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	To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as <s>representing</s> being a user/editor of Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone and planning to post the interview at HeroesWiki.com, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)		To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as <s>representing</s> being a user/editor of Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone and planning to post the interview at HeroesWiki.com, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))		* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))
			** I send out a pretty basic email to people that is almost always worded something like "Hi, I'm an administrator at Heroes Wiki, a reference site for everything to do with ''Heroes''." I've resisted doing a form letter, but I almost always open the same way. I get responses from about half the people I contact, or maybe more. I get "quality" responses (meaning more than just "thank you") from about a quarter of those people. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 08:19, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	** So if a man is going to do an interview for posting on the site, he shouldn't say he is Joe Schmoe of Heroes Wiki... he should be specific and say he is Joe Schmoe, a user of Heroes Wiki. That good enough? Whatever we decide, I think it's a good point and we should document it somewhere in the help.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)		** So if a man is going to do an interview for posting on the site, he shouldn't say he is Joe Schmoe of Heroes Wiki... he should be specific and say he is Joe Schmoe, a user of Heroes Wiki. That good enough? Whatever we decide, I think it's a good point and we should document it somewhere in the help.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	*** I think an explicit explanation is best. Rather than just claiming some affiliation, it's not too difficult to say. "Hi, my name is Joe Schoe. I am an editor on Heroes Wiki and am interested conducting an interview that would be posted on the wiki..." etc. etc. This way there's no ambiguity and less risk of someone accidentally misrepresenting themselves. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 02:05, 12 February 2008 (EST))		*** I think an explicit explanation is best. Rather than just claiming some affiliation, it's not too difficult to say. "Hi, my name is Joe Schoe. I am an editor on Heroes Wiki and am interested conducting an interview that would be posted on the wiki..." etc. etc. This way there's no ambiguity and less risk of someone accidentally misrepresenting themselves. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 02:05, 12 February 2008 (EST))
	**** Getting the wording right can be tough if you're nervous. ;) Anyways, I updated my comment, struck out "representing" and added "being a user/editor of Heroes Wiki" and planning to post the interview here as requirements to what I consider an interview that is done "for" our site.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:12, 12 February 2008 (EST)		**** Getting the wording right can be tough if you're nervous. ;) Anyways, I updated my comment, struck out "representing" and added "being a user/editor of Heroes Wiki" and planning to post the interview here as requirements to what I consider an interview that is done "for" our site.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:12, 12 February 2008 (EST)
			***** Though somebody who is interviewing should strive for the "right" wording, of course, I don't think the exact wording matters so much during the actual interview (I know it's hard for me to always say exactly what I want to say when speaking) as it does in what's printed and published. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 08:19, 12 February 2008 (EST)

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	To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as representing Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)		To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as <s>representing</s> being a user/editor of Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone and planning to post the interview at HeroesWiki.com, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))		* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))
	** So if a man is going to do an interview for posting on the site, he shouldn't say he is Joe Schmoe of Heroes Wiki... he should be specific and say he is Joe Schmoe, a user of Heroes Wiki. That good enough? Whatever we decide, I think it's a good point and we should document it somewhere in the help.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)		** So if a man is going to do an interview for posting on the site, he shouldn't say he is Joe Schmoe of Heroes Wiki... he should be specific and say he is Joe Schmoe, a user of Heroes Wiki. That good enough? Whatever we decide, I think it's a good point and we should document it somewhere in the help.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	*** I think an explicit explanation is best. Rather than just claiming some affiliation, it's not too difficult to say. "Hi, my name is Joe Schoe. I am an editor on Heroes Wiki and am interested conducting an interview that would be posted on the wiki..." etc. etc. This way there's no ambiguity and less risk of someone accidentally misrepresenting themselves. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 02:05, 12 February 2008 (EST))		*** I think an explicit explanation is best. Rather than just claiming some affiliation, it's not too difficult to say. "Hi, my name is Joe Schoe. I am an editor on Heroes Wiki and am interested conducting an interview that would be posted on the wiki..." etc. etc. This way there's no ambiguity and less risk of someone accidentally misrepresenting themselves. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 02:05, 12 February 2008 (EST))
			**** Getting the wording right can be tough if you're nervous. ;) Anyways, I updated my comment, struck out "representing" and added "being a user/editor of Heroes Wiki" and planning to post the interview here as requirements to what I consider an interview that is done "for" our site.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:12, 12 February 2008 (EST)

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	* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))		* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))
	** So if a man is going to do an interview for posting on the site, he shouldn't say he is Joe Schmoe of Heroes Wiki... he should be specific and say he is Joe Schmoe, a user of Heroes Wiki. That good enough? Whatever we decide, I think it's a good point and we should document it somewhere in the help.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)		** So if a man is going to do an interview for posting on the site, he shouldn't say he is Joe Schmoe of Heroes Wiki... he should be specific and say he is Joe Schmoe, a user of Heroes Wiki. That good enough? Whatever we decide, I think it's a good point and we should document it somewhere in the help.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)
			*** I think an explicit explanation is best. Rather than just claiming some affiliation, it's not too difficult to say. "Hi, my name is Joe Schoe. I am an editor on Heroes Wiki and am interested conducting an interview that would be posted on the wiki..." etc. etc. This way there's no ambiguity and less risk of someone accidentally misrepresenting themselves. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 02:05, 12 February 2008 (EST))

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	********* The kudos are well deserved, Ryan. :) Good idea about the writer's room question. I can only imagine that Tim's description of the discussion as "lively" is at best an understatement... Heh.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)		********* The kudos are well deserved, Ryan. :) Good idea about the writer's room question. I can only imagine that Tim's description of the discussion as "lively" is at best an understatement... Heh.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)

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	To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as representing Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)		To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as representing Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))		* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))

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	******* I think it is fine to keep, as it was the interviewer that posted it. But the unique thing about [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|Ryan's]] interviews (other than the fact that he has the entire contents of [[Heroes Wiki]] [[EDT\|downloaded]] into his [[brain]]) is that most of the questions come from the [[Special:Listusers\|users]] here. Maybe that could be a requirement for the future. -[[User:Level\|Lөv]][[User talk:Level\|ө]][[Special:Contributions/Level\|l]] 01:24, 12 February 2008 (EST)		******* I think it is fine to keep, as it was the interviewer that posted it. But the unique thing about [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|Ryan's]] interviews (other than the fact that he has the entire contents of [[Heroes Wiki]] [[EDT\|downloaded]] into his [[brain]]) is that most of the questions come from the [[Special:Listusers\|users]] here. Maybe that could be a requirement for the future. -[[User:Level\|Lөv]][[User talk:Level\|ө]][[Special:Contributions/Level\|l]] 01:24, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	******** Thanks, Level, you're very [[hero\|kind]]. :) Actually, Dave did solicit lots of questions from fans at 9th Wonders, etc. The question about the charity comes from [[User:Admin\|Admin]], and the request to describe the writer's room and organization of information is mine. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:33, 12 February 2008 (EST)		******** Thanks, Level, you're very [[hero\|kind]]. :) Actually, Dave did solicit lots of questions from fans at 9th Wonders, etc. The question about the charity comes from [[User:Admin\|Admin]], and the request to describe the writer's room and organization of information is mine. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:33, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	********* The kudos are well deserved, Ryan. :) Good idea about the writer's room question. I can only imagine that Tim's description of the discussion as "lively" is at best an understatement... Heh. To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as representing Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)		********* The kudos are well deserved, Ryan. :) Good idea about the writer's room question. I can only imagine that Tim's description of the discussion as "lively" is at best an understatement... Heh.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)

⚫	~~********~~ That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))
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			To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as representing Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)
		⚫	* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))
			** So if a man is going to do an interview for posting on the site, he shouldn't say he is Joe Schmoe of Heroes Wiki... he should be specific and say he is Joe Schmoe, a user of Heroes Wiki. That good enough? Whatever we decide, I think it's a good point and we should document it somewhere in the help.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)

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	******** Thanks, Level, you're very [[hero\|kind]]. :) Actually, Dave did solicit lots of questions from fans at 9th Wonders, etc. The question about the charity comes from [[User:Admin\|Admin]], and the request to describe the writer's room and organization of information is mine. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:33, 12 February 2008 (EST)		******** Thanks, Level, you're very [[hero\|kind]]. :) Actually, Dave did solicit lots of questions from fans at 9th Wonders, etc. The question about the charity comes from [[User:Admin\|Admin]], and the request to describe the writer's room and organization of information is mine. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:33, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	********* The kudos are well deserved, Ryan. :) Good idea about the writer's room question. I can only imagine that Tim's description of the discussion as "lively" is at best an understatement... Heh. To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as representing Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)		********* The kudos are well deserved, Ryan. :) Good idea about the writer's room question. I can only imagine that Tim's description of the discussion as "lively" is at best an understatement... Heh. To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as representing Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	********** That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))		********** That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))

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	******** Thanks, Level, you're very [[hero\|kind]]. :) Actually, Dave did solicit lots of questions from fans at 9th Wonders, etc. The question about the charity comes from [[User:Admin\|Admin]], and the request to describe the writer's room and organization of information is mine. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:33, 12 February 2008 (EST)		******** Thanks, Level, you're very [[hero\|kind]]. :) Actually, Dave did solicit lots of questions from fans at 9th Wonders, etc. The question about the charity comes from [[User:Admin\|Admin]], and the request to describe the writer's room and organization of information is mine. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:33, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	********* The kudos are well deserved, Ryan. :) Good idea about the writer's room question. I can only imagine that Tim's description of the discussion as "lively" is at best an understatement... Heh. To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as representing Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)		********* The kudos are well deserved, Ryan. :) Good idea about the writer's room question. I can only imagine that Tim's description of the discussion as "lively" is at best an understatement... Heh. To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as representing Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)
			********** That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))

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	* According to Tim, "...the actual room itself is divided into a couple of big giant boards. One has arcs that are for the whole season, and divided into each character and each storyline, another board is just the immediate breaking of two or three episodes and the third board is the breaking of just a single episode down to its details. Those boards are just covered with material all the time. We use both dry-erase and tackboards with cards on them. It is a very fluid system, cards can get pulled off and get re-worked and re-thought." I'm surprised it doesn't look like the [[string web]] in [[Isaac's loft]] by now! :) ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:41, 12 February 2008 (EST))		* According to Tim, "...the actual room itself is divided into a couple of big giant boards. One has arcs that are for the whole season, and divided into each character and each storyline, another board is just the immediate breaking of two or three episodes and the third board is the breaking of just a single episode down to its details. Those boards are just covered with material all the time. We use both dry-erase and tackboards with cards on them. It is a very fluid system, cards can get pulled off and get re-worked and re-thought." I'm surprised it doesn't look like the [[string web]] in [[Isaac's loft]] by now! :) ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:41, 12 February 2008 (EST))
	** I would love to talk to the Bible guy. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:42, 12 February 2008 (EST)		** I would love to talk to the Bible guy. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:42, 12 February 2008 (EST)
			*** When I saw his comment about the bible guy, I wanted to find out who he was and get him on here. :) ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:46, 12 February 2008 (EST))

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	******* I think it is fine to keep, as it was the interviewer that posted it. But the unique thing about [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|Ryan's]] interviews (other than the fact that he has the entire contents of [[Heroes Wiki]] [[EDT\|downloaded]] into his [[brain]]) is that most of the questions come from the [[Special:Listusers\|users]] here. Maybe that could be a requirement for the future. -[[User:Level\|Lөv]][[User talk:Level\|ө]][[Special:Contributions/Level\|l]] 01:24, 12 February 2008 (EST)		******* I think it is fine to keep, as it was the interviewer that posted it. But the unique thing about [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|Ryan's]] interviews (other than the fact that he has the entire contents of [[Heroes Wiki]] [[EDT\|downloaded]] into his [[brain]]) is that most of the questions come from the [[Special:Listusers\|users]] here. Maybe that could be a requirement for the future. -[[User:Level\|Lөv]][[User talk:Level\|ө]][[Special:Contributions/Level\|l]] 01:24, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	******** Thanks, Level, you're very [[hero\|kind]]. :) Actually, Dave did solicit lots of questions from fans at 9th Wonders, etc. The question about the charity comes from [[User:Admin\|Admin]], and the request to describe the writer's room and organization of information is mine. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:33, 12 February 2008 (EST)		******** Thanks, Level, you're very [[hero\|kind]]. :) Actually, Dave did solicit lots of questions from fans at 9th Wonders, etc. The question about the charity comes from [[User:Admin\|Admin]], and the request to describe the writer's room and organization of information is mine. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:33, 12 February 2008 (EST)
			********* The kudos are well deserved, Ryan. :) Good idea about the writer's room question. I can only imagine that Tim's description of the discussion as "lively" is at best an understatement... Heh. To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as representing Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)

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	To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as <s>representing</s> being a user/editor of Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone and planning to post the interview at HeroesWiki.com, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)		To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as <s>representing</s> being a user/editor of Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone and planning to post the interview at HeroesWiki.com, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))		* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))
			** I send out a pretty basic email to people that is almost always worded something like "Hi, I'm an administrator at Heroes Wiki, a reference site for everything to do with ''Heroes''." I've resisted doing a form letter, but I almost always open the same way. I get responses from about half the people I contact, or maybe more. I get "quality" responses (meaning more than just "thank you") from about a quarter of those people. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 08:19, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	** So if a man is going to do an interview for posting on the site, he shouldn't say he is Joe Schmoe of Heroes Wiki... he should be specific and say he is Joe Schmoe, a user of Heroes Wiki. That good enough? Whatever we decide, I think it's a good point and we should document it somewhere in the help.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)		** So if a man is going to do an interview for posting on the site, he shouldn't say he is Joe Schmoe of Heroes Wiki... he should be specific and say he is Joe Schmoe, a user of Heroes Wiki. That good enough? Whatever we decide, I think it's a good point and we should document it somewhere in the help.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	*** I think an explicit explanation is best. Rather than just claiming some affiliation, it's not too difficult to say. "Hi, my name is Joe Schoe. I am an editor on Heroes Wiki and am interested conducting an interview that would be posted on the wiki..." etc. etc. This way there's no ambiguity and less risk of someone accidentally misrepresenting themselves. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 02:05, 12 February 2008 (EST))		*** I think an explicit explanation is best. Rather than just claiming some affiliation, it's not too difficult to say. "Hi, my name is Joe Schoe. I am an editor on Heroes Wiki and am interested conducting an interview that would be posted on the wiki..." etc. etc. This way there's no ambiguity and less risk of someone accidentally misrepresenting themselves. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 02:05, 12 February 2008 (EST))
	**** Getting the wording right can be tough if you're nervous. ;) Anyways, I updated my comment, struck out "representing" and added "being a user/editor of Heroes Wiki" and planning to post the interview here as requirements to what I consider an interview that is done "for" our site.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:12, 12 February 2008 (EST)		**** Getting the wording right can be tough if you're nervous. ;) Anyways, I updated my comment, struck out "representing" and added "being a user/editor of Heroes Wiki" and planning to post the interview here as requirements to what I consider an interview that is done "for" our site.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:12, 12 February 2008 (EST)
			***** Though somebody who is interviewing should strive for the "right" wording, of course, I don't think the exact wording matters so much during the actual interview (I know it's hard for me to always say exactly what I want to say when speaking) as it does in what's printed and published. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 08:19, 12 February 2008 (EST)

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	To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as representing Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)		To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as <s>representing</s> being a user/editor of Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone and planning to post the interview at HeroesWiki.com, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))		* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))
	** So if a man is going to do an interview for posting on the site, he shouldn't say he is Joe Schmoe of Heroes Wiki... he should be specific and say he is Joe Schmoe, a user of Heroes Wiki. That good enough? Whatever we decide, I think it's a good point and we should document it somewhere in the help.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)		** So if a man is going to do an interview for posting on the site, he shouldn't say he is Joe Schmoe of Heroes Wiki... he should be specific and say he is Joe Schmoe, a user of Heroes Wiki. That good enough? Whatever we decide, I think it's a good point and we should document it somewhere in the help.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	*** I think an explicit explanation is best. Rather than just claiming some affiliation, it's not too difficult to say. "Hi, my name is Joe Schoe. I am an editor on Heroes Wiki and am interested conducting an interview that would be posted on the wiki..." etc. etc. This way there's no ambiguity and less risk of someone accidentally misrepresenting themselves. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 02:05, 12 February 2008 (EST))		*** I think an explicit explanation is best. Rather than just claiming some affiliation, it's not too difficult to say. "Hi, my name is Joe Schoe. I am an editor on Heroes Wiki and am interested conducting an interview that would be posted on the wiki..." etc. etc. This way there's no ambiguity and less risk of someone accidentally misrepresenting themselves. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 02:05, 12 February 2008 (EST))
			**** Getting the wording right can be tough if you're nervous. ;) Anyways, I updated my comment, struck out "representing" and added "being a user/editor of Heroes Wiki" and planning to post the interview here as requirements to what I consider an interview that is done "for" our site.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:12, 12 February 2008 (EST)

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	******* I think it is fine to keep, as it was the interviewer that posted it. But the unique thing about [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|Ryan's]] interviews (other than the fact that he has the entire contents of [[Heroes Wiki]] [[EDT\|downloaded]] into his [[brain]]) is that most of the questions come from the [[Special:Listusers\|users]] here. Maybe that could be a requirement for the future. -[[User:Level\|Lөv]][[User talk:Level\|ө]][[Special:Contributions/Level\|l]] 01:24, 12 February 2008 (EST)		******* I think it is fine to keep, as it was the interviewer that posted it. But the unique thing about [[User:Ryangibsonstewart\|Ryan's]] interviews (other than the fact that he has the entire contents of [[Heroes Wiki]] [[EDT\|downloaded]] into his [[brain]]) is that most of the questions come from the [[Special:Listusers\|users]] here. Maybe that could be a requirement for the future. -[[User:Level\|Lөv]][[User talk:Level\|ө]][[Special:Contributions/Level\|l]] 01:24, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	******** Thanks, Level, you're very [[hero\|kind]]. :) Actually, Dave did solicit lots of questions from fans at 9th Wonders, etc. The question about the charity comes from [[User:Admin\|Admin]], and the request to describe the writer's room and organization of information is mine. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:33, 12 February 2008 (EST)		******** Thanks, Level, you're very [[hero\|kind]]. :) Actually, Dave did solicit lots of questions from fans at 9th Wonders, etc. The question about the charity comes from [[User:Admin\|Admin]], and the request to describe the writer's room and organization of information is mine. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 01:33, 12 February 2008 (EST)
	********* The kudos are well deserved, Ryan. :) Good idea about the writer's room question. I can only imagine that Tim's description of the discussion as "lively" is at best an understatement... Heh. To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as representing Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)		********* The kudos are well deserved, Ryan. :) Good idea about the writer's room question. I can only imagine that Tim's description of the discussion as "lively" is at best an understatement... Heh.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)

⚫	~~********~~ That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))
			==Affliation==
			To expand some more of above conversation, my thought is that if the interviewer introduces him/herself as representing Heroes Wiki along with another site or alone, then I would consider it a "Heroes Wiki" interview regardless of whether the questions were gathered from the other users here. If no mention of "Heroes Wiki" is made by the interviewer, then I wouldn't consider it an interview done "for" our site regardless of whether the user is an interviewer here.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 01:45, 12 February 2008 (EST)
		⚫	* That touches on a sensitive area. Since it's mostly been Ryan doing our interviews it hasn't been a problem, BUT if others are going to do interviews and post them here they have to be very careful about how things are worded. No one can really "represent" Heroes Wiki so wording would need to be chosen carefully. You can say you're doing an interview to post on Heroes Wiki or administrators could say they're an administrator on Heroes Wiki. If anyone could represent Heroes Wiki then technically someone could go out and cause trouble and then claim to represent us and that's simply not the case. I don't know how Ryan handles it with people he contacts (but however he's doing it seems to be working out well for him and us), but I'd say in the general case people shouldn't claim any type of affiliation with the site, rather explain that they're working independently and wish to contribute the information to the site. ([[User:Admin\|Admin]] 01:51, 12 February 2008 (EST))
			** So if a man is going to do an interview for posting on the site, he shouldn't say he is Joe Schmoe of Heroes Wiki... he should be specific and say he is Joe Schmoe, a user of Heroes Wiki. That good enough? Whatever we decide, I think it's a good point and we should document it somewhere in the help.--[[User:MiamiVolts\|MiamiVolts]] ([[User_talk:MiamiVolts\|talk]]) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (EST)

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