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@Vendor-Lazarus suggested this a while ago, and it's something I've been thinking about doing off and on for a while now. There isn't anything I can think of that would be an issue if we did this... Save for two very big ones. How we're gonna handle spam and vandalism, and if it's even a good idea to pull attention away from the Sanctuary forums as our primary information and content repository.
The first issue is definitely the biggest one. The best method to handle it would be if all changes are put into a moderation queue and Sanctuary staff inspect each change to make sure it doesn't violate one of the 7 Deadly Sins before it is signed off on. This would be fine when we're just a small site, but as we scale up, this could turn into a very big problem for Sanctuary staff very quickly as the requested changes begin to really pile up. Furthermore, the discussion tabs for every single page would also have to be moderated. I could be overblowing this issue though.
The second issue is that the forums already serve as a very nice information repository by themselves. With sub-forums for every single category that you can think of and with powerful dedicated searching tools and full integration into the rest of the XF ecosystem, it's hard to top what the XF forums offer in regards to information handling and storage. Still though... A wiki does offer a very nice dedicated place for raw information and statistics. For example, a Samsung Galaxy S5 has the dimensions:
142 mm (5.59 in) H
72.5 mm (2.85 in) W
8.1 mm (0.31 in) D
While that might be great information for a wiki, that kind of raw information dumping doesn't work nearly so well in a forum format which is much more about socialization and the discussion and sharing of ideas. And then there's the topic of what niche we are going to fill with our wiki.
Anyway though, thoughts?
UPDATE: After thinking about this some more, I think I'm coming around to Houseman's way of thinking here. The information that we do collect and store marries with the forum format we use very well, and the information that would not be good for a forum format is just... Generally not something people need us for. The various wiki communities from Wikipedia to the Terraria wiki are doing just fine without us. They don't need us. We don't need them. Let's just stay in our lane here and continue our major push towards public video and file hosting.
The first issue is definitely the biggest one. The best method to handle it would be if all changes are put into a moderation queue and Sanctuary staff inspect each change to make sure it doesn't violate one of the 7 Deadly Sins before it is signed off on. This would be fine when we're just a small site, but as we scale up, this could turn into a very big problem for Sanctuary staff very quickly as the requested changes begin to really pile up. Furthermore, the discussion tabs for every single page would also have to be moderated. I could be overblowing this issue though.
The second issue is that the forums already serve as a very nice information repository by themselves. With sub-forums for every single category that you can think of and with powerful dedicated searching tools and full integration into the rest of the XF ecosystem, it's hard to top what the XF forums offer in regards to information handling and storage. Still though... A wiki does offer a very nice dedicated place for raw information and statistics. For example, a Samsung Galaxy S5 has the dimensions:
142 mm (5.59 in) H
72.5 mm (2.85 in) W
8.1 mm (0.31 in) D
While that might be great information for a wiki, that kind of raw information dumping doesn't work nearly so well in a forum format which is much more about socialization and the discussion and sharing of ideas. And then there's the topic of what niche we are going to fill with our wiki.
Anyway though, thoughts?
UPDATE: After thinking about this some more, I think I'm coming around to Houseman's way of thinking here. The information that we do collect and store marries with the forum format we use very well, and the information that would not be good for a forum format is just... Generally not something people need us for. The various wiki communities from Wikipedia to the Terraria wiki are doing just fine without us. They don't need us. We don't need them. Let's just stay in our lane here and continue our major push towards public video and file hosting.
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