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Why are all the guides out of date?

Aett_Thorn

By Aett_Thorn,
Posted on: 2011-06-06 06:33 in Player Questions

 

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Originally Posted by The_Laughing_Man View Post
I also am not sure of the reward vs time benefits either. I've had relatively few comments on the guide considering the 2,600 views. Only three people thought it worthwhile to say something, so that doesn't inspire me to revisit it. That said, I did add an update post at the request of a few PMs I'd received over the time. (I have to add that I'm as guilty as anyone of reading a guide, thinking "that was really good", then not adding a reply comment)
I don't really expect any responses to my guide. I started writing it because I found myself having to post the same information over and over again in response to posts and having to debunk the same myths repeatedly. Theoretically I thought it would be easier to write a guide and then just direct people there so that I didn't need to go into a lengthy explanation every time. Of course then I started writing the guide...and now I think it would probably have been easier to just keep repeating myself

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Personally, I prefer the idea of guides being posted on Paragon Wiki. Easier to keep up-to-date and allows for multiple contributors.

 

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Personally, I prefer the idea of guides being posted on Paragon Wiki. Easier to keep up-to-date and allows for multiple contributors.
The wiki serves a difference purpose though. In my opinion the wiki should provide exclusively factual information. I think most people who write guides are giving their subjective opinions, and as several folks have said, that's what they look for in a guide. I don't believe that the subjective information belongs on the wiki, and I know as a guide writer I have no interest in letting other people edit my guide.

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Personally, I prefer the idea of guides being posted on Paragon Wiki. Easier to keep up-to-date and allows for multiple contributors.
I agree with Draggynn. ParagonWiki is a wonderful resource of facts broken up into researchable bits. Guides are where we take gobs and gobs of information, mix it up with our own opinions and experience, and put it all together. The Wiki is not the place for recommendations on builds or suggestions on strategy.

Certainly the great folks at Titan Network could put together a place for guides, but it doesn't quite fit in with the Wiki.

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I agree with Draggynn. ParagonWiki is a wonderful resource of facts broken up into researchable bits. Guides are where we take gobs and gobs of information, mix it up with our own opinions and experience, and put it all together. The Wiki is not the place for recommendations on builds or suggestions on strategy.

Certainly the great folks at Titan Network could put together a place for guides, but it doesn't quite fit in with the Wiki.
Plus - having had my MA Tutorial guides wiki-ized... I'll say something that would require more edits and such, to me, is *much* easier to do on the forum.