KSA Wiki Weekly Updates

[Kiwi Shark]

Introducing the KSA Wiki Weekly Updates thread!

In an effort to keep wiki activity at the forefront of the community consciousness this thread will be used to share weekly updates. A lot of work gets done on the wiki but it remains a bit unknown to a lot of people so hopefully this helps. The last wiki thread was more of an introduction but this one aims to be active and informative.

Each Wiki Wednesday will bring a new post about the latest additions, changes, and info. (Author availability and content permitting.)

Be sure to check out the community portal as the on-wiki hub for editor information! We're also available on the Wiki Discord. As always a big shoutout to my fellow editors.

We'll see you in the edit history!

 

[Kiwi Shark]

Wiki Wednesday!

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For this first post I'll be covering a handful of recent things. I've been dealing with some housekeeping stuff in response to the recent Artemis II-fueled activity spike. The wiki saw 300%+ the usual traffic during the mission! The KSA Discord has been similarly buzzing. So a lot of focus was given to the FAQs and other informational pages in recent efforts.

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New
Troubleshooting - A new page for trying to fix various issues with running the game. Thanks to @Maxi for the help with this!
Vehicle editor - A humble start to documenting the vehicle editor is now underway. Barebones for now but does detail the gizmos a bit.
Online tools - A list of community resources. A bit older than this past week but new-ish enough to start with.

Updates
FAQs - New questions have been answered and old ones have been updated or cleaned up!
Planned features - Some fresh nomenclature has been rolled out for consistency. I also updated the visuals a bit further back to the nice colorful table.

Looking ahead
Commands - I'm still poking at these when I get the chance. Some of them are pretty handy, some crash the game.
Gameplay mechanics - Not so much the page itself but the content that belongs to it. New pages, updates to existing ones, the works.

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That'll do for today. Hopefully I can keep this pace up, or maybe get some guest posts from other editors in the future too. Thanks for reading and keep your eyes peeled next week for another update.

Happy editing!

 

[Kiwi Shark]

Wiki Wednesday!

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It's been another active week on the wiki and I'm bringing all of those goodies to you. This is not an exhaustive list, some of these items involve templates, files, etc. that I haven't included. A good chunk of the week felt like under-the-hood stuff but edits are edits.

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New
Game folders and files - Work has started on a breakdown of the game's file structure.
Template:File - A new template for displaying files inline with text.
Free Art and LGPL licenses - These new licenses have been added to support images that carry them.

Updates
Troubleshooting - This has continued to get some attention with @Maxi's help. Some reorganization and a new section for info by hardware brand.
Main page / Sidebar - The troubleshooting page has been added to both.
Celestial body templates - @Narnianknight has been working on the foundation of all the celestial body templates that will be utilized later.
Template documentation - I updated several template docs with some new formatting and style changes (syntax highlighting!).
Install guide for Linux builds - @Argiziont updated this to cover the official experimental builds instead of using Wine/Proton/etc. as it had.

Looking ahead
Game folders and files - Decisions will have to be made regarding how much to actually display. Listing every game file is excessive and arguably actively unhelpful for navigation of the page, and honestly listing every single subfolder might be too. I'm leaning towards just highlighting major folders and important files. Some will get their own pages or link to the subject content.
Commands - Still on the to-do list.

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There we have it! Since we're doing so many shoutouts, @TROPtastic was in the mix too helping with a few odds and ends. If you want to read every single edit, there's a place for that. Thanks to all the fellow editors who've been helping this week, y'all are great!

Happy editing!

 

[Kiwi Shark]

Wiki Wednesday!

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Time sure flies when you're having fun. It's time for another look at what's been happening in wiki world this past week.

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New
Terminology - A new educational list has started for explaining some KSA related terms. I can see this growing over time for sure.

Updates
Troubleshooting - A new section on changing the install location of the game has been added.
Install guide for Linux builds - Just some tinkering and stylistic updates, should be a tad cleaner now.
Commands - I added a few more basic ones.
Game folders and files - Lots of cleanup, things are taking shape.

Looking ahead
XML data - I've been poking around in my sandbox with how to implement a page on the XML data breakdown for certain game elements like planets, systems, parts, et cetera. Hopefully it can make it to a real page soon.
Troubleshooting - As more common issues pop up this will continue to get updated with as much helpful info as it can.
Commands - Eventually going to get all of these!

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It was a simpler week. I've been busy with some other stuff. Much like Rome, wikis aren't built in a day. As always a big thanks to all the other editors; I won't bug y'all with pings every week.

Happy editing!