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by RedKnight » Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:38 pm
Cool, Falconer... I'm preparing an econ posting which I'll add a link to (here) when done. This info will be updated and added to as more research is done.
Train routing is another item that folks would probably like to have info for, that's well organized. Probably modders and mappers, like dark says... I don't do that, so I can't say for sure.
In general, most anything FAQ- or sticky-worthy can be put there. The advantage of wikis is that they (can) have static structures (think, Table of Contents) where folks can post and revise info specific to a topic.
Also known as: there are usually tons of good pointers spread throughout forum messages. But hunting them down can be a pain, and it's not hard for some to get lost in the noise (all depending on how much a user wants to search, etc.). This includes how, a forum message thread typically has lots of good pointers - but often spread across dozens of messages. Sometimes with early, not-so-good info supplanted in later messages with better info, etc.
Wikis keep info collated, and it's usually obvious where to edit/put any good new observations somebody might have (on the wiki or appearing elsewhere, like other websites or in forums). They don't suffer from e.g. "keep reading to the 20th message to see the really good way to approach this". Wikis typically have page per topic, which is simply revised to always be showing the best info. (Or variants on the info, or whatever, using a nice TOC.)
This HF forum is sometimes fairly laggy for me. (Is it for other folks?) If it's not just me, it would be great if the HG server that might host the wiki is different from the forum server. Note that Wikis typically have considerably less activity than a forum.