Forum:Inaccuracy

I've been hearing more and more complaints about the inaccuracy and fabrication of articles and information on the Wiki (which apparently has led people to shy away from it). But to this date, I have yet to see one example save one fabricated article put up by a player whose name I forget which was dealt with and deleted as per guidelines.

So, rather than sit there and complain that there are inaccurate articles, say something about it or do something about it. Hell, I'll even create a whole new section for people to post their concerns over potentially inaccurate material. Tell me, Hawke, or Xerxes about potentially inaccurate material. Or edit it yourself and fix it so it is accurate. Don't just complain and berate the Wiki without bringing some evidence to the table.

There are some times I take creative license to flesh out the MUSH pre-history (where there is little to no information), back when the game was still in its infancy - for instance, much of the Battle of Coruscant and Second Battle of Coruscant are fleshed out based on what I know - that Tagger assembled the Emperor's PRide Fleet and attempted to reclaim Coruscant. That was one of the first things I read back in 2001 when I first joined the MUSH; there was a little Imperial academy built into OSG and it had documents you can read. It told Tagger's story, but it was very limited in detail. So I fleshed it out some a while back (before I was banned) and it was overly accepted by the community - no one had any problems with it. Another such example is the Kessel Redoubt, which took the various battles of Kessel and put it into some reasonable context. The Imperial FH liked the idea, although he had some issue with some of the details (which I fixed), and it was accepted. So there is a difference between taking some creative license to flesh out the pre-history and inaccurate articles. I haven't done any of that in a long time (since my ban pretty much prevents that). However, in retrospect, I probably shouldn't have done that without initially collaborating with the rest of the community to ensure it would be accepted. At the time I was Imperial AFH and I still had my reputation, so people were pretty willing to just forgo examining it too much and just accepting it as is (unless it was incredibly unbelievable and too ridiculous to).

So, in essence, if you see something wrong, say something. Because I patrol the recent changes, I make sure facts check out, and if it doesn't I'll do something about it. But all I hear is that the Wiki is inaccurate, it's a joke, etc., but I don't see anyone substantiating those claims. So, please, if you have any care at all, do so. --Danik Kreldin 22:38, 7 November 2007 (UTC)