Board Thread:Wiki news and announcements/@comment-2234967-20170606031554

Hi, it's been a while, I think. I've discussed this in the past multiple times and never really got full discussion on this matter, so I was never able to properly implement this.

For ages, the review articles have been... stagnant and stale. They list off performance for products, but at the cost of being labeled as a "review", which implies opinion and bias from the word alone. Since this is supposed to be a database of information at its core and should consist mostly of statistics and information, I am very interested in replacing review articles with ones that list performance and whatnot instead.

That being said, I believe the previous plan was to allow people to make their own reviews on the forums and in blog posts. However, they would not be considered "wiki official", like the current reviews essentially are. Current review articles would also be turned into a listing of reputable reviews for products, giving a more consensus opinion on products within the NIC.

This, as previously linked in past threads about this, is my proposed template for these new articles. It's to act as a catch-all for info like firing ranges and rates, as well as things like internals, air restrictor types, and compatibility with key features many blasters have (stocks/barrels/clips, mags, and drums/etc).

I've been meaning to do this for years now, and I do prefer to do things with everyone's thoughts on the matter before jumping in and mass fixing articles. So, please, if you have things you wish to comment on about this, please let me know, so I can make changes if need be before starting this exodus of fixing pretty much updating the entire wiki for these changes.  