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The
Adventure



Welcome to the Interstellar Lounge and Cafe!
Mission 1 Mission 2 Mission 3 Mission 4 Mission 5 Mission 6 Mission 7
Say Hello to the World An Invitation to Earth Small Changes, Big Impact The Neutral Point of View The Veil of Verifiability The Civility Code Looking Good Together
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About The Wikipedia Adventure


More funky, or… …less funky.
'Sit down, have a cup. While you're here something to muse on:'

Think about what an awesome trip you're on,
How many millions of people benefit from Wikipedia every day,
How marvelous it is that people all over the world have collaborated to create this unique resource,
How important sharing knowledge is,
How people working together over time can do amazing things.

Hope that was an inspiring musing. 😎-----😇 all to help u guys!

Get help

Need help with something in The Wikipedia Adventure?

What to do next

Tips for feedback

Tell us what you liked about it, where we could improve, and what you learned

How you can help
  • Play the game all the way through. Do you get stuck anywhere? Is anything unclear?
  • Finish the game if you only played a few missions: Give some attention to missions 5-7 (which have been tested much less)
  • Start over fresh with a new account: Like User:OcaasiTWA17 (these are legitimate alternate testing accounts and are not considered sockpuppets)
  • Try a different browser: If you used Safari, try Firefox (or Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera...)
  • Show the game to a friend or family member to see how they like it and if they get stuck anywhere
In your feedback, please include any of your thoughts on
  • text instructions within the game
  • graphic placement
  • bugs in the tour mechanics
  • your web browser
  • your screen resolution
  • which step of the tour you were on if something didn't work (see the step= in the url)
  • what you liked
  • what you didn't like
  • what you think would work better
  • your thoughts on the design: the theme, the guide, the characters, the colors, the images, the sounds
known bugs
Bug Stats
  • Fixed: 188!
  • Remaining: 3
This list is complete and up to date as of 04/01/2015.

Not fixable this version

  • Lingering Dialog Boxes: If you leave the tour without finishing, the guider dialog boxes will follow you until you [x] out of them (this is a Guided Tours issue generally and there's no easy fix) Example
  • Vector Only: If you're using monobook or modern etc., the layout won't work. Almost all new editors will be using Vector, so this is a known, acceptable trade-off
  • Old Internet Explorer: The game is not compatible with older versions of IE. IE8 doesn't work. Try IE9 or even better IE10.
  • Source Editor Only: The game doesn't work with Visual Editor. It could, but it won't be fixed until VE is stable and out of opt-in beta. Example
  • Mobile and Tablet Formatting Fails: While tested for most modern desktop and laptop browsers, the game is not configured to work properly on tablets and other smaller devices. It may, but we'd be getting lucky.
  • Doesn't scale to my preference of window size or scale symmetrically (ctrl 0/-/+). FF 25. (@start)

Fixable (working on these now)

mechanics

  • Reply using edit section links in some places rather than full page edit Example
  • There's no way to jump ahead if you are repeating steps or trying to get back to where you left off mid-mission.
  • If you [x] out of the tour, especially if so you can edit, then there's no way to get back to where you were (see example fix above for a 'skip' option) (should skips go per step, or per chunk?) Example
  • Galactic challenge box has only an [x] and a back button, is it clear you answer the question below? Example
Sorry to cut in, but I didn't realize that "Challenge yourself..." did anything beyond cheer-leading you to continue the game. Thanks for posting this. Wordreader (talk) 01:18, 13 March 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Back buttons on edit summary steps are being cut off at the bottom, no way to go back to edit instructions.
  • "Challenge yourself..." box only displays the words "Challenge yourself..." and stays in a fixed place of the monitor at mission 5 step 7 and the following page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ælfwynya (talk • contribs) 17:58, 28 May 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

usability

  • warning, only click buttons that post message once?
  • a way to say 'yes, i've done this already, skip ahead?' (add skip forward button?) Example
  • Restart Repeats: If you replay, a mission, the messages will be resent to you (the tour doesn't 'know' if you've played before). To better retest the game, create a legitimate alternate testing account (e.g. OcaasiTWA17) which is not considered a sockpuppet at all.
  • after replying to "willkomen" you are stuck in an endless loop as the "make an edit summary" message repeats over and over. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WASDMaster (talk • contribs) 01:45, 4 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Userpage tutorial will not progress as of 2022-07-08, leaving you stuck at this point (logged-in user without existing userpage) Mrobinson1997 — Preceding undated comment added 23:19, 8 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

content

  • TWA doesn't use/introduce cite templates
  • no mention of plagiarism and copy/paste problems
  • no mention of Show Preview
  • too many smileys?

design

Feedback

What I liked

The whole idea of learning via a game is so neat, and I liked that it was funny too..

What I didn't like

Getting stuck on level 6...never did spot the "citation needed" tag...was it just me?

What I wanted more of

...

What was unnecessary

...

Any other thoughts you want to share

...

--Liminalme (talk) 21:01, 24 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Feedback

What I liked

I think this is a pretty good introduction to editing Wikipedia and understanding Wikipedia policy

What I didn't like

Some of the boxes hovered over the parts of the editor that I needed to use for the tasks.

Any other thoughts you want to share

I think this should be more readily obvious to new Wikipedia editors. I only found this because I was looking through userboxes.

--MtPenguinMonster (talk) 11:30, 5 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Feedback

What I liked

The concept itself.

What I didn't like

Seems bugged, or doesn't explicitly state what needs to be done. Some missions automatically congratulated me and gave me badges; others did not.

What I wanted more of

More missions.

What was unnecessary

The humor.

Any other thoughts you want to share

...

--Voxpiratica (talk) 22:12, 10 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Feedback

What I liked

I enjoyed how fast paced and informative this tutorial was. It boosted my confidence by a lot.

What I didn't like

There were one or two bugs. When I followed the instructions on adding headers, the formatting broke. Not sure what's up with that but I was able to fix it.

What I wanted more of

More information on how to do more advanced formatting would be nice. It would be cool if additional modules were added with this information.

What was unnecessary

I think some of the social/civility stuff was unnecessary but I guess it's better to let people know the community policy for interactions.

Any other thoughts you want to share

Not really, I'm still processing what I learned but I'll come back with more feedback if I think of anything else. --NormalStatisticalAnomaly (talk) 21:53, 27 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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