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Welcome to the Payphone Tag Wiki — the community field guide to the thousands of payphones in play, written by the people playing on them.

What is Payphone Tag?

A real-world territory capture game using payphones. Dial in, enter your PIN, and claim payphones across Australia to build your turf. There are currently thousands of payphones in play, distributed across every state and territory; this wiki is where you record the lore for each one.

Play at payphonetag.com.

Where to start

New to the wiki? Read Help:Editing (no wiki markup needed

 — it's a Word-like editor).

Want to add a photo? Help:Adding_a_payphone_photo.
Curious how scoring works? Game:Scoring.
Just browsing? Open Special:Random/Payphone and read.

Game mechanics

Game:Scoring — explored, held, edges, triangles, area
Game:Cells — teams, roles, and the cell map
Game:Badges — every badge in the game

Live leaderboards

Template:Note

Recent activity

See Special:RecentChanges for what's been edited recently on the wiki. For in-game activity (captures, steals), see the INTEL tab on the game site.

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+Welcome to the '''[https://payphonetag.com Payphone Tag] Wiki''' — the
+community field guide to the thousands of payphones in play, written
+by the people playing on them.
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-Consult the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
+== What is Payphone Tag? ==
-== Getting started ==
+A real-world territory capture game using payphones. Dial in, enter
-* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
+your PIN, and claim payphones across Australia to build your turf.
-* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
+There are currently '''thousands of payphones''' in play, distributed
-* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/ MediaWiki release mailing list]
+across every state and territory; this wiki is where you record the
-* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]
+lore for each one.
-* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki]
+Play at [https://payphonetag.com payphonetag.com].
+== Where to start ==
+* '''New to the wiki?''' Read [[Help:Editing]] (no wiki markup needed
+  — it's a Word-like editor).
+* '''Want to add a photo?''' [[Help:Adding_a_payphone_photo]].
+* '''Curious how scoring works?''' [[Game:Scoring]].
+* '''Just browsing?''' Open [[Special:Random/Payphone]] and read.
+== Game mechanics ==
+* [[Game:Scoring]] — explored, held, edges, triangles, area
+* [[Game:Cells]] — teams, roles, and the cell map
+* [[Game:Badges]] — every badge in the game
+== Live leaderboards ==
+{{Note|Live leaderboards via <code>&lt;ptLeaderboard/&gt;</code> will
+appear here once the game's <code>/api/leaderboard</code> JSON
+endpoint is live. In the meantime, see the '''RANKS''' tab on
+[https://payphonetag.com payphonetag.com].}}
+== Recent activity ==
+See [[Special:RecentChanges]] for what's been edited recently on the
+wiki. For in-game activity (captures, steals), see the '''INTEL''' tab
+on the game site.
+[[Category:Wiki]]