Have you caught up on the organizing? I know putting new stuff in is an ongoing process but as a benchmark has most of the 'old stuff' been archived? Have you found any gems yet that you had to run to the art department and ask why it wasn't in game yet?asked by BaconofWar

That's a great question.

Well, I have actually caught up on most of the organising. I've reached several major benchmarks. One is that we are much, much, much better off now than when we started. And this is something that is obvious through use of Confluence. And you can ... you can tell me.

Yes!

Yes?

Yes! What's funny is when Cherie actually first started, one of the first things I said is "The artists need help. We need help on the organisation side for our wiki page, Confluence."

Yep.

And I said, "The artists have made an absolute mess in there ..."

Those artists!

"... can you help?" And so she calls me over and says, "By artists do you mean do you mean 'you'?" How many pages did I have in there that were just ...

Oh ... at least two hundred.

Yeah.

Like at least two hundred. Created by Forrest Stephan.

Yeah.

Last edited by Forrest Stephan.

Yeah. So it turned out it was actually me making the mess in there. So ...

In the artist section at least.

Yeah.

What other major milestone I've reached is I've archived over two thousand pages. They are still preserved in our system. They are out of the search results so they don't mess up if someone is looking for the latest documentation they don't pull up something from two years ago and it doesn't mess up their process because it just doesn't appear any more. But it is still preserved and it is accessible if someone wants to reference it so they don't make some mistake that someone made in the past, or take an old idea that has been disapproved, you know, that kind of thing.And our current documentation ...

Yeah.

... is kept organised by team or asset, depending on the needs of what is being done. Which has helped the organisation of Confluence by ... many miles.

Yeah. And you ... and you monitor it as well ...

I do, I monitor it.

... because I know for a fact that Cherie has archived pages that specifically say "Do not touch" in giant red lettering ...

Yeah.

... because they are archived into the, you know, non-accessible zone.

That's right.

And I found pages that I've tried to edit and bring back into the wiki page and I get a message within about one minute ...

Like "What are you doing?"

... of editing the page saying "Why are you editing that page?". And I'm like "Am I not supposed to?" and she says "Do you see the giant, red letters on the top says 'Do not edit'?"

And he's like "Wah wah."

So that's super helpful too because I will still get into trouble ...

Yeah.

... if no one's monitoring it.

Yeah, and I think what's most important is that because I'm moderating it I'm always available for questions and so people don't have to dig for hours not knowing where anything is because I know where pretty much everything is and I can find something within about ten minutes because I am familiar enough with the system.

Yes.

And I have found some cool things in the game documentation, but I am not at liberty to speak about them. Unfortunately.

Yes. We have a page that is things we have seen ...

Yes.

... that is quite interesting ...

It's a good page.

... full of character bugs, which is wonderful. Maybe we'll share it with you one day.

Yeah.

Not today though.