Board Thread:Wiki General Discussion/@comment-25406802-20190118161853

How's it goin' bros? My name is PEWDIEPIE, and today I will be addressing something that I feel should have been addressed long ago since I still see it today.

Ok so basically, I'm monky recently I have noticed an influx of pages that either have been made with no purpose or lack of quality information, are self-titled or contain categories that are practically unneeded.

In case you have checked the Recent Wiki Activity, you probably have seen us staff do some "automatic" editing to categories in piles, with around 100 edits per second or something of the like. What we were prioritizing is the categorization of pages - what should stay, what should go, and what should be renamed? Categories like "Levels with User Coins" and "Levels with Silver User Coins" would join into just one category, "Levels with User Coins". Other categories, such as "Ultra Easy Demons" found itself 6 feet under alongside other categories, since they posed no actual use.

The reason why we delete certain categories is because the categories will not be primarily looked at if the typical user went to search through categories to find a page they want to see. Thus, they serve little to no purpose and would be classified or at least deemed to be unnecessary.

With that being kept into mind, there has been occasions where users may post categories in which they feel may fall as relevant to the page. While that may be the case, it may not be something that a general passerby may consider taking in. Additionally, there may be categories in which aren't enough in number to keep itself alive. For example, if there were only 8 articles that had the category, "Levels with the song Beastmode", there isn't enough to keep the category alive, plus the fact that nobody would potentially search for a level SPECIFICALLY using that information alone.

Additionally, there are some misconceptions or whatnot when it comes to adding difficulty categories. Most notably, when applying them to demon levels. For example, the level that has a bit of controversy with its difficulty, "Nine Circles" by Zobros. The page has had categories such as "Easy Demon levels" or "Insane levels", but these categories don't match the current difficulty of Nine Circles, which is Hard Demon. Sure, the "Demon levels" category will do just fine, but when it comes to adding a Demon level category based on difficulty, it has to be based on the difficulty shown in the game, which is "Hard Demon", instead of using another category of the like based on one's opinion. Sure, the rating in the game is based on community ratings and opinions, but as a number + RobTop's rating, it accounts as enough to be reasoned with. tl;dr please add the right difficulty to the level pages based on what difficulty they currently bear rather than what you feel.

Lastly, Page-making.

I believe this has been stated before, but it will be stated again. When it comes to making pages, please make a page on a level or player that would be considered to be popular enough to have a stand-alone pages.

Staff had been scrutinizing each pages as of recently, and have found numerous examples of unnecessary pages. These pages include:
 * Levels with little to no renown
 * Levels of a user as a way of advertisement
 * Unrated Levels of no significance
 * Joke Levels
 * Spam Levels
 * Players of little to no renown
 * Self-advertising pages of a player (with the exception of the "Verified" users)

It is best advised that users avoid making pages like these, unless they feel it should be implemented, in which they can ask a staff member for intake about the addition of the page.

Staff will be discussing the standards of a user page as a standalone article. I will keep you posted in the meantime.

All in all, please take note of your edits, make sure you are typing relevant information and implementing the right categories, and if you are going to make a page, make sure that the topic of the page is good enough to stand alone. If you feel that you don't understand or not know if something can have an article of its own, feel free to speak to one of us staff and we will be happy to help you.

That's all for now. Thank you for tuning in to this forum post, if you LIKED it, Punch the like button in the face LIKE A BOSS, and hi-fives all around.

I'll see you on the next forum post!

-Sonar 