User talk:Hamme

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I saw your message on Project Mentor

So what in particular do you need help with? You mentioned location pages-what in particular, or just something general? Linkthewindow  Talk  09:00, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. I'm unsure as to the purpose of the History section in a Location Page. Is it to archive the current status?

Most of my edits are on this page: http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Galbraith_Hills_Schools Galbraith_Hills_Schools

And should I be updating the current status with number of survivors or is that too much information to give away?

And should I update the current status of every location I visit or stick with places I visit often so others can get updated information? And how about deleting very old information from the current status sections that others have added in the past, like Galbraith_Hills_Fire_Department's "Hollester Boulevard Fire Station" (it's more than a year old)?

Should my wiki username be the same or different than the Urban Dead in-game character name?

Would I be correct in thinking, "Leave the minor edit box unchecked, so Mr. Linkthewindow will see the edit on his watchlist page."?

Anything else I'm doing wrong or not very well or that could be improved?

Update 1: I just skimmed the "UDWiki:Location Style Guide" UDWiki:Location_Style_Guide and the History section is not used to archive the current status. I'll be deleting that edit then, as I don't know enough history to add anything there.

Update 2: I learned how to link from: http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/Help:Links Help:Links. Please comment on whether or not it has been done properly.

Thanks again from --Hamme 09:43, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

PostScript: Should I delete or do something about the Project Mentor page message? I'm worried I'll have a bunch of people message me by tomorrow. How about adding your name after the post - would that work?--Hamme 09:47, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Usually we leave current statuses up for a while-and then we usually create an archive page instead of just removing it. As you've figured out, the "History" section is if anything important happened at the location (example,) or for general backstory (like here.) So, no it's not to archive the older statuses (we usually leave them up on the "Current Status" for a while.)

It doesn't really matter how much information you give away.

It's probably better off just updating the ones you visit often-it's not like you can't update every block but that would be annoying. Personally, I recommended only updating TRP's (Tactical resource points,) as they are the most-visited (and used) pages. Usually, they have danger reports, so it's easier.

Most major locations have their news archived every few months or so (see the suburb and mall pages for examples,) but for smaller ones, people usually don't bother. If it's really old, then people just ignore it anyway (or update it ;).)

Again, it doesn't matter. I'm linkthewindow in game. Some people prefer not to make their wiki name the same as their game name, but there isn't a compelling reason ether way.

The Minor Edit box is used two ways. Some people (like me,) tick it when they are making a minor edit-say only typo fixes, or formatting, etc. Others tick it when they are not making a major edit. Ether way, it doesn't matter (and I've set my watchlist so it will see both.)

So far it looks like you are going quite well. If you've done a major scouting run of a suburb, you might want to update the main suburb page (in your case, it would be Galbraith Hills so more people see it. Also remember to keep all your reports NPOV-all yours have been fine, but everyone (including yours truly,) fall into that trap.

If you are good at creative writing, you could add some generic history (such as "Example Building was used as a cheese factory before the outbreak") I've done it for the Greentown pages. For buildings that aren't important, they do nicely to make the page look better :).

Your links are fine, but be careful when linking to categories and images. You have to add : in front of the link (so [[Image:Example]] becomes [[:Image:Example]]-likewise for categories

I'll leave a note on the Project Mentor page, but there's nothing wrong with more help ;). Linkthewindow  Talk  10:43, 21 January 2009 (UTC)