This is a post written simply to test the water, so to speak. At the moment I'm considering seriously encouraging more non-canonical content on the LBT wiki. This is for two reasons:

1. Growth
I feel that a good wiki should always be aiming to grow, and as Universal aren't planning on coughing up more canonical material just yet, non-canon is the only way forward at present. In any case, I believe that as long as it is clear to readers that what they're reading is non-canon, it will be a great addition to the wiki if it truly takes off. Although canon is important, the surrounding LBT community is important too, and it is still LBT-related.

2. Member Numbers
This is one of those things one shouldn't perhaps admit, but I would be hoping that members here editing their own fan-work over at the wiki would get a taste for it, and start editing the wiki as a whole. There's been a real slump in editors of late, and it would be gratifying to change that if possible.

A start has already been made with the introduction of the Own Character section, which has had a few entries to date, but I would really like to expand non-canon as a whole more dramatically if possible. But before this all gets going, I'd like to know what everyone here, the place which most editors in this departament would come from, thought about the idea. There is a bit of work to be done before a lot of this can really get moving, and I don't wish to waste time doing it all if it turns out that noone would be interested, which would, after all, be fair enough.

Things that immediately come to mind are fanfictions, roleplays and the like, although things like the game currently being worked on here (unless it's been finished during my abscence!) would certianly warrant a page in my opinion. In any case, all I want here are opinons, ideas and a general indication of the level of enthusiasm.

P.S Good to be back!

Heal Ducky
Hurt Ruby

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Ruby-9
Ali-13
Cera-14
Ducky-12
Petrie-10
Shorty-10
Chomper-10
Mo-9
Doc-8
Topsy-9
Littlefoot's grandparents-9
Rhett-9
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Tria-10
Spike-10
Sierra-11
Rinkus-9
Ozzy-7
Strut-9

To be perfectly fair on the media they haven't seriously overblown this one; nothing like the MMR/autism scare a little while back.

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I couldn't tell you even the barest outlines of what happens in the book any more, but I do remember really enjoying the book, in a kind of Johnathon Livingston way.

Hmm, I might try and vote for a few of the categories this time around, although I can be a little indecisive at times. Added to that fact that I've not been terribly active of late...hmm. I'll have a think.

Ah...one of my favourite books of all time! Thank you for reminding me that the movie's out Spartan! But I'm so busy....argh...

I'd agree with Wolf here; when picking up the basics of a program the other day I followed the tutorials to the letter, despite having a project needing doing on the prgram. I feel better for it. At the end of the day, if you jump in and make something before you've got the hang of it, then you're going to have to face the reality that at some point you're probable going to have to start that thing again from scratch for what you need it for, which is very dissatisfying. If you're happy to face that though then the best of luck to you.

I believe the code is as so: [title="Alttext"]Visuals[/title]

At least, that's how I've seen it done elsewhere. Not sure why it doesn't work here.

Sally sells sixty smelly seashells by the Swedish seashore.

I've missed out "seashoew"....I can't honestly think where it might fit in. Not even sure what word it's meant to be...heh... I guess some of the adjectives could be swapped around too.