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One of the [[PCGamingWiki:About#Reddit_comics|reasons]] for creating PCGamingWiki was the lack of easily accessible and comprehensive instructions on making games work. | One of the [[PCGamingWiki:About#Reddit_comics|reasons]] for creating PCGamingWiki was the lack of easily accessible and comprehensive instructions on making games work. | ||
| − | As such, the [[PCGamingWiki:Editing guide/Fixboxes and providing instructions|guidelines]] of the wiki state "if the fixes provided are not explained in a clean and easy to follow process, then they are useless. Ultimately, this defeats the purpose of this wiki.", "Do NOT ever assume that the reader can "figure out the rest". Provide a full set of instructions for the fix, up until the game is fixed completely and can be played." and so forth. Avoid [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Red_Dead_Redemption_2&diff=907653&oldid=907651 one-line recommendations] unless they are fully sufficient. | + | As such, the [[PCGamingWiki:Editing guide/Fixboxes and providing instructions|guidelines]] of the wiki state "''if the fixes provided are not explained in a clean and easy to follow process, then they are useless. Ultimately, this defeats the purpose of this wiki.''", "''Do NOT ever assume that the reader can "figure out the rest". Provide a full set of instructions for the fix, up until the game is fixed completely and can be played.''" and so forth. Avoid [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Red_Dead_Redemption_2&diff=907653&oldid=907651 one-line recommendations] unless they are fully sufficient. |
Moreover, we want to make sure [[PCGamingWiki:Editing_guide/References#General_guidelines|instructions or other claims are verifiable or come from credible sources]], because otherwise articles would become polluted with all kinds of anecdotal evidence that may be purely coincidental, making them extremely hard to navigate and distracting from the useful, verifiable claims and detailed instructions. | Moreover, we want to make sure [[PCGamingWiki:Editing_guide/References#General_guidelines|instructions or other claims are verifiable or come from credible sources]], because otherwise articles would become polluted with all kinds of anecdotal evidence that may be purely coincidental, making them extremely hard to navigate and distracting from the useful, verifiable claims and detailed instructions. | ||
The wiki exists to summarize and outline the best of the available fixes for each game. Attempting to be a disorganized [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Red_Dead_Redemption_2&type=revision&diff=907302&oldid=907211 collection] of blog posts and disconnected user comments would defeat the purpose of the wiki. This is also the reason we should avoid providing general instructions within game articles and take them to [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Category:Guide guide] pages. There is no doubt that [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Red_Dead_Redemption_2&diff=907650&oldid=907645 lowering graphics settings] or [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Red_Dead_Redemption_2&diff=907632&oldid=907617 closing unused applications] can improve performance, but that is applicable to all games, it is common sense, and thus of no added value to each specific game article. | The wiki exists to summarize and outline the best of the available fixes for each game. Attempting to be a disorganized [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Red_Dead_Redemption_2&type=revision&diff=907302&oldid=907211 collection] of blog posts and disconnected user comments would defeat the purpose of the wiki. This is also the reason we should avoid providing general instructions within game articles and take them to [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Category:Guide guide] pages. There is no doubt that [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Red_Dead_Redemption_2&diff=907650&oldid=907645 lowering graphics settings] or [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Red_Dead_Redemption_2&diff=907632&oldid=907617 closing unused applications] can improve performance, but that is applicable to all games, it is common sense, and thus of no added value to each specific game article. | ||