I realized when I really got into a game or liked a specific character, I went over to the Wiki here and checked if I could contribute to the subject ^^ So what makes you write Wiki entries?
Yeh same, only filled out 2 wiki pages (though added stuff to a load of others) for games I really like.
I figured that might be the reason for most people ^^ Kinda logical, tho. But I came across a few pages where I thought the subject is quite popular just to find the page nearly empty...
I've actually created a bunch of pages. Sometimes I just find myself checking if the site has a page for something like, let's say Richard Nixon. Turns out it didn't a couple years ago, so I made it. At least I think I made that one. I know I edited it in some form.
And I added a lot to the ZHP: Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman page. Yeah, just about all of that page is still what I wrote.
But sometimes I just do little edits when I see something is wrong. So a little bit of everything, I guess.
I suppose A is the answer most of the time, for me, although D is not that uncommon either to be honest. Sometimes things just look a bit too empty. I also fix grammar and spelling errors when I see them - even if it's a page I have no real interest in (well, I guess I did end up on it somehow). This is especially true nowadays when I don't need moderation for every small edit.
Quite frankly I don't trust other users with important pages relating to my favourite franchises, that said if you can do a good job before I get to the page then more power to you.
Not sure really. The one I did most work on was The Path I think. I noticed Giant Bomb didn't have a page for the characters or the game so I went for it.
Yeah, sometimes writing an article can take a lot more time than expected!
Especially when English isn't your motherlanguage and you feel like checking every sentence three times :-/
When I wrote the character page for Sima Shi I thought it would be easy but I actually had to rephrase a lot after realizing that there is some other information I'd also like to include, etc, etc... plus I had to go over the Jin story again to get all the events in the right order ._.
Yeah, sometimes writing an article can take a lot more time than expected!
Especially when English isn't your motherlanguage and you feel like checking every sentence three times :-/
When I wrote the character page for Sima Shi I thought it would be easy but I actually had to rephrase a lot after realizing that there is some other information I'd also like to include, etc, etc... plus I had to go over the Jin story again to get all the events in the right order ._.
I kept getting caught in wiki chains. I'd fill in one page, then have to create three more pages for characters or something, then fill in those, end up creating more pages, etc.
A great way to get wiki points, but a non-trivial timesink.
If I know I'll be early (I get into a ton of closed betas and such) or there won't be info, I contribute. If it's a franchise I know more than most people about (Mass Effect, Half Life) I will usually go and add details. Occasionally I'll take a wiki task about some obscure thing that has been sitting there for a while.
I tend to fill out missing information on games that I like that are a bit more obscure (like Pineapple Smash Crew) - though I've not gone that detailed (yet), also cleaning up awkwardly written articles.
Requiring moderation (due to low wiki-score) limits my participation (as I've been in situations where someone else has done the work while my changes were waiting for clearance), but I fully agree with the need for it.
A. I currently have a wiki entry that I'm in the process of typing out, and will post it sometime soon when I'm not freaking out about midterms. Next week seems like a great time to finish it.
I never have and I probably never will. What's the appeal (I mean other than helping your fellow man)?
Aside from helping the site as you already said, consider your articles are read by quite a lot of people, and by contributing quality content you can build up a positive reputation :)
Ok so Banjo-Kazooie is the best game ever made, the only problem is nobody else seems to think that way. So by filling out the wiki entries for every single Banjo-Kazooie related thing hopefully people will come to realise that Banjo-Kazooie is the best game ever made.
I've added a few wiki entries because there was zero information about something I wanted to write about.
However, the fact that I'm the top contributor to the Pid page was entirely out of questing for points and mostly came from taking snapshots from the launch trailer.
A. I'm a fan of anyone being able to spit knowledge about things they like. Even if that isn't particularly a thing I'm into. Also I try to make the wikis that i primarily edit look nice too with good use of pictures.
I contribute to the wiki on old games that are obscure or not really that well remembered. Games that I own, mostly (as I own a lot of games). I have little time, though, so I can only do so much and I worry I am not doing it well.
Was working on doing Arcade America, but the way I do wiki pages I have to pass the game in order to fully remember stuff so I haven't had time to finish it yet. There are other, better games, I started with these because I want to make at least decent pages and figured I'd do it with some less commonly talked about games first.
A. For me, but with the addition that the wiki page needs to be lacking if I'm going to do it.
Also I think it's great that the top editor for the Garrus page is, in fact @Garrus.
That's because when you look up anything on universipedia these days about somebody, you can safely assume that only 99% of it is incorrect. Writing your own bio at least helps to keep people from thinking you starred in the Batarian theatrical industry.
I only feel confident enough to edit a wiki when I actually know enough about the game, which rarely happens. That's why I have 19K points from BF3, because it was my most anticipated game ever. Long months of official-forum frequenting and developer-twitter stalking made me able to know the ins and outs of the game and be able to build that wiki, which makes me wonder how others do it for tens of games!
At one point I was really into editing the wiki. Recently I have not had the same time for it, but in the future I am hoping to make up for that by contributing more to the wiki. At one point I was thirteenth on the site but I imagine that figure has plummeted.
Most of the pages I've edited have been beloved childhood games that had blank or very incomplete pages. Or stuff that's really obscure, like Pu-Li-Ru-La.
Think I only changed a few spelling errors. So nothing makes me sit down and write an entire wiki. I write enough about games to pay the bills so I would rather spend my free time with my friends and close family than writing wikis about them. I do enjoy reading it though
Video games are my biggest hobby and something that has been a part of my life since as long as I can remember. Once I found out there was a video game specific wiki that also had great original content? I am there.
I like being able to finally take my knowledge and passion for gaming and do something great with it. I feel good about making a page nice, even if nobody really looks at it.
The more I'm reading and using the Wiki, the more I realize there are so many pages that need to be filled... plus many character pages don't even exist yet. I had 3 months vacation, I should have joined this website sooner ._.
Now that I'm back at work, I have only little time to write entries. I sometimes write some on the train home though. My biggest motivation are still characters I like :)
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