Talk:Terran Union

Appropriate to have Organization Pages

 * (Moved this conversation here from my user page)
 * I have to say I am quite opposed to the idea of adding organizations to the wiki. A wiki is for information regarding the game, where people go to learn about it's mechanics and features. Organizations are created and run by players and as such, I feel they are out of place on a wiki as they can vanish and change. The community portal is the place for community items, not Gamepedia.


 * It would be completely unfair to delete the organization articles you created based on my opinion alone, even though I don't feel like they belong, so I'll leave the articles as they are for now and await your thoughts.
 * ATMLVE's original comment, copied
 * I agree that it is a slippery slope including pages about organizations, and that they can be difficult due to their often temporary nature and origin from the players as opposed to the developers. I disagree with saying that means they should not be included at all for several reasons, but most importantly because there is no true content in Dual Universe, but rather a series of tools for the players to create their dreams with.


 * I personally think that it would be a disservice to not at least considering including in the official database information about the top organizations and cities, their history and function, and how they interact together. While this may be difficult if not impossible to do for other games where there are multiple servers and single- & multi-player variations, the nature of Dual Universe as a single-shard universe where you will be able to find any of these groups, they become a critical component of the game.


 * I am more than open to debating this further, because I understand the difficulty with maintaining this information, maintaining a neutral point of view, and whether its even appropriate in the first place. I think it would be best to continue this discussion on a talk page, so let's use the Terran Union's.
 * RightBigToe's original response, copied
 * Hey guys, just wanted to throw some information in here. Player content does have a place on wikis, but it should be in a separate namespace and flagged as such, just so it's not confused as official game information. Here are some examples of how other wikis handle it:
 * Guilds on Wowpedia
 * Journals on No Man's Sky
 * If you'd like to go this route, just let me know and I can set up an "Organization" namespace, so pages will look like this "Organization:Terran Union". You'll want to set up a template and some guidelines for people to follow as well. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you'd like more information. :) --Alianin (talk) 21:28, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

This page should be removed following clear statements from Nyzaltar (NovaQuark's community manager): https://board.dualthegame.com/index.php?/topic/11461-does-community-content-belong-on-the-wiki/&page=2#comment-57139 It seems I do not have rigths to do so. John