Editorial Standards

The Games Wiki exists to give players accurate, current, and useful information about the games they play, without the ad walls and out-of-date guides that have taken over much of the gaming web. Every page on this site should be measurably better than the equivalent page on a typical SEO-driven game wiki. If a page falls short, we treat that as a defect and fix it.

We hold every published article to the following standards:

• Verified, not guessed. Every gameplay claim must be traceable either to a primary source we can re-check (in-game text, official patch notes, developer communication) or to first-hand testing by an editor who has reproduced the behaviour.
• Current. Patch numbers and game versions are recorded on time-sensitive pages. When a major patch invalidates a section, we update or remove it rather than leaving stale content in place.
• No hallucination. If a fact cannot be verified, it does not get published. We would rather a page be shorter and correct than longer and wrong.
• Attributed history. Every edit is recorded under a real author account with a public profile and edit history. Anyone can audit who changed what, and when, on any article.

When we research a topic, we work outward from primary sources to secondary ones in roughly this order of preference:

1. The game itself, including in-game text, tooltips, and patch notes.
2. Official developer and publisher channels (developer letters, official forums, verified social accounts, livestream Q&A).
3. Direct first-hand testing by editors with the game installed.
4. Community datamining and tools, where the methodology is public and the data is reproducible.
5. Reputable secondary sources, used to corroborate, not to substitute for, the steps above.

We maintain a per-game list of trusted research references and a parallel blacklist of sources we will not cite because their content has been demonstrably fabricated, AI-generated without review, or systematically wrong. That list is internal to our editing process, but the principles behind it are open: a source has to be checkable. For the methodology in detail, see How we research.

Article body text on this site does not name external outlets, domains, or URLs. Research happens privately; the published page should stand on its own facts. This is a deliberate editorial choice to keep articles focused on the game and to avoid implying endorsement of any third-party site.

We use AI tools as a writing assistant, not as a source of facts. Concretely, that means AI helps us with:

• Drafting initial structure for a new article from research notes an editor has already gathered.
• Pulling first-pass summaries out of long patch notes, video transcripts, or developer Q&As.
• Generating cross-link suggestions between related articles.
• Proofreading for tone, grammar, and consistency with our style.

What AI does not do on this site:

• Invent gameplay facts, stats, or quest details.
• Cite or quote material the editor has not personally verified.
• Publish without a human editor reviewing the article and signing off under their own author account.

Every article on this site is attributed to a real author account with a public profile and a public edit history. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of what appears under their name, regardless of which tools they used to write a draft. If a page is wrong, the path to fixing it goes through a real editor, not through a model.

Every article goes through an editorial pass before it gets published and an ongoing series of review passes after. The shape of that process:

1. Research and draft by the assigned editor.
2. Internal review for accuracy, sourcing, and style.
3. Publication, with the editor named and timestamped in revision history.
4. Open community review: any reader with an account can edit, and changes are tracked.
5. Periodic refresh, especially after major patches or DLC.

Significant content reductions on existing articles are flagged for editorial review automatically through our admin tooling, so we can catch a bad batch update within minutes rather than days. This is part of why our revision history is public: anyone can verify that the page they are reading has been edited by real accounts over time.

The Games Wiki is independent. We are not owned by, funded by, or contractually obligated to any game publisher, developer, retailer, tournament organiser, or platform. We do not run sponsored articles, paid placements, or affiliate links inside article text. If that ever changes, it will be disclosed prominently on this page and on the affected article.

Editors are asked to disclose any meaningful relationship with a game studio (employment, contracting, NDA participation, or family connection) before writing about that studio's game. We do not ban editors with industry relationships from contributing, but we do require those relationships to be visible to other editors so they can be factored into the review process.

Funding for the site currently comes out of pocket. We do not run behavioural ad networks. The pages on this site exist because someone wanted them to exist for players, not because they ranked well for an affiliate keyword.

When we find or are told that an article contains a factual error, we fix it as soon as we can verify the correct information. The correction is captured as a wiki revision, the article's edit history shows what changed, and the article's "last updated" timestamp moves forward.

For substantive corrections (a wrong stat, a wrong NPC location, a quest step that does not exist), we also log the change on our public corrections page. You can report an error there, by email, or directly through the edit button on the article itself.

If you are a developer, publisher, or rights holder and you believe something on this site is inaccurate, infringes, or should be taken down, write to thegameswiki.com@gmail.com. We respond to verified claims promptly, and we are open to right of reply on articles that discuss your work.

Requests to remove negative-but-accurate information will not generally succeed; requests to fix something that is genuinely wrong will, and quickly.

For corrections, tips, source documents, or editorial questions, reach the editorial team at thegameswiki.com@gmail.com. We read everything that comes in. The fastest way to get a factual error fixed is still to file it on the corrections page, because that puts it in front of the editor whose name is on the article.