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Put here any ideas you have in passing to add to/change about the Wiki. (If you'd like, also sign your name so if the idea is implemented we can contact the original person for specifications and the like.)
Put here any ideas you have in passing to add to/change about the Wiki. (If you'd like, also sign your name so if the idea is implemented we can contact the original person for specifications and the like.)
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* GTS on pages is rather dumb and very slow to load.  Can we get rid of them? --red_cactus (saying this at risk of lots o' flames.)
I'd like to suggest a new logo for the wiki. The existing one looks so 2005. Here's one simple, quick and dirty suggestion of mine:
** I concur. It's pointless, slow, and ugly. If you really want it, make everyone download the GTS font and use its unicode characters. But I don't want it at all.--[[User:Roguelazer|Roguelazer]]
[https://www.dropbox.com/s/jmoty4jgwnm70h6/vo-wiki_logo_1.png Logo Suggestion Ver1]
** Well I only added cause I thought it would get people more familiar with the characters so when in game they would know what they meant. If you all really don't like it feel free to remove the images from the database and remove the coding, but I won't be the one to do it. --[[User:MarkMcDoogle|Mark McDoogle]] 11:43, 29 Jun 2005 (CST)
[https://www.dropbox.com/s/unyxxmci16iuegp/vo-wiki_logo_2.png Logo Suggestion Ver2]
** First, let me say, I am not against the GTS in the headers. But, the GTS in the headers creates large header names which leads to problems when viewing differences between versions. I think the GTS in the headers, while a good idea, should be removed.
--[[User:Andy Spades|Andy Spades]] 08:59, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
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* Fix the <nowiki><math></math></nowiki> tags --[[User:Roguelazer|Roguelazer]] 17:36, 7 Mar 2005 (CST)
** I think that's gonna need the bugging of Tyrdium. --[[User:Lemming|Lemming]]
*** Ah, okay. I'll see what I can do. --[[User:Tyrdium|Tyrdium]] 15:58, 8 May 2005 (CST)
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* MediaWiki 1.5? Sidebar editing! Mmmm. Please? --[[User:Roguelazer|Roguelazer]] 08:37, 29 Jun 2005 (CST)
** Yes please, I've been asking about this for the past few weeks, both Moofed and I looked into it, but if they have an update for it get it Lemming!! --[[User:MarkMcDoogle|Mark McDoogle]] 11:43, 29 Jun 2005 (CST)
** Now that we can edit the navigation box, can we stick the link for "editors main" under the link for main page? As well as Categories, or something called "Index" maybe?? --[[User:MarkMcDoogle|Mark McDoogle]] July 4, 2005 21:32 (CST)
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* Per Rogue's suggestion, most of the intro paragraphs have been moved to before the TOC, keep an eye out for any that have been missed. --[[User:MarkMcDoogle|Mark McDoogle]]
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* Categories: My suggestion is that the categories should reflect more what is already grouped on the main page. Instead of just ingame databases, activities, etc. I would suggest that they fall under a scheme of: General, Game Info., Passive Activities, Aggressive Activities, User Interface and Misc., this just ties things together more IMO to the main page, which is grouped nicely and is easy to understand. Why make people remember two different category schemes? --[[User:MarkMcDoogle|Mark McDoogle]] 15:21, 30 Jun 2005 (CST)
**Actually, I'd reccommend instead a heiracheral (sp?) system instead with the top level being "General", "Passive Activities", "Game User Interface", "Game Info", "Aggressive Activities" and "Miscellaneous". Inside those categories would be further categories matching each of the entries to those categories on the main page. IE: The General category would contain subcategories "FAQ", "Rules", "IRC", etc. Those subcategories would contain the actual pages. That way the category system would exactly match the site layout. The current categorization is based off of matching (very closely) the former main page layout. --[[User:Roguelazer|Roguelazer]] 16:10, 30 Jun 2005 (CST)
** I'm shocked, SHOCKED, to say this but, that is exactly what I had in mind in the first place rogue, if only [[User:Lemming|Lem]][[User:Miharu|Haru]] would agree to it. --[[User:MarkMcDoogle|Mark McDoogle]] 16:17, 30 Jun 2005 (CST)
**Pretty late at night over here, so I'll think it all through tomorrow morning. But, if I get the gist of it, sounds good. If you need to get my opinion on something you can either [mailto:ninjashark@gmail.com e-mail] me or use memoserv on IRC to leave me a message, either way I'll get it. (e-mail is more likely to get noticed sooner though) Also, in case you care, editor pages are on my list of things to redo.
**So as far as categories go, we're pretty much there I guess now, but I have one small request. I really don't see the VO backstory as "misc. info", it's very important info. IMO, and should be both linked in and categorized as General Information. Other then that for the moment I think everything looks good. --[[User:MarkMcDoogle|Mark McDoogle]] 6 July 2005 16:13 (CST)
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* [[Ship class table]]: In my opinion, this table is:
**completely redundant (compared to the [[General ships table]])
**usually out of date (a third place to fix stats!)
**pretty much useless (does anyone really look at this table and say "I want a medium fighter -- oh look! I'll use an Atlas MkIII!")
I know I'm sticking my neck out here, but I just wanted to start a discussion instead of deleting it on a whim.  (Of course, if I don't get any feedback, I'll probably delete it.)  --[[User:Klox|Klox]] November 11, 2005 03:15 (CST)
* I'm actually gonna agree with you. We could stand to do some trimming of excess... --[[User:Roguelazer|Roguelazer]] 2005-11-12 17:01:31 (CST)
* I actually do look at it but I agree that it's yet another place to update, it would be nice if the info was able to be entered once and update all over, or have a way to sort charts but wiki is not that hip yet. If it must be deleted fine but I do use it. And it does have it's place. --[[User:MarkMcDoogle|Mark McDoogle]] 14 November 2005 23:59 (CST)
* I agree and vote to axe it. --[[User:LostCommander|LostCommander]] 16 November 2005 9:53 (CST)
* Mark, are there ways you use the Ship class table that can't be done with the General ships table?  (Maybe there's something we can do with the General table to serve that purpose?) --[[User:Klox|Klox]] November 19, 2005 03:34 (CST)
* I'll restate them, but they can not be done easily. Make the charts into databases that can be sorted by there particular column. This way if you are looking for a "cargo" varient vs a "assault" varient it's easier to see. But again, this would take a lot of work to do, and I'm not sure if it's at all possible in a wiki enviornment. --[[User:MarkMcDoogle|Mark McDoogle]] 15:42, 5 December 2005 (CST)
** As I've said before, it could be done. Just not easily. Hell of an extension, that would be. --[[User:Roguelazer|Roguelazer]] 21:02, 5 December 2005 (CST)
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I spent some time wandering through some of the special pages, and this is what I found:
I spent some time wandering through some of the special pages, and this is what I found:
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* [[Special:Uncategorizedpages]]:
* [[Special:Uncategorizedpages]]:
** [[CWTOM]] appears to be a work of fiction.
** [[CWTOM]] appears to be a work of fiction.
** [[Capitalships]] and [[Capitalships history]] are useless.
** [[Capital ships]], while mostly correct, doesn't seem necessary.  It seems like the description should be moved the the [[Ships#Capital_Ships]] section, where it will be seen and can act as an introduction to Cap Ships.  (Currently you have to click on a specific cap ship to find a link to the general description -- isn't that backwards?)
** [[Capital ships]], while mostly correct, doesn't seem necessary.  It seems like the description should be moved the the [[Ships#Capital_Ships]] section, where it will be seen and can act as an introduction to Cap Ships.  (Currently you have to click on a specific cap ship to find a link to the general description -- isn't that backwards?)
** [[Docking bay]] seems like there is nothing similar to it.  Maybe it's contents should be moved into the FAQ, which talks about docs anyway?
** [[Docking bay]] seems like there is nothing similar to it.  Maybe it's contents should be moved into the FAQ, which talks about docs anyway?
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Hmm...well... [[Bots:Frigate]], and everything associated with [[CWTOM]] is the bulk of my list.  So I guess that means we'll just leave them alone.  I don't really understand your reasons for keeping them, but I don't care to argue the point.  As I said in my initial post, "so be it".  --[[User:Klox|Klox]] 23:13, 12 December 2005 (EST)
Hmm...well... [[Bots:Frigate]], and everything associated with [[CWTOM]] is the bulk of my list.  So I guess that means we'll just leave them alone.  I don't really understand your reasons for keeping them, but I don't care to argue the point.  As I said in my initial post, "so be it".  --[[User:Klox|Klox]] 23:13, 12 December 2005 (EST)


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Okay, dear people from 2005, what the hell is it with these pages... locked, unused because useless, unedited since 2006... Can someone please just let them die in dignity? [[User:Andy Spades|Andy Spades]] 12:48, 1 October 2012 (UTC)


I propose that we remove all of the old, outdated, small images, particularly those in important positions (ie: [[:Image:(s)valkyrie.jpg]], our main Valkyrie image) and replace them with higher-quality, higher-resolution images. The original problem of no thumbnails is made irrelevant by MediaWiki's automagic thumbnailing (ie: [http://vo-wiki.com/wiki/images/thumb/0/08/Raptor.png/210px-Raptor.png this] for [[:Image:Raptor.png|this]]). Thus the only benefit of smaller images is reduced disk space, which (correct me if I'm wrong) is not an issue. Using new images will also showcase the new lighting model, which makes our wiki a better representation of the actual ingame universe- always a good thing. Finally, it just looks nicer when you can click on the image for a ship and actually see a larger version. Yes? No? --[[User:Roguelazer|Roguelazer]] 12:26, 25 June 2006 (EDT)
Could we get an updated section of the wiki for iPhone and Android platforms? There are some different controls for things like plotting a jump around ion storms (PC version of Shift key doesn't work) and other stuff such as the newest skins available and what is required such as jailbreaking.


== Bugs ==
== Bugs ==
If you find any bugs with the Wiki (not syntax errors, but software bugs), post 'em here.
If you find any bugs with the Wiki (not syntax errors, but software bugs), post 'em here.
*Category changes are a tad bit odd. For example, the category IngameDatabases still shows two pages as being in it that aren't in it anymore. This might be a caching issue...
**Yah, if you log out/back in, it's all better. Probably a caching issue. So before you do anything with Categories, log out and back in.--[[User:Roguelazer|Roguelazer]]
=== TOC ===
* Uhh, now that we're on 1.5, it's impossible to toggle TOCs. Like, huh? --[[User:Roguelazer|Roguelazer]] July 2, 2005 15:42 (CST)
** Works for me on Safari and Deer Park (Firefox beta). I blame you. --[[User:Lemming|Lemming]] July 2, 2005 23:52 (CST)
** Doesn't work in Firefox 1.0.4. Where the "hide" button used to be, there's a button called "undefined" which does nothing when clicked. However, logging out and back in fixed it. Odd. But w/e!--[[User:Roguelazer|Roguelazer]] 2005-07-04 17:00:38 (CST)
**Odd Rogue, Firefox 1.0.4 is the only app that the wiki doesn't have the problem in for me, when in safari logging out and back in does not fix the "undefined" error. But all weekend and today Firefox (mac) has worked great! --[[User:MarkMcDoogle|Mark McDoogle]] 5 July 2005 16:23 (CST)
***Perhaps it wasn't the login/logout. I also cleared my cache and deleted the wiki cookie at the same time. Perhaps it was some combination of the above? --[[User:Roguelazer|Roguelazer]] 2005-07-05 19:04:41 (CST)
=== Wanted Pages ===
The [[Special:Wantedpages]] page seems broken.  It lists two "wanted pages" that aren't linked to by the pages it claims they are linked by.  (Does that make sense?)
# Open the [[Special:Wantedpages]] page.
# Click on one of the two places it says (7 links).
# Click on any of the pages in the list and look for any pages that link to one of the "wanted pages".
# You won't find any.  (At least I didn't.)
I wonder if one of the wanted pages used to be linked in the sidebar or footer and the wiki hasn't reindexed the page since the sidebar/footer changed?  Editing one of the pages listed in step 3 removes it from the list, but that seems like a crude way to fix this.
--[[User:Klox|Klox]] November 19, 2005 04:38 (CST)
Weird, I'll try updating to the current version of MediaWiki and we'll see if that fixes anything. --[[User:Lemming|Lemming]] 20 November 2005 04:19 (CST)


== Personal Agendas/Editor Info ==
== Personal Agendas/Editor Info ==
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I take responsibility for [[Skins#Serco_skin|Serco skin]], [[Easter_Eggs#Bunchie.27s_UFO|Bunchie]], some [[Combat_Flight_Assist|binds]], and any random fixes you'll never notice. {{br}} {{br}}
I take responsibility for [[Skins#Serco_skin|Serco skin]], [[Easter_Eggs#Bunchie.27s_UFO|Bunchie]], some [[Combat_Flight_Assist|binds]], and any random fixes you'll never notice. {{br}} {{br}}
I'll also be workin' on:
I'll also be workin' on:
*Adding more organization to teh skins page
*Adding more organization to the skins page
*Updating the weapons table
*Updating the weapons table
*Updating teh ships table
*Updating the ships table
*Adding aditional information on the hive
*Adding additional information on the hive


===Destructor===
===Destructor===
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{{Editors:Fin_Kename}}
{{Editors:Fin_Kename}}
=== [[User:Estrianprosis | Estrian Prosis]] ===
*Information upkeep of [[Player_VS._Player | PvP]] section.
*General tips on the [[Player_VS._Player | PvP]] section.
*Fixing old pages to conform with updates.
*Minor spelling and grammar corrections.
*The [[Coalition_of_Itan | Coalition of Itan]] guild page.
*Owning [[User:Ghost | Ghost]] on the forums.
*Creating [[Special:WantedPages | Wanted Pages]] and deleting links that are out of place.
===Fohn===
*Elaborating sparse descriptions
*Fixing typos
*Taking screenies of stations


=== kihjin ===
=== kihjin ===
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=== The_Kid ===
=== The_Kid ===
No written agenda at this time.
No written agenda at this time.
=== Tyrdium ===
Proofreading, maybe adding some content.


===Woodstock===
===Woodstock===
  helping update the trade goods listing from the July 29 changes.
  helping update the trade goods listing from the July 29 changes.
===[[User:Andy Spades|Andy Spades]]===
Only wanted his guild to appear in the wiki but then slowly started to edit, correct, complete and sometimes f__k up things he thinks he knows about. And now that Lemming was so nice to go through the trouble of giving him permissions he feels even more obliged to help make the wiki better.<br />
Currently drafting a reorganization of the [[Plug-ins|plugins page]], which is quite messed up, incomplete and very user- and newb-friendly. Also one of those hyperactive people who click the "Random page" link.
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[[Category:Editing]]
[[Category:Editing]]

Latest revision as of 05:48, 5 December 2020

Tip! Hit that nice "random page" button over on the left, there. That'll take you to a random page, and if you see any syntax errors or such, fix 'em!
If you need to fool around with stuff, do so in the sandbox.

See Templates for templates.

Progress Report

Awesome stuff that's being worked on:

  • I'm (attempting) to write some history of the cap ships. Woo. --red cactus
  • Main page is being re-organized.
  • Some of the weapons pages might have incorrect info.
  • Some of the ships have incorrect info. I've fixed some but they should all be checked. Especially the minimum faction requirements. -Obsidian
  • LeberMac is going to attempt a Deneb Run section of the wiki

Suggestions Place

Put here any ideas you have in passing to add to/change about the Wiki. (If you'd like, also sign your name so if the idea is implemented we can contact the original person for specifications and the like.)

I'd like to suggest a new logo for the wiki. The existing one looks so 2005. Here's one simple, quick and dirty suggestion of mine: Logo Suggestion Ver1 Logo Suggestion Ver2 --Andy Spades 08:59, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

I spent some time wandering through some of the special pages, and this is what I found:

  • Category:Deprecated
    • The only other deprecated page is Bots:Frigate, which contains very little content. Can't any "historical" information be merged with the HAC page? Then the Deprecated category won't be necessary.
  • Special:Wantedpages - see bugs section below.
  • Current events seems more out of date than ever. I've made my case for it's deletion in Talk:Current events.
  • Special:Uncategorizedpages:
    • CWTOM appears to be a work of fiction.
    • Capital ships, while mostly correct, doesn't seem necessary. It seems like the description should be moved the the Ships#Capital_Ships section, where it will be seen and can act as an introduction to Cap Ships. (Currently you have to click on a specific cap ship to find a link to the general description -- isn't that backwards?)
    • Docking bay seems like there is nothing similar to it. Maybe it's contents should be moved into the FAQ, which talks about docs anyway?

And again, I know I'm probably ruffling someone's feathers with some of these comments, but I'm just looking to start a discussion. If I'm shot down, so be it. --Klox November 19, 2005 05:12 (CST)

Hmm, no opinions? I'd love to at least clean up some of the more benign issues, but I'm not a sysop so I can't delete. Are there any sysops that want to help me with this cleanup, or better yet, does Lemming want to make me a sysop so I don't need to bug other sysops? --Klox 23:35, 3 December 2005 (CST)

    • Mark pages for deletion in their Discussion and I'll take care of it. If I agree with you. But I don't entirely.
      • CWTOM and Capital ships can't be deleted. Apparently, there's a lot of offline content for those that needs toe be updated sometime.
      • Ditto for Bots:Frigate. That page isn't actually about a HAC, just something that looks like one...

Hmm...well... Bots:Frigate, and everything associated with CWTOM is the bulk of my list. So I guess that means we'll just leave them alone. I don't really understand your reasons for keeping them, but I don't care to argue the point. As I said in my initial post, "so be it". --Klox 23:13, 12 December 2005 (EST)

Okay, dear people from 2005, what the hell is it with these pages... locked, unused because useless, unedited since 2006... Can someone please just let them die in dignity? Andy Spades 12:48, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Could we get an updated section of the wiki for iPhone and Android platforms? There are some different controls for things like plotting a jump around ion storms (PC version of Shift key doesn't work) and other stuff such as the newest skins available and what is required such as jailbreaking.

Bugs

If you find any bugs with the Wiki (not syntax errors, but software bugs), post 'em here.

Personal Agendas/Editor Info

If you're curious about the authors, you might want to check out Credits, too.

Borb

Looking to learn more about formatting and what not while, hopefully adding more information to the PvP section of the web site most noticeably the Pirate section.

Calder

I take responsibility for Serco skin, Bunchie, some binds, and any random fixes you'll never notice.

I'll also be workin' on:

  • Adding more organization to the skins page
  • Updating the weapons table
  • Updating the ships table
  • Adding additional information on the hive

Destructor

I will correct any errors I find In the "Ships" and "Equipment" pages.

Fin Kename

  • Proof-Readin'
  • Spell Checkin'
  • Horn-Swagglin'
  • Categorizin'

Estrian Prosis

  • Information upkeep of PvP section.
  • General tips on the PvP section.
  • Fixing old pages to conform with updates.
  • Minor spelling and grammar corrections.
  • The Coalition of Itan guild page.
  • Owning Ghost on the forums.
  • Creating Wanted Pages and deleting links that are out of place.

Fohn

  • Elaborating sparse descriptions
  • Fixing typos
  • Taking screenies of stations

kihjin

Wikilicious

Lemming

Well, I'm going to significantly cut back on my work on the wiki. This is so I can pursue knowledge that will provide use later in life, unlike what goes on during school.

Mark McDoogle

I do whatever needs being done, trying to add any missing material, and trying to gather as much imagery as I can to make the site more interesting.

LostCommander

Make the wiki better.

Miharu

Capital Ships is a section jointly written by CrippledPidgeon, MarkMcDoogle and me. Look but do not touch. Any revisions made by someone other than CP, Mark or myself will be discarded. This section is planned to have:

  • A manual for operations of capital warships, including systems and tactics (currently being written)
  • A short manual for attacking capital warships (this I may leave open for everyone else)
  • A history of capital ships in Vendetta Online
  • Anything else CP, Mark and I can think of while we're working on it.

Moofed

cat /dev/urandom

I will also get around to reformatting and finishing up Missions at some point in the near future.

red cactus

Relaxin'. Well, and now trying to write up some history of the cap ships.

Roguelazer

  • Fixing/creating random CSS bugs
  • Clicking "Random Page" and fixing whatever crops up
  • Categorizing stuff!
  • Taking lots of new, high-resolution screenshots

silentsuicide

Waiting for MySQL errors to pop Lemmings bubble. :>

The_Kid

No written agenda at this time.

Woodstock

helping update the trade goods listing from the July 29 changes.

Andy Spades

Only wanted his guild to appear in the wiki but then slowly started to edit, correct, complete and sometimes f__k up things he thinks he knows about. And now that Lemming was so nice to go through the trouble of giving him permissions he feels even more obliged to help make the wiki better.
Currently drafting a reorganization of the plugins page, which is quite messed up, incomplete and very user- and newb-friendly. Also one of those hyperactive people who click the "Random page" link. 

I hacked 127.0.0.1
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