Thread:Mechemik/@comment-36483432-20180817045440/@comment-36483432-20180818103219

Hello  Mechemik,

I respect your long-term work on Fandom Wiki. However, there are many points I’m different from you.

Who has the power to decide which information is important? Who knows better what the reader need?

This is Wiki, a place where people’s wisdom gather together, not a magazine or book belong to one chief editor who thinks he knows best what the Wiki should be like.

I put the tips in Humpty Dumpty. Because I had read a lot of article about the achievement. And rarely to see a complete guide like I write. And that is the experience concluded after many times trial.

How can be so sure that reader won’t happy when they see my information?

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''　　Mechemik wrote: ... but don't be discouraged if someone comes behind you to clean it up (hmmm, maybe I should add that to the guideline).''

If there is someone delete your information without explanation prior, would you feel good?

For example, I’m not sure how many words you write for Little Red (quest). Yet according to your standard. The follow info muse be del since this is not Trivia. And already mentioned in Walkthrough.

''　　If you intend to fight the bandits it is highly recommended before you talk to Red to go into your game settings and turn on Manual Sword Drawing! The reasons for this are explained above.''

And the 3 paragraphs of the battle tip in Walkthrough must shrink a lot according to your standard. (I skipped to paste the paragraphs since it’s too many words)

The reasons are: 1. “manual sword drawing” isn’t relevant. Player still can win the battle without adjusting the setting if they focus on the correct enemy. And with “manual sword drawing enable”, a player still need to know how to focus on the correct enemy. So it’s not so much difference with the setting.

2. Aard and Axii are not relevant too. Because of Igni, Quen also helps, even Yrden help too. Since every Sign can help win the battle. It’s not relevant enough to record in the page.

3. “you have to move very quickly to avoid an initial attack” is also not important and must be del according to your opinion. Because you assume “A lot of readers, especially those looking for tips or help on a quest… they want to come here, quickly see what helps, and go and do it.” Since the reader has experience of the quest. They come here because they can’t win. So that they must already know the information.

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Mechemik wrote: ...sometimes editors will add to the notes something that's already in the walkthrough itself.

Have you ever think why the information will add twice? Maybe it’s because the Walkthrough is too long and too hard to read. Bullet List is much clear in this case. That is why people skip Walkthrough and add Bullet List information to Note.

If you want to help people “come here, quickly see what helps, and go and do it.” Using Bullet List more in Walkthrough will get more benefit. I admire and thanks to the writing example you provide, yet that kind of format of information is harder to read.