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== Crafting == |
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There should probably be a link to the new 'Crafting' and 'Carving discipline' pages in the creation system at the bottom of the page. I'll leave it up to those who have permission to change this page to decide how best to do it.--[[User:Evran|Evran]] 19:10, 11 July 2010 (UTC) |
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I've turned off raw HTML so there may be errors on the pages here in some places. The map conversion is complete (Naeya rocks!) so that shouldn't be an issue. - ''[[User:Trel | Trel]]'' |
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== Main Page Protection == |
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Protected the main page. If anyone has anything they want to add or change, let us know here.--[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] ([[User talk:Naeya|talk]]) 11:04, 22 March 2007 (CDT) |
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:Hey Naeya I'm going to gradually flesh out some of the links I added in my [[alchemy]] article, and to start I would like to add a section on '''Time''' under the '''World''' header on the main page. Do you think a single article on the time system is better, or individual articles for anlas, roisan, months, etc? [[User:Farman|Farman]] 16:59, 22 March 2007 (CDT) |
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::Frankly, I think a single article for time would be better Less clicking around.--[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] ([[User talk:Naeya|talk]]) 17:05, 22 March 2007 (CDT) |
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:Putting in some stubs and a category for [[:Category:Languages|Languages]]. Think it's front-page worthy? [[User:Farman|Farman]] 14:53, 24 March 2007 (CDT) |
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:Thank you for adding statistics to the main page. --[[User:Grindinghalt|Grindinghalt]] 11:03, 3 April 2007 (CDT) |
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:I added a page for [[Prayer Beads]] which can be added to the creation system menu. --[[User:Wynder|Wynder]] 11:57, 27 April 2007 (CDT) |
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SUGGESTION - Expand "items" into "weapons", "armor", etc. Having just an items list is vague and useless in my opinion. Vanmar. |
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:I went ahead and did this, I like the suggestion. If anyone disagree's we can revert and discuss --[[User:Callek|Callek]] 23:21, 10 February 2009 (UTC) |
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Request for subsection under The Basics - I'd like to start a new section, something of a Beginner's Handbook. Lately I've been seeing a number of new faces in the realms (which is a good thing) and I'd like to put up a guide that will cover all the different topics a newcomer needs to know. --Gafgarias 6/13/2010 |
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==Archived Main Page Discussion== |
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I archived the Main Page discussion [[Main Page Discussion Archives|here]]. Will be cleaning this up every few months and creating an archive to keep it clean here.--[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] ([[User talk:Naeya|talk]]) 17:14, 22 March 2007 (CDT) |
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==Delete page procedure?== |
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Hrm, I guess I still need more ranks in Wiki. I'm cleaning up a few things and some pages need deleting. Do we have a procedure for that in place? [[User:Farman|Farman]] 15:13, 24 March 2007 (CDT) |
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Never mind, I found the template reference. Marking a few pages. [[User:Farman|Farman]] 15:14, 24 March 2007 (CDT) |
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== Viewing Problems == |
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If anyone has problems viewing the main page for any reason, please let me know. |
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:--[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] <sup>([[User talk:Naeya|talk]])</sup> 21:50, 18 June 2007 (CDT) |
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== Subpages protected == |
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I protected the [[Main Page/Panels]] subpages since those are critical main page elements. --[[User:Farman|Farman]] 16:35, 19 June 2007 (CDT) |
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== "Statistics" == |
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Nevermind. I just read Farman's thing. |
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== Main Page Revamp == |
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Going to be revamping the front page over the next few days. Stay tuned! |
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:--[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] <sup>([[User talk:Naeya|talk]])</sup> 20:37, 29 November 2007 (CST) |
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~Voila! Main page revamp complete. Any comments are welcomed. --[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] <sup>([[User talk:Naeya|talk]])</sup> 02:46, 4 December 2007 (CST) |
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::Looks very sharp; I like the change a lot. I do have a few suggested changes, though. |
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::1) The "Wanted Pages" link is busted. |
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::2) The "Play Dragonrealms" icon is kinda unnecessary. I mean, how would somebody get to elanthipedia.com unless they already played? |
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::3) The "Lore" category seems to be a catchall for anything. For example, "Spells" and "History" are pretty different. I don't have a constructive solution for this at the moment, though. It might be useful to start a Town Green page to see what people view as the major categories of information here. I have my own classification system based on what I find most useful, but I would imagine that conflicts with how others might categorize things. |
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::--[[User:Basselope|Basselope]] 02:53, 4 December 2007 (CST) |
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:Nicely done. Is it intended that the background is no longer grey though? Or will it be back in the darker theme you mentioned in your user page?--[[User:Aetherie|Aetherie]] 12:55, 4 December 2007 (CST) |
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::Well, the Play DragonRealms icon stays because it is a requirement to be listed on the Player Links page at the official site. :) I fixed the Wanted pages link, thanks for pointing that out. I'll still be moving stuff around as folks seem fit, but the general layout was what I was going for. As for the category structure, you are right. I've been wanting to review the large scheme of categories here and will probably be opening it up for discussion. Just to try to get things a bit more organized now that we have so much content. Better late than never! |
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::Aetherie, I'll be making a custom dark theme for those who want to use it. It will still be based on Monobook (the layout here) so nothing strange will happen. It will just be for those who may prefer a dark background with light text. The logo is temporary too, it was just something I made last year to more reflect the current name of the wiki, though I retained the [[:Image:OldDRWikilogo.png|old logo]] for its historical value I guess. --[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] <sup>([[User talk:Naeya|talk]])</sup> 13:14, 4 December 2007 (CST) |
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:I think the new site looks great! It's good to get a new look from time to time. Thank you for all your administrative work, Naeya! --[[User:Kraelyst|Kraelyst]] 19:03, 4 December 2007 (CST) |
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:::Heartily seconded, the new main page is awesome! I think the DR link should absolutely remain. Even barring the requirement as Naeya listed, there is nothing wrong with including the link. It shows support for the game and helps direct anyone to the game who might come across Elanthipedia from a google search or similar. --[[User:Farman|Farman]] 21:58, 4 December 2007 (CST) |
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:::BTW Basselope, please share your classifying system with us, I'm guessing it's a good one. --[[User:Farman|Farman]] 22:23, 4 December 2007 (CST) |
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==request for admins== |
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Could the "History" link please be redirect to [[Timelines]] (instead of [[Elanthian Timeline]])? Thanks. --[[User:Basselope|Basselope]] 22:54, 4 December 2007 (CST) |
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:Done. --[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] <sup>([[User talk:Naeya|talk]])</sup> 23:15, 4 December 2007 (CST) |
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Could there be added support for "relatives" information for all player character pages? I tried simply adding the extra "Relatives = " line under the "{{Player character" tabs and it didn't seem to work. --[[User:Niaura|Niaura]] 03:18, 13 March 2009 (UTC) |
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: Done. -Moderator [[User:Caraamon|Caraamon Strugr-Makdasi]]<sup>([[User talk:Caraamon|talk]])</sup> 21:16, 13 March 2009 (UTC) |
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== Site Upgrades == |
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Greetings Elanthipedians! |
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Sorry for my inactivity. RL and all have kept me rather busy. I've been puttering around the site tonight and have added a few handy little extensions. The first of which is really an great extension called [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Semantic MediaWiki]. This (once it is integrated fully) will greatly increase the efficiency of the site and make the loading/editing time on some of our larger pages (ie Titles) a LOT faster. Once I get some things hammered out with it, I'll post a more detailed explanation. If you want, you can check out the link I gave above for information about what's in store. |
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The second change was to add a couple handy "personal" links up in the top right. You'll notice three new links, "my favorites," "my sandbox," and "my notes." These are quicklinks to pages within your User: area that you can... well their uses are self explanatory, and you edit them how you would any other wiki page. |
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Hope you guys find these things useful. If you have any questions, or need to reach me, see my [[User:Naeya|user page]]. |
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:--[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] <sup>([[User talk:Naeya|talk]])</sup> 21:18, 15 April 2008 (CDT) |
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== logo == |
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Hey, what happened to the logo? --[[User:Farman|Farman]] 10:59, 19 May 2008 (CDT) |
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:It's been removed due to copyright infringement that I wasn't aware of at the time I put it up. Please see the logo discussion in [[Elanthipedia:Town_Green_%28miscellaneous%29#New_Logo|Town green miscellaneous]].--[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] <sup>([[User talk:Naeya|talk]])</sup> 12:38, 21 May 2008 (CDT) |
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== News |
== News Archive/News == |
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Made the Main Page include current news from the [[Elanthipedia:News Archives]] to minimize steps involved in posting news. --[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] <sup>([[User talk:Naeya|talk]])</sup> 19:55, 4 July 2011 (UTC) |
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== Command List == |
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== Hangouts == |
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I worked on the command list category and i was hoping it would be possible to get this linked onto the main page, <nowiki>[[Category:Commands]]</nowiki>.--[[User:Yamcer|Yamcer]] 04:56, 18 November 2008 (UTC) |
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:Done. -Moderator [[User:Caraamon|Caraamon Strugr-Makdasi]]<sup>([[User talk:Caraamon|talk]])</sup> 03:26, 12 January 2009 (UTC) |
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I was thinking maybe their should be a Hangouts link on ether the green or this page. Just a simple list of hangout catagorized. What do you think? --[[User:Be thatguy|Be thatguy]] 00:39, 21 October 2011 (UTC) |
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== March 2009 Updates/Server unavailabilty == |
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:I don't necessarily think that it's worthy of inclusion on the main page, but a list of in-game hang-outs might not be a bad idea. --[[User:Isharon|Isharon]] 03:01, 21 October 2011 (UTC) |
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::If you could make a basic layout I will start Filling it out, I'm not the most wikisavy person but I do it if there is a layout in place --[[User:Be thatguy|Be thatguy]] 21:32, 23 October 2011 (UTC) |
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:::I usually do large charts in Excel and export the data to Elanthipedia, but I'll make a chart template. When I do, it will be posted to [[Popular Gathering Places]]. (I'll also redirect [[Hangouts]] to that article.) --[[User:Isharon|Isharon]] 02:51, 24 October 2011 (UTC) |
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::::Oh I should have read this before I started going gangbusters on [[Hangouts]]. Sorry Isharon. --[[User:Pathian|Pathian]] 04:19, 24 October 2011 (UTC) |
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:::::No problem. I'm actually glad to have the information there. It shouldn't be too hard to move this information to tables. --[[User:Isharon|Isharon]] 07:10, 24 October 2011 (UTC) |
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== Quests & Fests == |
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I'm not sure if this is part of the updates that were rolled in, or part of the crash/unavailability of the server, but the tables for shop items no longer display table lines. |
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:Yes, that's a part of it. We're working to figure out why that basic style feature is unavailable.--[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] <sup>([[User talk:Naeya|talk]])</sup> 17:13, 2 March 2009 (UTC) |
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::I can tell you why, but not WHY. The class wikitable seems to be invalid or at least not the same as before. -Moderator [[User:Caraamon|Caraamon Strugr-Makdasi]]<sup>([[User talk:Caraamon|talk]])</sup> 21:05, 2 March 2009 (UTC) |
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::I still don't know WHY the upgrades changed this, as the [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] wasn't changed. I put those style classes in the main.css stylesheet for Monobook skin and the tables seem to be recognize the wikitable class again. --[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] <sup>([[User talk:Naeya|talk]])</sup> 21:22, 2 March 2009 (UTC) |
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I think it would be handy on the main page, under "The World" at the bottom there, to have a link to a global search for both Festivals and Quests. Festivals would have a link to each of the main festival pages (ex. [[Guildfest_405]]) and Quest would have links to each variation of the different quest runs (ex. [[Akigwe%27s_Legacy:_Secrets_of_the_Tower_Quest]]). |
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==History Link== |
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Some of us can't properly spell in the search box it seems...:P...be nice to be able to just have an Idiot's Guide to click through! |
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--[[User:Kythryn|Kythryn]] 10:58, 15 May 2012 (UTC) |
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== DR 3.0 top banner on main page == |
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Any chance we could get the history link to link to the history category instead of to timelines? There's content which people won't see otherwise. --[[User:Maje|Maje]] 07:39, 29 June 2009 (UTC) |
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:How's that?--[[User:Naeya|Naeya]] <sup>([[User talk:Naeya|talk]])</sup> 14:33, 29 June 2009 (UTC) |
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::Well there are things like the [[Green and Gold Ball]] or the [[Mirror Wraith Prophecy]] that in order to get to you'd either have to specifically look up, or click the history category at the bottom of the [[Timelines]] page. If the the various timelines were maintained better then this might not be a problem, but for for modern era stuff that would still require that you click two links, History from the main page and then Modern Timeline, just to see the information. --[[User:Maje|Maje]] 16:46, 29 June 2009 (UTC) |
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Would it be possible to put in a really prominent box on top of the main page dedicated to DR 3.0? |
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== Please ad Hallows eve link to main page == |
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I think given the opening of the test instance, how imminent the rollout seems to be, how many large changes are coming, and how important a resource Elanthipedia has become, this would be very useful.--[[User:Farman|Farman]] 19:49, 23 November 2012 (UTC) |
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: How's that? -Moderator [[User:Caraamon|Caraamon Makdasi]]<sup>([[User talk:Caraamon|talk]])</sup> 01:53, 24 November 2012 (UTC) |
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Awesome Caraamon, thanks. --[[User:Farman|Farman]] 18:11, 1 December 2012 (UTC) |
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== Can we get [[Chris's Mass 396]] added to the main page? == |
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== Taisidon note suggestion == |
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Now that [[Chris's_Mass_396]] has been added and the shops are being tracked, can we get a mention on the main page? Two merchants have already packed up and left, I want to make sure anyone interested has the chance to see the list before more leave. [[User:Aristrondr|Aristrondr]] 02:13, 23 December 2009 (UTC) |
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<s>On the right hand "Current Drive" section, it reads "Taisidon Safari 412: periodic runs". Would it be more accurate to write it up as "Taisidon Safari: standard, deluxe & mega events"? Or something similar (not sure how long those blurbs can be). But, since we're in 413 now, and I wouldn't be surprised if they run more safari events now that they have it up and going, at least it makes sense to drop the year qualifier. --[[Kythryn]] 17:51, 15 July 2014 (CDT)</s> |
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== Advanced Search == |
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:Could we put a note about the current [[Taisidon Safari 420]] event on the front "Elanthipedia News" section please? Thanks! --[[Kythryn]] 18:21, 1 August 2016 (CDT) |
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== Updates to Crafting Systems section == |
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Whenever I try to do advanced searches, I get the following error screen |
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I'd like to propose a cleanup of the "Creation Systems" on the main page. This is probably a contentious topic, but I would rather not clutter the page with Skills vs Disciplines and stick to the current "systems" that can create things. Simplicity is king. [[Poison making]] was left off the other creation systems list on purpose. - [[Padhg]] <sup>([[User talk:RY4NPW|talk]])</sup> 18:13 4 December 2015 (UTC) |
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You don't have permission to access /w/index.php on this server. |
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'''Creation Systems'''<br /> |
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Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. |
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Five [[Crafting]] disciplines are to be released as part of the [[Mechanical_Lore#The_mech_split|Mechanical Lore split]]: |
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*[[Alchemy skill|Alchemy]] |
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*[[Enchanting skill|Enchanting]] (not yet released) |
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*[[Engineering skill|Engineering]] |
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*[[Forging skill|Forging]] |
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*[[Outfitting skill|Tailoring]] |
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Other creation systems: |
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*[[Brewing tea]] |
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*[[Candlemaking]] |
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*[[Embroidery]] |
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*[[Prayer beads]] |
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:I believe the above should work well, but the 5 crafting skill pages need to be updated before this goes live. - [[Padhg]] <sup>([[User talk:RY4NPW|talk]])</sup> 17:28 6 January 2016 (UTC) |
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Is this a known problem? |
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<br />--[[User:Martslyis|Celeres]] 03:17, 30 December 2009 (UTC) |
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== Exception error when linking to Necromancer page. == |
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== Searchable Database == |
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I get an exception error when trying to access the Necromancer page along with a bunch of what looks like coding. Could someone look into this? |
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Not sure if this is possible within the wiki software, but a searchable database where you can select attributes would be great. Want a shield with a minimum of a certain level of protection? Couple clicks and press search. Need something that will fill the fireplace slot in your home, search. Lotta shopping sites have similar style searches. Be cool if we had that, where we could still do the editing and adding, and have the easy to use interface. Don't know much about the wiki software though, so this could be a completely worthless suggestion :) --[[User:Martslyis|Celeres]] 03:29, 5 March 2010 (UTC) |
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: It can be done via the [[Special:Ask|Semantic Search]], but it's not very intuitive. It's on my list of things to improve. -Moderator [[User:Caraamon|Caraamon Makdasi]]<sup>([[User talk:Caraamon|talk]])</sup> 03:53, 5 March 2010 (UTC) |
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:: It is actually a great suggestion, within the next few weeks there is also an extension I hope to add to us here that could do something similar to that. Basically you would load a Category page and then select "attributes" (really properties) of the pages you wish to have displayed. Such as Bestiary, "Is Undead", "Has Boxes", and "Is in Zoluren". |
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:: The only downside to this setup is we (admins) have to explicitly setup what things can be drilled down with this feature, on just about everything we want to allow drilldown with. So no ETA on when it would even be useable. --[[User:Callek|Callek]] 04:16, 5 March 2010 (UTC) |
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Latest revision as of 19:32, 27 June 2018
Crafting
There should probably be a link to the new 'Crafting' and 'Carving discipline' pages in the creation system at the bottom of the page. I'll leave it up to those who have permission to change this page to decide how best to do it.--Evran 19:10, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
News Archive/News
Made the Main Page include current news from the Elanthipedia:News Archives to minimize steps involved in posting news. --Naeya (talk) 19:55, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Hangouts
I was thinking maybe their should be a Hangouts link on ether the green or this page. Just a simple list of hangout catagorized. What do you think? --Be thatguy 00:39, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
- I don't necessarily think that it's worthy of inclusion on the main page, but a list of in-game hang-outs might not be a bad idea. --Isharon 03:01, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
- If you could make a basic layout I will start Filling it out, I'm not the most wikisavy person but I do it if there is a layout in place --Be thatguy 21:32, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
- I usually do large charts in Excel and export the data to Elanthipedia, but I'll make a chart template. When I do, it will be posted to Popular Gathering Places. (I'll also redirect Hangouts to that article.) --Isharon 02:51, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
- If you could make a basic layout I will start Filling it out, I'm not the most wikisavy person but I do it if there is a layout in place --Be thatguy 21:32, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
Quests & Fests
I think it would be handy on the main page, under "The World" at the bottom there, to have a link to a global search for both Festivals and Quests. Festivals would have a link to each of the main festival pages (ex. Guildfest_405) and Quest would have links to each variation of the different quest runs (ex. Akigwe's_Legacy:_Secrets_of_the_Tower_Quest). Some of us can't properly spell in the search box it seems...:P...be nice to be able to just have an Idiot's Guide to click through! --Kythryn 10:58, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
DR 3.0 top banner on main page
Would it be possible to put in a really prominent box on top of the main page dedicated to DR 3.0?
I think given the opening of the test instance, how imminent the rollout seems to be, how many large changes are coming, and how important a resource Elanthipedia has become, this would be very useful.--Farman 19:49, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
- How's that? -Moderator Caraamon Makdasi(talk) 01:53, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Awesome Caraamon, thanks. --Farman 18:11, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
Taisidon note suggestion
On the right hand "Current Drive" section, it reads "Taisidon Safari 412: periodic runs". Would it be more accurate to write it up as "Taisidon Safari: standard, deluxe & mega events"? Or something similar (not sure how long those blurbs can be). But, since we're in 413 now, and I wouldn't be surprised if they run more safari events now that they have it up and going, at least it makes sense to drop the year qualifier. --Kythryn 17:51, 15 July 2014 (CDT)
- Could we put a note about the current Taisidon Safari 420 event on the front "Elanthipedia News" section please? Thanks! --Kythryn 18:21, 1 August 2016 (CDT)
Updates to Crafting Systems section
I'd like to propose a cleanup of the "Creation Systems" on the main page. This is probably a contentious topic, but I would rather not clutter the page with Skills vs Disciplines and stick to the current "systems" that can create things. Simplicity is king. Poison making was left off the other creation systems list on purpose. - Padhg (talk) 18:13 4 December 2015 (UTC)
Creation Systems
Five Crafting disciplines are to be released as part of the Mechanical Lore split:
- Alchemy
- Enchanting (not yet released)
- Engineering
- Forging
- Tailoring
Other creation systems:
- I believe the above should work well, but the 5 crafting skill pages need to be updated before this goes live. - Padhg (talk) 17:28 6 January 2016 (UTC)
Exception error when linking to Necromancer page.
I get an exception error when trying to access the Necromancer page along with a bunch of what looks like coding. Could someone look into this?