Guild Wars 2

About a month ago, I found a post from someone asking about the recipe for the Superior Sigil of the Night. As we looked into it, we thought that it seemed that the wiki page for the item had not been updated from last year’s recipe. There is now a newer page for the same item giving the updated recipe.

Old Entry: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Recipe:_Superior_Sigil_of_the_Night

New Entry: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Sigil_of_the_Night

Maybe I just missed it, but at the time (and even now), I was unable to find a clear instruction on what to do when the update needed was something more significant than just editing or adding text. It seemed that the title/topic for the page needed to be changed or it needed to be merged with the new entry. I ended up just making a note on the page with a link to redirect players to the new recipe.

There is a newer note on the page now, but I think it’s still unclear, and my redirect to the new recipe was removed entirely. Today I clicked around and finally found instructions using the discussion tab. I’d noticed the tab existed a month ago when I was editing the page, but at the time, it looked like a discussion board spot (I hadn’t found the instructions about using it to discuss edits). It might just be me being in a rush, but if other people have the same trouble, then I hoped there would be a way to clarify the instructions and make them a little more visible.

I know that the wiki is largely player maintained, but I also wondered if there is any oversight from Anet staff to help with fact checking. Also, is there a list given to the team maintaining the wiki of items that will be impacted in an updated? Content management in a wiki is difficult to keep up with and I wondered how it is organized. In the last few patches, I’ve run into a few pages that were missed in the updating, while other pages have notes even before the new release is available for download.

As far as I can tell you attempted to redirect from the recipe (which must also be crafted) page to the sigil page.

I can’t help on the Wiki editing side but you can try the help page Http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Help:Contents