User talk:Blasterdark

Welcome
Hi, welcome to ! Thanks for your edit to the The King of Fighters XIV page. Enjoy your stay and contribute. Ways you can help out are:


 * Create new articles from our wanted pages list!


 * Expand the fighting style sections for character articles.


 * Create character movelists!


 * If you know more about the subject, feel free to expand any of our short pages!

Please note that this is an automated message. However, feel free to leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! Kyosei (talk) 10:32, November 1, 2015 (UTC)

Re:Contributions
There's nothing stopping you from updating the wiki if you see outdated info. The main thing I tend to undo is fan speculation or fanon. If you actually looked at the edits I undo most of it is trivia based on fan opinions or edits to infoboxes that fans shoe horn in their favorite ships/couples. And if they do talk directly to me about me removing it I do go to their talk page to tell them why I removed it. Normally when it comes to fandom I don't mind this, but this is a wiki that adheres to strictly canon. If it didn't come from SNK themselves it gets removed. There's already a lot of misinformation spread as is about SNK when it comes to their canon, we don't need it here.

If it's not the above, I'm usually just removing redundant info. You don't need to see the same thing said twice if possible. Short and concise is the way to go. It's in no way meant as a form of malice when I cut down writing, it's simply just me wanting to cut straight to the point. There's also a lot of contributors whose first language is obviously not English. I tend to have to go over it to correct any grammar and spelling errors. Kyosei (talk) 00:37, December 17, 2015 (UTC)
 * I do not doubt users' sincerity when it comes to improving the wiki. In that case you referenced, I don't find references particularly helpful when it comes to games. Mainly because most of this info is just coming from the games themselves. It's not like a historical/scientific topic where scores of research papers or books need to be sourced. And again all franchise specific sources are sourced in the list in the link I provided, which can be quite literally accessed from every single page on the wiki. This is not an exaggeration; it's up at the very top of the wiki under the community tab as the first link. The fact the said user felt it was hidden/hard to find is somewhat dubious. Rather than cluttering articles with a reference list, it's neatly organized in a single organized master list similar to what you would find in a book with its citations listed at the end. Besides I don't see the need to do it like Wikipedia. Unlike Wikipedia, we are focused on a single video game company. Kyosei (talk) 09:47, December 17, 2015 (UTC)
 * I highly doubt putting reference list as you suggest are going to bring as many visitors/contributors as you suggest. Some of the most popular wikis on wikia do not use these. Even then, every character page has a game, anime and cameo appearances list. In lieu of a reference list, this basically serves the same purpose. Kyosei (talk) 17:08, December 17, 2015 (UTC)
 * Articles are already organized in a user friendly manner with info separated into clearly defined sections. There's already plenty of traffic for a niche wiki. Over 15k views just yesterday. It's not as dire as you think it is. Kyosei (talk) 18:31, December 18, 2015 (UTC)
 * To be honest the best way to increase views is have SNK release more games that aren't mobile or pachislots. The only reason I mentioned organization is because you brought it up first in your previous reply to me: Pages need to be shown as full of relevant information with properly organize user friendly way.


 * To be frank I still fail to see how adding a reference list will help increase viewers as you claim. As I said before, the appearance list tells viewers every game a character appears if the reader is so inclined. On top of that if you read the story summaries, they tell you exactly which game they're talking about adding references in this case is extremely redundant. I never liked how citations take away from the reading experience. It looks messy and takes the reader straight down to the bottom of the page if they click said citation and readers will have to scroll back to where they were reading. Not to mention coding for it is atrocious. The wiki is not supposed to be a replacement for playing the games themselves. It's to serve as a nice summary for anyone who wants to see the overall story but doesn't have the time to experience it. Even then, finding a Lets Play on Youtube is the next best thing to playing a the game. I don't see why the wiki has to replace Youtube. Kyosei (talk) 16:34, December 19, 2015 (UTC)