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Background Images and WikiTroll Offender List

It could be fun to add custom backgrounds to articles. It would not only add artistic variety to the wiki, but choosing which image to put in the background could lead to some friendly competition to get the best picture.

I am new here, so I may be blind to a reason for it, but I believe the WikiTroll offender list should be deleted. It is important to never feed trolls—FANDOM has a help article on that—and the list does just that.SLScool (message wall) 18:19, November 24, 2017 (UTC)

Regarding the troll page: We inherited the list from the sysops before Horsti12's adoption of the wiki. The page was created in the very first days of the wiki, so it may be obsolete. I personally find it quite useful for admins to have an editable overview over past blocked users. However, I read the article you linked. So far, I don't know about users that felt encouraged to troll after being featured on the list. Also, there are very few trolls at all on this wiki over time. Besides that, a notable, curious thing is that there is a special page on every wiki that is similar to our WikiTroll page: http://rct.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Log/block

So, I think we can leave the troll page there for now. Deleting it will probably bring no benefit as there is the other automated site. What we could do is removing the link from the wiki's front page so it is less obvious such a list exist. Besides from that, the most effective measure against trolls should be a strict ban policy. The existance of a troll list seems rather not relevant to me. What do all you think? Bodoc Calado

And your opinion on custom page backgrounds? They are achievable by adding a piece of code to MediaWiki:Wikia.css. An example for Vanilla Hills would be:

body.page-Vanilla_Hills{
    background: #000000 url(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/rct/images/8/8f/Vanilla_Hills_Overview.png/revision/latest?cb=20100119020028) 0 0 no-repeat;
    background-position: center top;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-attachment: fixed;
    background-size:cover;
    }

An example of the per-page background stuff in action can be found at Subnautica wiki.
SLScool (message wall) 23:42, November 24, 2017 (UTC)

I see Horsti12 has started that. I would like to note, however, that it needs to be "body.page-Vanilla_Hills"—the system says the "body" part is unnecessary, but it is necessary for these backgrounds for whatever reason.SLScool (message wall) 01:38, November 26, 2017 (UTC)

How do I use the building designer (RCT3)?

I'm really confused... There's no wiki page or anything on the building designer, and I want to make my own shops, but I don't know how to put items in stock for the buildings I make... Can someone PLEASE tell me what the hell I have to do to make my own shops and stands?

-Pokemon0629 (I dunno how to do the user talk: thingy so maybe I could get some insight on that too?) 07:06, October 4, 2016 (UTC)

Talk Pages?

I've been out of the game a while. What's happened to talk pages? Is commenting the new way to discuss articles? It just seems clunky to have all the discussion at the bottom of the actual page, as opposed to a separate subpage? -Matt_20_1^(talk) 03:46, February 6, 2016 (UTC)

Scenery

Hey guys, I'm gonna start working on the scenery pages (and subpages and what not) and I'm really digging what we have so far, I just need some advice.

Obviously I've noticed the RCT1 scenery is pretty much all there, which is great and currently the pages are organised into the RCT1 base game and then Corkscrew Follies, etc. which is fine, but as you would know RCT2 basically has everything already listed, so as a design choice, should I relist them all or just state that all scenery objects above also are found in RCT2?

Also, with your permission I was thinking of condensing each game into one table (as opposed to each expansion). The pages (at least the ones I have looked at so far) are already pretty lengthy with just the one game? Just a thought though.-Matt_20_1^(talk) 06:00, February 3, 2016 (UTC)

Hello!

Relisting scenery objects for reappearence in RCT2 or creating new pages for RCT2 with the same content would make the scenery pages confusing and redundant. Putting phrases at the top of the tables like 'added in Loopy Landscapes' or 'from Loopy Landscapes onwards' are more helpful in my opinion.

I don't think condensing each game into one table would make the pages much shorter. Anyway, the information of when a scenery object was introduced, should not be lost.

Greetings, Bodoc Calado

I'm new here, but I'm ready to contribute. Unfortunately I only have RCT3 that's the only info I can update at present. I'd like to take the bulleted list of RCT3 flat rides (for starters) and turn it into a table with icons and basic stats for each ride and having the ride name link to the wiki page. Basic stats I'd like to put in are:

Icon to represent whether the ride is included in Base game, Soaked, or Wild expansion
The ride icon
The price
Length, Width, Area
Capacity (Peeps per ride)
Excitement, intensity, and nausea

Does that sound good? Should I make a test version of my proposed change with a few rides first? In the mean time I will do some less drastic edits like uploading some scenario images and filling in some bits. Bork Blatt (talk) 18:28, August 6, 2012 (UTC)

Sure, we can do that, and thanks for helping out - I will get some icons from the game when I'm on my PC. RCT3 is what we need most at this point (Until when the 3DS game is released, at least), so thanks for helping out and have fun :DUser:Lachlan5963/SigReal

EDIT:No, just edit on to the page if you want to...User:Lachlan5963/SigReal

Thanks - will do. Sadly I seem to have lost my Excel spreadsheet where I had put all the ride stats. I will need to recompile it if I can't find it in an old backup. In the mean time I will also continue filling in scenario pages. Bork Blatt (talk) 19:15, August 8, 2012 (UTC)