Thread:JustBrowsingThisSite/@comment-6697950-20200325121133

Hello there. I'm Gsimenas, one of the admins of the SAO Wiki. I'm sorry for the late message, but I'm here to talk about your recent edits. I can see that you're trying to contribute to the wiki to the best of your ability and I know it must be frustrating when your edits are undone. I'm here to explain to the best of my ability what the issues with your edits were and why were they undone.

First off, I'd highly recommend looking through our Page Formatting and Style Guideline. We're still in progress with completing the entire guideline, specifically the formatting for each article type, but the manual of style section of the guideline is already pretty detailed and lists a lot of common mistakes that are made on the wiki.

Now, for what was wrong with your specific edits: https://swordartonline.fandom.com/wiki/Sword_Art_Online_Alicization_Episode_36?diff=prev&oldid=169514

I'll only list the most major issues: 1. Any meta references ("The episode starts" or "Then, we play the outro.") as well as any personal remarks ("We'll see what happens next on April 25th this year.") are strictly forbidden on any article. All summaries have to be written from an in-universe perspective only. 2. All summaries have to be written in past tense, not present tense. 3. Each term/name should only be linked once, not every single instance. Also, links shouldn't be full on html links, but rather internal links (see the aforementioned guideline for examples) 4. Informal register should not be used (see the guideline I linked above for some specific examples) 5. A summary should summarise events, not retell everything. Especially with dialogues. There should be a logical connection between events and how they connect with each other, rather than just listing what every character basically said in bullet points.

There are more things that I could probably point out, but I'll stop here to not overwhelm you. If you want, I can provide detailed comments for your Kureha edit too.

Now, why did I undo your edits? This wiki prefers quality over quantity. We prefer to improve the quality of the content before making it publicly available, but we do lack the manpower capable of actually touching up the content. With longstanding users on the wiki, I usually just comment out content if there are glaring issues in it that need to be fixed, since I do expect the editor to see the comments and work them out. However, most new editors never notice these comments and so the commented out content remains there untouched for months or years.

Seeing as you do have the motivation for editing, I can propose two options for you: a) Your edits are still available in the article history. You're free to reattempt the summary by just modifying what you've already written. If you choose this option, I highly recommend going one paragraph at a time, so I could check them and point out any further issues before you continue, so that you do not repeat the same mistakes with the other paragraphs. b) I can rewrite your content myself so you'd have detailed example on what you need to work on with your edits. But this option will take more time, since I have to review other edits as well. 