The purpose of this thread is quite straightforward: I intend to increase community participation with Starmadepedia, in the hopes of bringing it up to a consistent level of quality.
There is not a great deal to say: the fact is that, even after some of the significant article rewrites which I have conducted recently, and the great deal of work Crimson-Artist consistently puts into updating a wide range of block articles, Starmadepedia is not up to date. Some of the broader strokes are there, for sure, but there is still a good deal of work to be done before we have useful documentation for every part of the game.
Ideally, we'd have a sudden influx of brilliant contributions, but this is not realistic. One of the best things which you, the players, can do is to track down pages which are incorrect or inconsistent, and either document them for others to work on or fix them yourselves where possible.
Pages which are found to be lacking can be noted in this thread, with a brief explanation of the issue found, and a link to the page. They can also be added to the Community Portal, under "Wanted Pages" for pages which should exist, but do not, or "Needing Assistance" for those which exist and need updating.
The wiki is open to all, and it takes no prior experience to make simple edits to the body text of an article. Table formatting often makes up a deal of the content on Starmadepedia, as statistics are documented frequently; MediaWiki has a useful help page for this (amongst many other topics).
When editing, be sure to keep both the rules and Manual of Style in mind. Encyclopaedic language (which avoids the use of personal pronouns) is preferable, and pages which do feature personal language will be corrected at a later date. That being said, if the content you are adding is meaningful, it is still welcome, and it is preferred to have content which exists, but is inconsistent in style, than content which does not exist.
I hope that this thread will prove useful for the development of the wiki, and that it will allow players who might not normally contribute directly to have some input as to what areas need attention.
There is not a great deal to say: the fact is that, even after some of the significant article rewrites which I have conducted recently, and the great deal of work Crimson-Artist consistently puts into updating a wide range of block articles, Starmadepedia is not up to date. Some of the broader strokes are there, for sure, but there is still a good deal of work to be done before we have useful documentation for every part of the game.
Ideally, we'd have a sudden influx of brilliant contributions, but this is not realistic. One of the best things which you, the players, can do is to track down pages which are incorrect or inconsistent, and either document them for others to work on or fix them yourselves where possible.
Pages which are found to be lacking can be noted in this thread, with a brief explanation of the issue found, and a link to the page. They can also be added to the Community Portal, under "Wanted Pages" for pages which should exist, but do not, or "Needing Assistance" for those which exist and need updating.
The wiki is open to all, and it takes no prior experience to make simple edits to the body text of an article. Table formatting often makes up a deal of the content on Starmadepedia, as statistics are documented frequently; MediaWiki has a useful help page for this (amongst many other topics).
When editing, be sure to keep both the rules and Manual of Style in mind. Encyclopaedic language (which avoids the use of personal pronouns) is preferable, and pages which do feature personal language will be corrected at a later date. That being said, if the content you are adding is meaningful, it is still welcome, and it is preferred to have content which exists, but is inconsistent in style, than content which does not exist.
I hope that this thread will prove useful for the development of the wiki, and that it will allow players who might not normally contribute directly to have some input as to what areas need attention.
