User talk:MalonyJenkins

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=== Personnel File: Correspondence 8th Aug 2015 ===

RE: Image Update Request

Hey there,

On my end the image seems to be fine, or at least the image you wish to upload so I don't really see much problem on my end, unless I'm misunderstanding what you are asking, but it seems the image did successfully update. :) Connall Project Zomboid Wiki Manager 01:50, 8 August 2015 (BST)

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Hey Connall,

I notice that this afternoon. Not quite sure what was going on last night as it kept using the old image every time I refreshed. Thanks for looking into it and, er, apologies for wasting your time there xD.

=== Personnel File: Correspondence 15th Aug 2016 ===

Trouble with wiki

Hey, Malony. I am new to this stuff, so would it be possible to give me a quick run-down on how to link to other pages while writing?

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Hey OddFly!

Good thing I saw this, I was about to head off for the night. To Link to another page, you need to place the exact name of the page in Brackets. For instance:


[[Burger]]

       Produces         Burger

If you wanted to enter a link but give it a different name, you would need to use a Vertical Bar (|) in the link to change its name, for example:


[[Burger|Information on Burgers]]

       Produces         Information on Burgers       while linking to the correct page.

If you wanted to enter a link to a category, its a slightly different format as you need to put a colon before the link, for example:


[[:Category:Food]]

       Produces         Category:Food       while linking to the correct page.

The reason for the extra colon is that if it was linked directly to Category the wiki doesnt understand the coding involved so a extra ":" at the beginning is required.

Hope that helps! If you've got any other questions, feel free to drop a message and I'll try to get back to you.

-MalonyJenkins 22:04, 15 August 2015 (BST)

=== Personnel File: Correspondence 16th Aug 2016 ===

A key question (get it?)

I don't know if you're even the proper person to approach about this, but I feel as though keys should get their own separate page. After clicking on keys in the items page, you are immediately redirected to the key ring page. I have done my best to work with it how it is, but I still feel as though it would be proper to separate the two, and I wouldn't even know how to go about creating a new page and finding the code for keys.

On an unrelated note, clicking shoes on the items page redirects back to the items page. In fact, a shoes page does not exist. Neither does a page for plastic bags, purses, school bags, or tote bags. They just redirect back to the items page. --TheOddFly

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Hey Odd,

Technically, when it comes to the wiki's layout, the three admins should be consulted: List of Admins .

However as of recent the only admin I've even seen around is Pianoman, who has been dealing with a bot incursion when I returned to do some editing. I asked Connall a while ago a question but unfortunately he has not replied. Kirrus might be more contactable on The Indie Stone website.


However, from what I remember of the policy they had, I think it was on the lines of keeping pages to a minimum but grouping if possible so that hundreds of pages didnt need editing. (remember each page will eventually need to be translated to another language). So when it comes to the Key issue, probably the best bet, would be to explain the use of Keys and Keyrings together on the same page, basically stating how keys are gained, how they are put in the keyring, explaining the keyring etc. But the eventual decision lies with the Admins. My policy at the moment is to just establish some form of categorisation and format to the pages since there is no easy way to navigate.

Alternatively you could set up the page in the meantime, and if the admins don't like the fact theres two pages for keys they probably will merge them together.


Oh and just as a quick note, assume EVERYTHING is out of date. Every food page I've edited so far and redesigned was horrendously out of date.

The info for the items can be got from the zomboid folders in order:

Zomboid installed directory / Media / Scripts / items.txt---------------* Food/Weapon information
Zomboid installed directory / Media / Scripts / newitems.txt------------* Food/Weapon information
Zomboid installed directory / Media / Scripts / farming.txt-------------* Food Information
Zomboid installed directory / Media / Scripts / uniquerecipes.txt-------* 2 unique food items
Zomboid installed directory / Media / Scripts / recipesradio.txt--------* Construction info on electronics
Zomboid installed directory / Media / Scripts / recipesradio.txt--------* Info on electronics items
Zomboid installed directory / Media / Scripts / fixing.txt--------------* Repair information for weapons


DISREGARD the suburbsdistribution file in the Media/Scripts directory, its a old file and has since been replaced by a Lua file, which is in..

Zomboid installed directory / Media / LUA / SERVER / ITEMS / SuburbsDistribution.lua (its openable by notepad)

I'll be creating a editing page at some point to help people actually do editing on the wiki, since apparently, there isnt really a established one.

And just think! All you asked for was keys. xD

-MalonyJenkins 19:09, 16 August 2015 (BST)

N.B - Relating to the items page looping on itself, I believe that was due to the original table linked to erroneous or non-useful pages and no-one filled them in so they linked back to the table since there wasnt much at the time to explain about, say a belt.