Don't get me wrong, i like the idea, but I can see this taking the route of that reference thread.
It's a fair point, but I honestly think it would be used. I don't really use the above thread either, but would definitely use a wiki if there were to be one. There's a number of reasons for this:
- Primarily, while the thread does have some good guides in it, it's organisation is quite haphazard - it's really got no structure at all. It looks like it might have started out with the intention of just having a single post with everything neatly categorised but certainly hasn't stayed in that form! A wiki on the other hand would by its nature be far more structured, and it'd be easier to find what you need.
- Some people might not even know it was there. It was sure a while before I stumbled on it, whereas if there's a wiki I'd hope there would be a clear link somewhere on the front page?
- It's only editable by mods. And yes, while people can suggest things to be put there, I'm guessing most people just don't go to the effort of asking, or just plain aren't sure if they should ask at all.
- The whole philosophy of a wiki means that things aren't just written once, they're constantly revamped and edited by different people. So with this method we'd arguably get far more robust and better articles and tutorials than just one person writing them then forgetting about them.
Yes - I guess you could be right, it could flop. I don't think it will, but I'm not going to pretend I know this is going to be a huge success, at the end of the day it might not be. Personally though I reckon it sounds like there's enough support to give it a go. As said above, if it flops and ends up being useless so be it. But unless we try we'll never know...