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Welcome to Ring of Brodgar! The Community Portal is where this wiki community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki. To see the most recent discussions, click the Discussion tab above.

Potential Tasks

(deemed generally outdated. Should probably go somewhere else, in a different form.)
Pages/concepts that need work

Combat
Gardening/ Garden Pots (Growth time + quality calcuations)
More information needed for PClaims, Villages, and Realms (See the village box at the bottom of those pages for what subjects need to be updated and created
Finish adding information to Terrain pages
Finish adding information to all Tree pages
Add proper metaobj tags to Category:Gilding Objects for automatic list population (see Fine Feather Brooch as an example) - Completed! Thanks KitsuneG
All Things Gems (further discussion might be required. a separate page for each gem would require over 500 pages) - A solid foundation created with the help of Romovs
Figure out how to link infobox terrain and infobox tree to infobox metaobj for automatic population of trees, plants, and animals

General help

Searching on RoB is (now) non case-sensitive. The search field included on every page will automatically jump to any page with a matching page-name (blocked by adding a trailing "~" or "*"). The main search page will not do such automatic jump by default. See the Mediawiki Searching help page for additional info. (note: the "*" option expects at least 4 characters for partial word-matching to kick in.)
To follow the changes to this wiki see the Recent Changes page.
If you need help editing, you could start with Ring of Brodgar talk:Community Portal.
For more information on how we want pages to be formatted check the Article Standards
For more information on how pages can be formatted check the Manual of Style
The main infobox template is the Template:Infobox metaobj. See AllPages for other available infobox templates.

Things You can Do

Useful activities

Help expand some article stubs.
Locate and mark pages that need expanding as article stubs.
Create links to some orphaned pages.
Upload and add some images! Visit Special:Upload. Add them to a category too, like [[Category:Images]].
Write a new article that's on the the wanted list!
Fix any double redirects by redirecting the first page to the third page.
Check for broken redirects and either mark them for deletion or find a more appropriate target.
Consider splitting up very long pages into different pages or subpages.
Create some links on dead end pages.
Update or verify some unknown or unsure information.

Other useful special pages

(See Special:SpecialPages for more special pages.)

Want to find out what you've done so far? Visit your contributions page.
Find out more about the wiki on Special:Statistics and Special:Version!

For playing around with wiki editing, formating, or other RoB stuff. There is a general RoB Sandbox page.

Available general templates (wip)

Template	Data page	Remark
Verify	Verification_Calls	(needs some additional documentation)
Patch	(Game_Updates = available titles)	Patch related forum link box(inline).
HFL	-	HFL: HnH Forum Link box(inline).
Quote	-	General quoting support.
GM	(Property:Test_Text_1 = some raw data dump)	GM: Game Menu box.
Pagenotice	Pagenotice	A more general verify-type scheme.
...	...	...

Troubleshooting

Symptom: Changes in one page are not 'immediately' showing up in another related/effected pages. (general MediaWiki feature)

To force a direct page-update for related/affected pages, for quick debugging purposes, one would use a Null-edit on those pages.

(Without a Null-edit those page will update at a later time)

Small, hard to read wiki formula:

Having an empty line before and after the math formula will display formulas in a bigger style.

In-Game names versus RoB-Wiki used names

When it comes to in-game names, the general rule it to stick to those at RoB-wiki.
But there are some exceptions where RoB-wiki uses a different name than the used in-game name.
Those exceptions are listed at the Game_v_RoB_name_changes page.

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-[[Category:Help|Community Portal]][[Category:Community| ]]
+<span class="subpages" style="font-size:0.95em;">[[special:PrefixIndex/{{NAMESPACE}}:|"Community Portal" Pages]]&nbsp;<span style="color:gray; font-size:1.25em;">&#9658;&nbsp;</span></span>
+[[Category:Site administration|{{PAGENAME}}]]
+__TOC__
 '''Welcome to {{SITENAME}}!''' The Community Portal is where this wiki community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki. To see the most recent discussions, click the '''Discussion''' tab above.
-<strike>You can find out more general information about the wiki on the [[Project:About|About]] page.</strike><!-- Right. Nothing of value on that about page. Later. -->
+==Potential Tasks==
-[[Category:Help|Community portal]][[Category:Community| ]]
+(deemed generally outdated. Should probably go somewhere else, in a different form.)<br>
+Pages/concepts that need work
-__TOC__
+*Combat
+*Gardening/ Garden Pots (Growth time + quality calcuations)
-=General Wiki stuff=
+*More information needed for [[Personal Claim|PClaims]], [[Village|Villages]], and [[Realm]]s (See the village box at the bottom of those pages for what subjects need to be updated and created
-==New to wikis?==
+*Finish adding information to [[Terrain]] pages
-* If you are new to wikis, you may want to read the '''[[Help:Tutorial 1|tutorial]]'''.
+*Finish adding information to all [[:Category:trees|Tree]] pages
-* There is some advice on getting this wiki started at '''[[Help:Starting this wiki]]'''.
+*'''Add proper metaobj tags to [[:Category:Gilding Objects]] for automatic list population (see [[Fine Feather Brooch]] as an example) - Completed! Thanks KitsuneG'''
-* A list of most help pages can be found on '''[[Help:Contents]]''' and in '''[[:Category:Help]]'''.
+*'''All Things Gems (further discussion might be required. a separate page for each gem would require over 500 pages) - A solid foundation created with the help of Romovs'''
+*Figure out how to link infobox terrain and infobox tree to infobox metaobj for automatic population of trees, plants, and animals
-==How to help out==
-* If you want to help but you're not sure where to start, try improving the various '''[[:Category:Article stubs|stub]]''' articles by adding content.
-* Another helpful activity would be to check the list of '''[[Special:WantedPages|wanted pages]]''' for frequently linked-to articles that don't exist yet.
-* To follow the changes to this wiki, and to look out for new users and edits use '''[[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]]'''.
-* You can find a list of useful templates on '''[[:Category:Templates]]''', some of which are documented on '''[[{{ns:project}}:Templates]]'''.
-* If you need help editing, you could start with '''[[Help:Editing]]''' or '''[[Help:Tutorial 1|the tutorial]]'''.
-==Want to discuss stuff?==
+==General help==
-* If you want to discuss anything specific to an article, you can use the "Discussion" page for that article.
+* Searching on RoB is (now) non case-sensitive. The search field included on every page will automatically jump to any page with a matching page-name (''blocked by adding a trailing "'''~'''" or "'''*'''"''). The main search page will not do such automatic jump by default. See the [//www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Searching Mediawiki Searching help] page for additional info. (''note: the "'''*'''" option expects at least 4 characters for partial word-matching to kick in.'')
-* For more general discussions you can use the Discussion tab of this page, or a Forum if the forums have been set up.
+* To follow the changes to this wiki see the '''[[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]]''' page.
+* If you need help editing, you could start with '''[[Ring of Brodgar talk:Community Portal]]'''.
+* For more information on how we want pages to be formatted check the '''[[Project:Article Standards|Article Standards]]'''
+* For more information on how pages can be formatted check the '''[[Project:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]'''
+* The main infobox template is the '''[[:Template:Infobox metaobj]]'''. See [//ringofbrodgar.com/wiki/Special:AllPages?from=infobox&to=infoboxz&namespace=10 AllPages] for other available infobox templates.
-==Things to do==
+==Things You can Do==
-{{col-begin}}
+<div style="display:table-row;">
-{{col-2}}
+<div style="display:table-cell;">
 ; Useful activities
 * Help expand some '''[[:Category:Article stubs|article stubs]]'''.
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 * Consider splitting up very '''[[Special:LongPages|long pages]]''' into different pages or subpages.
 * Create some links on '''[[Special:DeadendPages|dead end pages]]'''.
-* ''Add more...''
+* Update or '''[[:Category:Verification Calls|verify]]''' some unknown or unsure information.
+</div>
-{{col-2}}
+<div style="display:table-cell;padding-left:50px;">
 ; Other useful special pages
+*[[:Category:Article stubs]]
+*[[:Category:Verification Calls]]
+*[[:Category:Pages with broken file links]]
 *[[Special:BrokenRedirects]]
 *[[Special:DoubleRedirects]]
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 *[[Special:UnusedImages]]
 *[[Special:WantedCategories]]
-(''See [[Special:SpecialPages]]for more special pages.'')
+(''See [[Special:SpecialPages]] for more special pages.'')
-; Others2
+</div>
-*[[:Category:Pages with broken file links]]
+</div>
-{{col-end}}
-==Some other interesting pages==
 * Want to find out what you've done so far? Visit [[Special:Mycontributions|your contributions page]].
 * Find out more about the wiki on '''[[Special:Statistics]]''' and '''[[Special:Version]]'''!
-==General wiki tips==
+* For playing around with wiki editing, formating, or other RoB stuff. There is a general RoB [[Sandbox]] page.
-* Symptom: Changes in one section of the wiki not showing up in another section of the wiki.
-:As most of the time this is browser cache issue, the first thing to try is to bypass the browser cache.
-:This is in general done by hitting, Windows:{{k|CTRL}}+{{k|F5}}, Mac/Apple:{{k|Apple}}+{{k|R}}, Linux:{{k|F5}}. ''Ref:[http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/cache/ refreshyourcache]
-:If its not a browser cache issue ''(example: [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/FAQ#Why_doesn.27t_data_I_have_just_added_show_up_in_queries.3F link])'' your next option is to force a wiki cache update.
-:A wiki cache update on a specific page is done by opening that page in edit mode and just saving it without any changes.
-=General Game stuff=
-==Foraging Inconsistencies==
-The item list on the page about [[Foraging]] has some perception*exploration values that are inconsistent with what the respective item's own page says. For example, the Foraging table has Thorny Thistle found at 121 p*e, but its page says 96 p*e.
-:Yep. It would be very nice if that info was handled by a SMW template. I thought about making one, but alas, I'm overly lazy... --[[User:Theodor|Theodor]] 22:29, 9 April 2011 (CDT)
-== Social content, wars, conflicts etc.? ==
-I feel like the game, and the wiki, would be a lot better if we started documenting conflicts, large villages, and alliances in the style of wikipedia country pages (albeit simplified) and conflict pages (also simplified). I'd be willing to write these article as the social aspect of the game is important, if not the most important aspect of the game.
-I know there's been an unspoken rule against doing so on this wiki and the one before it, but I don't really see why good articles with proper citations should be blocked if they document in game social events.
-[[User:Monkeytofu]]
-What do you think about a page that will describe history of H&H? For example: when H&H was created, when different worlds were created, what were major changes, (possible) reasons of resets, etc. I think it would be interesting to read.
-Maybe I would try to create such a page by myself but my English sucks and I think there are many people who can explain things better. [[User:Latior|Latior]] 17:05, 28 March 2011 (CDT)
-I think as long as we get approval from admins, any attempts at keeping track of social aspects would be welcome as anyone could edit them if they weren't good enough.
--[[User:Monkeytofu|Monkeytofu]] 3/29/2011
-== References ==
-Since the wiki does use quotes/questionable info/notes/etc, could someone look into installing [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite/Cite.php citations?] ~ [[User:Escaleone|Escaleone]]<sup>[[User_talk:Escaleone|[1]]][[Special:Contributions/Escaleone|[2]]]</sup><sup></sup> 12:05, 2 April 2011 (CDT)
+====Available general templates (wip)====
+{| class="wikitable"
-It would be good if the cite extension was added. --[[User:ArvinJA|ArvinJA]] 20:14, 29 December 2011 (EST)
+ ! style="text-align:left;" | Template
+ ! style="text-align:left;" | Data page
+ ! style="text-align:left;" | Remark
-== Abbreviations? ==
+ |-
-Would commonly used abbreviations be something useful to add to the wiki (IE: wtb: want to buy, etc), and under what section should it be placed under? Glossary? -DDDsDD999
+ | [[Template:Verify|Verify]]
+ | [[:Category:Verification_Calls|Verification_Calls]]
+ | (''needs some additional documentation'')
-== Game mechanics ==
+ |-
-I propose a new category: Game Mechanics as to list pages such as [[Discovery]] and [[Death]] and a few other pages that are currently [http://ringofbrodgar.com/wiki/Special:UncategorizedPages uncategorized]. I don't know how to properly link to that page. This would be a good way to introduce a new player to the game and its many mechanics. I'd also like new editors to look at the [http://ringofbrodgar.com/wiki/Special:SpecialPages SpecialPages] and work on what is there as I love organization for some reason. --[[User:Deadguy60|Deadguy60]] 06:27, 21 May 2012 (EDT)
+ | [[Template:Patch|Patch]]
+ | (''[[Game_Updates]] = available titles'')
+ | Patch related forum link box(inline).
-I suppose that all pages relating to the game itself should be in Category:Content.  There could possibly a category for things where a formula isn't exactly known but I could guess those pages are few. Only thing that could be related that I can think of is fishing. Not important enough for someone to care enough to research more about it. --[[User:Deadguy60|Deadguy60]] 19:50, 23 May 2012 (EDT)
+  |-
+ | [[Template:HnH forum link|HFL]]
+ | -
+ | HFL: '''H'''nH '''F'''orum '''L'''ink box(inline).
-Possibly another category could be a list of buffs and activated skills which are displayed after the HUD.  Then we can do away with the page [[A Thorn in the Foot]]. --[[User:Deadguy60|Deadguy60]] 22:24, 23 May 2012 (EDT)
+  |-
+ | [[Template:Quote|Quote]]
+ | -
+ | General quoting support.
-:Formula category: mmm ... maybe. --[[User:MvGulik|MvGulik]] 10:30, 24 May 2012 (EDT)
+ |-
+ | [[Template:GM|GM]]
+ | (''[[Property:Test_Text_1]] = some raw data dump'')
+ | GM: '''G'''ame '''M'''enu box.
-==Perc*Exp===
+ |-
+ | [[Template:Pagenotice|Pagenotice]]
+ | [[:Category:Pagenotice|Pagenotice]]
+ | A more general verify-type scheme.
-I think there needs to be a list like the Curiosity Table that shows what you can begin to find when your Exp*Perc gets to a certain level.
+ |-
-:Sounds like a good enough idea to me. Forageables Table, perhaps. Or a table in the category? [[User:Foetuses|Foetuses]] 20:09, 28 May 2012 (EDT)
+ | ...
+ | ...
+ | ...
-Either one.  I see that there is a forageable table, but maybe add a column on the curiosity table as to what your perc*exp needs to be so you dont have to switch back and forth
+ |} <!-- "[[...|]]" is intentional link-style (auto-strips namespace part from displayed link). -->
-:I don't think that'd be best, as not a lot of curios actually have a required PER*EXP rate to find, anyway.
-== Problems with the cat captcha ==
+====Troubleshooting====
-Apparently some users are having some trouble with the select-the-cats captcha and I'm wondering if it's a firefox problem or a wiki problem. Causes trouble when citing sources. --[[User:Deadguy60|Deadguy60]] ([[User talk:Deadguy60|talk]]) 21:03, 2 September 2013 (EDT)
+* Symptom: Changes in one page are not 'immediately' showing up in another related/effected pages. (''general MediaWiki feature'')
+: To force a direct page-update for related/affected pages, for quick debugging purposes, one would use a [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Purge#Null_edit Null-edit] on those pages.
+: (Without a Null-edit those page will update at a later time)
-:I'm not aware of any captcha complaints or problems, although I'm sure there are some. One simple workaround that should work here is to post links without the leading http:// part (or drop a space after the http:// part). There might be a minimum contribution count that stops putting up captcha's on posting links, but I'm not aware of that. --[[User_talk:MvGulik|<i><font color="#666" size="2px">.MvGulik.</font></i>]] 04:09, 3 September 2013 (EDT)
+* Small, hard to read wiki formula:
+: Having an empty line before and after the math formula will display formulas in a bigger style.
-:It's a browser problem not captcha's or wikis, but not exclusive to firefox either. I haven't realy looked into it but i think it's simply compatibility issue with older browsers, whatever manufacturer, not interpreting data 100% as per current html standards. --[[User:Rook|Rook]] ([[User talk:Rook|talk]]) 04:21, 3 September 2013 (EDT)
+==In-Game names versus RoB-Wiki used names==
+When it comes to in-game names, the general rule it to stick to those at RoB-wiki.<br>
+But there are some exceptions where RoB-wiki uses a different name than the used in-game name.<br>
+Those exceptions are listed at the [[Project:Game_v_RoB_name_changes|Game_v_RoB_name_changes]] page.