Wiki update: Campaign and Referee namespaces created

[tjoneslo]

I've added two namespaces, Campaign and Referee to the Traveller wiki. The former is for using the wiki to create and track campaign information. The latter is for the Referee to keep information about their campaigns separate from the campaign pages.

I've created a simple example campaign setup to be used as a starting template. As more people start to use the campaign setup I'll expand the templates as needed. Please feel free to use this as a sandbox to explore what can be done with the wiki as campaign organization tool.

The Referee namespace is currently open to reading and writing to everyone. Sandboxing this for just the registered Referees is a step to be done later.

 

[SpaceBadger]

I've added two namespaces, Campaign and Referee to the Traveller wiki. The former is for using the wiki to create and track campaign information. The latter is for the Referee to keep information about their campaigns separate from the campaign pages.

I've created a simple example campaign setup to be used as a starting template. As more people start to use the campaign setup I'll expand the templates as needed. Please feel free to use this as a sandbox to explore what can be done with the wiki as campaign organization tool.

The Referee namespace is currently open to reading and writing to everyone. Sandboxing this for just the registered Referees is a step to be done later.

Thank you for setting this up. I looked at the Example pages, but don't see how one goes about registering as a Referee or setting up the campaign space. Maybe a short "How To" on using these new features?

 

[tjoneslo]

Thank you for setting this up. I looked at the Example pages, but don't see how one goes about registering as a Referee or setting up the campaign space. Maybe a short "How To" on using these new features?

The registration process is:

1. Register as a user with the wiki, which is a separate registration from the CotI boards.
2. Select a name for your campaign.
3. Let me know what your wiki user name and campaign name are, via PM, posting a note on this wiki forum, or adding a note to my talk page.

I'll then create the base Campaign and Referee pages for you and send you the links.

This Traveller Wiki uses MediaWiki, and I recommend reviewing the text formatting and the Traveller Wiki Manual of Style.

 

[tjoneslo]

So now that I have this set up, this is a quick guide to setting up your own campaign page in the wiki.

The Campaign section of the wiki is in what mediawiki calls a namespace. For everyone else it means all the article names start with "Campaign:". There is a Campaign:Example article to use as, well, an example. In our example I would create the page "Campaign: Rimward Borders".

To create the page, go to the main page of the wiki. In the middle of the page there is a text box (for entering text), and a button titled Add new page. Enter the name of your new article in the text box and press the button. This shows the article editor for the new article. There is large set of markup that can be applied to make the text more readable. Most of these items are in the edit window toolbar.

Per the discussion, articles related to the one campaign should be created as sub-pages. Mediawiki uses a "/" in the article name to create a sub-page. In our example, I would create a page "Campaign: Rimward Borders/Characters" to create a page for listing all the characters. And another titled "Campaign: Rimward Borders/Characters/Malcolm Harkness" to add the details of one of the characters.

The Referee namespace works the same way.

Most of this relies upon the editors following the conventions for naming articles. That is, they correctly insert the "Campaign:" prefix, the subpages are organized according to a consistent scheme, and so on. Articles can be moved as needed if the names are not quite correct.