Forum:Character Builds - not suitable for a wiki

Am I the only person who thinks that the "Character Builds" section doesn't really belong in a wiki? The section is already flooded with useless information (poor/incomplete builds), and the way it is laid out only encourages more of the same. If there _must_ be a character build section, then just put the facts - what the various skills do for each character, how the skill point system works (although both of these subjects are covered elsewhere), and _at_most_ a single example build.

The idea of a wiki is that it's a database of _facts_ - but character builds are nothing but personal opinions of what makes a good character. It seems reasonable to have a section in the forum for this kind of "stuff" (read: fanboy rubbish), but it surely doesn't belong in the wiki proper.

If my point isn't clear enough, check out the Wikipedia page for "cheese". You don't see an endless list of things that you can make with cheese do you? Of course you don't - if you did the page would be so flooded with useless information that it would itself be useless.

Rawlyn 03:49, January 5, 2010 (UTC)