The Wiki Update Project

[Racktor]

All of us here know that the Istaria wiki is outdated and unreliable, and I often hear mumbles and grumbles from newer players who try to reference off of it. I once had a friend who got completely wrong components for his scales by referencing off the wiki.

So, I've decided that instead of just grumbling about the Wiki... why not actually try to update it? I spent quite a few hours today adding in recent information about the Satyr Island slate/silver resources and even had to add a page on Belcharath. Everything regarding those resources should be correct now. I'm also working on adding pages for the Volcano questline, but due to my inactivity in Istaria, I haven't gotten much farther than the second part so far.

Of course, I can't really update every single bit of information on the wiki unaided. Well, I could, but it'd take many months/years. So I'm asking you, the community of Istaria, to help! You don't really even need a wiki account to edit the pages. If the information is wrong, click edit and fix it! Missing a page? Add it in! Grammatical errors? Fix'em!

Or, at least, you could give others a pointer as to which pages are missing/outdated.

These are all the recent pages I've edited/created:

Formula: Algedian Silver Bar
Formula: Elnathian Slate Rune
Formula: Dahibian Slate Rune
Formula: Corvian Slate Rune
Formula: Algedian Slate Rune
Formula: Elnathian Silver Bar
Formula: Dahibian Silver Bar
Formula: Corvian Silver Bar
Formula:Algedian Silver Bar
Corvian Slate Rune
Corvian Silver Ore
Corvian Slate Slab
Corvian Silver Bar
Corvian Resources
Corvian Silver
Corvian Slate
Elnathian Slate Slab
Elnathian Silver Ore
Elnathian Slate Rune
Elnathian Silver Bar
Elnathian Slate
Elnathian Resources
Algedian Slate
Algedian Resources
Algedian Slate Rune
Algedian Slate Slab
Dahibian Silver Ore
Dahibian Slate Slab
Algedian Silver Ore
Dahibian Slate Rune
Dahibian Silver Bar
Elnathian Silver
Algedian Silver
Breath of Fire: Create Bars of Elnathian Silver
Breath of Lightning: Create Bars of Dahibian Silver
Algedian Silver Bar
Breath of Ice: Create Bars of Algedian Silver
Bacharath

...Yeah. It's a lot. Which is why I'm asking for help. ;P

Also, I know I'm not the only one updating! I saw someone added the entire new Lunus RoP and added its own category not too long ago. Props to them!

Who here agrees that the wiki should be reliable once more?

[Thicklesip]

Awesome, thanks Racktor! I don't know if there's much I can add these days, but since this thread is here-- if people find pages that seem wrong but can't fix them, put a note in this thread so maybe someone else knows the page needs work? There might be a widget you can stick on individual pages too, but if so I wouldn't know what it is.

[Racktor]

You're welcome! ^^

That's probably one of the main reasons why I made this topic. =P The only way I figured out all those pages were incorrect was because of the fact that I clicked 'random page' 10-20 times until I found the outdated "mine this from island of dahibi" and followed the chain of pages around.

Unfortunately, I don't think there's an option to flag a page for updating. D:

[Racktor]

If someone could supply screenshots or ingame links of the spell "Binding Crystals" I - V, it would be greatly appreciate. The page(s) need updating and a page for the line of spells needs to be created.
http://istaria.wikia.com/wiki/Binding_Crystals_V

[velveeta]

awesome job, rack, and wonderful of you to do this! i use the wiki in my blog, accompanied by screenies.

[RuneDragoon]

Will add some details on quests that are missing as I do them with a new character.

[Racktor]

Alrighty, RuneDragoon. And thank you, Velveeta! It was frustrating me how outdated it was, haha.

[silverth]

Maybe this is a good time to ask, but is there a page for the Helian RoP? If not, could we get one? I'm nowhere near being able to do a run of one yet, or I'd offer at least my logs for a post once I'd done it.

[RuneDragoon]

Some edits done to the NT dragon tutorial quests - rewards have been set to what they are now, and several places have had the dialogue filled in. I'm not totally done yet though, having stopped for now at 'learn to technique a claw'. I'll get it done later.

[Racktor]

@silerth: I don't believe there is, but I'm at the point of RoP on a Helian character, just waiting for my friend. (Who hasn't logged in ages :/ ) I can make the pages and fill in the steps and info if I'm provided the information, tho.

I have also updated the page Dragon General Help by removing the reference to the channel named "???" as a help source, and added information on contacting other players with general meeting places.

Edit: Updated the 'text commands' page with removing redundant information and adding new commands.

[Calyndrell]

Urg... what did they do to your work... ok there's coords (by clicking on the beetle you want) but the new one is just ugly..please revert

[Racktor]

Finished adding all the pages for the Volcano questline up to where you have to kill the queen. (Because obviously I can't really do that right off the bat)

For future reference also, I updated older templates to match the info-box like ones. There are now templates for a tool, spell, weapon, and item pages.

[Racktor]

I started making a page for the Lunus ARoP, but may not be able to really finish it. It's hard to focus on that and the game at the same time, and enjoy the questline as well. (Really breaks your immersion, copying and pasting stuff..)

Is the current guide up to date, actually? The one on the "Ancient Rite of Passage" page.

Also, glad to see a steady stream of updates on the wiki activity. I need to get back to it more.

[Defilade]

All of us here know that the Istaria wiki is outdated and unreliable, and I often hear mumbles and grumbles from newer players who try to reference off of it. I once had a friend who got completely wrong components for his scales by referencing off the wiki.

So, I've decided that instead of just grumbling about the Wiki... why not actually try to update it? I spent quite a few hours today adding in recent information about the Satyr Island slate/silver resources and even had to add a page on Belcharath. Everything regarding those resources should be correct now. I'm also working on adding pages for the Volcano questline, but due to my inactivity in Istaria, I haven't gotten much farther than the second part so far.

Of course, I can't really update every single bit of information on the wiki unaided. Well, I could, but it'd take many months/years. So I'm asking you, the community of Istaria, to help! You don't really even need a wiki account to edit the pages. If the information is wrong, click edit and fix it! Missing a page? Add it in! Grammatical errors? Fix'em!

Or, at least, you could give others a pointer as to which pages are missing/outdated.

These are all the recent pages I've edited/created:

Formula: Algedian Silver Bar
Formula: Elnathian Slate Rune
Formula: Dahibian Slate Rune
Formula: Corvian Slate Rune
Formula: Algedian Slate Rune
Formula: Elnathian Silver Bar
Formula: Dahibian Silver Bar
Formula: Corvian Silver Bar
Formula:Algedian Silver Bar
Corvian Slate Rune
Corvian Silver Ore
Corvian Slate Slab
Corvian Silver Bar
Corvian Resources
Corvian Silver
Corvian Slate
Elnathian Slate Slab
Elnathian Silver Ore
Elnathian Slate Rune
Elnathian Silver Bar
Elnathian Slate
Elnathian Resources
Algedian Slate
Algedian Resources
Algedian Slate Rune
Algedian Slate Slab
Dahibian Silver Ore
Dahibian Slate Slab
Algedian Silver Ore
Dahibian Slate Rune
Dahibian Silver Bar
Elnathian Silver
Algedian Silver
Breath of Fire: Create Bars of Elnathian Silver
Breath of Lightning: Create Bars of Dahibian Silver
Algedian Silver Bar
Breath of Ice: Create Bars of Algedian Silver
Bacharath

...Yeah. It's a lot. Which is why I'm asking for help. ;P

Also, I know I'm not the only one updating! I saw someone added the entire new Lunus RoP and added its own category not too long ago. Props to them!

Who here agrees that the wiki should be reliable once more?

Thought I'd bump this thread, to remind folks to keep the Wiki updated

[velveeta]

as someone who uses the wiki page on a frequent basis to help get the word out about our beloved game, I very much appreciate all the work that went into, and continues to go into, this valuable service!

[Racktor]

I must ask who changed the Beetle page and why? I had spent many hours restructuring that page to make it newbie friendly and informative as well as pointing to the main articles for more informatoin, and came to see my data was reverted into a chart with health and levels.
I'm tempted to revert it but I'm not sure if it's within my power or if that is what the community wants?
Old: http://istaria.wikia.com/wiki/Beetle...01&oldid=28824
New: http://istaria.wikia.com/wiki/Beetle
(If I get 5 votes for the old I'll revert it, as that's the community's choice.)

[Arzel Rashemi]

I must ask who changed the Beetle page and why?

I liked the old page better. I don't care about health or armour values. I care what it looks like and coordinates where I can find it, so I know what i'm looking for and where it is.

[Alisto]

I prefer the old page.

[Racktor]

*nods* alright, 2 for revert

Oh, also, the beetle pages themselves were moved around a little. If you want to see the differences, click here, but I don't know if I'm going to bother with reverting, considering the person who edited it is an admin. Same for this page, actually, but I'm still going to go by the community's choice.

Edit: How do you even apply for admin anyway, out of curiousity? Said person said they applied for admin.