In regards to Final Fantasy XIV, 'we' are all embracing for some (supposedly) heavy changes that will kick off with the promised battle system revamp planned for next patch, then some other already pretty much confirmed changes such as the additional job classes on top of the armoury system, the revamp of the black shroud area, playable female Roegadyns / Male Mi'quotes, etc, etc.
This pretty much means that lots of info on the main article (and plenty of other XIV pages) will suddenly be completely out of date and require a good ol' reworking. Wnen that time comes, what should be done to the information that does become completely obsolete (such as a present feature being taken out of the game)? Should it still be mentioned 'how it was' before going deep into the new system or just edit stuff out and pretend it never existed?
Second, about quests. Would it be out of scope of the wiki (and therefore be more suited for a FFXIV specific wiki) to have simple quest / guildleve lists, their journal logs and stuff like that?
Third, updates. Again: Would it be interesting / important enough to have a List of Final Fantasy XIV Patch Notes (updates, whatever) article or, again, would it be better to just leave that alone?
Finally, I've noticed that the Story section of the main article is pretty big, would it be better if it was a little more condensed and then made into a separate article of it's own to save up space on the main one? I mean, it's not - THAT - big right now...but considering the storyline is kind of not even halfway done, when the main quest gets updated again and even more important stuff happens storyline wise, the page size will skyrocket if it's still done the same way it currently is.
DiamondEdge 03:08, May 19, 2011 (UTC)
- 1st question: All retconned info following the update will be moved to the trivia sections.
- 2nd question: That sounds more like stuff for the FFXIV centric wikia. We keep and note the official story info but other than that...
- 3rd question: If its a notable patch, note it under the FFXIV page's Trivia section. Or in the case of this coming update; the Reception section.
- 4th question: Yes, that section does need to be condensed down into a general coverage version. With the detailed version moved to a story or timeline page. See the FFXI articles for examples and templates. Netherith 03:26, May 19, 2011 (UTC)