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#46

Yes, we now have a Wiki for the community to fill up with all things 2000AD!

It doesn't feature on the front page or have any links to it on the flashy banner, but thats a technical issue rather than laziness. While it's in beta and contains hardly any original data it'll stay off the front page.
Hopefully you guys can adopt the Wiki and before long it'll be up there alongside the News button.

The stickied thread explains the majority of all things related to interaction, so give that a read if you've never used a Wiki before, or want to know whats special about this one.



Where we're at

I've spent the last week setting up a converter to grab all the data from the Vault and jam it into the Wiki - 99% of the data make it unharmed, but there are still some sketchy elements. If you spot any, feel free to fix them.

Progs, Megs, Creators, Characters and Series all use templates to organise their data. You can see this by going into a Prog and hitting the "Edit" tab.
I'd like to keep all progs, megs, specials and graphic novels using these kinds of templates, so please keep using them where possible.

All articles are missing data, or have terribe, terrible images. Feel free to browse through characters and series and things and update their pictures, or fill out their statistics and whatnot.

Stories, all 3,319 of them, are missing a synopsis and list of character appearances.

Speaking of character appearances, feel free to name or create articles for not only main characters but bit-part characters and villains and things. The Wiki, unlike the Vault, has room for everyone.

Progs and Megazines all need their Captial field filling out, which is the prominent themed text line that features on the front of the cover.

All specials and graphic novels need adding, even by name. If you happen to have a 2000AD graphic novel set next to you, type in the title into the address bar and create a new page for it.



Finally..

Don't get angry or moan about other peoples utilisation of the Wiki - its a collaborative effort and anyone can edit it, including you. If you spot claring mistakes, feel free to change them.

Be civil, be patient, and report any problems you can't fix yourself.


Have fun guys, I hope you can make something good out of this.

#47
Templates

Templates are a type of article, built using Wiki Code, which can be transcluded into other pages to provide a particular type of functionality.

Templates are usually used to quickly format data, and categorise pages on-the-fly.


Example

A quick example of templates is the Stub template.
The Stub template can be added to any article by using the wiki code {{Stub}}, and will mark that particular article as a Stub.

More complex templates exist such as {{prog}} which an be included, along with a large number of attributes, to set out the properties of a Prog and include it into the appropriate categories.


Common Templates

Common templates used in regular articles are as follows:


  • {{spoiler}} - Adds a big black box stating that the article may contain recent spoilers.
  • {{stub}} - Adds a marker indicating the page is a Stub, and requires more content.
  • {{citation needed}} - Adds a little [citation needed] remark next to questionable items.
  • {{pix}} - Adds a marker indicating the page could use more (or better) images.
  • {{disambig}} - Marks the page a disambiguation page. Used when differentiating between items which have the same name, such as Judge Dredd (series) and Judge Dredd (character).
  • {{delete}} - Marks the current article for deletion. As only admins can delete pages, this is used to highlight those articles. A reason should be supplied either in the History or in the Discussion page for that article. Failure to supply a reason will result in the marker being removed.


Complete list of templates

A list of the available templates can be found in the template category.
Each template includes documentation with a section on its usage and syntax.
#48
Website and Forum / Re: Forum - Bug reports and issues
14 January, 2010, 03:21:57 PM
huh, I'd been looking for that myself.

It's now blue.
#49
Wiki / 2000 AD Online Wiki - It hungers for content!
12 January, 2010, 10:00:51 AM
2000 AD Online Wiki



Getting Started

Q: Whats all this then?
A: A while back we decided that the collective community has a wealth of knowledge that far exceeds our own (we only work here), along with a willingness and dedication to make the sites horde of information better than it already is.
To that end, we've set up a Wiki for you guys and gals to get stuck in to.

Q: How do I login?
A: The Wiki is tied into the 2000AD forum software for its logins - clicking the Login button on the Wiki will bring you to the forum, and it should send you back to the wiki once you've logged in.
If you get banned from the forum, you get banned from the Wiki.

Q: Oh god I'm unsure about this, what if I break it?!
A: It's a wiki, you can't break it. Go hog wild! Make and modify as many articles you feel appropriate, and others will come along and fix your mistakes, correct your facts and rearrange the place to be more organised.
If you're still worried then load up the sandbox article and try out anything you're unsure of there.
It is far better to contribute and have your contribution modified, than not to contribute at all!

Q: But I've never contributed to a wiki before...
A: That's not a question. Secondly, wikis are incredibly easy to navigate and edit - simply browse around by clicking on links and when you spot something you want to change/edit/add, hit the Edit tab the top of the page.

Q: Wiki syntax is horrific, how am I supposed to remember things?
A: I know it's terrible. Here's Wikipedias cheat sheet for syntax, which out wiki adheres to. That should make your life a lot easier.

Q: Are there any rules or guidelines?
A: Yes! Be sure to give them a ganders on the about page.




Contributing, or, how you can quickly help

Stub Articles
We have a number of stub articles, which is extremely short articles that have been marked as stubs. These pages desperately need more content, so see if you can add to them.

Short Pages
Just like stubs, short pages badly need more content. Have a look through the list of short pages - if you know anything about the topic, feel free to add more content, otherwise you might want to mark it as a stub and move on to another.

ToDo List
We have a number of large and small tasks on the wikis ToDo List as well as a number of categorised tasks big and small. Take a look through and see if you can help sort out any of those issues.

Wanted Pages
There are a lot of articles which are entirely empty and require content. These are known as wanted pages. Go through the list and see if you know anything on those topics.




Editing

As well as contributing we need a whole lot of editing to be done.

Recent Changes
Check out the Recent Changes for a list of articles people have just updated, then go over their changes and correct any issues or mistakes.

Citation Needed
If during the course of reading an article you come across something you're not sure is factually correct or has no basis, you can make it as [citation needed] by including the following code:
{{citation needed|text=reason you think citation is requied here}}
Be sure to change the next and supply a reason for the citation, such as "when did he travel through time?".

Dead End Pages
When an article doesn't link anywhere else, it becomes a dead end page. You can better the wiki by editing in links to other pages, even if those pages don't exist.
For instance:

Dead end article:
Dredd lives in Mega City One.

Good, linked:
Dredd lives in [[Mega City One]].
#50
Dunno, I just put whatever was in the email on the database. It might be wrong. Not getting fixed until monday at the least.
#51
General / Re: Shouldn't there be a new prog today?
08 January, 2010, 03:56:20 PM
I can't help you guys with the post, but the Prog and Meg updates are going on the site now.

Blame the snow for keeping some of us away from our desks!
#52
Website and Forum / Re: This user is currently ignored
27 December, 2009, 03:30:07 PM
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
#53
Website and Forum / Re: This user is currently ignored
27 December, 2009, 02:15:49 PM
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 27 December, 2009, 10:02:44 AM
Can we get rid of the "Ignored by X users" feature, please, Vince?

I'd been thinking of doing this for a while. On a forum of x thousand users, asking "ok, who's ignoring me?" seems a bit daft. Its not really something you guys need to know anyway, and the admins sure don't care.
#54
Creative Common / Re: 2000AD Smilies: Make your own!
21 December, 2009, 08:33:24 PM
That's a really nice one Dog Deever, glad people are working on stuff.
#55
Off Topic / Re: WHERE IS THE LAUGHING SMILEY?
18 December, 2009, 11:06:10 PM
You.. can't.
Actually, you could add "http://2000adonline.com/forum/Smileys/default/*" as an adblock rule and that'll do it.

You are using firefox and adblock, right?

right?
#56
Creative Common / 2000AD Smilies: Make your own!
18 December, 2009, 05:01:33 PM
You might have noticed I've fixed the smilies - we now have a consolidated smiley set (the phpBB3 style, as voted in by you guys).

What this means is we can now add some custom smileys to the forum. Seeing as this is the official 2000AD forums, I don't want to just add any garbage willy-nilly, so there are a few rules.

what rules?

Can't be offensive.
Must not look hideous.
Must be of the same style as the current smilies.

Same style?

Yeah. Basically we want the smilies to all look similar and not a mish-mash of different head styles.
To help you guys out with that I've made a .psd file (zipped attachment) with a bunch of different facial features and a blank face for you to work from. I've included my attempt at a Judge Dredd smiley so you get an idea of what to do.



Once you've made the smiley pixel-by-pixel, resize the image by 50% (from 40x40 to 20x20 pixels) and you'll have a nicely aliased smiley, with soft edges.
Save this as a .gif and attach it to your post.

Go hog wild!
#57
Off Topic / Re: WHERE IS THE LAUGHING SMILEY?
18 December, 2009, 04:36:34 PM
I need to add a rule where I can ban people who request we add horrific abominations to this forum.  :sick:
#58
Website and Forum / Re: Pick your favourite smiley
18 December, 2009, 04:27:51 PM
Yeah I guess we're done with this now.

God I hate the PhpBB3 smilies. You people make me sick.
#59
Off Topic / Re: WHERE IS THE LAUGHING SMILEY?
18 December, 2009, 04:22:44 PM
You're kidding, right?

Anyway, now consolidated the smilies. You'll find :lol: becomes :lol:, and some others.
#60
General / Re: No fun anymore
18 December, 2009, 03:57:38 PM
See now this is why we have "no forum drama" in the rules.
Over the festive period I may bring down the iron fist of board moderation.

But right now I have to fix the smilies.