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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(deemed generally outdated.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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+<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.
-=='''Creating a new page? Perhaps we already have a template for it. Check [[Template:Infobox metaobj|Here]].'''==
+==Potential Tasks==
+(deemed generally outdated. Should probably go somewhere else, in a different form.)<br>
-==Tasks Left==
 Pages/concepts that need work
 *Combat
 *Gardening/ Garden Pots (Growth time + quality calcuations)
 *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
-*Finish creating all [[Terrain]] pages
+*Finish adding information to [[Terrain]] pages
 *Finish adding information to all [[:Category:trees|Tree]] pages
 *'''Add proper metaobj tags to [[:Category:Gilding Objects]] for automatic list population (see [[Fine Feather Brooch]] as an example) - Completed! Thanks KitsuneG'''
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 *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==
+==General help==
-* To follow the changes to this wiki, and to look out for new users and edits, visit the  '''[[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]]'''.
+* 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.'')
-* You can find a list of useful templates on '''[[:Template:Infobox metaobj]]'''
+* 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 '''[[Article Standards]]'''
+* 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 '''[[Manual of Style]]'''
+* For more information on how pages can be formatted check the '''[[Project:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]]'''
-* Make smart use of the wiki edit-summary feature to make edits easier to follow/track/group for other contributers.
+* 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 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]]'''.
-*  Verify some '''[[:Category:Verification Needed|Questionable information]]'''
+* 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 Needed]]
+*[[:Category:Verification Calls]]
 *[[:Category:Pages with broken file links]]
 *[[Special:BrokenRedirects]]
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 *[[Special:WantedCategories]]
 (''See [[Special:SpecialPages]] for more special pages.'')
-{{col-end}}
+</div>
+</div>
 * Want to find out what you've done so far? Visit [[Special:Mycontributions|your contributions page]].
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 ====Available general templates (wip)====
-* [[Template:Verify|Verify]]: ... (needs doc)
+{| class="wikitable"
-* [[Template:Patch|Patch]]: Patch related forum link box.
-* [[Template:HnH forum link|HFL]]: HnH forum link.
-* [[Template:Quote|Quote]]: Mainly intended for Talk pages.
-* [[Template:Menu_usage_box|GM]]: Game menu box.
-* ...
-====Troubleshooting====
+ ! style="text-align:left;" | Template
-* Symptom: Changes in one page are not 'immediately' showing up in another related/effected pages. (''general MediaWiki feature'')
+ ! style="text-align:left;" | Data page
-: To force a direct page-update for related/affected pages, for quick debugging purposes, one would use a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Purge#Null_edit Null-edit] on those pages.
+ ! style="text-align:left;" | Remark
-: (Without a Null-edit those page will update at a later time)
-*Reuploaded image wont change
+ |-
-: Open the image in a separate tab and refresh your browser.
+ | [[Template:Verify|Verify]]
+ | [[:Category:Verification_Calls|Verification_Calls]]
+ | (''needs some additional documentation'')
-* Small, hard to read wiki formula:
+ |-
-: Having an empty line before and after the math formula will display formulas in a bigger style.
+ | [[Template:Patch|Patch]]
+ | (''[[Game_Updates]] = available titles'')
+ | Patch related forum link box(inline).
-====Useful reading (Wiki generals)====
+ |-
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures Wikipedia:Signatures]: General info about using wiki-signature (''When, Why, and How'').
+ | [[Template:HnH forum link|HFL]]
+ | -
+ | HFL: '''H'''nH '''F'''orum '''L'''ink box(inline).
-====Other potential useful stuff====
+ |-
-* [https://tools.wmflabs.org/magnustools/tab2wiki.php? tab2wiki] Online tool. General spreadsheet(''Tab-delimited text-copy'') to wiki-table converter. Some minor post-editing might still be required, but it will take care of the bulk.
+ | [[Template:Quote|Quote]]
+ | -
+ | General quoting support.
-==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>
+ | [[Template:GM|GM]]
-But there are some exceptions where RoB-wiki uses a different name than the used in-game name.<br>
+ | (''[[Property:Test_Text_1]] = some raw data dump'')
-Those exceptions are listed at the [[Ring_of_Brodgar:Game_v_RoB_name_changes|Game_v_RoB_name_changes]] page.
+ | GM: '''G'''ame '''M'''enu box.
-==Properties and #ask queries==
+ |-
+ | [[Template:Pagenotice|Pagenotice]]
+ | [[:Category:Pagenotice|Pagenotice]]
+ | A more general verify-type scheme.
-RoB wiki uses the Semantic MediaWiki extension. This adds some additional feature to the basic Mediawiki like the Property and #ask features.
+ |-
+ | ...
+ | ...
+ | ...
-One down side here is that Semantic annotations needs to be enables for a given Mediawiki name-space to be able to 1) set Properties in the pages in that name-space, and 2) that #ask queries are limited to returning pages (cataloged) from those Semantic annotations enabled name-spaces.
+ |} <!-- "[[...|]]" is intentional link-style (auto-strips namespace part from displayed link). -->
+====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 [//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)
-Current rundown on Semantic annotations per name-space (--[[User_talk:MvGulik|<i><font color="#666" size="2px">.MvGulik.</font></i>]] 23:47, 30 November 2017 (EST))
+* Small, hard to read wiki formula:
+: Having an empty line before and after the math formula will display formulas in a bigger style.
-Enabled on:
+==In-Game names versus RoB-Wiki used names==
-* (Main)
+When it comes to in-game names, the general rule it to stick to those at RoB-wiki.<br>
-* User
+But there are some exceptions where RoB-wiki uses a different name than the used in-game name.<br>
-* Ring of Brodgar.
+Those exceptions are listed at the [[Project:Game_v_RoB_name_changes|Game_v_RoB_name_changes]] page.
-* Ring of Brodgar talk. (seems special case)(still off on discussion pages)
-* File (image)
-* Category
-* Type
-Not enabled on:
-* Talk (Main talk) ... same on all talk/discussion pages in all parent name-spaces.
-* MediaWiki
-* Template
-* Help
-* Legacy ... ie: no setting of Properties and not returning pages from this name-space in #ask queries.
-Unsure:
-* Property
-* Concept
-The workaround, when needed (''mainly for page administration purposes'') is to use Categories and the Category-list pages.