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Hey everyone! I'm here to share some general news on what's going on at Fandom as of the middle of March 2024, including technical updates and some other announcements.
Technical Updates
A known issue with section editing by using the Visual Editor source mode (2017 source editor) is known - the entire page gets loaded instead of only the section being clicked on. The team is currently looking into a fix.
Issues with usage of <bloglist> tags causing faulty rendering of code for the "Create blog post" button have been solved, with the corresponding button now displaying correctly. Other issues with button interaction continue to be looked into, though!
An upgrade for CodeMirror (the syntax highlighting extension for the editors) will be tested by a few communities prior to being released to all wikis. There were many reported issues during our first update attempt last month, but local testing will help prevent more of those. (Witcher Wiki is not part of that early test. Only specific wikis that agreed to it beforehand are included.)
For more known issues, fixes and other details, feel free to visit the March 8 Technical Update (or also the previous one, from February 23).
Experiments and feature tests
Visual Editor performance: Following a successful experiment, we increased the loading speed of VE in a recent update.
Interactive Maps: Some experimenting has begun for Maps, with an option for visitors to mark in-game progress via checkboxes for collected items/visited locations. (For the wikis that are part of this, I have reached out to admin(s) already to give some details.)
Welcome messages: A beloved feature from years ago could be making a comeback soon, as testing is happening to figure out if this makes sense. Experimenting on this will be very limited to begin with, but we'll see what happens!
Other announcements
We have unleashed a new Community Culture blog series - a monthly post highlighting diverse people, programming, and entertainment topics. The February Community Culture post was the first post.
Also published was our first Transparency Report, which shows data relating to Trust & Safety actions in 2023. This includes things like the number of rejected JS edits, closed duplicate/spam wikis, and more. (See announcement and the 2023 report.)
That's all for now, hope y'all are having a wonderful month!
How does monster respawning work and do big monsters respawn at all like the griffin north of the elven ruins in western velen?
And i have no f'ing idea what witcher is so can someone explain... my friend just told me to come here. sorry for cussing. is this ded?
Is anyone still getting audio bugs for Witcher 3 on ps5? Everytime I save the game, exit and come back, theres a ringing/shining type of sound in the background that keeps on happening. Is it fixable or has cdprojekt continued to delay the fixes for it?
Hey everyone!
This week, Fandom released an update to the VisualEditor, targeting the interface of both the Visual Mode and the VE - Source Mode (also known as the '2017 editor'). The goal is to improve the editing experience there to make it more intuitive than it use to be.
You can check the announcement blog from staff for more details and a bit of history behind these changes, and also the updated help page.
To summarize, some of the changes the team worked on are these:
Some of the tools have been renamed (e.g. "paragraph" is now "normal text")
Icons were shuffled around (e.g. the back and forward arrow buttons are now located on the far left rather than the middle)
Some less-essential tools were hidden from view to make the initial editor view a little less overwhelming (but the tools are still accessible in dropdown menus)
For the 2017 source mode: removal of the options available from the menu icon (the three stacked horizontal bars) -- To get those back, anyone can customize the toolbar to access them from there)
For the 2017 source mode: the menu icon was used to replace the gear icon
You can also see an outline of these in the design mocks below:
VisualEditor - Visual Mode
VisualEditor - Source Mode (a.k.a. 2017 source mode editor)
Separate from this, some functionality changes have also happened to the older source editor (a.k.a. "2010 editor"). Those are unrelated to the VE changes, and some have been filed as bug tickets (for instance, a cursor not being visible on wikis using a dark skin).
If you have any questions or feedback to share, you're more than welcome to either reply here, or message me directly. Cheers, and have a nice Friday/weekend!
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What are you guys thoughts on that movie because I've notice that Netflix is making an animated movie on one of the short stories? I'll be honest I'm a bit cautious because after watching Blood Origin, it made me really dislike Netflix's choices for this series. Even after watching Nightmare of the Wolf for the second time, I still feel the movie is average at best and pretty forgettable. I find it a little sad because the movie is animated by the same studio who did Castlevania and Blood of Zeus, shows that are much better to watch than Nightmare of the Wolf.
Hello guys, im new in the franchise. Can you give me a summary of what i need to play, watch or read?
Also hi guys
I got into it by way of YT
And now I will go find the books bc I'm at the library
How come comments are off? I remember people were able to comment on each article page in this wiki until one day they were just gone. So I'm wondering what happened? Is it because every comment section in this wiki were becoming more heated than ever and the admins felt it was best to disable it?
Hey everyone! I thought I'd summarize a bit of what's been going on in the past couple of months at Fandom in terms of features and other updates.
The Thanks extension is now optionally available for all wikis
This feature allows you to thank other editors for specific contributions they made. After much testing, it has been included as an option for wiki admins via the Admin Dashboard.
It can be toggled on/off at any point by admins, which is great for those wikis that are unsure and just wanting to test for a bit to see how it works.
You can find more information about the feature itself in the help page written for it, as well as some history behind it in the announcement post published by staff.
Gamepedia wikis now display less ads for logged-in users
Wikis that originally came from Gamepedia lacked the "don't show all ads" option Fandom wikis have. Happy to report this is no longer the case, and the ad display for logged-in users is limited to the main page, not regular content pages.
(This isn't 100% relevant to this wiki, as it isn't a GP wiki - but given that this has been a controversial topic for a long time, it's important enough to be shared. Obviously a small step, but hopefully one that begins to address community concerns.)
Notifications for message reports were released back in November
In response to user feedback about lack of visibility for reports, admins and Discussion moderators can now receive a new set of notifications for reported posts/messages in a wiki's social areas (Discussions, walls, comments).
These are enabled by default for any admins/mods at their wikis and can be disabled at each wiki where you have one of these roles via the "notifications" tab in user preferences in case you prefer not to have the notifications for certain wiki(s).
You can find more information about these in the announcement post made by Fandom staff.
The Quick Answers Dashboard is actively being tested by a set of wikis
Quick Answers is a feature that adds a set of AI-sourced questions/answers to character pages. There was a disastrous release of these back in August, with many inaccuracies, and the feature had to be removed at the time. The current goal is to bring it back by providing much more admin control over the content.
To that end, Fandom has been working on testing a new QA Dashboard with a few wikis. The dashboard allows inaccurate content to be reported, provides admins with the ability to alter answers, and also the option to reduce the amount of answers available. (You can find more info, as well as images of the dashboard itself, in the Quick Answers help page).
Witcher Wiki is actually one of the few wikis helping with this testing stage - huge thanks for all your input in helping make this feature better!
More news / technical updates
A number of new experiments have been taking place and are either still running, concluding, or being planned for upcoming testing. You can find more information on these by checking Fandom's Technical Update posts, as well as more detailed posts on some of the experiments in the Fandom Stars Wiki.
For details on current bugs recently fixed or being looked into, as well as other feature news, you can also check technical updates and other recent posts via the Fandom Staff Blog in Community Central.
Just started my first playthrough in the witcher3 any advice?
So I just did the “Turn and Face the Strange” Blood and Stone secondary mission, and unlocked the new “mutagens” abilities.
I’m just asking out of curiosity, which is the best one to start with, the signs (blue) one or the red (attack) one? Or rather, which one did you guys start with (since I know it’s a matter of opinion)?
I am not going to worry about the green ones because I didn’t really worry about unlocking any of the “Alchemy” abilities. I did unlock two alchemy abilities, but have spent most of my ability points on combat and signs abilities.
Let's say he gets his basic stuff from the start of TW3, he is tasked to find holy grail, and also goes the same path as he did and face same challenges on his way to the end.
Hello, I'm wondering if I'm able to upload an official image from "Gwent" to the succubus page.
The image is of the male equivalent, the "Incubus" a new-Ish unit in Gwent
Since there is no image for incubus on such page (even though succubus and incubi are both put on the same page).
Would it be possible?
I stumbled across this Wiki and I might have heard of the Wither but I haven't seen it yet and have no Idea what it is about, So whats this series about and where can I watch it?
Hi, I've recently read some topics, and I've been lost by the real location of the Zerrikania.
With the map I got, and some informations we go in the School of Manticore & Zerrikania.
They speak about:
"Zerrikania is situated between the Fiery Mountains to the north and Great Korath Desert in the south.[13] It can be reached from the Elskerdeg Pass through the famed Wastelands"
What is the Wastelands ?? The Korath Desert?
And, they talking Between Fiery Mountains to the "NORTH" and the Great Korath Desert in the "SOUTH"???? but in maps I got, the Korath Desert in next to Fiery montain, so I don't Understand.
And they said in the Manticore school page:
"The witchers agreed and the two castles were built: Behelt Nar in the west and Bialsuf Alsarea in the east, the latter of which Iwan stayed at"
Behelt Nar in the east ?? But for go where ? In the "Hakland" ? for commercial purpose ?
And Bialsuf in the west, but where ? In North to Elskerdeg Pass or In south Near the Im Lebar river ?
At the Downfall of the School of the Manticore they said:
"Due to this, Zerrikania shunned the few remaining witchers and the country turned its focus on finding a safe sea route to the west instead. Having lost the Zerrikanian crown's support, the few witchers that remained fell into decline"
This mean Behelt Nar war near to the Elskerdeg Pass. But if it's that, this mean they want to pass by the South, reaching Im Lebar River, but this mean a more longer and dangerous traval in the Korath Desert, so this stupid no?
So i'm asking here if someone now the clear location of the Zerrikania
Thank you, and sorry for my bad English