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Thanks for helping build out the wiki! There's always lots to be done (especially after the migration from the old site)—this page provides an overview of some of the main tasks we need help with.

Getting started

First things first, check out Help:Quickstart to setup an account and learn more about this wiki and how to edit it.

Update your place in the atlas

Editing your own place page is a great way to get a feel for the system. Follow the instructions on Help:Places to setup or edit the page for your studio/printshop.

Detailed instructions are listed in the "Walkthrough" section.

Ongoing projects

Validating imported places

With the relaunch of the wiki, one of the big goals was to update the atlas, filtering out places which are no longer active and generally updating all pages. Of the 1090 places in the wiki, 750 have not been edited since they were imported (listed in Category:Imported places). We need to go through all of these pages and validate them. Until they are validated, they will not appear on the map or show up in most place listings..

Instructions for validation are here: Help:Validating a place.
Some regional working pages are available here: Category:Regional working pages.

Import countdown

750	Random places to validate: Careful Editions, NEUTRAL COLORS, Estudio Mafia, RiSORiOT, Knuckles & Notch

Editing & rewriting resources

The original wiki had a number of tutorials, files, and other resources written by users. These have more or less been archived on the Wayback Machine. They couldn't be automatically imported because they each have fairly complex and unique formats. We are manually rewriting these into the voice of the new wiki—updating their content, merging similar resources, and adding references along the way.

Articles that need rewriting are here: Category:Pages awaiting migration
Partially drafted or incomplete articles are here: Category:Draft pages
All resource pages are here: Category:Resources
A breakdown of all pages for migration is here: Stencil:Roadmap#Resources

Adding upcoming events

The Events page lists out all the upcoming events that risographers are tabling at, organizing, and participating in—but it only reflects the events which are contributed to it! If you know of any upcoming events in your region, please add them to the list!

Structural development

The above is editorial work, but there's a lot of architectural stuff we're working on for the wiki too (much more slowly). A list of the heavier work planned for the wiki can be found on the Stencil:Roadmap. This sort of work will involve a lot more knowledge of wikitext, how to use and edit templates, and potentially some Lua scripting.

Right now the development team for the wiki is User:Robertbaxter and User:IssuePress—but we're welcome to other contributors!

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 Thanks for helping build out the wiki! There's always lots to be done (especially after the <u>migration</u> from the old site)—this page provides an overview of some of the main tasks we need help with.
-== Getting started ==
+{{mbox|title=Getting started|text=First things first, check out [[Help:Quickstart]] to setup an account and learn more about this wiki and how to edit it.|icon=seedling|color_bar={{wiki color|Kelly Green}}}}
+{{mbox|title=Update your place in the atlas|text=<p>Editing ''your own place page'' is a great way to get a feel for the system. Follow the instructions on [[Help:Places]] to setup or edit the page for your studio/printshop.</p><p>''Detailed instructions are listed in the "Walkthrough" section.''</p>|icon=location-dot|color_bar={{wiki color|Sunflower}}}}
-# If you have not already, you can use [[Special:CreateAccount]] to create an account (all you need is an email address and a password) and start editing.
+== Ongoing projects ==
-# Some useful information to review:
-#* The [[Stencil:Styleguide]] for guidelines on writing for and editing this wiki.
+=== Validating imported places ===
-#* The "Understanding the wiki way" section of [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Best_practices_for_using_MediaWiki#Understanding_the_wiki_way Best practices for using MediaWiki] to learn a little bit more about the ethos of a wiki.
-#* This post: [https://robertbaxter.substack.com/p/red-link-citation-needed robertbaxter.substack.com/p/red-link-citation-needed] from [[User:Robertbaxter]] on how this wiki came to be.
+With the relaunch of the wiki, one of the big goals was to update the [[atlas]], filtering out places which are no longer active and generally updating all pages. Of the '''{{#ask:[[Category:Places]]|format=count}} places''' in the wiki, '''{{#ask:[[Category:Imported places]]|format=count}}''' have not been edited since they were imported (listed in [[:Category:Imported places]]). We need to go through all of these pages and ''validate'' them. Until they are validated, <u>they will not appear on the map or show up in most place listings.</u>.
-#* The '''#stencil-wiki''' channel in the @risography discord server (contact Robert or George for a link if you are not a member).
-# Important rules:
+* Instructions for validation are here: [[Help:Validating a place]].
-#* Remember not to include personal or identifiable information on the wiki for anyone but yourself (if you choose to share it)—this means no addresses, no emails, etc.
+* Some regional working pages are available here: [[:Category:Regional working pages]].
-#* Please <u>don't submit any copyrighted files, images, or text without permission</u>!
-#* Use <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code> tags to reference outside sources for articles, then include <code><nowiki>{{References}}</nowiki></code> at the end of the page to display them!
+<div style="text-align:center; margin-top: 2em; margin-bottom: -1em; padding-bottom: em;">'''Import countdown'''</div>
-# Look below to see what we need help with!
+{{mbox|text=<table><tr><td style="min-width: 25%; padding-right: 1.5em; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-right: 1px solid {{wiki color|Light Gray}}"><p style="font-size: 2em; line-height: 1em; margin: 0em;">{{#ask:[[Category:Imported places]]|format=count}}</p></td><td style="padding-left: 1.5em;"><p>Random places to validate: {{#ask:[[Category:Imported places]]|limit=5|order=rand|searchlabel=}}</p></td></tr></table>|max_width=50%|border=1px solid {{wiki color|Light Gray}}}}
+=== Editing & rewriting resources ===
+The original wiki had a number of tutorials, files, and other resources written by users. These have more or less been archived on the [https://archive.org/ Wayback Machine]. They couldn't be automatically imported because they each have fairly complex and unique formats. We are manually rewriting these into the voice of the new wiki—updating their content, merging similar resources, and adding references along the way.
+* Articles that need rewriting are here: [[:Category:Pages awaiting migration]]
+* Partially drafted or incomplete articles are here: [[:Category:Draft pages]]
+* All resource pages are here: [[:Category:Resources]]
+* A breakdown of all pages for migration is here: [[Stencil:Roadmap#Resources]]
+=== Adding upcoming events ===
+The [[Events]] page lists out all the upcoming events that risographers are tabling at, organizing, and participating in—but it only reflects the events which are contributed to it! If you know of any upcoming events in your region, please add them to the list!
+== Structural development ==
+The above is editorial work, but there's a lot of architectural stuff we're working on for the wiki too (much more slowly). A list of the heavier work planned for the wiki can be found on the [[Stencil:Roadmap]]. This sort of work will involve a lot more knowledge of wikitext, how to use and edit templates, and potentially some Lua scripting.
+''Right now the development team for the wiki is [[User:Robertbaxter]] and [[User:IssuePress]]—but we're welcome to other contributors!''