(12-10-2014, 08:46 AM)Guy Tower Wrote: I have barely ever wrote down anything about my characters, certainly never making any wiki pages on them, but seeing this topic I wonder whether or not I should. This leads me to a question - why are you taking up the task? For yourselves, so you can always read up on your characters and avoid getting lost/confusing one with another (sort of a database)? For others, so they can do so? For others but actually for yourself, so you can show off, "look at me, I am such a big role playa"? Little bit of any of the above, or for something else? I am wondering whether people are doing their character's wiki pages to put their cyber stories on paper, line them up and arrange so they, the players, can easily check them up and find what they need, or is it just plain haughtiness.A little of all of it, actually! I use it to keep track of some of my characters' bare facts, habits, relationships, tendencies and history. I also enjoy watching the rumors section grow, and love adding to the rumor sections of others! It's also there for people who want to make connections and craft stories with me -- some of the stuff on there is meta bait, but I haven't had anyone come up to me using more than rumors. In the event that someone tries to meta-game me, I'll very quickly call them out on it and request that they discontinue.
Me, If I ever do it, it will be a little against me. I always thought, and still do, that other people's characters should get to know one another in-game, that such "meta-RP" is as unfair as, say, graphic novels and books on World of Warcraft - they add to the lore, but irritate those who do not have the time/means to read them. If I'll decide to make wiki pages on my chars, it will be because of its usefulness as a database and a little, tiny bit of vanity, so often found between us role players.
It's overall a really fun project, making sure your character has a little slice of the internet, a little fact page/bio/reference that you or others can pull up, read and enjoy.