User blog comment:Mjb24v/Collaboration, and collaborators/@comment-1687225-20121102195856

An active community is very important to a successful gaming wiki (in terms of writing it not so much as viewing it).

I believe that writing this wiki is a truly collaborative exercise. Without Balagog, I would have no idea how to make most of the tables and charts that you see on the wiki right now. Without Ltpliers, the weapons and shield pages would look very different and not as complete today. Without Fingyer's encouragement and steadfastness in the first place, I would (and I believe the others) would have considered this wiki too dead to be worth editing in the first place. It's a team effort and each of us plays a role that is unique and important.

At the same time, we are only a very small group of editors that I would like to see grow. As I have mentioned before, most people that come here to edit make some edits and some promises, and then disappear. If, however, we were to receive new members that edit regularly and diligently, I'd gladly welcome them to the team. I do not like elitism and do not promote it, and so I try to be as friendly as possible to any new face around here.

I trust individual contributors based on previous edits they make. For example, since I know that Balagog and Ltpliers almost never make a bad edit, I don't usually review their work under the assumption that it is good to go. If it's a new member (or an unidentified member), I'd be more cautious and check their work until I trust them.

I trust this wiki more than an official game guide, because official game guides rarely, if ever, hold information regarding the deeper intricacies of a game. Also, game guides are usually released early in a game's life and aren't updated in the face of patches, which could be important. Although this wiki's information is by no means complete, I do say with confidence that most, if not all of it is at least up to date and correct.