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Welcome to Underrail Wiki! The Community Portal is the portal for resources intended to wiki editors—style guides and overviews of the progress on wikifying the games.

Style guide

See Underrail Wiki:Style guide.

The gist of it is that we don't have strict style guides. Loosely following Wikipedia's MOS works for the most part. Editors are encouraged to follow style set by existing articles of same type; It is often the easiest way to get things done.

State of the wiki

There are many ways in which you can help. Don't be afraid to edit and create articles!

These links contains state of each game on the wiki, along with links to all infoboxes, navboxes and other resources you need. There's plenty of work to be done in all of them.

Wikifying progress by game
Underrail base game	Underrail Wiki: Base game status
Underrail: Expedition expansion	Underrail Wiki: Project Expedition

If you undertake a big project to update one of the areas that's in bad shape, please update those pages accordingly once your work is done.

About images

Some conventions, tips and tools for editing and uploading images. Some assets are best exported from game files, others created from screenshots taken while playing. How to name your files is discussed at Underrail Wiki: Style guide#Naming. Image categories are listed for each game in their "state of wiki" pages above.

Icons (export from game resources)

Icons should be 33x33px PNG, with transparent background and correct transparency.
Can be extracted from game resources at \Underrail\Data\Icons\ with XNB tools.

Portraits (export from game resources)

Can be extracted from game resources at \Underrail\Data\Portraits\ with XNB tools.

NPCs (screenshotting/export from game resources)

NPC/mob models should be minimum 100x100px or taller as required, similar in size with the portrait next to it in the infobox.
- Unique NPCs can use cropped screenshots to illustrate their surroundings
- Mobs and generic NPCs are better off with generic sprite, transparent background. These you can get from \Underrail\Data\Locale\Creatures\ subfolders.

Locations (screenshotting)

Location infobox looks best with 1.5:1 or higher aspect ratio image, width is limited to 300px.
- Articles for large areas with their own global map (eg. Foundry, Upper Underrail) should use a screenshot of the global map.
  - See Underrail Wiki: Imagemap guide for how to make clickable imagemaps out of them.
- Articles for areas spanning multiple zones, but no global map, should use a screenshot.
- Articles for single zone can just use a full zone screenshot.
This CustomConfig.xml lets you see the zone name by holding Alt in-game. Save it in your Documents\My Games\Underrail\.

Other (screenshotting)

Quests infobox supports 300x200px images (or larger with same aspect ratio), can be a key event or point of interest in the quest.

That covers the common image types. Other images are welcome as well, use your own judgement where and how to use them.

Quality assurance

There's always the usual wiki cleanup stuff to be done:

Tag dubious information with {{verify}} or help verify information in existing articles.
Tag outdated articles with {{outdated}} or help update any outdated articles.
Tag short articles with {{stub}} or help expand some article stubs.
Single sections in need of expansion can be marked with {{expand section}} or you can help with articles that need expansion.
Mark pages for deletion with {{delete}} or help improve some candidates for deletion.
Check article content for typos and/or bad grammar.
- Any typos present in the game need not be reproduced in the wiki, instead report them here. This applies to games that are still in active development and receiving updates.
Improve syntax/formatting as you see fit.
Add pages to correct categories by adding [[Category:Category's name]] on the page. See uncategorized pages. Also check for any uncategorized images and categorize them appropriately.
Articles with missing images can be found through Links to misc_icon.png or Pages with broken file links.
Check for any internal links to disambiguation pages and fix them.
Create some links on dead end pages and create links to some orphaned pages.
Fix any double redirects by redirecting the first page to the third page. Also check for broken redirects and fix them.
Most of the above are either at Special:SpecialPages or Category:Site maintenance.

Want to discuss something?

If you want to discuss anything specific to an article, you can use the talk page for that article.
Also check the wiki thread on forums!
The official Underrail discord also has a channel for wiki.
If you need an admin, drop a message on PaposikG6's talk page or PM via the forums or discord. (If urgent, you can directly contact Styg.)

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-'''Welcome to {{SITENAME}}!''' The Community Portal is where this wiki community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki. To see the most recent discussions, click the '''Discussion''' tab above.
+{{Registration guide}}
+'''Welcome to {{SITENAME}}!''' The Community Portal is the portal for resources intended to wiki editors—style guides and overviews of the progress on wikifying the games.
+== Style guide ==
+See [[Underrail Wiki:Style guide]].
+The gist of it is that we don't have strict style guides. Loosely following Wikipedia's MOS works for the most part. Editors are encouraged to follow style set by existing articles of same type; It is often the easiest way to get things done.
-=Contributing to the wiki=
+== State of the wiki ==
 There are many ways in which you can help. Don't be afraid to edit and create articles!
-==Adding missing stuff to lists==
+These links contains state of each game on the wiki, along with links to all infoboxes, navboxes and other resources you need. There's plenty of work to be done in all of them.
-Although we do not have much content yet, there are many redlink lists for upcoming content.
-You can help simply by checking them for missing stuff and adding anything you know of.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+!colspan="2"| Wikifying progress by game
+|-
+| ''Underrail'' base game || [[Underrail Wiki: Base game status]]
+|-
+| ''Underrail: Expedition'' expansion || [[Underrail Wiki: Project Expedition]]
+|}
-===Items===
+If you undertake a big project to update one of the areas that's in bad shape, please update those pages accordingly once your work is done.
-*[[Blueprints]]
-*[[Components]] - incomplete list
-*[[Batteries]]
-*[[Consumables]] - incomplete list(?)
-*[[Utilities]] - incomplete list
-*[[Plot]] - could use a list of all key items
-*[[Medicine]]
-*[[Tools]]
-*[[Traps]] - needs a list of all trap items
-*[[Weapons]]
-===[[Locations]]===
+== About images ==
-*No detailed location list exists yet, but you can add whatever details you want
+Some conventions, tips and tools for editing and uploading images. Some assets are best exported from game files, others created from screenshots taken while playing. How to name your files is discussed at [[Underrail Wiki: Style guide#Naming]]. Image categories are listed for each game in their "state of wiki" pages above.
-===[[Characters]]===
-*Missing all characters from dungeons
-*some characters from sgs/junkyard might be missing
-===[[Creatures]]===
+'''Icons''' (export from game resources)
-*Missing many creatures from the list
+* Icons should be '''33x33px''' PNG, with transparent background and correct transparency.
+* Can be extracted from game resources at <code>\Underrail\Data\Icons\</code> with XNB tools.
-===[[Quests]]===
+'''Portraits''' (export from game resources)
-*Missing 0.1.7.0 additions
+* Can be extracted from game resources at <code>\Underrail\Data\Portraits\</code> with XNB tools.
-*Check quest names from in-game data.
+'''NPCs''' (screenshotting/export from game resources)
+* NPC/mob models should be minimum '''100x100px''' or taller as required, similar in size with the portrait next to it in the infobox.
+** Unique NPCs can use cropped screenshots to illustrate their surroundings
+** Mobs and generic NPCs are better off with generic sprite, transparent background. These you can get from <code>\Underrail\Data\Locale\Creatures\</code> subfolders.
-==Creating new individual articles==
+'''Locations''' (screenshotting)
-===Items===
+* Location infobox looks best with 1.5:1 or higher aspect ratio image, width is limited to 300px.
-If you want to add new items to the wiki, here are the infobox templates you need, and their docs:
+** Articles for large areas with their own global map (eg. [[Foundry]], [[Upper Underrail]]) should use a screenshot of the [[:Category:Maps|global map]].
+*** See [[Underrail Wiki: Imagemap guide]] for how to make clickable imagemaps out of them.
+** Articles for areas spanning multiple zones, but no global map, should use a [[:Category:Screenshots|screenshot]].
+** Articles for single zone can just use a full [[:Category:Zone screenshots|zone screenshot]].
+* This [https://underrail.info/junk/CustomConfig.xml CustomConfig.xml] lets you see the zone name by holding '''Alt''' in-game. Save it in your <code>Documents\My Games\Underrail\</code>.
-*[[:Template:Infobox blueprint|blueprints]]
+'''Other''' (screenshotting)
-*[[:Template:Infobox component|components]]
+* Quests infobox supports '''300x200px''' images (or larger with same aspect ratio), can be a key event or point of interest in the quest.
-*[[:Template:Infobox weapon|weapons]]
-*[[:Template:Infobox armor|armor]]
-*[[:Template:Infobox item|all other items]]
-You don't need to add an icon to item infoboxes, but check out [[:Category:Item icons]] for a list of already uploaded item icons.
-===[[Feats]]===
+That covers the common image types. Other images are welcome as well, use your own judgement where and how to use them.
-===[[Psi powers]]===
-===[[Characters]]===
-===[[Creatures]]===
-===[[Locations]]===
-You can write individual pages for feats, characters and other things, but they don't have infoboxes yet.
-Just typing the relevant in-game text to a wiki page without anything else helps a lot!
+== Quality assurance ==
-==Building new wiki content==
+There's always the usual wiki cleanup stuff to be done:
-This young wiki still lacks plenty of content. You can help!
+* Tag dubious information with <code>{{t|verify}}</code> or help '''[[:Category:Verify|verify]]''' information in existing articles.
+* Tag outdated articles with <code>{{t|outdated}}</code> or help update any '''[[:Category:Outdated articles|outdated articles]]'''.
+* Tag short articles with <code>{{t|stub}}</code> or help expand some '''[[:Category:Article stubs|article stubs]]'''.
+* Single sections in need of expansion can be marked with <code>{{t|expand section}}</code> or you can help with '''[[:Category:Needs expansion|articles that need expansion]]'''.
+* Mark pages for deletion with <code>{{t|delete}}</code> or help improve some '''[[:Category:Candidates for deletion|candidates for deletion]]'''.
+* Check article content for typos and/or bad grammar.
+** Any typos present in the game need not be reproduced in the wiki, instead [http://underrail.com/forums/index.php?topic=241.0 report them here]. This applies to games that are still in active development and receiving updates.
+* Improve syntax/formatting as you see fit.
+* Add pages to correct categories by adding <code><nowiki>[[Category:Category's name]]</nowiki></code> on the page. See '''[[Special:UncategorizedPages|uncategorized pages]]'''. Also check for any '''[[Special:UncategorizedFiles|uncategorized images]]''' and categorize them appropriately.
+* Articles with missing images can be found through '''[[Special:WhatLinksHere/File:misc_icon.png|Links to misc_icon.png]]''' or '''[[:Category:Pages with broken file links|Pages with broken file links]]'''.
+* Check for any internal links to '''[[:Category:Disambiguation pages|disambiguation pages]]''' and fix them.
+* Create some links on '''[[Special:DeadendPages|dead end pages]]''' and create links to some '''[[Special:LonelyPages|orphaned pages]]'''.
+* Fix any '''[[Special:DoubleRedirects|double redirects]]''' by redirecting the first page to the third page. Also check for '''[[Special:BrokenRedirects|broken redirects]]''' and fix them.
+* Most of the above are either at '''[[Special:SpecialPages]]''' or '''[[:Category:Site maintenance]]'''.
-For instance, check out the [[Special:WantedPages|wanted pages]] for a list of linked-to pages that don't yet exist. Feel free to create any of them!
+== Want to discuss something? ==
-===[[Feats]]===
-*There is no [[:Template:Feat Infobox|infobox for feats]] yet. If you know what you're doing, make one! you can use [[:Template:Infobox common style]] as the common style.
-**This infobox will be pretty similar with psi power infobox
-===[[Psi powers]]===
-*There is no [[:Template:Psi Infobox|infobox for psi powers]] yet. If you know what you're doing, make one! you can use [[:Template:Infobox common style]] as the common style.
-**This infobox will be pretty similar with feat infobox
-===[[Characters]]===
-*[[:Template:Character Infobox|character infobox template]] is not yet ready. you can use [[:Template:Infobox common style]] for the item infoboxes to get started.
-**start building character pages
-===[[Locations]]===
-*create a list of locations per areaname(visible in saved games)
-**come up with a hierarchy and organize location pages
-===[[Quests]]===
-*needs to be split into subpages, one per quest.
-**detail quests; walkthrough, rewards, etc
-==Uploading content images==
-*export, edit and [[Special:Upload|upload images]] from game data with an XNB exporter
-**All feats need images
-**psi abilities need images
-**item with composite icons need to be built and uploaded (item icons should be 35x35 or 33x33 PNG with alpha background)
-*screenshots and editing!
-**all npcs could use an image
-**all monsters could use an image
-**every area could use a map image
-==Quality assurance==
-* Improve the main page
-* Check content articles for typos
-* Fix formatting as you see fit
-* Check game mechanics related articles for information correctness and add sources if possible.
-* Help expand some '''[[:Category:Article stubs|article stubs]]'''.
-* '''[[Special:ShortPages|Locate]]''' and '''[[Template:Stub|mark]]''' pages that need expanding as [[:Category:Article stubs|article stubs]].
-* Create links to some '''[[Special:LonelyPages|orphaned pages]]'''.
-* Fix any '''[[Special:DoubleRedirects|double redirects]]''' by redirecting the first page to the third page.
-* Check for '''[[Special:BrokenRedirects|broken redirects]]''' and either mark them for deletion or find a more appropriate target.
-* Create some links on '''[[Special:DeadendPages|dead end pages]]'''.
-* Check the list of '''[[Special:WantedPages|wanted pages]]''' for frequently linked-to articles that don't exist yet.
-* To follow the changes to this wiki, and to look out for new users and edits use '''[[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]]'''.
-=Want to discuss stuff?=
 * If you want to discuss anything specific to an article, you can use '''the talk page''' for that article.
-* For more general discussions you can use the Discussion tab of this page, or the [http://underrail.com/forums/ official forums]
+* Also check [http://underrail.com/forums/index.php?topic=290.0 the wiki thread] on forums!
+* The official [https://discord.gg/5XXea6r Underrail discord] also has a channel for wiki.
+* If you need an admin, drop a message on [[User talk:PaposikG6|PaposikG6's talk page]] or PM via the forums or discord. (If urgent, you can directly contact Styg.)
-=Some other interesting pages=
-* Want to find out what you've done so far? Visit [[Special:Mycontributions|your contributions page]].
-* Find out more about the wiki on '''[[Special:Statistics]]''' and '''[[Special:Version]]'''!
-*'''Check out the full list of special pages at [[Special:SpecialPages]].'''
 [[Category:Community]]