Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-76.23.148.161-20140619050605/@comment-24999978-20140706085851

Dovahsebrom wrote: Saratje wrote:

''This wiki once ruled when there still weren't any community features, when the main goal was still to provide an immersive TES encyclopedia which put that awful UESP wiki (which is little more than an ice cold clerical database) to shame. Perhaps the best thing to happen to this wiki is to close the community features and make it a wiki again, with its unique and immersive articles that show the writers as being truly involved with the story with passion. This wiki turned into some kind of TES-chan. Kill your darlings as they say, and polish this jewel up once more. I miss the days where Jimeee went out of his way to thank article writers for adding their personal touch and passion to a write-up, where there wasn't headbutting about what is canon or not.'' I agree with this slightly. While I don't really support getting rid of the forums (though I'm a bit indifferent when it comes to the chat, seeing how much damn "drama" it has brought to the wiki), I do agree that this wiki is slowly dying. I am almost certain I'm the only person still contributing major lore-edits on this wiki.

I miss the days where Jimeee went out of his way to thank article writers for adding their personal touch and passion to a write-up, where there wasn't headbutting about what is canon or not.

I'm not sure what you mean by this, are you saying that people should just write their own unreferenced interpretations of the lore? If so then I highly disagree. I support the addition of any relevant info regarding the TES lore but the day people start adding their unreferenced headcanons to lore pages is the day I leave this wiki. What I like about this wiki is that I'm able to freely reference any bit of lore relevant to the series, rather than the UESP which really doesn't support much lore not grounded in the game series.

but there is also great lore to be found. Aurbic Enigma IV: The Elden Tree is one I often use. I honestly do not like that book. Hmm, for what reasons do you not like the book? I think that is rather important. I can understand that, but my point is more that it is evidence that Zenimax are not just trying to dumb everything down, and are at least attempting to reach out to the more learned members of the lore community. I think part of the issue lies in the inconsistency in TESO, likely from different members of the development team, as some aspects seem underdone while others I find quite good, there is less middle ground that I have seen.