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-'''A Mysterious Message''' drops from [[Defias Messenger]] in [[Westfall]] as an objective of {{questlong|alliance|14|The Defias Brotherhood (5)|The Defias Brotherhood|id=142}}.
+----------------------------------------
-==Contains==
+--- Welcome to a Wowpedia portal! ---
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-==== <!-- Don't remove --> ====
-[[Blacknails]]--
-The Sea awaits us.  We need your supplies from the North.  Strip everything: every railroad pike, every waterbucket.  We need metal.  A shipment is due from [[Booty Bay|BB]] but long overdue.  Come through for me, Blacknails.  Send your supplies directly to the "barn" this time.  No time to squander.
+EDITING THE PAGE
---[[Edwin VanCleef|VanCleef]]
+* The code on this page is complex. Be very careful what you edit.
-}}
+* This page is monitored closely - suspicious edits WILL be reverted.
+* Action will be harsh for any "joke" edits made without approval.
-==Notes==
-The person known as "Blacknails" is only mentioned in this note, and nowhere else in the game or Warcraft Universe.
+SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENTS
-==External links==
+* Before making any non-minor changes to the portal, please use the talk page to get consensus.
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+* If you want to test edits, please copy the page to a sandbox - do NOT do test edits on a live page.
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+MAKING NEW PORTALS
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+* If you want to start your own portal you are free to do so.
-[[Category:World of Warcraft common quest items]]
+* Start new portals in a sandbox or test page and tell others about it.
-[[Category:World of Warcraft book items]]
+* Once it's in good shape, tell people on the village pump and get feedback.
+* Next, bring it to Portal talk:Main and we'll see if we can include it somehow!
+-->{{wwp|portal=Interface}}
+<onlyinclude><div id="ptab4" style="{{#if:{{{1|}}}|display: none}}"><!--
+SECTION
+--><div class="mpcontentbox-main bg-darkgray" style="margin-top:0em;">
+<h3 class="mpcontentbox-header">Interface documentation</h3>
+{| class="mpcontentbox-table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
+|-
+| valign="top" |
+<h4>WoW API Documentation</h4>
+*'''[[World of Warcraft API|World of Warcraft Global API]]'''
+** [[API types|Data Types]] &middot; [[Events (API)|Events]] &middot; [[Lua functions]]
+** '''Changes''': [[Patch 4.0.1/API changes|4.0.1]] &middot; [[Patch 3.3.5/API changes|3.3.5]] &middot; [[API change summaries|more...]]
+*'''[[Widget API|World of Warcraft Widget API]]'''
+** [[XML_user_interface|XML declarations]] &middot; [[Widget handlers|Script handlers]] &middot; [[:Category:Widgets|Summaries]]
+*'''[[Secure Execution and Tainting]]'''
+** [[SecureTemplates]] &middot; [[SecureHandlers]]
+* [[Macro API|Macro commands]]
+* [[:Category:UI technical details|UI Technical Details]]
+** [[TOC format]] &middot; [[Console variables]]
+** [[AddOn loading process]] &middot; [[:Category:UI technical details|more...]]
+* [[:Category:Interface customization|more...]]
+| valign="top" |
+<h4>UI Tutorials and HOWTOs</h4>
+* [[UI beginner's guide|An introduction to addons, scripts and macros]]
+* [[Getting started with writing addons]]
+* '''[[HOWTOs]]'''
+** [[Handling events]]
+** [[Saving variables between game sessions]]
+** [[Creating a slash command]]
+** [[Localizing an addon]]
+** [[Using the Interface Options Addons panel]]
+** [[Using UIDropDownMenu]]
+** [[XML basics]]
+** [[HOWTOs|more...]]
+|-
+| colspan="2" style="height: 1.5em" |
+|-
+| valign="top" |
+<h4>Resources and Tools</h4>
+* [[:Category:Development Help AddOns|Development Help AddOns]]
+* [[Viewing Blizzard's interface code|Viewing Blizzard's Interface code]]
+* [[:Category:Hosted AddOns|Hosted addon pages]] &middot; [[:Category:Function Libraries|Function Libraries]]
+* [[User defined functions]]
+* '''Lua and XML editing software'''
+** [[Lua editors|Lua Editor List]]
+** [[Addon Studio]]
+** [http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=4222 WoW UI Designer]
+** [http://ixedit.sourceforge.net/ iXink XML Editor]
+| valign="top" |
+<h4>Developer talk</h4>
+* '''Internet Relay Chat'''
+** chat.freenode.net: [irc://chat.freenode.net/wowuidev #wowuidev]
+** chat.freenode.net: [irc://chat.freenode.net/wowace #wowace]
+* '''UI Customisation Forums'''
+** [http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/1011693/ Official forums (US)]
+** [http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/index.php?=wow-interface-customization WoWInterface]
+** [http://www.wowace.com/forums/ Ace]
+** [http://www.cosmosui.com/forums/ Cosmos]
+|}
+</div>
+<!--
+SECTION
+-->
+<div class="mpcontentbox-main bg-darkgray">
+<h3 class="mpcontentbox-header">Things you can help out with</h3>
+* Before editing API pages, please read [[Project:How to edit API pages|the relevant guidelines]].
+* Fill out all those red links in [[World of Warcraft API]]! &nbsp; (though pick in order of likelihood of being useful). [[Viewing Blizzard's interface code|Looking at the FrameXML]] code to find out how the functions are being used is good way to begin. Please do not create stubs if you are not adding new and <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.diamondlinks.net/ <span style="color:white;font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none!important; background:none!important; text-decoration:none;">link building</span>] useful facts - we prefer red links over stubs with no additional information.
+* Copy bolded items in the [[Global functions]] list to [[World of Warcraft API]] et al.
+* Scan [[:Category:API stubs]] for unfinished pages!
+* Take a look in [[:Category:Votes for deleting]] and look for API pages.
+* Help convert old pages to the [[Help:API Function articles]] style!
+* Add "[[Help:API Function articles#Triggers Events|Triggers Events]]" sections to old pages that do not have them (and should have them).
+</div>
+<!--
+SECTION
+-->
+{{Portal:Main/Help}}</div></onlyinclude>
+[[Category:Wowpedia portals| 3]]