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I hope my additions to the wiki will encourage other players to expand the content. See the '''MediaWiki formatting and editing articles''' below.
 
I hope my additions to the wiki will encourage other players to expand the content. See the '''MediaWiki formatting and editing articles''' below.
  
'''How to edit the wiki AND have fun'''
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'''Suggestion to edit the wiki AND have fun ingame'''
  
 
A suggestion if you wonder how to handle wiki edits while playing the game: for the most part, don't. My routine is to use [http://www.fraps.com/ FRAPS] and [http://www.xnview.com/en/ XnView] (both free) to manage screenshots while I play. I press a key to take a screen. Occasionally, I also alt-tab to XnView to rename the picture so I know what it was about. Conveniently XnView always has the newest image in the folder highlighted, so {screenshot key} {alt tab} {F2} {enter label} {alt tab}. Pretty easy and it doesn't take me away from the game too long. Later when I have time I just go through the screens and edit whatever I feel like.
 
A suggestion if you wonder how to handle wiki edits while playing the game: for the most part, don't. My routine is to use [http://www.fraps.com/ FRAPS] and [http://www.xnview.com/en/ XnView] (both free) to manage screenshots while I play. I press a key to take a screen. Occasionally, I also alt-tab to XnView to rename the picture so I know what it was about. Conveniently XnView always has the newest image in the folder highlighted, so {screenshot key} {alt tab} {F2} {enter label} {alt tab}. Pretty easy and it doesn't take me away from the game too long. Later when I have time I just go through the screens and edit whatever I feel like.

Revision as of 09:18, 24 September 2014


Hello. You can find me ingame as Gorgonzola ;) .. I'm just a player learning MediaWiki.

I hope my additions to the wiki will encourage other players to expand the content. See the MediaWiki formatting and editing articles below.


Suggestion to edit the wiki AND have fun ingame

A suggestion if you wonder how to handle wiki edits while playing the game: for the most part, don't. My routine is to use FRAPS and XnView (both free) to manage screenshots while I play. I press a key to take a screen. Occasionally, I also alt-tab to XnView to rename the picture so I know what it was about. Conveniently XnView always has the newest image in the folder highlighted, so {screenshot key} {alt tab} {F2} {enter label} {alt tab}. Pretty easy and it doesn't take me away from the game too long. Later when I have time I just go through the screens and edit whatever I feel like.


Page ideas

  • What is Project: Gorgon?
  • New players guide (currently bits are in User Interface)

Templates & Styles To Dos

TODO A "sub category" vertical nav float right in the combat/trade/other skills.
TODO Basic Armor/Health/Rage for foes (can be expanded later)
TODO Basic Item template box to avoid uploading many images that will be quickly obsolete

Things I Personally Have Planned

TODO Nicer looking SPOILER tag that allows formatting inside
TODO Javascript based Map with POIs, so it's easier for people to expand (eg. through adding x/y coordinates) and also allow to filter them or hide them (spoilers).

Next update stuffs


Templates
Special Pages
WikiMedia Help
Formatting
Text and HTML
Images (& gallery syntax)
Links
Tables
Table markup
Wikipedia Tools
Editing
Categories
Moving a page
Transclusion (ie. includes)
Discussion
Using talk pages
Extensions
DynamicPageList

Regarding my edits

When I create a new page I ask myself: "What purpose does this page have?". I like creating practical content such as "guide" pages that help me when I play, create indexes/tables that have a purpose such as a list of the lucky belts.

If a player /wiki a specific item or foe that does not have his own page, that's not an issue imho. They will get search results and relevant articles. For example /wiki snail shells will show NPCs interested in snail shells.

So atm I focus on: NPCs, Zones, Dungeons, Skills, Special (ie. named) creatures and Bosses, and "guide" pages.

  • I use a __NOTOC__ for most pages that I don't expect to be long. People are accustomed to mouse wheels, and the TOC tends to make the top of the article look bad with a lot of white space (a solution would be to float the TOC to the right in some pages, that may be doable with a template). The __NOTOC__ marker can always be removed later if something gets long enough.
  • I've added image tags ( [[File:foo.jpg]] ) to many pages without an actual image. This is a way to keep track of images that can be added later, through Special:WantedFiles. Feel free to go through the list and add missing images!
  • The more templates the better, since they are includes. Templates like "monster stats" can be expanded after alpha, with minimal edits (adding parameters to the templates used in the articles).
  • NPC and Dungeon and Zone templates are just a structure guide to save a bit of time (copy/paste). They are not actual templates as that would be quite complex to handle (I presume parameters would be too long).

Dynamic Page List Test

List of Formatting Templates