Talk:Warhammer 40k Wiki

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Contents 1 This Wiki and Lexicanum 2 Gaming wiki chat this Sunday! 3 Main Page design 4 Wikia Gaming IRC channel 5 Standardization of the different marine legions, chapters etc. 5.1 Side Navigation Question 6 Main page layout update 7 CHAPTERS 8 Battlefleet Gothic Wiki 9 Wikipedia

[edit] This Wiki and Lexicanum

Why do you restart this Warhammer 40.000 Wiki? --Inquisitor S. 11:33, 3 Sep 2005 (UTC)

DO you need help getting this wiki off of the ground, because this wiki is really low quality . ( Naga-Sadow )

Yes, please do get involved and help out. The wiki has been fairly inactive for some time. Angela ^talk 08:30, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps you just want to help out at the Lexicanum which is the largest and best 40k Wikipedia. DarkScipio

It's a shame that wiki isn't released under a free license. Wikia are aiming to create freely usable content that is compatable with Wikipedia and all other good wikis. The lexicanum site seems to restrict the sort of sharing that a free content license would allow. Angela ^talk 08:24, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Could we get an auto-counting article ticker? I just added 10 articles but it still says 340. I'm trying to get the whole of Tau Online [1] to help. Small 40k forum. Hopefully this will get some life from it. geekygator 03:12, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Try a hard refresh (Hold Control and click the Refresh button). JalYt-Xil-Vimescarrot 19:52, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

The page counter only increases if a new page contains at least one wiki link to an existing page. Pages like Rapier are classed as Deadendpages since they don't link anywhere and aren't included in the stats. Angela ^talk 19:55, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

OMG this game is so awesome...why is it inactive!!--User:JohnSpartan117 05:59, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

It it really so important to go for free license? You will have to miss a lot of informations. And you dont get anything for beeing compatable with the Wikipedia, as the most Warhammer stuff is of no intrest for the wikipedia. If you would join the Lexicanum, the benefit for the ,,Warhammer WIKI" (in that case named Lexicanum then) would be the greatest I think. No there are different wikis on the same topic and both are far from beeing complete or perfect. I would really like to see the english warhammer wiki prosper and not develop seperated and small. DarkScipio

Please move articles from this Wiki to the Lexicanum, we should try to create one repository only. Joining forces and not splitting. At least this is my point of view. Thanks. --79.44.212.32 01:56, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Frankly I see no reason to move articles to Lexicanum, their layout is murky and difficult to read. If you prefer that site, no problem, it is your choice. But I have trouble reading their material due to lack of contrast. Futhark 12:37, 28 December 2008 (UTC) ^Talk

I understand your issue with layout, in fact many complained and I know they will have skins you can choose in the near future. But don't assemble information in the wrong place just for that reason. Building up two separate wikis will make things harder, join the forces there, there are tons of articles there already. --79.40.36.173 01:40, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Gaming wiki chat this Sunday!

Hi all,

On Sunday October 14th there is going to be an IRC chat for gaming wikis at the #wikia-gaming channel. Contributors, admins, and foudners of all/all gaming-related wiki on Wikia are invited to discuss common issues that we might have, sharing our experiences, and helping each other out. The time of the chat will be:

California	New York	London
1pm	4pm	9pm

Please help to spread the word, and hope to see you there!

-User:PanSola 17:02, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Main Page design

Hullo! I'm Kirkburn, a Wikia Gaming Helper, and I have a suggestion to make regarding the Main Page. You may be interested in stealing some code from the Wikia Starter wiki which is the current new wiki base design. It makes content a bit easier to add and is easily expanded. If you want, I can do the conversion myself, just leave me a note on my talk page! Kirkburn (talk) 21:56, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

A nice looking template. I'll hack that in. --Falcorian ^(talk) 04:54, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok, starting to hack it on Main Page/Test. --Falcorian ^(talk) 00:54, 17 February 2008 (UT

The main page is still lacking one thing, a menu to the community, like a forum or something like that.Looks can always be improved. --Azaruss 06:16, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikia Gaming IRC channel

Hullo! I am Kirkburn, your friendly local Wikia Gaming Helper!

You may be interested to know there is a Wikia gaming IRC channel, #wikia-gaming on chat.freenode.net, where you can hop on, ask for help from users of other gaming wikis, or offer your own experiences. If you are not familiar with IRC clients, you can access it from http://irc.wikia.com/gaming.

Different people may be on sporadically, but we organize weekly chats at a fixed time so we can get the most number of people online at the same time to ask and answer questions, or just to hang out. The admins of some of Wikia's biggest gaming wikis (e.g. WoW, Halo) often attend them. You can find the time for the next chat by following this link.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me! Kirkburn (talk) 11:15, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Standardization of the different marine legions, chapters etc.

I would suggest to use the Wikipedia style structure of the pages. It offers a good and easy overview and still contains all the information.

The standard of the current ones are lacking severely.

Agreed or ?

Azaruss 15:31, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

As per request from Falcorian, about an example: Death GuardIt's taken from Wikipedia but with a different infobox, I also changed the loyalist one. I propose that we use the Wikipedia style structure as it's familiar and already well done. A lot of pages can be imported from Wikipedia, and afterwards we can add content that is missing, but there is no need to write them all over, at least that is what I think, please comment :). One of the major problems is missing categories on pages, and copyright links/text to images.

templates are on Template:Infobox Chapter and Template:Infobox Traitor Legions

--Azaruss 06:13, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Side Navigation Question

I am wondering what happened to the link group for the other races in the 40k universe. I remember one being in the navigation menu before, but now I do not see it. and there are 2 link groups for the Imperium. Am I the only one to notice this? --Futhark 01:26, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

The default wikia skin has changed... I think that's what happened to it. --Falcorian ^(talk) 04:25, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Main page layout update

Hullo! I am Kirkburn, your friendly local Wikia Gaming Helper!

Hopefully you have read about the skin and ad changes at Wikia's New Style on Central Wikia. If not, I hope you'll have a look.

One of the changes is a block of two ads on each main page. It's possible that they won't always show up, but to ensure your main page continues to work properly when they do, you need to update your main page column formatting code with new column tags.

I have drafted a main page using the new tags on User:Kirkburn/Dev which I hope you can take a look at - feel free to make a copy and edit it. Though the layout may seem restrictive at first, there really is a fair amount you can do with them - for example see these customized main pages - Muppet Wiki, WoWWiki, FFXIclopedia. You may want to chat with your wiki community about what direction to take with a new main page.

If you encounter any problems with the new tags, please let us know.

My apologies for any inconvenience these changes bring.
Thank you for your time, Kirkburn (talk) 11:48, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

I've updated to the new layout, which has a few wording tweaks too. Kirkburn (talk) 13:50, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] CHAPTERS

there are uncounted chapters of marines, creating your own is encouraged, but don't add it to the list unless its backed by games workshop. so in this wiki where do fan based space marine chapters and there historys go???"official, not fan created information" my arse. pleas help us make articles THAT ALREADY EXIST in old codexes, magazines, and other publications. point proven? with love the sand drake.--75.118.86.21 01:36, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

There are many sites that are solely for publishing unofficial {fan created) chapters and characters. A simple Google search will provide a list of them.

Futhark 12:44, 28 December 2008 (UTC) ^Talk

[edit] Battlefleet Gothic Wiki

Hi! I'm the Admin for the new BFG Wiki.

I have taken the liberty of linking our wikis!

--Maverick 12:28, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia

hello, yesterday seeing how badly linked wikipedia pages and wikia pages are and that nobody had made one yet, I made a template for the top of the page to interlink wikipedia articles to this wikia, see WikiProject for more about this. Unfortunately I am overtaxed elsewhere, so if someone wants it they adopt it. If help is needed changing anything contact Squidonius in wikipedia.