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Contents 1 50k Articles 2 Duplication of effort? 3 Edit Date Problem? 4 Adding spell stats

[edit] 50k Articles

I say make a special sort of userbox when we hit 50k, plus a news page announcement of course. I'd have the userbox be something like "<user> contributed to EQ2I's first 50,000 articles!" for all those that contributed before that point. Of course that would be done as an honor basis like the Beta tags and such. Mind you I think we're still a good ways off from 50,000, but we do have quite a bit more pages to put in. I know I've been adding a few here and there as I'm going through the Warden spells. --Lordebon 17:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

how about we think about 30k first, instead of 50k? also theres other issues involved here, which i need to hunt down a kodia and talk with. --Uberfuzzy 18:16, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

In theory you wouldn't need the honor system for the 50K userbox if the template was set up to look at the user's contributions list and only display for users with contributions done before whatever the 50K date turns out to be. Just a thought, since the technicalities of templates are still beyond me. --Sigrdrifa 21:28, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Duplication of effort?

I've been looking over Illusionist spells (quite the mish-mash of styles over time) trying to clean things up / make everything uniform and was wondering: If we create a "spell line", do we need to double the effort to input spells under "Spells by Category"? Is there a way to have Spells by Category and the Spelline templates link so the category list draws content from Spelline Template? I Have an idea on tags to add (and this could clean things up- more linking and drawing on information rather than typing the same thing in multiple locations)

Idea:

• ALL Spells contain a spellline reference
  • Only display the spelline box if display=Y is set (just a suggested flag name, see below)
    • eg: Phantasmal Shock would display its' spellline box
    • eg: Illusory Mask would NOT display a spellline box

(( All class spells would require the spellline tag))

• Spellline template contains description and a new flag (display=Y/N)
  • eg: Class=Illusionist|includeClass=mage|IncludeClass=Enchanter
  • eg: SpelllineName=Phantasmal Shock|SpelllineDesc=Direct Damage|Display=Y
  • eg: SpelllineName=Illusory Mask|SpelllineDesc=Group Invis|Display=N
• Spellline template does NOT list the spells, only the *Name, *Desc, and Display= flags

User clicks on class spell lines, they get a dynamic list is formed from all Display=Y spelllines for their class

• PLUS includeClass= listings for Archetype, Class linking. No more "Why can't I see xyz archetype (mage) / Class (enchanter) spell in available spellines?"

(( Spellline template gets streamlined, no more manual updates, archetype/class spells become easier to list ))

• Category template defines column view:
  • eg: Illusionst column1=Damage|Spellline1=Phantasmal Shock|Spellline2=Headache ..., column2=CC and Power Management|Spellline1=Sleep|Spellline2=Convincing Regalia ...
    • as spells are added to a spellline, the columns will auto update

(( spells by category list magically starts agreeing with spellines)) Too much? Does this make sense?

Tavison 14:42, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

The Spells by Category of the Illusionist is the only one that shows every spell of the spell lines.

Every other class only has the first spell of the spellline and not all his upgrades listed there.

The Spells by Category of the Illusionist is overloaded and should be reduced to the first spell in the spellline by the look of it. -- Chillispike 13:58, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

You are correct. I've made the changes as suggested to remove the spell lines from the categorical listing of spell *types*. The lines themselves remain unchanged per the common design to other pages.--Kodia 14:18, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Edit Date Problem?

The edit date reported at the bottom left of the screen is showing up dates that are way off.

Sylvan Hunters: Yarpsnarl Cutthroats shows 01/17/08 (actual edit date 05/232/08). Sylvan Hunters: Mountain Howlers shows 03/30/08 (actual edit date 05/23/08). Sylvan Hunters: Mistmoore Watchers shows 01/17/08 (actual edit date 05/22/08).

I'm not sure why they show up strange - the dates are right in my watchlist. --Sigrdrifa 17:38, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. Good question about this. I've not seen it before. We'll try to get someone on it from Wikia and find out if there's a setting that went astray recently.--Kodia 17:47, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

i poked, they said cache. they were having some low level database/network problems the last couple days, so the job queue and cache update stuff hadnt been run in a couple days. the dates looks ok now. sometimes these things just take a couple days to work out. thanks for letting us know. --Uberfuzzy 14:39, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adding spell stats

I started editing spell stats for the Monk based on my spells in game. My DH mentioned to me that my stats in game might be different than another toon since my int line has been increased.

First, is this true? (Say for Cobra Circle where my AppII looks similar to the Adept III stats already on on the page).

Second, how do we know which stats to include if this is true?

Raevenn 23:41, 29 June 2008 (UTC)Raevenn

this has been an issue forever. atleast weapons no longer display different stats from person to person when examined, but spells still do. when you examine a spell, either from your k-book, or from a scroll (like from the broker) the numbers will adjust based on YOUR current stats/gear/buffs AT THAT MOMENT. its a pain for us. the simple answer is, put what it shows for you. if you happen to know which stat that would affect that spell (varies per class, usually int, but some are str or wis) put your current stat value in the summary when you edit it. /shrug --Uberfuzzy 01:34, 30 June 2008 (UTC)