Thread:Jeffreyjabs/@comment-24150802-20150314011250

Hi Jeffreyjabs. I've had a look at your new The Purpose of Tasks page, and I think in its current format, while it's cute and amusing, it's not really suitable as an official wiki page. What I'd like to suggest is that you copy its text to a blog post here in your own area of the wiki, because it would fit really well there as an entertaining and enlightening personal post.

Part of the problem is that we already have pages that introduce tasks to new users, and adding another page could actually make things harder for newbies since they would have more to read. You might like to look through the existing pages about tasks and the sections in the FAQ and see if there is any missing information that you can add.

We also try to avoid metaphors in most of our material, especially when it's designed for new users, because we've found that clearly-written straightforward articles tend to be better as an aid to understanding. For example, although I personally was amused by your references to Hobbits, those sections wouldn't be helpful for any users who aren't familiar with that fantasy genre (and even though HabitRPG is based on role-playing games, we do have a lot of users who aren't gamers or readers of fantasy).

The wiki also has a certain style that we try to keep to. For example, we always capitalise words like "To-Do" and "Habit" and "Daily". We try to avoid inconsistency, especially within a single article. If you'd like to do wiki editing - and I would certainly encourage you to! - you might like to read Guidance for Scribes which contains our style guide and other useful information.

Finally, but most importantly, we'd prefer that you didn't use mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, to describe tasks (or to describe anything else except the illness itself). Schizophrenia is a very distressing disorder to have and trivialising it by using the word in other contexts doesn't show respect to the people with it.

If you have any questions about this, or if you'd like any guidance about writing for the wiki, I'd be happy to help! You might also like to join the Wizards of the Wiki guild where many wiki editors hang out. 