Thread:JustinDaOne/@comment-24108837-20131121131705

OK it happened. After copy/pasting the list of Epic bosses and assoiciated armours from Bosses to the Epic Boss Armors the very first update went wrong. We now have 2 different lists on the wiki of the same thing with different content. Both those lists are now officially unreliable. But don't worry, I am going to fix that. I am going to synchronise the changes that were made. But I am going to do that only once because after that I am going to remove one of the lists and replace it with a link. I do not think that standardising the wiki content by just copying the same information to every page is the way to improve any wiki. In fact it should be a big nono on every wiki.

I propose the following standardisation rule:

If you want to use the same information on more than one location in the wiki then do one or more of these.

do's:

- NEVER copy/paste information from one wiki page to another one just like that.

- Leave the information on the original location and put a link in the new location. This is usually the best option. The information probably was originally there for a reason. If the information is moved all links to it have to be changed. That is not always an easy thing to do.

- Move the information to the 2nd location and REPLACE IT WITH A LINK on the original location. That link is important

- Create a dedicated page for it and link from both locations. This is very useful if the information has a self-contained quality. It will improve usability and manageability if more loosely related topics lean on this info.

- Do nothing. Doing nothing is sometimes a very good option.

don'ts:

- Do not remove information just because it has limited relevance to or does not the project you are currently working on. That is why a wiki has several pages: because a multitude of information is hosted with a multitude of uses and from a multitude of viewpoints.

- Do not (and I mean DO NOT EVER) duplicate information already on the wiki by just copy/pasting it to another page. That will never add meaningful content. It will only add confusion, chaos and unmanageability. A link will do. 