Spaghetti Diagram creator showing links between articles / topics

New Feature Addition · Organization charts · Created by cdownie47
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organization content-tree navigation articles

What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

  lack of visualized article / tag organization outside a hierarch format.  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

  While content trees allow articles / topics to be tied together in a hierarch, when beginning building a new universe a spaghetti diagram where articles or tags can be linked together would be beneficial for the organization of thoughts as lore is developed.

What are other uses for this feature request?

Similar to relationship/family trees, these diagrams can be used as an additional navigation feature.

The Team's Response

This is a major feature, and the support is not close to enough.   That will be discussed internally,   Many people understand quite differently and can quickly become unusable (See Satrium's work for an example)
Current score

108/300 Votes · +22760 points

Votes Cast

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    by GooseIsLord
    on 2022-01-31 22:00
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    by tyguy9087
    on 2022-01-31 11:02
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    by Kilgs
    on 2022-01-31 04:02
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    by PrimalGryphon1
    on 2022-01-30 22:22
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    by BARON229
    on 2022-01-30 17:20
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    by Elena-DirectorOfFLAMINGO
    on 2022-01-30 05:42
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    by Nanotide
    on 2022-01-29 09:19
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    by MistakenRhyme07
    on 2022-01-29 03:26
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    by obLIVious066
    on 2022-01-28 19:19
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    by Pete Nelson
    on 2022-01-28 06:53
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    by Eli Pendragon
    on 2022-01-28 01:33
    I agree with the problem, but i'm not sure about this solution.
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    by S3ptember
    on 2022-01-27 23:34
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    by Gavionara
    on 2022-01-27 21:30
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    by Limping2p
    on 2022-01-27 13:48
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    by RockCat
    on 2022-01-27 06:12
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    by Timtam94
    on 2022-01-26 20:18
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    by Shadowstar103
    on 2022-01-26 16:58
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    by Felixora
    on 2022-01-26 14:41
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    by ThePharaoh
    on 2022-01-26 08:27
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    by Neverdusk
    on 2022-01-26 04:52
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    by hyperstructure
    on 2022-01-26 03:02
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    by markelcortazar
    on 2022-01-25 22:58
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    by WorthlessKobold
    on 2022-01-25 21:54
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    by NovaTerra
    on 2022-01-25 13:31
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    by LisaGrimm
    on 2022-01-25 12:47
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    by ethancochrane
    on 2022-01-25 09:40
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    by arcanaprince
    on 2022-01-25 03:14
    I would love to see a visual article come to life. Instead of people who focus on reading, a visual would help simpliy a lot of things.
  • +100

    by DaVinci54
    on 2022-01-25 01:41
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    by ReginaCaeli
    on 2022-01-24 21:12
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    by arthenius
    on 2022-01-24 20:01
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    by Shadyleo444
    on 2022-01-24 16:31
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    by JeniferToksvig
    on 2022-01-24 09:48
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    by PissBoiye
    on 2022-01-23 20:12
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    by penguinman000
    on 2022-01-23 14:33
    I'll preface this by saying I have very limited coding skills and new to writing, so it is likely I'm under utilizing the full capabilities of WA/making novice mistakes.   As pointed out by others, the mind mapping concept would be a great template. And ditto what Zemandur said. I keep ideas in a paper journal and then flesh out the ideas in WA. When I'm fleshing out concepts I find myself having to create new articles as write. This is mildly distracting for me (look, squirrel!).   Some sort of visualization that allowed the user to see where the different threads touch would help me create more intricate threads of connection in my world. As of now I'm only able to use the Navigation feature to nest articles in an hierachical structure. So I can see the main relationship for that article but I can't see 2nd, 3rd or 4th order impacts visually.
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    by Tohrwarneth
    on 2022-01-23 14:14
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    by Eve Beyond
    on 2022-01-23 14:03
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    by Rayna Fairbell
    on 2022-01-23 09:52
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    by Yarok
    on 2022-01-23 06:06
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    by Darksheer2015
    on 2022-01-23 01:06
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    by June
    on 2022-01-22 18:00
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    by Earthydove
    on 2022-01-22 13:01
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    by Quayy
    on 2022-01-22 11:54
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    by A Lambent Eye
    on 2022-01-22 10:28
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    by Amancham
    on 2022-01-22 06:07
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    by A Roaring Skeleton
    on 2022-01-22 05:50
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    by david12king
    on 2022-01-22 03:56
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    by Magdelas
    on 2022-01-22 01:58
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    by Lone Mountain Artificer
    on 2022-01-21 14:26
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    by Zemandur
    on 2022-01-21 14:25
    Currently WA is functional as a way to record, organize, and access all your lore once you have it fleshed out to some degree in your mind or a different tool (such as pencil and paper, a whiteboard, or some other software such as obsidian). Regardless of what that other tool may be, it can be very tedious to transfer all of that content into WA. When trying to worldbuild only with WA, it can easily lead to a spiral of making new articles with almost no contentand then spending time categorizing them, just to fill in the blanks. Assuming that the intent of WA to be a way to worldbuild from the beginning stages of a world, I think this feature would be a good way to bring it towards that goal. Perhaps the Staging Area category that appears when you use first create a new world could be expanded into a early brainstorming feature, along with a way to categorize and turn things into articles quickly once you've fleshed things out a bit.
  • +300

    by Bartimejus
    on 2022-01-21 12:27
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    by MrJollyham
    on 2022-01-21 10:22
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    by Evil God Acedia
    on 2022-01-21 09:50
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    by Newrome
    on 2022-01-21 01:29
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    by A Lusty T-Rex
    on 2022-01-20 13:00
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    by jkmcne
    on 2022-01-20 12:10
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    by charley2020
    on 2022-01-20 08:44
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    by A Uncontrollable Cthulhu
    on 2022-01-20 06:39
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    by Dexter Kaufman
    on 2022-01-20 06:35
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    by Toby1066
    on 2022-01-19 19:02
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    by seek100
    on 2022-01-19 16:29
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    by Eolmir's Spellbook
    on 2022-01-19 13:30
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    by A Thundering Hobbit
    on 2022-01-19 13:17
    If you have a look at Obsidian.md, a program for mind mapping and grouping concepts, I think you'll get a good idea of some of the possibilities.   I don't really need this feature, but I just wanted to point out that interesting things like this exist and are a possibility on World Anvil if it isn't too onerous to program.
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    by morganarcher
    on 2022-01-19 01:00
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    by juldum54
    on 2022-01-19 00:36
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    by DM_Opius
    on 2022-01-18 23:55
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    by BwandyWandy
    on 2022-01-18 19:16
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    by Disconcerted_Duck
    on 2022-01-18 18:24
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    by xSpazztic
    on 2022-01-18 17:48
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    by Odinson Games
    on 2022-01-18 15:54
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    by Blueparox
    on 2022-01-18 15:03
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    by TheRealSpaceBandito
    on 2022-01-18 05:57
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    by A Roaring Kobold
    on 2022-01-18 00:03
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    by 3Nugget
    on 2022-01-17 22:35
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    by IRonnyc
    on 2022-01-16 17:09
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    by PJMustang351
    on 2022-01-16 04:55
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    by FictionFan1995
    on 2022-01-15 16:40
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    by joitheperson
    on 2022-01-15 09:09
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    by Tobus
    on 2022-01-15 02:17
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    by Flyteach
    on 2022-01-14 21:26
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    by HolyCann0li
    on 2022-01-14 18:34
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    by Viragk
    on 2022-01-14 13:44
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    by [email protected]
    on 2022-01-14 13:25
    I'm all about organization!
  • +10

    by Adcheryl
    on 2022-01-14 09:26
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    by dasblorp
    on 2022-01-14 04:59
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    by cardiacunicorn
    on 2022-01-13 22:31
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    by GlJonny
    on 2022-01-13 21:03
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    by kaiohon
    on 2022-01-13 18:05
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    by FenDawnchild
    on 2022-01-13 08:55
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    by Melkcarton
    on 2022-01-13 04:55
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    by gcjones216
    on 2022-01-13 04:11
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    by GeoMaul
    on 2022-01-12 21:59
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    by vianilambo
    on 2022-01-12 16:45
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    by Melanocentris
    on 2022-01-12 07:30
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    by deehota
    on 2022-01-12 07:14
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    by Arlatius
    on 2022-01-12 04:30
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    by GrinWithoutaCat
    on 2022-01-12 00:53
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    by Kat221
    on 2022-01-11 23:10
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    by RoboticGuardian
    on 2022-01-11 16:46
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    by A Adorable Dragon
    on 2022-01-11 16:29
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    by A Enfeebled Dwarf
    on 2022-01-11 09:15
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    by badmos
    on 2022-01-11 09:13
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    by IzLaBomb
    on 2022-01-11 06:24
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    by Keith Dorn
    on 2022-01-11 00:25
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    by William Lord
    on 2022-01-10 20:58
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    by ddaniel
    on 2022-01-10 20:20
    Who toucha my spaghet
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    by Tijmuhn
    on 2022-01-10 13:37
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    by zalzabar
    on 2022-01-10 11:20
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    by KajetanWrites
    on 2022-01-10 09:03
    Actually there is something like that. Member of the community known as Satrium did something like that (https://linksoftheanvil.satrium.dev/auth). You just need to generate an API key. You find a link to it when you click on your profile picture in the upper right corner of the website
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    by cdownie47
    on 2022-01-09 19:16