Maybe I’ll reorder or change the “Quick Links to Other games” as well; thinking about removing 3S (since someone added a thumbnail for it on the home page already) and KI (since it’s just a link to another website).
Oh sick! Priority number 1 should be updating the MediaWiki backend. SRK is currently running version 1.22.2 which is decades-old by now, by comparison Mizuumi is running 1.32.0. Once that’s taken care of, some key extensions should be installed like Parser Functions and Labeled Section Transclusion.
Pretty sure Renegade will handle the uploading stuff for CvS2, but it’s good to see RSX is still around. He doesn’t post on SRK much from what I’ve seen.
So as anybody who follows along at home knows, the fgc is generally run on erratic volunteer labor by whomever has time or energy at that point in time. The wiki in particular was being updated every couple years by FMJaguar out of the kindness of his heart. When the wiki crashed several years ago, it moved servers and the update process was never reestablished.
I’ve figured out who owns the server these days and will reach out to them to figure out the correct next steps here.
I mean, I can, but I’ve recently come to the conclusion the CvS2 SRK wiki is kinda a lost cause and have begun the process to host one at Mizuumi. More templates, better format, more admins, etc.
Like, i’ve spent a lot trying to do the SRK one, but I’m a content guy and am ass at formatting.
What formatting problems are you having, exactly? Either me or Jotamide might be able to help.
I think one thing that would really help the site is being able to bulk upload images, so I don’t have to manually upload ~30+ images every time I’m doing hitboxes.
Also @Preppy, could we revert the image for EX moves to the old one? This is the one I mean. I tried reverting it but it seems to be locked (possibly by Chen). Not sure why the new version is preferable, as it’s just a blue rectangle that means nothing for most games.
Could not read or write file “mwstore://local-backend/local-public/9/9e/Ex.png” due to insufficient permissions or missing directories/containers.
Could not store file “/tmp/phpOviDAA” at “mwstore://local-backend/local-public/9/9e/Ex.png”.
Think this needs to be part of the server update… :\
Just really basic stuff I have problems with. Like I tried to incorporate the more esoteric charts/data on the main page into hideable/expandable charts, and it just kept coming out wrong. http://wiki.shoryuken.com/Capcom_vs_SNK_2
But when I tried to make a template work for a character (i tried using the SF4 template for Chun), I couldn’t really add some of the fields I wanted and I think I just gave up on my 9000th
Emoji.
That’s why my thinking was that starting from scratch and using the existing Mizuumi templates would end up looking 2000 times better.
Why did you remove all of the text below: Guard meter, stun meter, timer, etc on the CvS2 main page? I know you were trying to do spoilers, but it seems you’ve nuked all the text that was there.
I didn’t remove it, I just never added it. I think I realized I was getting too in the weeds for a title page, wanted to try the spoiler text, messed that up, then that’s where we are.
Thanks for the update. Something immediate that can be done as well, is fix all the character pages on the wiki not being subpages of their respective games. This is a snippet from the MediaWiki help pages
As you can see, pages created this way have dependencies. For example: creating links can be made easier or game-specific templates can be made taking advantage of subpages. However, most of the character pages on the SRK wiki are formatted like @Renegade posted above
To fix this, someone has to manually go into all character pages, move them to the correct path, and make sure a redirect is created to not break any existing links. Here’s an article on how to move pages: Help:Moving a page - MediaWiki
Luckily, all users can do this (no admin perms required) so if people really wanted to clean up the wiki in preparation for an upgrade, this would be a great way to do it.