Changes: PotBS Wiki:Community Portal

Latest revision as of 19:08, 30 October 2012

Welcome to the wiki! The Community Portal is where this wiki community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki. To see the most recent discussions, click the Discussion tab above.

New to wikis?

If you are new to wikis, you may want to read the tutorial on the Central Wikia.
A list of most help pages can be found in Category:Help.

How to help out

If you want to help but you're not sure where to start, try improving the various stub articles by adding content.
Another helpful activity would be to check the list of wanted pages for frequently linked-to articles that don't exist yet.
To follow the changes to this wiki, and to look out for new users and edits use recent changes.
You can find a list of useful templates on Templates.
If you need help editing, you could start with Help:Editing or the tutorial on the Central Wikia.

Want to discuss stuff?

If you want to discuss anything specific to an article, you can use the talk pages for that article.
For more general discussions you can use the Discussion tab of this page or the Forum.

Burning Sea Official Channel

Currently, the wiki team hangs out on the Official PotBS Channel, hosted on lovely ColdFront IRC Server. Please pop in for an chat.

Server : irc.coldfront.net
Port : 6667
Channel: #burningsea

IRC link : irc://irc.coldfront.net/burningsea

PotBSWiki Channel

Server : irc.coldfront.net
Port : 6667
Channel: #potbs-wiki

IRC link : irc://irc.coldfront.net/potbs-wiki

Things to do

Useful activities

Help expand some article stubs.
Locate and mark pages that need expanding as article stubs.
Create links to some orphaned pages.
Upload and add some images! Visit Special:Upload. Add them to a category too, like [[Category:Images]].
Write a new article that's on the the wanted list!
Consider splitting up very long pages.
Create some links on dead end pages.
Add more...

Other useful special pages

Special:BrokenRedirects
Special:DoubleRedirects
Special:ProblemReports
Special:Uncategorizedcategories
Special:Uncategorizedimages
Special:Uncategorizedpages
Special:Unusedimages
Special:Wantedcategories
Check out the full list of special pages at Special:Specialpages.

Ten article stubs to expand:

Last ten article edits:

These lists dynamically change - refresh me!

Some other interesting pages

Want to find out what you've done so far? Visit [[Special:Contributions/YourName]].
Find out more about the wiki on Special:Statistics and Special:Version!

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+'''Welcome to the wiki!''' The Community Portal is where this wiki community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki. To see the most recent discussions, click the '''Discussion''' tab above.
-== Burning Sea Official Channel ==
+<!-- You can find out more general information about the wiki on the [[Project:About|About]] page. -->
-Currently, the wiki team hangs out on the Official PotBS Channel, hosted on lovely ColdFront IRC Server. Please pop in for an chat. Remember you can not discuss anything that is covered by the [[NDA]] such as the game or this wiki.
+== New to wikis? ==
+* If you are new to wikis, you may want to read the '''[[Wikia:Help:Tutorial 1|tutorial]]''' on the Central Wikia.
+* A list of most help pages can be found in '''[[:Category:Help]]'''.
+== How to help out ==
+* If you want to help but you're not sure where to start, try improving the various '''[[:Category:Stubs|stub]]''' articles by adding content.
+* Another helpful activity would be to check the list of '''[[Special:Wantedpages|wanted pages]]''' for frequently linked-to articles that don't exist yet.
+*  To follow the changes to this wiki, and to look out for new users and edits use '''[[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]]'''.
+* You can find a list of useful templates on '''[[Templates]]'''.
+* If you need help editing, you could start with '''[[Help:Editing]]''' or '''[[Wikia:Help:Tutorial 1|the tutorial]] on the Central Wikia'''.
+== Want to discuss stuff? ==
+* If you want to discuss anything specific to an article, you can use '''the talk pages''' for that article.
+* For more general discussions you can use the Discussion tab of this page or the [[Forum:Index|Forum]].
+=== Burning Sea Official Channel ===
+Currently, the wiki team hangs out on the Official PotBS Channel, hosted on lovely ColdFront IRC Server. Please pop in for an chat.
 *'''Server''' : irc.coldfront.net
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 IRC link : irc://irc.coldfront.net/burningsea
-== PotBSWiki Channel ==
+=== PotBSWiki Channel ===
 *'''Server''' : irc.coldfront.net
 *'''Port'''   : 6667
 *'''Channel''': #potbs-wiki
-*'''Password''': ''flswiki'' <!-- just until the NDA is lifted -->
 IRC link : irc://irc.coldfront.net/potbs-wiki
-== Beta Channel ==
+== Things to do ==
+{{col-begin}}
+{{col-2}}
+; Useful activities
+* Help expand some '''[[:Category:Stubs|article stubs]]'''.
+* '''[[Special:Shortpages|Locate]]''' and '''[[Template:Stub|mark]]''' pages that need expanding as [[:Category:Stubs|article stubs]].
+* Create links to some '''[[Special:Lonelypages|orphaned pages]]'''.
+* Upload and add some images! Visit '''[[Special:Upload]]'''. Add them to a category too, like <nowiki>[[</nowiki>Category:Images<nowiki>]]</nowiki>.
+* Write a new article that's on the '''[[Special:Wantedpages|the wanted list]]'''!
+* Consider splitting up very '''[[Special:Longpages|long pages]]'''.
+* Create some links on '''[[Special:Deadendpages|dead end pages]]'''.
+* ''Add more...''
+{{col-2}}
-We have a beta channel that is under the [[NDA]]. If you require live chat or to debate articles then this channel is the place to do it.
+; Other useful special pages
+*[[Special:BrokenRedirects]]
+*[[Special:DoubleRedirects]]
+*[[Special:ProblemReports]]
+*[[Special:Uncategorizedcategories]]
+*[[Special:Uncategorizedimages]]
+*[[Special:Uncategorizedpages]]
+*[[Special:Unusedimages]]
+*[[Special:Wantedcategories]]
+*'''Check out the full list of special pages at [[Special:Specialpages]].'''
+{{col-end}}
+{{col-begin}}
-To gain access, please follow the instructions [http://www.flyinglab.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10477 here]
+{{col-2}}
+'''Ten [[:Category:Stubs|article stubs]] to expand:'''
+<!-- This list is automatically populated from whatever articles are in [[Category:Stubs]] -->
-*'''Server''' : irc.coldfront.net
+<DynamicPageList>
-*'''Port'''   : 6667
+category    = Stubs
-*'''Channel''': #potbs-beta
+randomcount = 10
+</DynamicPageList>
+{{col-2}}
+'''Last ten article edits:'''
+<DynamicPageList>
+namespace   =
+ordermethod = lastedit
+count       = 10
+order       = descending
+</DynamicPageList>
+{{col-end}}
+''These lists dynamically change - [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|action=purge}} refresh me!]''
+== Some other interesting pages ==
+* Want to find out what you've done so far? Visit <code><nowiki>[[Special:Contributions/YourName]]</nowiki></code>.
+* Find out more about the wiki on '''[[Special:Statistics]]''' and '''[[Special:Version]]'''!
+[[Category:Help|Community Portal]]