Changes: 7 Days To Die Wiki:Cleanup

Revision as of 19:09, 8 August 2016

This project page was created to act as a central organization point for cleaning up and updating pages to reflect the current state of the game.

Goal[]

The overall goal is to maintain accurate and up-to-date articles so that new and experienced players alike can find useful information. This means updating existing articles, adding new articles for new features, items, etc., and also identifying removed features, items, etc.

On-going Tasks For Anyone[]

If you're new to wikis or just don't have a lot of experience editing them at a deep level, or if you don't have a lot of time to make big changes, no problem. You can still help in the following ways:

Editing for readability: Correct grammar, spelling, etc. Drive-by editing is still editing!
Don't know where to start? All these pages need work: Category:Cleanup and Category:Cleanup_outdated. See Help:Editing for more info.
Add screenshots and images for clarity. Good with images? A lot need updating! See the Community Portal for more info.
Identify pages that need cleanup by placing the Template:Cleanup at the top.
Mark stubs by placing the Template:Stub at the top of the page.
Mark items removed from the game. See Help:Removed_Items for more info.
Use the item's discussion page to start talking about items and their relevance in context of the current version of the game.

As you work through pages and correct problems, if the page has one of the tags mentioned above and you've fixed the problem, feel free to remove the tag.

Goal for March: Adding Recipe Template[]

Done! A big "Thank You" to everyone who helped by adding the template to items. That has really helped with list-pages that contain DPL queries.

Goal for May and June: The Home Page[]

Pages that are linked from the wiki's home page should be checked for:

Good grammar
NPOV
Accuracy and usefulness
Up-to-date information

The two sections of the main page that need attention are Game Features and Game Mechanics.

If you have a better image for the "welcome section," propose it in the discussion page.

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+This project page was created to act as a central organization point for cleaning up and updating pages to reflect the current state of the game.
-The update of 7 Days To Die to version A13  has brought a lot of changes to the game that need to be documented and unfortunately, a lot of the articles on this wiki are already very dated.
-In order to tackle the problem, I have created this page to act as a central organization point for the cleanup.
 ==Goal==
-The overall goal is of course, to get the critical pages up to date so that new players can find useful information. That means creating new pages for new features and updating old pages with new information, such as updated recipes, etc.
+The overall goal is to maintain accurate and up-to-date articles so that new and experienced players alike can find useful information. This means updating existing articles, adding new articles for new features, items, etc., and also identifying removed features, items, etc.
-==Tasks For Anyone==
+==On-going Tasks For Anyone==
-If you're new to wikis or just don't have a lot of experience editing them at a deep level, no problem. You can still help in the following ways:
+If you're new to wikis or just don't have a lot of experience editing them at a deep level, or if you don't have a lot of time to make big changes, no problem. You can still help in the following ways:
-# Editing for content: Correct grammar. Add information on pages, etc. All these pages need work: [[:Category:Cleanup]]
+# Editing for readability: Correct grammar, spelling, etc. Drive-by editing is still editing!
+# Don't know where to start? All these pages need work: [[:Category:Cleanup]] and [[:Category:Cleanup_outdated]]. See [[Help:Editing]] for more info.
-# Add screenshots and images for clarity. Good with images? A lot need updated!
+# Add screenshots and images for clarity. Good with images? A lot need updating! See [[7_Days_To_Die_Wiki:Community_portal#A14_Update|the Community Portal]] for more info.
-# Mark pages for <nowiki>{{Cleanup}}</nowiki> (see [[Wikiproject_Cleanup#Tagging_Pages_for_Cleanup|section below]])
-# Mark stubs by placing the <nowiki>{{Stub}}</nowiki> tag at the top of the page.
+# Identify pages that need cleanup by placing the [[Template:Cleanup]] at the top.
+# Mark stubs by placing the [[Template:Stub]] at the top of the page.
-# Use the an item's discussion page to start talking about items and their relevance in context of A13.
-# Mark items removed from the game by placing the <nowiki>{{Removed}}</nowiki> tag at the top of the page.
+# Mark items removed from the game. See [[Help:Removed_Items]] for more info.
+# Use the item's discussion page to start talking about items and their relevance in context of the current version of the game.
-# Expand the following pages for the new User Interface:
-:::*[[Looting_Menu]]
-:::*[[Character_Menu]]
-:::*[[Crafting_Menu]]
-:::*[[Map_Menu]]
 As you work through pages and correct problems, if the page has one of the tags mentioned above and you've fixed the problem, feel free to remove the tag.
+==Goal for March: Adding Recipe Template==
-==Kill The Grid!==
-The removal of the crafting grid from the game has broad affects on the wiki because 1) many pages incorporate it and it now looks foreign to new players and 2) the template used to generate the grid on wiki articles did other work. So simply gutting articles of the grid won't do (I tried...).
+Done! A big "Thank You" to everyone who helped by adding the template to items. That has really helped with [[:Category:List-Pages|list-pages]] that contain DPL queries.
-To replace the work performed by the [[Template:Grid/Crafting_Table]] I've created [[Template:Recipe]], which allows us to do a couple of things:
+==Goal for May and June: The Home Page==
-# It standardizes the appearance of craftable items' recipes on all pages.
-# It adds [[:Category:Craftable_items]] to pages automatically.
-# If formats recipes in a manner that data can be extracted and condensed for other pages, such as [[Craftable_weapons|this one]]
+Pages that are linked from the [[7 Days to Die Wiki|wiki's home page]] should be checked for:
-Therefore, to help us get the wiki up to date with A13, you can begin by replacing the grid and other tables that are used to present required items for a crafting recipe with [[Template:Recipe]]. The documentation on the template should provide all the information necessary to get started.
+* Good grammar
-You can use the [[:Category:Grid]] page as a list of pages to address. Pages in that category likely contain the crafting grid. That list is not all-inclusive. You may find other pages out there with the grid. They all need addressed so don't be shy.
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view NPOV]
+* Accuracy and usefulness
+* Up-to-date information
+The two sections of the main page that need attention are Game Features and Game Mechanics.
-Kill the grid!
+If you have a better image for the "welcome section," propose it in the [[7_Days_To_Die_Wiki_talk:Cleanup|discussion page]].
-==Tagging Pages for Cleanup==
-I've also created the [[Template:Cleanup]] to use for article management. If you find an article that needs cleaned up and you don't have time or the expertise, you can tag it to bring it to the attention of others. At it's simplest, you can add <nowiki>{{Cleanup}}</nowiki> at the top of the page to tag it. Alternatively, you can give a reason, using <nowiki>{{Cleanup:Reason=Your reason}}</nowiki>.
+[[Category:Community]]
-Tagged pages are added to the [[:Category:Cleanup]], making them easy to identify and address.