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== New convenience template for referencing Godville Blog posts ==

Since the {{Cite blog}} is one of the few outside resources we ever cite as a reference on this wiki (see [[History]], especially), and in the interest of encouraging more of that (where appropriate), I've created a new convenience template {{tl|Cite blog}} for creating links to Godville Blog posts.

Just give it a post number, and it'll create a link to that post. If you leave out the post number, it'll just provide a general link to the blog (as seen in my opening paragraph):
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Wikicode !! Renders as
|-
| {{Tlx|Cite blog|117}} || {{Cite blog|117}}
|-
| {{Tlx|Cite blog|116|To the Point}} || {{Cite blog|116|To the Point}}
|-
| {{Tlx|Cite blog}} || {{Cite blog}}
|}
More documentation, including an example of how the template can be used in creating citation references in articles, can be found on the [[Template:Cite blog|template page]]. I may add additional parameters, like the ability to provide a title for the linked post, if there's any interest. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 13:50, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
: Worth mentioning that {{God|Djonni}} later added the ability to include post <var>title</var>s as well, for even nicer citation formatting. See the second example in the table above. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 23:04, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

== Main Page styling tweaks ==

I just tweaked a bunch of style/layout code on the [[Main Page]], all minor changes individually but they add up to a perceptible difference, hopefully for the better. In case anyone notices there have been changes and is curious what they were, details of the changes made:
* Styling of section boxes cleaned up:
** The heading is now "attached" to the border on three sides, and shares its color; hopefully that looks a bit cleaner
** Some boxes had mismatched header/border colors, I've fixed all that up
** The inner spacing/margins was also inconsistent between boxes, now they use identical outer margins and (except for 'Random Image') identical internal padding
* Section colors updated:
** 'Random Image' now matches: purple header/borders, light purple background (the background and borders were light blue, before)
** 'Did You Know?' now has a color scheme of its own, in shades of orange (just because)
** The blues of 'Intro...' are bluer, the greens of 'Featured...' are greener
* The boxes no longer touch each other (it always looked weird with the different border colors)
* '<code>rem</code>' units are used much more extensively (rather than '<code>em</code>' or '<code>px</code>'), which should give more consistent scaling

I should really make a "Godwiki Announcements" template/page for this stuff, instead of stuffing it on the Talk page. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 00:51, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

== Deprecation of [[Template:Pet]] ==
Following [[Talk:Boss-monsters#Boss "Class" vs. "Level"|some discussion]], we've decided to retire the {{tl|Pet}} template, and instead use {{tl|Monster}} for '''all''' Monster articles (including Boss-Monsters and Pets), so that improvements will be shared among the various types automatically.

I've placed the following notice at the top of the {{tl|Pet}} documentation:
{{Sign| width=100| title = This Template Is Deprecated — USE {{tlx|Monster|pet{{=}}yes}} INSTEAD | text = {{tl|Monster}} can now create Pet infoboxes (since all Pets are Monsters), it should be used instead of this template. The syntax is exactly the same, simply add {{para|pet|yes}} to the code. So, for example...<br> '''OLD:''' <code><nowiki>{{Pet|image=example.jpg |description=A beast |levels=12-32 |totem=A Guild}}</nowiki></code><br>'''NEW:''' <code><nowiki>{{Monster|image=example.jpg |description=A beast |pet=yes |levels=12-32 |totem=A Guild}}</nowiki></code><br>See [[Template:Monster]] for full documentation.<br>This change will allow Pet articles to benefit from any improvements made to {{tl|Monster}}. | outerbordercolor = f00 | bordercolor = f00 }}

I'll go through and convert the existing [[:Category:Pets]] articles that use {{tl|Pet}} over to {{tlx|Monster|pet{{=}}yes}} when I can (except for [[Alpha Centaur]] which is already converted), but please use {{tlx|Monster|pet{{=}}yes}} on new Pet articles (or updated ones), and feel free to convert any uses of {{tl|Pet}} that you happen to come across. Thanks! -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 00:52, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
: Oh, and just for the record, {{para|pet}} can actually be set to any common positive-state value, so {{para|pet|y}}, {{para|pet|true}}, {{para|pet|1}}, {{para|pet|on}}, etc. are all just as good. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 00:55, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

<strike> {{m|partlydone}} — I'm now about 2/3 of the way through the Pet articles, [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Pet|15 more to go]].</strike> -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 00:46, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

{{m|done}} — As of now, there are no articles on the wiki containing {{tl|Pet}} transclusions. All Pet articles which feature an infobox are now using {{tlx|Monster|pet{{=}}yes}}. Please stick to that format when updating or adding new Pet articles. {{tl|Pet}} should no longer be used. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 21:00, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

== New, reformatted Omnibus List==
{{m|done}} - The new [[Omnibus List]] design is live.
; Previous update
: See [[Talk:Omnibus List#New, flexible Omnibus List with responsive formatting (large- and small-screen friendly!)|today's announcement at Talk:Omnibus List]] regarding a new version of the Omnibus List that's now in testing. It uses a modernized, responsive (size-adaptive) layout, to better fit screen sizes both large and small.
:
:'''A testing/demo version of the new Omnibus List can be found at: [[User:FeRDNYC/Sandbox]]'''
:
:Please leave any/all feedback at [[Talk:Omnibus List]]. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 01:00, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
-- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 13:42, 29 October 2018 (UTC)

== Templates for he-or-she in articles ==

I had a bad idea, which I didn't think through, and took too far. So, here you go: a set of templates to allow The [[Great Random]] to choose the gender of the pronouns in your GodWiki writing!

In brief:

* {{Tlx|He-or-She}}: You'll get either <code>He</code> or <code>She</code>, chosen at <small>kinda-</small>random.
* {{Tlx|he-or-she}}: You'll get either <code>he</code> or <code>she</code>, chosen at <small>kinda-</small>random.

If you're with me so far, I'll assume you can extrapolate to understand the following templates too:

* {{Tlx|Him-or-Her}} and {{Tlx|him-or-her}}
* {{Tlx|His-or-Hers}} and {{Tlx|his-or-hers}}
* {{Tlx|Hero-or-Heroine}} and {{Tlx|hero-or-heroine}}
* {{Tlx|Heroes-or-Heroines}} and {{Tlx|heroes-or-heroines}}

Every one of these can take the optional parameter {{para|or|<var>anything at all</var>}} (as in, for example, {{Tlx|he-or-she|or{{=}}1}}). If  {{para|or|<var>anything</var>}} is present, you'll instead get either <code>he or she</code> or <code>she or he</code> instead.

These are safe to use inline with combining forms. As in: <code>Now {{Tl|he-or-she}}'s the winner!</code> will produce the expected <code>Now he's the winner!</code> or <code>Now she's the winner!</code>.

There's more information (and an important note about an error I can't fix, which could cause you to panic unnecessarily) in the [[Template:He-or-she/Documentation|documentation for <nowiki>{{he-or-she}}</nowiki>]] (and if you can fix that error, brilliant!).

'''''Great, [[Djonni]], but what's the point?'''''

Rather than every single wiki page using ''he'' (or even ''he or she'') as a default choice, this can allow you to have the choice made for you as to what gender will be used in an article. These templates will ''consistently'' choose the same pronoun for a given page; you can be sure that it will consistently choose the same {{he-or-she}}, {{him-or-her}}, {{his-or-hers}}, {{hero-or-heroine}}, etc, and won't switch unexpectedly between them. Then, if you copy-paste the same wiki-code into another page (or transclude it), it will be consistent with ''that'' page. Or, if you prefer, just use it to set an article gender once, and follow that gender choice through the rest of the text, whatever you like. It's a 50/50 diceroll for the gender of a page, to use however you want.

'''''If you want more'''''

I'm done with this collection of templates for now (it was a ''much'' larger set that I first expected already), but if people indicate they would like to use templates like this in a more use cases, these further templates could be made pretty easily:

* {{Tlf|God-or-Goddess}} and corresponding lowercases, plurals, and possessives (a full paradigm of 6 templates altogether)
* The inverted order templates, for when you want to (e.g.) refer to a secondary character, ''he'', that your primary protagonist, ''she'', interacts with. These would be structured as {{Tlf|She-or-He}}, etc. That set expands out to another 10 templates, plus 6 more for {{Tlf|Goddess-or-God}}

I'll do the work if there's an indication that anyone likes this idea and would want to use them! :)

'''''Dude, they're ''still'' binary genders.'''''

Yeah, I know. ''All'' of Godville is binary gendered, and it's out-of-scope for me to fix that with a couple of cute little templates. Sorry. If you can propose a ''sensible'' way that I can promote inclusion of non-binary gender anywhere then I'm honestly all ears, I don't have any ideas, good ''or'' bad. But this at least offers something to erode the monotony of male-gendered content on the GodWiki. And hey, since I haven't built the {{Tlf|she-or-he}} counterpart templates, I guess by default I'm also not promoting heteronormativity, so... Yeah, there's that.

Okay, I'm gonna go do something else now. If you have questions, comments, criticism, or requests, please let me know, here, [[Talk:Djonni|here]], or by direct message on Godville. -- [[User:Djonni|Djonni]] ([[User talk:Djonni|talk]]) 13:46, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

: I've used the {{Tlx|he-or-she}} family of templates in today's update to the [[Template:Featured|Featured Article]] on the main page. It should read fairly seamlessly, and give a concrete example of how it might be used. You'll also note that when appearing on the [[Main Page]] and in the original [[Template:Featured]] page the templates render as <code>he</code> in both places. So speaketh the [[Great Random]]!

: If there are any issues with these templates in the Featured Article at all, I encourage you to [https://wiki.godvillegame.com/index.php?title=Template:Featured&action=edit&undoafter=88986&undo=88987 undo the edit] where I put them in, and to [https://wiki.godvillegame.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&action=edit&section=9 explain the problem] here for us. -- [[User:Djonni|Djonni]] ([[User talk:Djonni|talk]]) 10:56, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

:: {{m|idea}} It wouldn't be difficult to implement a parameter {{para|daily|<var>anything</var>}} that will switch the gender every day. I kind of like that idea, it's perfect for use cases like the Main Page etc. -- [[User:Djonni|Djonni]] ([[User talk:Djonni|talk]]) 11:18, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

::: {{m|done}} The existing set of templates now support a parameter, {{para|daily|<var>anything</var>}}, which switches the gender for the text each day. If you want to see it in action, the current (at the time of this note) [[Template:Featured|Featured Article]] snippet on the [[Main Page]] is now using it, and so each day when the cache of the Main Page is refreshed, the text of the Featured Article will change gender. (I am here assuming that the cache is refreshed daily. That may not be the case; a couple of days observation will reveal the real behaviour.)

::: {{m|thankyou}} Also, after some effort by the talented {{god|FerdNYC}}, the error described in the docs is no longer an issue. I'll update the docs to explain how the template behaves before a new page is saved.

::: Finally, both of these changes make the creation of the inverted template set (<code>{{Tlf|she-or-he}}</code> et cetera) a must. So I'll get to work on that too. (Probably before I update the docs, so I only gotta do that once.) I think I'll make them as essentially wrappers for the current set, though, using a new {{para|reverse|<var>anything</var>}} option, so that improvements are less arduous. (Perhaps I should simply implement a master function (<code>{{Tlf|m-or-f}}</code>?) which takes {{para|male|<var>him</var>}} and {{para|female|<var>her</var>}} text inputs? Then behaviour changes would be completely consistent to the entire set. Hmmm.) -- [[User:Djonni|Djonni]] ([[User talk:Djonni|talk]]) 13:15, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

:::: {{m|done}} Instead of making an entire set of {{tlf|she-or-he}}, each of the gender-selection templates now supports the {{para|invert|<var>anything</var>}} parameter to switch the focus of the gender when required to write sensible sentences. More detail and examples are given in the documentation for the {{tl|m-or-f}} template which is now the basis of the whole set (and can be used to construct your own God-or-Goddess or any function you like. More info in the docs.)

:::: Oh, and while writing the docs I realised I'd missed the possessive adjectives, so I've added {{tl|his-or-her}} and {{tl|His-or-Her}} to the set. So now, {{he-or-she|daily=1}} can hold {{his-or-her|daily=1|invert=1}} hand in the moonlight, and make sense.

:::: I'm going to start subtly including these templates in some key places around the GodWiki, especially for content in highly-visible places like the Main Page. But they're there for everyone's use, so if you want to, enjoy!

:::: Please leave any relevant comments, questions, or requests here. For now, I consider this little template project concluded. :) Cheers -- [[User:Djonni|Djonni]] ([[User talk:Djonni|talk]]) 17:05, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

{{outdent|:::::}} {{tqi|If you can propose a ''sensible'' way that I can promote inclusion of non-binary gender anywhere then I'm honestly all ears|q=yes}} Personally I've become pretty big on singular "they" (and equivalent forms), for the general case of genderless pronoun usage. And it doesn't even require any templates! 😉 

You do have to get used to reading things like, "The hero brushed themself off and continued on their way," which parses pretty weird at first. Also, '''holy ''wow''''' do some people get irrationally pissed off at that usage, accusing you of everything from PC capitulation to eroding the fabric of society. But I say screw those people, since they insist on being <nowiki>{{dicks-and-or-vaginas}}</nowiki>. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 13:07, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

: (Note that my example also requires the reader to consider "hero" a genderless noun, which is a topic about which there has been plenty of debate, and strong arguments made on both sides.) -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 13:21, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

:: Oh I absolutely agree on "they", but as you also pointed out, it's not, erm... ''universally'' agreed upon. ;) The genderlessness of "hero" is also interesting, but since all of Godville differentiates between {{heroes-or-heroines|daily=1}} and {{heroes-or-heroines|daily=1|invert=1}}, I feel like defaulting to 'hero' in the Goville context is defaulting to male-focussed language.

:: But! If any editor wishes to, ''they'' are welcome to use any language they like when describing or failing to describe the gender of any characters. Of course. :) -- [[User:Djonni|Djonni]] ([[User talk:Djonni|talk]]) 14:09, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

::: [[Image:cross.png]] "Not that there's anything wrong with that!" 
::: [[Image:tick.png]] "No, of course not!" -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 19:57, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

== Guild infoboxes now automatically link to guild pages ==

[[User:Djonni|Djonni]] had the excellent idea to have {{tl|Guild}} generate links to guild pages ''automatically'', instead of requiring a {{para|stats}} argument to provide the URL. So, that's now in place, and a lot of Guild articles should contain '''Guild Page:''' links that didn't have them before.

If for some reason you would prefer '''not''' to have that link shown on a guild article, passing a {{para|stats|no}} argument to the {{tl|Guild}} template will disable the automatic link generation.

And if the automatic link is generated ''wrong'' for some reason, {{para|stats|<var>url</var>}} still works to manually supply a URL. (This also means that older guild articles that include a {{para|stats|<var>url</var>}} argument will continue to function same as always. But {{para|stats|<var>url</var>}} is no longer '''necessary''' to have a '''Guild Page:''' link show up.)

For most Guild articles, {{para|stats}} should '''not''' be included in the template arguments anymore. It's easier to just let the template generate the link automatically. (It's up to the editors of existing guild articles, whether you remove {{para|stats}} if it's already set.) 

The other link parameter, {{para|forum|<var>url</var>}}, is still required if you want to display a forum link. There's no way the template can automatically determine the correct URL for guild forums. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 12:53, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

== Decorations were hung on the artifacts with care ==

'''''Note:''' this template has since been renamed more generally as {{tlx|Decorate item}}''

Inspired by the [[Halloween 2018]] article's extensive use of example pumpkin-decorated artifact names, and by the fact that just ''writing'' e.g. "🎃[[golden pumpkin]]🎃" doesn't quite look right (the pumpkins are too close to the text), I've created a new set of templates specifically to produce these "decorated" strings, but with nicer formatting and line-wrapping protection.

The general-purpose template is {{tlx|decorate artifact}}, but more convenient wrappers have been created for known Godville decorations:

* {{tlx|pumpkins}}: for decorating Halloween artifacts, e.g.
:: {{tlx|pumpkins|<nowiki>[[golden pumpkin]]</nowiki>|}} → {{pumpkins|[[golden pumpkin]]}}
* {{tlx|party}}: for decorating celebration-related artifacts (like the anniversary specials), e.g.
:: {{tlx|party|<nowiki>[[3000-days gold coin]]</nowiki>|}} → {{party|[[3000-days gold coin]]}}

Templates for additional standard decorations will be added as they appear, or [[Template talk:Decorate artifact|upon request]]. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 15:39, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

:* {{tlx|turkey}} was aded for Thanksgiving, and produces the first one-sided decoration:
::: {{tlx|turkey|<nowiki>[[roasted turkey]]</nowiki>}} → {{turkey|[[roasted turkey]]}} -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 04:13, 4 December 2018 (UTC)

== A new link template for Guild pages ==

A new linking template, {{tlx|Guild link}}, has been added to the wiki. Use it to conveniently link to the official Godville page for the named [[Guilds|Guild]].

The same way: {{tlx|God|<var>God name</var>|}} => {{God|<var>God name</var>}}

You can now use: {{tlx|Guild link|<var>Guild name</var>|}} => {{Guild link|<var>Guild name</var>}}

(Hopefully the emoji shield in front of the Guild's name shows up everywhere. If not, in particular if you see an empty rectangle or any sort of question-mark symbol, please reply and let me know — include the details of what browser, device, operating system, etc. you're using.)

For example: {{tlx|Guild link|Bobius|}} => {{Guild link|Bobius}}

There's also a plaintext mode, just add {{para|plain|yes}}. {{tlx|Guild link|Eternal|plain{{=}}yes}} => {{Guild link|Eternal|plain=yes}}.

(That's used in the {{tlx|Guild}} infobox template, to generate the '''Guild Page:''' links.)

Full details, including available parameters and more examples, are in the documentation at {{tlx|Guild link}}. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 15:53, 11 November 2018 (UTC)

== And a new link template for Pantheon positions... ==

... just to complete the set!

{{Tl|Pantheon link}} can now be used to create a nicely formatted (or plain) link to a Pantheon on the Godville game page, and can optionally link directly to a specific position in that pantheon. It is expected to be used primarily on [[:Category:Gods|God]] or [[:Category:Guilds|Guild]] pages, though be aware that if your pantheon position is volatile you may prefer not to link directly to it.

So now, just as {{tlx|God|<var>God name</var>}} => {{God|<var>God name</var>}}<br />
and {{tlx|Guild link|<var>Guild name</var>}} => {{Guild link|<var>Guild name</var>}},

now {{tlx|Pantheon link|<var>pantheon</var>}} => {{Pantheon link|pantheon}}

And, more usefully, to link to a specific pantheon position:<br />
{{tlx|Pantheon link|<var>pantheon</var>|15}} => {{Pantheon link|pantheon|15}}.

As with the shield in {{Tl|Guild link}}, hopefully the trophy emoji appears correctly on any device. Should it not, reply here and let us know, with what browser, device, operating system, etc. you're using.

Some quick examples:

:{{Tlx|Pantheon link|taming|237}} => {{Pantheon link|taming|237}}
:{{Tlx|Pantheon link|savings|20|text{{=}}short}} => {{Pantheon link|savings|20|text=short}}
:{{Tlx|Pantheon link|wood|1102|plain{{=}}yes}} => {{Pantheon link|wood|1102|plain=yes}}
:{{Tlx|Pantheon link|storytelling|51|text{{=}}none|plain{{=}}yes}} => {{Pantheon link|storytelling|51|text=none|plain=yes}}
:<code><nowiki>[[Pantheon of Gratitude]]: '''</nowiki>{{tlp|Pantheon link|gratitude|123|text{{=}}none|plain{{=}}yes}}<nowiki>'''</nowiki></code> => [[Pantheon of Gratitude]]: '''{{Pantheon link|gratitude|123|text=none|plain=yes}}'''

More details and examples are in the documentation at the {{tl|Pantheon link}} page. Take a quick look there to see how to use it with any pantheon you'd like (though it best suits pantheons where your position is quite stable, as it can't update itself magically with your current position). If you have any questions not covered in the documentation, please feel free to ask, either here or on [[Template talk:Pantheon link]]. -- [[User:Djonni|Djonni]] ([[User talk:Djonni|talk]]) 13:16, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

== Sign template updates requiring page edits ==

{{Sign|title=This template needs to be fixed|text=These fixes will require the editing of Guild articles by a non-Guild-member (specifically, me — [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]]), which is normally not permitted by the Godwiki rules. I request that everyone understand the reasons behind this one-time, limited violation of those rules.}}
===The plan===
The {{tlx|Sign}} template, which is used to create notices like the one above, has several issues with how its parameters are specified. You can find a long, detailed explanation of those issues at [[Template talk:Sign|the Talk page for the template]], if you're interested. But the important point here is, those issues are going to be fixed. The fixes, however, will affect ''existing'' uses of {{tlx|Sign}} in Godwiki articles.
===What this means for you (the editor of an article containing {{tlx|Sign}})===
# If your article contains a sign transclusion with parameters like {{tlx|Sign|bordercolor{{=}}red}} or {{tlx|Sign|bgcolor{{=}}#91A3B0}}, those parameters will '''start''' working, where up until now they have been ignored. This will change the appearance of the sign, perhaps in unwanted ways. If so, simply remove the {{para|bgcolor}}, {{para|bordercolor}}, or {{para|outerbordercolor}} arguments so that the sign will use the default values, like it was previously.
# If your article contains a transclusion with parameters like {{para|bordercolor|ee8822}}, those parameters will ''break'' due to the changes. If this happens, '''I will fix them for you''', by changing them to e.g. {{para|bordercolor|#ee8822}}. You will not have to do anything. That is the reason for this announcement, and for the request that Guild members understand why a non-member will be editing their Guild page. My changes on any Guild articles will be limited to editing {{tlx|Sign}} parameters '''''only'''''.

If there are any affected {{tlx|Sign}} transclusions on user pages (it doesn't ''look'' like it, so far), I won't be able to fix them. I'll try to leave explanatory notes on the associated Talk pages, if those cases arise.

I don't plan to start these changes immediately (I want to give people time to digest this announcement, for one thing), but they will be happening soon and most likely will be completed by the end of the week. If anyone has any objections or issues, you have the floor... -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 21:56, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

: {{m|partlydone}}
: The color-parameter changes are complete. {{tlx|Sign|bgcolor{{=}}|bordercolor{{=}}|outerbordercolor{{=}}}} now accepts '''any''' valid CSS color string, e.g. {{para|bgcolor|red}} or {{para|bordercolor|rgb(100,150,0)}}. If specifying color by hex color value (i.e. <code>#RGB</code> or <code>#RRGGBB</code>), you ''must'' include  the leading <code>#</code> sign.
:; Guild pages edited
:* [[The Ancestry Knight]]
:* [[Lucky God Casino]] (three places)
:* [[I AM]] (two places)
:* [[Open Bar]]
:* [[404]]
: The only change that remains to be done is the fix to {{para|imgwidth}}, and the only page that will be affected ''there'' is [[Open Bar]] (again). I'll get to that another time. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 00:24, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

== Default picture and auto-templating for Artifact and Monster infoboxes ==

Just like {{tlx|Equipment}} since its inception, {{tlx|Artifact}} and {{tlx|Monster}} now have default "generic" images that they will use whenever an image is not supplied via {{para|image|<var>filename</var>}}. They will also (again just like {{tlx|Equipment}}) auto-template those articles as {{tlx|Picture}}-needed, adding them to the [[:Category:Pictures needed|Pictures needed]] hidden category.

To avoid double-templating, I removed the manual {{tlx|Picture}} templating from any {{tlx|Artifact}}-using articles which already had it. (There were only two, [[Orange bag]] and [[Heart warmer]].)

I tried to also get all of the {{tlx|Monster}} articles which contained manual {{tlx|Picture}} templates. There were far more of those, and I can't promise I didn't miss any. If you see any articles with '''two''' "Pictures needed" hatnotes (that's a message box at the top of the page), please edit the article source to remove the "{{tlx|Picture}}" template, as the infobox is now automatically supplying it. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 02:45, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

== Navbar line on navboxes ==

Now that we have a {{tlx|Navbar}} template (which I imported for use with the new {{tlx|Infobox}} code, though that isn't ready yet), we can have our Navbox templates show links to make them easier to modify. I've installed a Navbar on just {{tlx|Navboxauras}} for now, as an experiment. It's the three letters (for View • Talk • Edit) in the upper left corner that let you access the navbox template more easily:

{{Navboxauras}}

Navbars on ''infoboxes'' tend to have fallen out of favor on MediaWiki sites (and I may still end up disabling them on our new infoboxes, before they're released), because they lead to people who want to update infobox data trying to edit the template ''code'', when they '''should''' be editing the template ''transclusion'' in the article they're reading. 

But with Navboxes, there's nothing to edit in the article, and you ''do'' need to edit the template code to modify them. So, it's a little different. There is still the danger, though, that the links will lead to inexperienced people messing up the Navbox templates more frequently. So I guess that's one reason for experimenting on just one template, first, to see if {{tlx|Navboxauras}} becomes the target of increased problem editing.

Let me know if anyone has any thoughts or objections. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 05:25, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

:How about we have a version for Infoboxes that simply omits the 'edit' option? I think there's definitely merit in a clear link directly to the documentation and talk pages for an infobox. -- [[User:Djonni|Djonni]] ([[User talk:Djonni|talk]]) 16:16, 25 November 2018 (UTC)

:: Hmm, that's definitely an option technically, so yeah that could be one way to go. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 05:27, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

== Preview of proposed new Infoboxes ==

For a while now, I've been working on adapting the master {{tlx|Infobox}} code from the English Wikipedia for use here at the GodWiki, with the aim being to reimplement our Infoboxes. Using {{tlx|Infobox}} as the base template gives us access to more advanced features and formatting, and gives the infoboxes a more modern and cohesive look.

For this first round I'm focusing only on the three main infoboxes — certainly {{tlx|Town}} would also be updated, and most likely {{tlx|Guild}}, the user infoboxes, etc. as well, but that would all come later.

There's some initial discussion between [[User:Djonni|Djonni]] and myself at [[Talk:Djonni#Preview Release!]] for anyone interested, but the real point is that I feel like the effort has progressed far enough to seek commentary and input from a wider audience. 

Anyone interested is welcome to take a look at [[User:FeRDNYC/Sandbox]], which contains a series of Artifact, Equipment, and Monster articles showcasing different possible forms of the new infobox templates for those articles. Where there are differences between them, or different versions of the same thing, it means that I'm trying out different possible formattings. As it says in the intro to that page, any and all input is welcome and encouraged — there's a link to the associated Talk page if anyone has any thoughts, positive or negative, on any or all of the infoboxes shown there. 

'''Most''' helpful to me, at this stage, would be firm preferences of the form, "I like (this formatting) much better than (that formatting), you should definitely go with the first one." But, as I said, ''any'' input is welcome. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 03:50, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

== A humble proposal ==

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! style="text-align:center;" | TL;DR
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|I think the GodWiki's (just about) ready for an event around creating content and bringing new, inexperienced, dormant or aspiring content creators from the general player population across the threshold. I talk about the general concept, [[#content-drive-momentum|getting involved]], what [[#content-drive-ready|needs to happen]] first, but to cut to the actual ''plan'', [[#content-drive-plan|'''start here''']].
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[https://wiki.godvillegame.com/index.php?title=Template_talk:Featured&diff=prev&oldid=90680 This edit] by {{god|Terezka}}, nominating [[Special:WantedPages]] for the Feature Article, got me thinking.

A ''huge'' amount of effort (and ''thousands and thousands'' of Talk bytes) has gone into renovating and improving the GodWiki recently, after a long period of neglect as various major early contributors and editors became inactive over the years. A portion of the player base has definitely noticed this reinvigoration, and it might be my imagination but I feel like overall engagement with the wiki has been slowly creeping upwards.

As we know, the majority of active users are still doing one of two things: contributing to their own (guild/god/hero) pages, and contributing to the Omnibus & List pages. But non-trivial contributions to creative content on the GodWiki is less common, even among those of us who use the wiki on a regular or semi-regular basis.

So, here's my humble proposal for discussion and consideration: '''''A GodWiki New Years Resolution — a January Content Drive'''''.

I think the time is ripe for a little fanfare, relaunching a refreshed GodWiki to the player community at large. But first:

# [[#content-drive-momentum|There need to be enough people]] who think this is a good idea that it has enough momentum to carry it through the month (and doesn't rely on any one person too much, as real life always takes precedence);
# We need to agree that [[#content-drive-ready|the GodWiki's ''ready'']] to have a spotlight shone on it, which I think will need us to reach some [[milestone]]s; and
# We need to agree on [[#content-drive-plan|what we'd actually ''do''!]] :)

If it went ahead, I would think of a content drive for January as an experiment, to see if doing this kind of thing regularly might work.

{{anchor|content-drive-momentum}}'''1. ''Enough people involved.''''' By "involved", I mean in helping me to think through, preparing for (see next), and carrying an event across the month of January: shaking the pompoms and posting updates in the forums, keeping track of created content on a dedicated page (see below), just little things like that. The metric for this would be if folks are participating in this talk topic, to make suggestions, express interest or concerns, what have you (in other words, if you'd like this to happen, say so!). If this idea gets no love, I'll archive it myself and we can carry on with business as usual. I don't expect the sort of thing I have in mind would be very demanding of anyone's time, but if it's being driven by just one person and that person disappears unexpectedly for half of the month (if, say, for example, that hypothetical person were juggling two new jobs, settling into a new home, what have you), well, that would be a failed experiment.

{{anchor|content-drive-ready}}'''2. ''Is the GodWiki ready:''''' There are a few projects that are being tinkered with that would need to be in at least a final draft stage (with stable parameters and behaviour), otherwise we'll end up giving new editors a confusing, unstable experience, whereas I'm hoping to give people who're inexperienced contributors to the Wiki a '''''great experience'''''. Here's a non-canonical collection of what I've thought of as preconditions to aim for, in descending order of importance in my mind:

* {{m|doing}} Final draft versions of {{tlx|monster}}, {{tlx|artifact}}, and {{tlx|equipment}}, as those are the domains in which I imagine the majority of the creativity to be occurring &mdash; Join the conversation about this at [[User talk:FeRDNYC/Sandbox]])
* {{m|done}}This probably includes finishing {{tlx|navbox}}.
* Raising the bar in the guideline articles:
** [[Guideline: Artifact Articles]] <small>([[Talk:Guideline: Artifact Articles|Talk]])</small>, [[Guideline: Equipment Articles]] <small>([[Talk:Guideline: Equipment Articles|Talk]])</small>, and [[Guideline: Monster Articles]] <small>([[Talk:Guideline: Monster Articles|Talk]])</small> need varying levels of work (and maybe [[Guideline: Entertainment Articles]] <small>([[Talk:Guideline: Entertainment Articles|Talk]])</small>?)
** Similarly with [[Godwiki Guidebook]] <small>([[Talk:Godwiki Guidebook|Talk]])</small> and the [[Creators Manual]] <small>([[Talk:Creators Manual|Talk]])</small>
** Merge [[Picture]] and [[Creators Manual#Images|''Images'' in the Creators Manual]]
** Make sure that [https://wiki.godvillegame.com/index.php?namespace=&tagfilter=mobile+edit&title=Special%3ARecentChanges mobile-only users] have advice and tools to play along, including those using the in-app browser with no access to address bars or multiple tabs (e.g., major templates and ''Guideline:'' pages should have copy-paste quick-start examples to reduce the need to click back and forth)

{{anchor|content-drive-plan}}'''3. ''Yeah, yeah, what's the actual ''idea'', Djonni? God you write a ''lot'' of <s>bullsh...</s> words sometimes:''''' My first thought, though I'm certainly open to other ideas, would be to structure a content drive around a content '''theme'''. As I mentioned above, if it went well there's no reason that later content drives couldn't happen for different themes.

Some ideas for a theme for a January content drive:

* Every {{hero-or-heroine|daily=1}} and {{hero-or-heroine|daily=1|invert=1}}'s favourite theme: '''Beer'''! — Votes from: [[User:Djonni|Djonni]] ([[User talk:Djonni|talk]])
* Seasonally relevant: '''Winter''' — Votes from: 
* Insert additional ideas here

(Please feel free to expand the list or cast a vote above by adding your name. Pro-tip: Three tildes (<code><nowiki>~~~</nowiki></code>) will automatically insert your name.)

I imagine we would put together a wiki page for the event where we list wanted content within the scope of the theme, articles not yet created, stubs, and pictures needed. When someone creates or contributes content for the theme, we (or they themselves) can update the list giving the author recognition (more visible and permanent than the page's history or the recent changes list).

Here's a content survey of the proposed theme:

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ Beer
!Monsters
|-
|
* [[Ale-chemist]]
* [[Boozerker]] ({{1ab}})
* [[Barbeerian]]
* [[Beer Cub]]
* [[Beer Golem]]
* [[Beer Hunter]] (complete)
* [[Beer Mugger]]
* [[Beerburglar]]
* [[Beerkat]] (stub, picture)
* [[Beerserker]]
* [[Beerwolf]] (stub, picture)
* [[Boartender]] (stub, picture)
|-
!Artifacts
|-
|
* [[Bar tab]] (complete)
* [[Beer-battered beer]]
* [[Beer-scented soap]] (stub, picture)
* [[Bottle of beer from a wall]]
* [[Bottle of domesticated beer]]
* [[Bottle of holy ale]]
* [[Dungeon brew]]
* [[Exclamation pint]]
* [[Fairy ale]]
* [[Flask of witch's brewski]]
* [[“Free beer” ticket]]
* [[Instant beer tablet]]
* [[Pint of no return]]
* [[Portable beer cooler]]
* [[Pot of strange brew]]
* [[Strange brew]]
* [[Vanishing pint]]
* [[“Wish you were beer” postcard]]
|-
!Equipment
|-
|
* [[Bartenderizer]] (weapon) (complete)
* [[Beer goggles]] (head)
|-
!Quests
|-
|
* [[Deliver some sour gnomish beer to the dark elves]]
* [[Find out how to turn a golden brick into a pint of beer]]
* [[Sing all of “99 bottles of beer on the wall!”]]
* [[Sit in a tavern and write fake diary entries]]
* [[Brew a storm in a teacup]]
|-
! Other
|-
|
* '''Skill:''' [[Beer belly]] (stub, picture)

Probably everything in [[Template:Navboxtaverns|Navbox taverns]]:
* [[All Inn]]
* [[The Battle Toad]]
* [[Boatmurdered]] (complete)
* [[Caravanserai]]
* [[The Den of Iniquity]]
* [[The Drunken Clam]] (complete)
* [[Dunquestin]]
* [[The Glass Cannon]]
* [[Khaki-colored Dragon]] (complete)
* [[The Mended Drum]]
* [[Molotov's Cocktail Bar]] (complete)
* [[Progress Bar]]
* [[The Rumor Mill]]
* [[The Rusty Goblin]] (complete)
* [[Shepherd’s Stuff]]
* [[Space Bar]]
* [[The Sword & Sandal]]
* [[The Whinery]]
|-
!Loosely related
|-
|
* [[Cheap shot glass]]
* [[Double-barreled shot glass]]
* [[Half-full glass]]
* [[Parting shot glass]]
* [[Penalty shot glass]]
* [[Sawed-off shot glass]]
|}

I imagine a few ways to keep the content drive going through the month.

1. '''The forums.''' Announcement of the content drive and, assuming there's any response, regular updates  on what's going on. This would probably be restricted to [https://godvillegame.com/forums/show_topic/308 Wiki Questions Thread]. I'm happy to take lead on the forum launch, but I'm equally happy for someone else to if you're keen.

2. '''A tracking page.''' Designed and probably maintained by a handful of us. Text about the content drive, establishing expectations, emphasising wiki values ([[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Be Bold|Be Bold]], be respectful, write to your best ability — I don't want to exclude people for whom English isn't a first language, etc), pointers to how to get started (see guidelines and manuals Todo, above), and a table tracking progress. Perhaps use {{tlx|diaryquest}} for some dressing.

I imagine a table that might look a bit like this (up for discussion, of course):

{| class="wikitable"
|+ January Content Drive (as at ~~<nowiki />~<nowiki />~~)
! Type !! Article !! Created By
|-
| Monster || [[Beer Golem]] ||
|-
| Monster || [[Beerburglar]] || {{god|Djonni|extended=y}} {{Guild link|The Forsakens Lament}}
|-
| ... || ||
|}

Other columns ("Additional edits by", etc) may become relevant as the month proceeds, but no need to overcomplicate it to begin with.

3. '''Stimulate some friendly inter-guild rivalry.''' I think there are some guilds that would be pretty enthusiastic about waving their banner on this! And so I think a guild leagues table would be fun. This might need some points system, perhaps loosely emulating the [[Pantheon of Adventure]], details to be worked out. Something like this at the top of the page might be enough to get a few guild councils talking, and a few guild leaders rabble-rousing. 

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Guild Leagues (as at ~~<nowiki />~<nowiki />~~)
! Guild !! Points !! Emblem
|-
| {{Guild link|Guild 1}} || 100 || <code><nowiki>[[File: Emblem from guild wiki page|</nowiki>'''5em'''<nowiki>|link=Guild wiki page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
| {{Guild link|Guild 2}} || 80 || <code><nowiki>[[File: Emblem from guild wiki page|</nowiki>'''2em'''<nowiki>|link=Guild wiki page]]</nowiki></code>
|-
|...|| || 2em
|}

4. '''Partial hijack of the Main Page.''' I thought that a hijacking of {{tlx|Mainpageintro}} for the month would help too, for those who come to the GodWiki but don't frequent the forums and don't read Talk pages.

Anyway, this is more than enough words for now. If you like the general idea, and would like to see it go ahead in any form, let us know here. Here, I'll make it easy — copy this: <code><nowiki>👍 -- ~~~~</nowiki></code>, click [https://wiki.godvillegame.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&action=edit this], and paste it at the very bottom of the page!

===Comments===
* I didn't get through nearly all of this yet, because it is very long, but also part of the reason is that I'm on my phone and it kind of sucks to read there. In the spirit of drawing people in and making things accessible, please reformat:
** That box next to the intro, because 50% of the width of a phone screen is tiny and ugly
::{{Outdent|::|reverse=yes}}
::::{{M|done}}, hopefully, ironically I'm also on my phone right now so can't properly check desktop 😇 --[[User:Djonni|Djonni]] ([[User talk:Djonni|talk]]) 00:38, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
::{{Outdent|::}}
:* The tables, which end up with columns too narrow to read.
::{{Outdent|::|reverse=yes}}
:::: Started, will look again in the morning --[[User:Djonni|Djonni]] ([[User talk:Djonni|talk]]) 00:38, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
::{{Outdent|::}}
: I will sit down and read this later when I'm at my computer, but a lot of people only access the wiki via the phone app. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 00:04, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

===Responses===
* As far as new infoboxes (I saw something go by about that), I can have those ready in, as you say, "final draft" form within 3-5 days at the ''outside''. (Also add {{tlx|town}} to the list, because there's no point in a redesign without our most consistently used infobox.)

: Regarding the main page, though, rather than changing the intro box, I'd suggest adding an additional banner above the featured/intro boxes, something that'll obviously stand out as different and changed. I honestly don't think most wiki visitors would even notice if the intro box changed. I can put structure together for that with only a day or two notice, if the content is relatively straightforward.

: That's all I caught in a quick skim, like I said more later. -- [[User:FeRDNYC|FeRDNYC]] ([[User talk:FeRDNYC|talk]]) 00:13, 7 December 2018 (UTC)

:: So, I've had ''some'' positive responses, mostly through direct messages. I'm not sure if that bodes well enough to go ahead, but I'm going to continue the preparation just in case. I mean, [https://www.flickr.com/photos/monkchips/4254681996/ what if it's a big flop and we create a better GodWiki for nothing?]

::Since there was no commentary or suggestions about the theme, I'm narrowing down on ''Beer''. I think it offers a nice variety of article types, and is such a strong theme throughout Godville that, hopefully, everyone has an opportunity to contribute. With the theme including so many different kinds of monster, artifacts, even taverns, I don't think a creator needs to be a beer drinker (or a drinker at all) to find inspiration there. (If you '''don't''' think it offers you a chance to contribute, '''speak now or forever hold your peace.''')

::I've expanded the beer list above with a handful of extra items I'd missed, and pared off the list of winter items for the sake of focus. I'm going to work on guideline articles and concept for the tracking page. (If anyone has ideas or suggestions for either, they're welcome.)

::A draft navbox for content drive pages, intentionally eye-catching:

{{navbox|example=y
|navbarname = Talk:Main Page
|state=expanded
|title-background = gold
|above-background = yellow
|group-background = khaki
|list-background = lightyellow
|title = 🍺 JanuWiki 2019 🍺<br />🍺 En-Lager-ing the GodWiki 🍺
|above = {{Navbox list|<span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✔</span> Complete article|<span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✒️</span> Stub|<span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">📷</span> Picture required}}
|group1 = Monsters
|list1 = {{Navbox list|bullet=🍻| [[Ale-chemist]]
| [[Boozerker]]
| [[Barbeerian]]
| [[Beer Cub]]
| [[Beer Golem]]
| [[Beer Hunter]] <span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✔</span>
| [[Beer Mugger]]
| [[Beerburglar]]
| [[Beerkat]] <span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✒️📷</span>
| [[Beerserker]]
| [[Beerwolf]] <span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✒️📷</span>
| [[Boartender]] <span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✒️📷</span>}}
|group2 = Artifacts
|list2 = {{Navbox list|bullet=🍻
| [[Bar tab]] <span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✔</span>
| [[Beer-battered beer]]
| [[Beer-scented soap]] <span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✒️📷</span>
| [[Bottle of beer from a wall]]
| [[Bottle of domesticated beer]]
| [[Bottle of holy ale]]
| [[Dungeon brew]]
| [[Exclamation pint]]
| [[Fairy ale]]
| [[Flask of witch's brewski]]
| [[“Free beer” ticket]]
| [[Instant beer tablet]]
| [[Pint of no return]]
| [[Portable beer cooler]]
| [[Pot of strange brew]]
| [[Strange brew]]
| [[Vanishing pint]]
| [[“Wish you were beer” postcard]]}}
|group3 = Equipment
|list3 = {{Navbox list|bullet=🍻
| [[Bartenderizer]] <span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✔</span>
| [[Beer goggles]]}}
|group4 = Quests
|list4 = {{Navbox list|bullet=🍻|bullet-wrap=yes
| [[Deliver some sour gnomish beer to the dark elves]]
| [[Find out how to turn a golden brick into a pint of beer]]
| [[Sing all of “99 bottles of beer on the wall!”]]
| [[Sit in a tavern and write fake diary entries]]
| [[Brew a storm in a teacup]]}}
|group5 = Skills
|list5 = [[Beer belly]] <span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✒️📷</span>
|group6 = Taverns
|list6 = {{Navbox list
 |[[All Inn]]
 |[[The Battle Toad]]
 |[[Boatmurdered]] <span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✔</span>
 |[[Caravanserai]]
 |[[The Den of Iniquity]]
 |[[The Drunken Clam]] <span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✔</span>
 |[[Dunquestin]]
 |[[The Glass Cannon]]
 |[[Khaki-colored Dragon]] <span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✔</span>
 |[[The Mended Drum]]
 |[[Molotov's Cocktail Bar]] <span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✔</span>
 |[[Progress Bar]]
 |[[The Rumor Mill]]
 |[[The Rusty Goblin]] <span style{{=}}"font-size: x-small; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;">✔</span>
 |[[Shepherd’s Stuff]]
 |[[Space Bar]]
 |[[The Sword & Sandal]]
 |[[The Whinery]]
}}
}}

::I've trimmed the text above just a bit. Any comments on this plan are still welcome below. -- [[User:Djonni|Djonni]] ([[User talk:Djonni|talk]]) 07:35, 11 December 2018 (UTC)