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May 02, 10 at 5:44pmRelmutsie AN





pokemon.neo FAQ
[Updated: 2 May 2010]


Table of Contents
  1. Introduction
  2. What is a NeoWiki?
  3. Where is it?
  4. Who are the team members?
  5. When will it be finished?
  6. How can I contribute?
  7. How can I suggest something for the Wiki?
  8. Is there a list of what has to be done?
  9. What is a Staff Member's job on the Wiki?
  10. Who can I contact about the Wiki?
  11. Where can I go to learn more about NeoWikis?



1. Introduction

Hello there and welcome to the Pokemon NeoWiki FAQ. If you're reading through this thread, you obviously have at least a passing interest in what this is all about. If you're interested in learning more, feel free to read on. This post will be updated periodically by Relmutsie AN, Avalith and Origin if and when changes need to be made, as this is an ongoing project that will most likely have a few things change from time to time, so we'll do our best to keep you up to date with everything so you can keep contributing!




2. What is a NeoWiki?


A NeoWiki is, essentially, a subsite of Neoseeker that is worked on by any member of the community to provide the most accurate, up-to-date information of things going on in the world of a specific game franchise, in this case the world of Pokemon. Based around the MediaWiki software that runs on Wikipedia, the NeoWiki concept is a much more convienient means to have a database of information for all Neoseekers than Portals. Adding to that, there are, and will be, a lot more cooler tools and functions with the Wikis. If you want to see another example of a Wiki, check out the Final Fantasy, Pro Evolution Soccer or the Digimon Wikis. Taking on such a project like a wiki isn't easy, nor is it something you can sit down and do in a few hours. It takes many months of hard work from a team of Neoseeker members to achieve much, so all the help that the members can offer to us is appreciated, and is recognized by the Wiki Contributor tag you receive if you regularly contribute.




3. Where is it?

The main page is located here.




4. Who are the team members?

The pokemon.neo team is constantly changing, expanding and growing stronger. A list of current contributors can be found here.

In addition to our contributors, there are also 4 staff members.


Origin

And our wiki admin supervisor is Avalith.

If you have a question about the project, please ask in this thread. While we'd like to field your questions via PM as well, it's not fair to everyone else that you get your question answered privately when a lot of other people may have the same question you do. At least one team member will check through here whenever there's a new post, so your question will be answered at some point. If someone checks through the thread and doesn't know the answer, they'll find someone on the team who does and let them know to answer your question. Alternatively, just edit your question into the Talk Page.




5. When will it be finished?

Your guess is as good as ours. Obviously, Pokemon is an ever growing, ever expanding, ever re-running series of games, movies, anime, merchandise, etc, so a Pokemon Wiki Contributors job is never done. Keeping on top of the work, and having a large base of contributors will make it go faster, but since new ideas for pages will, and should be, constantly springing up, we'll never get bored. And if, god forbid, Pokemon did shut down, we'd still have plenty to do for a long time.




6. How can I contribute?

Before you can start writing up your content, you need to understand the specific markup of a Wiki. Here is a handy editing guide that should send you on your way to start creating content. Another great editing guide is written up here, detailing the basics of wiki editing.

However, should you have any other questions regarding anything about editing, or even anything regarding the Wiki, simply post it in this thread; our staff and contributors will be more than happy to help.




7. How can I suggest something for the Wiki?

Simply post it in this thread. However, you do not need to run anything by us if you do not want to, you are free to contribute anywhere on the wiki any time, as long as you are not deleting satisfactory content, writing unsatisfactory content, or breaking any Neoseeker Rules, which are expected to be followed on the Wiki. But, if you want to run a major idea to us, feel free to use this thread or the Talk Page.

If you have a suggestion for NeoWikis in general, please submit your ideas in this forum.




8. Is there a list of what has to be done?

Why yes, there is! It is located here, and the projects are being performed by the members listed under the respective headings.

Possibly the most important project to us, at the moment, is implementing a new layout on the Pokémon pages. The layout template is located here. As you can see, there is lots to be done! 5 members have reported that the layout takes about one hour to type out, at most. While this may seem daunting at first, it is really much easier than one would think - you will become used to it, and it will only get easier!




9. What is a Staff Member's job on the Wiki?

Staff members have a number of jobs across the wiki, one of them being contributing. That's right - just like our contributors, the staff members often make regular contributions to the wiki. Because of this, we are experienced in wiki editing, and therefore, one of our most important jobs is to help you.

In addition to this, staff members have some extra powers on wikis - the most relevant to contributors are probably moving pages and deleting pages. If you have a request to move or delete a page, contact a staff member on their talk page, PM them, or simply post your request in this thread.

  • Origin is focusing on the administrative aspects of the wiki, reviewing edits made by our contributors for spam, false content and the like. Most importantly, he is here to guide our contributors.




    10. Who can I contact about the Wiki?

    This depends on what you'd like to talk with us about. If it's about contributing, then contact any staff member, or ask in this thread or the Talk Page. If it's a general question or an idea, post it here. If it's something else but still related to the wiki, feel free to contact any of the staff members listed and they'll tell you who you can talk to if they don't know the answer. If it is a serious matter then contact the staff members or a wiki admin, such as Avalith.




    11. Where can I go to learn more about NeoWikis?

    You can visit the following forums;

  • NeoWiki Best Practices and Help
  • NeoWiki Discussion, Suggestions and Feedback
  • NeoWiki Requests and Planning
  • NeoWiki Bugs

    You can also visit the general Neoseeker wiki;

  • NeoWiki

    Or, you can visit any of the other 150+ NeoWikis!

  • Special:Wikilist

    [Notes:]
    Extreme credit goes to Avalith for all
    the markup and a large amount of content
    for this page. Credit also goes to Origin
    for maintaining this thread for a great
    deal of time. This page will be constantly
    updated, and is nowhere near perfect.
    Please alert Relmutsie AN or Origin of all the
    imperfections or problems and we will fix them
    as soon as possible. Thanks, and enjoy the
    Pokemon wiki, and keep contributing!

    Edit Log:

    Added some more info to question 8.
    Updated staff.
    Partial update.
    New thread in Platinum forum.
    New thread in SoulSilver forum, and added more info.


    [size=1][color=#666666]This message was edited by Gotenks(moderator) on Nov 05 2010.
  • Thread Recap (last 10 posts from newest to oldest)

    Jan 07, 11 at 2:36am
    Eon80


    I've been going through adding the translated Dream World abilities to the Pokemon profiles over the past week or so and I've noticed that any egg group that is also an actual Pokemon type is linking to the type instead of the egg group(which can get confusing if one isn't careful) I've fixed the ones I've already come across, but since many of the Pokemon profiles haven't been done for the Gen V Pokemon yet(since many don't have official English names yet) be sure that the Egg group doesn't link to the actual type when making the profile. The egg groups that contain a Pokemon type are Bug, Dragon, Ground, and Flying(3 different Water groups so they're fine) so to avoid linking to the types, just use the following code to link to the egg group page(using Dragon as an example):

    code
    [[Dragon (Egg Group)|Dragon]]
    


    It will still say Dragon on the profile page, but it will link to the Dragon Egg Group page. The same can be done with Bug, Ground, and Flying egg groups by just replacing wherever it says Dragon with the egg group you're linking too

    Cheers!




    Jul 24, 10 at 8:41am
    Dragoon


    You might have more luck with this in the Black forum.



    Jul 24, 10 at 3:28am
    Symphonic Abyss


    Sorry to double post, but this is a necessary thing.

    I found a post made by Relmutsie AN, and I totally agree with him. He basically said that the staff members need to promote the wiki, so that's what I'm doing.

    Pokemon.neoseeker.com is a database. Think of it that way. It's a wiki/database/whatever. We're currently getting all of the game pages up to par, all of the Pokemon pages completed, and everything else done. We're trying to make the Pokewiki as good as we possibly can, and we'd like some form of support. Members notice it's there, but they obviously never look at it. Many people want a database for the forum, when there's truly no need for it.

    Relmutsie AN brought the wiki up, and the 5 of us are continuing what he truly started.

    I thank you.




    Jul 09, 10 at 4:34pm
    Symphonic Abyss


    Alright, cool.



    Jul 09, 10 at 5:33am
    Gotenks


    No, you got everyone.



    Jul 08, 10 at 9:33pm
    Symphonic Abyss


    Err...new staff team everyone.

    Origin
    Karis
    Dragoon
    Avalith
    Gotenks

    (Edit this if I'm missing someone)




    Jun 09, 10 at 5:06am
    Dragoon


    quote Inviceveeble
    Dragoon You might want to check your grammar next time you edit a page
    I have a terrible habit of not previewing or reading over my edits before submitting them. However since I have downloaded Flock it now spell checks as I type (something Firefox was meant to do but never did for me :/) so hopefully no more major grammar mistakes.



    Jun 06, 10 at 11:16pm
    Fluroclad


    Sorry. I never saw you add me to the Main Menu when I got re promoted.



    Jun 06, 10 at 11:06pm
    Relmutsie AN


    Already did that when you were re-promoted.



    Jun 06, 10 at 10:58pm
    Fluroclad


    Luke can you add me back on to the Navmenu and the Main Page please. Thanks



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