wiki todo list

So Karpovich contacted me on IRC today and made me do things. We'll try to get the wiki up to date again, and we need a todo list to keep track of things.
We had an option of keeping it in a convo or doing it on a wiki page, but that would make it too isolated and/or inaccessible, so i decided to just make this topic. It's easier to edit, does not generate dozens of wiki edits and anyone can see what we're doing, comment and maybe even take part in this amazing adventure.

I'll write about things that need to be done and update this main post whenever someone accepts a task and remove it when it's done.


General wiki stuff
dnmr - discover a way to make wide pages more readable (help/faq articles), ie put text in a box or smth, so it becomes a thinner column that is easier to read (find a simple formatting solution or make a class)
dnmr - finish the god damn editing tutorial, rework it for readability, possibly change style to be more appealing https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Help:Editing
unassigned - decide what the hell to do when scripting build comes out, since there will be some overlapping content


Page organization
dnmr - go through outdated content and delegate changes here https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Category:Not_Up-to-date


Content
Raron - update the support mechanics page with numbers and preferably image examples https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Blocks#Support
unassigned - add default support values to block templates and modify formatting templates to output those numbers

Karpovich - update class pages (Archer done already)


stubs:
unassigned - bomb jumping changed afaik, plus keg jumping could get mentioned too https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Bomb_Jump

unassigned - boulder page needs images https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Boulder_(ammo)

unassigned - chest page missing ingame images and detailed info. Does anyone have information about the chance of each contents spawning? https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Chest

unassigned - command line arguments page might not be complete. Need to ask devs if there's anything else https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Command_Line_Arguments

unassigned - commands page can have the stub banner removed, but someone needs to check if there are new commands available https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Commands

unassigned day/night cycle needs images and maybe explanation about light sources, base duration of day and night as well as config vars that control this https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Day/Night_Cycle

Bugg- emotes page should either be removed or filled with proper content. Such as how to emote, why it's important (in-game situation examples), mention that emotes appear on minimap and that builders should pay attention to it (ladder calls etc). Maybe a couple of words about modding (ie that others won't see your modified icons) https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Emotes

unassigned - known issues should either be updated or removed altogether since we have the FAQ on wiki now https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Known_issues

unassigned - modding page still marked as stub. Any modders willing to check it? https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Modding

unassigned - movement has probably changed too. It needs numbers (height in blocks for each jump etc) and ideally animations of each movement element https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Movement

Bugg - the forums article is unnecessary imo. Having the list of moderators is completely useless since anyone can see that right here on the forums, and a copy of forum structure seems redundant too. If anyone has any ideas for actual content, fire away https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Official_Forums

unassigned - player constructions page seems rather redundant as well, since there is already a whole subforum for that stuff https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Player_constructions

unassigned - scraps images. Can't think of anything else to add there https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Scraps

Vivetas - stone page needs more meat. Maximum carrying values, stone gained from rubble, starting amount in ZF? https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Stone

unassigned - wood, similar to stone https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Wood

Vivetas - wooden back wall - viability, strategies https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Wooden_Back_Wall

unassigned - same as above https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Wooden_Wall

unassigned - zombie portal. No idea, haven't played ZF in ages https://wiki.kag2d.com/wiki/Zombie_Portal


And as always, we need more active people who are interested in contributing to the wiki, have enough time on their hands and brains in their skull.

 

I had updated the Gameplay section a while ago. I'll check this out when I have the time, see if I can help.

 

The wiki is sometimes blocked for me (an issue on my side, not with the actual site), so I won't make any promises. :/

 

I've sorted most of the uncategorized pages into appropriate categories just now. The first impression is that a lot of translated articles are terribly out of date. It's so bad it almost feels like it's better to delete some of them so people don't get confused by old information.

I didn't mark them as stubs, since I don't want them to show up in the english stubs category. It will probably be better to make a stub template for each localization first, but before we start on that we need dedicated people to take care of each translation. I don't want to even think about them unless there are people who can do this stuff properly.
There aren't even any build tracking templates in these pages, that's how badly outdated they are.

So, if anyone wants to take on one of the translation projects, post here.
</br>--- merged: Dec 16, 2012 6:13 PM ---</br>
here are some pages that were marked as stubs, feel free to pick one and post here that you're working on it. Of course they are not equally important and some may stay stubs for a while. Also, feel free to dispute any decisions, that's one of the reasons i'm putting this on here.

 

Point is that the classic kag will still be available when scripting comes out. There will be 2 different versions, the free and the paid.

 

So will there be two different wikis?
Or are we going to mark the pages for Classic indicating them as such?
EDIT: Just noticed that part.

 

Seems no one came with a good plan yet:

 

And I think Water could use a few images too.
(Considering including this as a screenshot.)

 

yes, although apparently it'll be changed soon.

we'll probably need to duplicate the wiki, keep one copy for classic and heavily modify the new one to represent the scripting version. It would get too messy if we try to keep content for both game versions in the same wiki as we'd have to keep two copies of many templates, mark pages as classic/full etc etc...
At some point classic build will stop getting updated and its wiki content will need no updates any more. It just makes more sense in my head if it's all in a separate wiki and we don't see any of that content when modifying pages for the full version-
I haven't asked FLAB about it yet though, but i can't see how there could be too many problems regarding the technical aspect of this.

 

Where has our momentum gone? :(

Either way, I deleted Player Constructions, because those buildings would be considered terrible by most players these days.
I also fixed up/bulked Stone and Wooden Back Wall after vivetas. It looks like English isn't your first language (lending itself to the countless grammar/spelling mistakes), but that's okay, since I can fix it up. In fact, I feel compelled to work on the pages once you get them started. :)

I'll probably work on Emotes the next time I get more time, since I did start it, and it doesn't look quite how I wanted it to.

EDIT: And another thing--I noticed that jackitch uploaded a neat .gif (like this ). I had thought of doing that before, but I wasn't sure whether it would be good. Should we Can I make more of these animations, rather than just putting up the sprite frames?

 

i have it in \KAG\Base\Scripts
thought everyone has it?

 

Yea you're right dnmr. But it only includes vars that can be placed in gamemode.cfg and the team / class cfgs. I've already sent SirSalami a similar list that I made for room vars, so they don't need to be done. But there are quite a bit left, some which GToast mentions above. Plus it may help to have a list with more detailed comments than the current var list
EDIT: ninja'd