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== Ease of discoverability for information. == For years I've regarded this wiki as usually out of date and lacking in gameplay related information. After being heavily involved with editing and improving multiple articles I'm seeing that the information '''exists''', but is generally spread out over multiple pages. The most recent example for me is {{Al|Defense Matrix}}. We have the page [[Projectile]] that lists things that Defense Matrix can/cannot eat but until today the projectile page wasn't linked from the Defense Matrix ability. What I would like to discuss here is this question: * '''How can we as a community increase the discoverability of information and therefore the usefulness of the Overwatch wiki?''' [[User:MomoRuns|MomoRuns]] ([[User talk:MomoRuns|talk]]) 02:08, 29 April 2020 (UTC) :Well I've been trying to fix that stigma for the past 2 or so years. I'm surprised you considered it "''out of date''" though. The projectile mishap is purely my fault though, but other "lists" should be fairly accessible. All of the damage boosts link to [[damage amplification]] which has the list of abilities that cannot be damage boosted. Sombra's hack links to [[passive ability]] which has the list of the ones that are disabled by hack. The [[barrier]] page has multiple lists. The [[ultimate ability]] page also has an in-depth explanation of how they work. Etc. Since this is the most "recent example," what are the others? [[User:Lightning laxus|Lightning laxus]] ([[User talk:Lightning laxus|talk]]) 04:39, 29 April 2020 (UTC) ::I think the biggest reason for feeling out of date is most information is manually typed everywhere. Today someone updated [[Objects]] with correct values for Sombra's translocator cooldown. How long was it out of date? (15 Oct 2019 patch maybe?) Now we have abilities in a cargo table we can use that to reference ability values and have them be always up to date. I also think some sort of "gameplay links" section on the homepage, linking to the pages you mentioned, could improve discoverability drastically. Even if its a rare occurance to have incorrect/outdated information users simply don't know what is up to date and what is not, so most will assume nothing is up to date if they find one outdated piece of information. [[User:MomoRuns|MomoRuns]] ([[User talk:MomoRuns|talk]]) 18:30, 29 April 2020 (UTC) :::You got me there. Some pages don't get maintained, mainly the ones I don't particularly care about, and no one else seems to be updating them. Well, at least there's a surge of new editors now. If you want to add something to the front page, you should message one of the administrators of this wiki. [[User:Lightning laxus|Lightning laxus]] ([[User talk:Lightning laxus|talk]]) 22:23, 29 April 2020 (UTC) ::::The abilities on hero pages seem to be consistently up to date. With (most of) that data in cargo I can make a template to insert a value into a page. I've been toying with a redesign of the ability details template, that may be able to incorporate data to have some lists be completely automated (like a list of barriers). I find the current ability details to have all the numbers, but it's easy see it as a wall of text. I've been looking at other game wikis for some inspirations but haven't thought of anything that really jumps out at me. [[User:MomoRuns|MomoRuns]] ([[User talk:MomoRuns|talk]]) 00:52, 30 April 2020 (UTC) :::::*I have made {{tl|Show}} to insert data that is defined either in the Character infobox or in the Abilities infobox. I've updated [[Barriers#List of barriers]] to use {{tl|show}} and {{tl|al}} so that list should only need to be manually updated if a new barrier is added to the game. :::::*I've also updated [[Ultimate ability#Ultimate cost]] to be 100% automated, any ability that has an ult_req > 0 will be put into that list. Its possible to have the list 100% automated because all the needed data is stored as part of {{tl|Ability details}}. If we define "works under hack" as part of {{tl|Ability details}} we can automate 100% of [[Passive ability]]. Its a similar situation with the sections of [[Barriers]], those lists can be generated automatically if the data is part of {{tl|Ability details}}. [[Ultimate_ability#Ultimate_abilities]] can be 100% automated if we define the voice lines in a structured way. [[User:MomoRuns|MomoRuns]] ([[User talk:MomoRuns|talk]]) 23:35, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
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