NetHackWiki:About - Revision history

Furey: /* But what is NetHack? */ send BeOS reference to wikipedia. Also, add Linux. I heard somewhere that NetHack runs on Linux. (I checked NetHack 3.4.3 and it says BeOS supported).

2024-06-16T16:17:07Z

‎But what is NetHack?: send BeOS reference to wikipedia. Also, add Linux. I heard somewhere that NetHack runs on Linux. (I checked NetHack 3.4.3 and it says BeOS supported).

Furey: http -> https. In this case, the website actually admonishes the user to stop using http.

2024-06-16T05:15:20Z

http -> https. In this case, the website actually admonishes the user to stop using http.

Paxed: freenod -> Libera

2022-02-19T10:41:48Z

freenod -> Libera

Dtype: /* For more information */ Removed current events link from About page. Is in no way current, nor useful as a separate page until it is.

2017-08-22T15:18:35Z

‎For more information: Removed current events link from About page. Is in no way current, nor useful as a separate page until it is.

Jonadab: No official connection with the Dev Team as a unit, but there are now dev team members with NetHackWiki accounts.

2017-08-22T11:09:56Z

No official connection with the Dev Team as a unit, but there are now dev team members with NetHackWiki accounts.

Dtype: /* What is a wiki? */ Removed reference to this being a wikia migration. It has been a few years. Time to stop claiming to be an offshoot, and no need to ask folks to make wikia changes.

2017-08-22T05:33:00Z

‎What is a wiki?: Removed reference to this being a wikia migration. It has been a few years. Time to stop claiming to be an offshoot, and no need to ask folks to make wikia changes.

Dtype: added more contact info on About page

2017-08-22T05:27:56Z

added more contact info on About page

Phol ende wodan: Change broken Wikia link for Free Documentation License to gnu.org

2017-01-02T01:32:24Z

Change broken Wikia link for Free Documentation License to gnu.org

Ray Chason: /* What is a wiki? */ http://bobtheangryflower.com/itsits.gif

2014-11-27T17:41:22Z

‎What is a wiki?: http://bobtheangryflower.com/itsits.gif

Quantum Immortal: /* What is a wiki? */

2014-11-27T11:08:48Z

‎What is a wiki?

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 === But what is ''NetHack?'' ===
-'''''[[NetHack]]''''' is a one-player fantasy game for your computer. It is a multiplatform game, and runs on [[BeOS]], [[DOS]], [[Mac OS]], [[Windows]], [[Unix]], and some others. You can visit its official site at https://www.nethack.org to download the game and its [[source code]]. Or instead of downloading the game, you can play on a [[public server]] such as [[nethack.alt.org]].
+'''''[[NetHack]]''''' is a one-player fantasy game for your computer. It is a multiplatform game, and runs on [[wikipedia:BeOS|BeOS]], [[DOS]], [[Mac OS]], [[Windows]], [[Linux]], [[Unix]], and some others. You can visit its official site at https://www.nethack.org to download the game and its [[source code]]. Or instead of downloading the game, you can play on a [[public server]] such as [[nethack.alt.org]].
 Like many roguelike games, ''NetHack'' emphasises gameplay over graphics; the entire game is drawn in [[ASCII]]. (There are, however, a few versions using graphical [[user interface|tile]]s.) You, the [[player]], who most of the time appears as an {{white|@}}, must descend the [[staircase]]s into the [[Mazes of Menace|dungeon]] to search for and retrieve the [[Amulet of Yendor]] for your [[god]]. (In most games, a [[monster]] will kill you!)

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 === But what is ''NetHack?'' ===
-'''''[[NetHack]]''''' is a one-player fantasy game for your computer. It is a multiplatform game, and runs on [[BeOS]], [[DOS]], [[Mac OS]], [[Windows]], [[Unix]], and some others. You can visit its official site at http://www.nethack.org to download the game and its [[source code]]. Or instead of downloading the game, you can play on a [[public server]] such as [[nethack.alt.org]].
+'''''[[NetHack]]''''' is a one-player fantasy game for your computer. It is a multiplatform game, and runs on [[BeOS]], [[DOS]], [[Mac OS]], [[Windows]], [[Unix]], and some others. You can visit its official site at https://www.nethack.org to download the game and its [[source code]]. Or instead of downloading the game, you can play on a [[public server]] such as [[nethack.alt.org]].
 Like many roguelike games, ''NetHack'' emphasises gameplay over graphics; the entire game is drawn in [[ASCII]]. (There are, however, a few versions using graphical [[user interface|tile]]s.) You, the [[player]], who most of the time appears as an {{white|@}}, must descend the [[staircase]]s into the [[Mazes of Menace|dungeon]] to search for and retrieve the [[Amulet of Yendor]] for your [[god]]. (In most games, a [[monster]] will kill you!)

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 * Communicate with other NetHackWiki editors in the [[NetHackWiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]].
 [[Category:NetHackWiki]]
-* Visit #nethackwiki on freenode [[IRC]]
+* Visit #nethackwiki on Libera [[IRC]] network.
 * Email nethack@alt.org to reach [[User:dtype]] and [[User:paxed]] regarding wiki hosting issues.

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 === For more information ===
 * Visit the [[Main Page]] to start exploring this wiki.
 * Communicate with other NetHackWiki editors in the [[NetHackWiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]].
 [[Category:NetHackWiki]]
 * Visit #nethackwiki on freenode [[IRC]]
 * Email nethack@alt.org to reach [[User:dtype]] and [[User:paxed]] regarding wiki hosting issues.

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 This is the '''NetHackWiki''', an unofficial resource and community site for ''[[NetHack]]'', the [[roguelike]] computer game. It contains game information, [[spoiler]]s, and other information related to both ''NetHack'', and related games such as [[SLASH'EM]]. NetHackWiki has many volunteer authors... including [[you]], should you choose to help! This web site is a '''[[wiki]]'''; you can '''edit''' any page to improve it.
-NetHackWiki, like most ''NetHack'' sites on the Internet, has no official affiliation with ''NetHack'' or ''NetHack'''s [[DevTeam]].
+NetHackWiki, like most ''NetHack'' sites on the Internet, has no official affiliation with ''NetHack'' or ''NetHack'''s [[DevTeam]] (although several members of the Dev Team do have accounts here).
 === But what is ''NetHack?'' ===

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 A '''[[wiki]]''' is a web site that allows users to change any page using a web browser, with out needing complicated technical knowledge.
 When you edit here, MediaWiki will save your IP address, unless you
-[[Special:Userlogin|register a username and password and login]]. We strongly recommend that frequent editors login so that we can recognise you by name. Note that accounts from other wikia.com and memory-alpha.org sites also work at NetHackWiki.
+[[Special:Userlogin|register a username and password and login]]. We strongly recommend that frequent editors login so that we can recognise you by name.
 The easiest way to see what other users are doing is to visit the '''[[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]]'''.

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	* Communicate with other NetHackWiki editors in the [[NetHackWiki:Community Portal\|Community Portal]].		* Communicate with other NetHackWiki editors in the [[NetHackWiki:Community Portal\|Community Portal]].
	[[Category:NetHackWiki]]		[[Category:NetHackWiki]]
		+	* Visit #nethackwiki on freenode [[IRC]]
		+	* Email nethack@alt.org to reach [[User:dtype]] and [[User:paxed]] regarding wiki hosting issues.

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 === Free as in freedom ===
-''NetHack'' is '''[[free]]''' software: the [[NetHackWiki:NetHack General Public License|NetHack General Public License]] provides that, "Specifically, we want to make sure that you have the right to give away copies of NetHack, that you receive source code or else can get it if you want it, that you can change NetHack or use pieces of it in new free programs, and that you know you can do these things." Likewise, this wiki is free documentation: the [[Wikia:text of the GNU Free Documentation License|text of the GNU Free Documentation License]] provides that with each NetHackWiki page, "everyone the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it, with or without modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially."
+''NetHack'' is '''[[free]]''' software: the [[NetHackWiki:NetHack General Public License|NetHack General Public License]] provides that, "Specifically, we want to make sure that you have the right to give away copies of NetHack, that you receive source code or else can get it if you want it, that you can change NetHack or use pieces of it in new free programs, and that you know you can do these things." Likewise, this wiki is free documentation: the [https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html text of the GNU Free Documentation License] provides that each NetHackWiki page gives everyone "the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it, with or without modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially."
 === For more information ===

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 A '''[[wiki]]''' is a web site that allows users to change any page using a web browser, with out needing complicated technical knowledge.
-This particular wiki used to be hosted by [[Wikia:Wikia|Wikia]] as wikihack, but was moved away from there, by a vote at >80%, due to Wikia forcing obnoxious formatting changes onto the site. Wikihack is currently a ghost town, with vandalisms as it's main edit count. This is because Wikia doesn't allow deletion of it's wikis, so that they can make more money. Please update any overlooked leftover links to <nowiki>http://nethack.wikia.com</nowiki> to point at http://nethackwiki.com instead. The site allows anyone to click '''edit''' and change almost any page.
+This particular wiki used to be hosted by [[Wikia:Wikia|Wikia]] as WikiHack, but was moved away from there, by a vote at >80%, due to Wikia forcing obnoxious formatting changes onto the site. WikiHack is currently a ghost town, with vandalisms as its main edit count. This is because Wikia doesn't allow deletion of its wikis, so that they can make more money. Please update any overlooked leftover links to <nowiki>http://nethack.wikia.com</nowiki> to point at http://nethackwiki.com instead. The site allows anyone to click '''edit''' and change almost any page.
 When you edit here, MediaWiki will save your IP address, unless you