Steward's Decree #353: Wikification contracts

[Ari Rahikkala]

The following contracts are hereby open to be taken by whoever gets to them first. Say you're doing it, then say when you're done and I'll instruct MiniTrade to pay you.

1. Wikify Imperial Decrees 324-338: 150 erb.

2. Clean up these often linked-to wiki pages: 150 erb
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Flying_I ... of_Jasonia
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Steward
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Hyperborea
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Scott_Alexander
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Imperial_Bloodline
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Micronation
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Attera

3. Clean up these large wiki pages: 200 erb
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Mogbeth
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/The_Unit ... of_Tymaria
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Communism
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Madland
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Pacary
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Imperial_Proclamations
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Imperial_Decree_58
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/War_of_t ... en_Pottery
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Lothlaria

With "clean up" here I mean mostly getting rid of the layout bugs introduced during our history of Wiki breakage: Delimit paragraphs with two linebreaks (and remove linebreaks inside paragraphs), format headings, subheadings, lists, etc. correctly; Remove runaway interface bits like the "[edit]"s strewn about some of these articles; if an article looks like it could emphasis like bolding or italics, and that kind of emphasis might have been lost in Wiki breakage, edit it in; and, of course, if an article seems like it could use some good ol' copyediting, feel free to provide some.

I'd script these tasks if I could, but you'll find that they require human intelligence to carry out. Expect to spend a while figuring out where some paragraph breaks should go.

4. Identify lists of pages that need to be updated in the following situations: 200 erb
* a new duchy is introduced, or a duchy is removed
* a new ministry is introduced, or a ministry is removed, or a ministry is mothballed, or a mothballed ministry is returned
* the Kaiser is changed
* a minister is changed
* a duke is changed
* a baron is changed
* a count is changed
* the arbiter is changed
* the praetor is changed
* the steward is changed

Don't worry about being too exact or covering every wiki page which references any of these things. My purpose isn't to make a protocol of having someone go into all of the pages in your list every time there's a change in the government. What I want to do here is look at that list and try to shorten it by picking a couple of pages that will be meant to stay up-to-date, and rewriting the rest to anchor them to history instead of referring to the present day situation. *Then* after that we can return, say, MiniInfo, to take care of keeping the remaining pages up to date.

[Andreas the Wise]

Most excellent. Nice to see a list I can start paying from!

[Erik Mortis]

I started mogbeth, but don't intend to finish it.

[Austi_Scot]

I´m signing up to take http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Lothlaria

[Maksym Hadjimehmetov]

I'll take all the rest.
It's my job as Wikifier

[Austi_Scot]

Report for http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Lothlaria

Changed layout so that the Title and author of the original article appear at the beginning.
Delimited paragraphs with two linebreaks

Formatted headings and subheadings so that they can be reached via the content box.

Removed some unnecessary quotation marks and fixed other quotation marks.

Corrected some spelling errors.

Provided copy editing via "Editors Note" from achieves of Shireroth (documented and credited editions)

Found Links to other articles within Shirewiki to pages that don´t yet exist: (here is the list)
Akjerborn, Phillip Locke, Brian Goldye, Terminus, Grand Elector, Padella, New Macadam, Nynchara, Dromka, Keril, Aker City, Auxerre, Svalbard, Lothlaria Minor, Lord Raglan, Velouria, Lycurgia, Everhyld, Communal Congress, Peter Little, Emmaline, Lyrica, Mondesia, South Mondesia, Saskberta, Camerica, New Macadam, Glen Bohach, North Mondesia remove links - leaving the words in - if so desired ... no extra charge).

Fixed Broken URL´s links
Alteria [http://mnn.mncentre.net/wiki/index.php?title=Alteria Alteria] not found
Link didn´t work - couldn´t find another link, took broken link out leaving the word Alteria.

Found a link to the Atteran Empire on EZ-boards, however my Austi Scot login has been banned.

pub42.ezboard.com/bimperi...rbjorn9692 purported link to Akjerborn forums was incorrect, found correct link and imbedded in text.

Imbedded link for Akjerborn website in text.

Changed line which said a link the Lothlaria constitution could found "here" because there was no link given and I couldn´t find this constitution.

[Austi_Scot]

I'll take all the rest.
It's my job as Wikifier

Dang, I was hoping to earn some Erb.

[Maksym Hadjimehmetov]

ShireWiki is my bitch, bitch!

[Austi_Scot]

ShireWiki is my bitch, bitch!

... yes, and we're all sure that's why the Steward presented 41 items for the public to get done - right?

I request the Steward to overrule you and allow me to do more ---

[Andreas the Wise]

I'll take all the rest.
It's my job as Wikifier

NO. It's NOT your job.

Your job as Chief Wikifier is to do what Ari just did - determine which pages need to be updated, and how much bounty should be given for them, and then handle all the payouts of bounties when people meet your standards. If you choose to do a couple pages yourself on the side, that's fine, but your primary job is to get the list up and double check what other people do.

[Austi_Scot]

um ... wonders if my work will get approved now ..
... and if it's ok for me take another job ....

(Did I think that outloud?)

[Maksym Hadjimehmetov]

OK... OK... somehow I didn't think my offering to do extra work for this nation would cause so much havoc, but evidently it did. I apologise profusely...

If you choose to do a couple pages yourself on the side, that's fine, but your primary job is to get the list up and double check what other people do.

Of course. That, I shall do.

[Ari Rahikkala]

Report for http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Lothlaria

There's no need to be anywhere that verbose. The Wiki logs changes in an easily readable format, and most of what those articles need is a whole bunch of small changes that would be laborious to log manually.

(and, uh, I don't want to sound like a slave driver here, but just in case there was confusion over this: The contracts are for fixing *all* of the pages listed under a contract, not just one of them. The budget for this whole project is 700 erb. If you know what you're doing, you can do all of this stuff over a couple of coffee breaks.)

(also, I paid Austi 50 erb from my personal account for the work he did on fixing links and such that wasn't required in the decree)

Will remove links - leaving the words in - if so desired ... no extra charge

It is a very good idea *not* to remove red links. We lose very little by having them, and we gain a very useful page for people who like starting new articles.

[Austi_Scot]

ok then ... since it appears to be allowed I will take the rest of work on item 3.

and, um ... not be so verbose in my next report

Thanks

[Maksym Hadjimehmetov]

Can I stress for the umpteenth time to whoever wrote the Maraguo article that there is no such thing as Matbaaic or Matbaan... it was Matbaic!

[Austi_Scot]

3. Clean up these large wiki pages: 200 erb

* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Mogbeth - done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/The_Unit ... of_Tymaria - done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Communism - done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Madland - done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Pacary - done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Imperial_Proclamations - done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Imperial_Decree_58 - done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/War_of_t ... en_Pottery - done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Lothlaria - done

... and not verbose either

[Andreas the Wise]

I'm going to pull an Ari. Anything that need's Minitrade paying that isn't one of the cultural bounties I only do every month or so, post as such in the Minitrade. I'm not going to look for paying stuff in other topics.

[Jonas]

Can I stress for the umpteenth time to whoever wrote the Maraguo article that there is no such thing as Matbaaic or Matbaan... it was Matbaic!

[Maksym Hadjimehmetov]

Hey...



I'm that serious, Jonas.

[Austi_Scot]

1. Wikify Imperial Decrees 324-338: 150 erb.

It appears to me that this job is still open, so I'll take this job.

[Austi_Scot]

1. Wikify Imperial Decrees 324-338: 150 erb. - done

[Austi_Scot]

It appears this work hasn't been taken yet - so I'll take it.

2. Clean up these often linked-to wiki pages: 150 erb
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Flying_I ... of_Jasonia
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Steward
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Hyperborea
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Scott_Alexander
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Imperial_Bloodline
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Micronation
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Attera

[Austi_Scot]

2. Clean up these often linked-to wiki pages: 150 erb
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Flying_I ... of_Jasonia -done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Steward -done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Hyperborea -done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Scott_Alexander -done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Imperial_Bloodline -done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Micronation -done
* http://shireroth.org/shirewiki/Attera -done

In view of the fact that my plans call for considerably more expenditures - any more jobs?