Atlas page

[Arjan]

I have started on the atlas page. It was still linking/containing this portal template which doesnt work anymore on vaultwiki. So i had to come up with something else.

Also i wanted to have it more as a landing page for quick browsing/navigating through the wiki.. atlast related stuff ofc.

http://www.birthright.net/forums/sho...as&redirect=no

take a look, and comments and help on filling the gaps are welcome

[AndrewTall]

I like the look of it although we clearly have quite a lot of filling in to do.

[Sorontar]

Good start. I had a quick think of what should be added but I am not sure where they should go.

• noble families?
• rjurik tribes?
• festivals (which aren't defined by regions)
• equipment (e.g. weapons, ships, artifacts)
• animals (regional?)
• awnshehglien/ehrsheghlien
• organisations & guilds

Are these the sort of things you think should be in the Atlas?

Sorontar

[Arjan]

yup, those were my little concerns as well.. or for example what to do with dwarven/elven.. they could have an own browsebar for their self.

perhaps we need to change the structure to improve it.. ill give it some thoughts. But thats why i put something up, so we can discuss it and have a starting point.

the main reason i want the atlas "starting" page, is that even I sometimes can not find pages really fast.. while i even KNOW they are there.. but asking myself, how the hell am i getting to that page, i know its there, but not exactly where.

i am still thinking if EVERYTHING should be in the atlas.. or perhaps split it up into two different ones.
lore/history vs geography

i always keep 1 rule in mind when trying to come up with a structure, i have to get to an unknown page within 4 clicks. In many cases, the wiki lacks this.

for example: i want to see a list of important Rulers .. how do i get there? where to start?
sometimes i am looking for a domain, but i kinda forgot which region is was, was it eastern marches, Western reaches aaarg.. searching didnt find anything since my spelling was wrong or the wiki search displays a page where i am not looking for.

currently i feel the wiki is only readable for harcore-br fans that know where to look, but for the new and inexperienced br player, you just dont know where to look.

So therefore i try to come up with some "starting pages" to make things easier.

i'd love to hear your thoughts on how things can be improved

[Sorontar]

Perhaps the major groups should be

• People
  
  • npcs
  • ehr/awnsheghlien
  • families and tribes
  • races
• Places & groups
  
  • geography (e.g. rivers, seas, forests, regions)
  • guilds
  • organisations
  • domains
  • landmarks
  • religion
• Things
  
  • equipment
  • ships
• Events
  
  • history
  • festival
• Flora and fauna
  
  • simple beasts
  • beasts of blood
  • beasts of shadow
  • plants

This is just a quick list, and very crude. Just to give you an idea of the way I am thinking.

Sorontar

[Arjan]

i like the way you are thinking

[Green Knight]

I like the layout very much, although as Sorontar says, more could be added.

It certainly helps navigating about the wiki.

[AndrewTall]

sigh. How do I edit the boxed to add links into them? :confused:

[Sorontar]

sigh. How do I edit the boxed to add links into them? :confused:

As in a wikilink?

Use [wiki]Anuirean[/wiki] rather than [[Anuirean]]. 
If the words don't match the article, 
use [wiki=ARTICLENAME] instead of just [wiki]

I am still trying to work out how to write the above lines in forum postings and not have them work as activated links (and hide the wiki /wiki bits).

Sorontar

[AndrewTall]

As in a wikilink?

Use [wiki]Anuirean[/wiki] rather than [[Anuirean]]. 
If the words don't match the article, 
use [wiki=ARTICLENAME] instead of just [wiki]

I am still trying to work out how to write the above lines in forum postings and not have them work as activated links (and hide the wiki /wiki bits).

Sorontar

Rather embarrasingly my problem is more basic. When I click on edit I can't see the tables at all, just the fluff text before/after. I had been thinking about populating some of the boxes in the tables.