Forum:Wiki updates needed for FNV patch

I don't own Fallout: New Vegas yet, but I was looking up some info on the game mechanics when I noticed that there were some rather glaring inconsistencies in the information on certain craftable and consumable items on the Consumables page, the Survival page, and the page for the specific item. For example, according to the Survival trait page, the recipe for Fire Ant Fricassée is "Cazador egg, Cram, Fire ant meat (2), Flour", but the actual page for that item says the recipe is "Cram (1), Fire ant meat (1), and Flour (1)." Luckily, there is a note on the Fire Ant Fricassée page stating that the recipe changed in the 1.02 Patch, so I was able to tell which was correct. Still, not only was the recipe wrong on the Survival page, but on the Consumable Items page, Fire Ant Fricassée is listed as a Miscellaneous item, which is not only a false classification, but also has a format that doesn't provide a space for the item's effects to be listed.

Now, since I don't own the game (yet), I know that trying to find and correct all of these problems myself is a bad idea. Without a way to tell which pages are correct and which pages need correcting, I could end up making the problem worse. Therefore, I feel the best course would be to make this wiki's community aware that changes need to be made to reflect the updates made by game patches. If the discrepancy is clear and the necessary correction is obvious (such as with the Fire Ant Fricassée), then I will attempt to make the changes to the page myself, but I will not take it upon myself to find and correct all the discrepancies on this wiki. That, I will leave to you guys. However, if I were you, I would start with the Patch notes and think of All the possible pages that may be affected by the changes. ISmartMan 17:42, January 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * Why, why, why, why do people feel the need to copy information from one page to another, it only causes issues like this and results in a contradicting infactual Wiki. This is the very reason I advocate the use of transclusion, only where it is absolutely required to be in both pages (especially for tables). In this case, the survival traits page does not really require that information to be present in the actual page (really, it feels like someone is simply padding out the page) when it is also present in the main crafting page, what is required is a link to that page instead so a reader can choice whether they want that level of detailed information. So as such I have removed the table and linked it to the main crafting page which is updated more often and more likly to be accurate. As for consumables page, I have moved that up, but that page is still work in progress and like all pages that most people are less interested in, it may be some time before it is up to spec in its detail and presentation. If you find any other inconsistencies like this that need attension, just let me know and I will correct them. ☣Avatar☣ 21:51, January 17, 2011 (UTC)