User:Tennessee Ernie Ford

Tennessee Ernie Ford is the nom de web of the author of RPG guides. No relationship to the fantabulous gospel singer of the same name is intended or implied.

Non-Oasis example of Wikia being a poor host for traditional knowledge bases

 * Special:Watchlist and the introduction of Following.

In brief, Wikia took an important tool away from contributors to replace it with a tool designed to enable certain types of social interactions. Later, they nerfed it; Following now fails to serve anyone very well and the Watchlist is still gone, gone, gone.

Opportunity knocking?
If I had control over this narrow part of the universe, here's what I'd like to see happen:


 * GWW continues ("narrow part" doesn't include GWW)
 * GW@Wikia dies as a knowledge base; I applaud any squatters that might want to use the subdomain for something original.
 * GWiki@tbd reinvents itself, to emphasize the things it does best (innovation, openness, support for the non-elite, the non-minimax, and the spirit-of-the-role players). It ceases to compete w/GWW on fundamental data (where it is almost always behind).

Logically, the world doesn't need three KBs for the same game. But does it need even two? GWW & GWiki have different strengths and weaknesses. Should we take advantage of the impending changes to emphasize GWiki's contributions?
 * GWW is better at gathering data and presenting it quickly and uniformly. (More hands on deck.) GWiki is slow to respond (stale weekend events/game updates; even now, we aren't WiK complete).
 * GWiki is often better at information, especially in terms of helping the majority of players. GWiki more often provides guides/walkthroughs that don't require special skills or elite playing abilities. It presents better options for playing in-the-spirit-of-the-role.
 * GWiki has tended to be more innovative, e.g. offering predictive information about daily activities (and presenting them on the main page).
 * GWiki has traditionally been more accepting of editors of all types.