User:Quinnr/Danger Reports Guide

Basic Info

For many new players or wiki-users, one of the first features that pops out as being pretty neat is the "Danger Reports" scattered throughout the wiki on building pages. These info-boxes allow users to quickly see, at a glance, what buildings around them are damaged, under attack, or fitting to the suburb's barricade plan. Unfortunately, many new users may not know how to easily add the latest information about a location to these pages, despite it being one of the easiest ways to help keep the wiki useful. This guide seeks to remedy that fact by teaching the basics about the Danger Report System.

Reading Reports

Getting the latest info on a building or suburb is quite simple, and can be done in multiple ways. The easiest is to use the search box on the left wiki toolbar and type in the specific name of a location. That location's page should contain, at the very top, a info-box with information on the status of the building. These boxes can also be found (in a smaller, map version) on specific suburb maps, or in the Building Information Center. They appear something like this:

(38,18) (bic) (statuses) (update) The Godden Building Tons of zombies around! Barricades destroyed, as well. Be careful! --Example 20:28, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Interpreting and using this box is quite simple. On the left is an image depicting the current status of the building at a glance. It can be one of a few different statuses:

Building Danger Levels
	safe	Intact and barricaded. No noticeable zombie or PKer presence.
	under attack	Persistent attacks from zombies or PKers, but the building is in no immediate danger.
	under siege	Survivor defenders are under siege from coordinated and/or large-scale attacks by zombies or PKers.
	in zombie hands	The building is ransacked or ruined with more than three zombies inside.
	rebuilding	Survivors have recently recaptured the building, but zombies still pose a threat.
	ruined	The building is ruined or ransacked.
	pinata	The building is ruined and barricaded to the point that it cannot be entered.
	rot revive	The building is being maintained as a rot revive clinic.
	unknown	The building's status is currently unknown.

These statuses are quite simple to recognize after a short time, but if you forget, you can click the "statuses" link at the top right of any building info box. To the right of the status image, the rest of the box shows further information about the building, including the building name, a comment by the updater (usually a quote from the radio or a description of the specific barricade and zombie counts), and the signature of the user who last updated the info.

This timestamp is important! If it has been a long period of time since an entry has been updated, it is quite likely out of date. In the case that you do come across such an entry, it is much appreciated if you change the status to "unknown" in order to keep things current.