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raj011raj011 Member Posts: 987 Arc User
edited April 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Hello everyone

I was looking on STO wiki and I noticed some of the contents is out of date. When will STO wiki have a complete update on the information? It should be updated on a regular bases.
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  • nadiezjanadiezja Member Posts: 629 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    raj011 wrote: »
    Hello everyone

    I was looking on STO wiki and I noticed some of the contents is out of date. When will STO wiki have a complete update on the information? It should be updated on a regular bases.

    It's a wiki. You see a problem, fix it. That's how wikis work.
  • raj011raj011 Member Posts: 987 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    nadiezja wrote: »
    It's a wiki. You see a problem, fix it. That's how wikis work.

    Yes I know, does anyone from STO review the wiki? I think the wiki should be updated by someone from STO or someone they trust to put accurate information.
  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    People at Cryptic might unofficially update stuff there, but they will never officially do so. It's not their site so it's not their problem. They have plenty of their own problems already! :rolleyes: Just check bottom of STOwiki page...
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    Sometimes I think I play STO just to have something to complain about on the forums.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    raj011 wrote: »
    Yes I know, does anyone from STO review the wiki? I think the wiki should be updated by someone from STO or someone they trust to put accurate information.

    It's not a Cryptic/PWE wiki...it's a Curse wiki...updated by the playerbase.
  • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,166 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    raj011 wrote: »
    Yes I know, does anyone from STO review the wiki? I think the wiki should be updated by someone from STO or someone they trust to put accurate information.

    That is not how wikis work; you are describing an official game guide on the official website. But again, this is a wiki, meaning it is a community managed site, not something managed by Cryptic.
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  • chalpenchalpen Member Posts: 2,207 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Ok. Not cryptic. Is there someone from pwe looking at the wiki?
    Should I start posting again after all this time?
  • nadiezjanadiezja Member Posts: 629 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    chalpen wrote: »
    Ok. Not cryptic. Is there someone from pwe looking at the wiki?

    No. Because as Nagus said, that's not how wikis work.

    You yourself can fix problems you find on the wiki. Instead of complaining, you should do that. That's the POINT of wikis.
  • chalpenchalpen Member Posts: 2,207 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Ok. Not cryptic or PWE. How about the US government. Do they look at the wiki?
    Should I start posting again after all this time?
  • killer1986chriskiller1986chris Member Posts: 382 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    chalpen wrote: »
    Ok. Not cryptic or PWE. How about the US government. Do they look at the wiki?

    I live in Canada and they look into what colour drawers I put on this morning...
  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    STOwiki administrator here. We update things as quickly as we can, but some articles do get overlooked sometimes. It's inevitable, with that many articles on the site.

    The best solution, as others have already suggested, is to update them yourself. That's how wikis work.
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  • killer1986chriskiller1986chris Member Posts: 382 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    sopwithsnipe wrote: »
    That's just because you have that honkin big skylight in your bedroom. Anyone flying over your house in the morning can see the colour of the drawers you're putting on. :P

    Well you'd think they would have learnt better by now.
  • raj011raj011 Member Posts: 987 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    nadiezja wrote: »
    No. Because as Nagus said, that's not how wikis work.

    You yourself can fix problems you find on the wiki. Instead of complaining, you should do that. That's the POINT of wikis.

    Where does it say I am complaining? I am informing. There is a difference. Also Arc has linked STO wiki on there webpage. I know people can edit the webpages on the wiki. Since Arc has linked STO Wiki on their webpage, they could at least have someone check the information is accurate. As it is mentioned on STO wiki, they could mention here on the forums about what needs updating and if the players can update the information for them. I myself, when I have time, will edit some of the information.
  • chalpenchalpen Member Posts: 2,207 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    How about a religious affiliation? Is the wiki being managed by a church that can keep it up to date?
    Should I start posting again after all this time?
  • valianttomevalianttome Member Posts: 157 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    raj011 wrote: »
    Yes I know, does anyone from STO review the wiki? I think the wiki should be updated by someone from STO or someone they trust to put accurate information.

    The wiki wasnt created by Cryptic. They simply built a link to it.
  • qziqzaqziqza Member Posts: 1,044 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    raj011 wrote: »
    Where does it say I am complaining? I am informing. There is a difference. Also Arc has linked STO wiki on there webpage. I know people can edit the webpages on the wiki. Since Arc has linked STO Wiki on their webpage, they could at least have someone check the information is accurate. As it is mentioned on STO wiki, they could mention here on the forums about what needs updating and if the players can update the information for them. I myself, when I have time, will edit some of the information.

    read the perfectworld uela.. clearly states that they are in no way responsible for the content of any 3rd party sites they may mention or link too.. actually the uela says that basically they have no responsibility other than the right to change anything at any given time lol,

    but as already stated, the wiki is updated by the player base. if you see something out of date.. register and update it. there are 35,660 pages of data on the stowiki.. thats alot of information, as with most wikis people tend to keep an eye on the thing they have personally placed on the site, or make ammendments when they happen to notice them. expecting or assuming that contributors, or some a.n.other should automatically trawl through all these wiki pages, checking what if anything needs updated and then listing it somewhere is kind of dim, and really expecting too much, that isnt how these things work.

    as you said yourself.. when you have the time, you will edit some of the information.. that sentiment is true of everyone.
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  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    raj011 wrote: »
    Yes I know, does anyone from STO review the wiki? I think the wiki should be updated by someone from STO or someone they trust to put accurate information.

    If you no longer believe that wiki is up to date or has misleading information, then stop referring to that site. As has been stated by others, Wikis are updated by the community, not by Cryptic or PWE. If Cryptic / PWE is expected to review Wiki information provided the player community, then do they need to review any and all fan websites that provides information about STO on the internet? Where does it end?

    If Cryptic / PWE is expected to update the Wiki simply because they have a link to it, then I think it would be in Cryptic's / PWE's best interest to delete that link.
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    If YOU can't be bothered updating the wiki, why do you think anyone else would?

    Update it yourself, or stop asking others to do it, if it means that much to you...

    And no.. Cryptic needs to say away from it... Otherwise we just end up having the newest updates in lock-boxes.
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  • nandospcnandospc Member Posts: 1,260 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    I'd update it like i do on my forum when something new appears, but my english isn't good enough to sustain a wiki :o
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  • dukedom01dukedom01 Member Posts: 462 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    anazonda wrote: »
    [...]Otherwise we just end up having the newest updates in lock-boxes.

    HEY! I still 'do' keep the lockbox articles fairly current. :P
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  • asraschaalasraschaal Member Posts: 54 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Believe it or not updating the wiki takes a lot of time. Feel free to join in so new players and old alike can have updated information. Hopefully we'll have T5U upgrades in there soon =P
  • millimidgetmillimidget Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    raj011 wrote: »
    I think the wiki should be updated by someone from STO or someone they trust to put accurate information.
    Maybe if PWE is willing to hire a better community manager than lolsmirk.
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