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A lot of our editors are regularly active in our [[Project:IRC|IRC channel]]. You can feel free to mention any questions you have there. | A lot of our editors are regularly active in our [[Project:IRC|IRC channel]]. You can feel free to mention any questions you have there. | ||
| − | Additionally, feel free to post on the talk page of any of the [[Help: | + | Additionally, feel free to post on the talk page of any of the [[Help:Group rights|staff]] (moderators and administrators). They would be glad to help with any issues. |
=== How do I get a Wiki Cap? === | === How do I get a Wiki Cap? === | ||
| − | See [[Team Fortress Wiki:Wiki Cap | + | See [[Team Fortress Wiki:Wiki Cap]]. |
| − | === | + | === Are staff hired by Valve? === |
| − | No | + | No. All editors are volunteers only. There are a number of [[Valve]] representatives however, and they can be found listed [[Help:Group rights#Valve|here]]. Please do not contact them with queries; instead, pose questions to the IRC channel instead or a discussion page instead. |
| − | + | Selected users | |
| − | No, | + | === Do staff receive 'insider info' on ''Team Fortress 2?'' === |
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| + | No. They do not have any secret information regarding upcoming patches, items and/or gameplay changes. Information on updates are obtained by monitoring feeds and mailing lists. Information on items and gameplay changes are often found on forums and are simply collected by editors and put into articles. | ||
=== How can I become a moderator? === | === How can I become a moderator? === | ||
| − | + | There is no 'application process', and instead, qualified users will be selected when the need arises for new moderators. The majority of the time, there is no need for any new additions to the team. | |
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| + | As for localization moderators (or 'loc mods'), generally one user is selected from each translation group to head translation efforts. Localization moderators are only assigned to the most active languages with more users. If a particular language requires more general moderation, please make a mention of the issue in the [[Project:IRC|#tfwikistaff]] IRC channel. | ||
== Other == | == Other == | ||
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Contents
Editing
What do the colored plus and minus numbers mean next to an edit?
They represent the number of bytes (or characters) added or removed in a particular edit. For example, (+264) means there were 264 bytes in total added to the page. (0) indicates that content was changed, but the amount of bytes remains the same.
These numbers are not related to points or scoring in any way. They simply indicate at a glance what was changed in one particular edit.
I made an edit and it disappeared, where did it go?
Check the article history by clicking the 'History' tab at the top of the page. It shows the edit history of the article and a reason should have been given for the removal of an edit.
What / who is WindBOT? Why is it always changing my edits?
WindBOT is an automated editing bot run by WindPower. It monitors the recent changes feed for pages, scans and then edits them according to a list of filters; among the most common of the bot's tasks are correcting capitalization and misspellings, links, templates and applying other fixes.
How can I get WindBOT to stop editing a page?
WindBOT can ignore a selected part of a page by wrapping text inside the template {{botignore}}. For example, with a sentence like It was a {{botignore|direct hit}} on the target., the bot will skip over the words 'direct hit' and leave it capitalized in its current form.
More complicated cases can be added to WindBOT's page blacklist.
Translating
How do I start translating pages?
See Help:Language translation.
How do I translate templates?
See Help:Translation switching.
Wiki
How can I find help?
A lot of our editors are regularly active in our IRC channel. You can feel free to mention any questions you have there.
Additionally, feel free to post on the talk page of any of the staff (moderators and administrators). They would be glad to help with any issues.
How do I get a Wiki Cap?
See Team Fortress Wiki:Wiki Cap.
Are staff hired by Valve?
No. All editors are volunteers only. There are a number of Valve representatives however, and they can be found listed here. Please do not contact them with queries; instead, pose questions to the IRC channel instead or a discussion page instead.
Selected users
Do staff receive 'insider info' on Team Fortress 2?
No. They do not have any secret information regarding upcoming patches, items and/or gameplay changes. Information on updates are obtained by monitoring feeds and mailing lists. Information on items and gameplay changes are often found on forums and are simply collected by editors and put into articles.
How can I become a moderator?
There is no 'application process', and instead, qualified users will be selected when the need arises for new moderators. The majority of the time, there is no need for any new additions to the team.
As for localization moderators (or 'loc mods'), generally one user is selected from each translation group to head translation efforts. Localization moderators are only assigned to the most active languages with more users. If a particular language requires more general moderation, please make a mention of the issue in the #tfwikistaff IRC channel.
