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Welcome to Underrail Wiki! The Community Portal hosts a "state of the wiki" list. Check the forums' wiki thread for additional community discussion.

Contributing to the wiki

There are many ways in which you can help. Don't be afraid to edit and create articles!

Improving existing articles

Adding missing stuff to navboxes/lists

☑ Most content should be listed on the wiki navboxes.
Navboxes can be edited via the v-d-e links in their upper left corner.

Feats

☑ Most feat pages reflect the most recent version and are in good condition.
Additional detailed explanations should be added, especially when game mechanics are ambiguous.

Items

☑ Most item pages are in good condition.
Tabbed item infoboxes be edited via the v-d-e links in their upper right corner.
Pages in Category:Components with example stats need to be updated with their stat ranges.

Quests

Detail pages; write walkthroughs, etc.
Every quest page should have a small screenshot, see #Uploading images.

Characters, Enemies

Detail pages; add any missing data to infoboxes.

Locations

Detail pages; most have short sections or are stubs/redirects.

Psi abilities, Abilities, Status effects

Detail pages where necessary.

Factions

Detail pages; these are really lacking in story/lore details.

Skills

Many of the pages for individual skills have lists that need expansion.

Creating new pages

Check out the Special:WantedPages for a list of frequently linked-to pages that don't yet exist. Feel free to create any of them!

Major article group	Progress	Infobox and documention	Navboxes (should link to all pages)	Notes / other resources
Quests	☑ Good	Quest Infobox	Missions navbox	Existing quest pages can be used as references, though there is much room for improvement in walkthroughs.
Items	☑ Good	Infobox item	Most of Category:Navbox templates	Use existing item pages for reference, but longer body text is welcome. See Category:Item icons and subcats for already uploaded item icons. Template:ComponentGroup will also be helpful if you're working with blueprint/component pages Similarly, Template:AmmoGroup for weapon/ammo pages
Characters, Enemies	WIP	Character Infobox	NPCs, mentioned characters, minor NPCs and enemies	Existing pages can be used as references, though many are stubs. Category:Portraits and Category:Portrait backgrounds have all the portraits Category:In-game models for important NPC pictures Category:Sprites and subcats for generic sprites with transparent background
Locations	☑ Good	Location Infobox	Locations navbox	Zones lists every zone file, its article and map screenshot Every zone should have its own detailed article later on, for now locations only have larger common pages
Feats	☑ Good	Feat Infobox	Feats navbox	Use existing pages for reference.
Abilities	☑ Good	Ability Infobox	Abilities navbox, Psi abilities navbox	Use existing pages for reference. Feat abilities should go to relevant feat page; no need for two pages and disambiguation.
Status effects	☑ Good	Ability Infobox	Status effect navbox	Use existing pages for reference. Status effects should be added to relevant main article when they share name (e.g. Irongut medicine item and status effect)

Uploading images

See File:Misc icon.png#filelinks for pages that still lack images

Screenshots and editing!

Icons should be 33x33 PNG or few px larger, with transparent background
NPC/mob models should be roughly 100x100px or a bit larger, similar in size with the portrait next to it
- Unique NPCs can use cropped screenshots to illustrate their surroundings
- Generic NPCs and mobs are better off with transparent background
Quests infobox supports 300x200 images, can be a key event or point of interest in the quest
Every area should have a map image, preferably transparent, fully explored and without visible NPCs
- Most zones have their map images in the wiki, check Zones for image redlinks.

Image categories

Category:Images is the root category.
- Category:Item icons for item icons (☑ complete)
  - Category:Armor icons for armor icons (☑ complete)
  - Category:Oddity icons for oddity icons (☑ complete)
  - Category:Weapon icons for weapon icons (☑ complete)
- Category:Feat icons for feat icons (☑ complete)
- Category:Icons for all other icons - menus, abilities, status effects, etc (☑ complete)
- Category:Maps for area screenshots (incomplete)
- Category:Portraits for NPC portraits (☑ complete)
  - Category:Portrait backgrounds for NPC portraits (☑ complete)
- Category:In-game models for in-game models of NPCs/mobs (incomplete)
- Category:Sprites for transparent generic sprites (☑ complete)
  - Category:Player sprites for player sprites with different armor suits
  - Category:Vehicle sprites for vehicle sprites
- Category:Quest images for quest infobox images (☑ complete)

Quality assurance

The usual wiki cleanup stuff.

Tag dubious information with {{verify}} or help verify information in existing articles.
Tag outdated articles with {{outdated}} or help update any outdated articles.
Tag short articles with {{stub}} or help expand some article stubs.
Single sections in need of expansion can be marked with {{expand section}} or you can help with articles that need expansion.
Mark pages for deletion with {{delete}} or help improve some candidates for deletion.
Check article content for typos and/or bad grammar. Any typos present in the game need not be reproduced in the wiki, instead report them here
Improve syntax/formatting as you see fit.
Add pages to correct categories by adding [[Category:Category's name]] on the page.
Check for any internal links to disambiguation pages and fix them.
Create some links on dead end pages and create links to some orphaned pages.
Fix any double redirects by redirecting the first page to the third page. Also check for broken redirects and fix them.

Want to discuss stuff?

If you want to discuss anything specific to an article, you can use the talk page for that article.
Also check the wiki thread on forums!

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 Check out the [[Special:WantedPages]] for a list of frequently linked-to pages that don't yet exist. Feel free to create any of them!
-; [[Quests]]
+{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
-* {{color|green|☑ Most quests already have articles on the wiki.}}
+|-
-* Check out [[:Template:Quest Infobox]]
+! Major article group
-* Existing quest pages can be used as references.
+! Progress
-* Also add it to [[Template:Missions navbox]]
+! Infobox and documention
+! Navboxes (should link to all pages)
-; [[Items]]
+! Notes / other resources
-* {{color|green|☑ Most items already have articles on the wiki.}}
+|-
-* [[:Template:Infobox item]] and how to use it
+| [[Quests]]
-* Or use existing item pages for references
+| {{color|green|☑ Good}}
-* Also add any additions to relevant item [[:Category:Navbox templates|navboxes]].
+| [[Template:Quest Infobox|Quest Infobox]]
-* [[:Category:Item icons]] for a list of already uploaded item icons.
+| [[Template:Missions navbox|Missions navbox]]
-* [[:Template:ComponentGroup]] will also be helpful if you're working with blueprint pages
+| Existing quest pages can be used as references, though there is much room for improvement in walkthroughs.
+|-
-; [[:Category:Abilities|Abilities]]
+| [[Items]]
-* {{color|green|☑ Most abilities already have articles on the wiki.}}
+| {{color|green|☑ Good}}
-* [[:Template:Ability Infobox]] and how to use it
+| [[Template:Infobox item|Infobox item]]
-* Or use the existing ability pages ''(e.g. [[Stealth Mode]] or [[Telekinetic Punch]])'' for reference
+| Most of [[:Category:Navbox templates]]
-* [[:Template:Abilities navbox]].
+| Use existing item pages for reference, but longer body text is welcome.
-* Feat abilities should go to relevant feat page; no need for two pages and disambig.
+* See [[:Category:Item icons]] and subcats for already uploaded item icons.
+* [[Template:ComponentGroup]] will also be helpful if you're working with blueprint/component pages
-; [[Characters]], [[Enemies]]
+* Similarly, [[Template:AmmoGroup]] for weapon/ammo pages
-* [[:Template:Character Infobox]] and all its parameters
+|-
-* Existing pages can be used as references, though many are stubs
+| [[Characters]], [[Enemies]]
-* Navboxes: [[:Template:NPCs navbox|NPCs]], [[:Template:Mentioned characters navbox|mentioned characters]], [[:Template:Minor NPCs navbox|minor NPCs]] and [[:Template:Enemies navbox|enemies]]
+| WIP
+| [[Template:Character Infobox|Character Infobox]]
+| [[Template:NPCs navbox|NPCs]], [[:Template:Mentioned characters navbox|mentioned characters]], [[:Template:Minor NPCs navbox|minor NPCs]] and [[:Template:Enemies navbox|enemies]]
+| Existing pages can be used as references, though many are stubs.
 * [[:Category:Portraits]] and [[:Category:Portrait backgrounds]] have all the portraits
 * [[:Category:In-game models]] for important NPC pictures
-* [[:Category:Sprites]] for generic sprites with transparent background
+* [[:Category:Sprites]] and subcats for generic sprites with transparent background
+|-
-; [[Locations]]
+| [[Locations]]
-* {{color|green|☑ Most locations already have articles on the wiki.}}
+| {{color|green|☑ Good}}
-* There's [[:Template:Location Infobox]] and [[Template:Locations navbox]]
+| [[Template:Location Infobox|Location Infobox]]
+| [[Template:Locations navbox|Locations navbox]]
+|
 * [[Zones]] lists every zone file, its article and map screenshot
-** Every zone should have its own detailed article later on, for now locations only have larger common pages
+* Every zone should have its own detailed article later on, for now locations only have larger common pages
+|-
-; [[:Category:Status effects|Status effects]]
+| [[Feats]]
-* {{color|green|☑ Most status effects already have articles on the wiki.}}
+| {{color|green|☑ Good}}
-* [[:Template:Ability Infobox]] is also used for status effects
+| [[Template:Feat Infobox|Feat Infobox]]
-* There's [[:Template:Status effect navbox]]
+| [[Template:Feats navbox|Feats navbox]]
-* You can use existing status effect pages for reference
+| Use existing pages for reference.
-* Status effects should be added to relevant main article when they share name ''(e.g. [[Irongut]] medicine item and status effect)''
+|-
+| [[:Category:Abilities|Abilities]]
+| {{color|green|☑ Good}}
+| [[Template:Ability Infobox|Ability Infobox]]
+| [[Template:Abilities navbox|Abilities navbox]], [[Template:Psi abilities navbox|Psi abilities navbox]]
+| Use existing pages for reference. Feat abilities should go to relevant feat page; no need for two pages and disambiguation.
+|-
+| [[:Category:Status effects|Status effects]]
+| {{color|green|☑ Good}}
+| [[Template:Ability Infobox|Ability Infobox]]
+| [[Template:Status effect navbox|Status effect navbox]]
+| Use existing pages for reference. Status effects should be added to relevant main article when they share name ''(e.g. [[Irongut]] medicine item and status effect)''
+|}
 == Uploading images ==

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