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a) You need to add some sort of a menu to find games.
b) Why am I able to edit this?
- a) I agree - very difficult for new users to find or add any other games other than those listed under collaborations.
- b)This is a wiki and therefore can be edited by anyone. This page is a discussion page for, I'm guessing, the developement of this website. To see a fully functioning wiki see http://en.wikipedia.org . Jackhynes 08:08, 6 January 2006 (PST)
c) This is a great idea. However, with only one page per game, how are we going to deal with multiformat games? I know that we could say 'press the action' button instead of 'press A', but it would probably deter some users. There's a chance to make a really incredible Wiki here, we just need to lay some ground rules before it takes off. Thanks, I'll register soon.
- I'm also not sure how this will be tackled. There may be some kind of template augmentation - if anyone has the skills? Jackhynes 08:20, 6 January 2006 (PST)
- Why not make the first page people click to a disambiguation page, where it just says click here for the PS2 version, here for the Xbox version, and etc? --Slacker 08:44, 6 January 2006 (PST)
- Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Considering that we've just started, there are still lots of different aspects to work out. With everyone's help, we should be able to figure this all out.
- Games list/directory. As a fix for now, to find games, you can check the Works in Progress page. Any games that include the WIP template will be displayed there. Sooner or later we'll get to creating a more in-depth category system, maybe to include platforms, etc.
- Multiformat games. That is going to be somewhat difficult. Besides throwing them into specific categories, I suppose everyone can just be told to add something to their title. Maybe for example: Resident Evil 4 (GCN). Or something like that. A disambiguation page is good as well. --Hack 09:48, 6 January 2006 (PST)
Suggestions
You need to put some kind of security in, as it is now anyone can change any article? That seems like a disaster waiting to happen. I think anyone should be able to suggest and make changes but at the very least you need to require they register an email address first so you can block idiots.
You really need a way to browse to see what games have guides.
You need a way for someone to add a guide for missing games easily.
This is the way a wiki works. Everyone is pretty much able to edit and do what they please. If someone does do something bad, then we can always revert back to the state the page was in before it was messed with. If any action does need to be taken, then you can always contact: Hack, Sakurina, or Echelon and we'll do what needs to be done.
As I mentioned above, any games with the WIP template added to it will be displayed Works in Progress. Thats a quick fix for now, but I would like that the Search box should be enough. We'll figured out something. Same goes for missing games... as soon as there is some type of Directory, people will be able to add guides for less-popular games. --Hack 09:48, 6 January 2006 (PST)
Discussion page
For some reason there is also a discussion page in the Community Portal if you can't find the answer to your question here. Jackhynes 08:20, 6 January 2006 (PST)
Your best bet to make this a little more navigable is to add prominent links to the categories page on the Main_Page.
Also, you should create categories for the various platforms and assign the articles to the proper system. You could then include those links on the main page (click here for Xbox, here for PS2, etc) instead.
--Slacker 08:43, 6 January 2006 (PST)
- The problem with this is that the games are mostly exactly the same apart from the button control. If there was a PS2 version and an Xbox version of the same game neither article would get the full attention it should have. If there was one version then all efforts would be put into making it the best it could be. If there were 5 different platforms for the game and a user found that he knew a certain aspect of the game then it would only be placed in his platform of choice and the other platforms would suffer because of it? Although I cannot think of an easy solution. Jackhynes 09:18, 6 January 2006 (PST)
- Most games are the same, across different platforms, aside from control schemes. Which I why I think everything should just stick to a single guide, and to include sections that go over differences (controls, special features, etc.). --Hack 09:48, 6 January 2006 (PST)