Talk:Medicinal plants

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Unnecessary deletion

Unless the wiki is really hurting for space, having redundant info at more than one location can be useful for people to discover that information for the first time. Kenji 03 (talk) 07:17, 26 June 2023 (BST)

Space isn't of concern, it's about the duplication of information and mainteneance, but I'm open for discussion; is it really used much though if we have individual pages? If so, then maybe the Wild herbs originally marked for deletion by User:Vaileasys should be kept as well? —Faalagorn/ 09:55, 26 June 2023 (BST)
I think maintenance is a big concern. The wiki has a very small userbase, along with the game still being in development, things are always changing, and often. So, having a large number of locations with duplicate information quickly makes the wiki appear outdated as soon as there's an update that changes something. It's often months, if not years, for obscure features like this to be updated. I agree that having more than one location is good for discoverability, but I don't think this is the best place for players to discover this information for the first time (currently it is because some pages still redirect here instead of the item's dedicated page which will need to change first). There are several other places where this information already exists, or I feel would be better suited. We have: the item's page (e.g. Plantain), Medical (list page), Crafting (health) (recipe list page), Foraging (could be expanded) (skill page), and First Aid (currently omitted) (skill page). For those reasons I think a merge notice with First Aid would be better suited. So, more work needs to be done to incorporate/improve information in the previously listed pages, before being deleted/blanked. - Vaileasys (talk) Wiki Administrator 11:09, 26 June 2023 (BST)
Agree but, the information should be added to First Aid, I came through from First Aid then Poultice before getting this information on how Poultices perform healing. First Aid and other "First Aid" items exist there to describe how they are used in First Aid together with how they are altered for it. There should even be consideration of listing the eaten herbs with First Aid sub title and Poultice with First Aid (or a more appropriate title) just to group together their function in relation to First Aid. Just like Ripped Sheets they can still have their individual pages and Foraging covers their discovery just like Tailoring covers Ripped Sheets. Mortar and Pestle are considered First Aid items, but the crafting of certain herbs into poultice is not considered a First Aid skill, so that page should remain apart. First Aid has a Recipies section with a missing main article on crafting for first aid. If there is to be a grouping of poultices, sterilisation and other first aid related crafting then it should probably be there (if at all). SpinzACE (talk) 02:22, 14 July 2023 (BST)
The current plan is to move this to Medicinal plants (foraging category), and have it as an extension to foraging. It will list the items, have some general foraging info (see Rose Hips), reference the occupations and traits that have a buff to locate medicinal plants, and any other relevant info. Poultice will be changed to either a disambiguation page, redirect here or First Aid. All medicinal plants will then be added to First Aid, in the same format that other items are listed there. - Vaileasys (talk) Wiki Administrator 16:33, 14 July 2023 (BST)