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Welcome to the Wiki

Welcome to the Project Gorgon Wiki. If you found this page, it probably means you want to contribute.

First Steps

1. After you create your account and login for the first time, setup your personal User and User talk pages. Click on your username and "Talk" in the upper right corner (desktop view) to create those pages. Even if you leave them blank, their existence makes it easier for other users to contact you with questions or to request collaboration on a larger project.

2. Please briefly read MediaWiki Help on Talk Pages. Signatures, indents, and topics (headings) on User talk pages and Talk pages make it easier to see the flow of discussion and allows future editors who want to get up to date on the history of an article to quickly do so.

• Consider watching talk pages (click the star) which you are participating in, as they will be highlighted in the Special:RecentChanges. You can also change your Preferences if you want to receive alternative notifications for watched pages.
• Most users will want to place their personal User talk and User pages on their watchlist.

3. Next, it will be helpful to familiarize yourself with some of the information to the right. This wiki uses the MediaWiki platform. If you are new to MediaWiki, some Help articles can be found on the sidebar.

4. When creating pages, we would like to maintain some semblance between similar pages. You can check out the formatting guidelines page for some advice. This page may be outdated, however a Article guide pages section contains a list of very useful templates that most new pages are built to follow. The best method is to find a similar page, and check the formatting of that page and the template the page is based on.

5. You may want to join a Discord server to communicate with other Gorgon wiki editors.

• Wiki-themed channels can be found in both Project: Gorgon (Official) and The Gorgon's Head Discord
• Large group editing projects are usually organized through Discord.

5. Finally, pick something to add. You can choose from one of the general categories below, or focus on contributing to anything that you would like to work on.

• If you intend to make change that will impact many pages (rewriting a template, changing the layout of something), it is best to check with an experienced editor first!
• Occasionally a new user will start a project, such as rewriting the Locations section of the Creature Template, before realizing part of the way through that they have over 900 pages to manually change. In this situation, the user should have asked for help completing the project. Many experienced editors are willing to help!

Where to Help

The following areas of the wiki need the most help:

Creature Page Updates

• Style: Most Creatures require updates to follow the Creature Template. Most pages have an outdated layout for the Miscellaneous section.
• Content: The Reported Loot sections need additional information gathered from in-game!
• Content: Images. Over 500 creatures still require quality, daytime, cropped screenshots to use in their infoboxes. You can find a list of wanted images at Special:WantedFiles, or browse Anatomy category pages. Red links are usually missing images. Click the "(1 link)" next to the red link, click the page listed below, then from that page click the image link in the article to add a picture. Try to optimize pictures a little bit in Photoshop by using "Save for Web" if your version offers it. Size it down to 400 pixels wide to reduce the file size, as most articles will display a 400px thumb.

Missing Monsters

• There may be missing monsters on the wiki. Usually, these are unique summons by bosses.

NPCs

• Style: Many NPCs are using an outdated layout for their Training section. The proper format can be found on the NPC Template page.
• Content: Most NPCs are missing their Conversations section.

Skills

• Content: Most skill pages require a few sentences to be written introducing the skill, and require elaboration of Mechanics.
  • Mechanics for Druid, Warden, Priest, and Beast Form skills need content submitted by players who are proficient in those skills.
• Content: Most skill pages require an image for their infobox. This is recommended to be a quality image of something that represents the skill.

Dungeons

• Content: Most dungeon pages require elaboration on Points of Interest.
• Content: Most dungeon pages have a sparsely populated Harvestables section.
• Content: Most dungeon pages are missing a screenshot of the in-game map, without any labels.
• Content: Comments may be added to the introductory section of a dungeon page, describing why players explore the dungeon. Are they there to collect any particular loot? Is it usually because of a quest?
• Content: Consider adding a few screenshots to highlight the sights in a gallery tag (see Dungeon Template).

Gameplay

• Content: Pretty much all gameplay/mechanics articles should be expanded upon.

Missing Pages

• Look at Special:WantedPages to see if you can start on any of the pages. And Be sure that it is not just a misspelled word! Red links on a 'normal' wiki are usually an indicator that something is missing. If that page is relevant and you can expand on that page, please do so.

Mark pages for Deletion

• If you come across an irrelevant or duplicate page and want to have it deleted, add the code [[Category:Candidates for deletion]] to the bottom of the page. One of the wiki administrators will be notified.

Spoilers

Although the Project Gorgon Wiki generally displays a large A Note About SPOILERS ! on the homepage warning users they may find unmarked spoilers, we do use a spoiler system. For the most part, if you are typing up a particular type of page, refer to the template for that type of content to see what goes into a spoiler. (NPCs, Dungeons, Skills, Abilities). Many spoiler tags are also used to collapse large lists.

Outside of existing template-defined styles, is hard to provide a Yes/No list for what should or should not go in a spoiler. The location of a dungeon should not be a spoiler. If the dungeon requires a very specific method to access, that information should probably be placed in a spoiler! The Dark Chapel in Eltibule is a good example. The existence of the dungeon is not a spoiler. The puzzle-based method to access the dungeon is a spoiler. Project Gorgon is exploration based, so some spoilers might damage potential discoveries players might make. In general, record everything, but if the topic spoils a riddle, puzzle, or is something extremely hidden, it is best to spoiler tag it.

Sources for the Wiki

Besides in-game content, a list of known sources that can be used to flesh out the wiki:

• Facebook page and photo stream (concepts and 3d renders)
• eldergame.com

F.A.Q.

Q. This wiki is too light/bright/does not look like a gaming wiki!

A: This is completely unimportant during the alpha. This wiki is hosted by the developers themselves, on their own domain. This means in due time, they may very well decide to revamp the general appearance to something more exciting. They obviously have more important things to do during alpha. What matters now is providing quality content and help for the players.

Q. The rich text editor is too basic/ the syntax is complicated.

A: It is. Consider it a new skillset. With that said, keep in mind this is collaborative work. If you don't like formatting things, simply focus on quality content. Someone else who is more into the layout and formatting will simply go over and tidy up things.