Thread:Tupka217/@comment-27892537-20161012021925

Hello,

I have been using this wiki for a little over six years, but I only just made an account in February or so of this year. I have been consistently participating on the discussion board for some time now, but my editing contributions have been minimal at best. I would very much so like to change that. I have been hesitant about editing because of how little I know about it. I am trying to learn (slowly but surely), but I do not know all of the guidelines, know-hows, and procedures. My goal is to be one of the main contributors to Titan-related pages. As such, I have been reading as much Titan material as possible. As of now, I have completed Teen Titans vol 1, issues 1-53; New Teen Titans vol 1, issues 1-40, plus annuals 1-2; Tales of Teen Titans vol 1, issues 41-59, plus annual 3; Tales of the New Teen Titas vol 1, issues 1-4; New Teen Titans vol 2, issues 1-49, plus annuals 1-4; New Titans vol 1, issues 50-99, plus annuals 5-8; Team Titans vol 1, issues 1-10; and Deathstroke the Terminator vol 1, issues 1-26 -- as well as the Teen Titan post-Crisis retold history in a Secret Origins annual. I still have to finish New Titans, Team Titans, and Deathstroke to be caught up with everything Titans up to 1996. I apologize for making you read all that extra detail you may not necessarily care about. My point is that while I first decided that I would begin making substantial edits once I finished all of my Titans' readings, that goal may take longer than I had initially imagined. I reduced that plan so that I would start after I have gotten up-to-date up to 1996. Still, I have found myself wanting more and more to get into editing. So I think I want to start immediately from where I am onward, and afterwards I will go back through the aforementioned issues and make appropriate edits as they are needed.

I know that was a lot of setup, so I appreciate your reading it. My main question regarding editing is about writing synopses. What are the conventions that you and the other admins prefer in a synopsis? I have gone through numerous issue pages on the wiki. Some issue pages have had fairly detailed synopses. Some pages have had only one simple sentence that vaguely says what the issue is about. Some issues do not have a synopsis at all. How do you prefer them done? Personally, I have found the more detailed synopses useful. When I took a 8-month hiatus on my Titans' readings, I was able to come onto the wiki and go to the issues I had read up to that point, read the synopses to refresh myself, and then continue where I left off. However, I could understand how one might would be against detailed synopses, claiming they provide too many "spoilers" (though I would argue that if the person made the choice to read the synopsis in the first place). Still, I wanted to get your side of it. How should I write synopses to be the most helpful I can be? I look forward to being able to contribute more.

Thanks,

N8 