New "Wiki Tasks" feature

Wanted to point out if anyone didn't know that there is a new Wiki Tasks option under the help tab. Apparently mods and staff can flag pages that need to be filled out further, cleaned up, etc. This is something I think has been needed from the beginning and I'm glad it's here. There are even point bounties for each task. It's like taking on a quest in an MMO! OK, now I'm going to far. Anyways, everyone should check it out and start editing more pages.

 Cool idea, should keep the wikis fresh.

Thanks for the heads-up.  Unfortunately, I have no knowledge on any of the tasks.

Wow.  
 
This is a really nice feature.

Pinning this topic until the staff get some form of announcement of their own up :)
 
Any questions, feel free to ask them!

I accepted the task to edit the Portal 2 page what with the announcement today. Very cool feature indeed.

Awesome new feature!

This is actually awesome.

Sweet. I'll get started on some right now.

Nice new feature.

Great feature. Just hope it won't encourage more plagiarism. Perhaps an extra close watch will be kept on these pages.

Fast question
What does these mean:

" Fast question
What does these mean: "

What an awesome typo:  

 "When closing the task, the moderator assigns the bounty to all members who deserve points based on their desecration."

Alright! This might be just enough for the Wiki to matter again.

I just finished the task for the Activision page!

Is there any way to see who is currently working on a page?

Yes, I just got a 150 point bounty from Jeff for the Halo 3: ODST page. There are still some things I need to do on there though, but I like this feature! 
 
The only problem so far is  that this causes several people to work on a page at once, which I have already noticed causes people's submissions to be lost. I had to re-do some stuff because it got canceled out by another person's submissions, and then I saw someone mention the same thing happened to them after I submitted my own stuff >< 
 
I am not sure of a solution, besides maybe the people who have accepted the task communicating better, but that can be tricky. I wonder if they could make it so when a person accepts a task, no one else can work on it until that person is done? The problem with this is unreliable people accepting a task and then not working on it right away.

Man, what a good Idea. I'm gonna add this page as a book mark.

Lmao at the "Grass" concept, and its apparent over-use.

I like the idea a lot! I am looking forward to hitting it up every day to see if there's any cool catches I can fill in :-)
I am not going to replay Neverwinter Nights to finish up Aribeth's bio though. NWN is too dated with Dragon Age out now, it's not exactly a superb singleplayer experience either.

Hey sweet, my topic got pinned. This feature rocks. I'm gonna go see what I can fill the MLB 2K10 page out with. Seems like I'm one of the few sports game fans here so it may be up to me.  :P

Great feature!!

Great idea. Finally got me back into editing.

I have to say, I really like this feature, Snide has been teasing us with Wiki Goodness, and they have delivered. 

" @Vito_Raliffe: It would be really good if you could view who was currently editing the page so you could prevent people from changing things while you are changing things. "

" @natetodamax said:

" @Vito_Raliffe: It would be really good if you could view who was currently editing the page so you could prevent people from changing things while you are changing things. "

Yeah, that would be useful. While you can see if someone has chosen to work on it, you don't know if they are actually changing anything at that very moment. Maybe when on the page, being able to see a list of users currently editing would help. "

" @natetodamax said:

" @Vito_Raliffe: It would be really good if you could view who was currently editing the page so you could prevent people from changing things while you are changing things. "

Yeah, that would be useful. While you can see if someone has chosen to work on it, you don't know if they are actually changing anything at that very moment. Maybe when on the page, being able to see a list of users currently editing would help. "

Cool! Will work when I have the time.

I love this feature, it's the video game wiki equivalent of a hit list. Only... you know, legal. And I get rewarded for knowing way too much about Ocarina of Time.

" Yes, I just got a 150 point bounty from Jeff for the Halo 3: ODST page. There are still some things I need to do on there though, but I like this feature!  The only problem so far is  that this causes several people to work on a page at once, which I have already noticed causes people's submissions to be lost. I had to re-do some stuff because it got canceled out by another person's submissions, and then I saw someone mention the same thing happened to them after I submitted my own stuff ><  I am not sure of a solution, besides maybe the people who have accepted the task communicating better, but that can be tricky. I wonder if they could make it so when a person accepts a task, no one else can work on it until that person is done? The problem with this is unreliable people accepting a task and then not working on it right away. "

Again, great feature. Finished editing two entries and are now awaiting approval.  
It definetely motivates me more to edit stuff on here again.

" @Vito_Raliffe said:

" Yes, I just got a 150 point bounty from Jeff for the Halo 3: ODST page. There are still some things I need to do on there though, but I like this feature!  The only problem so far is  that this causes several people to work on a page at once, which I have already noticed causes people's submissions to be lost. I had to re-do some stuff because it got canceled out by another person's submissions, and then I saw someone mention the same thing happened to them after I submitted my own stuff ><  I am not sure of a solution, besides maybe the people who have accepted the task communicating better, but that can be tricky. I wonder if they could make it so when a person accepts a task, no one else can work on it until that person is done? The problem with this is unreliable people accepting a task and then not working on it right away. "

We thought about this, but in the end I'd rather have two people get the bounty than have a person hog the task and not finish it. We're looking into some more real time solutions for editing (possibly blocking editing on a page when we know someone else is doing it) but for now it's really best to just communicate in the comments.  We'll likely have a more official announcement about tasks next week. Right now we're just letting you early adopters play around with it and find bugs. "

Putting out 'bounties', you say? So you could say that someone who searches out and takes on multitudes of tasks is, in a way, a 'bounty hunter'?  
 
This is now Reason #463 that Giantbomb is website excellence epitomized.

I think that users with over a certain set amount of points should be able to do something along these lines. I really like this concept, but fear it will become very obsolete if some of the mods stop marking pages.

" @MarkWahlberg: Whoa, are you saying that I can call myself a "Bounty Hunter" and have it be true?! Because, man...that would be AWESOME! "

" I think that users with over a certain set amount of points should be able to do something along these lines. I really like this concept, but fear it will become very obsolete if some of the mods stop marking pages. "

" @StarFoxA said:

" I think that users with over a certain set amount of points should be able to do something along these lines. I really like this concept, but fear it will become very obsolete if some of the mods stop marking pages. "

Part of the plan! Right now we're just testing things out, but yes, we intend to open this up once we watch the flow of a couple tasks. "

" @StarFoxA said:

" I think that users with over a certain set amount of points should be able to do something along these lines. I really like this concept, but fear it will become very obsolete if some of the mods stop marking pages. "

Part of the plan! Right now we're just testing things out, but yes, we intend to open this up once we watch the flow of a couple tasks. "

P.S. Nice Santa hat on your avatar pic in March Dave.  :P "  

" @JJWeatherman: That's on purpose at the moment. We're just testing things out this weekend. "

As an avid wiki contribute it's really great to finally see some new features. This a great way to get more people to add stuff to pages and it'll just give more to edit in general, which is always nice.

Great to finnally see some feature encouraging the use of the wiki. 
 
I completed one of the "tasks" (odd name, could not help myself but replace it with the word "bounty" in my mind) and i think that i've noticed a small bug.  When accapting one the small window will slide open but you can click the button again to have the same window slide open a second time under it. I can't really check this since there are no open "tasks" that i can fill in. 
 
The way points are arbitrary rewarded is a bit odd. There is one task for the Neverwinter Nights 2 i believe worth 300 points but completing what is actually asked would already grant the user at least 1000 points. Guess that it still has to be figured out how to exactly reward people people who complete these tasks.

"The way points are arbitrary rewarded is a bit odd. There is one task for the Neverwinter Nights 2 i believe worth 300 points but completing what is actually asked would already grant the user at least 1000 points. Guess that it still has to be figured out how to exactly reward people people who complete these tasks."

"The way points are arbitrary rewarded is a bit odd. There is one task for the Neverwinter Nights 2 i believe worth 300 points but completing what is actually asked would already grant the user at least 1000 points. Guess that it still has to be figured out how to exactly reward people people who complete these tasks. "