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Hello, I'm not able to play TWA. I'm stuck on the "Login or create an account" popup, and when I press any button, it shows a blue outline but doesn't redirect me anywhere. Yyeeetlol (talk) 14:20, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

I have the same problem. GoldRomean (talk) 03:57, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Me too I can't click on the blue button Neko UwUshe/her 23:33, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

@Ocaasi sorry to disturb you, because you're probably really busy, but we can't play TWA. As Yyeeetlol described, I can't press any white buttons; they just show blue outlines. I really want to play this reportedly awesome Wikipedia-learning game! Personally, I've tried 2 browsers (Chrome and Edge), as well as 2 different computers. I've also refreshed and attempted to play on different days. The funny thing is, I tried to play when I first made my account, too, and it worked fine (I just quit). Friendly people at Wikipedia Live Chat pointed me here; but the original message hasn't received a response for almost a week, so I was wondering if you could help. Thank you. Cheers, GoldRomean (talk) 23:57, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

I did indeed miss the original message, but I saw your first "I have the same problem" but didn't reply not thinking I could say anything useful. Anyway, this issue is known about and has been filed on Phabricator as T364062. Given the way Wikipedia's software deployment system works, it will not be addressed until at least next Thursday, more likely the Thursday after next. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:19, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Ok, TYSM! I'll try again then. GoldRomean (talk) 00:21, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

I've added a warning to the home page to make it clear that it's broken. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:25, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

I can confirm this will indeed start working next Thursday (see WP:Bug reports and feature requests#Software deployment schedule for why this happens on Thursdays). * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:47, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

@GoldRomean and Yyeeetlol: This has now been fixed (sooner then I expected because someone decided to backport it rather than waiting for the standard deployment schedule). * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 22:45, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Fix ping: RoyalSilver * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 22:46, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! RoyalSilver 00:31, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

@Pppery forgot to ping RoyalSilver 00:32, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Yay, I can play now! Tysm for your help. GoldRomean (talk) 17:24, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Yeah,that happened to me. I got out of it by clicking two times on empty space. Theincredibleoctupus (talk) 16:02, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

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What I liked

I liked how TWA covered most of Wikipedia's main points like NPOV and BEBOLD. It's a pretty simple tutorial for new editors.

What I didn't like

Many of the images I had to add to the Earth article didn't seem like images that would be on such an article on the real Wikipedia. This could be misleading. The whole game was also glitchy (for example, on many pages the "talk" "page history" etc. buttons were invisible, so I had to randomly click near the top to access it. Also, I know your progress "saves" after each "level" but I forgot what level I was on so had to start near the beginning.

What I wanted more of

You couldn't actually analyze the citations and had to guess their reliability by their titles. Also, the game provided the actual citation for you. I wanted to learn how to do that formatting myself.

What was unnecessary

The cool "space" design on every page, since it feels different than real Wikipedia.

Any other thoughts you want to share

It's a nice game. Thanks for making it. It's very glitchy, though. There were a few grammar errors.

--GoldRomean (talk) 19:15, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

I've updated the images to ones more relevant to the specific sections they're in, which are either used on the real Earth article or a related one. The rewrite discussed above will teach you how to use an automatic tool to generate citations. I'm not sure what you mean re "talk" "page history" etc. buttons - I don't think you're ever told to click on such a button.

This game has no concept of progress per se - very little will break if you skip missions entirely other than leaving you confused.

If you can point to specific places where the grammar is awkward I would be happy to reword them. And thank you for playing, and sorry that it had so many rough edges. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 00:15, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to look at my suggestions. I’ll go in in a couple of weeks and give some more specific examples and stuff. Cheers, GoldRomean (talk) 03:50, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

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What I liked

It was straightforward and easy to understand.

What I didn't like

N/A

What I wanted more of

More missions.

What was unnecessary

N/A

Any other thoughts you want to share

There are only two bad things. First of all, there is a bug when I message the talk page, I have to move up the next step in order to pass. Last, I only got 14 out of 15 badges.

--ScarletViolet tc 02:34, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for playing. I have no idea why you didn't get the verifiability badge when you should have, and probably won't ever be able to figure out. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:51, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

bug?

hi i am stuck on mission2 step=5 this part Write your reply

Click REPLY so you can leave your message to Will but i have done that see here Half-kratos21 Half-kratos21 (talk) 07:02, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Bizarre. Anyway, you can skip that step and continue the tour here. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 15:12, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

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What I liked

This game was entertaining and I really loved it. It teaches children well what Wikipedia is like and this can easily be shown to a school so that the students of said school can play this. Awesome.

What I didn't like

Nothing really?

What I wanted more of

If I were a bit more realistic, instead of creating an automatic user subpage for this game about the Earth, I would say that it would be a topic that you choose, because I don't know, if not, it's too fixed.

What was unnecessary

It was really unnecessary to have the user interact with fake users, as children might misinterpret that these are NPCs or real users, and both interpretations could lead them to misconceptions about Wikipedian' culture.

Any other thoughts you want to share

Nothing, I just wish there was some sort of sequel, or new quests, or something like events, but I understand this is aimed especially at our young Wikipedia editors :) --That Argentinian on da' corner (talk) 20:55, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for playing. The topic choice is an interesting idea, but it would be effectively writing the adventure several times over so it's unlikely anyone will actually set that up. The point of the fake users is to provide an example of how real Wikipedians like myself behave, so I see how the second misconception is a misconception at all. And communication is so essential to Wikipedia that it really does need to be demonstrated here. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:04, 4 September 2024 (UTC)