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Giantbomb should be what Wikipedia isn't.

by willy105

I used to write pages for Wikipedia, and was always annoyed when somebody would change it, saying this piece of information is unnecessary, or we don't allow trivia, or we don't feel this game is important enough to have a whole page for it. I am sick and tired of that, and I just stop going there. Information should not be limited. In the contrary, in the AGE OF INFORMATION, it is INFORMATION...

I used to write pages for Wikipedia, and was always annoyed when somebody would change it, saying this piece of information is unnecessary, or we don't allow trivia, or we don't feel this game is important enough to have a whole page for it.

I am sick and tired of that, and I just stop going there. Information should not be limited. In the contrary, in the AGE OF INFORMATION, it is INFORMATION that should be front and center.

I was wandering about GiantBomb when I reached the page on Excitebots: Trick Racing. I noticed it was empty. I also noticed I knew a bunch of stuff about the game. So I just added a few stuff in. Then the PM came back. I got accepted! And I got 30 points!

That was awesome.

Then I came back, and made the page full of information! I got 470 points! The old feeling was back!

I just GiantBomb doesn't do like Wikipedia does and limits what it can have on the games. We should be able to learn EVERYTHING, not just general info like a release date and a publisher.