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+====== About us======
+~~NOTOC~~
+[{{ :events:centre_wallonie-bruxelles_2016:cwb:schuiten_et_peeters_-_by_luca_lomazzi_-9803.jpg?nolink&400|François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters in 2016 (photo: Luca Lomazzi / Voyez-Vous)}}]
+Welcome to [[en:dictionary:alta-plana|Altaplana]], the impossible and infinite encyclopedia of the world of **The Obscure Cities**, originally named [[en:dictionary:chronicles|Les Cités Obscures]] and its authors [[en:dictionary:schuiten-francois|François Schuiten]] and [[en:dictionary:peeters-benoit|Benoît Peeters]].
+**François Schuiten** and **Benoît Peeters** started to explore these cities in the early 1980s. In this fictional world, humans live in independent city-states, each of which has developed a distinct civilisation, each characterised by a distinctive architectural style.
+**François Schuiten** and **Benoît Peeters** didn't only explore this universe by graphic novels, but also by the means of books, movies, exhibitions, scenographics & radio documentaries.
+===== Les Cités Obscures =====
+The word Obscure is somewhat misleading for English-speaking readers. In English we tend to think of the word to mean "little known" or "odd." The French use the word for multiple meanings, including "mysterious", "hidden" or even "secluded." ALL of these adjectives could apply to the world imagined in the minds of **Benoît Peeters** and **François Schuiten**.
+And although not all their work is officially related to the Obscure Cities, they all seem to fit somehow in the concept of their **Les Cités Obscures**.
+On the Obscure Continent [[en:dictionary:alta plana|Altaplana]] is the city that is dedicated to hold all the archives of the Obscure Cities. Altaplana was founded in November [[en:dictionary:747 AT]], after the [[en:dictionary:Convention of Amelunxen]] decided that all archives had to be centralized in one special place. Altaplana is located west of [[en:dictionary:Urbicande]] and [[en:dictionary:Alaxis]], mid-way between the two in longitude.
+The founding of Altaplana was not an immediately success. It took a long time to sort out if the documents have to be archived in alphabetical, chronological or logical order. Even after personal intervention of [[en:dictionary:Arkhalsky|Governor Arkhalsky]] the chaos remained.
+It was after a long time that [[en:dictionary:le-perdriel-joseph|Joseph Le Perdriel]] brought structure in the chaos by implementing a system that allowed documents to be archived in alphabetical, chronological and logical order, all at the same time. This system made it possible in [[en:dictionary:2011|2011]] to lift the embargo on information and open the Altaplana archives for everyone.
+The archives at Altaplana contain about {{wikistatistics>type=pages}} pages and are growing day by day. Enjoy the world of **Les Cités Obscures**!
+===== Altaplana.be =====
+The **Altaplana** website has been founded in [[en:dictionary:2011|2011]] by [[en:dictionary:le-perdriel-joseph|Joseph le Perdriel]] to create an archive about the world of [[en:dictionary:chronicles|Les Cités Obscures]] on the [[en:dictionary:internet|Internet]].
+Joseph le Perdriel worked before on the [[en:dossiers:perdriel:start|EBBS.net website]], since [[en:community:20-years|1996]] dedicated to the work of François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters. He found out that information on the internet is not forever and that great information about [[en:dictionary:chronicles|Les Cités Obscures]] was vanishing.
+**Altaplana** was created to incorporate EBBS.net and host all information that was still available. In [[en:dictionary:2015|May 2015]] also the information of the official website [[en:dictionary:urbicande.be|Urbicande.be]] was incorporated, after this website was stopped.
+**Altaplana** hosts now the most comprehensive dictionary of all topics related to the Obscure Cities and its authors [[en:dictionary:schuiten-francois|François Schuiten]] and [[en:dictionary:peeters-benoit|Benoît Peeters]], based on the original dictionary that was made late 90's by [[en:dictionary:st-pierre-sylvain|Sylvain St.Pierre]].
+The **Altaplana** website is not an "official" website, but it could not have become what it is today without the support and help of François Schuiten, Benoît Peeters, the people at Casterman, organisers of events and the large group of dedicated fans of Les Cités Obscures.
+\\\
+===== More introduction =====
+You can also read [[en:dossiers:darius:the-obscure-cities-an-introduction|]] by Julian Darius, and the French story [[en:dossiers:le-devoir-de-transmission-selon-francois-schuiten|Le Devoir de transmission selon François Schuiten]] by Gilles Ratier, to get more background information about [[en:dictionary:schuiten-francois|François Schuiten]] and [[en:dictionary:peeters-benoit|Benoît Peeters]]. And although not all their work is officially related to the Obscure Cities, they all seem to fit somehow in the concept of their **Les Cités Obscures**.
+===== Wiki =====
+**Altaplana** is setup as a [[wp>wiki|wiki]]. A wiki is a web application which allows people to add, modify, or delete content in a collaboration with others. Text is written using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor. While a wiki is a type of content management system, it differs from a blog or most other such systems in that the content is created without any defined owner or leader, and wikis have little implicit structure, allowing structure to emerge according to the needs of the users.((See: [[wp>wiki]])). This gives the possibility to easily change and add pages to the dictionary. **Altaplana** is open for everybody who register on the website to add their own information to the dictionary. See also the help us! section to see where we can use your help.
+===== Feedback =====
+If you have a question or remark about **Altaplana** you can [[en:community:contact|contact]] the archivist Joseph le Perdriel by [[en:community:contact|the feedback form]].
+===== Help us =====
+If you would like to help to maintain the dictionary let us know. You can check [[en:community/|the community page]] to see what help is needed.
+===== Content disclaimer =====
+<blockquote>Yes, I have composed, I have beautified, I have combined certain facts,
+but never, never did I do damage to the truth!
+<cite> [[en:albums:l-echo-des-cites|L'Echo des Cités]] (page 54)</cite>
+</blockquote>
+{{ :altaplana-logo.png?nolink |logo of altaplana}}