User blog:Allose/Empty Pages

A lot of pages on the Wiki are, in a sense, empty, which is fine. To put up a page with some basic history and knowledge is fine, especially for minor characters. Not everyone has the time to write up a novel, for lack of a better word, within half an hour on the wiki.

What does upset me is pages devoid of any information.

It's one thing to put up a page that is a work in progress. It's another to put up a page of nothing beyond one sentence that either provides a minimal level of exposition, or none at all. Why does this upset me, beyond my general idiosyncrasies?

It's because making a page with no information is sort of cheating the reader. The writer is clearly presenting the title of their idea, but then gives no clue as to what that idea is. It's basically saying the writer will present whatever-have-you, only to reveal that the writer doesn't have anything to present. This can be incredibly frustrating for the expectant audience, and disappointing for anyone who is generally curious about this interesting idea.

If this is just a lack of information to provide, even at so basic a level, then I don't think such a page should exist until the information is obtained. Very few can actually manage to steal another's idea on the Wiki (unless it is plagiarism, which is another issue), so there's really no need to reserve a place in the pages, and there's no need to present an idea when it hasn't even been fleshed out.

If it is one's lack of motivation to reveal the information they have, then it's just an annoying cheat from an out of character perspective. This kind of hidden information is fine in character; however, out of character, it can be simply irritating.

Please, fellow Wiki writers, let us not write vague pages of non-content. If you intend to make the page in question a piece of content, then please save for it when you actually have the ideas to write out.