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Child Worlds

New Feature Addition · World management · Created by Toblin
accepted
Worlds Child Organization
Allow worlds to be "Parent" and "Child" just like categories today.Child Worlds get linking abilities to all of the Parent World's articles, so it can easily reference back to the parent.Parent Worlds can link to any Child World articles, but Sibling Worlds (two child worlds with the same parent) cannot reference each other, only the Parent world.This would make making Worlds in different eras of time MUCH easier and manageable.

The Team's Response

Finalized Response

Thank you all for contributing your thoughts on this suggestion. I will start by saying that this is not something new, we have discussed this in the IS meetings for quite a while and I am happy that others find this feature useful as well.

I can now confim tha this feature wil be added to the roadmap (new roadmap refresh pending) and that it will certainly work for the Parent > Children worlds relationship.

I can also confirm that the opposite Children > Parent referencing will not happen. What will happen will be the ability for owners of children worlds to submit suggestions / additions to the cannon of the parent world, at which point, probably the articles will be moved upwards to the parent world so they are available to all children.

Sibling worlds present the same issue with Children > Parent and will probably will not be possible, unless we set some restrictions. I will be talking in person to people that discussed about this when the development of this feature will be under way.

 

Pre acceptance notes

Parents referencing children will not happen - The repercussions of this are unfathomable (Imagine Forgotten realms parent world trying to reference articles in some thousands worlds)

WA Worlds are meant to be self contained, constellations of worlds will not happen > If you are using multiple WA-worlds for multiple planets under the same universe, you are simply misusing the tool and the tool, will not either push or provide support for this.

Children referencing parents is certainly in the realm of possible

Sibling worlds *might* be a thing

The ability for a world to inherit from a parent world will most certainly be managed by the owner of the parent world. and will be linked to subscriber group access (TBD)
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Current score

140/300 Votes · +10280 points

Votes Cast

  • +20

    by redbeardcreator
    on 2021-04-08 05:42
    I'd like to express my support for sibling worlds... I have four very different time periods contained within my world that each exists on their own. However, artifacts from earlier time periods can be a thing within later time periods (or earlier... time is a strange thing).

  • +10

    by SergioGoldenberg
    on 2021-04-08 03:46

  • +50

    by silverstorm420
    on 2021-04-08 01:25

  • +200

    by DoppelgangerDave
    on 2021-04-08 00:16

  • +100

    by DubbaJay
    on 2021-04-07 18:10

  • +10

    by Jhanandra
    on 2021-04-07 18:02

  • +20

    by Eraellas
    on 2021-04-07 17:55

  • +50

    by Sladeonias
    on 2021-04-07 16:47

  • +50

    by rayunder
    on 2021-04-07 14:53

  • +100

    by Cole E
    on 2021-04-07 14:18

  • +10

    by Brother Sanfraz
    on 2021-04-07 13:37

  • +300

    by LoremIpsumdelorsitamet
    on 2021-04-07 12:57

  • +300

    by Archon Eros VII
    on 2021-04-07 12:44

  • +300

    by Dhelian
    on 2021-04-07 10:56

  • +50

    by 13Leagues
    on 2021-04-07 00:40

  • +100

    by GPM Studios
    on 2021-04-07 00:39

  • +100

    by Olivia Gratehouse
    on 2021-04-07 00:05
    I'm more interested in “sibling” worlds, but in the context of a multiverse. Say you had a world where there was a pivotal moment in its history that then branched into two alternate realities. It would be especially helpful for the two “sibling” worlds to be able to reference each other, as they would be separate worlds, but still connected by a shared origin. That could fall under a “parent” world or not.

  • +10

    by Informal_Informant
    on 2021-04-06 18:55

  • +100

    by Snake__Venom
    on 2021-04-06 18:22
    A potential I see is to have a sort of "user world" where the user puts all of their things that either need to be referenced (like cross world variables, as per the other suggestion), or random creations that were written when inspiration struck but don't belong to any particular world/belong to a world that will not be fleshed out.

  • +20

    by ProfessorSputin
    on 2021-04-06 15:39

  • +100

    by ka_jan
    on 2021-04-06 13:34

  • +20

    by GMSeth
    on 2021-04-06 10:33

  • +20

    by Deathless Horsie
    on 2021-04-06 07:00

  • +100

    by AndrewDrake
    on 2021-04-06 06:24

  • +10

    by Stealwolf4
    on 2021-04-06 05:32

  • +200

    by thenewnewguy131
    on 2021-04-06 02:52

  • +50

    by StephenMvS
    on 2021-04-06 02:41

  • +200

    by Guoccamolé
    on 2021-04-06 01:50

  • +20

    by Cirnoble
    on 2021-04-06 00:47

  • -50

    by Everlast
    on 2021-04-06 00:44

  • +300

    by Davina
    on 2021-04-06 00:22

  • +300

    by Frog God Games
    on 2021-04-05 23:59
    I can definitely see this as useful for subscribers.

  • +20

    by PFS
    on 2021-04-05 20:34

  • +100

    by Gabe Grimoire
    on 2021-04-05 18:57

  • +20

    by LireKlein
    on 2021-04-05 17:48

  • +10

    by Stuf159@WA
    on 2021-04-05 17:36

  • +10

    by GallifreyanLady
    on 2021-04-05 17:02

  • +50

    by DMSirSwank99
    on 2021-04-05 16:17
    I love and hate this suggestion. I love it as long as it is linked and contained within the authors "universe". However what happens if you have a time chaos event that causes your world to have two timelines now. So creating a 2nd world with all the same reference materials would be nice. Some comments state we already have those features with how the locations has outspace names but that isn't what it think this suggestion is leading to.

  • -100

    by apew1292
    on 2021-04-05 15:55

  • +20

    by QueerlyRavencl1
    on 2021-04-05 15:20

  • +20

    by saroga
    on 2021-04-05 15:17

  • +50

    by LexMonster
    on 2021-04-05 14:25

  • +20

    by system52
    on 2021-04-05 12:34

  • +20

    by Adcheryl
    on 2021-04-05 09:34

  • +10

    by Moondare
    on 2021-04-05 06:37

  • +20

    by lthawkeye4077
    on 2021-04-05 04:36

  • +200

    by natira
    on 2021-04-05 03:30

  • +20

    by J B Dorman
    on 2021-04-05 03:23

  • +50

    by DandDhunter117
    on 2021-04-05 03:18

  • +200

    by That weirdo next door
    on 2021-04-05 03:12

  • +20

    by nyx1st1x
    on 2021-04-05 02:17

  • +20

    by maddnettic
    on 2021-04-05 00:35

  • +100

    by ano19920
    on 2021-04-05 00:34

  • -20

    by Shaudawn
    on 2021-04-05 00:24
    I'd rather see "worlds" be renamed "universes" because that's essentially what they are. You can already have "child worlds" in a way. You have to just adjust the hierarchy of thinking a level or two.

  • +10

    by StardustScrapper
    on 2021-04-04 22:39

  • +100

    by CatRobi
    on 2021-04-04 21:28

  • +100

    by KaijuKojin
    on 2021-04-04 19:48

  • +10

    by spacetrash
    on 2021-04-04 19:32

  • +20

    by bart1609
    on 2021-04-04 19:01

  • +20

    by Arkanasis
    on 2021-04-04 17:15

  • +50

    by Idelle
    on 2021-04-04 16:53
    This would be great for organizing multiple DnD worlds and other media, like some books/stories, who have their own little world, but also a lot of overlapping content.

  • -10

    by SoulLink
    on 2021-04-04 16:40

  • +50

    by MachFarcon
    on 2021-04-04 16:32

  • +10

    by babipoki
    on 2021-04-04 15:51

  • +20

    by Grogonak
    on 2021-04-04 15:29

  • +20

    by AndrastesAxe
    on 2021-04-04 15:23

  • +20

    by Mandatory Human
    on 2021-04-04 15:18

  • +20

    by Clarileia
    on 2021-04-04 14:13

  • +100

    by Mr. Mask
    on 2021-04-04 14:07

  • +100

    by corasnowbooks
    on 2021-04-04 14:06

  • +100

    by Jubliana
    on 2021-04-04 13:23

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    by Patchwork Veneficium
    on 2021-04-04 12:21

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    by MatGun86
    on 2021-04-04 11:50

  • +100

    by Brenpatine
    on 2021-04-04 11:50

  • +50

    by Chris Take
    on 2021-04-04 11:08

  • +50

    by Earendill
    on 2021-04-04 10:33

  • +50

    by Dr. Jelly
    on 2021-04-04 10:01

  • +200

    by NathaliaBooks1993
    on 2021-04-04 08:52

  • +10

    by sldcooper
    on 2021-04-04 08:11

  • +50

    by samishere168
    on 2021-04-04 07:41

  • +50

    by CherryBlossomTree
    on 2021-04-04 06:19

  • +20

    by Wolfrider
    on 2021-04-04 06:15

  • +100

    by dbgoodin
    on 2021-04-04 05:45

  • +50

    by pieman280
    on 2021-04-04 04:33

  • +200

    by Darth_Nikolas
    on 2021-04-04 03:36

  • +300

    by SableAradia
    on 2021-04-04 03:34

  • +20

    by ErinRigh
    on 2021-04-04 03:32

  • +300

    by ZackTheGreat
    on 2021-04-04 02:34

  • +50

    by AllPowerCorrupts
    on 2021-04-04 01:41

  • +10

    by NotQuiteLilac
    on 2021-04-04 01:11

  • +50

    by Aztec Wizard
    on 2021-04-04 01:10

  • +50

    by JankdaTank
    on 2021-04-04 00:32

  • +20

    by Ahwyan
    on 2021-04-04 00:29

  • +10

    by UmbralForge
    on 2021-04-03 23:15

  • +50

    by MutsKun
    on 2021-04-03 22:28

  • +10

    by DeadGod
    on 2021-04-03 22:03

  • +10

    by jerry247
    on 2021-04-03 21:37
    quick interworld linking itself would be an amazing thing

  • +20

    by TheFinalPerry
    on 2021-04-03 20:11

  • +300

    by Hoeke
    on 2021-04-03 20:07

  • +200

    by Myrrik
    on 2021-04-03 20:05

  • +20

    by Flickered_Flame
    on 2021-04-03 19:20

  • +50

    by Donlimone777
    on 2021-04-03 19:06

  • +10

    by Bookwormcat
    on 2021-04-03 17:56

  • +20

    by MalGrand
    on 2021-04-03 17:38

  • +50

    by xVx_CoolDude69_xVx
    on 2021-04-03 16:18

  • +50

    by oliwija
    on 2021-04-03 16:11

  • +50

    by Drew_Flame
    on 2021-04-03 15:33

  • +10

    by Secondhand
    on 2021-04-03 15:18

  • +20

    by Spectral42
    on 2021-04-03 14:06

  • +10

    by AuraGuard
    on 2021-04-03 12:30

  • +200

    by Zimo
    on 2021-04-03 11:56

  • +20

    by jkmcne
    on 2021-04-03 11:28

  • +20

    by sydneysmith467
    on 2021-04-03 11:20

  • +20

    by Krystalyn
    on 2021-04-03 11:15

  • +50

    by PatheticBarrel
    on 2021-04-03 11:03
    Like a few others have said, this would be a great idea for multiple uses.

  • +100

    by Pingu_sAge
    on 2021-04-03 10:34

  • +100

    by undeadcorvid
    on 2021-04-03 10:30

  • +50

    by venom986
    on 2021-04-03 10:23

  • +50

    by RisingKenku
    on 2021-04-03 09:31

  • +100

    by subtletylost
    on 2021-04-03 07:39

  • +10

    by Lyraine Alei
    on 2021-04-03 05:14

  • +10

    by centipedecatastrophe
    on 2021-04-03 04:51

  • +50

    by BloodKnightX
    on 2021-04-03 01:44

  • +300

    by SolarCat02
    on 2021-04-03 00:16

  • +100

    by Oneriwien
    on 2021-04-03 00:11
    If done right, this could be used to reduce the amount of Forgotten Realms settings that are forced to repeat the same content. They could all latch onto a major world and then change what they need to make it "THEIR" setting.

  • +100

    by amelianite
    on 2021-04-02 23:49

  • +50

    by Rogg
    on 2021-04-02 23:28

  • +50

    by HarleyQ
    on 2021-04-02 20:18

  • +10

    by lengna
    on 2021-04-02 19:32

  • +50

    by Scyoni
    on 2021-04-02 19:00
    I think it'd be cool to have some flexibility about what can link what and how the permissions work out. I imagine Child Worlds could be good for people with instanced or private AUs with substantial original content that might want to reference the parent without being public to everyone who can see the parent.

  • +300

    by The Bearded Heathen
    on 2021-04-02 18:41

  • +50

    by Mewfan
    on 2021-04-02 18:40

  • +300

    by Graylion
    on 2021-04-02 18:31

  • +50

    by WriterGreg
    on 2021-04-02 18:14

  • -300

    by Gamez
    on 2021-04-02 18:07

  • +100

    by nascarlaser1
    on 2021-04-02 17:58

  • +300

    by Kummer Wolfe
    on 2021-04-02 17:47

  • +100

    by WendyCrescent
    on 2021-04-02 17:45

  • +50

    by Jarissa
    on 2021-04-02 17:45

  • +100

    by BasicDragon
    on 2021-04-02 17:42

  • +300

    by Toblin
    on 2021-04-02 17:40

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