Project Redcap:Sub-Projects
Project: Redcap has two goals: to link to all Ars Magica content on the web, and to serve as a guide and companion to the rules and game world of the game. To further these aims, we have identified several sub-projects we at Project: Redcap are working on.
Getting Started
If you would like to contribute, you are more than welcome to jump in and start editing pages to help with any or all of these, or to start a sub-project of your own.
If you have not already done so, please see our contributing page before you get started. You may also find Help:Style Guide useful since it explains how to name and format pages.
Sub-Projects
General Cleanup
We have a lot of cleaning up to do. It's not glamorous, but it's necessary, and help is much appreciated.
In August 2012, we used an automated process to import all the content from our previous wiki, PageWork, to this one. The conversion process was more than 90% accurate but that still leaves us with some pages that have garbled formatting or worse. Look for pages authored by User:Redcap Automation that have only one revision. Please check those for errors and correct them manually.
Other pages may also need to be corrected or modified.
If you run into anything requiring intervention by the Wiki's maintainers (such as modifying the page's name or so on), please leave a note in the entry's Discussion page (accessed by the tab at the top of the page).
A list of suggested cleanup and maintenance activities:
- Go over the links from the Sidebar and Main page, expanding on the articles and linked-articles, and correcting broken/missing links, to improve the experience of first-time visitors to the site (who will likely browse it instead of search for stuff).
- Go over the Special:ShortPages list to identify remaining stubs for deletion.
- Go over the Special:LonelyPages list to identify stubs; if the content is more extensive, consider also introducing links to them from other entries.
- Go over the (few) Special:DeadendPages to add links to other entries.
- Go Special:UncategorizedPages to categorize them.
- Go over the Special:WantedPages to add redirects to existing entries; many of these are simply links to existing pages.
- Go over Special:AllPages to correct formatting errors, categories, and so on. As noted above, this is especially relevant for pages created by User:Redcap Automation and not modified since.
Expand and Update Internet Site Index
Maintain the Internet Site Index, by removing dead links and adding new ones.
Product Pages
Our list of products by edition has many missing entries. You can help us greatly by creating new pages for products you have.
The best product pages go beyond what the sales literature says about the product and tells readers what the product is like, what useful or interesting information it contains, or even what shortcomings it has. Some examples of good product pages are Houses of Hermes: True Lineages, The Sundered Eagle, and of course Ars Magica Fifth Edition (though that last one is probably more detailed than the page for a supplement needs to be).
Some of our product pages exist, but can be improved by adding information and insights.
Foreign Languages
Project: Redcap has always been a multi-lingual site. We encourage fans to write about Ars Magica in their own language and to use Project: Redcap as a center for the online Ars Magica community in their language. Probably the most useful information you can write would be what Ars Magica books are available in your language, and information about the Fan Community that speaks your language.
New Pages
See our list of wanted pages and go ahead and start creating some!
Introductory Material
Create and maintain a suite of Introductory Material to help new players and storyguides, including pages such as Welcome to Ars Magica, Character generation, advice on storyguiding, an overview of Hermetic Society, and so on. This includes generating summaries and overviews of key issues, like Magus, the tribunals, and so on.
Commentary
Compile commentary on any topic, to the benefit of players of all levels. This includes the FAQ, providing historical details such as the "previous edition" part of many tribunal descriptions or the History of Ars Magica page, analysis of the implications of the rules and suggestions on house rules, and so on.
Complete Indexes
Create and maintain Complete Indexes on a few select topics. This includes our pages on the Peripheral Code, Creature Index, and so on.