Board Thread:Special Projects Division/@comment-31300263-20171102020753/@comment-24255959-20171106172948

FallenShadow95 wrote: Hey guys I saw this thread and thought I'd throw my two cents in here and point out something that I keep noticing when looking around the wiki.

If you're going to try and keep the wiki up to date with canon information, then you can't leave out anything. This includes both the smallest, seemingly insignificant facts about characters (because they may actually be REALLY important) or the contradicting information. The wikipedia is a place where ALL information about the characters, worlds, and videos should be, regardless if its contradicting. Let me explain why. VenturianTale is a fandom where most things are up to us fans to interperet, and its only fair if we mention all the different paths that the siblings have laid out for their characters to have. If in one video Papa is stated to be the Doctor, then that IS canon and SHOULD NOT BE LEFT OUT. Mention it on his page and give an explanation of how it may connect to other things, such as other characters or events that have happened in GMod, and mention if it contradicts with anything so that people can still learn about this piece of information. Aloow fans to have the choice of interpreting the information however they wish. This goes for all the other information that everyone keeps leaving out on character pages. Trust me when I say this, and don't be mad, but you guys are missing a LOT of information, and some of the information you DO have I don't rmember even being a thing. And I have literally been studying VT for YEARS now, so... I don't know. References are important, you know? It stops people from just writing down random information, and helps to keep wikis like this one clean.

Bottom line: You can't try to keep VT linear, guys, no matter how much you try to piece it together. Believe me, I've been doing it for years, and you guys are missing out on a lot of things by keeping it on this strict path of information. Like, a ridiculous amount. I'm not saying this to be mean or rude, I'm just stating a fact. Basically, you should be adding EVERYTHING you know or can find out about these characters, these universes within VenturianTale, rather than try to fit them into something with only bits of information that don't tell anybody much about the characters or world, really. By cutting out even the smallest fact or canon piece of information, you can cause people to MISS THE ENTIRE POINT OF THE STORY BEHIND VT. Just ONE LINE of dialogue can change the perspective that someone may have on a character due to a random fact Jordan or the others may say, or even an action that the character they're playing as may do! Be open minded and THINK about the characters and write what you SEE, not what you believe.

Everything in VT--llterally EVERYTHING--is ALL CONNECTED, not linear, but CONNECTED, and I just needed to come on here and tell you guys that, because I keep having hope that you guys will realize this on your own, but I'm not seeing it happen. I'm sorry if I'm appearing rude or negative in any way, I'm just stating a fact and giving my point so that the wiki can improve in some way. In short, what I'm saying is that this wiki needs to be information-based, not fandom-based. Stop trying to make VT easier to understand by leaving out contradicting or seemingly irrelevant information because in doing so, you're not only confusing people more, but you're taking away what's fun about VT: the abiity to learn small things about a character and then deciding FOR YOURSELF what you believe about him/her or even the universe in general.

Furthermore, you should have pages for the different worlds/universes within VenturianTale, explaining how all the different universes and games connect together within the VT universe. For instance, there should be something about the world of GMod, about all the things related to that world, such as the whole obvious Paranormal and Human rift going on in the background of all the videos. Even though its not explicitly stated, there is an obvious political chasm dividing humans and paranormals within this universe. Its very, VERY strongly implied! Talk about these kinds of things; the politics, things that the siblings have stated or hinted at that could mean something BIG. Explain the world that the characters live in, not just the game itself. That goes for Fallout and the Tale series, too. Explain the worlds as they're being told by Jordan, because the stories are a little different than what the game intends. Again, everything in VT is connected in some way, and things like this should be explained in full detail on here with proper references to videos and other such citations so that the information can actually be looked up and found by users.

Again, sorry if I seem a bit ranty or rude, I do not mean to sound like that; but I felt that this needed to be pointed out and stated somwhere for you guys to see. Thank you for taking the time to read my giant text wall. I hope this helped you guys somehow :) i agree with Fallen, there are lot of facts about characters that some of you guys don't want on the wiki for some reason, when in reality we should write down everything and explain how it controdicts rather than deleting things that controdict.That's what I try to do when working on the articles, also, a lot of pages were deleted that had some interesting info on one time characters and I feel like those pages should be restored.Characters like Indeed Inneed and his daughter, Suzie from the tornado video, Gertrude amd Samantha's other relatives that had names from that video, and several others have been deleted from the wiki just because they only appeared once and were super minor.