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Not related to Open RSC, but the https://runescape.wiki/ family (linked to from the Open OSC home page) is one of my favorite MediaWiki sites of all time. Jagex helped the Weird Gloop team split them from Fandom in 2020 and they've built up one of the best-looking and -working independent MW installs.

The tutorials are great: https://runescape.wiki/w/Help:Editing

They have an active and friendly community, including in-game cosmetic rewards for editors: https://runescape.wiki/w/RuneScape:The_Wikian

They open-source a lot of their work: https://gitlab.com/weirdgloop

And the staff is looking for additional funding: https://runescape.wiki/w/Forum:Funding_the_wikis

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Oh man every time I visit the runescape wiki I drool. It's just good website design. Clean, crisp, and content centric. Dark and light mode look perfect. Little delightful touches here and there that aren't over the top quirky. Proper content density. And most importantly, zero emoji litter. I'm in heaven.

Cool to see our site show up on HN! Thanks for the kind words :)

I concur this site is very well designed!

Might I make a suggestion? I am completely new to Runescape (as in, this HN post is the first time I’m engaging with it), and I was hopping around your lovely wiki trying to find some kind of intro / “about the game” section with a bit of backstory.

Perhaps I missed it? (I’m on mobile)

Either way, looks like a project of love! Well done ^_^

There's [1] for an encyclopaedic overview of the game. For actual gameplay for new players, there's [2]. There's also a mobile game client if you wanted to give the game a go.

1: https://runescape.wiki/w/RuneScape

2: https://runescape.wiki/w/Guide_for_new_players

Thank you!

Cook! If you're who I think you are, I bet you don't recognize me under this name, but hi from an old b'crat :)

Cook over at the OSRS Wiki was a massive help in helping myself and the team I worked with fork the Path of Exile wiki away from Fandom.

He’s a great guy.

The Old School Runescape wiki is hosted at https://oldschool.runescape.wiki

This one has such a relaxing colour scheme.

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