Forum:Gameplay notes sections

We used to have notes at the bottom of all slow firing pistols reminding people not to use them on Priority: Mars. However these have since been deemed 'unnecessary because its repeating information'. However I do not see repetition of information as an innately bad thing.

My proposal is however that we make sections on relevant pages that repeat information so that someone reading the wiki is more likely to find it.

Why have these? Let me explain this with an example. Say someone (not an editor) is trying to find information on all the shops on Illium in Mass Effect 2, Are they more likely to start by searching for shops or for Illium? Well its difficult to tell, but should we be leaving those who start at Illium with a dead end? I think not. So these sections are there to share gameplay relevant information across pages that people are likely to try looking for it on or more likely to see it if it is there (such as the slow pistols mentioned earlier).

How these will work: These sections will only contain information that can be found elsewhere on the wiki (as a measure to help limit their size). They will be written with the intention to convey a concise but informative version of points deemed important in terms of gameplay. Each point should include links to the relevant pages in the wiki with a more detailed version of the information.

What would these include? bugs or bad scripting that, when in conjunction with the topic of the page, create a situation that heavily impedes progression through an section of gameplay (pistols on mars off the top of my head). others would be: names of shops and people to converse with in order to start or end a quest or assignment if it is not obvious.

Not a comprehensive list of everything in an area that can be interacted with.

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 * 1) Midnightpiranha (talk) 23:45, January 25, 2013 (UTC)