Callahan's Wiki

Welcome to Callahan's Wiki
The wiki about Spider Robinson's Callahan's Series that anyone can edit

128 articles since March 2009

Contents   (view all pages)

Places Callahan's Place Mary's Place The Place more...

Books & Games Callahan's Crosstime Saloon Time Travelers Strictly Cash Callahan's Secret more...

Patrons Mike Callahan Jake Stonebender Doc Webster more...

Concepts The Option Transit Pun more...

Objects The Machine Fireplace Lady Macbeth more...

Other Sentients Raksha Nyjmnckra Grtozkzhnyi Al Phee more...

Lists Chronology of Callahan's more...

What's new on Callahan's Wiki

29 March 2009 - Creation

The Callahan's Wiki is created! I'm working on starting as many articles as possible, most are just barebones at the moment awaiting future editing by you! Also, we need a logo, so anybody who has ideas for one drop me an e-mail or leave me a note on my talk page. --GaidinBDJ 23:03, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

1 April 2009 - Logos and more articles

Ok, we've got some more stuff added. I threw up a logo for the wiki as well as a "banner" for the main page. I've got pages created for most of the characters. Most are still pretty skimpy, but it's coming along. --GaidinBDJ 05:15, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Helping out

To write a new article, just enter the article title in the box below. <createbox> width=24 break=no buttonlabel=Create new article </createbox>

You could also link to us using the URL http://callahans.wikia.com, or use any of the images (or the one below)

Article Guidelines

Topics covered

• All published Callahan's Books (including the video game)
• All published short stories
• Information given by Spider Robinson in prologues, epilogues, interviews, and podcasts (make sure to mention the specific source if it's not part of the main text of the books)
• GENERAL information about online and offline communities.

Topics NOT covered

• Fan fiction including fan-created puns, short stories, etc. (Feel free to put them on your user page though)
• Information about specific members of any online or offline community
• Specific locations of any of the Callahan's bars or conjecture about their possible location. Neither Mike nor Jake want the publicity.

Article Creation Guidelines

1. Make sure the article doesn't already exist (The best way is to check the appropriate Category)
2. Create a Wikia account for the best results please. Feel free to share your personal puns, riddles, songs, and tall tales on your user page NOT in an article.
3. Create the article with the character's full ("straight") name. If they're addressed differently create a redirect to the full name page
4. Make sure you add the appropriate category to the bottom of the article
5. When writing articles link to Wikipedia for non-Callahan's type stuff that need more explanation.

Category Guidelines

• Books - Covers all the published books, short stories, and video games.
• Communities - GENERAL information about online and offline Callahan's communities.
• Concepts - Covers all the concepts, methods, etc. mentioned in the books (Transiting, Finn Drive, Puns, etc)
• Lists - Lists, timelines, and other compiled information.
• Objects - Covers all the various objects, devices, and such used or present in the Callahan universe
• Other Sentients - Covers all of the characters that are not patrons (generally "Bad Guys" or people mentions who never visited any of the Callahan's Bars)
• Patrons - Covers all the various patrons and regulars at any of the Callahan's Bars (basically "Good Guys")
• Places - Covers the bars, locales, and places in the Callahan's universe.
• Real People - Covers people from the real world who have a direct contribution to the published Callahan's books and stories
• Redirects - Redirects to other pages

Note: In an attempt to head-off any angry e-mails let me clarify one thing: I have nothing personally against online communities or fan fiction. It's just not what this wiki is about. There are wikis out there coving fan collectives.

Help and Authoring guidelines

Not sure where to start?

• Find out more about the wiki on the About page.
• If you are new to wikis, check out the tutorial, and see Help:Contents.
• Check out Help:Starting this wiki if you're setting up the wiki.

Adding content

• Every wiki has two list of articles that need help called "Stubs" and "Wanted Articles". Don't be shy, get in there.
• Uploading images is another really easy way to help out - see the Special:Upload page!
• You can find a list of useful templates on Category:Templates, some of which are documented on the templates project page.

Talk and more...

• Check out the community portal to see what the community is working on, to give feedback or just to say hi.
• Or head on over to the forums and coordinate with the community on editing, projects, and more.