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'''The Elder Scrolls Construction Set Wiki has gotten a face-lift!''' | '''The Elder Scrolls Construction Set Wiki has gotten a face-lift!''' | ||
Welcome to the | Welcome to the new TESCS Wiki! This new Main Page has been designed from scratch for the sake of easing navigation on the Wiki. After considering complaints regarding finding information, a great deal of effort has gone into making everything as accessible as possible. | ||
'''Meaningful Main Page''' | '''Meaningful Main Page''' | ||
The new Main Page provides not only the same simple blurbs found on the original page, but also dozens of useful links and sections that will be updated much more frequently than the Featured Article or News sections. | The new [[Main Page]] provides not only the same simple blurbs found on the original page, but also dozens of useful links and sections that will be updated much more frequently than the Featured Article or News sections. | ||
The new Did You Know section offers one-line snippets of articles, leading you to new and exciting facts. Here you'll find all kinds of useful things, the kinds of facts that you might not have even known to look for! Each contains a link where you can learn more. | The new [[:Template: Main Page/Did You Know|Did You Know]] section offers one-line snippets of articles, leading you to new and exciting facts. Here you'll find all kinds of useful things, the kinds of facts that you might not have even known to look for! Each contains a link where you can learn more. | ||
There's also the What's New section - so you'll always know what articles have seen major improvements and where new additions to the Wiki have been made. These new articles may be cutting-edge modding techniques, great new tutorials, or simply notes of improvement in the Wiki. Check back frequently to always stay on top of what's new! | There's also the [[:Template: Main Page/What's New|What's New]] section - so you'll always know what articles have seen major improvements and where new additions to the Wiki have been made. These new articles may be cutting-edge modding techniques, great new tutorials, or simply notes of improvement in the Wiki. Check back frequently to always stay on top of what's new! | ||
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*'''Bylines''' - As has been noted before, Bylines ("by ________") are not allowed on the Wiki. While this has always been true, for a long time it was never enforced, leading to a number of bylined articles as well as the confusion that they were allowed. We have taken measures to determine the community's opinion on this issue, and for a great many reasons it is widely believed that bylines are extremely damaging to the Wiki. For this reason, bylined articles will no longer be accepted, and we therefore ask that authors either release their work for public use, or else find other hosting for their work - each section of the Wiki maintains a list of links to outside articles for just this sort of thing. We have no objection to bylined articles, they just cannot be on the Wiki. | *'''Bylines''' - As has been noted before, Bylines ("by ________") are not allowed on the Wiki. While this has always been true, for a long time it was never enforced, leading to a number of bylined articles as well as the confusion that they were allowed. We have taken measures to determine the community's opinion on this issue, and for a great many reasons it is widely believed that bylines are extremely damaging to the Wiki. For this reason, bylined articles will no longer be accepted, and we therefore ask that authors either release their work for public use, or else find other hosting for their work - each section of the Wiki maintains a list of links to outside articles for just this sort of thing. We have no objection to bylined articles, they just cannot be on the Wiki. | ||
<ul><li>'''Questions''' - The old Questions category on the Wiki ballooned to a massive size, making Searching for information ever the more difficult, and making the job of keeping the Wiki clean and up-to-date nearly impossible. These questions were all too specific, of little or zero value to anyone but the original author, and by all rights should have been asked on this Forum. Therefore, we have closed the Questions section, and will direct all specific mod questions (e.g. "I did this and I wrote this script but it doesn't work why not?" type questions) to the Forums. Questions on the Wiki should be about the Wiki - asking where information is, asking for clarification on an article, that kind of thing. These are questions the Wiki editorial staff is equipped to answer. The others require the broader knowledge and quicker response time of the Forums. | <ul><li>'''Questions''' - The old Questions category on the Wiki ballooned to a massive size, making Searching for information ever the more difficult, and making the job of keeping the Wiki clean and up-to-date nearly impossible. These questions were all too specific, of little or zero value to anyone but the original author, and by all rights should have been asked on this Forum. Therefore, we have closed the Questions section, and will direct all specific mod questions (e.g. "I did this and I wrote this script but it doesn't work why not?" type questions) to the [http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showforum=24 Forums]. Questions on the Wiki should be about the Wiki - asking where information is, asking for clarification on an article, that kind of thing. These are questions the Wiki editorial staff is equipped to answer. The others require the broader knowledge and quicker response time of the Forums. | ||
For this reason, we have begun the process of going through the old questions, and deleting them after documenting any important information on the Wiki properly.</li></ul> | For this reason, we have begun the process of going through the old questions, and deleting them after documenting any important information on the Wiki properly.</li></ul> | ||
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The original [http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=795927 Revitalization of the Wiki] thread has resulted in some serious improvement for the Wiki, and so we are glad to start another thread on the Forums! The thread is there for the sake of the community - discussions will still be held on the Wiki, at the [[Community Portal]] - and we still encourage everyone to join in those discussions! But the thread provides a convenient way for the community to give feedback - and we want to encourage that! | The original [http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=795927 Revitalization of the Wiki] thread has resulted in some serious improvement for the Wiki, and so we are glad to start another thread on the Forums! The thread is there for the sake of the community - discussions will still be held on the Wiki, at the [[Community Portal]] - and we still encourage everyone to join in those discussions! But the thread provides a convenient way for the community to give feedback - and we want to encourage that! | ||
So we have started a new thread, specifically for feedback. We'll answer questions, but larger issues to discuss will be moved to the Community Portal. The goal is to create a simple, easy place for people to share their thoughts without having to sign up for a new account, learn a new syntax and style, or worry about jumping into the middle of a long discussion. We want it to be as accessible as possible for our users. | So we have started a [http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=837187 new thread], specifically for feedback. We'll answer questions, but larger issues to discuss will be moved to the Community Portal. The goal is to create a simple, easy place for people to share their thoughts without having to sign up for a new account, learn a new syntax and style, or worry about jumping into the middle of a long discussion. We want it to be as accessible as possible for our users. | ||
So, a huge thank you to the community for their thoughts that started this project, from your TESCS Wiki "Sheriffs", Qazaaq, Haama, and myself. We want to hear what you think!</noinclude> | So, a huge thank you to the community for their thoughts that started this project, from your TESCS Wiki "Sheriffs", Qazaaq, Haama, and myself. We want to hear what you think!</noinclude> | ||
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