User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Why Fandom Evolves: A Look Ahead in 2017/@comment-26402117-20170111211758/@comment-26402117-20170113104133

On Pokemon Wiki, many of the readers regularly play the games and have a strong in-depth knowledge of the subject. There hasn't really been a product that connects to them as well as Discussions, except maybe the apps. Users have tried to break into wiki editing but it may come across as more difficult or frustrating because they lack education on wikitext, suffer possible VE limitations and interact with a skin that just may not be as user-friendly. Sometimes, a sheer force of interest might allow users to break through - but rarely.

I often find that trying to help a wiki means reading a decent set of articles to work out what's missing too, even with a handle on basic editing. The Community Page strikes me as the closest thing to a standard interface that provides information on local activity or projects, yet it could do with a second look. Mainly swiching the sourcing of the edit module to categories, and showcasing some customized well-populated versions on the help page (as done for lots of the latest stuff around the site).