Job Board 2

[Netdroid9]

The Wiki's great, but it's very disorganized. Very disorganized, with about fifty uncategorized pages, several orphaned (Ones that aren't linked to) and a hell of a lot of dead-ends (ones that have no links). Additionally, it takes somewhere around fifteen to half an hour to upload a shop to the Wiki, something that's hard to do alone.

Basically, I suggest we set up a Job Board like the old system. I know there are some people here who know the item system well enough to make quality item/shop entries (I'm looking at you, Yoshi/3kul), and the articles that need simple things like categorization are plentiful enough to justify having a couple knowledgeable people go through and add them all.

An example list of jobs:
* Categorize 10 Dead-end Pages
* Fix Orphaned pages
* Add links to 10 Dead-end pages
* Add a Shop
* Clean-up marked pages (Although that needs someone to add a Cleanup category, which I will do sometime tomorrow when it's not so late)
* Add Synths (Although this should be left until all the shops are uploaded
* Add 5 Most Wanted pages (no word limit)
* Add 1 Most Wanted page (must be fairly detailed)
* Expand 1 Article (Plenty of room to do this in the item articles)

And finally, the categorization rules I use. Please stick to them, for consistency:

Shops:
*Stores are categories, their subarticles are the items they contain/produce.
*Store categories contain a link to their appropriate shop on Blackstar in the same format as the existing store categories (See 'Category:Relics of the Dojo' for an example)
*All shops must be part of the Shops category and their appropriate Shop *District category.
*Synth Shops must also be in the Synth Shop category.

Items:
*Articles are named according to the name of the item addressed. One article per item.
*Items contain the appropriate Item Info template.
*You MUST link to the appropriate store category in this format [[:Category:<store>|<store>]]. This is so it looks clean and also so you can link to the category directly. The first colon is VERY important, don't forget it. You can't just set up a redirect, it won't work (someone needs to update the Wiki software)
*Items must be part of the Items category and the appropriate Store category.
*Items obtained through SPECIAL events (Not through importation licenses or the like, but through events like Blackstar's Birthday) must be categorized under Special Events in addition to the normal categories.
*You know the drill: Unique Items - Items that there exist only one of.
*User items - Items made by users.
*Category:Relics contains relics made in the Labyrinth RP. Don't add or remove items unless you know what you're doing (And yes, The Sanity Blade is indeed a Relic, as is the Gauntlet (Which hasn't been added, as it's not an official item)).
*Add a picture when making the article, using the same name as the article minus the spaces. Check one of my articles (IE 'Red Ice') if you're unsure.
*Include the Synth combo if there is one. If you don't remember, check the Recipies thread in the Marketplace or 3kul's thread in the Bingo Hall.

Shop Districts:
*Shop Districts go in the Shop District thread.

Articles:
*Categorize.
*Add links from it.
*Add links to it.
*And for the love of sweet merciful god, no 'Coming soon' pages. You can't delete them, and it's not that hard to make a short sentence describing what it is.

Cleanup:
*Articles that need cleanup go into the Cleanup category.
*An article needs cleanup if:
*It's ugly.
*It needs deletion (Coming soon, etc)
*It's spammy
*It doesn't meet the above standards

Stubs:
*Articles that need expanding go in the Stubs category
*When expanding an article, know what you're talking about. Don't try and expand an article you know nothing about just to earn some , other people have to use this too.
*Stubs are articles that are too short (one or two sentences), not ones that just need more data.

Incomplete:
*Articles that need more data go in the Incomplete category. These are mostly shop items that need a release date, make cost, Synth combo, etc.

Unconverted:
*Articles that need to be converted to follow the new item/store system go in the Unconverted category. For example, an item that needs to be converted to use the Item Data table would go here.

NOTE: I need to add the Cleanup, Stubs, Incomplete and Unconverted categories. I will later today (It passed midnight while writing this post)

[Embri]

You are hereby promoted to keeper of the Wiki, Net, if you're willing to take it on. You know more about making it work right than I.

I've given you Medal Moderatorship of the shiny new award added to your collection, to dispense as you see fit to those who make great contributions.


A dedicated Job Thread is probably in order, if not a board... For now, I think a thread in the Marketplace where available jobs can be posted and interested parties can apply is in order. Since the current Shop system doesn't have a "Service" option as of yet, this would seem to be the easiest means.

Of course, the Dojo will finance (reasonable) amounts towards getting the Wiki built and in proper order. Drop me a PM if you'd like, I'd be happy to discuss details.

[Netdroid9]

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