Editing Fallen London Wiki:Updates and changes

[[Has icon::File:Keyofdreams.png|right]][[Category:Wiki Updates]]
<big>Technical and more impactful changes to the wiki's systems and content for more immersed editors.

''"For when you don't want to comb the [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]]."''</big>

The sections are weekly. The current date is '''{{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}'''.

Significant changes in the game itself can be found on the [[Fallen London Timeline]].

Changes in 2022 can be found on a [[Fallen London Wiki:Updates and changes/2022|subpage]].

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!colspan="2"|News format and content guideline →&nbsp;
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|style="border-right: 2px solid #756f65;|'''What belongs here?'''
Any major changes of public interest in wiki infrastructure.
<br>Not so good additions:
* minor things related to one article ("I fixed a typo", "ID")
* plans for things yet to happen
Good additions (non-exhaustive):
* "The guide XY has been rewritten and updated for new grinds"
* "Template Z now has a new parameter, which does the following: ..."
* "Template/Property A has been created/retired"
* "We now have completely covered piece of content Aleph"
|'''General format'''
*The list isn't updated once per week. Add changes any time!
*Anyone can add an update. Normally the contributors themselves would record it, but if you feel something's missing feel free to add it!
*Feel brave to add stuff! It's better to removes things later than to miss potentially important info!
*The sections use weekly breaks.
*Simple but informative. Brevity and clarity! 
*It's <u>not necessary to date the changes</u> beyond the weekly section.
*<u>Naming the contributor also isn't mandatory</u> but is accepted (e.g. if you wish to thank somebody)
*Sub-headers '''Technical''' and '''Game-related''' should be self-explanatory. If you find something not fitting in either, don't hesitate to use a more fitting one!
|}
== Week of 2024-05-06 ==
<span style="background-color: yellow;">'''Current week'''</span><br>
'''Technical'''
* New template: [[Template:ExpiringSoon]]
* New template: [[Template:Announcement]]

== Week of 2024-04-29 ==
'''Game Related'''
* The new Living World Event, [[The Lorn-Fluke's Fury]], is documented

== Week of 2024-04-22 ==

'''Technical'''
* The UrlGetParameters extension is added to the wiki, allowing for significantly shorter URLs for semantic-query-based pages
* The Graph extension is removed for security reasons

== Week of 2024-04-15 ==
'''Game Related'''
* The new [[Adornment]], [[Luggage]] and [[Crew]] items are documented
* The first chapter of [[Firmament]] is recorded

== Week of 2024-04-08 ==
'''Game Related'''
* The prologue to [[Firmament]] is recorded

== Week of 2024-03-18 ==
'''Technical'''
* [[Template:Item]], [[Template:ItemList]] and other item templates are updated in anticipation of the announced Firmament slots and qualities

== Week of 2024-03-11 ==
'''Game Related'''
* The new Living World event, [[A Ghost Ship in Port]], is recorded

== Week of 2024-03-04 ==
'''Technical'''
* [[Fallen London Wiki:Patch Tracking]] is added to track progress on documenting larger patch notes

== Week of 2024-02-26 ==
'''Game Related'''
* The new Hearts' Game content is recorded

== Week of 2024-01-29 ==
'''Game Related'''
* [[An Intimate of Devils and Selling Your Soul (Guide)]] is added

== Week of 2024-01-22 ==

'''Game Related'''
* [[A Panther's Progress (Guide)]] added

== Week of 2024-01-15 ==

== Week of 2024-01-08 ==

== Week of 2024-01-01 ==

== Week of 2023-12-25 ==

== Week of 2023-12-18 ==
'''Game Related'''
* [[The Whisker-Ways (Guide)]] added

'''Technical'''
* Advanced spoilers added to [[Template:Storylet]]
* [[Concept:Hearts' Game]] added

== Week of 2023-12-11 ==

== Week of 2023-12-04 ==
'''Technical'''
* [[Template:Move]] now has a parameter for moving settings

== Week of 2023-11-27 ==
'''Game Related'''
*New Woesel cards documented

== Week of 2023-11-20 ==
'''Game Related'''
* Profile page changes documented
'''Technical'''
* [[Template:Gf]] and [[Template:Gi]] added

== Week of 2023-11-13 ==
'''Game Related'''
* Lifeberg {{IL|Shepherd's Wash}} content documented
'''Technical'''
* [[Template:Places]] now allows for fixed hand sizes other than 3

== Week of 2023-11-06 ==
'''Game Related'''
* Tracklayer's City [[Rumours from the Vicinity of (Chosen Site)|teaser]] documented
* Heart's Game: Season of Irreverences documented

'''Technical'''
* [[Template:HG]] added

== Week of 2023-10-30 ==

== Week of 2023-10-23 ==
'''Game Related'''
* Hallowmas begins; new companions documented and [[Hallowmas (Guide)]] updated

== Week of 2023-10-16 ==
'''Game Related'''
* New Guide: [[Barristering at Evenlode (Guide)]]
* [[Tears, Sphinxstone, and Limestone]], the Waswood season for the Prelapsarian Exhibition, is documented

== Week of 2023-10-09 ==
'''Technical:'''
*[[Template:Item Effects]] Converted to Lua

'''Game Related:'''
* Railroad update, including banners, court cases, Burrow expansion, and Library expansion.
* All Activity Guides now include an activity summary.

== Week of 2023-10-02 ==

== Week of 2023-09-25 ==
'''Technical'''
*Shifting Streets added to [[Template:World Qualities Box]] and to front page.

'''Game Related'''
*Shifting Streets event begins on 9/26/2023.
*New Guide [[Living World Events#Shifting Streets]]

== Week of 2023-09-18 ==
*[[:Category:Fifth City Stories]] added.

== Week of 2023-09-11 ==
'''Technical'''
*[[Template:ActivitySummary]] created as a replacement for the lost Carousel Action Summary.
*Update of [[Fruits of the Zee Festival (Guide)/Item Comparison]] for new Fruits

== Week of 2023-09-04 ==
'''Game Related'''
*[[Forgotten Quarter Expeditions (Guide)]] reorganized
*Hearts' Game Expansion
*New guide: [[Family and Law (Guide)]]
*[[Hearts' Game (historical)]] made to document hearts' game seasons.
*New Guide: [[Fruits of the Zee Festival (Guide)]]
*Fruits of the Zee Begins, revamped.

== Week of 2023-08-28 ==
'''Technical'''
*[[Max Equipment Bonuses]] guide menaces updated to SMW format.
*[[Concept:Ambition: Bag a Legend!]] added
'''Game Related'''
*New Guide: [[Deeper Discordant Studies (Guide)]]
*New Guide: [[Ambition: Enigma (Guide)]]

== Week of 2023-08-21 ==
'''Technical'''
* New Template: [[Template:Docking]]
* New Template: [[Template:Item Comparison]]
* New Template: [[Template:ItemUsesGuide]] For the eventual Item Uses Guides
'''Game Related'''
*[[The London Horticultural Show (historical)]] officially ends.
*New Guide: [[The Mind of a Long-Dead God (Guide)]]
*New Guide: [[Exceptional Stories and other Fate-locked content (Guide)/Rewards Comparison]]

== Week of 2023-08-14 ==
'''Technical'''
* [[Template:Audience]] updated to be more granular as per pre-crash discussion.
'''Game Related'''
* Updated Guide: Mr Chimes' Lost & Found (Guide)
* All Guides brought current to pre-crash.
*Cut off for starting [[The London Horticultural Show (historical)]]. Players can begin it still end it until 8-21.

==Week of 2023-08-07==
'''Game Related'''
*Finale of [[The London Horticultural Show (historical)]]. Players can begin it still til 8-14, and end it until 8-21.

==Week of 2023-07-31==
'''Technical'''
* Ongoing efforts to restore the wiki. Backfilling continues for any content between 2023-03 and the current week.
* Content from this year's Estival, The London Horticultural Show, slowly filling in.

'''Game Related'''
* [[The London Horticultural Show (historical)]] begins.
* New Guide: [[Estival (Guide)]]
* New Guide: [[The London Horticultural Show (Guide)]]

==Week of 2023-07-24==
'''Technical'''
* Ongoing efforts to restore the wiki. Backfilling continues for any content between 2023-03 and the current week.

'''Game Related'''
* (Re-)completion of an overhaul to [[Summer festivals/Item comparison]], just in time for this year's Estival.

==Week of 2023-07-17==
'''Technical'''
* [[Fallen_London_Wiki:July_2023_Downtime|On 2023-07-23, 10:47 UTC]], the FL wiki discord reports that the wiki is down due to a hard drive failure.
'''Game Related'''
*  FBG relaxed the spoiler policy for [[Seeking Mr Eaten's Name]], [[Discordant Studies]], [[Uncovering Secrets Framed in Gold]], [[Where You and I Must Go]], and [[Ambition: Enigma]], allowing public discussion on official channels and creation of wiki pages of their content.

==Week of 2023-07-10==
'''Technical'''
* [[Template:Carousel Action Summary]], [[Template:Carousel]] and [[Template:Inline Carousel Summary]] added. Many guides updated.
'''Game Related'''
* [[:Category:Boon]] expanded to new boons.
* [[The Great Crate Commotion]] again, with Constables and Revolutionaries this time.

==Week of 2023-07-03==
'''Game Related'''
* Menace items updated to new system.
* [[Noise]] depreciated.

==Week of 2023-06-26==
==Week of 2023-06-19==
'''Game Related'''
* New Guide: [[Irem (Guide)]]
* Launch of [[Irem]]
* Final Chapter of [[Evolution (Guide)]]

==Week of 2023-06-12==
==Week of 2023-06-05==
'''Technical'''
* The stats granted by bones are now stored as [Semantic properties] (TODO fix link) and can be queried. See [[:Category:Bone Info]] for the full list.
'''Game Related'''
* New guide: [[Academic Uses (Guide)]]

==Week of 2023-05-29==
'''Technical'''
* New template: {{[[Template:Aw|Aw]]}}, a counterpart to {{[[Template:Af|Af]]}} and {{[[Template:Ai|Ai]]}}, for the cases when you're addressed in writing. At least a few titles have unique forms.

==Week of 2023-05-22==
'''Game Related'''
* New Guide: [[Hellworm (Guide)]]

==Week of 2023-05-15==
'''Technical'''
* Removed categories that were once used to track the changes in festivals year from year. The function is now fulfilled by the appropriate historical pages.
* The festival banners now link to the guides not the category pages, if one is present
* Added a table for zee-menaces at a glance to [[Zailing (Guide)]].
* New guide: [[Summer festivals/Item Comparison]]
'''Game Related'''
* Hunter's Keep dramatic tension changed to [[Hunter's Insight]]

==Week of 2023-05-08==
==Week of 2023-05-01==
'''Game Related'''
* The penultimate chapter of [[Evolution]] dropped and was recorded.
* New Guide: [[Weekly Activity Checklist]]

==Week of 2023-04-24==
'''Game Related'''
* [[Ambition: Heart's Desire (Guide)]] completed.

==Week of 2023-04-17==
'''Game Related'''
* New Guide: [[Menace Locations (Guide)]]
* New Guide: [[Handsome Townhouse: Schemes (Guide)]]

==Week of 2023-04-10==
'''Technical'''
* The wiki now aims to match the game's base value for narrow challenges (50% instead of 60%). Just about all of the relevant action & guide pages have been adjusted, though there's likely other places in need of correction too.
'''Game Related'''
* New Guide: [[Engaged in a Case (Guide)]]
* [[A Scholar of the Correspondence (Guide)]] Refactored and updated.
* New POSI activity and guide [[Hearts' Game (Guide)]]

==Week of 2023-04-03==
'''Technical'''
* [[Module:Challenge]]'s Narrow challenge section now has a "scaller" parameter for when quality = diff is not 60%, e.g. [[Aboard the Delight]] actions. ({{[[Template:ChallengeSection|ChallengeSection]]}} and {{[[Template:Action|Action]]}} modified accordingly.)
* New [[Gadget]]: LoreWikiCite, to add a citation generating interface at the top the right sidebar, to be used on the [https://thefifthcity.fandom.com Fifth City wiki].
* New template: {{[[Template:Splitmerge|Splitmerge]]}}, used to clarify that a page on the wiki isn't precisely mimicking its in-game counterpart. Links to the page below.
* New technical page: [[Fallen London Wiki:Structural Disparities]]
* {{[[Template:IL|IL]]}} now has a "Small" parameter, forcing the linked file to use its "small.png" version.
* {{[[Template:Requirement|Requirement]]}} made to use the small versions of icons, like the game does.
'''Game Related'''
* Added the retooled Watchful WYN parts.
* New Mechanic Section: [[Profile]]

==Week of 2023-03-27==
'''Technical'''
* New module: [[Module:SacroboscanTimes]] to generate future time-ranges for events in [[The Sacroboscan Calendar (Guide)]].
* {{[[Template:World Qualities Box|World Qualities Box]]}} now properly maintains two-column layout in "Current World Events" section when the number of active events varies.
* For April fools' day the Liberation of Night spooks the visitors!
* New technical page: [[Fallen London Wiki:Statistics]]
'''Game Related'''
* New Guide: [[Shroom-Hopping (Guide)]]
* Expanded [[Living World Events#The Great Crate Commotion]] and [[Living World Events#The Great Crate Commotion]] sections.
* New Guide: [[Diving in the Magistracy (Guide)]]
* New Mechanic Section: [[Airs]]
* [[Railway Board (Guide)]] expanded.
* New Guide: [[Mr. Wines' Revels (Guide)]]

==Week of 2023-03-20==
'''Game Related'''
* New Guide: [[Twilit Smuggler (Guide)]]
* [[Investigating (Guide)]] expanded.
* [[Fascinating (Guide)]] expanded.
* [[Arbor (Guide)]] expanded.
* [[Term Passing... (Guide)]] expanded.
* [[Cave of the Nadir (Guide)]] expanded analysis.

==Week of 2023-03-13==
'''Technical'''
* New template: {{[[Template:Game Events|Game Events]]}} to display current and upcoming events on the [[Fallen London Wiki|main page]].
* New property: [[Property:Carousel type]] for experimenting with small carousel embedding. Not yet deployed. (Additionally, [[Property:Amount]], [[Property:Item]], [[Property:Item]], [[Property:Carousel actions]], [[Property:Carousel name]] and [[Property:Has carousel action summary]].)
* New template: {{[[Template:Shrug|Shrug]]}} for when the math is fluid still.
'''Game Related'''
* New Guide: [[The Temple Club (Guide)]]
* New Guide: [[Defender of Public Safety (Guide)]]
* New Guide: [[Piracy (Guide)]]
* [[Casing (Guide)]] expanded with tables.
* The Piracy update has been recorded ("[[Become a Corsair!]]") alone with the fifth chapter of Evolution.
* [[Max Equipment Bonuses]] now lists hopefully all special qualities.

==Week of 2023-03-06==
'''Game Related'''
* New Guide: [[Hunting the Beasts of the Zee (Guide)]]
* New Guide: [[Alchemy at Station VIII (Guide)]]
* New "Guide": [[Active Access Codes]]
* New Guide: [[Department of Menace Eradication (Guide)]]
* [[Attending a Party (Guide)]], [[The Nibbles Tray]] retired per update. (New one at [[Heavily Entitled]].)
* [[Work in your Cabinet Noir (Guide)]] split into [[Deciphering (Guide)]] and [[Disappearing (guide)]]

==Week of 2023-02-27==

==Week of 2023-02-20==
'''Game-related'''
* Finished a mostly comprehensive sweep of early game changes introduced over the last month. (Primarily the work of [[User:Vanila]] and [[User:TFF]])

==Week of 2023-02-13==
'''Game-related'''
* The fourth chapter of Evolution now reflects all instances where [[Evolution Content Toggle]] affects the displayed text.

==Week of 2023-02-06==
'''Technical'''
* {{t|Property listing}} and {{t|Property category}} switched to safe separators.
'''Game-related'''
* [[Factions (Guide)]] now features a Renown Storylets section.
* {{FontRose}} story developments recorded.
* [[Money-Making/Midgame]] readjusted.
* The stories of the [[Intimate with a Secular Missionary|Missionary]] and the [[Intimate with a Revolutionary Firebrand|Firebrand]] now fully reflect the changes made to them in January.

==Week of 2023-01-30==
'''Game-related'''
* New guide: [[The Season in Soup (Guide)]]
* Recorded storylets related to {{FontRose}} including the new {{IL|On the Scent of the Exceptional Rose}} story (and updated actions in accordance to the new mechanical-effects-of-fate-locked-items policy).
'''Technical'''
* Truncation is now a [[Module:Truncate|module,]] and ignores {{t|af}} and {{t|ai}}.
* New template: {{t|DuchessArtefacts}}, connects articles relevant for {{IL|Dove Mask Shard}} etc.
* New template: {{t|Specialisation}} for T3 profession specialisations.
* [[Feast of the Rose (Guide)]] tables moved to subpages.
* New template: {{t|Ai}}, informal variant of {{t|Af}}.

==Week of 2023-01-23==
'''Technical'''
* Top comments of the wiki can now be seen at [[Fallen London Wiki:Top comments]].
'''Game-related'''
* Added a section for {{IL|An Intimate of Devils}} on [[An Intimate of Devils and Selling Your Soul (Guide)]].
* Recorded content on [[Mrs Chapman's Boarding House for Those Who Temporarily Have Nowhere Else To Go]].

==Week of 2023-01-16==
'''Technical'''
* New border colour, "lighblue" for onboarding category in {{t|Card}} and {{t|Storylet}}. (Social engagements update)
'''Game-related'''
* New Guide: [[Tournament of Lilies (Guide)]]
* [[Parabolan Hunting (Guide)]] - Expanded to cover parabolan destinations, since they follow the same sequence.
* Content related to {{IL|Delighted}} dreams has been recorded and added to some guides.
* [[Guides]] table-ified.
* Social engagement tutorial content recorded.

==Week of 2023-01-09==
'''Technical'''
* {{t|Faction}} can now also show Connected sources and uses, code cleaned up.
* {{t|GuideNeedsWork}}'s reason can now optionally be collapsed.
'''Game-related'''
* [[Raising Favours (Guide)]] converted to tables.
* [[Raising Connections]] converted into tables. Each faction separated into its own page.
* [[Calling in Favours (Guide)]] Added Connections.
* [[Parabolan War (Guide)]] gains Chessboard section.
* [[Inspired (Guide)]] - converted to tables.
* [[Attending a Party (Guide)]] - updated, table added and restructured.
* [[Seeking (Guide)]] - Restructured
* New guide: [[Tales of Mahogany Hall (Guide)]]
* [[Living World Events]] now has a record of previous living world events
* New guide:  [[Master-Classes in Etiquette (Guide)]]

==Week of 2023-01-02==
'''Technical'''
* {{t|Item}} now has its own Wiki Note parameter.
'''Game-related'''
* New guide: [[Work in your Cabinet Noir (Guide)]]
* Cleaned up [[PoSI Item Crafting]], cross linked guides where appropriate and lowered future upkeep burden.
* [[Christmas (Guide)]] gains notes on ToL gain strategy.
* [[Opportunity Items (Guide)]] now lists all associated content.
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 ==Week of 2023-05-08==
-'''Game Related'''
-* Added several new skeleton recipes to [[Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)/Recipes]], including recipes for Generator Skeletons, efficient Echo to Hinterland Scrip conversion, and Khaganian Coinage arbitrage.
-* Added updates to [[Money-Making]] to reflect recent content of Hearts’ Game and Professional Activities.
-* New Guide: [[Jack-Of-Smiles (Guide)]]
-* Removed possibly variable {{IL|Zailing...|Short = y}} increase messages for clarity. The static {{IL|Zailing Speed|Short = y}}/2 messages were also removed for more uniform formatting.
-* New Guide: [[Whitsun (Guide)/Item Overview]], to make it easier to comb through Whitsun items.
-* New (mini-)guide: [[Mr Chimes' Lost & Found (Guide)]], for a review on Mr Chimes' items.
 ==Week of 2023-05-01==
 '''Game Related'''