How to contribute: Difference between revisions

We welcome you to contribute to this wiki. Feel free to edit any pages to improve this wiki. All changes made in good faith are welcome. [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Be_bold|Be bold!]] When you are unsure about something, you can always ask in the #wiki channel on [https://ddnet.org/discord Discord] or [https://matrix.to/#/#ddnet-wiki:matrix.org Matrix]. This page should help getting started to contribute. You need to register in order to contribute.

== What to contribute? ==

We encourage every kind of contribution. Here are a few examples what you could do:

* You can always fix problems you see, correct grammar, make sure wording is accurate, etc.

* Expand an article by covering another topic

* Write a new article. A variety of topics are yet to be covered

== What content is accepted? ==

Articles should be related to the DDNet and Teeworlds community/projects/ecosystem.

Please do not put "Made by X" or "Wiki Article by X" when writing an article, authorship is seen by contributions that can be looked up on "View History", not at the article directly.

== Moderation ==

Changes made to the wiki go to a moderation queue, where moderators will check if the change you made is vandalism.

Here are our practices we follow when moderating content, which the extension itself recommends:

=== Recommended use / good practices for moderators ===

The following good-practices are advised:

# Abstain from using blocks. Don't protect pages "just in case", except maybe for important templates.

# Allow the full rehabilitation of users with a bad history of editing. Their useful edits to the articles should be allowed, no matter how many times they were blocked. At the same time, trolling on talk pages should be rejected, so are the purposely-low-quality edits.

== How to create a video ==

=== Step 1: Getting a Map ===

==== Variant 1: Using an existing map ====

To use maps from videos in the wiki:

Now you can edit and use the map for the demo.

==== Variant 2: Creating a new map ====

#* Make it loopable, you can get creative with that :)

#* Insert a scale if suited

==== Step 2.1: Recording the demo ====

#* Start your own DDNet server or use the [https://trashmap.timakro.de/ Trashmap] hosting service

# Join it with your client, try the trick until you are satisfied with the result and keep loopability in mind

==== Recording Settings ====

Set consistent skin:

* Hook: default

* Jump: bluekitty

==== Step 2.2: Cutting the demo ====

Tip: you can repeat these steps multiple times to be able to cut the demo more precisely

==== Step 2.3: Converting the demo to a video ====

Once you have the client, converting a demo is as simple as:

* Select the correct demo

* Click <code>Render</code> at the bottom

=== Step 3: Getting the video into the wiki ===

Some of the following steps might be a little overwhelming. You can simply ask one of the wiki admins to do the remaining steps.

==== Step 3.1: Cropping the video ====

Using your preferred video editor, crop the video, so that only the relevant cutout of the video remains. You can look at other videos from the wiki to get a feel for how much you should crop.

==== Step 3.2: Uploading the video to the wiki ====

To upload a video to the wiki first you need permissions, if you are considered a trustworthy contributor you will get them, if you consider yourself trustworthy you can ask an administrator to consider giving you the permission to upload files.

==== Step 3.3: Inserting the video into an article ====

To insert a video into an article, first you have to choose whether it fits in the text or on a side.

You can learn more in detail about media placement here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images

== Templates ==

If you identify a common occurrence, such as weapon info boxes, you can automate it creating templates, more info [[mediawikiwiki:Help:Templates|here]].

[[:Category:Templates|Category:Templates]]

== Translation ==

=== Title ===

To translate the title you can go to "Edit source" and add <code><nowiki>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Translated title}}</nowiki></code>  to the top of the page replacing "Translated title" with the title you want displayed.

=== Linking ===

You can archive the same in the visual editor, by first linking the translated page: e.g. by typing <code>[[</code> to open the linking page. Enter <code>Jump/de</code> to link to the correct page and then modify the display text to the translated version.