Note that there is a
wiki board. I'm totally fine with this thread being here if it gets more visibility this way. When it comes to reporting wiki issues, though, making a new thread in the wiki board will notify me right away (although do make sure you're not duplicating another thread). I didn't even know this thread existed until I was linked back to it from there.
At any rate, the wiki problem seems to have resolved itself. I don't actually know what caused it, so if you notice it again, leave a message on my wiki talk page (if you're able to), or post in the wiki board, or PM me if that doesn't work, etc.. I'll try to figure out how to prevent this if it happens again - sorry for the delay there.
Are the entity raws posted on the wiki anywhere? Each creature has a wiki entry with its creature raws attached to the end. But civilized creature entries like "dwarf" are predominantly descriptions of the entity, not the creature. Seems odd to then conclude with a link to the creature raws and not the entity. If anyone were trying to learn anything about the main races using the wiki it'd be helpful to have both.
They are accessible with DFRawFunctions (an extension we have on the wiki); however, the standing convention is to include creature raws on creature pages (similarly, the pages for dwarves, elves, etc. have the creature sidebar). I can try to piece together how to access the entity raws using the extension if you think that would be helpful, though.
For anyone less familiar with what templates/etc. are available:
-Don't say "in the new version" or anything like that. The "new version" is nearly two years old (some of the stuff is five years old)
Agreed. It's worth linking to the
community portal, specifically
Rule T (we have namespaces for a reason!). For larger sections about things that were added in specific versions of "DF2014" (0.42.01, 0.43.05, etc), there's
{{new in}}. For smaller bits (e.g. sentences),
{{version}} works.
-Mention bugs if there are any, and ideally workarounds
Also
link to them with {{bug}} to make it easier to figure out if they're fixed.
-Don't say silly stuff like "candy", "clown" or "circus". No one's ever been spoiled by demons since DF2014. If you really must, say "HFS" like Toady, and only for demons. Adamantine hasn't been a spoiler for 10 years now
For anyone concerned about giving away too much, there are some
spoiler templates you can use.
-Don't just link to a post, actually copy and paste the post and editorialize it. It's a wiki, not a links collection
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-Try to search Toady's forum posts for stuff, especially in FotF he sometimes gives out a lot of information
-It seems everyone's on Reddit now, and you can find useful scattered info there. Of course, this being reddit, it's a pain to search and browse. One more reason to centralize all info on the wiki
(do be careful to avoid copyright issues - there are also some basic
citation templates available)