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Bacaniel (talkcontribs)

Thanks for bringing this functionality to my attention - I'll implement it into the (Chaos) Skip pages, and Mass Chaos Skip, when I get around to it. I can't think of any other information off the top of my head on any of the current psycast pages that would benefit from being collated in a similar manner - if you see something, let me know. Once I'm done with all the remaining psycast pages, I'll go back and take another pass at them. Speaking of which, if there are any other methods (either in the same vein as the #ask function or simply editing process) to improve formatting on my pages, let me know - I'm satisfied with the substance of information I've provided, but I'm not happy with the formatting - it's essentially just paragraphs, and not particularly adept at presenting the information in a concise, easily digestible manner. This is partly due to psycasts being fairly freeform in terms of their usage, but the point stands regardless.

Harakoni (talkcontribs)

While keeping the standard sections of Acquisition/Summary/Analysis is a good practice, you might want to use subsection a bit more to break up the text and make it easier to skim or find specific sections. Analyses that have a paragraph focusing on specific strategies separately to the more general analysis more generally are good candidates.

You also generally want to bring the readers eye to the important info or what they're likely on the page to find. Thats why we implemented the color templates (Good, Bad, Up, Down etc) but its also why things like the drug pages list the effects in bullet points - they draw the eye on pages that are otherwise quite long and involved.

In terms of general skills, i think editors really benefit from knowing the very basics of how #asks and {{Q}} and {{P}} work and the parser functions because you can do things as simple as putting values in text to the big complicated mathematical templates like {{True Melee DPS Calculator}}

Overall, the pages you've worked on are high quality though, and while page can always be improved at a certain point there will be diminishing returns and it can be more beneficial to refocus on other pages.

That said, do what you feel motivated to do. Someone sticking around long term only working on their niche interest >>>> someone working on "the most needed pages" and getting burnt out - the work is better, more work gets done total, and most importantly its a better experience for everyone involved.

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