Star Citizen:Wiki V3

The Star Citizen Wiki is updating to Version 3.0! This refresh of the site includes plenty of under-the-hood changes along with some updates for the user experience for both readers and contributors. With the implementation of these features, the Wiki will be looking for feedback of any kind, positive or negative! Please direct feedback to the [https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/fkri1a/star_citizen_tools_sc_wiki_v30_major_update/? Reddit Thread] or the SC Wiki Discord Channel

Reader/Visual Changes

 * Overall new Look and Feel: The main style and flow of the site has been refreshed in a variety of ways, including:
 * Prettier, more compressed infoboxes (Especially on Ships pages)
 * Improved Specifications sections on ship pages, to see exactly what you can fit on your ship


 * Improved Dark Mode: Important enough that it has its own header! The Wiki now supports your browser's native dark mode. If your Operating System or browser are in Dark Mode, then the Wiki will be as well (No more flashing white pages on loading!)


 * Updated Main Page: With over half of the Wiki's users on Mobile, this new main page scales better to fit everyone's devices, and has a stronger focus on both Featured Pages (The Carrack!) and the most-visited pages.


 * Implemented Lazyload: Pages with lots of images will load much faster now; especially on mobile devices. Pages will be loaded quickly with low-resolution thumbnails first, before they are replaced with higher-fidelity images when the user scrolls nearby it. This resolves the "jankiness" issue of the page bouncing around as images were loaded in and the page reformatted around them

Contributor Changes

 * Visual Editor Updates: General overhaul of the Visual Editor when editing and creating pages should make the experience easier for new and experienced Contributors. These changes include updated citations that can be added into text simply by filling out a form and without any knowledge of wikitext


 * Improved Account Security: Support for two-factor authentication as well as better backend security will keep your account safe from vandals and thieves!


 * Short Descriptions: Added Short Description plugin allows contributors to summarize a page with a few sentences. This will then be used to display the page summary in Search engine searches, intrawiki links, and for Search Engine Optimization


 * Recent Changes Tools: Added tools in the Recent Changes log allows both Administrators and Contributors to better see Wanted Pages, Broken redirects, and other pages that need a little love

Upcoming Changes
Some changes didn't quite make it into this major update and will be released soon. These include:


 * Cirrus Search: An improved search engine for when you fat-finger the search text or for suggesting similar searches to what you type.


 * Better search bar: The search bar is currently not quite prominent enough, we're working to get it more visible!


 * Fully revamped Infoboxes: While we've made some cosmetic changes to the infoboxes, a full rework is in progress to deliver more condensed information