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Project: Redcap has two goals: to link to all Ars Magica content on the web, and to serve as a guide and companion to the rules and game world of the game. To further these aims, we have identified several sub-projects we at Project: Redcap are working on.

Getting Started

If you would like to contribute, you are more than welcome to jump in and start editing pages to help with any or all of these, or to start a sub-project of your own.

If you have not already done so, please see our Help:Getting started page before you get started.

Sub-Projects

Foreign Languages

Multi-language support was finally enabled on 9 February 2014. :-)

At that time, most of our foreign-language pages were in a sorry state. Their content was never very good, and they got horribly mangled by the automated import from the old Wiki to the new one.

Volunteers are needed. If you are fluent in a language other than English, please go to the Main Page, follow the link for your language, and edit that page until it is not a train wreck any more. :-)

Please see the pages Project Redcap:Language policy and Help:Languages for more information and instructions on creating non-English pages.

General Maintenance

A list of suggested cleanup and maintenance activities:

Go over the links from the Sidebar and Main page, expanding on the articles and linked-articles, and correcting broken/missing links, to improve the experience of first-time visitors to the site (who will likely browse it instead of search for stuff).
Go over the Special:ShortPages list to identify remaining stubs for deletion.
Go over the Special:LonelyPages list to identify stubs; if the content is more extensive, consider also introducing links to them from other entries.
Go over the (few) Special:DeadendPages to add links to other entries.
Go Special:UncategorizedPages to categorize them.
Go over the Special:WantedPages to add redirects to existing entries; many of these are simply links to existing pages.
Go over Special:AllPages to correct formatting errors, categories, and so on. As noted above, this is especially relevant for pages created by User:Redcap Automation and not modified since.

Expand and Update Internet Site Index

Maintain the Internet Site Index, by removing dead links and adding new ones.

Product Pages

Our list of products by edition is now mostly complete, but many of the articles are short and could use more content. The best product pages go beyond what the sales literature says about the product and tells readers what the product is like, what useful or interesting information it contains, or even what shortcomings it has. Some examples of good product pages are Houses of Hermes: True Lineages, The Sundered Eagle, and of course Ars Magica Fifth Edition (though that last one is probably more detailed than the page for a supplement needs to be).

New Pages

See our list of wanted pages and go ahead and start creating some!

Ars Magica Open Source Reference Sub-site

Create a reference site similar to Pathfinder TTRPG's Archives of Nethys that organizes and consolidates the open source Ars Magica material into a searchable sub-site for reference.

Introductory Material

Create and maintain a suite of Introductory Material to help new players and storyguides, including pages such as Learning to Play, Character generation, advice on storyguiding, an overview of Hermetic Society, and so on. This includes generating summaries and overviews of key issues, like Magus, the tribunals, and so on.

Commentary

Compile commentary on any topic, to the benefit of players of all levels. This includes the FAQ, providing historical details such as the "previous edition" part of many tribunal descriptions or the History of Ars Magica page, analysis of the implications of the rules and suggestions on house rules, and so on.

Related Pages

Project Redcap:Administration

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-Here are some of the sub-projects we at Project: Redcap are working on.
+[[Project Redcap: About|Project: Redcap]] has two goals: to link to all [[Ars Magica]] content on the web, and to serve as a guide and companion to the rules and game world of the game. To further these aims, we have identified several sub-projects we at Project: Redcap are working on.
 == Getting Started ==
-If you would like to [[contributing|contribute]], you are more than welcome to jump in and start editing pages to help with any or all of these, or to start a sub-project of your own.
+If you would like to contribute, you are more than welcome to jump in and start editing pages to help with any or all of these, or to start a sub-project of your own.
-If you have not already done so, please see our [[contributing]] page before you get started. You may also find [[Help:Style Guide]] useful since it explains how to name and format pages.
+If you have not already done so, please see our [[Help:Getting started]] page before you get started.
 == Sub-Projects ==
-=== New Links ===
-One of the main goals of Project: Redcap is to link to as much Ars Magica material as possible, in any language, regardless of their age, specific content, or perceived quality. We want to be a one-stop entry point that lists all Ars Magica sites on the Web, period.
-If you have an Ars Magica Web site of your own, or you know of one that is not listed, please edit this wiki to add the link, or [[contact]] us and we will add the link for you.
+=== Foreign Languages ===
+Multi-language support was finally enabled on 9 February 2014. :-)
-Depending on the nature of the site you've found, its link might best fit on any of the following. You can add the new link in more than one place, if you like.
+At that time, most of our foreign-language pages were in a sorry state. Their content was never very good, and they got horribly mangled by the automated import from the old Wiki to the new one.
-* our [[Internet Site Index]]
+Volunteers are needed. If you are fluent in a language other than English, please go to the [[Main Page]], follow the link for your language, and edit that page until it is not a train wreck any more. :-)
-* [[Regional Tribunal]] pages are best for sites about a specific [[Saga]]
-=== Product Pages ===
-Our [[list of products by edition]] has many missing entries. You can help us greatly by creating new pages for products you have.
-The best product pages go beyond what the sales literature says about the product and tells readers what the product is like, what useful or interesting information it contains, or even what shortcomings it has. Some examples of good product pages are ''[[Houses of Hermes: True Lineages]]'', ''The [[Sundered Eagle]]'', and of course [[Ars Magica Fifth Eodition]] (though that last one is probably more detailed than the page for a supplement needs to be).
+Please see the pages [[Project Redcap:Language policy]] and [[Help:Languages]] for more information and instructions on creating non-English pages.
-Some of our product pages exist, but can be improved by adding information and insights.
+=== General Maintenance ===
+A list of suggested cleanup and maintenance activities:
+* Go over the links from the Sidebar and Main page, expanding on the articles and linked-articles, and correcting broken/missing links, to improve the experience of first-time visitors to the site (who will likely browse it instead of search for stuff).
+* Go over the [[Special:ShortPages]] list to identify remaining stubs for deletion.
+* Go over the [[Special:LonelyPages]] list to identify stubs; if the content is more extensive, consider also introducing links to them from other entries.
+* Go over the (few) [[Special:DeadendPages]] to add links to other entries.
+* Go [[Special:UncategorizedPages]] to categorize them.
+* Go over the [[Special:WantedPages]] to add redirects to existing entries; many of these are simply links to existing pages.
+* Go over [[Special:AllPages]] to correct formatting errors, categories, and so on. As noted above, this is especially relevant for pages created by [[User:Redcap Automation]] and not modified since.
-=== Foreign Languages ===
+=== Expand and Update Internet Site Index ===
-{{Main|Project Redcap:Languages}}
+Maintain the [[Internet Site Index]], by removing dead links and adding new ones.
-Project: Redcap has always been a multi-lingual site. We encourage fans to write about Ars Magica in their own language and to use Project: Redcap as a center for the online Ars Magica community in their language. Probably the most useful information you can write would be what Ars Magica books are available in your language, and information about the [[Fan Community]] that speaks your language.
+=== Product Pages ===
+Our [[list of products by edition]] is now mostly complete, but many of the articles are short and could use more content. The best product pages go beyond what the sales literature says about the product and tells readers what the product is like, what useful or interesting information it contains, or even what shortcomings it has. Some examples of good product pages are ''[[Houses of Hermes: True Lineages]]'', ''The [[Sundered Eagle]]'', and of course ''[[Ars Magica Fifth Edition]]'' (though that last one is probably more detailed than the page for a supplement needs to be).
 === New Pages ===
 See our list of [[Special:WantedPages|wanted pages]] and go ahead and start creating some!
-=== Sister Site ===
+=== Ars Magica Open Source Reference Sub-site ===
-There is another Ars Magica wiki on the Internet: it's called [http://arsmagica.wikia.com/wiki/Ars_Magica_Wiki Mythic Europe]. It started a few months before Project: Redcap became a wiki. The two projects are aware of each other and the maintainers have exchanged friendly e-mail messages.
+Create a reference site similar to Pathfinder TTRPG's [https://www.aonprd.com/Default.aspx Archives of Nethys] that organizes and consolidates the open source Ars Magica material into a searchable sub-site for reference.
-What we don't have, yet, is a good connection between our two sites. It would be very useful to add links to pages in Project: Redcap that point to the Mythic Europe. So, for example, our article on [[House Bonisagus]] might benefit from a link like this:
-"For additional information on House Bonisagus, see the [http://arsmagica.wikia.com/wiki/House_Bonisagus article at Mythic Europe]."
-or better yet, "the Mythic Europe wiki has a [http://arsmagica.wikia.com/wiki/House_Bonisagus list of Bonisagus magi]."
-Please don't copy-and-paste text directly from the Mythic Europe wiki to here. We want to co-exist on a friendly basis with them, and stealing their text is not a good way to do that. Let the two wikis remain complimentary and separate, even while we strengthen the times between them.
-=== Strengthen In-Depth Articles ===
+=== Introductory Material ===
-We can always use new or expanded articles on aspects of the game, like our [[Welcome to Ars Magica]] introduction, [[character generation]], and the like.
+Create and maintain a suite of [[Introductory Material]] to help new players and storyguides, including pages such as [[Learning to Play]], [[Character generation]], advice on storyguiding, an overview of [[Hermetic Society]], and so on. This includes generating summaries and overviews of key issues, like [[Magus]], the tribunals, and so on.
-We could also use help in making key reference pages like our [[FAQ]], [[Peripheral Code]] page, [[Creature Index]], etc. as complete and up-to-date as possible.
+=== Commentary ===
+Compile commentary on any topic, to the benefit of players of all levels. This includes the [[FAQ]], providing historical details such as the "previous edition" part of many tribunal descriptions or the [[History of Ars Magica]] page, analysis of the implications of the rules and suggestions on house rules, and so on.
-=== General Cleanup ===
-Finally, we have a lot of cleaning up to do. It's not glamorous, but it's necessary, and help is much appreciated.
-In August 2012, we used an automated process to import all the content from our previous wiki, [[PageWork]], to this one. The conversion process was more than 90% accurate but that still leaves us with some pages that have garbled formatting or worse. Look for pages authored by [[User:Redcap Automation]] that have only one revision. Pleas check those for errors and correct them manually.
-We also have a lot of unnecessary pages: pages that are duplicates or that have very little useful content. If you find such a page, use the Discussion link at the top of the page to tell the maintainers what you think should be done with it. It is fine to recommend a page for deletion if it consists of little more than a page reference to a spell or a Virtue. In the past we used an automatic program to generate a lot of those pages, but we now believe they clutter the site. We want to either expand them into something something useful or get rid of them.
 == Related Pages ==
 * [[Project Redcap:Administration]]