Thread:Rega3683/@comment-5754239-20190225212001

Hi there, Rega!

I noticed you've been having some difficulty lately editing the wiki, what with some of our more experienced editors reverting or undoing some of our edits. I wanted to check in with you to give you some perspective about why this has been happening, and see what concerns you may have. Please understand that this is not meant to be taken personally, and is purely to clarify how the wiki is structured. Feel free to respond with any questions you may have after you read this.


 * Removal of "duplicate" entries in joke lists
 * What this means: Removing rows in the table that say the same joke and combining them into one row. For example:
 * {|class="wikitable"


 * 1:23
 * "Meet the Flintstones"
 * 3:57
 * "Snow halation"
 * 4:32
 * "Meet the Flintstones"
 * }
 * ...becomes:
 * {|class="wikitable"
 * }
 * ...becomes:
 * {|class="wikitable"


 * 1:23, 4:32
 * "Meet the Flintstones"
 * 3:57
 * "Snow halation"
 * }
 * Why it is reverted back: A lot of readers prefer that the jokes section be in full chronological order so that they can listen to a rip and follow the table along to see what jokes appear when. For example, if I was listening to the rip with the first table, I would be able to see immediately that whatever change occurs at 1:23 is because of "Meet the Flintstones", then 3:57 it's because of "Snow halation", and at 4:32 it's again because of "Meet the Flintstones". If I only had the second table, I would not be able to immediately tell that the change at 4:32 is because of "Meet the Flintstones" because I would need to look at all other entries already in the table for the "4:32" timestamp.
 * }
 * Why it is reverted back: A lot of readers prefer that the jokes section be in full chronological order so that they can listen to a rip and follow the table along to see what jokes appear when. For example, if I was listening to the rip with the first table, I would be able to see immediately that whatever change occurs at 1:23 is because of "Meet the Flintstones", then 3:57 it's because of "Snow halation", and at 4:32 it's again because of "Meet the Flintstones". If I only had the second table, I would not be able to immediately tell that the change at 4:32 is because of "Meet the Flintstones" because I would need to look at all other entries already in the table for the "4:32" timestamp.


 * As more rows and jokes are added, it becomes even harder to search for a particular timestamp, and many times it is very hard to tell exactly when a joke appears so a reader may not even know what time stamp to look for.


 * Replacing time stamps with "(and throughout)"
 * What this means: If a joke list has multiple entries, similar to the previous example, instead of combining the time stamp, the words "(and throughout)" are put instead of the later entries. For example:
 * {|class="wikitable"


 * 1:23
 * "Meet the Flintstones"
 * 3:57
 * "Snow halation"
 * 4:32
 * "Meet the Flintstones"
 * }
 * ...becomes:
 * {|class="wikitable"
 * }
 * ...becomes:
 * {|class="wikitable"


 * 1:23, 4:32
 * "Meet the Flintstones"
 * 3:57
 * "Snow halation"
 * }
 * ...and then:
 * {|class="wikitable"
 * ...and then:
 * {|class="wikitable"


 * 1:23 (and throughout)
 * "Meet the Flintstones"
 * 3:57
 * "Snow halation"
 * }
 * Why it is reverted back: This is even worse than the previous example because it does not tell the reader anything about the other instances of "Meet the Flintstones", or even how many instances there are. This practice also goes against the principle of this wiki as a source of information because it purposefully removes valuable information from a page (in contrast with reorganizing it, as in the previous example).
 * }
 * Why it is reverted back: This is even worse than the previous example because it does not tell the reader anything about the other instances of "Meet the Flintstones", or even how many instances there are. This practice also goes against the principle of this wiki as a source of information because it purposefully removes valuable information from a page (in contrast with reorganizing it, as in the previous example).


 * Adding uncited trivia / history
 * What this means: Adding trivia about a rip such as who commented on it, the previous names of the rip, and other trivia. For example this trivia point about someone commenting on a rip and this trivia point about the previous name of a rip.
 * Why it is reverted back: While some trivia points are relevant and interesting, others are irrelevant and unverified. It is important that trivia points are related to SiIvaGunner, provide useful information, and have citations in the form of references. A trivia point like this:


 * This rip was originally been named as "Bonus Game - Super Mario World"
 * ...is relevant to SiIvaGunner and provides useful information, but it is unverified. You must have a reference to a tweet from @GiIvaSunner that confirms that the rip was renamed and when. In addition, this sentence is not grammatically correct. The corrected version (courtesy of AgnesMoorehead's contribution) is:


 * This rip was originally titled "Bonus Game - Super Mario World".