The MapleWiki Quality Control Group

The MapleWiki Quality Control Group

About

The MapleWiki Quality Control Group (MWQCG) was started on November 5th, 2007 by Conexion in an effort to improve the quality, usability, and design of MapleWiki.

Goals

• Make the Wiki more accessible
  • Being able to browse easily to find exactly what you're looking is a must when designing quality pages.
  • Being easy to edit when incorrect information is found or new/updated information is available.
  • Consistency in templates and guides

• Improve the design of each individual page
  • Pages should not only have easy to reach content, but be pleasing to the eye when reading the content
  • Including new templates on longer guides so that it may be divided up into multiple pages for faster loading times.
  • Add customizable tables available in new templates so that people without much experiance can grab a template and organize their data better

• Clarity
  • Keeping the facts simple and straight.
  • Providing links on items, weapons, etc... with help on how to use each one.
  • Making sure the articles branch out. That all articles have plenty of in sentence links that lead to other articles that may describe a specific point better.

The Quality Control Checklist

Articles are eligible for various awards if it meets the guidelines listed below under each specified section. To nominate an article for an award, please leave your nomination on the MWQCG/Nominations page in the correct section.

Items

• All of the following must apply in order to be considered for nomination
  • Picture of item must be included.
    • (Bonus) A picture of a character wearing the item.
    • All Images must follow the Picture MWQCG guidelines
  • Item Class included e.g. "Armor: Earrings"
  • All effects the item may have
  • The stats required to use the item
  • How it is obtained - Quests/Drops/Synthesized/etc
  • How much to purchase in a shop
  • How much it sells for at a shop
  • Must follow the Writing MWQCG guidelines

Monsters

• All of the following must apply in order to be considered for nomination
  • Picture of Monster/Boss must be included.
    • (Bonus) An animation may also be included
    • All Images must follow the Picture MWQCG guidelines
  • A description of the monster and where it can be found.
  • Related monsters must be included and linked e.g. "Mushmom" and "Mushdad"
  • All Stats included (Level/HP/MP/KB/Speed/Attack/Defense/etc) that are available.
  • Additional notes included (if known):
    • If it is a boss
    • The Version(s) of MapleStory it is in
    • The MapleGlobal update version this monster was added
  • Must follow the Writing MWQCG guidelines

Towns

• All of the following must apply in order to be considered for nomination
  • Picture of the mini-map must be included.
    • (Bonus) A (shrunken) version of the full map.
    • (Bonus) Thumbnail image of the town on the main map.
    • All Images must follow the Picture MWQCG guidelines
  • A description of the town as a whole and when you usually visit it.
  • A description of all NPC's and quests are linked
  • All stores are described with links to what each store sells and the prices.
  • Additional notes included (if known):
    • The version(s) of MapleStory it is in
    • Near by towns and towns you can access via Ship/Subway/etc...
  • Must follow the Writing MWQCG guidelines

Skills

• All of the following must apply in order to be considered for nomination
  • Picture of the skill icon must be included.
    • (Bonus) A picture of a character using the skill.
    • All Images must follow the Picture MWQCG guidelines
  • Job that uses the skill
  • Description of skill (from MapleStory)
  • Type of skill e.g "Passive/Active/etc"
  • Master Level
  • Prerequisites (if applicable)
  • Other Notes (if applicable)
  • A "Skill Progression By Level" chart is included
  • Must follow the Writing MWQCG guidelines

Maps

• All of the following must apply in order to be considered for nomination
  • Picture of the mini-map must be included.
    • (Bonus) A (shrunken) version of the full map.
    • All Images must follow the Picture MWQCG guidelines
  • A description of the town as a whole and when you usually visit it.
  • A description of all NPC's and quests are linked
  • Near by towns that you can access through this map.
  • Must follow the Writing MWQCG guidelines

Guides

• All of the following (where applicable) must apply in order to be considered for nomination
  • Clear and inviting presentation
  • All skills, locations, items, quests, and monsters are linked to appropriately
  • Structured well enough to be able to make easy refinements if necessary
  • Images included are clear and are helpful - Clarifying and supporting your text.
  • Builds by themselves are not guides.
    • Guides that instruct how to achieve a specific type of build (Luckless Mage, Perma Beginner, Dexless Assassin, etc..) must include the advantages/disadvantages to the build, where to train throughout the process, etc... (as much as any other guide).
  • A list of training areas is not a guide by itself
    • Include strategies to fighting the enemies in it and what items/skills are best to have in that particular area.
  • All quest guides will follow this criteria.
  • All Images must follow the Picture MWQCG guidelines
  • Must follow the Writing MWQCG guidelines

Quests

• All of the following must apply in order to be considered for nomination
  • Includes full description of quest. (Including the one in the in game quest log)
  • Includes Mini-Map screen shots if it a Party-Quest or Jump Quest
  • All item requirements must include images of the item icons.
  • All Images must follow the Picture MWQCG guidelines
  • All skills, locations, items, quests, and monsters are linked to appropriately
  • Structured well enough to be able to make easy refinements if necessary
  • Images included are clear and are helpful - Clarifying and supporting your text.
  • Must follow the Writing MWQCG guidelines

Any Main Article

• This includes, but is not limited to:
  • The Main Page
  • The [[Help:Contents|Help Page]
  • The How To Help Page
  • The FAQ
  • The Community Portal
• All of the following must apply in order to be considered for nomination
  • Must follow the Writing MWQCG guidelines
  • All Images must follow the Picture MWQCG guidelines
  • Design is clean and easy to follow
  • Virtually no clutter present. Organized
  • Invites revisions to be made on the discussion page
  • Keeps a broad focus so that users can narrow down on what they wish to see.

Writing MWQCG Guidelines

• Spelling is correct and consistent
  • We do not mind US or British spelling
    • If you do use one, stick to it.
• Grammar usage is clear.
  • If you are not particularly good at English, or if it is your second language, please have others take a look at, and revise your work before submitting an article.
• Know your homonyms
  • Their/There/They're
  • Knight/Night
  • Are/Our
  • It's/Its
  • Weird/Wired
  • Etc...
    • Need I go on?
• Plz do n0t tlk thiz kthxbi
• Practice useful English
  • Don't oversimplify your words, but don't write a doctoral dissertation either.
• Engage the reader if possible. This is MapleStory... you enjoy this!
• Use proper capitalization
• When all else fails, use your judgment.

Image MWQCG Guidelines

• Acceptable formats
  • JPG/JPEG
    • Please use higher quality save settings
      • In Adobe Photoshop, this means between a 9 and 12
  • GIF
    • Best for animations and icons
  • PNG
    • Best for logos. Alpha transparency is allowed

• Quality
  • Images that have any unsightly compression artifacts will not be considered.
  • Please take a screen shot directly of any images NOT using the default "Scroll Lock" key when possible
    • Use the "Print Screen" key and paste into your image editing software.
    • When you use the "Scroll Lock" key, MapleStory automatically saves the screen shot in compressed JPEG format. This will reduce the quality of the image.
  • Please include transparency for Items/Weapons/Monsters.
  • If you have any other questions regarding the quality of the images, please let us know in the discussion page at the top.

• Maps
  • Mini-Maps
    • Please properly crop so that none of the outside container shows.
    • Includes all "blue exits" on the map
  • Large Maps
    • Shrunk to a decent size but too tiny
    • Any wallpaper width will usually work well
      • 800px wide / 1024px wide.

• Characters/Monsters
  • Remove background and save in a transparent format (GIF/PNG)
  • Do not include the ground shadow if possible
  • Happy faces are encouraged on characters

Disclaimer

These terms are able to change at any time and it is up to the discretion of the MWQCG officer if it meets the standards listed, and any assumed quality expectations that are not listed.

Current Officers

Leader: Conexion

Officers: To Be Decided

Applying to be an Officer

Please send all requests to be an officer to Conexion's Talk Page.

Please include:

• Why you wish to be an officer
• How often you are online
• How long you've been playing MapleStory
• Your MapleWiki Username

Any edits or articles you've contributed will be looked at and you will be notified if you application was accepted or not. Please do note that even if your application is not accepted, we strongly encourage you to keep updating and that you may be reconsidered in the future.

MWQCG Officers

• A MWQCG Officer...
  • Awards quality pages that meet our guidelines with a seal of approval badge
  • Offers to help others in how to help with this Wiki as well as all aspects of Wiki editing
  • Creates quality articles to help grow the MapleWiki and MapleTip communities
  • Edits articles that already exist to help improve the quality of the page
  • Offers assistance in helping people who are creating articles. This includes reviewing, spell checking, and offering grammar help, among other helpful sugguestions.
  • Monitors image uploads for quality images and if the image doesn't seem up to par, offering to upload a higher quality rendition of the same image. In the case that a low quality image is uploaded that the community as a whole uses, then officers are expected to either revert the image to the higher quality version, or upload their own image that follows the MWQCG standards.
  • Expands the help sections and positively answering questions that are found on discussion pages.
  • Keeps a positive, helpful attitude when addressing others in need of help.
  • Keeps a good image of what a helpful Wiki editor should be.

• A MWQCG Officer DOESN'T...
  • Automatically take over other people's articles or finish them when the author is actively working on it.
  • Delete important information due to low quality. Moreover, they should help to improve the quality of the information, especially when it is more-or-less public domain.
  • Boss around anyone. This is a large collaboration project and we need help from everyone to make this work well. Be as encouraging as you can, and if someone is breaking rules or acting unethically, don't feed into it. Contact the proper authorities and it will be dealt with.
  • Disturb the peace. Work out fights separately from this Wiki to find resolutions. Any debates regarding an article will be monitored and assessed on it's discussion page.
  • Act superiorly to anyone else. We're all human. We're all equal. Just because you're a part of this group doesn't make you higher than anyone else and if you have that attitude, you will be kicked from the group.

Awards

Awards will be given to articles on a page by page basis. Awards may only be given by MWQCG officers and only after it meets all the guidelines listed above. An officer cannot give their own articles an award. The following awards are available.

An article that has met MWQCG standards will receive'

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This article has been awarded this badge for meeting MWQCG standards.

Approved by: Conexion

Date: November 6th, 2007

An Article that has exceeding MWQCG standards will receive

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This article has been awarded this badge for exceeding MWQCG standards.

An excellent reference for anyone to use for their own articles

Approved by Vote

Date: November 6th, 2007

A smaller section such as an Item or Weapon may receive

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This ((Item)) meets MWQCG standards.

Awarded by: Conexion

Date: November 6th, 2007

Becoming a Normal Member

Becoming a MWQCG member is really quite easy. If you support the ideas here and are committed to creating/editing quality pages, just add your name to the list below!

MWQCG Normal Members

1. Conexion

2. Ihani

3. Perri9

Feel free to add this graphic to your signatures or your User Page as well!

Just add [[Image:MWQCGBanner.jpg]] on any edit page!

Other Notes

Whoo, that took a long while. If you have any questions, please let us know on the discussion page and we'll be sure to give you an answer ASAP. Thank you for taking a visit reading through this! Conexion 23:48, 6 November 2007 (CST)