What We’re Doing
We are now converting module pages from the old Module Library to the demo setup of the new Module Library. We’ve done our best to programatically convert old pages to new pages, but the variation in how the old pages are formatted means human intervention is needed in some cases.
There are a lot of module pages—over 3100 at the time I’m writing this—and each one needs to be checked. This isn’t a job I can tackle myself. We need your help.
What To Look For
Every module page listed in the old index ought to be in the new index. If one is missing, that’s something I want to know.
Sort order: You will not find that the sort order is the same between the two indices. This is significant for modules starting with a non-alphanumeric character or with an English article (a, an, the). Modules in the new index are sorted from the first alphanumeric character which is not part of an article in English—the way you’d conventionally expect items to be sorted. For example, A Gleam of Bayonets is under A in the old module library, but under G in the new one.
So, what’s on the module pages?
If you compare the two, you can see that basically everything on the old page is on the new page somewhere. Files for download are separated into packages on the new pages. If there are several versions of the same module, they should all be in one package. If there are multiple modules which are not the same, they should be in separate packages.
The things specifically which I’ve found to be problems are:
- Missing maintainers
- Missing module files
- Modules that should all be part of one package ending up spread across multiple packages
- Module version numbers which weren’t deduced properly from filenames
- Multiple completely different modules on the same page: We’d previously smashed together all modules for one game onto one page; I want to know which pages are like this.
- Potentially one might find conversion problems with the free text, but to my surprise that’s worked quite well and I’ve spotted only a few, which are fixed already.
- Box image size: Some modules have huge images for their box image. That’s a systematic problem, not something to fix individually, so I don’t need to know which modules are afflicted with that.
How to Help
Here how you can help:
- Announce some range of modules that you’re taking, so that we don’t duplicate effort. (E.g., say that you’re taking all the modules starting with O. Please don’t sit on a large range of modules that you can’t complete in a day or two.)
- Make a list of module pages with problems, and post that list here. The list needs to have enough detail so that I can figure out at a glance what the problems are when I look at the pages. Unless a problem is quite subtle the description can be as simple as “missing module” or “package grouping”.
E.g.,
Across 5 Aprils: missing module
is an entirely adequate problem description if what I’m supposed to see is that some module which was on the old page for Across 5 Aprils is not present on the new page.
If you see other problems—especially anything which appears systematic—please also call them out. We can’t fix things of which we’re not aware.
Pages Already Checked
- 0-9
- A-Z
Pages Remaining to Check
Done!
Pages checked are listed in the order of the old index. This is important, to ensure that we have not missed anything in the old index.