable. We're open to suggestions! We\u2019ve debated using \u201cverbs\u201d\u2026but never reached a consensus (probably because some of the entries don\u2019t refer to verbs per se...).</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Why didn\u2019t we go with the \u201cnouns\u201d instead? That\u2019s an interesting question. We have considered another top-level called \u201cEntities\u201d. (referred to in one of the publications, but not included in the </ins>wiki<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">). We haven\u2019t had the time or the need to actually explore it and see what sorts of entries we\u2019d need to define. We are, however, intrigued by the fact that this lack of definition hasn\u2019t impeded the work we\u2019ve done. Our gut feeling is that since entities and entity manipulation are so closely related, you can get by with defining only one side of that equation. The other is implicitly understood and referred to.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">So, we chose to favour \u201cgameplay\u201d in the sense of the actions that can be performed in a game (by the player or not)</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">From this perspective, if you can perform the same actions with different objects, we can consider both objects essentially the same in terms of gameplay</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==Who do I contact about problems (posting, editing, changing preferences, etc.)?==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">If you have specific questions or issues about a particular entry, we recommend that you edit that entry\u00b4s discussion page. You can also contact any of the active project participants via their talk pages or through the e</ins>-<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mail option.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==Why are so many pages protected?==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The Game Ontology Wiki suffered a pretty extensive attack from spammers which forced us to protect pages as they were attacked</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">In order to contain the damage, we began protecting pages. We've also been forced to change the site's policy to disallow anonymous editing, which means that we should be able to start un-protecting pages again</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n"
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