Forum:A query on querying and editing

Some help needed in etiquette, methods and tools on querying an entry on a page:

Hello,

A little request for help. I have not edited on these servers before (but know a fairly high degree on the subject in question.) A little background (if it helps you help me).

On a page in the Warhammer 40K wiki titled 'Chaos Space Marines' there is a table showing a summary of the primarchs (a sort of warrior prince) and what happened to them in the storyline surrounding the warhammer 40K game. The first entry in the table (for a charactar called Fulgrim) says:

"Body possessed by a Greater Daemon of Slaanesh impersonating him, his soul trapped in a portrait"

The last small (almost throwaway) portion (the soul in the painting) is what I wish to query. The last thing I wish to do however is charge in with all guns firing and just change it, as I might be in the wrong.

The charactar Fulgrim is possesed by the afforementioned demon (agree) and according to the epynonymous book title (Fulgrim) is held by the demon inside his own mind as a prisoner (while the demon controls his body for all eternity thereafter). At the very ending of the book there is a note that a painting of Fulgrim begins to exhibit an image of pure terror (and hence the entry on the site that he has been trapped inside the portrait.) However it doesn't say in the book that his soul has been transferred to the painting and the demon (in control of his body) when speaking to another charactar (Warmaster Horus) just as much infers that the demon intendeds to keep Fulgrim locked inside his mind and the demon greatly enjoys Fulgrims belated shrieks.

Pages on the wiki dedicated specifically to Fulgrim (book and charactar) are either vague or contradict what is in the table:

"...trapping the real Fulgrim's consciousness away within a psychic prison formed within his own mind. From that moment until the present, perhaps once of the greatest secrets of the Chaos Space Marines is that the true Fulgrim remains alive, but all of his actions and his very identity have been usurped by the Greater Daemon of Slaanesh." (Page entry of [Fulgrim].)

But, the book says explicitly neither way. After all this 'prologue' I gave above, all i wish to do is inster the word 'possibly' into the table. This might cause confusion or anger however (what if another book has been published since that I haven't read which clears this up?) so it would help if there was a 'footnote' of a sentance or two at the foot of the table.

So, finally:


 * Is there a means by which to find out who wrote that bit (an edit history) and ask it's editor why he put that there?


 * Would a footnote really help? (I can leave out a lot of what I explained before and get down to a simple line as we can assume a basic knowledge is held by those reading it.)


 * To you and your reading of the story (assuming I've got it right myself) would simply putting the word 'possibly' in cause more or less confusion? (I'm not looking incidentally for your support on why I'm putting it there, just a comment on if you think the word possibly would just cause everyone to go wild with confusion.)

Many thanks for any input.

Ekhmuel

Pleasure - such Pleasure! 16:59, November 12, 2011 (UTC)


 * Dear Ekhmuel,


 * Congratulations on deciding to want and try to improve a wiki on Wikia! What you want is to change a page about a subject and tell others about your change with a reasoning behind it right? You can however add a summary of your edits in which you can add 3 lines of text to display what you did, or why.


 * Be bold, people on that wiki are surely wanting to help you too. Making mistakes won't get you killed or injured. Your knowledge is very valuable because it contains information on the book which might not have been written by others on that wiki.


 * So go on, change it and add a summary on your thoughts there, which enables others to understand why you changed it. The admin (Montonius) is a hard working person who is by the looks a friendly person, willing to help. So if you might make errors, i am sure he will be willing to help you improve it.


 * Good luck and i do hope you will be editing for a long time to come!