Monstropedia

February 28, 2007 4:24 PM

Monstropedia:Exactly what it sounds like
posted by edgeways (17 comments total)

Some empty categories there, but it's a good idea. I may have to help flesh it out!!
posted by brundlefly at 4:42 PM on February 28, 2007

That was only supposed to be one "!".... I'm not quite that excited about it.
posted by brundlefly at 4:43 PM on February 28, 2007

This is so cool! When I was little (35 years ago or more) I would have done something like this on index cards -- now it's on the web. :-)
posted by Robert Angelo at 4:51 PM on February 28, 2007

I wasn't able to find an entry for Ex Girlfriends, so this site clearly has some major holes. A good start though.
posted by mullingitover at 4:51 PM on February 28, 2007

good idea. not wicked good tho.
posted by es_de_bah at 4:53 PM on February 28, 2007

What, no dracolich?
posted by baphomet at 4:54 PM on February 28, 2007

"Magic" with a "k" - run!
posted by gottabefunky at 4:56 PM on February 28, 2007

what, no Grover? No Harry? Not even a Cookie Monster...
posted by djdrue at 5:26 PM on February 28, 2007

djdrue, for that you want the MuppetWiki
posted by edgeways at 5:29 PM on February 28, 2007

I saw the "k" on magic and fled, too. I'll try again later after I've milked the druids.
posted by maxwelton at 6:11 PM on February 28, 2007

Paging Lane. Lane Becker to the mefi blue courtesy desk.
posted by dhartung at 7:16 PM on February 28, 2007

Awesome, but about 12 years too late for me. Back in the heady days of 1995, I was lead programmer/sysadmin/angryman at a startup. The hostname theme was "monsters". I named my box "quasimodo". My buddy named his "oj".
posted by oncogenesis at 9:49 PM on February 28, 2007

Anyone know who painted that picture on the front page? It's really nice.
posted by Sangermaine at 10:24 PM on February 28, 2007

Double.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 3:03 AM on March 1, 2007

Why does this need its own wiki?

Would it not be more efficient to write the same entries on Wikipedia, and perhaps a portal page to connect them together?
posted by sindark at 4:26 AM on March 1, 2007

sindark, combine the ease of wiki creation with the ongoing Wikipedia wars over abusive moderation, and it's no surprise that these smaller, more targeted wikis are cropping up all over. Expect to see more of them until such time as Wikipedia proper gets its shit together.
posted by Faint of Butt at 4:47 AM on March 1, 2007

I think the zombie section is a bit on the thin side. Everyone knows that Metafilter deeply pwns the zombie knowledge base.
posted by Skygazer at 6:00 AM on March 1, 2007