User:ERegion
Hello! I am eRegion. I have lurked on Wikipedia for ages editing under IPs. I've decided I should roll up my sleeves and help.
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I am particularly interested in computer games, computer game companies and the people who are involved in them. I like to do research and find things that others have not found.
General focus[edit]
I was initially interested in strategy games which has led me to focusing more and more on Stardock and related articles. So you will see me in there a lot. I am also interested in other strategy game developers like Mohawk Games, Oxide Games, and Amplitude Studios.
My Wikipedia interests and contributions[edit]
To date, most of my editing focus on Wikipedia has been on gaming articles, particularly those concerning PCGames. However, I also copyedit other articles on fiction and non facition that I find, and I occasionally engage in recent change patrol. I will accept copyedit requests, but be aware that I may need a few days to get to it.
Mergism[edit]
I am basically a mergist. I believe that, within reason, one or two larger articles are more helpful than a dozen smaller articles. If those large articles start to become excessive in size (greater than 50 KB), then it is worthwhile to break them up logically, but, before breaking a 50 KB article into 10 5 KB articles, strongly consider whether 2 25 KB articles are better. And don't blindly split as in binary fission; see whether one article makes more sense as an auxiliary article of the other. This way, you preserve the context of the original article and avoid a size issue.
The 30 KB warning is merely advice; many featured articles have been well in excess of that guideline. Before resorting to splitting, check for redundancy and verbosity. If you can shave off 4 KB of an article by tightening up the prose, do that first, and then re-evaluate where the article stands. You don't have to remove information, but do consider picking up a writing style manual (The Elements of Style, for American English), and seeing how much verbosity you can eliminate while preserving the article's flow. In particular, the fact that is a phrase that is almost never necessary.
Categories[edit]
A few tips when putting articles into categories:
- Remember that a category must be useful to the reader. This means that a category with only 2 potential articles is probably not worth creating, and, if you see such a narrowly defined category, feel free to list it on categories for deletion.
- Be extra careful when creating categories. The "move" button doesn't exist for them, so, if you don't get it right the first time, you'll have to resort to {{cfr}}.
- Remember to choose sort keys wisely. Many articles begin with "List of", but this is not useful as a sort key. Instead, use a custom sort key that omits the "List of". If a category is about X, and you have articles about "X Ys", "X in Y", or similar, sort on Y rather than X.
- Articles that serve as a "main" article for a category (often, these have the same name as the category) should have a sort key that begins with " " or "*"; this forces that overview article to the top of the category.