User talk:Orkamat

Acquisition of plants
Hi, there. Seems, you're doing right now what I had planned for my second play-through: completing all the plants for the areas. ;o)

This wiki is in the process of applying some overall changes to many, if not all pages. Perhaps you've already seen that I implemented some template to the plants' acquisition for some of your edits. Would you mind to add it by yourself where it's missing in your next additions?

It's simple. Just put  between the header and the first entry. If there's only one entry it nevertheless has to be bulleted,. After the last entry a return/line break and a. The part  mustn't be there, but if you notice a non-bulleted list without it, then put it in again. That would help us! :o)

==Acquisition==
 * Example

By the way, I did some more changes to Admeth's Wyrt. ;o) --  -- You like to talk to me? -- cCContributions -- 09:45, 24 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi! I don't see how to reply, nor how to post on your talk page, but maybe you'll see this. :)
 * I had, indeed, seen that code, and wondered if I should be adding it where it was missing, but I could only guess its purpose and didn't know who or how to ask. I will add it to future edits.
 * --Orkamat (talk) 12:01, 24 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks, already noticed. :o)
 * First : of course I see this, because I've edited (created) this page, so it's on my watch list, and I get an e-mail when it's changed.
 * Second : you could have clicked the link in my signature where it says "You like to talk to me?", to land on my own talk page, but there's a note explaining that I prefer to leave one thread on one page – makes it easier to follow; so it's perfect for me to keep talking here about this topic.
 * A general hint for discussions : consecutive posts usually are indented by putting one or more colons before each line. I've added 1 colon to your lines, and mine start with 2 colons. If you want to answer, you would again insert 3 colons, and so on. (Edit the page to see what I mean; the blank behind the colon is purely cosmetic.)
 * The purpose of that code : FurloSK introduced SMW (Semantic MediaWiki) to this wiki, which allows information on pages to be collected and used globally as a database. When adding related code to a page where it works, and you use the preview feature, it places a note at the top of the page, starting with "This page supports semantic in-text annotations…" – perhaps you noticed this already. At the bottom of the page you can see, which information would be gathered from here, "Facts about…". Adding the "Has acquisition" to the plants could e.g. be used to get a list of all plants acquirable through Hendyna without visiting her store page. The most extensive usage of this feature, until now, is part of the weapons and reduces and simplifies their infoboxes, yet adding information to each one without having that actually on the page.
 * And something of a personal taste : there would be multiple ways to order the single possibilities of acquisition: by alphabet, by purchase/harvest/reward – or by opportunity, with which I mean the usual order of visiting areas, getting quests, etc. For example one has to discover Dyrford Village before entering Dyrford Crossing. The Encampment would always be first this way, followed by Cilant Lîs. This would be my preferred order, and you – partly – continued it. But grouping by "Can be harvested…", "Can be purchased…", "Quest reward…" makes definitely sense, using the logical order inside such a group again. Unfortunately Set and print doesn't allow headings inside the list, so no way of putting an e.g.  before a group.


 * As FurloSK and I are the most regular contributors these days, you can ask all further questions – beside this topic – on his or my talk page. Additionally you can make proposals or ask questions on the community portal's discussion or point to things that need administrative attention on the admin noticeboard (both links you also can find in the first section of the left navigation bar).
 * Okay, seems, this was some sort of "Welcome to our Wiki!" :o) (There's no usual welcome template here, as far as I know. And I'm not even admin… ;o) So keep on having fun with editing! -- UserCCCSig.png  -- You like to talk to me? -- cCContributions -- 12:55, 24 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you. It was a very fine and informative welcome.
 * I tried to maintain whatever patterns I observed in the plant entries, such as ordering harvesting locations according to area discovery sequence, and putting purchase info before harvest info ... although I now think that it should really follow. Before I add Coren's plant sales, what do you think the best ordering would be?
 * Also, if/when I edit gems, should they have the same (or similar) template code?
 * --Orkamat (talk) 06:05, 25 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I have to admit that I don't know what you mean with "Coren's plant sales", I'm not that far in the game. I assume it's a merchant – and hopefully your question is answered by me without this knowledge…
 * Yes, I also think "that it should really follow".
 * And of course the "Has acquisition" can, better: should be added to all single item pages, including gems. Do it when you're editing such a page – no need for moving through them all at once. -- UserCCCSig.png  -- You like to talk to me? -- cCContributions -- 13:51, 25 January 2017 (UTC)