Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25406802-20180521165245

Hello. It's Sonar553.

Almost exactly one week ago I have made a thread regarding the editing of Update 2.2's page. The editing of the page had went out of hand as there were false information being continuously brought out as well as fights that happen during the revisions. Such action has lead to the page being closed for one week.

This was an attempt to help subdue drama and create a mindset where we can all collectively partake in the editing of pages.

However, this is easier said than done.

Within the week that the locking of 2.2's Update page happened, there have been only 28 edits to any other pages. 28 edits might not seem like little, unless you consider that those were made in the span of 1 week. To add, around 11 different users had accompanied for those 28 edits, with a majority of these people being existing users of the wiki for a month or more. 13 of those edits came from us administrators. The remaining 15 came from regular users. Of course, usually the count of regular users editing pages in comparison with the staff would be almost unanimously so that the regular users have the higher edit count per week, but these numbers show a decrease in activity among regular users.

A majority of this activity came out after I made another thread in hopes of getting more users to collectively contribute towards the wiki. Kudos to those people who helped out within that timeframe. And let me tell you, I am not impressed with such activity.

The good/bad news is that Update 2.2's page is finally open again for editing and revisions. However, with it being unlocked, it's time we set more boundaries to editing.

I have emphasized it before, and I'm going to say it again. Please verify your information before posting it.

With that, Here are some tips for you while editing.

Edit Truthfully: It might be an obvious one. However, there are those users who likes to makes jokes here and there for no reason. Such jokes can be considered as vandalism. Of course, we all know about that user who got blocked a month ago when causing havoc to ALL OF THE PAGES here. He'd later get blocked. Long story short, if you are going to edit, edit as such where the information is truthful and doesn't pass on as something worse.

Always Verify Your Edits: I'm saying this again. Whenever you are going to bring forth new information, always make sure that information is truthful. Information such as release dates and content updates to 2.2 are usually false and thus get deleted, while some are confirmed. If you are not sure about if your information is valid, ask another user to check for you, or contact us staff, regardless of who we are.

Avoid Redundancy: Through the editing of large pages, it wouldn't be surprising if there was a piece of redundant information (info being placed more than once). Mistakes happen, we all know. However, there are some cases where we put information a second time hoping to make the page look more formal when it isn't. For users who wish to edit a page and plug in information, check to see if the info you have is already there. If not, you may place it onto the appropriate area of the page ONCE you have verified it.

Avoid Continuous Reverting: For some of us, I know we have a rollback option. However, this doesn't allow us to say why we are editing. Thus, I tend to use the undo option to give reasoning. Now, to all users who want to revert something. Feel free to do so! However, upon doing it, I suggest you give a good reason as to why you are making that reversion so it could be more understood, preventing any conflicts between users. Also, keep in mind that continuously reverting others' edits can pass of as disrespectful and annoying. Of course, every user has a reason towards their edits, and so do reversions. With that, I kindly ask to refrain from reverting over and over again. Instead, you can simply edit it and optimize the info or line you want to see fixed or removed.

And lastly...

Make Sure Info is Appropriate: This does not just have to do with the content of the info, but rather if it is really necessary for use in an article. For example, there had been some debate regarding if the BPM (beats per minute) of a track used in official levels were allowed for Trivia. They Are. However, the reason why we remove it is that it may come off as unnecessary. 2/3 of us new staff members had agreed that the BPM may be unnecessary. However, that topic is still for depate. Tl;dr Refrain from posting unnecessary info, and make sure the info you are placing is suitable and can be allowed for use.

Geometry Dash is a game that costs between $1.99 and $2.49 on app stores and around $3.99 on Steam. It's a game that shaped a whole new community, with having millions of players worldwide. Such game led to the creation of the wiki, which represents the game for factual info. As such, thousands of users come to see the wiki. Within the span of May 14 - May 19, there has been over 61,000 viewers of this wiki. Alongside that are small quantity of edits, a majority of them belonging to forum game posts. I would appreciate if everyone had made an attempt to help contribute to the wiki and get that small quantity of edits up, which will hopefully lead to a higher quantity of viewers as the wiki has been lacking activity compared to the activity before the release of Update 2.1.

I hope you guys all participate and keep something in mind.

Sincerely,

Sonar553 