Palatinus' OverPower Forum

This hasn't really been publicized much except to a few people but I have set up an OverPower wiki (http://overpower.ca/wiki) and I think this is how the current Pages section of the website should work.

I have worked up an example with AA special codes (thanks to zippa_head for helping with typing out all the text from the tournament guide) as seen here:

http://overpower.ca/wiki/AA

Now the question is, will you guys be willing to contribute to the wiki? Aside from the type of work that zippa_head has been helping me with (which, I will disclose, he has been given cards as "payment") there will not be any benefit except a stronger community and contributing to the best site for OverPower information.

cool

Count me in with assisting with the Wiki. Many new people will be bringing their attention to wikipedia, if we can catch their attention to overpower, and get it high on the search list, it can bring in some new people.

Dan

I'm not sure how I can help, but if many hands make lighter work, I would be willing to contribute.

My chief concern is that I don't know if I'm expert enough on the rules to generate original content that is helpful/accurate.

The initial population of the Wiki involves copying and pasting.

I need someone to make all the special code pages, so AA to ZZ (with a lot of them empty after the O's). It would be copying and pasting from a file that zippa_head has created, adding the Infobox with a sample image, the offensive/defensive/duration stuff and any errata.

Cool. Seems like assigning a group (e.g., BA-BZ) and knocking it out would be a good start. I'd be willing to take on something like that.

Here's the file to use: http://overpower.ca/uploads/specials.docx

You'll need to register for an account on the site: https://overpower.ca/register.php

Access to the wiki is http://overpower.ca/wiki/ . You have to log in again because they have two different systems but use the same password.

It should be mostly a copy and paste job for the most part.

Instructions:
Using this template
{{Infobox
|title = <Special Code>
|image = <link to image>
|caption = '''<Character's Name Special's Name>'''
|label1 = Offensive
|data1 = <Yes/No>
|label2 = Defensive
|data2 = <Yes/No>
|label3 = Duration
|data3 = <Battle/Game/Instant/Unknown>
}}
<copy and paste from the document>

[[Category:Special cards]]


I'll give a Marvel vs Wildstorm hero for each ~75 codes pasted (or 3 letters with ~25 each).

The Offensive/Defensive/Duration information can be poked at here: http://overpower.ca/pages/meta.php

Images can be poked at: http://overpower.ca/tools/quickspecials.php
Just pick one and try to be as random as you can with it, don't always pick the same character or expansion set, be creative. For some specials there might be two completely different ways to play the card, just choose one and I'll worry about the others.

Here's an example with AB cards:
{{Infobox
|title = AB
|image = http://overpower.ca/cards/specials/1179.png
|caption = '''Scarlet's Spider's New Warrior'''
|label1 = Offensive
|data1 = Yes
|label2 = Defensive
|data2 = No
|label3 = Duration
|data3 = Instant
}}
These card function the same as an [[AA|AA Special]] in every way except that they specify what type of Power type the second attack must be. The additional attack cannot be a [[Teamwork card]], [[Ally card]], [[Tactic card]], [[Activator card]], or an ‘[[Any Character]]’ Special.
[[Category:Special cards]]

State which ones are "yours" so other people won't edit over your work.

Some wiki formatting tips:
Three single quotes are to make things bold, I'm only needing it for the special's name in the Infobox. If you want to really make my life easier, add the sublinks to other pages (say for AC, wrap [[ and ]] around it).

I've edited at Wikipedia before, but it's been a while. Once I do one I'll let you know and have you check my work before I create multiple pages with errors.

edit:

http://overpower.ca/wiki/BA
thru BJ

Excellent work so far.

Good to know. I will knock a few more out in the B series later today/tonight

Sounds good!

If you felt guilty about using the services on the site and wanted to help out, here's your chance!

You can help out with the wiki, even if it's just plain text explaining what Ally cards are or if you want to help clarify any of the meta rules, just PM me the block of text and I'll add it in for you. Think of it as a complete encyclopedia of OverPower.

EDIT:
Added a mobile skin.

Have you thought about what the template will look like for character pages?

I've been looking for a way to easily identify which locationsa  character is listed on. Listing them on a character's wiki page would certainly be a valuable item.

Listing their available specials would be probably worthwhile too, with links back to the coded special page.

Perhaps some suggested team combinations (though that could get lengthy and really subjective).

Quote from: mattkoz on March 16, 2012, 11:50:07 AM
Have you thought about what the template will look like for character pages?

I've been looking for a way to easily identify which locationsa  character is listed on. Listing them on a character's wiki page would certainly be a valuable item.

Listing their available specials would be probably worthwhile too, with links back to the coded special page.

Perhaps some suggested team combinations (though that could get lengthy and really subjective).

I like the idea of trying to indentify which locations the characters are listed on - that could be a huge time saver for deck builds.

Quote from: mattkoz on March 16, 2012, 11:50:07 AM
Have you thought about what the template will look like for character pages?

I've been looking for a way to easily identify which locationsa  character is listed on. Listing them on a character's wiki page would certainly be a valuable item.

Listing their available specials would be probably worthwhile too, with links back to the coded special page.

Perhaps some suggested team combinations (though that could get lengthy and really subjective).

I'm still undecided on the character pages.

I don't want to have all the cards on the wiki, that would just be a huge mess. I want to save it for the website as the searching capabilities of the database far exceed anything that the Wiki can do. I'll be starting work on the "OpDeck" portion of the site very soon so I'll keep that in mind when building it.

I've added Beyonder because I thought it would be useful to have information about him because he's such a unique case. There are other characters out there, X-Babies would be one, that need such a descriptive explanation of their rulings.

Quote from: Jack on March 16, 2012, 12:11:46 PM

Quote from: mattkoz on March 16, 2012, 11:50:07 AM
Have you thought about what the template will look like for character pages?

I've been looking for a way to easily identify which locationsa  character is listed on. Listing them on a character's wiki page would certainly be a valuable item.

Listing their available specials would be probably worthwhile too, with links back to the coded special page.

Perhaps some suggested team combinations (though that could get lengthy and really subjective).

I'm still undecided on the character pages.

I don't want to have all the cards on the wiki, that would just be a huge mess. I want to save it for the website as the searching capabilities of the database far exceed anything that the Wiki can do. I'll be starting work on the "OpDeck" portion of the site very soon so I'll keep that in mind when building it.

I've added Beyonder because I thought it would be useful to have information about him because he's such a unique case. There are other characters out there, X-Babies would be one, that need such a descriptive explanation of their rulings.

Good points. I'm glad I asked so I can see your vision.

My concern, as Jesse said, is for deck building. Rather than thumbing through all my locations, I have been using the checklist and doing a Ctrl + F find for a character to see where they show up.

In the spirit of wiki, I guess whatever gets created will end up being there, but it's probably not worth spending time on characters except for a few of the special cases like you mentioned.

I'm going to try to plug away at some more of the specials tonight while watching the NCAA tournament. I think I'm going to go back in and add the Metas to some of these pages after I get the basic templates created.