Wiki Editing Contest

horizons2052

I for one am really glad for this event and certainly not because of the prizes. I am happy for this event because the wiki is in SERIOUS need of editing. There is SO much information missing from the wiki. Consoles, set bonuses, some other various equipment, admiralty stats, walkthroughs, masteries of certain ships, ship data, all of that, there is tons of missing information on the wiki, almost to the point of making the wiki irrelevant.

There are many people who will benefit greatly from this event. There are so many new people playing the game, they need this information and old players returning, they too need a refresher.

This event goes a long way towards improving the community...and prizes to boot.

rattler2

I agree. The Wiki has been somewhat neglected lately.

horizons2052

rattler2 wrote: »

I agree. The Wiki has been somewhat neglected lately.

I guess now we should just hope that as many people as possible get involved.

rattler2

With a delta pack on the line? I'm sure they will. Especially since that is $150 worth of stuff total for all three factions, including outfits, DOffs, and BOffs on top of the ships.

autumnturning

Here's some entries that are sorely in need of info/updates:

Command: Ground
Intelligence: Ground

Command: Space
Pilot: Space

The fact that these entries are still going begging for data, well ... The Mind Wobbles.

We also need info on Terran Sets, both Ground and Space entered over here:
Item Sets

And if someone wanted to participate in the (herculean?) task of detailing what mods get unlocked on Set Items when advanced to Epic Quality, that would be VERY USEFUL. {hint, hint}

kjwashington

Whoever edits in the information on the specialization BOff abilities is guaranteed to win. It's actually a pretty decent sized chunk of information that no-one has ever bothered adding. Not to mention the fact that these specialization abilities are part of what sells the new specialization ships, so there being no info on these powers probably hurts sales a bit.

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iconians

The wiki has been in a sad state of affairs for years. With an intellectual property that revolves heavily around the concept of discovery and knowledge, it always struck me as odd that STO's wiki was full of such misinformation, outdated information, and opinions passed off as facts.

I do have to give them props for holding this contest, though. I think it's a step in the right direction. Of all the wikis for the video games I play, the wiki for STO is just plain embarassing in comparison. Maybe this will change some things for the better.

I also think this would be a great time for Cryptic to help out the wikians by going back and reforming the language in some of the game's items and equipment to be less vague and more uniform.

Example: "Control Resistance" vs. "Inertial Dampers" or "Hull Heals" vs. "Hull Repair".​​

spaceeagle20

Ya, but too much of Delta Packs : what if someone already owns it ?

burstorion

I used to enter a fair amount of stuff on the FO3 wiki among other wikis but never again, the amount of 'this is my castle, you serfs are below me' is staggering

...on which point, how will it be decided? the nature of the wiki is people can change and edit it at will, so if say A wrote a piece but then B improved it with some pertinent data enhancing it, who gets the credit, the original or the improver?

Mark my words, this competition will get messy and of course, as there is no set, published criteria; the chances are the contest judges could be, shall we say 'biased' towards certain entrants?​​