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Hi! I'm new to wikipedia (In terms of being a user, that is), and was wondering if I could join the task force! I'm not sure if I have to apply, or if I just begin working on things for the task force. Thanks! Theman98 ( talk) 16:09, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I've just put the article Durial321 ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) up for A7 speedy. I really don't think an article about that awful incident is a good idea really. It's unverifiable and a vandal magnet at least. Sorry to any editors upset by this. CaptainVindaloo t c e 01:08, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Just so everyone knows, Zezima ( | talk | history | links | watch | logs) is up at DRV. CaptainVindaloo t c e 18:01, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm planning on creating a new template designed to welcome new users whose first contributions are to RuneScape-related articles. It would be based off of Template:Welcome and would simply have a few extra links and a few added messages. This would be my first attempt at making a template, so any help is much appreciated. The template will be under the name Template:Rswelcome. Pyrospirit Talk Contribs 21:45, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
The main project is attempting to get together a quarterly newsletter and I was hoping for some help from this task force. I am hoping to get a section in it for the RS task force. The newsletter page is available at WP:MMO/OR/NEWS (please don't get it confused with WP:MMO/NEWS, our general news page). Any help is appreciated! If you do help, please sign your name in the contributing section. Thanks! Greeves ( talk • contribs • reviews) 01:33, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
We really need to make sure that all fairuse images in articles are sourced and have fairuse rationales. Check out Category:RuneScape Images. CaptainVindaloo t c e 01:44, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
I recently nominated RuneScape as a good article which failed, although the points the reviewer brought up have been fixed and thus the article has now passed! Congrats to anyone who helped! Greeves ( talk • contribs • reviews) 18:05, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
I found an interesting format for citations used by the article Magic: The Gathering that makes the wiki markup much easier to read in areas with lots of citations. Using a passage from the RuneScape article, here's an example of how it works:
Current format:
The isometric view was replaced by a mixture of both [[3D computer graphics|three- dimensional]] and [[2D computer graphics|two-dimensional]] [[Sprite (computer graphics) |sprites]]. The game, renamed ''RuneScape'', was released to the public as a [[Software release life cycle#Beta|beta]] version on [[4 January]] [[2001]],<ref name="WhatisJagex"> {{cite web|url= http://kbase.runescape.com/viewarticle.ws?article_id=2449|title= What is Jagex? |accessdate= |accessmonthday= 2006-09-10|accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= 2006|month= |format= |work=RuneScape Knowledge Base |publisher= Jagex|pages= |language= English|archiveurl= |archivedate=}}</ref> and was originally operated from their parents' house in Nottingham.
Congrats to EXCL for winning the jagex comp and excl keep up the good work
New way:
The isometric view was replaced by a mixture of both [[3D computer graphics|three- dimensional]] and [[2D computer graphics|two-dimensional]] [[Sprite (computer graphics) |sprites]]. The game, renamed ''RuneScape'', was released to the public as a [[Software release life cycle#Beta|beta]] version on [[4 January]] [[2001]],<ref name="WhatisJagex"> {{cite web |url= http://kbase.runescape.com/viewarticle.ws?article_id=2449 |title= What is Jagex? |accessdate= |accessmonthday= 2006-09-10 |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= 2006 |month= |format= |work=RuneScape Knowledge Base |publisher= Jagex |pages= |language= English |archiveurl= |archivedate=}} </ref> and was originally operated from their parents' house in Nottingham.
Like it? It's easier to read. Pyrospirit Flames Fire 19:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
The isometric view was replaced by a mixture of both [[3D computer graphics|three- dimensional]] and [[2D computer graphics|two-dimensional]] [[Sprite (computer graphics) |sprites]]. The game, renamed ''RuneScape'', was released to the public as a [[Software release life cycle#Beta|beta]] version on [[4 January]] [[2001]], <ref name="WhatisJagex">{{cite web|url= http://kbase.runescape.com/viewarticle.ws?article_id=2449|title= What is Jagex? |accessdate= |accessmonthday= 2006-09-10|accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= 2006|month= |format= |work=RuneScape Knowledge Base |publisher= Jagex|pages= |language= English|archiveurl= |archivedate=}}</ref> and was originally operated from their parents' house in Nottingham.
The isometric view was replaced by a mixture of both [[3D computer graphics|three- dimensional]] and [[2D computer graphics|two-dimensional]] [[Sprite (computer graphics) |sprites]]. The game, renamed ''RuneScape'', was released to the public as a [[Software release life cycle#Beta|beta]] version on [[4 January]] [[2001]],<ref name="WhatisJagex"> {{cite web |url= http://kbase.runescape.com/viewarticle.ws?article_id=2449 |title= What is Jagex? |accessmonthday= 2006-09-10 |year= 2006 |work=RuneScape Knowledge Base |publisher= Jagex |language= English}} </ref> and was originally operated from their parents' house in Nottingham.
Should we try to recruit some experienced RuneScape players from the RuneScape wiki and get them to join our Task Force? We currently encourage people who add fancruft to go there, so why not encourage experienced players from there to come here?
Possible benefits of this include greater project participation, a wider perspective on articles covered by our task force, and obscure but valuable information from game experts. Another useful advantage of this is that the editors from the RuneScape wiki would already be familiar with at least basic wiki markup.
The downside might be that RuneScape players unfamiliar with the differences between our policies and the RuneScape wiki's might add more fancruft at first. Despite this, I think it would be a good idea to recruit editors from the RuneScape wiki.
I'd like some input on whether we should do this or not. If we do, we'll post a thread in their Tavern forum about it (I think that's the right forum). Pyro spirit Shiny! 21:10, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Today, Zanesword ( talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log) tried the old "send your username and password to this yahoo email address! Its official Jagex! Honest!" scam. You can't possibly run a password scam in good faith, so I'm wondering if I should really have just left him/her a {{ test4im}} or just gone straight to AIV/ ANI? We need to set some kind of precedent or proper course of action when this happens. CaptainVindaloo t c e 21:19, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Turns out the project logo probably is a screenshot after all. I was never too sure about that. Just to be on the safe side, I've uploaded a new GFDL version that I whipped up in five minutes using Paint. My artistic talent is comical at best, so if anyone wants to make a better replacement, please do. CaptainVindaloo t c e 14:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Since nobody seems to have seen it yet, I've made a proposal with request for comment to change the colour scheme of Portal:RuneScape at Portal talk:RuneScape#Colour scheme. Nothing major, just aesthetics. Pastel blue doesn't seem very RuneScapey. Cheers, CaptainVindaloo t c e 21:57, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
I think we need to be a tad more aggressive keeping cruft and gameguide material out of the subpages. Don't let it pass, revert it when you see it. Just don't use revert scripts/admin revert, provide a proper reason. If people don't want to pay any attention to our content guidelines, it's hardly our fault. CaptainVindaloo t c e 19:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
You know many people forget that the 'S' is supposed to be capitalised? I'm seeing thousands of them on rogue subpage patrol. Why don't we just get a bot to correct it for us? One of the spellbots can handle it fine. CaptainVindaloo t c e 13:10, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
We should communicate in some way with most new users who edit pages under the scope of our WikiProject. Posting a welcome template, a WikiProject-specific welcome template, a fancruft message, or a user warning to every new user that edits here and hasn't yet received such information really improves communication and coordination between us long-time members of the WikiProject and the people whose first page they edit happens to be a RuneScape page. (see this page for a list of our project-specific templates)
So far, it seems I've mostly been doing this on my own, and I'd like to bring this to your attention so perhaps someone else can help with this. All I do is look for every user with a red-linked talk page in the last 50 edits to a RuneScape page, and post some message on their talk page, depending on what sort of edit they made and after a brief glance at their contribs.
However, since I've mostly "retired" from RuneScape, I may be less active in this WikiProject than before. This means that I probably won't check all the pages as often, so I won't be able to do as much of the "PR" for the WikiProject as before. If someone could help manage this, especially on the main article, I'd appreciate it. Pyrospirit ( talk · contribs) 17:19, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Does SCAR (programming language) fall under the RuneScape task force project? I was wondering if I should add the wiki project boxes and such to it (like adding to the list of articles under the task force's scope.) Thanks, OSborn arf 00:11, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
No, I believe it does not; most people that edit the RuneScape page hate it either because they don't know how to use it or because they don't understand SCAR's partly positive impact on RuneScape's economy. Qoou.Anonimu 22:15, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Has anyone had a read of Jagex recently, and noticed the bits and links about a game called MechScape? Now, normally I'd be skeptical, but this time I'm not too sure. The evidence - domain registration records, Homeworld-esque concept art on developer personal sites, etc - seems pretty solid this time. I'm not saying we should go into headless angry chicken mode and create a new featured article in the next five seconds, but we need to be prepared; when this baby is released I'll have to buy a hat to eat (with some fava beans and a nice chianti) if everyone isn't incoherent with glee, and there'll be a huge amount of upheaval in this project. Thoughts? CaptainVindaloo t c e 21:34, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
This page and its parent (WP:WP MMO), as well as MMO's subpages, are nommed for Miscellany for deletion. See WP:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Massively multiplayer online games. This task force does not appear active, and certainly does not (really) have a large enough scope to justify its existence; however, if you wish to contest, feel free to comment at the MfD. -- Izno ( talk) 15:46, 7 June 2008 (UTC)