Talk:Glossary

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Glossary and the general tips

I find overlapping information on these two pages. I am in favour of moving the glossary into General Tips. However, the alternative is to carve what belongs to the glossary from General Tips. I prefer the former because the latter would necessitate an additional entry to Main Page, while leaving the current General Tips rather empty. Something appropriate should be done, regardless of which. Opinions? Icy 21:36, 19 March 2009 (CDT)

The General tips page seems like a weird place to have a glossary. I'd like it as a separate page, especially if it gets much bigger, but the Main-page entry issue is a valid point. Lvramire 22:02, 19 March 2009 (CDT)

My original reason for creating a glossary page was because I had come across terms on this wiki that I had never seen before and didn't understand. (For example Beginner's Fighter Guide uses 'DPS' a fair bit whilst never defining it; perhaps that's okay for an experienced MMORPG player who has just started Fiesta, but it's hardly useful for a true beginner.) Having a central glossary allows the use of jargon without the terms having to be explained again on every page that they are used.

I find the General Tips page to also be a useful summary of information, and although there is some overlap in what these two pages achieve, I think that they are both useful in different ways and it is valid to continue to have them both. I don't think that there's a problem with presenting the same information in different ways, as long as they are both correct.

I realise that the two pages are already linked through Template:General Guides. Perhaps a brief link in the introductory paragraph of each page might help newcomers to orient themselves? Or the 'General' box on the Main Page could say "General Tips and Glossary" (with a link to either page) if you want to include a link without increasing the length of the box? -Stelio 03:46, 25 March 2009 (CDT)

I recently linked them together, since I didn't see a reason to transect any of them. Icy 10:38, 25 March 2009 (CDT)