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Post by
Tyrsenus
A lore forum has been suggested time and time again on the official forums, but has never materialized. It was at one time slated to be introduced when the official forums were upgraded about a year ago. Warcraft lore fans usually resort to posting on the
"general" official forum
, which is read by a larger crowd, not all of whom care for lore, leading to jeering responses, spam, and trolls.
The bottom line is that lore fans have no forums to call their own. I believe Wowhead would be an excellent provider for such a forum, and players would benefit greatly.
Post by
87945
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Discover
We are quietly letting the users let us know which forums would be most beneficial to add at a later time. If we see enough topics about this, I'm pretty sure it would be under consideration.
Post by
Skyfire
I would suggest using
http://forums.scrollsoflore.com
for your future lore needs, or to have a look around
http://www.wowwiki.com
and using the talk pages. Note that the talk pages aren't supposed to be used like that, but as it is now... :o
Post by
Tyrsenus
I would suggest using
http://forums.scrollsoflore.com
for your future lore needs, or to have a look around
http://www.wowwiki.com
and using the talk pages. Note that the talk pages aren't supposed to be used like that, but as it is now... :o
I know Wowwiki's a popular lore hangout, but the format isn't conducive for lengthy discussion. SoL doesn't have the best choice of color scheme either.
Post by
pelf
SoL doesn't have the best choice of color scheme either.
Override the styles in Firefox!
/chuckle
Disclaimer: I wouldn't have the patience to do that, myself.
Post by
Skyfire
However, they are there. :)
Wowwiki is better for research, more than anything.
Post by
Gestalt
I don't see wowhead as a place for social gathering and I'd kind of like to keep it that way. This site is a very good place for information on all items and community knowledge about those items in addition to some encounters, attunements and other game information. I don't want to see wowhead become another bloated Allakhazam where everyone hangs out and talks about lore, highschool, pokemon, girl questions or any other nontopic subjects.
What you are asking for already exists, go use it.
Post by
TheOnyx
We are sensitive to these concerns, and I would like to address a few of them here.
Pages reflecting items in the database are designed to have discussion limited to the item/spell/NPC in question. Social banter in these pages is heavily moderated by both Wowhead moderators and users to keep the information as relevant as possible to the item in question.
The forums were created because others wanted a place where social discussion could take place. We have been sensitive to the desires of the World of Warcraft community and have taken note of some of the deficiencies that other community sites contain. Our goal is to create a community forum that does not suffer from some of the bloat as other sites while still maintaining the same open discourse.
As we gain more of a familiarity to the desires of the community, we will section off types of discussion into highly-requested forums and sub-forums. In the end, our goal will be to keep each section of the forum, as well as Wowhead in general, as relevant as possible. As such, those wishing to participate in social gathering can choose to visit certain forums or the IRC channel, while those simply seeking information can view the database pages or the more technical forums.
As always, we appreciate your feedback, and we will work to make Wowhead the site each and every one of us knows it can be.
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