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So heres the beginning. I looked up details on the correct formatting of names (such as nouns, specifically video games) and it suggests doing italicized. Does this 'look' right to anyone? Does anybody even follow standard writing practices when referencing names and the such? Or am I just old school by the book?--[[User:Enystrom8734|Nystrom]] ([[User talk:Enystrom8734|talk]]) 23:54, 10 October 2013 (EDT)
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* Menu sublist - Change [[Menus#Restrict|Restrict]] to [[Menus#Schedule|Schedule]]
:I did the emphasizing on Wikia with bold, I find it to be easier on the eyes.
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* Gameplay sublist - Add [[Quality]] after Firefighting, [[Quests]] before Research, [[Room stats|Rooms]] after Research
--[[User:British|British]] ([[User talk:British|talk]]) 04:53, 11 October 2013 (EDT)
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[[User:Deadgye|Deadgye]] ([[User talk:Deadgye|talk]]) 18:23, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
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I definitely like it, though it violates some of the normal styling of the MediaWiki. But it has a basic list of useful topics, which I think is really critical. Would also be good to have a place for random screenshots, as British says. I think it should be adaptive width, like all pages, though you could set a maximum like at http://dwarffortresswiki.org/.<br>--
 
[[User:TynanSylvester|TynanSylvester]] ([[User talk:TynanSylvester|talk]]) 13:10, 17 October 2013 (EDT)
 
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This is interesting and much cleaner (that's actually easy ^^).
 
A few things, though:
 
* The width is not adaptative, so it's getting "out of the screen" for lower resolutions (not everyone is using 1920x1080 and a browser in fullscreen ;p)
 
* The Links and About from the actual main page need to be there in one form or another
 
* It would also be nice to have a place to have a random screenshot (I need to upload a few) from a gallery (that thus needs to be created), and one for videos (need to have a bunch of the ones on YouTube)
 
* I'm supposed to start revamping the pages by creating a menu like the Architect Menu in-game (with images)... I haven't had much luck freeing some time for this as of late, though, but that has to be taken into account
 
* Some pages we see on "Wiki community" need to be disposed of: they're remnants of my import from Wikia
 
*Regarding "News & Updates", I'd love to have Tynan managing some kind of changelog that we could use... I believe he's planning to do it at some point, but the sooner he does it, the easier it will be in the end
 
* The "Welcome" text and area needs some reworking, as it doesn't fit the cleanness of the rest of the page (at least the links at the top can be moved to/kept from the actual Link section)
 
  
I'll probably find some more ideas/tweaks later one, but thanks for the proposal anyway !<br>--[[User:British|British]] ([[User talk:British|talk]]) 08:28, 17 October 2013 (EDT)
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:Hows that? [[User:Harakoni|Harakoni]] ([[User talk:Harakoni|talk]]) 22:47, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
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:Looks good to me. It could be cleaned up in the future by combining Combat, Cover, Defense, and Drafting; Caravan and Trade; and Environment and Rooms. But major changes to those pages to support that would have to happen first. If I get another bad bout of insomnia maybe I'll attempt that. [[User:Deadgye|Deadgye]] ([[User talk:Deadgye|talk]]) 15:36, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
:For the "News & Updates", he is starting to do that now. Im guessing will wait to do it for alpha releases though? Also do like the new style. Better than anything I would've come up with...<br>--[[User:Enystrom8734|Nystrom]] ([[User talk:Enystrom8734|talk]]) 09:00, 17 October 2013 (EDT)
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== Discord ==
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::*Width - fixed, now adaptive <s>(but still set max.1030) because in plans was 2 images at left and right..</s> ;)
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It would be nice to have discord link as well as IRC one next to it. [[User:Saphire|Saphire]] ([[User_talk:Saphire|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Saphire|contribs]])
::*Links - not understand what you mean, sorry. About "Screenshot" place, we have 2 more cells (maybe merge like game section) at bottom (Wiki community line)<br>--[[User:AcDie|AcDie]] ([[User talk:AcDie|talk]]) 09:14, 17 October 2013 (EDT)
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:I agree. Although if it was up to me I'd re-jiggle the Sidebar quite a bit, to make it more in line with the system Wikipedia and most other wikis use. So we'd have Main page, Community Portal, Admin noticeboard, Recent changes and Random page up top. Then other "tabs" underneath, such as an Official sites (or something) which also includes the Discord. Below that we could have the most important pages, whatever we deem that to be. Makes it easier to navigate for users when they're not on the main page. Here is an example of what it might look like: [https://i.imgur.com/NMGTrwO.png Image].
:I made a few edits, and am making a few more now to what I believe would be a good example of what Mr British wants<br>--[[User:Enystrom8734|Nystrom]] ([[User talk:Enystrom8734|talk]]) 09:42, 17 October 2013 (EDT)
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:The main page could also be changed quite drastically. There are almost as many ways to do it as there are wikis, but [https://ark.gamepedia.com/ARK_Survival_Evolved_Wiki here] and [https://terraria.gamepedia.com/Terraria_Wiki here] are two examples. [[User:Pangaea|Pangaea]] ([[User talk:Pangaea|talk]]) 20:05, 25 July 2019 (UTC)
::I see links section, but we have same at header (Official site & forum).. Dont think that (twitter/reddit/indieDB) related with wiki, they are more related for official site & must be placed there. Also too hard use embedded CSS, not too much space for maneuvers.<br> --[[User:AcDie|AcDie]] ([[User talk:AcDie|talk]]) 09:55, 17 October 2013 (EDT)
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:::Indeed you put links at the header, but I'm not convinced having a header like this is a good idea, as it's breaking nice aspect of the table.<br>And the links we have right now *are* important, as they are related to RimWorld as a whole, not just the wiki.<br>--[[User:British|British]] ([[User talk:British|talk]]) 10:39, 17 October 2013 (EDT)
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The main page is completely filled with text, hard to read, and in my opinion, aesthetically unpleasing. Maybe each topic should be in <big>big font</big> to be easier to see, and each specific page could be under a dropdown menu? Having a big font would also allow for us to add a small icon to the left of each of the major topics, the ones at the bottom of the screen in Rimworld when there are too many menus, which would look better than plain Arial text.
::::Added [[News]] page & [[Template:TOCright]] --[[User:AcDie|AcDie]] ([[User talk:AcDie|talk]]) 11:19, 17 October 2013 (EDT)
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[[User:ItsNotReallyEditing|ItsNotReallyEditing]] ([[User talk:ItsNotReallyEditing|talk]]) 22:23, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
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: You're welcome to try out different formatting or content on [[Main Page/editcopy]] and if you find something you like we can look at implementing it [[User:Harakoni|Harakoni (Wiki Moderator)]] ([[User talk:Harakoni|talk]]) 00:01, 28 November 2021 (UTC)>

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Deadgye (talk) 18:23, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Hows that? Harakoni (talk) 22:47, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
Looks good to me. It could be cleaned up in the future by combining Combat, Cover, Defense, and Drafting; Caravan and Trade; and Environment and Rooms. But major changes to those pages to support that would have to happen first. If I get another bad bout of insomnia maybe I'll attempt that. Deadgye (talk) 15:36, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Discord

It would be nice to have discord link as well as IRC one next to it. Saphire (talk | contribs)

I agree. Although if it was up to me I'd re-jiggle the Sidebar quite a bit, to make it more in line with the system Wikipedia and most other wikis use. So we'd have Main page, Community Portal, Admin noticeboard, Recent changes and Random page up top. Then other "tabs" underneath, such as an Official sites (or something) which also includes the Discord. Below that we could have the most important pages, whatever we deem that to be. Makes it easier to navigate for users when they're not on the main page. Here is an example of what it might look like: Image.
The main page could also be changed quite drastically. There are almost as many ways to do it as there are wikis, but here and here are two examples. Pangaea (talk) 20:05, 25 July 2019 (UTC)

The Text Wall that is the Main Page

The main page is completely filled with text, hard to read, and in my opinion, aesthetically unpleasing. Maybe each topic should be in big font to be easier to see, and each specific page could be under a dropdown menu? Having a big font would also allow for us to add a small icon to the left of each of the major topics, the ones at the bottom of the screen in Rimworld when there are too many menus, which would look better than plain Arial text. ItsNotReallyEditing (talk) 22:23, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

You're welcome to try out different formatting or content on Main Page/editcopy and if you find something you like we can look at implementing it Harakoni (Wiki Moderator) (talk) 00:01, 28 November 2021 (UTC)>