Fishies 0.8.1

field-guide/en-GB/social/discussions.md

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+# Community
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+_The keepers' forum at fishies.lol/community: questions, ideas, bug reports, guides and aquariums worth showing._
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+## Eight categories
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+Every topic lives in one of eight categories. Pick the one that fits when you start a topic; staff can move it later if it belongs somewhere else.
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+- Announcements: news from the Fishies team. Read-only.
+- Updates & patch notes: one thread for every blog post and patch note, open for replies.
+- General: anything about Fishies that fits nowhere else.
+- Help: questions about how to play.
+- Bugs: something is broken. The editor asks for your platform, what you expected and the steps.
+- Ideas: features and changes you would like to see. Upvotes show the team what keepers want most.
+- Showcase: your aquarium, with a live card of it attached for you.
+- Guides: tips and walkthroughs written by keepers.
+
+## Updates and patch notes
+
+Every blog post and every set of patch notes gets its own thread in Updates & patch notes, written by the Fishies team account. The thread links the post, and the post has a Discuss button that brings you back to the thread with its reply count.
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+Four threads stay pinned at the top of the board: Welcome and the house rules, Frequently asked questions, How to report a bug, and the Roadmap, which links the public roadmap on the project page.
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+## Writing a post
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+Reading is open to everyone. To post, reply or upvote you need a Fishies account and a public username.
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+The editor writes Markdown and shows a live preview of exactly how the post will look. It keeps a draft on your device while you type.
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+- Bold, italic, headings, lists, quotes, code and spoilers come from the toolbar, or from Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I and Ctrl+K. Ctrl+Enter posts.
+- Type @ and a name to mention a keeper; they get a notice.
+- Quote puts the words you are answering into your reply.
+- Pictures are links to pictures on fishies.lol. Uploads are not here yet.
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+## Notifications
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+A reply to your topic or to your reply, a reply in a thread you follow, an @mention and an answer from staff all land in your notification centre.
+
+## Keeping it friendly
+
+The board is moderated by a real person. Report a post that breaks the rules instead of replying to it. You can [block](https://fishies.lol/wiki/mechanics/explore) a keeper, and the block covers the Community, chat and Open Water at once.
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+Posts that break the rules are removed, and posting here can be suspended apart from the game. When staff edit a post, the post says so.
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+In the game: https://fishies.lol/wiki/mechanics/discussions · Fishies 0.8.1
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+This page is generated. Its text lives in [`locales/en-GB.json`](../../../locales/en-GB.json) under `wiki.topics.discussions`; correct it there.