Fallout Wiki:Document conversion project

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This project has been completed and is no longer active.

The Document conversion project is a project which aims to make two sets of source documents fully available for reading at the wiki: the Fallout Bible and the Van Buren design documents.

The design documents were previously not available at the wiki at all. The Fallout Bible installments, while available, are not 100% complete and often with broken formatting, so we decided to start anew, this time using an automated conversion first.

Scope[]

Converting all 10 Fallout Bible installments.
Converting all 16 leaked Van Buren design documents.

Guidelines[]

Necessary tasks[]

Convert the documents from Word/PDF documents to wiki syntax.
Upload images from original documents.
- Re-add images to converted docs. See #Images for details.
Fix formatting issues caused by conversion.
- See #Frequent conversion issues for a list of things to look out for.
Create links from converted documents to wiki articles.
(Van Buren design documents only) Each design document needs to be split into multiple pages to make them suitable for reading at the wiki.

Frequent conversion issues[]

This is basically a collection of common issues people should look out for when checking/fixing the formatting of the converted documents.

Headlines:
- Headline levels (==, === etc) are assigned somewhat arbitrarily (depends on how thorough the respective author was with his formatting in Word) and need to checked/fixed.
- ALL-CAPS headlines need to be properly formatted.
Tables:
- Headers need to be formatted: Replace normal cells ( | ) with proper header cells ( ! ).
- Remove superfluous empty lines in between table rows
Numbered lists (#): The converter likes to put empty lines between the list items, which then causes the numbering not to work as the wiki considers each list item to be a list of its own. Empty lines in between need to be removed.
Indents (:): The converter removes pretty much all indents; these need to be reapplied for better structuring.
Special formatting: Things like coloured text, ~~strikethrough~~ markup etc are usually lost in the conversion and need to be reapplied/replaced with something appropriate.

Images[]

Images are usually replaced with [[Image:]] placeholders in the conversion, which makes it easy to identify the places where they need to be readded.
The images can be found in subcategories of:
- Category:Fallout Bible images
- Category:Van Buren design document images

Resources[]

Fallout Bible: Docs, images[]

Original docs: e.g. here.
Newly converted docs: See #Progress.
Images: Category:Fallout Bible images
"Old" wiki articles: Category:Fallout Bible.

Van Buren design docs: Docs, images[]

Original docs: e.g. here.
The new converted versions can be found on subpages of this project page. See #Progress for links.
Images: Category:Van Buren design document images
The "old" wiki articles (where the conversions will be moved once done) can be found in Category:Van Buren design documents.

Participants[]

To participate, simply add your name below using {{userlink|your user name}}. Place every participant on a new line.

Porter21 (talk · contribs)

Ausir (talk · contribs)

Tagaziel (talk · contribs)

Progress[]

Add your name to the tasks you are currently working on (simply insert {{repeat}} ~~~, this adds your signature without date)
Mark tasks you have completed with {{yes}} ~~~

Fallout Bible[]

Document	Converted to wiki syntax	Images uploaded	Images added to article	Formatting issues fixed	Links added
Fallout Bible 0	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Ausir^(talk)
Fallout Bible 1	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Ausir^(talk)	-- Ausir^(talk)
Fallout Bible 2	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	no images -- Porter21 ^(talk)	no images -- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
Fallout Bible 3	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
Fallout Bible 4	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
Fallout Bible 5	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
Fallout Bible 6	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
Fallout Bible 7	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
Fallout Bible 8	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
Fallout Bible 9	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)

Van Buren design documents[]

Document	Converted to wiki syntax	Images uploaded	Images added to article	Formatting issues fixed	Links added	Split into smaller portions
01 Tibbets Prison	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Ausir^(talk)	-- Ausir^(talk)	-- Ausir^(talk)	-- Ausir^(talk)
02 Denver	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
03 Boulder	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
04 Blackfoot & Hangdogs	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
05 Twin Mothers	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
06 Ouroboros	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
07 Mesa Verde	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
08 The Nursery	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
09 Maxson Bunker	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- _Tagaziel ^(call!)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- _Tagaziel ^(call!)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
10 Jericho	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
10 New Canaan	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
11 Burham Springs	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
12 Hoover Dam	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
14 Reservation	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
15 Bloomfield Space Center	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)
15 Bear	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	better left in one piece
15 Kyle	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	better left in one piece
15 Sid	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	better left in one piece
16 BOMB-001	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)	-- Porter21 ^(talk)