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by **HorseFD** » April 17th, 2012, 1:38 am

I'm not really sure how to do this, but the wiki doesn't seem to mention Chris Avellone as a developer. Could this be added?

by **LBraden** » April 17th, 2012, 8:11 am

I seem to have an interesting problem, I already have a Vault account (on curse) and it is saying that I can't log into it for the Wasteland Wiki, is this because they are classed as 2 separate items, so I need to effectively "clone" my account, or am I missing something else?

by **Prometheus** » April 17th, 2012, 1:29 pm

Suggestion: Would be nice to see a "recent additions to the FAQ" as an official page or something. I know there's page history, but that doesn't differentiate between edited writing and breaking new material and news.

by **GhostAvatar** » April 24th, 2012, 6:07 am

HorseFD wrote:I'm not really sure how to do this, but the wiki doesn't seem to mention Chris Avellone as a developer. Could this be added?

Added page now, http://wasteland.falloutwiki.com/Chris_Avellone.

LBraden wrote:I seem to have an interesting problem, I already have a Vault account (on curse) and it is saying that I can't log into it for the Wasteland Wiki, is this because they are classed as 2 separate items, so I need to effectively "clone" my account, or am I missing something else?

They are classed as a separate wikis, so you will need a new account set up for it.

Prometheus wrote:Suggestion: Would be nice to see a "recent additions to the FAQ" as an official page or something. I know there's page history, but that doesn't differentiate between edited writing and breaking new material and news.

The page exists here (http://wasteland.falloutwiki.com/Wasteland_2_FAQ) and anyone is free to contribute new and additional information to the page.

by **Prometheus** » April 25th, 2012, 2:11 pm

GhostAvatar wrote:
Prometheus wrote:Suggestion: Would be nice to see a "recent additions to the FAQ" as an official page or something. I know there's page history, but that doesn't differentiate between edited writing and breaking new material and news.

The page exists here (http://wasteland.falloutwiki.com/Wasteland_2_FAQ) and anyone is free to contribute new and additional information to the page.

Yes... I mean, it would be nice to have a section called "Updates" or something -- showing when new significant information has been added to the page or such. Currently there's just the history page, which isn't exactly the ideal way of seeing "what's new" (I don't know what edits were significant, etc..etc..)

by **HorseFD** » April 25th, 2012, 9:47 pm

GhostAvatar wrote:
HorseFD wrote:I'm not really sure how to do this, but the wiki doesn't seem to mention Chris Avellone as a developer. Could this be added?

Added page now, http://wasteland.falloutwiki.com/Chris_Avellone.

Nice, thanks!

by **GhostAvatar** » April 26th, 2012, 8:15 am

Prometheus wrote:Yes... I mean, it would be nice to have a section called "Updates" or something -- showing when new significant information has been added to the page or such. Currently there's just the history page, which isn't exactly the ideal way of seeing "what's new" (I don't know what edits were significant, etc..etc..)

Now I understand where you are coming from, unfortunately a wiki is not really a great resource for keeping people informed of updates and changes to a single page.

While we can add an update section for new information - which is great for people wanting to know what has changed since there last visit - It isn't really helpful for first time readers of the FAQs page, nor is it helpful for people wanting to only read about a particular part of the subject matter. As the content no longer flows in the right manner. For example, if I wanted to read only about the story line, I would first have to read that section, then scroll down and read the updates on it. Then there is the issue of how long do we keep information in the update section before moving it to the relevant section.

These reasons are why we have a news feed on the main page to keep people up to date on relevant info, which is in the process of being updated with a new extension to better support these updated information on the wiki in general.

But to help you with keeping up to date on the FAQs page, and to save you a bit of trouble of looking at the history page when there has been no updates. I have added a template to the top that displays the last time the page was updated, this should instantly let you know if there has been any changes upon viewing the page.

The alternative is to create an account and add the page to your personal watchlist, this will not only tell you how many changes have been done since your last visit, but also the size of the changes as well.

by **Wened** » May 2nd, 2012, 10:37 am

Ausir wrote:It's more or less described here:

http://kotaku.com/5876097/fallout-wiki- ... ting-curse

Are You getting paid for all this Wiki/Curse work? And if the answer is yes, is this Your day job?

by **Brother None** » May 2nd, 2012, 12:48 pm

Wened wrote:Are You getting paid for all this Wiki/Curse work? And if the answer is yes, is this Your day job?

He is, and it is, and Curse pays more than Wikia did.

by **falloutgod13** » May 2nd, 2012, 10:01 pm

I don't understand the level of douchebaggery... :shock:

It's sounds rather appalling. Granted that I don't know the whole story it's still quite depressing to learn about.

by **SagaDC** » May 4th, 2012, 1:00 pm

That whole incident was a mess, and doesn't really need repeating. Suffice to say, decisions made were both inspired by business and by personal feelings. Personally, I'm not all that particular about who or what is the "official" wiki (although I suppose it's nice to know which one it is). I have one that I'm already used to using, so I'm apt to stick with it. Both of the still-active ones could certainly stand to have more content, though.