Wiki Update Committee

[Dave]

Decided to carry on and managed to get all the standard flights added. Will do the maps etc tomorrow.

Alphabetical down the side and listed by level on the main page

When you click into one, this is the template

 

[kelvint23]

OK so it's sorted. I agree we should have a new Wiki and as @Dave said it will be part of this forum. The 8Wayrun template looks good. Now we should create a private group and assign who would be in charge of what section.

 

[SASgold]

I'm kinda interested in how to automate such a process (i.e. updating a wiki) from a data model (perhaps constructed by scraping existing wiki in some way). I'd like to be included in a private group if that sounds like a plan!

 

[Barkmi4 (Mike)]

Having a private thread seems counter productive to the effective management of the tool, in my opinion. Maybe just a dedicated thread in the Wiki section?

 

[kelvint23]

Having a private thread seems counter productive to the effective management of the tool, in my opinion. Maybe just a dedicated thread in the Wiki section?

the idea is to have some foundation content first then of course we will launch open edit

 

[Madge59230]

Be logical and organised;. One person needs to write a list - maybe based on wiki - of what topics are important first. Like the contents page of a book.

You need to know what you are aiming at finishing. Write a list of important sections to do first. Assign those.

You dont start a book by writing the index, but by the contents. It will give you structure and stop you aimlessly wandering.

 

[SASgold]

I sketched out some data fields for a complete view. Italics means the info should refer to some other entity (think a clickable link in the Wiki).

Building
General info: Name, Size, Upgrades to, Event
Requirements: Level, Cost, Electricity, Population, Minimum pop., Construction time, Items, Road access
Yields: Coins, Passengers, Tourists, Items, Duration, Bonus%, Bonus type (coins/passengers), Bonus radius
Each slot: Number, Cost (coins/greens/...), Type (production/storage/repair)

Flight
General info: Destination, Aircraft, flight type (normal/alliance/excavation map/map/etc), Event
Needed: Level, Buidlings, Fuel, Hurry-up fuel, Items, Stars, # flights/reward for Specialist/Master/Expert
Yields: Coins, XP, Items (with probability for each)

Was planning to create an online form with backing database for easy submittal of all the above, and once the data was in a database, you could easily generate Wiki markup for it.

Of course there are more entities needed than the above (Aircraft, Missions, Collections, Events...) but I haven't come that far yet.

 

[flyhores]

This is awesome.....................I can only temporarily open a new account to play the game, but I can't guarantee whether the next version can be updated, perhaps it will be normal next month, so I won't update my signature either.

 

[Dave]

Hi everyone, Thanks for all the feedback and the suggestions.

So far I have created the following:

Aircraft - Every plane and guest plane listed (No including event planes)
Flights - All the standard flights, special flights, alliance flights and space flights.

Every page I have created so far is templated. It just means people can click on the edit button and fill in the missing information. An example being if you clicked onto Training Flight and clicked edit, you would see this:

[template=flights]
| name= Training Flight
| image=
| level=
| stars_required=
| plane_required=
| buildings_required=
| items_required=
| fuel_required=
| passengers_required=
| flight_time=
| catalyst_acceleration=
| fuel_speed_up=
| specialist=
| master=
| expert=
| gold_coins=
| experience=
| common_items=
| special_items=
[/template]

All you would need to do is add the details to complete it as follows:

[template=flights]
| name= Training Flight
| image= *Attach image*
| level= 1
| stars_required= 0
| plane_required= Swallow
| buildings_required= None
| items_required= None
| fuel_required= 10
| passengers_required= 12
| flight_time= 04m 00s
| catalyst_acceleration= None
| fuel_speed_up= 8
| specialist= 2 Flights
| master= 4 Flights
| expert= 8 Flights
| gold_coins= 16
| experience= 6
| common_items= None
| special_items= None
[/template]

Once saved, it will then look like this on the main page:

You can see that where you typed the plane type as Swallow, that has now automatically created a link, which when clicked on will take you to the page with information about that aircraft.

Even if a page is not yet been created, such as for the items, as long as we all follow the same procedure on typing the names in, when the page is finally created, it will link to it.

Edit - Just noticed it's showing an icon of a runway instead of a star. I've corrected this now!

 

[Dave]

I would recommened if people are in agreement, that we finish off the above sections by adding all the detail that is required. That's a large amount out of the way before moving onto any other wiki sections.

Those that are interested in getting this going, please post below and i'll add you to a special usergroup that can see the wiki. I think before it goes live to everyone it would be useful to have some content on there!

 

[evogamer05]

I would recommened if people are in agreement, that we finish off the above sections by adding all the detail that is required. That's a large amount out of the way before moving onto any other wiki sections.

Those that are interested in getting this going, please post below and i'll add you to a special usergroup that can see the wiki. I think before it goes live to everyone it would be useful to have some content on there!

I'd be glad to help out and add whatever information I can. Thanks for all the work you've done so far to get this up and running!

 

[SASgold]

Again, interested!

 

[Dave]

Thanks @SASgold and @evogamer05
I've added you to the new group, hopefully you can now see the wiki link at the top of the page and also a new forum 5 down from the top of the page.

 

[evogamer05]

Thanks @SASgold and @evogamer05
I've added you to the new group, hopefully you can now see the wiki link at the top of the page and also a new forum 5 down from the top of the page.

I've started working on updating the aircraft. Would it be helpful to add 'Building Required' for Alliance Office to the S2 planes template?

 

[VdW]

I will help too @Dave

 

[Dave]

I've started working on updating the aircraft. Would it be helpful to add 'Building Required' for Alliance Office to the S2 planes template?

I haven't got any S2 planes, so don't know whether they require an Alliance Office.
Don't forget to post in this section, makes it easier to keep track of. https://www.airportcitygame.com/forums/wiki.73/

 

[Dave]

I will help too @Dave

Thanks, just added you to the group.

 

[exwhy]

I would recommened if people are in agreement, that we finish off the above sections by adding all the detail that is required. That's a large amount out of the way before moving onto any other wiki sections.

Those that are interested in getting this going, please post below and i'll add you to a special usergroup that can see the wiki. I think before it goes live to everyone it would be useful to have some content on there!

Hi Dave I'd like to contribute as well

 

[Dave]

Hi Dave I'd like to contribute as well

Thank you
I've updated your account so you should now be able to see the wiki and also the wiki forum for everything to be discussed.

 

[Bob69bob]

Dave, I’m not sure how much time I have to get into the nitty gritty at the moment, but I have been taking screenshots of the new towers and terminal sections. I’m happy to trim and collate the images for those and if there are other images you need, I’m happy to browse cities to get what you need?