Forum:Amending COD:NOT in relation to tips

Hey, I come to you today to talk about an idea I brought up in chat last night, and then me and a few users discussed. I fell we should re-allow game "Tips" on the Wiki.

A current rule of COD:NOT is that we, as a Database on all information related to Call of Duty, are not a strategy guide, and I agree with this. We don't need whole pages dedicate pd to strategy, nor does each campaign mission need a walkthrough. Now that that's out of the way, let me explain what I mean by re-allowing tips.

The first thing is that minor tips could be organically implemented into articles. When discussing the layout of a Multiplayer map you could say "There is a tower to the south, it is ideal for sniping. It's stair case is also a choke point with only one entrance making it ideal for claymore placement as well". On a Zombie page you could say "This wide open area presents a good location to circle and train a zombie horde". Even for a campaign mission you could say "It is suggested you snipe at this point rather than rush on foot, especially on higher difficulties". I feel most readers would find this informative and helpful, even if it is a bit opinionated.

The second is we should re-introduce a tips section, similar to a trivia section, where users can easily add tips about any weapon, perk, map, mission, enemy, etc. for the benefit of the whole community. These sections would need to be regulated, which means more work for us, but I feel like it would benefit the community and give players who aren't particularly interested in the story or trivial information about Call of Duty to visit the wiki once again. Also, since these sections would be opinionated and not fact, we could have a disclaimer template reading "Warning: The following information is based on user generated opinion and is not fact. These tips may or may not work for you" with some kind of Call of Duty flare or quote (Maybe even from a newer game for once?!?). This is similar to what the Zelda Wiki does for Theory sections.

I know this will likely be a bit controversial because we are a wiki, a site for facts and not opinions. But I also feel like we have to remember what else we are, a community resource. We have a lot of information that's not relevant to your average player, and I feels like since Advanced Warfare is, shock of all shocks, looking like it could be a good game that actually re-invigorates the community, it's time we start adapting and changing to be an even better resource than we already are. It will get more users involved with the wiki, both by having people want to add and want to find tips, so I don't see any negatives at all.

If this passes implementation will obviously be an issue, so I would like to make an early request that if this forum passes we continue using this forum to organize a Community Project to re-implement tips (Though I'll add a bunch of Zombies ones, obviously).

Thank you for reading, discuss below. Damac1214 17:09, November 4, 2014 (UTC)