fuNGoo wrote:
I was thinking about it for a while: Shouldn't we create some kind of GoG games wiki, with useful information about games, reasonable long reviews (either user created or links to professional ones - but, for user created, it'd need some kind of 'quality commitee'...)
Forums are good, but not for reviews.
User reviews under games are nice too, but they're more like comments.
We'd need hosting (I don't really believe GoG would provide it, unless some quality would be guaranteed - in Wiki case, that's kinda impossible), we'd need someone to put together wiki (I have no experience with it), we'd need time (not a problem for me, since I love to write stuff - but my sucky english .... Well, it's sucky :D ), AND, people. Community for themselves - this COULD end up good.

well there is a wikipedia entry, but I'm not opposed to making an actual wiki for it.

I am sure that all games for GOG are marketed as classics or games of distinction but anyone who has a computer also has the ability to search for an amount of info they require which also includes game reviews to help them with their choice.
You would not buy a particular car just beause the dealer says it's a cracker you'd research and if the person who buys on GOG blindly does not like or enjoy their purchase then it cannot realistcally be the fault of the GOG business model can it?
I think a Wiki may be next to useless as it has too many random facors such as personality driven opinions. GOG is a business with a forum attached - not exactly a wiki success story. What are you going to do with a wiki that cannot be done here?

I agree with you, but why hold him back? The worst that will come of it is GOG sending him a CnD letter.

If you want a wiki for games in general, I suggest www.giantbomb.com. There are a lot of games that still need to have their gamespace expanded, and it would be easy enough to link to the page if anyone has any questions that are answered there.
Of course a GOG wiki would be nice too, but I am not sure if there really is any need for it. Most of the technical problems can simply be listed under support, and since everyone who buys from GOG has a forum account they can simply see if their problem is listed in the forum or ask. For everything else (like general story or gameplay mechanics) there are many sites (like the before mentioned Giantbomb) with the singular purpose of explaining those things.

Exactly, Weclock. I wasn't saying a word about 'point' here - it doesn't have one, I'm very well avare of that. But, if a few people had a time to do it, why not? Information on those games collected in one place, with a simple links to them. Write something, just for fun and a nice feedback to others... Making wiki is NOT so hard and it surely wouldn't hurt anyone - and if done properly, it could only help. Since there are intelligent people here, I doubt it WOULDN'T be done properly.

I am ultra – necroing this post, because I had the same idea as Fenixp.

Normally the forums would suffice, but a Wiki would have several benefits. While there is a lot of knowledge scattered throughout the forums, it is somewhat inaccessible. A wiki could store and sort all these information and make it more accessible. Over time, the forums have grown to a size and while the search function can help, it is still a pita to find exactly what you were looking for

Oh, and f*ck Giant Bomb, the site is a blatant rip-off of Mobygames,

My two main ideas behind a wiki usage are the following

- A page for each game, that not only lists the stuff on the gamepage of the GOG catalogue but also other, community acquired knowledge. (known issues, censorship, Mac/Netbook/Linux compability, mods, fanpatches and whatnot). This would really help a lot of people that are not sure if they will have a problem with their game and don’t want to spend an hour searching the forums.

- Something like a “rumor section” that lists games or companies on the probability of a GOG release. This could also double as some kind of a very basic community driven wishlist. This could (big maybe here) avoid endless “when will Thief TDP arrive here” threads. Because, let’s be honest, the wishlist in its current form is sh*t and won’t stop anyone from posting another thread. But maybe three sentences behind the most asked games (like: the current license is owned by XYZ, they don’t have games here and are not likely to be here soon).

I know we have threads for, eg, Netbook compability (two actually), but most threads in the forums only stay relevant as long as they are “fresh” and get quickly buried. The information would be a lot more accessible and present in a wiki. I, for my part, rather look into a wiki than to wade through a forum.

That said, I can’t really be of any help other than hopefully inspiring the great community here. I don’t have any clue how all this wiki stuff works. But it can’t be that difficult, as there is a freaking Smurfs Wiki.

With this, the community would be “in charge”. So, no need for “sticky requests” and all this. (Well, OK, one on the forums to guide all the newbies)

It would still be reliant on the willingness of community, but I think here are enough people around, that have the time and skill to make it happen.

Just an idea I had last night, what do you think?

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I can easily host this if you guys decide on which wiki package to use and even contribute from time to time.

...Now!

Let's call it GOGAPEDIA.