RollerCoaster Tycoon Wiki:Community Portal

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Merging Articles, Condensing Template Names, and Wiki Navigation bar

First, I believe Land and Land, Water, and Items should be merged into one article.

Second, many templates have long names (e.g., Template:RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 Rides & Attractions). They could be condensed (e.g., RCT2 Rides) to make typing easier.

Finally, MediaWiki:Wiki-navigation could be improved. "Parkitekt" under "Other Games" is a non-existent article, and there is no link to the forums.
SLScool (message wall) 00:36, November 27, 2017 (UTC)

Regarding first: agreed, I'll work on that. Regarding second: not sure many editors bother. You could, if you want make a new one with the short name, redirecting to the old one, if that's possible. But stay consistent in when naming. Third, Horsti12 is working on a new front page, see Test. Parkitect should stay on the page even though there is no article yet, because of its similarity to the RCT franchise's games. Which forums do you mean? You could suggest that to Horsti12.

Bodoc Calado

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)

Yes I tried to do it, but it not works. Can you please help me. I even completly copied the complete MediawikiCss but it also didn't work. So I changed it back to the one we had earlier. There has to be another page which controls it. --Horsti12 (talk) 11:13, November 26, 2017 (UTC)

Special:ThemeDesigner is the only one I can currently think of. Under "customize," make sure the background graphic is set to be tiled. In the meantime, I will try to figure out what else could be causing the fault.SLScool (message wall) 16:28, November 26, 2017 (UTC)

Well, now it works. I suppose this post is all resolved now unless you have thoughts on the WikiTroll offender list.SLScool (message wall) 19:25, November 26, 2017 (UTC)