Team Fortress Wiki:FAQ
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Contents
- 1 Editing
- 1.1 What do the colored plus and minus numbers mean next to an edit?
- 1.2 I made an edit and it disappeared, where did it go?
- 1.3 Where do I go to discuss a page's content or edits I have made on a page?
- 1.4 Is there a way to automate tedious and/or repetitive edits?
- 1.5 What / who is WindBOT? Why is it always changing my edits?
- 1.6 How can I get WindBOT to stop editing a page?
- 2 Translation
- 2.1 How do I start translating pages?
- 2.2 How do I translate templates?
- 2.3 Is translation into <language> supported?
- 2.4 Are there statistics for page translation? Which pages is <language> missing?
- 2.5 Where are other people translating <language>?
- 2.6 How do I know which names I should use for official translated names within in the game?
- 2.7 What should I do if I am uncertain about a translation?
- 2.8 Someone else has not properly translated a page or made mistakes, what should I do?
- 3 Wiki
- 4 Other
Editing
What do the colored plus and minus numbers mean next to an edit?
They represent the number of bytes (or characters) added or removed in a particular edit. For example, (+264) means there were 264 bytes in total added to the page. (0) indicates that content was changed, but the amount of bytes remains the same.
These numbers are not related to points or scoring in any way. They simply indicate at a glance what was changed in one particular edit.
I made an edit and it disappeared, where did it go?
Check the article history by clicking the 'History' tab at the top of the page. It shows the edit history of the article and a reason should have been given for the removal of an edit.
Where do I go to discuss a page's content or edits I have made on a page?
Post on the article's Talk Page. A link to the talk page can be found at the top of your page and is labelled "Discussion". Here you may discuss the page and any changes you think may be made. Be sure to sign the ends of your comments by adding --~~~~
Is there a way to automate tedious and/or repetitive edits?
The best thing to do would be to contact one of the Staff. They may be able to use an automated bot to do the editing for you or point you to someone who can. Keep in mind that bots are certainly not perfect, and manual editing may still be required.
What / who is WindBOT? Why is it always changing my edits?
WindBOT is an automated editing bot run by WindPower. It monitors the recent changes feed for pages, scans and then edits them according to a list of filters; among the most common of the bot's tasks are correcting capitalization and misspellings, links, templates and applying other fixes.
How can I get WindBOT to stop editing a page?
WindBOT can ignore a selected part of a page by wrapping text inside the template {{botignore}}. For example, with a sentence like It was a {{botignore|direct hit}} on the target., the bot will skip over the words 'direct hit' and leave it capitalized in its current form.
More complicated cases can be added to WindBOT's page blacklist.
Translation
How do I start translating pages?
See Help:Language translation.
How do I translate templates?
See Help:Translation switching.
Is translation into <language> supported?
See Help:Language translation#List of supported languages.
Are there statistics for page translation? Which pages is <language> missing?
See Team Fortress Wiki:Translation progress.
Where are other people translating <language>?
See Team Fortress Wiki:Translation progress.
How do I know which names I should use for official translated names within in the game?
You can find lists regarding official names (such as weapons, hat, game modes and so on) for each of the supported languages at Category:Text files. It is important to always use the official translations of anything that is already officially translated in the game itself in order to preserve consistency. For namings of items that have not yet entered official localizations, the name to use should be decided by consensus with a discussion on each project's discussion page.
What should I do if I am uncertain about a translation?
If you are not sure you have the right translation for a certain word and/or sentence, please consider the context of the piece you are editing and check dictionaries whenever possible. Keep in mind that sometimes things cannot be fully translated because they are bonded to a certain cultural reference (e.g. you cannot translate a movie name). If you are still not sure you can ask other editors in the IRC channel that speak the designated language for advice.
Someone else has not properly translated a page or made mistakes, what should I do?
If it is in your ability to repair what has been broken please try your best to fix it. Of course you should notify the previous translator, which can be done by clicking on the 'View History' button at the upper right side of a page and checking who made the last edits to that particular page. This user can be contacted by clicking on 'Talk' next to the users name and you can leave a message as desired.
Wiki
How can I find help?
A lot of our editors are regularly active in our IRC channel. You can feel free to mention any questions you have there.
Additionally, feel free to post on the talk page of any of the staff (moderators and administrators). They would be glad to help with any issues.
How do I get a Wiki Cap?
See Team Fortress Wiki:Wiki Cap.
Are staff hired by Valve?
No. All editors are volunteers only. There are a number of Valve representatives however, and they can be found listed here. Please do not contact them with queries; instead, pose questions to the IRC channel instead or a discussion page instead.
Do staff receive 'insider info' on Team Fortress 2?
No. They do not have any secret information regarding upcoming patches, items and/or gameplay changes. Information on updates are obtained by monitoring feeds and mailing lists. Information on items and gameplay changes are often found on forums and are simply collected by editors and put into articles.
How can I become a moderator?
There is no 'application process', and instead, qualified users will be selected when the need arises for new moderators. The majority of the time, there is no need for any new additions to the team.
As for localization moderators (or 'loc mods'), generally one user is selected from each translation group to head translation efforts. Localization moderators are only assigned to the most active languages with more users. If a particular language requires more general moderation, please make a mention of the issue in the #tfwikistaff IRC channel.
Other
How come when people upload pictures, they appear stretched, or sometimes they are the wrong image? How come images do not appear immediately after uploading?
Images uploaded to the Team Fortress Wiki are placed into a "Cache" where they are stored and are shown to users. Often, this cache takes some time to update when new images are uploaded to the Wiki. In this case, the image may change resolution, but will not appear as the correct instance. If this happens, do not upload again. The cache will update within the next few hours automatically and your image will be displayed.
