Thread:Dirtbag Daryl/@comment-26454032-20150211010133

There's something I would like for you (and the other admins) to take a look at. I would also like for you guys to hear me out.

I know you have said many times that you guys are waiting to add info to the Mortal Kombat X (2015 video game) page, so I feel a little dumb writing this, or even trying what I've been doing/testing. But still, like I said, I would like for you guys to hear me out. Here it goes:

Mortal Kombat X is releasing in 2 months, and 4 days from now, and there's still stuff on the MKX page that hasn't been added or fixed. I know 2 months is enough to fix this stuff (a few days would be enough), but the stuff needs to be added and fixed either way. If I remember right, you said that you were wanting to wait until that game is out, or about to come out before adding the info (or something like that). But there's a few reasons why I think we shouldn't do that:


 * 1 - If we keep waiting, more and more info will come out, which means more and more things that we will have to add to the page at one time. I'm not really talking about characters or stages, those get added to the page within a day or two when they are announced. I'm talking about modes, editions, costumes, and any other additional info. This could end up being a pain to do if we keep waiting, because you guys add sources to the info on the wiki pages by using a Ref List. If we keep waiting, we will have to add all of this info at one time but also provide sources to the stuff, which means we will have to find articles from months ago and add them to the Ref List. Since only admins can edit the page, that leaves only a handful of people that can do the edits. However, some of the admins don't really even edit (or if they do, it isn't often). The admins that I see that does edits is always either you, Xperia, or sometimes Riley. Mainly you and Xperia though. This leaves only a couple people to do this stuff, which could be a pain for you two (especially if we keep waiting).


 * 2 - More info about Mortal Kombat X will be added, which will be good for people who hasn't really been keeping up with the game. They could come here, and find a bunch of info to let them know about what's in the game. They could learn about characters, stages, modes, editions, gameplay, plot details, release date(s), find out who is developing the ports of the game, etc. Right now though, it's mainly just characters and stages. The gameplay section could be upgraded greatly, info about factions could be added, and more. I will talk about this stuff later.


 * 3 - This is a small reason; adding more info to pages can never really be bad.

Ok, now that's out of the way, I would like to talk about what can be added/edited. For one, there's nothing about Factions or Living Towers on the page. The only thing about Factions on the page is this from the Gameplay section: "The press release promised "all new gameplay" featuring "a new fully-connected experience that launches players into a persistent online game where every fight matters in a global battle for supremacy". There's nothing about Living Towers.

These are two things that has been confirmed for a while now, and have a good bit of info too. Don't get me wrong, we don't know everything about these modes, but we know a good bit.

Next up is the Gameplay section, which has very little info than it could have. It only says the same thing that everyone said we the game was first announced. It has nothing about Interactables, Super Meter, Meterburned Grabs, Running or Stamina Meter on it. These are all things that has been known ever since E3 2014, and they still haven't been added yet. And we know penty of info about them.

Next is story/plot details. Even though we don't know much about the game's story, we do have a comic. We could add a comic section which gives you some general info about the comic (who writes it, who published it, the release date for the first chapter and issue, etc), as well as a link to the Mortal Kombat X Comic page.

Next is editions. Nothing about the "Kollector's Edition by Coarse", "Kollector's Edition EU/Import Edition", "Premium Edition" or "Limited Edition" has been added.

Next is the Kombat Pack. We don't know a lot about it, but this is what we know: It includes 4 characters (klassic MK characters, and iconic guest characters) and themed skin packs. It will also be available on day-one, and it's basically a season pass.

Next is a bunch of little info that could be added or fixed:


 * On the infobox under "Developer(s)", it says the Prev. Gen port will be done by "Showtime Studios". This isn't correct. The Prev. Gen port and PC port will be done by "High Voltage Studios".


 * Under the costumes section, Gold Scorpion and Cold War Scorpion needs to be added.


 * The spacing between the sections on the page is off sometimes, and needs to be fixed.


 * A "Cameo Characters" section needs to be added under the "Characters" section.


 * Probably some other info that needs to be added/fixed that I forgot about.

Once again, I know you guys keep telling me you are waiting, but I think that can be really bad. Not only would it end up creating a bunch of stuff that a handful of people need to do, but it also creates less info about MKX on the wiki, which means new people won't know much (or at least from the wiki, they will have to go some where else to find the info). I also feel like MKX needs to be a real focus on the wiki, since it's the new game of course (yes, I know it's a focus; it's what a lot of discussions on the forum has been about, and the wiki has gotten a new theme. But the lack of info on the page is just weird in my opinion).

That's all. If you were confused when I said "so I feel a little dumb writing this, or even trying what I've been doing/testing", it's because I have, indeed, started doing tests for the MKX page. You can find it here (though, you may have already seen it): http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Gamer68/test

What I'm doing is copying the info from the MKX page, and adding it on there. This creates a complete copy of the page for me. Then I'm editing and adding stuff to give you guys an example of some of the stuff we can do. Keep in mind that I've hardly worked on it, and when I do I only add a little info. This is because it's only an example that I started on, and I'm still not even done with it yet.

Sorry for the wall of text, but I just really needed to say that. If you were confused on anything that I said, just tell me what it was, and I will try to reply. Please don't be annoyed by this, and if you could let the other admins know about this, that would be nice. That is all. 