User:Mobius
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General Info
Personal Info
Real Name: Francesco D.
Provenience: Calabria, Italy
Date Joined: May 10th, 2006
Gender: Male
Birthday: November 13th
My Nickname
My nickname in the FreeSpace community is Mobius. It's a nickname I use pretty much everywhere on the internet, sometimes in the longer form "Lightblue Mobius". I have been using this nickname since 2001-2002. It's a tribute to the Mobius Squadron from Ace Combat 4, though the use I make of it is some sort of "latinization".
My Contributions
Campaigns/Mods
Active Projects:
Contributions to the FreeSpace Wiki
Brief description
As die-hard fan of FreeSpace, my contributes are focused on the FreeSpace Universe and its multiple features. I also do a lot to add full FS Wiki support for the projects I work on, with Inferno being the most notable example.
I'm known to be quite sensitive when it comes it radical changes, so I usually discuss them in talk pages.
New ideas
Related Links sections
I have been making this kind of changes for a while, but I've only recently created a thread about the matter. I've always thought that "Download link" sections are poor, so I came out with a new section that serves multiple purposes. I've also started adding links to ModDB profiles. An example, taken from the main Inferno article, follows.
- Websites
- Forums/Threads
- Downloads
Total number of forces tables
I came out with this and used it to replace the old "Notable ships present" section. This new section is to provide info regarding all ships featured in a mission and not only the ones with plot-related importance. The "Casualties" section is based on the maximum number of acceptable losses on both sides, after which the campaign would progress.
The following is my first table of this kind. Please note that this may differ from the one you can find on the Surrender, Belisarius! article due to the edits of Wiki contributors. The one below is only an example of how "Total number of forces" tables work.
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Name Origin sections
It's no secret that that my nationality effectively boosted my interest on Greek and Roman mythology. I've also been always interested on Egyptian mythology. Here's another idea I came out with: a partial overhaul of Name Origin sections throughout the FreeSpace Wiki. A while ago, I've also created a thread about the partial overhaul. An example of them, the Name Origin section of the GTVA Colossus article, is below.
- Meaning: Colossal, large statue
- Language: Latin, imported in English
- Alternate spellings: Kolossos (Ancient Greek)
- Used in Latin to refer to large statues, the term used nowadays in English (in lower case, as this is a common name) may refer to anything of giant sizes. Colossal is a related word.
- The sixth of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was the Colossus of Rhodes, a giant bronze statue representing the god Helios that was constructed following a very important military victory. This explains why the first mission featuring the Colossus is named "The Sixth Wonder."
Upgrading campaigns article
That's it, an article in which I write what I learn from my experience with the FreeSpace Campaign Restoration Project. I periodically edit the article to add and/or modify its contents.
I also encourage other FSCRP members to read it and contribute to its development.
Background Emporium article
I've always liked Singh's Background Emporium, but I didn't really liked how it stated dying in the past three years. I decided to create a Wiki version of the Emporium, intented to be a place where people can easily share their artwork. Useless to say that I expect the Wiki's Emporium to expand and become an effective tool. My philosophy on the matter is that it's so much easier to get a background from the Wiki than looking for missions that feature it, open them with Notepad and then copy and paste their backgrounds.
Note
I'm one of the few Italian members of this community and I'm reletively young so my English isn't supposed to be perfect. Feel free to grammar check whatever I write.
