Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-1212909-20180430225012/@comment-1212909-20180523135611

SageM wrote: I have been making pages on here for several years now, and I already know what the standard template for manipulation powers are.

I have made more then 200 powers, so I know what I am talking about and I know for a fact that is what they will tell you.

Its the standard because its simple enough for even new users to understand, and changes that remove or change those limitations are almost always undone.

I don't have to read minds, because I know from experience what there answer will be.

its fine if you don't believe me, but when you have years of experience making powers on here, you just know what the response will be.

There are over 9000 powers on here and counting, changes like that would require wikia wide changes.

I have personally seen site wide changes before, and they stil require manually changing all those pages. There is no other way to do it,

There isn't some magic command that can automatically change all those powers, it has to be done one at a time. That may very well be, but it's no excuse for being condescendingly dismissive of a suggestion right off the bat.

Kuopiofi wrote: To start, lets go by the rules "21. If you make a general type of change on power that is one of a series of similar powers (for example one of the Construct Creations, Attack Powers, etc.), it's your job to add/make the same change in every page of the series." in other words, like said above your suggestion means you're volunteering to change every page about manipulation and generation/creation we have. And believe me I don't believe you'd do it, it's been seen far too many times already that the number that actually follows through is on single digits including me.

Second, the pages are that way because they cover the basics in as compact way as possible, we did quite a bit juggling/changes when this site was getting standardized to figure those patterns down.

So please let this be.

In other words, please One, I really should've realized that there's probably be a set of rules here for such a big site. And you're right; I don't believe I can set aside the time to sift through what is evidently hundreds upon hundreds of pages under Manipulation alone and correct each one in the manner that I'm suggesting, even if it's intended to be minor changes, because obviously not every article will be written the exact same way as the ones that I've so far read and thus the changes need may even exceed my proposal.

Two, "cover the basics in as compact way as possible" explains a lot about why the pages look like they do. In fact, now that I look it from this angle, I'm starting to doubt the need for adding the clarifications that I'm proposing.

Three, which is technically off-topic... Is it just me, or does the last line of your post abruptly cut off before it finishes?