EverQuest 2 Wiki:Quest Zone vs Quest Journal Category problem

Quests in EQ2 are represented on EQ2i (this wiki) using the QuestInformation template.

There are 2 entries that seem to cause confusion because of some naming problems from SoE.

A quest has 2 major things that group it, the zone it starts in szone   = |

And the Quest Journal category jcat    = |

For many (most) zones, this is usually the same thing

But as we fix zone names to match the game, we are finding more and more that SoE does not always use the EXACT zone name for the for journal category.

This seems to be only happening on Zones that start with "a leading article" (aka 'A' or 'The')

To make matters worse, SoE has the journal change the display based on the currently select 'sort' method.



When filling in the QuestInformation, be VERY sure your adding in the correct JOURNAL CATEGORY, it is not just the zone.

If the zone and journal category are the SAME, assume the zone is more important: The wiki category page receives the text. This will add it to "Category:Quests by Zone" and add the pretty box that links to other things about/in that zone (such as mobs and npcs)

If the zone and journal category are DIFFERENT, here is what you do:

The wiki category page for the quests for a zone receives the text. This will add it to "Category:Quests by Zone" and add the pretty box that links to other things about/in that zone (such as mobs and npcs)

The wiki category page for the quests in a given JOURNAL CATEGORY receive the text