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Riverdale maintains the radio. You can leave him a page-mail on the MUCK, or if you post here I can try to get a msg through to him.
That's the idea, Lee.
I check this forum almost daily, and try to respond to things posted in the Help area ASAP.
Otherwise, page-mail Aeysin on the MUCK.
Um, what do you mean by the archive of the Limitless site? Does that website have a back-up thing so even though it's being deleted, we'll still be able to read stuff from it?
Exactly! I worked on it the other night. Go to rwmuck.org/archive to view. It's a "static" copy of the site, so you cannot log in or change anything. But you can browse the content. It'll look like you're logged in as Aeysin, because that was the account I used to scrape the site. XD
Is there a place where we can see the originals and compare them to what's on the Wiki?
Yep. While a wiki does allow editing of almost any article, it is very closely tracked. Malicious changes can be reverted very easily. Next to the Edit tabs, there is a tab called View History. You will see every version of the article since it was created (or imported), and an option to rollback any changes to a previous version. There is also a Discussion tab on each article, where people can comment on or talk about changes they have made to it.
If for any reason you believe "bad" changes are being made to articles--vandalism or somebody being mean for no reason--let me know and I will deal with it.
Lee, no worries! This forum isn't going anywhere. So, right... continue to use it to plan and chat about things.
The wiki is meant to help organize help documents, logs, etc. The sort of things that would have been filed as a "book" or pages on the old site, because a forum doesn't have that sort of functionality.
Right, for problems with the MUCK, Otter is the person to contact.
I can help resolve forum or wiki problems.
Ajax also checks in here periodically; he's MUCK staff.
Oz, I am sorry for your loss.
There is no rush on all of this. Everybody will have plenty of time to adjust and learn, so no need to stress.
No worries, we'll all get through this together!
Going to tackle this one part at a time:
Does this mean we need to all join the Wiki?
If you want to contribute to or edit things on the wiki, you will need to make an account there.
Will things we've posted here be transferred over there?
The logs posted here will be transferred to the wiki at some point, yup. Not sure of the time frame on that.
Do I have to learn coding?
Not really. Learning a bit of markup (like when to put certain things in [[brackets]]) will help to organize your pages, though. It's probably easier to pick up than day to day MUCK commands.
Is there a way to read on the Wiki the comments to all the Limitless website posts we did?
The archive of the Limitless site will have the comments, but as of right now the wiki does not.
I'm looking at the Category for "DoraRose and Friends" and it says, "The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 582 total." Does that mean I did 582 things on the website and each page has 200 or so categories?
That means 200 of 582 articles in 1 category, DoraRose and Friends, are being displayed. So, yup, you posted 582 times to the Limitless site. There's a link to the next page of results at the bottom.
Also, could you please put the link to the radio back in the desc thing at the top of this website?
It's still there. Third link on the red navigation bar. I should make those larger so they're easier to see.
It'd be cool if we could move log posting and art and such to the wiki, 'cause it's a lot better for organization than a forum. I don't mind if folks continue to post those things here until they feel like they've got the hang of the wiki, though. Trying to make the transition easy.
Here's a link to things you posted to the Limitless site, Oz!
http://www.rwmuck.org/wiki/Category:Oz
Sadly some of the formatting got wonky when we transferred from the old site to this one. But fixing format problems on old posts is a good way to practice using the wiki.
There's two edit tabs in the top right. "Edit" goes to a visual editor with buttons and dropdown menus for format choices, but it can be a bit clunky. "Edit source" is a markup editor, does the same thing... except you use code instead of buttons to style your page.
A good bit of code to learn: [[Category:YourCategoryHere]]
So if you add [[Category:Logs About Soup]] or [[Category:Aeysin]] to the bottom of the article you are editing, it will be filed in a category containing others with that tag. Can be anything and helps to organize and tie everything together.
PS: To find your content from the Limitless site, search for something you remember posting. The bottom of the page will have a section called "Categories", and the first link will be a category built from your username on the old site. ![]()
Howdy, friends!
So the old site at rwmuck.limitless.org/rwmuck is unfixably broken, and will soon be taken offline. Don't freak, though.
Over the last couple of months Riverdale and I have worked to import all the content from the broken site into a wiki located at rwmuck.org.
Wiki format can be intimidating, but it's not so bad once ya' learn the fundamentals--much like a MUCK! The format is flexible and stable and can house any sort of content y'all can dream up: logs, images, info about groups or locations, command help, character profiles, etc.
I'm throwing around the idea of a group meeting hosted on the MUCK to walk folks through the basics. If y'all have an interest in that, let me know and we'll figure out a date and time that works.
But, to get everybody started:
You will need to make an account on the wiki to edit articles.
1) Almost all content on a wiki is community owned and managed.
This means that users can fix outdated help articles, or add extra info when they see fit. This is really cool, because nothing is left "abandoned" if a player moves on. The active community makes sure content remains relevant and useful. Notice the "Edit" tabs on articles once you are signed in as a user.
2) Search box is your friend!
If you're not sure how to locate an article, head for the search box. You can search for a character's name to find content featuring that character; or search for terms like "riverdale hotroot redwall abbey" or "building help" if you're looking for something specific.
3) It's easy to create content.
If you type something into the box (such as a log title) that is not found on the wiki, search will ask if you'd like to "Create the page". By clicking that red link, you will be taken to an editor to create an article with that title.
The "Random Page" link on the sidebar is also fun if ya' want to aimlessly poke around.
At some point I will host a static archive of the Limitless site for nostalgia's sake, but right now I'd like to make an active push to move content posting to the wiki... i.e., logs, stories, artwork. It will be much easier to keep it organized there. We'll continue to use this forum for event planning, help questions, and day to day chat.
And, as always, I am here to help if you get stuck! ^_^
I remember Sometimes Club! Good times. I'm glad we were meticulous about logkeeping
http://www.rwmuck.org/wiki/Sometimes_Club
Welcome back, Torry!
Rad! I really like the colors used for the monitor. ![]()
Nice! Hope to see more in the future. ![]()
Here is a cheat sheet for making wiki edits. There's links at the bottom of that page to a full markup guide, a sandbox for testing, etc. It looks intimidating at first but you'll get the hang of it.
I know some wikis get picky about page formats and things, but ours is small enough right now that none of that matters. Good opportunity to learn something new!
Heeey.
If anybody tried to register in the last ~2 weeks and received an error, my bad. Should be fixed now!
Always feel free to p#mail Aeysin on the MUCK re: problems.
OOC building credits are a relic from the old days of the MUCK (and MUCKs in general). Used to be called pennies.
Every time you @dig a room it costs like 10 credits; to @open an exit is 1 or 2 credits, etc. Credits allowed folks to freely build but limited them from bogging down the system with junk rooms and objects. Some non-building commands also used credits (pennies) in the past, but most of those costs were dropped from the current MUCK codebase. Because computers are much more powerful now, admins don't need to tax players for using commands.
If you're in the middle of a project and run out, Otter can give ya' more as needed. But IDK that I've ever seen anybody run out. XD
Henry, re: joining the Long Patrol: Drop Magramba a page-mail on the MUCK. He can answer your questions and give guidance if you want to be an LP hare. It's my understanding that he handles that sort of thing.
I don't have much time for RP these days but I still love reading logs and the radio... or playing as an expendable grunt if I get a chance!
It feels like there are a ton of "horde" plots on the MUCK, but I don't see that as problematic. It always drums up RP (in one way or another), and some kinda' horde is the crux of almost every Redwall book.
Maybe there could be a plot involving the 67th outpost? That'd get both Mossflower and Long Patrol involved. And spare the Abbey direct conflict. Not sure who's in charge of things re: the 67th, but I bet Magramba would know.
Summer is coming and that always sees a spike in activity for the MUCK, since folks aren't dealing with school things.
Also... WB, Madison!
EDIT: Or, instead of the 67th outpost, something could be afoot at a completely dead location like the Brockhall / Farm / Quarry region. That area of Mossflower is centrally located enough for Ferravale, Redwall, and 67th members who'd like to participate, without disrupting any ongoing plots.
Implemented an image uploader, so y'all can easily put pix on your posts.
Below the text area of a post, there is now a link:

You can use the dialog to upload an image. Code linking to the image will be automatically added to your post. It'll look like this:
[url=https://blah][img]https://blah[/img][/url]No need to edit the code. Click submit or preview, and you'll see your image. ![]()
Right now it works like the old forums, so the image has to be hosted elsewhere and can be included in a post using:
[img]http://url.of.image[/img]I will look into an easier alternative.
EDIT: Added an easy image uploader for posts. Check the News forum for instructions.
We got hit real hard two nights ago. Turns out bots can answer simple math questions.
Cleaned up the wreckage, and now I am cautiously hopeful about our anti-spam setup. I installed a plugin that spots (and rejects) malicious connections, and doubled down on registration security by adding the clickable captcha back, and updated the question-answer block.
Shout out to DoraRose for her tip on the old forum re: using Redwall trivia to stump the bots!
The bots may eventually wise up and crack our defense, but looks like we're okay for now.

Trying a new anti-spam plugin on the registration page. The robots have been able to outsmart our captcha, but I am hoping this simple-math-question thing will stump them. Thanks for your patience.
... this is the de facto board for the MUCK for the time being?
Until I hear otherwise, sure!
Continuing to work on server stability and spam blocking. I will get the kinks worked out eventually.