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Announce News Post #2822

Make Helpfiles Great Again

Written by: Razmael, the Synthesist
Date: Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
Addressed to: Everyone


We've already had a fantastic volunteer working on the indexing of all our help files, and they're organized now better than ever! The next step we want to take is improving their actual content. To that end, help files have now been better integrated with in-client editing!

If you come across a help file that is not clear, or is out of date, you can submit an edit which the Pools team can review and either approve or reject. No longer will help files need to sit through the mixed bag of TYPOs!

Please note that this is mainly intended for updating help files to reflect changes, or editing them to improve their clarity and readability. Anything beyond that (e.g. hardlining some lore) will be subject to extra scrutiny and will need to really impress us!

Command overview
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HELPEDIT LIST
- List all helpedit proposals you have drafted or submitted.

HELPEDIT EDIT <file>
- Enter the editor to work on a helpedit proposal for the specified file.

HELPEDIT VIEW <file>
- View the text of your help file proposal, as well as any comments that
have beeen made.

HELPEDIT DIFF <file>
- This is like view, except it will highlight the differences between your
proposal and the existing help text.

HELPEDIT SUBMIT <file>
- Submit the helpedit proposal for review by the administration.

HELPEDIT COMMENT <file> : <comment>
- Add a comment to your helpedit proposal for the administration to see.
The colon is important to mark the beginning of your comment!

HELPEDIT DELETE <file>
- Delete your helpedit proposal.

Example: HELPEDIT EDIT GROOK
This will pull the help file up into the editor for you to work in.

Note: If you feel a new help file would be appropriate, please make use of the help files thread: http://forums.aetolia.com/discussion/990/help-files/

Penned by my hand on Closday, the 22nd of Chakros, in the year 472 MA.


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