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===Mail Lists===
 
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[[Joining the Discussion List]] gives a detailed explanation on how to join the two discussions lists(one is moderated). However, you can also join the roleplay list. It will be here: http://news.battlemaster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rpg
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[[Joining the Discussion List]] gives a explanation in paragraph format on how to join the two discussions lists(one is moderated).
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[[Discussion List]] gives an explanation in list format on how to join the two discussion lists(one is moderated). It also includes some basic etiquette of posting.
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However, you can also join the roleplay list. It will be here: http://news.battlemaster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rpg
  
 
==Wiki==
 
==Wiki==

Revision as of 21:13, 3 November 2008

This page is a collection of links and short explanations that assist you in joining our OOC half of the community. It also includes links to assist people in any other issues that come up.

IRC and Mail lists

IRC and the lists are the only OOC communities(outside of wiki) where a large amount people gather at the moment, but if more communities arise, instructions will be here.

IRC

IRC has a brief list of clients, channels, common people, and other miscellaneous information. It does not provide detailed information on how to join IRC, but relies on each client to explain it.

Generally, you want to join the server being used(will be mentioned in history). You can do this in either preferences or by typing /server irc.servername.org in the chat dialog. From there you can join the channels listed on the wiki page. You can do this by typing /j or /join and the channel name(#battlemaster for example).

To summarize, type /server irc.servername.org first. Then type /join #battlemaster or /j #battlemaster to join the main channel.

Mail Lists

Joining the Discussion List gives a explanation in paragraph format on how to join the two discussions lists(one is moderated).

Discussion List gives an explanation in list format on how to join the two discussion lists(one is moderated). It also includes some basic etiquette of posting.

However, you can also join the roleplay list. It will be here: http://news.battlemaster.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rpg

Wiki

Editing on the wiki is quite simple once you get the hang of it, but some basic things are to always check the show preview button so the recent pages don't become cluttered with your edits and to subpage your work if necessary. Your characters should be subpaged to your family like this: Example Family/Example Character. Other things to be subpaged are roleplays to characters or realms and realm-related pages to realms.

Help:Contents is another collection of links for assistance on using wikipedia. It includes links to a style guide for consistency, a list of editors, a guide to wiki editing, newspaper guide, and some editing examples.

Sandbox is a useful place to test editing.

Meta:Delete Request is not a series of instructions, but is a useful place to ask for page deletion instead of letting your page clutter the wiki unnecessarily.

Bugtracker

Bugtracker details how to use the bugtracker. The bugtracker, as the name implies, is used to report bugs so that the coders can fix them. The page isn't exactly clear, but the username and password for the guest are both the word guest.

DNS Solutions

On the weekend of October 31, 2008 to November 2, 2008, there were DNS issues that made it hard for most users to access battlemaster. DNS Solution compiled the information necessary for people with less knowledge of the internet to help their friends access battlemaster. I would like to stress(even though it is mentioned on the page) that Tom has said that after it is fixed people should undo their changes in case the server is moved and they lose access. This page is kept here in case it is found necessary again.