Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-36677645-20200114234419

This post is about two crusual changes in Wiki Rules RR3_Wiki:Wiki_Rules_Proposed, namely

1. Editing: Older articles ''(two and more updates from current) are considered complete in most cases. Editing these should only be done after consulting the admin team. Older articles are for the most part, considered an accurate snapshot of the game during that release and should therefore not be updated.''

and

2. Category: Since this is considered part of the wiki design, new categories can only be added by members of the admin team.

In general, any editing restrictions are contrary to the spirit of a Wiki. There must be very good reason to establish such restrictions in a Wiki polices. Beside that, it is a mistake when admin team takes over contribution; maybe now we feel comfortable while admin team is preparing this and that for us, but in the long run this can lead to a big problem for the Wiki. The intention to set it in the rules is far beyond my understanding.

Regarding "Older articles".

Recently I edited articles of updates: 7.4.5, 7.3.5, 7.0, 6.4, 5.6.0, 4.7 and ancient one, created in 2015.

There were typos, mismatches, wrong figures and, probably, some adjustments provided by FM. In case of 919 Evo (update 7.3.5, 6 from current) it was usual editing because of LTS, prohibited now. Do we want there correction never made? Do admins expect contributors to submit an application, collect signatures and put stamp "approved" on every such edit?

Regarding Categories.

If all the categories were disappeared at once, would anyone notice it? Hopefully not, because our Categories are weak and messed up, but all the articles are linked pretty well, so navigation is easy without a special tool. If we want the structure to remain as weak forever, then the ban on changes is an excellent move for sure. Changes, because it is near impossible to change Categories without adding new.

A few notes:

Categories itself as well as relations between are part of content, but not design;

Lately FM constantly adds and mixes the content;

I did not find any wrong category (instance) added by user not from admin team.

Finally, I still - after week of reflection - see no reason to establish the mentioned changes, and this upsets me the most.

Hoping someone will take it seriously, best regards, Trespassers W. 