Guild Wars Wiki talk:Requests for research

Hm, I wonder if we can expand the purpose of this page a bit? Maybe "Requests for in-game tasks" or something similar, and it'd include small matters like checking quest names, performing EoE/disease tasks, verifying that a particular boss really is level X, and so on. I think it'd be helpful for those who want to do some wiki-work yet play the game at the same time. --Dirigible 12:49, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I think expanding the scope that way would be good. Not sure about the name though. "Requests for testing and verification"? I could also go for leaving it as "Requests for testing" and interpreting "testing" rather widely. --Rezyk 17:22, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Requests for ingame tasks might make noobs think that you farm for us. THats what came in mind for me :p [[Image:User Blastedt sig.jpg]] B LASTED T  17:44, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Are the results of the tests to be posted here ? Yseron

Never noticed this page before. Seems no one else did either, consider it's lack of use. Backsword 00:20, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Just found it patrolling RC and seeing your comment.  Calor  (t) 00:30, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
 * And i noticed it through you. This page seems to need some advert^^ &mdash;Zerpha[[Image:UserZerpha The Improver sig.png|talk]] The Improver 13:07, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Should we make it a project or add it to the community portal navbar? -- Gordon Ecker 02:34, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Not a project, as there's no set goal. Maybe the CP navbar, though.  Calor  [[Image:User_Calor_Sig.png|19px|Talk]] 02:59, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Wow, I never knew this page existed. This is actually a really good idea. &mdash;  ク  Eloc  貢  01:18, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ha! Dyk is working ^^ poke | talk 08:43, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Name and purpose
How's the new name? I think it sounds better than "testing", especially since we have that research needed category. I'm still thinking if we can also have this double us as a "contribution help" requests page, or should we have a separate "requests for contribution" page. I'm thinking about tasks like "Can someone take the trouble of finding out the god statues in so-and-so tough explorable area?" or things like "Can someone be sucker enough to get me a screenshot of that particular place so I can edit it and upload?"

Heh, you know, just the normal I-can't-really-do-that-easily-so-if-anyone-can-please-help-finish-it type of tasks. Kinda like when I requested for someone with an empty char slot to help fill in the opening Nightfall cinematic dialogue and to check whether there's an avatar at the shrine in Island of Shehkah (to which Smurf nicely volunteered).

And oh, just to bring it up to the spotlight again, that we also have this page that's been left unused :) -- ab.er. rant  06:14, 30 July 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't think mixing this with a "request for contribution help" section would be a good idea, since it would take room from what really needs research or in-game verification (i mean, the wiki is full of stubs after all). In any case, i see no reason for not opening a new sub-section separated from this page for that purpose.--Fighterdoken 06:18, 30 July 2008 (UTC)


 * This beinga wiki, aren't we implicitly asking for help on anything not finished? Or am I missing something here? Backsword 16:58, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
 * True, but it's easier to coordinate being multiple users if we have one page dedicated for it. Treat this like a coordination page that people can just watch and see what other people are working on, rather than hope people will periodically check a category like Category:Research needed. -- ab.er. rant [[Image:User Ab.er.rant Sig.png| ]] 03:34, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
 * So you're thinking something like "log of current personal projects"? Backsword 20:17, 3 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes, if you wanna put it that way. It beats putting on a list of tasks I need help with on my user page. -- ab.er. rant [[Image:User Ab.er.rant Sig.png| ]] 05:29, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Are you thinking more in terms of 'Requests for help', or more as 'This is what I'm currently doing in any case, but if you'd like to help, that'd be nice'? Backsword 05:32, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * The former. Something like "I'm working on so-and-so, and I just need some help with such-and-such." As in my previous example, something like, "Can someone with a free char slot check out something in Island of Shehkah? It's only missing this and that before all sections are filled." Rather than hoping for someone to notice what the section stub in that article is supposed to refer to. It's not meant to be a huge list of to-dos for the wiki and it's meant to complement stubs. But since I'm having such a hard time defining it, maybe it's not such a good idea after all. -- ab.er. rant [[Image:User Ab.er.rant Sig.png| ]] 06:40, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * That example is just the thing. As far as I see it, it's completly within what we are currently doing, asking for someone to go ingame and test a specific function, such as a res shrine in this case. But since you are asking, I'm thinking you have something broader in mind. (BTW, were you aware I was editing just that article when you posted?) Backsword 06:52, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I know I was editing right on your heels on a few articles, heh, but I didn't know which you stopped :P sorry, hehe. As for this issue, yea, I was thinking of something broader actually. I work on location pages (slowly) when I do get around to vanquishing, but I don't plan on exploring Realm of Torment, so I was looking for a place whereby I can say "It'd be nice if someone could go around all the RoT areas and confirm which god/bounty are at which shrine (and to screen cap the mission map)."


 * I suppose I could just stub it as necessary, but a similar stubbing on two other articles produced no takers after a month. Kinda irked me since those articles were only missing those bits. One other thing I realise is that while we have many active editors, probably a lot of them are not sure what to help with, so this kind of "help needed" page would at least be a starting point or give casual editors a little something to help with. -- ab.er. rant [[Image:User Ab.er.rant Sig.png| ]] 07:01, 4 August 2008 (UTC)


 * The main issue with "just stubbing" is that people in the end is never sure what is missing, or if something is missing at all. The idea of having to fill the blank spaces without knowing where the blank spaces are usually discourages people from contributing.


 * As long as we keep GWW:RFR clean of things like "X Article needs to be filled" (the stub list is for that, after all) and limit ourselves to things like the example you gave (that being, for requesting help for very specific data collection) i think there shouldn't be any problem. In any case, i would like to keep the name as it is now :).--Fighterdoken 07:23, 4 August 2008 (UTC)