Salamangkero

This user has been on UESPWiki for 12 years, 4 months, and 18 days.

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This user is an outlander in Vvardenfell

This user worships Azura.

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Morrowind GameplayEdit

Using Companion Share mods, I try my best to equip the NPCs of Vvardenfell, Mournhold and Solstheim with what they'll need for the upcoming Oblivion Crisis and Red Year. I also fill containers with stockpiles of armor, weapons, potions and scrolls.

• Gameplay-wise, I know this has no impact at all, aside from making my game more difficult.
• Roleplay-wise, though, I like to imagine that the Nerevarine's efforts might help just a few more people to survive the coming decade.

Ald'ruhn will fall. Baar Dau will fall. Yet, the Dunmer will rise again from the ashes. Remember Redoran.

UESP Wiki WorkEdit

These are what I'm currently working on (or on-and-off):

Adopt-a-typo (TES3)Edit

From	To	Status			Notes
		MW	TR	BM
Ald-ruhn	Ald'ruhn	in progress	no work needed	done	See UESPWiki:Spelling.
brandish(es) / wield(s)	has / hold(s) / use(s)	in progress			Not a typo but the wrong verbs for most NPC pages
cork bulb	corkbulb	done	no work needed	no work needed
cornberry	comberry	done	no work needed	no work needed	See leveled lists for raw ingredients.
Cyrodiilic / Cyrodilic / Cyrodillic Brandy	Cyrodiilic / Cyrodilic Brandy	in progress	no work needed	no work needed	Use Cyrodiilic Brandy when referring to the potion item (eg. Wares section of NPCs). The only exceptions are dialogs, journal entries and topics that use Cyrodilic Brandy [sic].
eggmine	egg mine	in progress	no work needed	no work needed	Wow, this is actually difficult. Except for the Gnisis Eggmine (place), the Gnisis Eggmine (quest) and the Pudai Eggmine (quest), all other mines are referred to as ??? Egg Mine. However, dialogues and journal entries use both egg mine and eggmine. I'll stop working on this for now.
Falvilo's Endeavor	Falvillo's Endeavor	done	no work needed	no work needed	Use Falvillo's Endeavor when referring to the ship. The only exceptions are console codes and dialogs that use Falvilo's [sic] Endeavor.
Grief	Greef	done	no work needed	no work needed
lock pick	lockpick	done	no work needed	no work needed
Matze	Mazte	done	done	no work needed	Contributors might have been confused by the misspelled Matze in Skyrim.
locked and trapped	locked (10) and trapped	done	no work needed	no work needed	For now, just removing the hovertext (not mobile-friendly) Later, I'll change them to read more organically (eg. 10pt locked chest, a door with a trap and a 10pt lock, etc.)
locked chest	locked (10) chest	in progress	done	done
locked door	locked (10) door	in progress	done	done
He trains ..., ..., and Axe.	He trains ..., ..., and Axe.	in progress			Same as above; hovertext (ie. <span>) doesn't show up anyway, being overridden by <a> tooltip
...calmed or snuck up on...		in progress	no work needed	no work needed	Currently working on a template for normal and hostile trainers alike.

Adopt-a-typo (UESP-wide)Edit

These typos have been hunted to extinction across Vvardenfell, Mournhold and Solstheim. These are now being addressed in other namespaces as well.

Documented spelling errors

From	To
is/was a/an <race>	is/was a/an <race>*
a NPC	an NPC
amongst	among
(north/south)-(east/west)	(north/south)(east/west)
whilst	while

*TODO: Expand this

Long or wrong phrases

From	To
free reign	free rein / free reign [sic]
located at / below / beside / in / near / under	at / below / beside / in / near / under
return back	go back / return / revert / turn back
revert back	go back / revert / turn back
submerged under	submerged
there exists / exist	there is / are
underneath a / an / the	under a / an / the

Extra or missing letters

From	To
Anararen / Anareren	Anarenen
Ayreen	Ayrenn
Ekash's Locksplitter	Ekash's Lock Splitter
Erabenimsum	Erabenimsun
followings	following
Kwaama / Kwana / Kwarma	Kwama
Manimarco	Mannimarco
Shimmerine	Shimmerene
skillbook	skill book
stilt strider	silt strider
Stendar	Stendarr
Vardenfell / Vvardenfel	Vvardenfell

Extra or missing punctuations

From	To
1x, 2x, ..., 9x, 10x	1×, 2×, …, 9×, 10×
aka / aka.	a.k.a.
cant, dont, wont	can't, don't, won't
eg / eg.	e.g.
get's	gets
High Rocks	High Rock's
its a / an / not / one / said / the	it's a / an / not / one / said / the
ie / ie.	i.e.
in game	in-game
let's her / him / it / me / them / us / you	lets her / him / it / me / them / us / you
lets do / get / go / have / not	let's do / get / go / have / not
Morrowinds	Morrowind's
Nerevars	Nerevar's

Cleaning up Hints (category) pagesEdit

• Moving misplaced info into their appropriate section / pages
• Removing original research, redundant info and unnecessary / unrelated commentary
• Rewriting sections for consistent voice (eg. some are written in 2nd-person POV, others in 3rd-person)

Page	Status	Notes
Morrowind Hints
Alchemy
Containers		cleanup, like Oblivion containers
Enchant
Generic Magic Armor	in progress	Fix notes re: column headers
Generic Magic Clothing	in progress
Generic Magic Weapons	in progress
Hints	in progress
Making Money	done
Myths	no work needed
Quest Timing	in progress	Fixed for mobile, but check out its OB, SR and ON counterparts
Spell Effects	no work needed
Spells
Starting Out	done	see sandbox page
Useful Enchantments
Useful Spells
Tribunal Hints
Hints
Services
Bloodmoon Hints
Hints

Page	Status	Notes
Other pages outside Hints (category)
Alteration Spells	done	Used {{MW Spell}}
Armor Artifacts	in progress	Convert from {{Effect Link}} to {{MW Spell Effect}} for improved consistency. Also, include "Related Quests" section, if applicable.
Artifacts MW	in progress
Artifacts TR	in progress
Artifacts BM	in progress
Clothing Artifacts	in progress
Combat	in progress	see sandbox page
Commerce	done
Conjuration Spells	done	Used {{MW Spell}}
Destruction Spells	done
Diseases	done
Mysticism Spells	done
Magic	in progress	see sandbox page
Mysticism Spells	done	Used {{MW Spell}}
Other Artifacts	in progress
Powers	done	{{MW Spell}}
Quest Items MW	done	Converted from {{Effect Link}} to {{MW Spell Effect}} for improved consistency.
Quest Items TR	done
Quest Items BM	done
Restoration Spells	done	Used {{MW Spell}}
Shrines	in progress	Use {{MW Spell}} and update links to places
Special Magic Armor	done	Merged with their generic or unique counterparts; see the corresponding discussion
Special Magic Clothing	done
Special Magic Weapons	done
Spell Merchants MW	done
Spell Merchants TR	done
Spell Merchants BM	done
Stealth	in progress	see sandbox page
Trainers
Unique Armor	done	Converted from {{Effect Link}} to {{MW Spell Effect}} for improved consistency
Unique Clothing	done
Unique Items TR	done
Unique Items BM	done
Unique Weapons	done
Weapon Artifacts	in progress

Standardizing the Availability of Spell EffectsEdit

Yes DONE

• Some have "Custom Potions", which just link to Alchemy; kinda redundant since there's already an "Alchemy Ingredients" section.
  • Removed "Custom Potions" links.
• Paralyze lists creatures from which it can be received (not learned)
  • Removed NPC-initiated sources of paralyze (diseases, enemies, etc.)

• Some link to artifacts / unique items in Tribunal and Bloodmoon; others don't, even if applicable
• Some link to birthsigns, quest items, racial powers, shrines and/or vampirism; others don't, even if applicable
  • Some list specific birthsigns or racial powers
  • Others list and link to just "Birthsigns" or "Races"
• Some have "Beverages" vs. "Built-in Potions" vs. "Potions" vs. "Spoiled Potions"
• Some link to magic apparel or weapons
  • Some list to "Magic Apparel" or "Magic Weapons"
  • Others list "Generic Magic Apparel"
  • Others don't, even if applicable
• Some link to unique armor, clothing or weapon
  • Some list or link to the PAGES for unique items
  • Others list and link to specific, unique items
  • Others don't, even if applicable

Standardizing other pages/sectionsEdit

Yes DONE

• The Attacks and Abilities section of {{Creature Summary}} are displayed inconsistently.
  • For Attacks, used {{MW Spell}} with mode=creature instead of {{Effect Link}} with redundant and hardcoded values.
  • For Abilities (including Diseases), used {{MW Spell Effect}} instead of {{Effect Link}}.
• The Character Creation, Books, Factions and Trainers sections of skill pages could benefit from better side-by-side behaviour on mobile.
• The Factions column of pages in Services should use the nocat option.
• The Notes section for NPCs is sometimes missing the "... is a part of the ... family, which has their own ancestral tomb." info.
  • Fixed by {{MW Ancestral Tomb Note}}; see corresponding section on sandbox page.
• The Spells section of Spell Merchants have inconsistently-worded (or even missing) notes.
  • Fixed by {{Spell Merchant Note}}; see corresponding section on sandbox page.
• The NPCs' Wares are "squeezed" when viewed on mobile browsers and the UESP app.
  • Fixed by {{MW Wares}}; see corresponding section on sandbox page.
• All bound items have a Bound Battleaxe icon; all summons have a Summon Ancestral Ghost icon.
  • Fixed by adding the correct icon via {{Effect Summary}} to Bound <Item> and Summon <Creature> spell effects.
  • Fixed by removing explicit link from {{Effect Link}} and {{MW Spell Effect}} transclusions.
  • Fixed by removing effectNLink from {{Spell Definition}} transclusions.
• Absorb / Damage / Drain / Fortify / Restore Attribute effects are not always in Category:Redirects to Broader Subjects.
  • Audited 5 spell effects × 8 attributes and added category as needed.
  • Also applied the same fixes as bound items and summons above.
• Drain Skill effects are not always in Category:Redirects to Broader Subjects.
  • Audited 1 spell effect × 27 skills and added category as needed.

• The Alchemy Ingredients section for Spell Effects sometimes read differently (see sandbox page):
  • "The following alchemical ingredients can be used to make a potion of ???"
  • "The following alchemy ingredients will create ??? effects when mixed into a potion"
  • "The following ingredients can be used to make a potion of ???"
  • "The following ingredients will cause ??? if mixed into a potion"
  • "The following ingredients will make a potion of ???"
  • "The following ingredients will produce a ??? effect if used together in potions"
  • "The following ingredients will result in a ??? effect if mixed into a potion"
• For Birthsigns, there really is no reason to display the info in tables, is there? Switch to a format closer to its Oblivion counterpart.
• The Combinations section for Ingredients sometimes has an incomplete {{Effect Link}} for Damage, Drain, Fortify and Restore spell effects.
• The Related Quests section for items, NPCs and places lists quests inconsistently; see corresponding section on sandbox page.
• Some places are variably referred to as cities or towns; check out generic dialogue.
  • Dropping this; too tricky. There are inconsistencies across books, dialogue and journal entries.
• For Fortify Skills, add the redirects to Category:Redirects to Broader Subjects.

Minor fixes in other pagesEdit

Yes DONE

• Info duplicated on multiple pages
  • Grand soul gem locations in Enchant and Soul Gems
  • Lockpicking success rate in Security and Thieves Tools
• Missing / improper usage of {{Merc}} on pages that list NPCs and their Mercantile skill level

• Verify stuff using CS List
• Syntax / typo fixes
• {{Hide}} (or worse, invisible <span>) has been deprecated, use {{Sort}} instead.
• {{Small}} is slower and results in more HTML, use <small> instead.
• Eliminating (or reducing the amount of) redundant info; examples include:
  • Spellcasting success rate in Spells and Spellmakers
  • Spell cost in Spells and Spellmakers (the two formulas are different, btw)
  • A place, its hostile trainers, which skills they train and to what level... the info unrelated to the place should just be moved to the (linked) NPC page for the trainer/s concerned
• Some spells are unavailable to the player (eg. Hand of Tureynul, Hand of Uthol, Hand of Vemyn, etc.)
  • Like player-available spells, their data is stored in redirects (then used by other pages / templates)
  • Unlike player-available spells, however, the pages they redirect to (eg. Destruction Spells, Mysticism Spells, etc.) do not contain their anchors, let alone their info.
  • I think their redirects should point to the NPC page of whomever does have that spell, instead of the school of magic to which it arguably belongs. See talk page.
  • On second thought, some spells (eg. Ghost Snake) are used by more than one NPC. So that kills the "point to the NPC page" idea; I wonder if there's a better solution than "redirect to a page that doesn't mention this".
• Rewriting Western-centric idioms into more accessible phrases (eg. break the mold, more often than not, pay through the nose, running for the hills)