Proposals

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General/Ongoing

  1. Help clear the Maintenance Reports for unused/broken/wanted items!
  2. Check out and verify Did you know?#Unverified claims
  3. Look for pages that need help and report them here (e.g. unreadable color scheme, missing info)

Specific

Site interface

  1. Read through the site interface strings and see if anything could be changed to benefit the site.

File upload/editing

  1. Rename all files to have a shared prefix (instead of a shared postfix, e.g. "Map large A Cold Day in Hell.png" instead of "A Cold Day in Hell map large.png"). This is helpful for use with Special:PrefixIndex (which can be transcluded! (with parameters!))
  2. Upload all original (and HotA) images, preserving the names (as they are in the game data). For now we kind of have it started with the category:misc pictures. But it could probably be organized better (maybe call it the game data category instead). Once this is done, anyone who wants can browse these files and turn them into redirects for more appropriate names once a use for them is found in the wiki.
  3. Upload pictures of all town creature dwellings and town unique buildings. (Page: e.g. Template: Tower creature dwellings)
    • Fortress creature dwellings currently exist (with the exception of the Wyvern Nest)
  4. The pics for Template:Cove unique buildings are a different size from all the other towns' unique buildings. Edit them to match.
  5. The remaining wanted pages are actually missing map files. (Page: e.g. The Devil is in the Detail)
    • What is the best way to get map files? Open up the editor and screenshot/crop? Find them somewhere online? --Legate (talk) 20:54, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
    • I don't know how Phasma was doing it but I just make screenshots in the map editor and then realign them all after. When I did that last big one I had to use cheat engine to change the zoom so that I could do it with fewer screenshots. And yes it's entirely possible there's an easier way. Possibly make use of heroesmaps.org/heroes3mapscan. –imahero 21:22, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
    • I do just that: turn off all animations in map editor, take multiple screenshots, delete the unnecessary areas, align them in GIMP, save an original copy, and finally create a small copy for uploading here. I'm doing them over time since they take a while, and I've done all the small and medium maps so far. I'll do some more before the year ends too :) → Phasma 12:47, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
  6. The high-level campaign map pictures for each campaign scenario (on the screen where you select the level bonus before the cinematic plays). (Page: e.g. Groundbreaking)
    • Looking for (with the current level colored in and previous levels covered in slashes), not (base pic with nothing colored in)
  7. Upload the actual maps for each campaign scenario. (Page: e.g. Homecoming)
    • We only have a handful of the regular ones left, so we can move on to that next I suppose. –imahero 05:01, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Content: Page Creation/Updating

  1. Add size and underground to map check/campaigns.
  2. Design a new main page. Save it on [[your user page/main page]] so we can see it. Candidates:
  3. Breath Attack could use a diagram of how it works (specifically when attacking straight up or down)
    • I found this, but I have no idea the accuracy or completeness. --Legate (talk) 03:43, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
  4. Obstacle Penalty could use a diagram or explanation of how it works. Is it everything inside the ring wall? Does obstacle penalty disappear when the wall goes down?
  5. Map Editor could use a bunch more info or link to a map editor tutorial.
  6. Most HotA campaign pages are mostly empty:
  7. Time to add Template:Scenario to all the campaign scenarios! 
{{scenario
| scenario       = {{PAGENAME}}
| description    = xxx
| underground    = 
| num_play       = 
| size           = 
| source         = 
| victory        = 
| loss           = 
| allies         = 
| enemies        = 
| difficulty     = xxx
| bonus          = 
| carry          = 
| max_lvl        = 
| Cmap           = 
}}

Template work (advanced)

  1. Most of the the conditions should include 'or defeat all enemies'. Investigate and fix Template:Scenario and Template:ScenarioVars table
  2. Template:BonusB items don't line up nicely with each other or anything else (See Groundbreaking). Probably an artifact of that kludgey auto-crop I made... --Legate (talk) 03:19, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Community Requests

  1. Write tips on campaign scenario pages (212.112.111.20)
    • Sometimes there are tips on the main campaign pages under User Commentary. (e.g. Dragon's Blood)

Notes

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