Where did all the frackin' points come from?

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#1  Edited By sarahsdad
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#2  Edited By Rowr

maybe he got bonus points for more a obscure game?

I doubt it though.

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#3  Edited By dabada

If I had to guess, I would say image spam.

If you create 2 or 3 galleries and add images to them you can double and triple the points you get for each image.

So if you have 10 images and add them to Screenshots, DS Screenshots and, All Images, that's 30 points. If you created the page for the game and filled in a few other bits of info, you can really rack up the points. Once I realized this, I kind of backed off on the images. I only use screenshots to bolster the content of my articles now.

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#4  Edited By Demilich

Deleted content?

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#5  Edited By Absurd
dabada said:
"If I had to guess, I would say image spam.

If you create 2 or 3 galleries and add images to them you can double and triple the points you get for each image.

So if you have 10 images and add them to Screenshots, DS Screenshots and, All Images, that's 30 points. If you created the page for the game and filled in a few other bits of info, you can really rack up the points. Once I realized this, I kind of backed off on the images. I only use screenshots to bolster the content of my articles now."
now why would you go and tell people that?
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#6  Edited By sarahsdad

Ok, so it's basically that the guy who did the DE page took better advantage of the system than the ones who did the SW page. I sort of figured, but wanted to see if there was something else I was missing.

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#7  Edited By dabada
Absurd said:
"dabada said:
"If I had to guess, I would say image spam.

If you create 2 or 3 galleries and add images to them you can double and triple the points you get for each image.

So if you have 10 images and add them to Screenshots, DS Screenshots and, All Images, that's 30 points. If you created the page for the game and filled in a few other bits of info, you can really rack up the points. Once I realized this, I kind of backed off on the images. I only use screenshots to bolster the content of my articles now."
now why would you go and tell people that?"
Ya, maybe it was a bad idea.
I don't spam images, but I may have just leaked how to do it.
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#8  Edited By LordAndrew

I thought it was pretty much common knowledge by now. One point per gallery.

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#9  Edited By dabada
LordAndrew said:
"I thought it was pretty much common knowledge by now. One point per gallery."
Well its certainly not "hidden", but it's pretty easy to take advantage of. Just play a game and tap the printscreen button. 3 to 4 points per image and you rack up easy points. Points that don't prove that you can be "trusted" with editing the Wiki articles.
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#10  Edited By afriskydingo

wow this explains a lot.  especially why  a lot of games that are obscure have no text but tons of pictures.  hope they fix this.