[2020] 'On Wiki of Gold' is a Guild Wars 2 wiki improvement project that has already distributed 6000+ gold and 28500+ gems

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The Guild Wars 2 wiki is an amazing resource with a ton of helpful information. In a game that is frequently growing and changing, there's always something that needs updating. If you're a new player, check it out for information on skills, achievements, fashion needs, and other important business.

And if you'd like to help out the Guild Wars 2 wiki for a few extra gold, I run a wiki improvement project.

Check out "On Wiki of Gold", where two articles are selected each day for improvement. One article in the pair has information missing or could use general improvement, and the other article doesn't exist at all! Make an edit that contributes to either of the two selected pages. Then enter your name on the On Wiki of Gold page, and I'll send a couple of gold your way. This works for all account types, including Play for Free accounts.

Additionally, we're hosting an additional event this month: contribute to 24 of the 31 article pairs for something extra! See the Adventure Calendar section for more details.

Everyone is welcome to participate, whether you've previously made zero edits or 100,000 edits. Try to copy the style of other articles. This list of formatting guides is also helpful. If you're just starting out and you mess up really badly, I have the pages on my watchlist and will be able to fix or undo mistakes using the page's history, so don't let fear hold you back.

Feel free to comment here on what other articles you think should be focused for improvement in future weeks. Which do you think is the weakest article on the wiki? Which do you think is the best?

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almost 6 years ago - /u/ANET_Stephane - Direct link

Originally posted by Alcohol_Intolerant

In some pages like walkthroughs or content guides, reorganization can be astoundingly helpful and merit credit. In item pages and armor pages and such, we use our own formatting structure and usually all that's left is spell and grammar checking which usually isn't credit worthy. If you find a page on the list that's large and in charge and a huge mess, go crazy and fix it. If there's one not in the list, feel free to go for it too! The WvW pages used to frequently have this problem and the fractal pages have undergone full reworks at least 5 times.

I'll let /u/Delsea reply on the eligibility question but wanted to mention that these kinds of edits are very valuable as they contribute to improve the readability of articles. The wiki is already an incredible resource for the Guild Wars 2 community but it's been written by many hundreds of editors over long period of time. I know that the most active and engaged editors regularly update the copy but they're also busy with other important tasks (formatting, rules, templates, etc.). This was my brief .2 cents contribution to this topic :)

almost 6 years ago - /u/ANET_Stephane - Direct link

Originally posted by Alcohol_Intolerant

Adding a (clean, no ui) screenshot is a quick and easy way to contribute to many pages. Adding content summaries to story pages is a good one too. If you look at a formatting guide that's been listed above, and compare it to an existing page, you'll be able to easily see where information is missing. (Maybe an item is missing its item code, maybe it's missing acquisition info, etc)

Thanks for considering it /u/riderkicker and also thanks to /u/Alcohol_Intolerant for following up with the information :) Remember that it's not always about the quantity of edits but also the quality ones!

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