Thread:Mechemik/@comment-36483432-20180817045440/@comment-27075564-20180818032524

Well, first off I'm glad you actually read over the guidelines. The idea behind asking editors to edit is to emphasize, yes, please add in information that may be missing, but don't be discouraged if someone comes behind you to clean it up (hmmm, maybe I should add that to the guideline). For instance, sometimes editors will add to the notes something that's already in the walkthrough itself, or add something that's not really relevant to the page (like saying X and Y characters share the same last name, not really helpful or relevant to their pages unless they're related and even then, could be added elsewhere on the page, like the infobox). The idea is not to get too detailed unless there's a real reason to (and there rarely is).

For instance, Humpty Dumpty: you're putting things in numbered forms in sentences, saying it all depends on abilities, do it on lower diffiiculty, etc. but not really helpful like that. Instead, you want to point out why lower difficulty (flying effect doesn't happen as often on higher difficulty and which is absolutely needed for the achievement), point out petre's philter helps the effect (but don't say they actually need to drink it as it's not required to get it, just helps. Remember this is just tips). Also refrain from listing abilities that require a lot of other things first (like Euphoria depends on having BaW and toxicity level but if one doesn't drink potions, this is null). It's also very helpful to paraphrase (as you see my edit combined petre, intensity, and tawny). A lot of readers, especially those looking for tips or help on a quest, achievement, etc. are looking to just do a "hit and run" so to speak: they want to come here, quickly see what helps, and go and do it. It's the same thing with walkthroughs: you want to only reveal enough information as necessary to do the quest. For example, the only reason I left the stuff about the widow talking about a long ago battle in Last Rites is because it's vital to what you discover at the end, otherwise a reader generally wouldn't need to know that.

I know that seems like a lot, but it's really not. What I'm primarily doing when I go and edit is to clean up and help paraphase things down to be concise as possible and make sure it stays relevant to the page. :)