The ability for everyone to create and edit pages is very useful indeed. However, if we don't exercise a bit of restraint, I can easily see things turning into a sprawling chaotic mess.
So, may I humbly suggest the following:
- Let's not create new pages for things that are still under discussion
- Once something (example, an NPC, organization, location, etc.) is somewhat decided upon, go ahead and start a page for it if you want, but…
- …if you're going to start a new page, be prepared to accept responsibility for keeping it up to date.
For example, say we decide to create a major NPC called Bob. We'd start off by discussing it in the forum ("Bob's a blacksmith!" "No, he's a bartender!" "No, wait, how about a barrister!"). At that point, Bob doesn't need a page of his own.
Eventually, we'll reach some kind of agreement about Bob ("Ok, fine, he's a big, bearded barrister."), at which point it would be appropriate for someone to start a Bob the Barrister page.
But, say upon further consideration we decide that instead of being big and bearded, he should be bumbling and bald. That's fine if everyone reads the thread where that change was discussed, but the whole point of having pages is so that we all have access to the information we need without having to dig around in a bunch of six month old forum posts, so it's very important that Bob the Barrister's page is kept up to date.
Now, since anyone can edit pages, and since we're all a courteous and responsible bunch, someone will likely take it upon themselves to go update Bob's page. But I think whoever created it in the first place should consider it their responsibility to at least go check and make sure that happened.
Make sense?
