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General John McGrew page

Why is there no page on General John McGrew? I feel like he's an essential character.

From platezombie

General John McGrew is actually one of the wanted pages - as in it is linked to multiple times but the page has not yet been created. Not much is known about the character, aside from his 3 statements, so I guess there's not a high priority to create the page. Anyone is welcome to make pages, so feel free to do so! Also, you can use four tildes ~~~~ to leave a timestamped signature!
-Thing II (talk) 15:42, 27 May 2021 (BST)

Thanks Platezombie (talk) 23:18, 27 May 2021 (BST)

Instructions/advice how to play the game in general information pages?

i.e. the following change: https://pzwiki.net/w/index.php?title=First_Aid&diff=0&oldid=63267 I don't think it's appropriate to have recommendations how to act ("do this, then do that"). It's a matter of opinion whether an action makes sense or not based upon game mechanics, which should be explained. I would rather rework this and remove the workflow concept completely and just explain different wound types similar to the Items sections.

I think the dev's are being scummy with previous versions.

Just before they announced the removal of all previous versions of the game (which is like being kicked in the face for liking b40 and its different aesthetic.) Upon a play through on b40 I noticed it has artificially generated lag, its as if the Dev's are intentionally trying to boot people off of b40.

Ill have a further look into the weird oscillating type lag that occurs with combat animations and walking in previous versions of b40. F the devs for not appreciating people who just want the original game. NiskelisPhilli (talk) 01:06, 14 May 2022 (BST)

UPDATE: after fiddling around in debug mode it seems very dependent on zombie pop, noise generation causing zeds to move, and it affects melee swings heavily.

The community portal on the wiki is not the right place to complain about dev actions. Recommend posting on the forums https://theindiestone.com Kirrus (talk) 14:42, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Does mediawiki have a visual editor like Wikipedia does?

The current editor is hard for me to use because I don’t know how to use all the little symbols and stuff. It all just looks like jumbled code to me and it’s difficult for me to read User:Svelk929

There are visual editors available to MediaWiki, but currently PZwiki doesn't have one, but it may be added in the future, however there's no ETA, you have to keep eye on it or use the text editor till then. —Faalagorn ☎/✓ 21:59, 1 July 2023 (BST)

Adding Trauma Bag

I recently came across a Trauma Bag that's not listed here. I didn't see it in the variation of the Duffel Bag either but it has different stats as well. I found it in the back on an ambulance.

Encumbrance: 1.0
Capacity: 23
Encumbrance Reduction: 65

Items it came with:

Surgical Gloves
Suture Needle Holder
Tweezers

Katsuxmusubi85 (talk) 23:16, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Late reply, but yeah, these are relatively new and not yet on the wiki, these (and some other items) are listed in PZwiki:Item list, but if anyone wants, they are free to add them early! —Faalagorn ☎/✓ 22:00, 1 July 2023 (BST)

bad link

Hi, I noticed by chance that the Help:Contents/no page was probably not in the right place, I think the Help:Editing for beginners section would be more suitable. I don't really know how to modify this so I'll let you see it on your side. Tatoz_53 (talk) 12:59, 7 June 2023 (BST)

Good catch, thanks! I just moved the page :) —Faalagorn ☎/✓ 21:28, 7 June 2023 (BST)

Permission to use your "icons"

I wanted to know if they give me permission to use their icons and others from the main page in the English version and use them in the Spanish version? Thanks in advance User:Texaliuz

Hey! Not sure which icons you mean, but all icons uploaded to the wiki are free to use elsewhere on any of its pages! —Faalagorn ☎/✓ 21:56, 1 July 2023 (BST)

Correct Step 4 of the Carpentry Wiki Page

The Step 4: Level up section in the Carpentry wiki page makes no reference to using VHS tapes or Life and Living TV to gain experience for the Carpentry skill, which may be slightly misleading.

Thanks, CCTV4569 (talk) 20:02, 1 July 2023 (BST)

I added it now, thanks! It was probably like that since before the addition of those :). If you spot any such inconsistencies though, feel free to straight fix it! —Faalagorn ☎/✓ 21:54, 1 July 2023 (BST)

Carrot seeds page lists information for Cabbage seeds

From GwTWoD

The page for carrot seeds has multiple instances where it uses cabbage seeds instead of carrot seeds. It also has a few links to "cabbage seeds" that just send you to the same page.

-GwtWoD 10:21(8 Sept 2023)(PST)

Thanks for noticing thanks! The IDs were probably copy pasted, so I changed that tot the right ones. :) —Faalagorn ☎/✓ 08:05, 9 September 2023 (BST)

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-== Anonymous Users ==
+''We archive discussions that have taken place in this portal here: [[PZwiki_talk:Community_portal/Closed]]''
-The Pzwiki server hosts suggested that we only allow registered users of the wiki to edit pages. Sorry if this upsets some folks but we have flipped the switch and made it so.
+== General John McGrew page ==
-[[User:Pianoman|Pianoman]] 02:48, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
-== Tutorial ==
-Should we throw together a simple tutorial? just a single page with all "need to know" information such as movement, interaction and so forth? Or should we wait on that since that page would need ALLOT of maintenance since the game is changing pretty fast?
+Why is there no page on General John McGrew?  I feel like he's an essential character.
-:Yeah I think this is probably the way to do it, as long as it doesn't end up being a walk through. [[User:Mmmicrophone|Mmmicrophone]] - <small>'''''PZwiki administrator'''''</small> 09:25, 2 June 2011 (BST)
-== Containers ==
+From platezombie
+: [[General John McGrew]] is actually one of the wanted pages - as in it is linked to multiple times but the page has not yet been created. Not much is known about the character, aside from his 3 statements, so I guess there's not a high priority to create the page. Anyone is welcome to make pages, so feel free to do so! Also, you can use four tildes <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> to leave a timestamped signature!<br>-[[User:Thing II|Thing II]] ([[User talk:Thing II|talk]]) 15:42, 27 May 2021 (BST)
-Maybe a bit of a trivial topic. Should [[http://pzwiki.net/wiki/Category:Containers these pages]] all be on 1 generic containers page? Each of the current pages could have their own section. Just right now there doesn't seem to be a great deal of info for each page and I doubt there ever will be..
+Thanks
-[[User:Mmmicrophone|Mmmicrophone]] - <small>'''''PZwiki administrator'''''</small> 22:17, 1 June 2011 (BST)
+[[User:Platezombie|Platezombie]] ([[User talk:Platezombie|talk]]) 23:18, 27 May 2021 (BST)
-:done! if/when we have too much info on the page we can split it again.. [[User:Mmmicrophone|Mmmicrophone]] - <small>'''''PZwiki administrator'''''</small> 19:35, 4 June 2011 (BST)
-== SPOILERS! (none in this post) ==
+== Instructions/advice how to play the game in general information pages? ==
-So some people have added a few spoilers to the [[tutorial]] and [[Kate]] pages. Do we want to avoid having spoilers on here or should we just go for it? At the moment there is only really 1 or 2 things that can be spoiled story wise but I'm sure there will eventually be more..
+i.e. the following change: https://pzwiki.net/w/index.php?title=First_Aid&diff=0&oldid=63267
-: I think this depends on whether we are going to add a walkthrough for stories. In that case I would suggest the use of spoilers, but to warn for them explicitly on the top of the page [[User:Jhw|Jhw]] 23:35, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
+I don't think it's appropriate to have recommendations how to act ("do this, then do that"). It's a matter of opinion whether an action makes sense or not based upon game mechanics, which should be explained. I would rather rework this and remove the workflow concept completely and just explain different wound types similar to the Items sections.
-== Translations ==
+== I think the dev's are being scummy with previous versions. ==
-If you need help creating new translations please let the community know. Entering ad hoc translations within the pages of other languages is really not how we want to go about it (e.g. putting Spanish translations next to items on an English page).
+Just before they announced the removal of all previous versions of the game (which is like being kicked in the face for liking b40 and its different aesthetic.)
-[[User:Pianoman|Pianoman]] 14:43, 20 July 2012 (BST)
+Upon a play through on b40 I noticed it has artificially generated lag, its as if the Dev's are intentionally trying to boot people off of b40.
-== Collapsible tables ==
+Ill have a further look into the weird oscillating type lag that occurs with combat animations and walking in previous versions of b40.
+F the devs for not appreciating people who just want the original game.
+[[User:NiskelisPhilli|NiskelisPhilli]] ([[User talk:NiskelisPhilli|talk]]) 01:06, 14 May 2022 (BST)
-Is the collapsible table class implemented on this wiki yet? Might be beneficial if it was. --[[User:DUMBELLS|DUMBELLS]] 16:19, 11 June 2011 (BST)
+UPDATE: after fiddling around in debug mode it seems very dependent on zombie pop, noise generation causing zeds to move, and it affects melee swings heavily.
-:hm, have installed it as per the instructions on the mediawiki site however they don't seem to work. If they don't work it will probably be best to wait until the server move is sorted as I'll most likely upgrade the software to 1.17 when that happens which has collapsible tables out of the box. [[User:Mmmicrophone|Mmmicrophone]] - <small>'''''PZwiki administrator'''''</small> 18:31, 11 June 2011 (BST)
-== Crafting tables ==
+: The community portal on the wiki is not the right place to complain about dev actions. Recommend posting on the forums https://theindiestone.com [[User:Kirrus|Kirrus]] ([[User talk:Kirrus|talk]]) 14:42, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
-I feel that these really should be as simple as possible so that anyone can jump in and change things if needed. I'm not 100% convinced that different templates is really the way to go with this, although can see the benefit in only having to change something once and have it update on all of the pages. templates also seem to scare people off at times.. (they also seem to have broken during the server move and I have no idea how to fix them!).
+== Does mediawiki have a visual editor like Wikipedia does? ==
-I've started up another revision of the crafting tables format which you can see starting to take shape on the [[crafting]] page. It just uses basic wikimarkup tables and all of the info will go straight into the page (for now at least). I '''personally''' think this looks a bit nicer.
+The current editor is hard for me to use because I don’t know how to use all the little symbols and stuff. It all just looks like jumbled code to me and it’s difficult for me to read [[User:Svelk929]]
+:There are visual editors available to MediaWiki, but currently PZwiki doesn't have one, but it may be added in the future, however there's no ETA, you have to keep eye on it or use the text editor till then. —[[User:Faalagorn|Faalagorn]][[User talk:Faalagorn|☎]]/[[Special:Contributions/Faalagorn|✓]] 21:59, 1 July 2023 (BST)
-Sure it might be a bit of a pain to keep them up to date when things change, but at least anyone can edit it right away without having to navigate a host of different templates.
+== Adding Trauma Bag ==
-Discussion on this is very much appreciated! [[User:Mmmicrophone|Mmmicrophone]] - <small>'''''PZwiki administrator'''''</small> 19:32, 12 June 2011 (BST)
+I recently came across a '''Trauma Bag''' that's not listed here. I didn't see it in the variation of the '''Duffel Bag''' either but it has different stats as well. I found it in the back on an ambulance.
-:Looks like reinstalling some of the extensions has fixed the broken templates! The [[crafting]] page now has both old and new table styles if anyone wishes to comment? Whatever get's decided we'll stick with..  [[User:Mmmicrophone|Mmmicrophone]] - <small>'''''PZwiki administrator'''''</small> 19:59, 12 June 2011 (BST)
-::On second thoughts, lets stick with what dumbells has sorted out. Although I do stand by my comment that it needs to be as simple as possible for people to add and edit things as easily as possible! Will revert the changes I made. [[User:Mmmicrophone|Mmmicrophone]] - <small>'''''PZwiki administrator'''''</small> 22:00, 12 June 2011 (BST)
-== Spelling Conventions ==
+[[File:Trauma Bag.png|thumb]]
-Hi,
+* Encumbrance: 1.0
-I noticed the page http://pzwiki.net/wiki/Hypercondriac and was tempted to correct it to hypochondriac , or possibly more correctly hypochondria but I actually can find no spelling conventions for the wiki.
+* Capacity: 23
-Are things to be spelled as they appear in the game - possibly with a (sic) afterwards if it is miss-spelled, or are there to be conventions as to capitalisations of links, etc...
+* Encumbrance Reduction: 65
-== Link all items to items category  ==
+Items it came with:
+* Surgical Gloves
+* Suture Needle Holder
+* Tweezers
-I think all items should be linked to items category including ammo, consumables, ect. Good idea? Bad idea? - [[User:Rachealica|Rachealica]] 19:20, 26 December 2011 (CST6CDT)
-== Index Page/ Contents Page ==
+[[User:Katsuxmusubi85|Katsuxmusubi85]] ([[User talk:Katsuxmusubi85|talk]]) 23:16, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
+:Late reply, but yeah, these are relatively new and not yet on the wiki, these (and some other items) are listed in [[PZwiki:Item List]], but if anyone wants, they are  free to add them early! —[[User:Faalagorn|Faalagorn]][[User talk:Faalagorn|☎]]/[[Special:Contributions/Faalagorn|✓]] 22:00, 1 July 2023 (BST)
-I am finding it hard to find pages, or linking relevant pages; there isn't much organization right now. There should be some sort of index or contents page that lists all up-to-date articles (not editing help or things that haven't been implemented -other than the planned features page) I think. If I wasn't familiar with the ins and outs of the game already, I'd be hard pressed to finding out on this wiki. -- [[User:Rachealica|Rachealica]] 28 December 2011 8:58 CST
+== bad link ==
-Adding the [[:Category:Version|Version]] Category to resolve this. -- [[User:Auchtor|Auchtor]] 28 March 2012 13:31 CST
+Hi, I noticed by chance that the [[Help:Contents/no]] page was probably not in the right place, I think the [[Help:Editing for beginners]] section would be more suitable.
+I don't really know how to modify this so I'll let you see it on your side. [[User:Tatoz|Tatoz_53]] ([[User talk:Tatoz|talk]]) 12:59, 7 June 2023 (BST)
+:Good catch, thanks! I just moved the page :) —[[User:Faalagorn|Faalagorn]][[User talk:Faalagorn|☎]]/[[Special:Contributions/Faalagorn|✓]] 21:28, 7 June 2023 (BST)
-== French wiki main page ==
+== Permission to use your "icons" ==
-Hi. I'm admin of a french fansite zomboid-fr.net and I started updating this wiki in french. I saw that english and russian main page are more complete than the french mainpage. I'd like to modify this mainpage like english or russian ones. How Can I do ? I have no access to the "edit" fonction, which is normal I think...
+I wanted to know if they give me permission to use their icons and others from the main page in the English version and use them in the Spanish version? Thanks in advance [[User:Texaliuz]]
+:Hey! Not sure which icons you mean, but all icons uploaded to the wiki are free to use elsewhere on any of its pages! —[[User:Faalagorn|Faalagorn]][[User talk:Faalagorn|☎]]/[[Special:Contributions/Faalagorn|✓]] 21:56, 1 July 2023 (BST)
-== German Mainpage and other german wiki parts ==
+== Correct Step 4 of the Carpentry Wiki Page ==
-Hallo,I would to start updating this wiki on german, but the problem is,I don't know how can I do it ...
+The '''Step 4: Level up''' section in the [[Carpentry]] wiki page makes no reference to using [[VHS]] tapes or [[Life and Living TV]] to gain experience for the Carpentry skill, which may be slightly misleading.
-Yes, I'd also like to help translate some pages into German, but I can't find a way to create a German page. It seems that only French, Russian, and Japanese languages are enabled at this point, so making a Zombies/de page wouldn't direct correctly. Or am I misunderstanding the language page guides? [[user:Holzmann|Holzmann]] 29 March, 2012
+Thanks, [[User:CCTV4569|CCTV4569]] ([[User talk:CCTV4569|talk]]) 20:02, 1 July 2023 (BST)
+:I added it now, thanks! It was probably like that since before the addition of those :). If you spot any such inconsistencies though, feel free to straight fix it! —[[User:Faalagorn|Faalagorn]][[User talk:Faalagorn|☎]]/[[Special:Contributions/Faalagorn|✓]] 21:54, 1 July 2023 (BST)
-:I don't have an answer for you yet but let me check around and see if I can figure it out. Thanks! [[User:Pianoman|Pianoman]] 22:32, 29 March 2012 (BST)
+== Carrot seeds page lists information for Cabbage seeds ==
-::Thanks, I did a quick translation of the main page and made a new thread here for German speakers who want to help out. Hopefully we'll have a Wiki in four languages pretty soon :) [[User:Holzmann|Holzmann]] 11:20, 30 March 2012 (BST)
+From GwTWoD
-== How to create crafting-recipes? ==
+The page for carrot seeds has multiple instances where it uses cabbage seeds instead of carrot seeds. It also has a few links to "cabbage seeds" that just send you to the same page.
-I added some items (like [[Peas]] and [[Dry Ramen Noodles]]) with crafting-recipes in them, but are the done correct? If not, how do I set them up the right way? Really confusing for me...
+-GwtWoD 10:21(8 Sept 2023)(PST)
+:Thanks for noticing thanks! The IDs were probably copy pasted, so I changed that tot the right ones. :) —[[User:Faalagorn|Faalagorn]][[User talk:Faalagorn|☎]]/[[Special:Contributions/Faalagorn|✓]] 08:05, 9 September 2023 (BST)
-:Hey Doc. I wish I could offer more help (hopefully someone with more knowledge will come by). Take a look at the code behind the molotov cocktail page and model your code upon it. When you see recipelookup it is referencing this page- Template:RecipeLookup which you will need to go into edit mode to see that it is a list of recipes that can be used on multiple pages. Also I believe some of your underlying ingredients either do not have pages yet or your links are incorrect - they are linking to a valid page.  [[User:Pianoman|Pianoman]] 14 March 2012
-::Hey! Thanks for the awesome help. Hope that it is done correct now. The other items for the crafting-recipes aren´t done yet.  [[User:DrCox1911|DrCox1911]] 18 March 2012
-== Übersetzen ins Deutsche ==
-Pianoman war sehr nett und hat eine deutschsprachige Hauptseite eingerichtet, die ich soeben übersetzt habe. Ich werde fleißig neue Seiten übersetzen, um die deutsche Wiki weiter auszubauen, aber ich möchte auch bekannt geben, dass ich kein Muttersprachler bin, also kann es durchaus passieren, dass meine Formulierungen suboptimal sind. Deshalb nehme ich es keinem übel, wenn er meine Beiträge bearbeitet :)
-Diesen Thread können wir für Diskussionen bzgl. Änderungen bzw. Übersetzungen der deutschsprachigen Artikel benutzen [[User:Holzmann|Holzmann]] 11:18, 30 March 2012 (BST)
-== Items Page Needs to be redone... ==
-Its looks terrible in list form. We need to do something similar to what we have in the crafting section. With a image and a short snippet of info.
-:You know what? You're right! I'll take a deep look into the crafting template and try to imitate its scripture to make a kick-ass article. I'm on it. [[User:Vagrant|Vagrant]] 06:32, 30 April 2012 (BST)
-:You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. I have been doing some work on the modding section of the wiki, I recently added Tutorials and Modding Tools. Could you think of anything else that needs to be on there? [[User:Superhaze|Superhaze]] 1:08, 2 May 2012 (PST)
-::I prefer using the vanilla version of PZ, so modding is not really my forte. Good job on updating this section. [[User:Vagrant|Vagrant]] 23:04, 2 May 2012 (BST)
-== Spanish translation ==
-I want to help on a Spanish translation, I'm from Spain, and Spanish is a necessary language in this wiki I think, and it will expand the game to Spanish-speaking people.
-How can I help? Is there any volunteer?
-Thanks in advance. [[User:luchots|luchots]]
--
-Quiero ayudar en una traducción al español, soy de España, y el español es un lenguaje necesario en esta wiki, creo yo, y expandirá el juego a hispano-parlantes.
-¿Cómo puedo ayudar? ¿Hay algún voluntario?
-Gracias de antemano. [[User:luchots|luchots]]
-:Hey Luchots, We most certainly need a Spanish translation but have not had many (or possibly any) contributors. You are welcome to do what you feel you can accomplish and hopefully other volunteers will join you. If you need any help with getting started let me know. For the suggested way of adding language articles you should also take a look at the work of Vagrant, one of our contributors who has been working on the French pages. Thanks! [[User:Pianoman|Pianoman]] 15:39, 18 May 2012 (BST) PZwWiki Admin
-== Add language template ==
-Ok, in an attempt to bring more people into the game, and to help those who doesn't know english, i just started a translation of the wiki in portuguese (taking advantage of the moment to ask those hidden portuguese speakers to join up), I would like to ask for someone (or tell me how..) the add of "Português" into the language template.
-I have already translated the main page: http://pzwiki.net/wiki/Main_Page/pt and will continue to translate on the moments that i'm not playing xD...
-[[User:Podesta|Podesta]] 21:42, 10 August 2012 (BST)
-:Hey Podesta. Thanks for helping out. I think that I have taken care of the languages template but let me know if there are any problems. Thanks again! [[User:Pianoman|Pianoman]] 22:40, 10 August 2012 (BST)
-== Steam, Greenlight & the Wiki ==
-Things continue to look up with Project Zomboid's chances of getting on Steam appearing very good.
-I would like to thank everyone for contributing to PZwiki and just want to say that once the next version is out and PZ is on Steam it will be more important than ever that you remember to share your knowledge. I will help guide things along as well as I can and as long as I can. Thanks Again!! [[User:Pianoman|Pianoman]] 16:58, 1 September 2012 (BST)
-== Traits category necessary? ==
-I'm not sure if we really need individual pages for each trait when we have a list on the [[Traits]] page already. [[:Category:Traits]] seems like overkill when each one can be fully understood at a glance using the table. --[[User:DUMBELLS|DUMBELLS]] 15:51, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
-:I agree. Although if the individual pages are removed it might be a good idea to first check that any useful information from them, that is not already in the table, get added to it. [[User:Pianoman|Pianoman]] 17:28, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
-== RC2.9, RC3.0 and onwards ==
-[[http://theindiestone.com/community/viewforum.php?f=39| There's a new major version out of the door]], with more on the way. A lot of stuff has changed. How should info about the new version be handled on the wiki? Just add it to current pages, make a new namespace, or what?
-[[User:Harakka|Harakka]] 17:07, 30 April 2013 (BST)
-:Very good question. Exciting times indeed, but also a period where rapid changes to PZ may make additions to the wiki obsolete. I think we should edit the existing wiki namespace. Over the last couple of years we have had to cope with the different versions and due to that a bit of confusion when using the wiki. However hopefully we are nearing the point where we are closer to an official release on Steam and pzwiki will gradually lose much of the Alpha version content in favor of the retail release content. Hopefully that makes sense. If not let me know what you think. [[User:Pianoman|Pianoman]] 01:41, 1 May 2013 (BST)