Template talk:Game update placeholder

This is unnecessary. We only post update notes when Anet posts update notes, and there's no guarantee that they will post notes for every update. They actually make a lot of "ghost" updates like that, just not as many recently. It's best just to not post anything until Anet does, like we've always done. &mdash;Dr Ishmael 15:47, December 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * I think it's better to post the placeholder for these reasons: (1) the article is about game updates, so (if we document the game), every update should be listed. (2) Some peeps come here first to find out what the update was (in some cases, before they choose to update their game); it's better for them if we acknowledge that ANet hasn't finished their job yet. (3) Posting the placeholder makes it a lot easier for anyone to post the updates notes when they are published (and, since I have started playing, ANet has always done so...eventually).


 * I'd rather we post information than leave a gap in our coverage. I agree that it's not strictly necessary.   &mdash; Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 18:21, December 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * I dislike "placeholders" for any new things, especially for game updates because they are popular targets for vandalism (not so much on this wiki anymore, I'll admit).
 * On the other hand, to keep with the "documenting the game" theme, it might be reasonable to list somewhere on the Game Updates page (rather than creating these placeholder articles) that "there was a ghost update today, no one knows what it was as there were no notes". [[Image:Entropy Sig.jpg]] (T/C) 18:28, December 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * The vandalism target argument is interesting; I hadn't noticed that since I joined. And we wouldn't be posting that GWiki is under construction; we're posting that ANet is. Maybe the term placeholder is getting in the way (although I don't like the term ghost update &mdash; it's an update and there's documentation; we're just not privy to the details...yet).


 * Posting nothing suggests that we are not paying attention. Posting something indicates that ANet hasn't completed their job (which includes releasing documentation along with code). I have a strong opinion that we should not wait for ANet to act; however, I have no particular preference for how we go about doing that.  &mdash; Tennessee Ernie Ford ( TEF ) 18:53, December 12, 2009 (UTC)


 * (edit conflict) We can simply put a statement in the "GuildWiki notes" section of the most recent official update that there was a subsequent update with no notes. I still see no need to make a separate null article for ghost updates.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael Diablo_the_chicken.gif 18:54, December 12, 2009 (UTC)