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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-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.
 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.
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 ==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 <code><nowiki>{{Cleanup}}</nowiki></code> (see [[#Tagging_Pages_for_Cleanup|section below]])
-# Mark stubs by placing the <code><nowiki>{{Stub}}</nowiki></code> 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.
+# 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.
-# Mark items removed from the game by placing the <code><nowiki>{{Removed}}</nowiki></code> tag at the top of the page.
-# 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==
+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.
-{{#dpl:
-| allowcachedresults=no
-| category = Craftable_items
-| notcategory = Removed_Items
-| notuses = Template:Recipe
-| addpagecounter = true
-| include = {infobox item}:image,
-| secseparators = ¶¦ {{#if:,,|[[File:,|30px|link=%PAGE%]]|[[File:Placeholder.png|30px|link=%PAGE%]]}} [[%PAGE%]],¶¦,,¶¦,¶¦,
-| multisecseparators = ,,<br>
-| format={¦ class="wikitable" style="float:right;"¶!Add The Recipe,¶¦-,,¶¦}
-| ordermethod=counter
-| randomcount=5
-}}
-There are a number of craft-able items that need to have the [[Template:Recipe]] added in order for certain [[:Category:List-Pages|lists]] to populate correctly.
-The table to the right lists five random articles of craft-able items that need the Template:Recipe added. In the section below is an example of how to replace an old recipe with the new one.
-If the item is in the list but is not craft-able, then in the infobox, the parameter <code><nowiki>ob_craft = 1</nowiki></code> is improperly set and should be set to <code><nowiki>ob_craft = 0</nowiki></code>.
+==Goal for May and June: The Home Page==
-====Example====
-Below is how [[Duct Tape]] originally listed the required items:
+Pages that are linked from the [[7 Days to Die Wiki|wiki's home page]] should be checked for:
-<pre>==Crafting==
-To craft {{PAGENAME}} you will require these items.
-: [[File:Glue.png|64px|middle|link=Glue]]x1[[Glue]]
-: [[File:Cloth.png|64px|middle|link=Cloth Fragment]]x1[[Cloth Fragment]]
-</pre>
+* Good grammar
-And this is the correct usage of [[Template:Recipe]]
+* [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.
-<pre>
-==Crafting==
-===Required Items===
-{{Recipe
-|image1=Glue.png | linkname1=Glue | itemcount1=1
-|image2=Cloth.png | linkname2=Cloth | itemcount2=1
-}}
-</pre>
+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 <code><nowiki>{{Cleanup}}</nowiki></code> at the top of the page to tag it, but that's not completely helpful. Better yet, you can give a reason, using <code><nowiki>{{Cleanup|Reason=Your reason}}</nowiki></code>.  Additionally, you can use the item's talk page to spark a conversation about why the page needs attention.
+[[Category:Community]]
-Tagged pages are added to the [[:Category:Cleanup]], making them easy to identify and address.