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Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:22
Mr-Baby's picture
Mr-Baby

Notes: This should probably go in the Wiki editors section, but I want people to hear about it!

Greetings,

After much reading through the wiki, I have noticed many, many mistakes in spelling, grammar and usage! For this reason, I propose a giveaway. For each error someone finds on the wiki, they will win 50k crowns. If you find two errors, you win 100k crowns, and so forth. Depending on how well this goes, I'll mail the crowns to everyone at the end of each week or every few days…

Here is an example:

IGN: Flamsthrone

Section of wiki in which error occurs: Gun Puppy page; under strategy; rocket puppy; destroying rockets.

Exact quote with sentence containing error in brackets:
"Rockets can be destroyed by certain damage sources. Swords (especially ones with a wide first swing) and Blast Bombs can be used with appropriate timing to prematurely detonate rockets. The best time to do so would be shortly after the rocket is fired, but before its homing kicks in. Due to the slow fire rate of the Rocket Puppy, this technique can be easily chained. Expanded Polaris shots can destroy rockets. [It is unknown if this applies to it's cousin, Supernova"]

Notes:

There error in this passage is usage. The correct term would be "its" instead of "it's" The correct sentence goes as follows: It is unknown if this applies to its cousin, Supernova.

Thank you for reading. Please be patient with crowns being mailed and feel free to post below if you have any suggestions!

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:26
#1
Flowchart's picture
Flowchart

brb, putting a bunch of errors in the wiki in order to fix them

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:27
#2
Deliciousness's picture
Deliciousness
Wouldn't it be better for the

Wouldn't it be better for the wiki to reward people for adding to it rather than fixing trivial grammar mistakes?

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:30
#3
Mr-Baby's picture
Mr-Baby
Oh.

@Flowchart Good point, I've got to think about that.

@Deliciousness I suppose I could add that to the original post. Maybe more crowns for creating a page?

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:34
#4
Deliciousness's picture
Deliciousness
@Flowchart Well the pages

@Flowchart Well the pages have a history record so Flamsthrone could look and see that you added the error by comparing the versions.

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 13:36
#5
Mr-Baby's picture
Mr-Baby
@Flowchart

Yeah, I also think you cold get in trouble for adding errors to the wiki...

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 16:49
#6
Leafblader's picture
Leafblader
moo

Does it count if we find errors other than spelling and grammar mistakes?

Fri, 10/03/2014 - 19:42
#7
Katmint's picture
Katmint

50k crowns? that's ridiculous

you'll quickly make yourself broke trying to give out that many crowns for doing trivial tasks

btw anyone can edit the wiki, so you could just fix the errors yourself when you find them instead of doing this (i already fixed the gun puppy grammar issue you mentioned)

Sat, 10/04/2014 - 07:28
#8
Knight-Solaire's picture
Knight-Solaire
Error 404: subject line not found

Some time last week I removed an incorrect trivia section under the Shadowtech Alchemer, claiming it was the only 2* shadow weapon (untrue after the release of OCH). I'll take my check in the mail :P

Sat, 10/04/2014 - 08:24
#9
Gigaslash's picture
Gigaslash
Found one.

IGN- Gigaslash

Section of wiki in which the error was found- Exploration; Under monsters

Quotation- Each family (besides Gremlins) has at least two different "species" with varying [methods of attacks.]

Notes- There is a grammatical error in this sentence, regarding the tense of "attacks." The correct statement would be- "varying methods of attacking", or "various methods of carrying out attacks."

For the skeptics who think I'm wrong ._.
To check that my above statement is correct, substitute "attacks" with a different verb. As stated above, varying methods of "walks" or "runs" are incorrect, while "walking" or "running" is correct.

Also, I haven't changed the error as of yet- I'm an idiot and have no idea how.

Sat, 10/04/2014 - 09:02
#10
Glacies's picture
Glacies

Everything is incorrect on the wiki.

Sat, 10/04/2014 - 11:19
#11
Leafblader's picture
Leafblader
moo

IGN Leafblader

Drone

The drone category is filled with miniature monsters with few attack variations and little health. Alone they pose little threat, but they can become a challenge when they group up in large numbers.

Dust Bunny series
Knocker
Ice Mini, Jelly Green Mini and Royal Mini
Glop Drop series
Scarab series
Smaller Gourdling
Mini Creep Cake
This part of the monster category page calls mini monsters drones.

It also says that a knocker is a mini monster and not a grunt.

It says: Gremlins are the only monster family without a grunt class.

It says that Mortafires are a turret and that gorgos are elite enemies.

The blech bunny tier 1 image is incorrect.
The tier 1 snow drop image is incorrect.
The tier 1 spice drop image is incorrect.
The tier 1 germ drop image is incorrect.
The tier 1 pale scarab image is incorrect.
The tier 1 silver scarab image is incorrect.

Sat, 10/04/2014 - 09:29
#12
Skepticraven's picture
Skepticraven
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I'm not a fan of this method for fixing up the wiki.

On one hand it gets more people looking and fixing up the wiki.
On the other hand, more people may accidentally add errors to the wiki by mistake.
All in all, the wiki is not really as bad as you make it out to seem and the errors are often few and far between.

That being said, I finally removed "Power Scanner" from the list of Silver Lockbox prizes because that information was taken from invalid sources.
I also cleaned up some other prize lists to the best of my knowledge, but there are likely other incorrect prizes listed. Link to the page.

@Glacies

I assure you this is at least one thing that is correct on the wiki.

Sat, 10/04/2014 - 10:30
#13
Sky-Scythe's picture
Sky-Scythe
Conquest & Fire

IGN: Sky-Scythe

( http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Glorious_Defenders_(Guild) ) This page is missing proper punctuation.

( http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Defender/alchemy_path ) This page reads weirdly.

( http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Impact_Void_(Guild) ) This page is missing space between commas and text.

( http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Gun_Runners_(Guild) ) "Deffinitely"

( http://wiki.spiralknights.com/The_Boss_Killers_(Guild) ) Wrought with spelling an grammatical errors.

( http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Glitches ) Poorly done overall, placeholder text in many areas.

( http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Fighters_Of_Fire_(Guild) ) Occasional spelling errors (were intstead of we're)

Sat, 10/04/2014 - 11:30
#14
Greedygreen's picture
Greedygreen
dunno if this can be

dunno if this can be considered as an error but this page http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Gunslinger_Guide lacks some new guns e̸͘v̨e̡n̡ ҉̶t̷͞hóug̷͝͝h͡ ̨ś̡͞ó͡me͏ ̷̡o̢f̕͠ ͠th̸̸ȩ̧͡m̨̨ ̴r̀̀e̶͜al͟l̶͢y͜ ̵ȩ̴͘x̀pęn̢͡s̛i҉v̛e ̡t̷̢̢o̴̕ t͞h̵̛e ̛́̕l̶͘e͘vel̸̷s̡ ̧of̨ ̀ń̢̡oţ̶͡ ̀͟h̸͝a͜͡͏v̕͟i̡n̛g̨̛ ͢t͝he͘͝m͞ ̷̧ev̡͜e̡͘r̵

Sat, 10/04/2014 - 18:12
#15
Mr-Baby's picture
Mr-Baby
Well, this is going well, I think?

I'll read through everything in a sec and post.

Mon, 10/06/2014 - 04:18
#16
Vohtarak-Forum's picture
Vohtarak-Forum
im vohtarak

the ominous guild page, my name isnt in the officer section (vohtarak)

and mewkats drop vertical vents (not stated in the wiki)

ign is Vohtarak, but ill guess ur not actually going to pay me, I get a lot of those

Sun, 10/05/2014 - 06:09
#17
Hershey-Kiss's picture
Hershey-Kiss
The mechtennas can also be

The mechtennas can also be found In silverlockboxes not only iron

Sun, 10/05/2014 - 06:20
#18
Hershey-Kiss's picture
Hershey-Kiss
shield guide

"Negates essentially all damage".
It should say something about the kats that spawn in the dark that pierces ur shield (candle depth)

Sun, 10/05/2014 - 06:21
#19
Hershey-Kiss's picture
Hershey-Kiss
Ign is IcecreamKingdom

Ign is IcecreamKingdom

Sun, 10/05/2014 - 07:54
#20
Poopsie's picture
Poopsie
regarding that rockets...

Rocket puppy, detonating rockets strategy early, could literally be done with every kind of weapons/vials. (assuming you deplete the rocket hp, which is unknown to me), btw. The only one that matters is how difficult. Handguns would be hard to do since the bullets need to be "exploded" (bullets max distance reached, hit objects like wall/monsters) to damage rockets.

Sun, 10/05/2014 - 10:08
#21
Skepticraven's picture
Skepticraven
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@Poopsie

Rockets do not have HP - they act as a projectile with a large collision box. Howlitzer heads do have HP as well as collision. As for the handguns being used for destroying rockets - I understand your description of how it could happen but would like to see a video of it before confirming that it can happen.

Sun, 10/05/2014 - 16:40
#22
Poopsie's picture
Poopsie
...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSxkAWM1w-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_l7mFD3nJU

from http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/92646

Mon, 10/06/2014 - 01:00
#23
Spyderr's picture
Spyderr
Industrial Hard Hat

IGN: Spyderr

Page: Industrial Hard Hat

Under sources, the text talks about the Firefighter Helmet, not the Industrial Hard Hat. Also, the stats bar for this helm is misssing.

Mon, 10/06/2014 - 18:29
#24
Warrior-Iguy's picture
Warrior-Iguy
ign Warrior-Iguy

I'm going to nitpick, as I'm practicing grammar for English class. :P

/Starting_out
The word "they" is used several times instead of "he or she." They is plural, and it is actually incorrect to refer to a person with an unspecified gender as "they."

"Once the knight is ready to move on, they can proceed..." (The word they is actually used correctly in the sentence before this one.)
"Once the knight has acquired enough Heat to satisfy the requirement, they can use the Forge..."

Under the "What to do with all the crowns and materials?" section, it should be noted that buying from vendors is extremely inefficient, and you can only buy low-level items from them. The page currently lists buying from vendors before crafting as a method of obtaining gear, while the primary method should be stated first and emphasized over the less logical approach.

/New_Player_Briefing
Bonuses and Equipment
"Armors get +1 health at levels 5 and 10. " The armor does not get the health, you do. The health that armors come with at level 1 are given to the player, so leveling up the armor makes the armor give you bonus health. Armors give you 1 extra health at levels 5 and 10.

I'll probably come back to help out more tomorrow. Cheers for now.

-Iguy

Mon, 10/06/2014 - 19:03
#25
Skepticraven's picture
Skepticraven
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@Warrior-Iguy

The Oxford Dictionary states that "they" can be used as a singular pronoun referring to an unkown gender, despite being a plural pronoun.

Fri, 10/24/2014 - 17:25
#26
Leafblader's picture
Leafblader
moo

So about the crowns...

Sun, 10/26/2014 - 14:40
#27
Thelerinator's picture
Thelerinator
The list of missions page has

The list of missions page has missing content

http://wiki.spiralknights.com/List_of_missions

Winterfest: Save Winterfest!
Description: It is during each and every Winterfest, that a faction of green-furred gremlins make quite a mess, in the town of Emberlight. These 'grinchlins' as they are called, stop at nothing until they've hauled, each and every present from the town of Emberlight.

And so Impostoclaus has asked the Spiral Knights, to take up their arms and fight, the monsters that threaten the town of Emberlight. So grab a present and answer his call! Ensure that a merry Winterfest is had by all, in the town of Emberlight.
Objective: Help Impostoclaus deliver presents to the orphans of Emberlight.

During Winterfest, this mission did not replace either of the other prestige missions and could be completed in addition to them.

Winterfest: Grinchlin Assault!
Description:
Objective:

[There is no description for grinchlin assault]

I would fix it but I don't know how to -_-

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