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Hi
I am quite of a newb when it comes to the wiki community, how exactly I make social interactions (i.e. forums, chats, etc...).

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Othertimelines
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Hi, I'm new here and I just recently began my own work titled New Roman Empire. It's basically about if Mussolini decided to continue his conquest of Africa during WWII. Anyway, I am having some serioud writers block. If anyone has the time and is feeling helpful, would you mind reading my summary and then maybe add some new material to it to help me make it over my problem. I will look it over and decide if I like it.

Thanks Much! -Drew aka Sagalicious

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 October featured althist --TEAKAY 15:33, 22 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Here is what the template for October's featured article could look like. --Riction 15:17, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Looks *just a bit* lopsided. ;) --TEAKAY 19:16, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Now it's fixed (not by me)--Max Sinister 23:24, 2 October 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)

Is an althist on Star War acceptable, since everyone knows that it took place "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away"? RandomNerd
 * No, for the following reasons.
 * It's copyrighted material
 * It's science fiction
 * The Alt-histories here generally deal with Earth and its immediate stellar neighborhood. Louisiannan 00:04, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Very very nice site! And please visit my forum :) {spam deleted}

AAAAAAAAAAUGH! A spammer!! Get the spray!!!--TEAKAY 02:02, 28 December 2007 (UTC)


 * WHHAAAT?! What is your problem!  Are you the same guy as last time?!  Need SPAMINATOR --TEAKAY 14:03, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Uuuuh, Im new but can it be in somwhat future but still have all the history stuff that was changed and all that? 02:57, 25 June 2008 (UTC)


 * no, anything beyond the current date is not acceptable on this wiki. --Marcpasquin 13:04, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

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)

slight problem
the bar of text that is supposed to appear at the bottom of a page keeps appearing in the middle, covering some of the text, I tried on 2 computers and keep getting the same result. --Marcpasquin 08:52, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
 * From what I can see this is a problem with Internet Explorer, Firefox displays it properly. I'll contact Wikia to see what they can do about this. --Karsten vK (talk) 18:10, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Apparently updating IE solves the problem. --Karsten vK (talk) 17:26, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
 * And it appears they are working on it.. --Karsten vK (talk) 15:02, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

...and solved the problem. Is if solved at yours too? --Karsten vK (talk) 17:26, 3 January 2008 (UTC)


 * yup, all good --Marcpasquin 04:24, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Another Slight Problem
This is all juvenile, pointless nonsense, and tarnishes the WIKIPEDIA ideal. There are plenty of places on the web to discuss rubbish like this, but Wikipedia should not be one of them. Once again, the nerds are taking over.
 * Look closer, this is NOT Wikipedia. --Karsten vK (talk) 20:06, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Moreover, look closer still, this is hosted by the same people that came up with Wikipedia. Louisiannan 20:28, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The Wiki format is the best for making things like this. It sure beats posting threads.  You just mistook this site as being actually part of Wikipedia itself right?--TEAKAY 13:31, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

German Version
I'm surprised that this wiki doesn't have a German version. Anyone mind if I go ahead and create it? And would anyone be interested in helping with it?
 * Here's a prototype I've sketched out--Tabun1015 17:40, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, I'm not a native speaker, so if there are any native German speakers here, or people who are otherwise fluent, I would especially appreciate your help.--Tabun1015 17:44, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * First off, this is still me (I changed my username). I went ahead and created it here.  If anyone knows how we can bring the format (e.g. the logo) in line with the other versions, and how to add it to the "in other languages" sidebar and section, please leave a message on my talk page or here --Witan 13:48, 20 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Are you planning on translating some of the basic pages also ? (like "Conventions in use in this wiki" or "what is alternate history")--Marcpasquin 14:41, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes. I've already sketched out the Conventions in use in this wiki, and plan to flesh out other sections later on (as my free time permits).--Witan 15:19, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Please add to the bottom of the main page, and de-protect it. --Yunzhong Hou


 * We've protected it due to vandalism in the past...shouldn't Wikia sysops like Angela, etc. still have access to adjust it, if need be? Louisiannan 13:54, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Can somebody help me find a way to make a map
 * Do you mean to be able to make one on your own or have someone else draw it?--TEAKAY 11:48, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Question? Just visited the German Page and was quite surprised as there is sth. called "Prog" currently inserted...As the authors there told me Wikia told them to insert there concept of a new Wiki (creating plantes, worlds etc.) into the German AHwiki site as to promote it... Already questioned the sense of this respectively asked for further details from Sysops (also you, Villa, Maxsinister:) but received no answer... Would someone be so kind and give a few more details about this as I wonder if the German version of althistory wiki is still "alive"?? Thought about translating the 1983: Doomsday content into German... Thanks a lot for any answer !!! --Xi&#39;Reney 17:23, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

SPAM
Due to ongoing spam problems, this page has been temporarily protected. Louisiannan 14:06, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Spanish
Can i write a althistory in spanish here? spanish version of this page is just a joke, is a imcomplete base, old the secndari page are in english, maybe russian althistory version is realy in russian but spanish is not, what can i do? where i can go? what if i do "Seeland" and "SeelandEs"? anyway sorry for my english, i can say hello, goodbye but not a comptele history like i wan do --Fero 03:57, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Or you could go to wikia and request a Spanish althist wiki, like we have for German, Dutch, Polish and Russian.--Max Sinister 20:39, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Historia Alternativa en español aqui http://es.althistory.wikia.com --Fero 23:24, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Statistic Update?
I was just wondering if the statistics about visits are not being renewed?? because since a few weeks the number of visitors for the Main Page is stuck at 42xxx ?? just a coincidence or moderator decision not to actualize the statistics anymore? thx for response... --Xi&#39;Reney 23:17, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

December Nomination
I nominate No Gettysburg because i believe it is a good timeline and deserves some spotlight.--Histbuff 22:05, 1 November 2008 (UTC)


 * What aboutKornilovshina? Buk5 22:07, 1 November 2008 (UTC)


 * I like that one too but if you can help with No Gettysburg by giving some tips at my discussion page or at the No Gettysburg one. I will nominate Kornilovshina for January if you help and I promise to help with your works as well if asked.--Histbuff 00:05, 6 November 2008 (UTC)


 * It's a deal. Buk5 23:32, 8 November 2008 (UTC)


 * where i can see read the old "This Month's Featured Althist" for oldies month? and where/who write the text present that in the main page? help please, answer please, thank U--Fero 23:39, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Nominate Articles Here Louisiannan 00:00, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Climate Change
that show us a world sow damaged like Doomsday 1983, but for a very diferent reason, expantion needed --Fero 23:13, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Black American Revolution
they are "too much" gringos/yankies/"Americans" here (just a joke;)), Black American Revolution is a new timeline about a yet not used idea waiting for YOU, i know i am sow souther to write deep that TL --Fero 02:50, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Most absurd president
For a bit of fun i challenge everybody to make an absurd president of the US ive started the ball rolling with Weird Al Yankovic - anyone else?


 * em, my President Hendrix timeline wouldnt count as it has some justification (Jimi hendrix surviving overdose and after a brief stint in rehab, he meets ron paul).

What about President Mao? Buk5 16:09, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Id say Hendrix is left field and Maos very unlikely but technically possible if he moved to the US and kept his poltical genius but i mean completely insane like President Simpson Red guy ~2 18:00, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


 * President Kramer, President Captain Planet, oh wait you meant OJ Simpson, whoops :P--TEAKAY 13:03, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

President Kramer now that would be awesome.He'd slam open the Kremlin door and raid Medevedevs fridge Red guy ~2 15:05, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

January Nomination
I nominate President McCain because it is a good article but with needs completion but with some spot light could be perfected.Would be a great article to start the new year with. --Emanresu11 03:59, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Error Message
I keep receiving this error when trying to save this page after editing it Pakistan:

''The page you wanted to save was blocked by the spam filter. This is probably caused by a link to an external site.

The following text is what triggered our spam filter: {{19

Return to Pakistan (1983: Doomsday).

For the life of me I can't find whats causing it. Any help would be appreciated.

Capitalists of the World, Unite
I particularly liked the TL Capitalists of the World, Unite and am very interested in adopting it. However the adoption template is placed halfway on the page, which seems odd. I'm weary of starting changes as I think the randomly placed adoption notification might be a vandal messing around. Just wondering if I could get some clarification to go ahead. Mr.Xeight 02:36, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Quick Question
Does anyone use the Shout Box? You can access it through tabs. No one seems to be using it; it's a wiki-wide chat place. Gott wisst  Gott Wisst's talkpage 05:43, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

"Tanko Blog", a Jericho (tv serie) fan fic in wikia
just to say you are welcome there, and of course this is out of WIKIAALTHITORY rules, you can feel more free, and is a new althistory classic, enjoy us--Fero 04:53, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Pabloski 2
Why is no one doing anything on the user Pabloski 2 moving article that aren't his? Something needs to be done about him, might I suggest banning him? Mr.Xeight 19:26, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I think Pablo is back as User:AlternateHistory-BOT, just look at his recent edits. Mitro 17:43, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

New way to nominate featured alternate histories
I have created a proposal for a new way of nominating featured articles for the main page. My hope is that the process will be accepted and a link to a page like this will be added to the main page. Please take a look and feel free to offer any suggestions or make any changes that you think are for the best. Mitro 03:08, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I made some small changes to the criteria. Mitro 19:03, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

I think we also need someway to mark down what were former featured articles, so that we can find them again once they have been taken off the main page.--ShutUpNavi 22:52, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * We could alternatively use a star or some other symbol like the use of the star on Wikipedia. - Realismadder 00:57, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Plus have a category attached to it. If anyone would like to design one that would be great.  Mitro 21:56, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Due to boredom, I actually came up with a proposed banner for featured alternate histories. Mitro 01:41, 15 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Interesting - great work - The only problem I see is that it might be too large if it is to be added at the top of each featured alternative history. However, does depend on if this is to be applied on the Portal Page of the alternative history or the main part of the alternative history. Anyway, I was experimenting with a star system a la Wikipedia earlier, and got it to work. - Realismadder 02:43, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I would put it on the portal page, that is most likely the first thing anyone is going to see when they come across the alternate history, especially if that is what is linked on the list of alternate histories. Size may be an issue but the 1983: Doomsday proposal template seems to work so I based it off that.  I originally thought about using the star system, but I wanted something that is more closely related to this wiki's culture.  Mitro 04:30, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I see the point about using a template matching the style of this wiki. - Realismadder 11:32, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm not a fan of the color, but the text is mostly good -- I like the idea of it, but I think that maybe there might be something that we might work out like the star or whatever that wikipedia uses to denote featured articles. Make sense? Louisiannan 22:08, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Do you have another color to suggest, you can see them all at List of colors. As for the star, well I didn't want to use Wikipedia's, I figured we should use something that is original to this Wiki.  Any ideas?  Mitro 01:53, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I added a new pic to the banner using the star from the main page and the color has been updated. What do you think?  Mitro 13:27, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

If we really are going to use my proposed featured alternate history procedure, I think an important question to ask is what do we do with those alternate histories that are already considered featured (those that appeared on the main page)? IMO we can do two things: 1) start from scratch and require them all to go through the process, or 2) grandfather them in as featured already. I’m leaning toward option 2 because according to the community these are already considered featured, it would give us a pool to use for the main page still and we wouldn’t have to wait to use the banner. I already made a list of those articles that appeared on the Main page and put it on the rough draft of the procedure, but I don’t think it’s complete. Thoughts? Mitro 13:53, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm fine to grandfather them in. I'm not opposed to folks reviewing those that I've done (or the ones that I'm protecting on behalf of Nik), but if folks want to grandfather them in, I'm fine, too. --Louisiannan 15:06, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Design Comment
Could we maybe move topics to the right column so that it balances a little better? Otherwise, you're having to scroll all the way down to see the featured ATL. Louisiannan 22:10, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Good idea. Done. --Karsten&#160;vK (talk) 15:36, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Going Back
Is there any way I can go back to the old form of this wiki? This utterly confusing and frustrating. No more do 2 "[" & "]" make links, nor does Image:BlahBlah.jpg make an image, I don't particularly understand these drastic changes. Mr.Xeight 19:03, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Not sure what the problem is, the double brackets and Image:whatever still work for me. Check your edits again, maybe you are missing something.  Mitro 19:10, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Only noticed it now that I tried to edit something while not being logged in, I normally use the monobook skin. Seems that wikia introduced another feature without bothering to notify anyone about it: Help:New editor. On that page you'll find instructions on how to disable it. --Karsten&#160;vK (talk) 12:24, 19 June 2009 (UTC)