[Help] How would I go about contributing to the wiki?

11-22-2015, 08:03 AM #1

I know that you can just edit any page, but are there requirements that you need to meet or a verification process or something? I'd like to know. Big Grin

**Kurausukun** · 11-22-2015, 06:27 PM #2

Edit a page, and if someone doesn't like your edit, BAM! Reverted.

***MayImilae*** · 11-22-2015, 07:04 PM #3

Wiki admin here!

To avoid the um, above, try to look at what's already there and how things are already being done. A wiki like ours has a lot of conventions for how to handle various things, and we even wrote some of them down. Just pay attention and you'll be fine!

11-23-2015, 03:18 AM #4

(11-22-2015, 07:04 PM)MaJoR Wrote: Wiki admin here!

To avoid the um, above, try to look at what's already there and how things are already being done. A wiki like ours has a lot of conventions for how to handle various things, and we even wrote some of them down. Just pay attention and you'll be fine!

Oh wow, this has everything. Thanks a lot!

**mbc07** · 11-24-2015, 02:39 AM #5

Moved to site feedback...

**LordVador** · (This post was last modified: 11-27-2015, 03:52 AM by LordVador.)

And edits have to be justified.

To avoid things such as "I wasn't able to start the game, sure the game is broken". If you got me here...

Skywolf · 11-27-2015, 09:20 AM #7

Curious though. When (if even at all) is it worth writing about an issue accepted in the issue tracker?

And something I was wondering recently: Why isnt there a system where an issue has to be assigned to a game when accepted after which a bot (or object on wiki pages) that keeps track of this and adds (a link to) the issue to the appropriate wiki page? Wouldnt be as good having it writen specifically for a wiki by an actual human being but it would make the wiki always up-to-date with recent issues and fixes.

12-30-2015, 10:51 PM #8

(11-27-2015, 09:20 AM)Skywolf Wrote: Curious though. When (if even at all) is it worth writing about an issue accepted in the issue tracker?

And something I was wondering recently: Why isnt there a system where an issue has to be assigned to a game when accepted after which a bot (or object on wiki pages) that keeps track of this and adds (a link to) the issue to the appropriate wiki page? Wouldnt be as good having it writen specifically for a wiki by an actual human being but it would make the wiki always up-to-date with recent issues and fixes.

This is something I was literally thinking about last night, nothing concrete since it's going to require some pulleys/levers on both the issue tracker and on the Wiki side for something automated. I did some testing in Redmine but nothing much from that side, my best solution would be:

* Create a new custom field in Redmine, make it multi-line text and call it GameID (This would move it from the description area)
* Pull out issue data from Redmine with a script
* Use Data_Transfer extension with Mediawiki into pages matching the GameID (This would overwrite the existing redirects on Wiki)
* Use Transclusion to pull the data from this page into the actual game page (This way a link back towards Redmine in the form of the issue URL can be added to the Wiki)

Obviously the premises is a bit vague but you get the idea.