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What to put in WikiCarpedia
WikiCarpedia is about facts. That means rules, variants, history, notable events, people and companies. House rules is as far as it goes beyond this, as long as they do not blur the whole picture and do not complicate it for average player.
There are many other places to look for things like strategy guides or news.
New/old edition separation
At the time of WikiCarpedia creation, the New Edition (aka Carcassonne II) has already been 3 years on the market. There is a big chunk of Carcassonne fans that have never played the old edition. A restart of the complete annotated rules (CAR) is in place, but keeping in mind that not all players are interested in the long and complicated history of Carcassonne 1.
Naturally this approach means that a lot of things may have to be written twice (eg. Rules for main expansions). One of the benefits of this is that content regarding the old edition can have annotations that are not necessary for the new edition, while those for the new edition can have updated graphics and a more streamlined approach.
How to edit a page
Please read the User's Guide. Check any of the existing pages by going into edit mode to look for guidance. If you have any more question do not hesitate to ask any question on Carcassonne Central Forum. Any frequently asked question will be addressed here.
I have a question/issue regarding particular page
Each page has the discussion tab. Go there and press edit. Put title in header tags and elaborate below it. For example:
== The structure should be different == I think that we need to move faq segment before tile reference.
Do not forget to end your question with signature:
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It looks like this: --Msasinski (talk) 11:18, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
How to edit main page
As any other page, except that this is allowed only to users promoted to administrators.
How to create new page
Please read the User's Guide. The easiest way is to click one of the red links on the main page - a red link means the page has not yet been created. You will be directed to the new page creation.
The recommended way to create a new page for mediawiki is to create a link on an already existing page (consult user guide on how to make links) and then click it to be directed to new page creation.
How to create page in my language
The translation process may seem complicated at first, but believe me, it is not. Just read the following steps and try it once. If the page already have language selector, you can go directly to point 3.
- Create new page and fill it with english content
- (THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT PART) put all the content in translate tags
<translate> Fréttinga is a small municipality in MungoLand, located on the BaMungo island. It hosts a population of about 400 people. It has some agriculture and fishing. Tourists like to visit it in the summer time. == Services == It doesn't have many services. There is a shop and car ferry visits the island from mainland once a day. </translate>
Note that you don't need to add markers like <!--T:1-->.
- under the page title you can find link "mark this page for translation"
- language selector appears on top of the page
- follow link "translate this page" at the top, follow the easy wizard
- new language will be available in language selector after the translation
If the English version was changed after translation, the sentence "This page has changes since it was last marked for translation." appears at the top. Click "marked for translation" part and decide if you want to translate it again (since some new parts may have been added).
Naturally every native speakers of their respective language are responsible for their approach to translation. Eg. names of expansions not officially translated to particular language can be translated on WikiCarPedia or not (address of the page still need to be kept in english).
If anything is unclear you can read extended manual.
How do I know what is left to translate
Visit Special:LanguageStats and choose your language code. Language code is case sensitive.
How translate links
[[Castles in Germany (1st edition)|Castles in Germany]]
can be translateted using label (polish example):
* [[Castles in Germany (1st edition)/pl|Niemieckie Zamki]]
so the link to the correct page will be preserved.
Why english is first language for every page
Translation on WikiCarpedia is executed by use of the Translation plugin. This means that one language always needs to be first and it decides on general structure on the page. On Wikipedia.org every language version is a completely different page on different wiki site. Unfortunately this is complicated technically and requires a lot of resources.
In the end if, for some reason, the given page structure is unacceptable for given translation, the original (English) page needs to be (carefully) reconstructed.
So again. Page needs to be finished and accepted in English language before commencing translation.
How to insert pictures
Please read the User's Guide and be consistent with the rest of WikiCarPedia. Please check out Besiegers - Cathars - Siege page and how the images are inserted there,