Board Thread:Support Requests - Designing Your Wiki/@comment-25634185-20200924124912/@comment-38517772-20200924150708

That's definitely off to a good start. I'm not the best at being a wiki editor but I hope my tips help.

= Nav Bar = I think that separating the "Main Characters" and "Secondary Characters" in the "Characters" tab is unnecessary. I personally think it would be better if it was all grouped into something like "Protagonists". I also think having "Stages" as its own separate tab is unnecessary, it would probably fit better if the "Stage Lists" was under the "About" tab.

Since "Dead Beats" is supposed to be the name of the whole Mad Rat Dead soundtrack, won't it be better to just have the "Dead Beats" page contain the list of tracks and not have "Tracks list" be its own separate page? That way, you could just put the "Dead Beats" page under the "About" tab.

I personally think its slightly strange that there is no tab for the game developers behind Mad Rat Dead. I'd want to know who are the Music Artists, Programmers, Concept Artists, etc. Having a "Creators" tab or something like that would be helpful so people could directly see all the people behind the game.

= Main Page = The main page of the wiki is the first thing people see when they visit your wiki, so it should be organized and helpful. However, I find that the main page looks empty. I'll be completely honest here when I say that I suck at editing main pages, it's one of my biggest weaknesses regarding wiki editing, so I don't know if you'll take this part seriously or not. But I think it would be better if you added some pics of gameplay, pics of characters that lead to the corresponding character page (ex: there is a pic of Mad Rat in the center of the page. It would be cool if clicking that pic would take you to the "Mad Rat" character page!), and if the large links in the middle of the page were moved to the bottom. Pics of Mad Rat Dead gameplay would be very enticing for anyone who stumbled across the wiki to check the game out. Clicking the character pic to get the viewer to the character page would just be a nice idea, plus the character design of Mad Rat is very interesting, and I think people would want to know about him. The large links in the middle are to me, not the most attractive thing in the world. People have the tendency to scroll down (which is why infinite scrolling is so popular when designing social media apps). So, when people scroll down the main page of your wiki, they want to see everything regarding Mad Rat Dead. Then, when they are done scrolling and clicking things, they'd get to the bottom of the page and think to themself, "Should I buy this game?". Putting the links in the middle of the page is essentially asking them to buy the game before they even know what it is. In case you haven't already noticed, this isn't just a main page wiki design tip, but an advertising tip! If you ever want to advertise something in the future, you know now lol.

= Visuals = Something I've noticed in a lot of professional-looking wikis is that they make their own wiki wordmarks. Having the game's logo is ok, but I think it would look much cooler if you had a custom one that said "Mad Rat Dead Wiki". The "Wiki" part would be in the same font and style as the rest of the Mad Rat Dead logo. You could make it yourself if you wanted, but if you'd rather not, then there are plenty of talented wordmark creators who'd be willing to do it for you! I once saw this wiki that was purely about finding wordmark creators and requesting wordmarks, however I can't seem to find it again. I don't think it will be of much help anyway, since the wiki in general seemed inactive. But regardless, you could just ask people, and if you can't find anyone (I highly doubt that), then you could come to me if you wanted. I don't have as much experience, but I think it would be ok. You should come to me as a last resort, though. There are tons of people more talented than me, lol.

The one last thing I'll talk about is just the wiki's title. It's not a super big issue, but I don't think putting "ENG Wiki" is necessary until there are other translations of the wiki, and even then, you wouldn't need to put it since your wiki is the original Mad Rat Dead wiki! You don't need to remove it, I just found it unnecessary.

And that is, in detail, all of my criticism! If any parts are unclear, then feel free to ask me. I wish you good luck with your wiki and have a good day.