I really like browsing across skins easily, but the wiki was chaotic in this regards. So, for some weeks I’ve been organizing all the skins of the game, weapons and armor, in lists and categories.
This is the result: (Work in progress)
Lists:
- http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_weapon_sets
- http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_standalone_weapons
- http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_armor_sets
- http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_standalone_armor
Categories:
- http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Category:Weapon_sets
- http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Category:Standalone_weapons
- http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Category:Armor_sets
- http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Category:Standalone_armor
So, how do you navigate this?
First of all, skins, both weapons and armor, are divided into 3 groups/pages:
- Sets: Collections of skins that share visual characteristics and source, and usually name patterns, too.
- Standalone: Skins that aren’t part of any set.
- Renamed: Skins that are just renamed versions of set or standalone skins. (Pages still not done)
Then, skins are divided by primary source, and sorted by basic accessibility:
- Cultural: Bought with coin, bound and race-locked.
- Karma: Bought with karma, bound.
- Personal Story: Unlocked during the Personal Story, bound.
- Token: Bought with various tokens, bound.
- Crafted: Crafting, not bound.
- Loot: Looted, not bound.
- Temporary: Not available, not bound.
- Limited: Not available anymore, bound.
- Other
This model is present in both the lists and the categories, and is generic enough on purpose to keep adding new skins without having to reorganize everything, moving or deleting previous work.
This organization doesn’t discriminate between weapons with stats, weapons without stats or weapon skins. I think someone browsing this doesn’t care about that, and want to have everything in a single place. Also, the lists don’t include stats of any kind. I think it would be way too confusing, and there’s already better pages for that, like this one: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Equipment_acquisition_by_stats which cover stats perfectly.
Additionally, set lists include a quick reference table, which comes handy to see when a set can be obtained from different sources,
as well as to know which sets share their model, and only differentiate from each other for the texture.
What do I want from you?
I just want you to navigate a bit around the entire organization, and tell me if you feel it’s user-friendly. Basically, I want to know if you like this system, and then discuss what you don’t like about it.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t know about how wikis work, just ask about anything you don’t understand, and I’ll try to answer as best as possible. Believe or not, those who know the less are usually the first ones to find things to improve, details that editors usually miss, so don’t hold back your opinions.
There’s still work to do, and I’d feel safer if you, the people who browse the wiki, like and support this model. Obviously, I don’t want to work hours and hours in something that may end removed after internal wiki practice disputes. And well, maybe if you don’t like this model we can work on a new one? The wiki should be the best place to browse stuff about the game, and I would like to work towards a stable model, no matter how it’s like.
You have an “opportunity” as users to voice your opinion about the wiki, I hope you use it well and we get something good out of this
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