Board Thread:Community Announcements and Events/@comment-25356303-20180708212850

"Tree Elves and their trees, am I right? They never sing them into anything interesting. Houses, bridges, chairs .... When is someone going to sing a tree into something useful like a singing land-boat?"

- Augur of the Obscure

Hi all, Atvelonis here. At long last I've conjured up the latest weekly update; sorry it's not quite on time, but I'm still in Scotland and couldn't stay up any later after the moot yesterday (now I know how the Europeans feel!). I hope this thread is the highlight of your day, because there are quite a lot of announcements to make about TES and the wiki!

TES news

 * ZeniMax hosted another episode of ESO Live on July 6th at 6:00 PM EDT, previewing the upcoming add-on for, which has a big focus on werewolves. See here for more information.
 * The company also shared an official "Wolfhunter & Update 19" preview discussing the DLC as well as the free patch for all players, Update 19. Wolfhunter will be free for ESO Plus players and will be available through the Crown Store for everyone else. They didn't give a release date for the DLC, but it should be coming out in Q3 of this year.
 * Lastly, ZeniMax is hosting an event promoting ESO Plus for those considering paying for a membership. From July 10th at 10:00 AM EDT to July 16th at 10:00 AM EDT, ESO Plus members can earn up to six free Crown Crates simply by logging in. Non-members can trial the feature for free for the duration of this event. Very cool! See here for more information.
 * In the world of, there will be a "Noble Gauntlet" event held on July 7–9. With a maximum of seven possible wins, you can earn up to 100 soul gems, 150 , and 3 card packs from the Houses of Morrowind expansion, or even more rewards if you score particularly highly on the event leaderboard. For more information, see the original blog post.

Wiki news

 * The wiki's monthly moot went mostly according to plan, and it was more action-packed than your typical one. If you didn't make it this time, the next moot will take place on Saturday, August 4th at 4:00 PM EDT in the Chat. Here's a summary of what we discussed this time around:
 * For OnlineArmor (and DLC templates), rename the variable "additional effects" to "enchantment," and remove the variable "upgrade material" (6-1-0)
 * For OnlineWeapons (and DLC templates), rename the variable "additional effects" to "enchantment," remove the variables "upgrade material" and "level," and add the variable "type." (6-1-0)
 * For OnlineCreatures (and DLC templates), remove the variables "magic," "stamina," "armor," "spells," and "damage," and add the variable "attacks." (6-0-0)
 * For OnlineQuests (and DLC templates), begin classifying faction quests as such in the "type" parameter, as well as using a category for this, comparable to the category Skyrim: Dark Brotherhood Quests. (6-0-0)
 * We decided in a moot in December 2016 to update some of the game infoboxes, which was finally done on the day of the moot. However, we agreed to continue using #111111 for infoboxes instead of changing them to #49473E as had been decided previously. (6-0-0)
 * This was permitted as it was considered a minor change to a previous larger moot decision (changing multiple infoboxes), rather than a reversal of a previous decision.
 * When we create infoboxes for, they will use the hex color code #D99058. A list of game colors may be found here. (5-0-1)
 * We agreed to create a WikiaVideos notice template to use on any articles which contain one of Wikia's "featured videos." The notice will contain a brief disclaimer on our part, explaining to users that the video is produced by the company and may not contain the most up-to-date or accurate information about the topic. (6-0-0)
 * The possibility of creating video walkthroughs for quests was brought up as well, but was ultimately decided against.
 * Here are some of this week's notable editors and contributions:
 * Blademaster Jauffre – and  dialogue
 * FrisyN – content
 * Rupuzioks – and  content
 * TinyClayMan – content
 * Vincentius1 – Eastmarch, Falinesti, Odahviing
 * A general reminder to all staff to check the staff Slack channel as frequently as you can. Download the app on your phone (it's free) if you only check it at home. We send a lot of important bulletins around on there and it's important for everyone to stay updated.

Wikia news

 * Wikia released one more technical update titled "July 9, 2018: Fix for Broken Username Links on Special:Templates." They've been radio-silent as far as staff blogs go, though.
 * We had some hiccups related to posting and moderating on Discussions earlier caused by some lag between databases, but the issues should be resolved now.

That's about all I have for this week, folks. I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend, and happy editing! ―Atvelonis (talk) 21:28, July 8, 2018 (UTC) 