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The subject of this article is from the NEXT update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 28 October, 2018. |
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 28 October, 2018.
Explained - NEXT
Many changes were made to the universe of No Man's Sky during the NEXT update. As a result, changes to the wiki have been many and varied, and will likely continue for weeks to come.
Release Eras
All content pages are classified based on the date of last update. These dates are as follows:
- Pre-release - prior to 9 August 2016
- Release - 9 August 2016 through 26 November 2016
- Foundation - 27 November 2016 through 8 March 2017
- Pathfinder - 9 March through 10 August 2017
- Atlas Rises - 11 August 2017 through 23 July 2018
- NEXT - 24 July 2018 through present
Release indicators
- All pages that contain an infobox include a parm called "release" to show the correct release
- an ambox banner (see below) will display at the top of the page indicating which release era the game information relates to, and what that release is. This banner automatically puts the page into a category related to the release.
- NOTE: this banner will not show when viewing pages with the NEXT tag, although it should still be coded on the page.
Changes to infobox and preload templates can now be made only by the admin team. With the amount of traffic and use these pages receive, unexpected changes could cause major issues in the wiki. If you'd like to suggest a change to one of these templates, either post a note on the page's Talk page, or send a note to a member of the admin team.
Banners
The banners for the various releases are these:
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The subject of this article is from a pre-release seed. The information on this page cannot be found in the released game.
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The information from this article is kept for historical purposes and should not be further categorized.
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The subject of this article is from the initial release.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 25 November, 2016. |
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 25 November, 2016.
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The subject of this article is from the Foundation update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 7 March, 2017. |
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 7 March, 2017.
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The subject of this article is from the Pathfinder update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 10 August, 2017. |
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 10 August, 2017.
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The subject of this article is from the Atlas Rises update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 23 July, 2018. |
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 23 July, 2018.
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The subject of this article is from the NEXT update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 28 October, 2018. |
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 28 October, 2018.
Editor changes
If you need to update a page from the Atlas Rises era, there are three levels of changes to consider.
Minor changes
These changes ONLY apply to the release already indicated on the page, and not to NEXT. An example would be correcting a misspelled word or other typo. For this type of change, all that is required is to change the info, and leave the "version information" as-is.
Regular changes
These are changes to a page that are needed to bring the page from a previous release over to the NEXT update. An example would be updating a star system where two of the listed planets reverted to their original names, but the rest of the page matches with the NEXT era.
For this type of change, include the following changes in your edit process:
- change the banner tag at the top of the page to indicate NEXT
- change the release parm in the infobox (if the page has one) to NEXT
- (optional) if there are several important changes, add a "Release differences" section near the bottom of the page and note what the original information was that you had to change. This provides a historical record for future reference. An example might be if all of the documented ruins on the planet are no longer there, and it is now a Gek system instead of Korvax. See the Tulich page for an example.
Major changes
This type of change is most often related to an index-style or catalogue page where many links are made to other pages. An example would be the Euclid galaxy where many of the listed regions no longer exist, or have been renamed. It could also occur on a planet or star system page where most of the discoveries had been renamed and then reverted to their old names, as well as having biomes and other features rearranged.
The best process for this type of page has two steps:
- 1) copy the code of the entire page and use it to create a new page with the original information. The name of the name page should be in the form of "xxx (Atlas)", where xxx is the name of the original page. At the top of the new page, add the following disambiguation notice, customizing it with the proper page name (instead of ABC) and the name of the original page (instead of XYZ). This will indicate that the information on this new page comes from the Atlas Rises era, and include a link to the regular page, which will now be used for NEXT.
- {{DisambigMsg|the [[Atlas Rises]] version of ABC|the [[NEXT]] version|XYZ}}
- 2) return to the original page and add a similar notice to the top of the page indicating that the information on this page comes from the NEXT era, and include a link to the Atlas Rises version of the page. Then make whatever changes are needed to the page to remove all information that is not related to NEXT.
- {{DisambigMsg|the [[NEXT]] version of ABC|the [[Atlas Rises]] version|XYZ}}
You can see an example of this procedure on the Player Base (Atlas) page.
New pages
When adding a new page to the wiki, be sure to include the same version information mentioned above in the Release Indicators section. (banner and infobox parm).