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THE STRATICS COMMUNITY WIKI

The Stratics Community Wiki is the next evolution in data collection here at
Stratics. Historically data was collected, collated, and published by a group of
highly dedicated individuals passionate about various MMORPGs that Stratics
provided coverage of. This system while excellent wasn't perfect, as dedicated
as they were, the individuals publishing data were limited to the time they had
available to collect and organize information and community collaboration wasn't
fluid or easily achievable.



CONTENTS

 * 1 The Stratics Community Wiki
   * 1.1 Purpose of the Stratics Community Wiki
   * 1.2 Accessibility, Ease of Use, and Organization of Data
 * 2 Navigating the Wiki
   * 2.1 Links Legend
   * 2.2 Namespaces
     * 2.2.1 In Organizations found on multiple Titles
 * 3 History of the Stratics Community Wiki
   * 3.1 A Better Way
   * 3.2 Implementation and Testing





PURPOSE OF THE STRATICS COMMUNITY WIKI

The Stratics Community Wiki is being built with several objectives in mind,
among which are accessibility of data, ease of use, organization, thoroughness,
and speed in updating data.




ACCESSIBILITY, EASE OF USE, AND ORGANIZATION OF DATA

The primary purpose of the Stratics Community Wiki is to make collected
information about MMORPGs open and accessible for anyone to contribute to,
update, or make use of within the scope of the creative commons license
associated with the wiki. Any registered valid member of Stratics in good
standing, has access to edit and update the content of the community wiki,
removing many of the limitations which were present in the older system. By
opening up the wiki to anyone we harness the power of a passionate community.
Mediawiki was chosen as a platform due to it's long term support, it has become
the standard by which all other wiki platforms are measured and power sites such
as Wikipedia. Due to it's popular status the simple markup language used for
formatting mediawiki pages has become standardized, and excellent documentation
exists allowing anyone to easily learn, opening the door for community
contributions.

Mediawiki automatically supports categorization, allowing pages to be associated
quickly and easily. This allows similar topics to be quickly grouped and
navigated for ease of use. Augmenting this is categorization Mediawiki supports
the use of Namespaces, allowing us to use one wiki to support multiple titles
while keeping the data from cross linking.



NAVIGATING THE WIKI

The Stratics Community Wiki can be navigated through the links found on the
sidebar, and through the extensive cross categorization links found throughout
the Wiki.


LINKS LEGEND

Links found on Wiki pages are color coded. Below is an easy reference to each
color.
Bright Blue Links are for un-visited Links to existing pages.
Dark Blue Links are for existing pages which you have visited in the past.
Red Links on pages represent links to pages that are referenced but have not yet
been created. Clicking these links will take you automatically to a editor where
you can create the page yourself!



NAMESPACES

Namespaces are use to allow the Stratics Community WIki to reuse a page name in
a different context. This is necessitated in order to allow the Stratics
Community Wiki to support multiple titles in the future. Ultima Online
information therefore on creation must have the page title prefixed by UO:. For
example if a user was to create a page for the Ultima Online create "a Skeleton"
they would title the page UO:Skeleton, this would allow for the pages
SO:Skeleton or SOTA:Skeleton to be created for Shards Online or Shroud of the
Avatar respectively.

Currently available Prefixes and their Namespaces are:

 * * UO: for Ultima Online
   * SO: for Legends of Aria formerly known as Shards Online
   * SOTA: for Shroud of the Avatar

Remembering these prefixes is extremely useful when searching for information
for a specific game, as when doing an advanced search you can select only to
search within a specific namespace there by filtering out any undesirable
results.


IN ORGANIZATIONS FOUND ON MULTIPLE TITLES

In the event a Guild or other In Game organization is present in multiple
titles, they my create a single page in any applicable namespace and contact a
Staff Member of Stratics to request page redirects in additional namespaces. An
example of this would be PaxLair present in both Ultima Online and Shroud of the
Avatar. After creating the page UO:PaxLair, they may request a page redirect
from SOTA:PaxLair or vice versa and then only need to maintain one page for both
titles.

Namespaces for additional titles can be created upon request. If you would like
to have a namespace added please contact Leadership@stratics.com .


HISTORY OF THE STRATICS COMMUNITY WIKI

The Stratics Community Wiki at launch is the result of over a years worth of
research, development, and testing. The majority of this time was spent
researching suitable technology that would allow Stratics to convert and
maintain information in a manner that embraced the concepts of community
involvement and interaction, while placing the least amount of demands in terms
of knowledge and accessibility on potential contributors.




A BETTER WAY

Shortly after Ron Bron purchase Stratics in 2014, the hunt was on for a more
effective method for organizing and distributing data and the decision was made
to go with a Wiki Format. The First attempt at this was through a Xenforo plugin
which allow for the creation of a Wiki directly in the Xenforo Software that
powered the Stratics Community Forums. While this system was functional in
testing, and proved to be a better solution than the existing system, it left
data at the mercy of Xenforo database which in the event of a catastrophic
failure, or abandonment of the plugin by it's creators, would result in the
potential loss of information. Other concerns were largely centered around the
BBCode/Mediawiki hybrid markup language used to create pages, which at times was
confusing and difficult for novice writers to adapt too.
After the community funded purchase of Stratics by the Leadership team in
December of 2015, and the emergence of new technology becoming available the
existing Wiki project was scrapped and a new Wiki using a bridged version of
Mediawiki began it's planning phase. The benefits quickly became apparent, as
now data would be stored on a separate database adding a layer of protection,
and if in the future Xenforo was to become depreciated and unsuitable for
Stratics continuing needs the Wiki could be ran as a standalone installation.




IMPLEMENTATION AND TESTING

After several months of planning Mediawiki was installed and bridged to the
forums and alpha testing began by the Leadership team and current staff members.
During this time the search for a manager for the new Wiki began and on his
hiring he began designing templates and importing new data not previously
available on Stratics to the new Wiki in preparation for a closed beta test
phase.
In September 2016 closed Beta Testing began, on the opening of closed beta the
Wiki consisted of over 10000 pages of information that had previously been
unavailable on Stratics.

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NAVIGATION



STRATICS SITES

 * Stratics Central
 * UO Stratics
 * Stratics Forums


NAVIGATION

 * Main page
 * Recent changes
 * Random page
 * Help
 * Advanced Search


STRATICS

 * Stratics History
 * Current Staff
 * Historical Staff


ULTIMA ONLINE

 * Ultima Online
 * Atlas
 * Books of Lore
 * Developers
 * Dyes
 * Guides
 * Hues
 * Hunter's Guide
 * Items
 * Item Properties
 * Music
 * NPCs
 * Official Communications
 * Official Fiction
 * Player-Written Fiction
 * Quests
 * Rares Database
 * Skills
 * Skill Masteries
 * Sound Effects
 * Other Fansites


WIKI USAGE GUIDES

 * Page Creation Guides
 * Editing Guides
 * Template Guides
 * Known Wiki Bugs
 * Wiki Usage Rules


WIKI TOOLS



WIKI TOOLS

 * Special pages
 * Cite this page
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