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Othertimelines
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This is Crisco, from an Alternate History site named Othertimelines.com.

The members of my site occasionally have a little bit of fun by starting what we call "Warboards", in which we pick an era and a country, and generally fight the biggest war that we can.

We've had a few good ones that I was thinking we could stick on here (complete with country descriptions, etc), but since it's more for entertainment purposes rather than a serious, well-planned althist, I figured that I should ask someone around here first, rather than having the full weight of an admin land on my head.

If there's a problem with it, please message me (or contact me somehow) so I can delete it and know not to put any more on. Right now, the only one I've done is Othertimelines: Eye of the Storm.

Thanks, Crisco


 * I think it would fit, but I want to hear other reactions. We already have Transbellum, which goes beyond the traditional idea of althist.  What do others think? Nik 07:29, 3 Sep 2005 (UTC)


 * I think that these stories could be made to fit by just a little further extraction to the causes...as we know, wars are fought over the damnedest things... Louisiannan 02:04, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Featured althist
Why aren't we featuring althists?

The Way I see it, since all articles are arranged in different timelines, featured articles wouldn't make sense and would seem random. If the featured article one week was Mexico (Toyotomi) and the next was Mexico (New Albion), it would be confusing to visitors.

Featured althists however... --cymra37

This wiki is definitely big enough to warrant a featured page or twenty. I agree that this is a terrific idea. Cprhodesact 05:36, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I know it's a big job for just the few of us, but maybe we could have a featured althist every month and a featured article (from any althist) every week. Or just the monthly featured althist, which shouldn't be too much trouble. --Riction 06:17, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


 * If you'd like to spearhead it, I'm more than happy to support you in it. I'm even fine if you want to pick one at random every month. Louisiannan 23:31, 3 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Check out the current Sandbox for my take on a Main Page with a monthly althist. --Riction 12:24, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

This looks fantastic! New Main Page is great! Well done! Cprhodesact 00:06, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Will the featured althist be changed every month? --TEAKAY 11:00, 22 September 2007 (UTC)


 * It should be. I haven't set the one for October, and neither has anyone else to my knowledge.  I think you've done a lot of good work on "Ætas ab Brian", so I'm sure you can put that one forward if you want.  I chose the first featured althist, and I don't know how future ones will be chosen.  I just created a "Featured October" template.  It's set as the same as September's, but feel free to change it (keeping it a pretty similar size) to a suitable page for next month.  And I guess anyone else who would like to discuss this can here or, maybe better yet, at the discussion page for the template. --Riction 12:41, 22 September 2007 (UTC)


 * How is it changed? I would suggest Viva California be the current featured althist --TEAKAY 15:33, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Future althists?
Can we have althists that will happen in the future, like in 2041, or something? 67.171.69.150 22:07, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The Way I see it, if you don't want to keep working on an althist for the rest of you life, you can end it by providing future information. An althist into the future starting now is more like a prediction or projection. --cymra37
 * So...is it acceptable? KFan II 02:29, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

No. On the Main Page it sayd that all althists have to have a POD in the past. --A Guest

Too bad there isn't a future history wikia. I'd like to place a future.--C II R 00:52, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Hey, you could be the one to make one. You can request a certain page (say, "Alternative Future Fiction") from Wikia, and since this one got approved, yours might, too.  If you do make one, let us know! --Riction 02:21, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


 * The wikis at imagine or future might be good places to do this. Angela talk 03:47, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Status of pages
I'm curious however is there a page on which to list nominated or abamdoned articles for deletion (or possible collaberation) ? Here is a small list of the status of similar pages. 64.12.117.6 06:32, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Nominated for Deletion:
 * History of Balkanica Timeline
 * United States of Australia (United States of Australia

No Content:
 * CDMN
 * CM

Unknown AltHist:
 * A List of Nations
 * Angels
 * Brittanese-Speaking World
 * Human evolution
 * Kingdom of Puerto Rico
 * Zande

Categories:
 * Category:History of Balkanica
 * Category:League of Latin American States --> Category:League of Latin American States (Here we go again)

Some pages you also may want to delete:
 * Magic World (and all the pages linked from there - too close to Harry Potter)
 * Mutant / Mutants (two versions, but quite similar)
 * The devil gene

Flag creation
I'm new to the wiki, so I don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but I would really appeciate it if someone would create a flag for the República Desierto. I would like it to be yellow, with a red canton. Please leave a message on my talk page when you're done. Thanks in advance, ςפקιДИτς ☺ ☻ 03:27, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

How a new national version can be open?
What should we do if we want to open new russian+ukrainian+siberian (common east-slavic) version of the alternative history wiki? --YaroslavZolotaryov 22:00, 25 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Just fill in a wiki request form at Wikia. (The new way to request a wiki is at requests.wikia.com Angela talk 07:21, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I would make a Dutch version, is it good for everyone? Jonas Windsor 18:07, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * That's fine as long as you think you can find some other people to edit there. Angela talk 18:48, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Clean up
all right this site needs a big clean up! Theres Alternatives that are entirely impossible (i.e. Homo Pterix). We need 2 make them actualy seem real! as what would happen if it did happen! Not just giving a funny idea and adding it, with no info on how it could happen, that should go Uncyclopedia.
 * You're certainly raising an interesting issue here, this place does need a clean up. I came across many articles that really don't make sense and should simply be deleted if the author doesn't show any interest in turning his idea in a proper AltHist. I'm willing to do some cleaning when I can find the time, so I'm going to apply for sysop status now. I don't agree with your statement about Uncyclopedia though, bad ideas don't belong there either, in fact the quality demands there are quite high, most newly made articles are simply deleted.
 * p.s. You can sign your posts with four ~'s.
 * Villa Cruoninga 16:22, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * What is 'Pterix'? --TEAKAY 23:48, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * A former "AltHist" containing two paragraphs on winged humans that controlled the universe if I recall correctly. --Karsten vK (talk) 16:34, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I see Ó_o --TEAKAY 20:57, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree with signing your posts, and I agree with cleaning up. Villa Cruoninga, your request is taken under advisement, and we'll let you know soon. Louisiannan 00:48, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

To all contributors
I would just like to encourage all contributors to to read through the featured Althist and try to, well, contribute something. Maybe just think of what subjects interest you particularly and give a suggestion. --Marcpasquin 07:13, 7 September 2007 (UTC)