Talk:Suggestion

Verifying information

 * I like it! There is a little thing mediawiki has already at the bottom of the page showing the last edit "This page was last modified 15:02, December 3, 2012 by DDO wiki user Ague." - but this doesn't display what update we were in at the time... Perhaps we could have a small reference template cull time/date data from a small database/table and display a corresponding update. I.e. "Posted during Update 14" "Tauro" (Contributions &bull; ) 20:11, December 3, 2012 (EST)


 * Rather just introduce the function. I have seen this verification phenomena in the old new DDOwiki and it didn't do any good. References are better as found in real wiki's too. BlackSmith (Contributions &bull; Message) 14:09, December 22, 2012 (EST)


 * But what would you reference it to? The game itself?  That's what most people use this wiki for, is a reference to the game.  And the DDO Compendium is about as reliable as MyDDO.  I still think that it would be worth adding a field that displays the Update that the item/spell/etc. was verified.   Ague (Contributions &bull; Message) 16:47, December 22, 2012 (EST)


 * I believe what you are asking for would require a special mediawiki extension to be written using PHP and you would need to convince it was a good idea and to upload/install it on the server.  I'm just finishing up my PHP class in school right now, and I'll tinker with the idea when I have some free time... Maybe I can just do it with a template to modify that line at the bottom, I'll investigate and we will see what can be done.

ShoeMaker (Contributions &bull; ) 21:09, December 22, 2012 (EST)


 * ref extension: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite/Cite.php and references would be to as official-as-it-gets i.o. to change logs, developers Q&A's threads or in last resort, to some players research (that has little verification value) BlackSmith (Contributions &bull; Message) 00:24, December 23, 2012 (EST)


 * So, all you want is something like a template we already have (Template:Quote), that let's you quote change logs, developers, Q&A threads, or some player's research (that has minor to no verification value)?

ShoeMaker (Contributions &bull; ) 08:16, December 23, 2012 (EST)


 * I'm hoping what I implemented today (I expanded the "This page was last modified 15:02, December 3, 2012 by DDO wiki user Ague." to include what Module/Update/Revision the game was currently in (Back to Mod 9 in `09 so far, can go more if needed)), is what you were looking for?

ShoeMaker (Contributions &bull; ) 16:46, December 26, 2012 (EST)


 * I'm aware of this limitation, and will look into seeing if there is anyways I can make it only update on non-minor and non-bot edits... I don't foresee it as possible at this time based on my knowledge of the MediaWiki core.  I also don't foresee all of the other editors remembering or willing to manually add a  to every page either.  We do however have a category that most of us use for items that need a new screenshot because they were outdated and we also have Template:Update for people to be able to mark pages that may be out of date or need modification.  I'm afraid that is the best I can offer at this time BlackSmith, at least until I can convince  to install the Symantic extensions...   As far as the ref tag goes, they are simply not needed and redumbnant.  If you want to simulate the effect, I would be happy to create a template to do that for you.  It would be named Template:Cite and contain:

OR you can simply add source ShoeMaker (Contributions &bull; ) 15:14, March 4, 2013 (EST)


 * I already started T:cite because I doubt ref tag will be added.

ShoeMaker (Contributions &bull; ) 17:52, March 4, 2013 (EST)


 * Just let me know if the wiki needs new extensions. The only extension I've been hesitant about installing is the Semantic one, and only because it feels like it would completely change the way the wiki is currently organized. If the wiki at large wants it though, I won't push back. Xevo (Contributions &bull; Message) 21:05, March 4, 2013 (EST)