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Kettle

Lost Thing
Staff member
I'm gonna go through this entire wiki and compile a masterlist because I'm procrastinating on doing actually useful things. Only pasting here wiki pages/articles that currently need help, and ignoring those that are recent and/or look OK. This list is incomplete and ongoing.

Public Queue is noted for any articles that aren't currently being worked on that are up for grabs for anyone who wants to tackle them. Some only require fact checking while others may need full rewrites. Check "To Do" for suggested modifications and requests for assistance.

Drop a note if you'd like to take a stab at review/edits for any of these!

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Guide to ArcanaChary is working on a replacementin progress
Guide to DeathThis info is very old (and now irrelevant?): rewrite/delete?public queue
Guide to SpellbreakingNest under Magic/combine with Spellbreakerpublic queue
Guide to Wealth and PovertyGrim is working on a replacementin progress
Player's Guide to ModerationThis could use some updating and expansion! Include resources for how to be a good Storyteller, how to run your own stories, Storyboards, etc. Maybe start out with basics and then expand into greater detail.public queue
Primer to Aelyrian CurrencyMay be obsolete/covered by Grim's wealth system writeupin progress
Primer to Ageing by RaceSeverely outdated/place ages in their respective peoples' articles and dissolve this. Volunteers would need to extract relevant information into their appropriate peoples' writeups.public queue
Primer to ArcanaChary is working on a replacementin progress
Primer to BeastsMake this the Bestiary landing page/it'd be cool to area-mark a map of the continent and reference the beasts that live therepublic queue
Primer to CombatOutdated references. Simplify according to emerging standards on skill writeups.public queue
Primer to GeographyOudated references and probably now-incorrect information.public queue
Primer to LoreCheck this for relevance to current Telath practicespublic queue
Primer to MagicHold for Chary's in-progress articles/this may no longer be neededin progress
Primer to Natural MaterialsOutdated references/update for Telath and any new materialspublic queue
Primer to Playable RacesChange 'Race' to 'People', update descriptions, only list playable peoples as specified in the titlepublic queue
Primer to Political FactionsCheck for outdated informationpublic queue
Primer to ReligionUpdate following recent events, add information on the Old Gods and other obscure religionspublic queue
Primer to SkillsUpdate and simplify to current standardspublic queue
Primer to the EconomyOn hold for Grim's writeup on wealth, this may be obsoletein progress
Primer to the History of the Aelyrian EmpireThis title is too long/check for any events that are worldwide or affect other countries/remove the implied importance of the Empire over other countries of Telathpublic queue
Primer to the MilitaryOutdated information, update for current state of affairs and specify what applies only to the Aelyrian Empire. Add military information for other countries and independent city-states?public queue
Primer to the PantheonUpdate for current information and shift the narrative to a third-person neutral OOC perspective.public queue
Primer to TimeA little outdated, maybe should be scrapped for too much unnecessary nuancepublic queue
Primer to TradesMake a distinction between trade skills and vocational skills, specify only trade skills here. Update and simplify to comply with developing standards for skill writeups.public queue
Domesticated Animals landing pageList & describe the articlespublic queue
Flora landing pageList & describe the articlespublic queue
Monstrous Beasts landing pageList & describe the articlespublic queue
Undead landing pageList & describe the articlespublic queue
Wild AnimalsList & describe the articlespublic queue
Cultural TreatisesAll of the people-specific articles should be scrutinized for outdated or inappropriate references and combined & nested with their corresponding peoples' articles. Suggest rewriting each peoples' main article to include all relevant information and delete unnecessary extra articles.public queue
Formal GreetingsCheck for outdated info & maybe combine with Aelyrian Terms to create a more comprehensive article on communicationpublic queue
Holidays in AelyriaCheck for outdated information, maybe expand to include holidays celebrated in different cultures/remove the importance of Aelyria specificallypublic queue
Marriage in AelyriaThis is outdated and unnecessary -- call for deletionpending discussion
Languages landing pageList & describe the articles/maybe list & link languages according to their primary geographical areas/ensure people-centric language articles are linked in their appropriate peoples' articlepublic queue
CharismeanThis is one sentence/could use some expansionpublic queue
Common TongueThis is one sentence/could use some expansion/the language is, I'm told, technically "Common Aelyrian" as in the language of Ancient Aelyrians. Include clarification for why it's called Common.public queue
Dracon LanguageCheck for outdated referencespublic queue
Fae LanguageCheck for outdated referencespublic queue
Katta LanguageCheck for outdated referencespublic queue
Scientific Texts landing pageAll the Anatomy articles should be reviewed and either combined with their appropriate peoples' articles or removed for inappropriate or unnecessary informationpublic queue
Dwarven Gold FeverCheck for outdated informationpublic queue
Socrates SyndromeCheck for outdated infopublic queue
Conspiracies landing pageThis could be clearer that it's a list of links and not the articles themselvespublic queue
Criminal Organizations landing pageTo match the format of the others, separate out each faction into its own article and link them from herepublic queue
Economic Institutions landing pageThis should be a list of links and short descriptions, its format now looks like these are the small articlespublic queue
Imperial Factions landing pageCheck this for relevance, clarify that this is specific to the Aelyrian Empire, this information could probably be combined with other similar articlespublic queue
GeographyThe entire geography section seems very out of date and needs a lot of love. Specifically take focus out of the Aelyrian Empire and broaden the scope of gameplay to the entire world evenly. Check the status of locations and provinces that are now independent. Put a map on the main Geography page, as that's what most people are looking for.public queue
 
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Below a draft for the Factions wiki article as requested at [Discussion] The Wiki

"A group within a larger group, especially one with slightly different ideas from the main group."

The world is filled with Factions, both religious and secular, but all vying for power. Their structures, methods and believes vary greatly ranging from the lawful to the criminally punishable.

Conspiracies
"The activity of secretly planning with other people to do something bad or illegal"
Conspiracies are groups of people that secretly plan and act on their believes toward a goal of dubious morality, if not outright illegal. Conspiracies can be religious and secular.

Criminal organizations
Criminal organizations are group of people devoted to crime and illicit dealings and operations. Many different criminal organizations can be found throughout the Empire and ranges from small groups with limited structure and limited area of influence, such as criminal gangs, to criminal syndicates spanning regions and very structured.

Economic institutions
Structured groups focused on economic operations, such as money lending and investments.

Imperial Factions
Factions that makes up the Empire. Different Factions have different goals in regard to all aspects of the Empire.

Religious Cults
Religious Cults are groups defined by their religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals, or its common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal. Whatever it is a god, some other otherworldly being, there are many religious cults in Telath, some more prominent or vocal than others.
 
@Kettle I see that the Primer to Playable Peoples is up for grabs on your list, but it looks like maybe it was already updated in July of this year?

For my part, I'd be interested in working on that. The article itself is a long wall of text, not very scannable, and I think the choice to have it alphabetical means it's pretty confusing with the "Legacy" ones. I'd suggest we break those out into their own section.

Here's the Draft!

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Additionally, "Legacy" seems like an odd label to use for rare peoples. "Legacy" implies that they are leftover, something handed down by predecessors that have to fit in with everything else. Regardless of ones personal feelings about this group of peoples, they are playable. I wholly recommend that we change the label "Legacy" to something like "Uncommon" or "Rare" or something that means similar. I'd hate to see a lack of differentiation in characters in our game because folks shy away from "Legacy" characters due to the label in any way.
 
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