Board Thread:Questions/@comment-31261891-20180402130652

Solid rant topic: Locked Pages

Solid question: Do the benefits of locking pages outweigh the consequences?

Solid statement: Locked pages are causing more trouble than they're worth.

Does anyone remember when everyone could edit every page? Me neither. Thanks to vandals, users now can only edit very few and very unimportant pages.

This causes a problem that has only grown, and that prompted me to write this. Because admins are the only ones who can edit "Promo Items", they have to be constantly updating the pages. However, they usually aren't (no hate to anyone). E.g. the well-known Pegasus Armor page is sitting at "Short Collars" for each item, when I get trades of Longs at the least for my set pieces.

This confuses literally everyone who uses the page, and being unable to add new promo items to pages, update values, and otherwise edit fluctuating pages is defeating the purpose of a community-based service. There are comments offering unders and overs on the page that's supposed to have the correct rarity.

So what gives? It is understood that some accounts like to vandalize popular pages, being the reason they're locked. But isn't having accurate rarity on pages the goal? If user rights were restored somewhat, it would be a battle of goodwilled users versus vandals. That is something we can win. And if a vandal is so insistent, isn't that what an account ban is for?

I myself use this website daily to keep tabs on rares I own. Having every item locked has now resulted in desperate comments reading "add this new promo", "change the rarity to ___", and more, but they're drowned out. Why? Because the popular pages, where locked values are, always get drowned by trade offers. Now, no one's aware of the correct rarity, thus leading to potential scamming at a Worth Wiki, like I mentioned before.

Holy lord I wrote an essay

P.S. can I mention the hacked/glitched items being thrown under the rug? They still exist, you know, and honest people may want them for a look, but cannot find their worths. From what I understand, the Jamaaliday ones can't even be brought in anymore, and I do doubt magenta item hackers reside in this wiki. If they do, and it's you, shoo!


 * D byebyebye and I hope people see this and don't hate me and... yeah... k 