FFXI Players Guide

[Alhanelem]

If I were to edit BGwiki/clopedia as you seem to suggest, I would have to completely redesign their entire website.

You've got some strange logic. No, you don't have to redesign their site. You just create a new page called "Guide: Getting Started in Vana'diel" or something like that. Load it up with whatever it is you want to say. Then, find an appropriate place where it can be linked from.

FFXIclopedia also already has a dedicated category for player-written guides and also has better information on the basics, where BG is more suited to advanced users. So I would suggest FFXIclopedia between the two in this case.

It's really not hard, and if you really need it there are those who could assist you.

I will continue to utilize the forums and once I finish I will create posts to start to share it's existence.

You can do whatever you like, but these forums get very little traffic, and for the most part it isn't new users or distant returnees. We're trying to help you get the most out of your well-intentioned efforts. But it seems very odd to me that you're writing off the resources that new players actually use in favor of a place that only a few grizzled veterans tend to visit. Even a blog site, or perhaps the FFXI subreddit would also be more effective places for something like this.

For you and other players to suggest I use these sites is a direct contradiction to their seemingly purposeful design choices.

We're suggesting these things because they actually welcome guides, FFXIclopedia in particular. There is no contradiction here. Like I said, FFXIclopedia has a category section SPECIFICALLY for guides:

https://ffxiclopedia.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Guides

I'm trying to understand why you have such a defiant attitude towards those trying to help you.

[Dihlyte]

I'm trying to understand why you have such a defiant attitude towards those trying to help you.

I actually was going to say "I could possibly create a individual guide such as the -Quickstart 1-119 Guide-" on BGwiki, but I don't see the difference.

As far as "defiant" I am not sure what you mean.

I already said BGwiki allows anyone to edit anything, both FFXIclopedia and BG do this, for being my reason why I am reluctant.

I personally consider reluctance and defiance two quite different behaviors.

I even wouldn't consider my behavior reluctance much either, considering I already reached out to BGwiki specifically.

What I fail to gather is why you seem more opposed to me using the forums instead of a wiki site even after I explained my reasoning.

I'm not defiant at all really. If BGwiki -want- the guide I can easily copy paste it, then make some minor formatting edits.

Even someone else could do that, so I really don't see the sticking point honestly.

The only "problem" I'm seeing is people not wanting me to do this on the forums.

I already tried BGwiki, and they were not very encouraging, which is why I already said, I chose to do it here. (They were actually discouraging, because they told me they would not like me to make changes.)

At that time I didn't consider making a separate guide, but it seems pointless in my mind to create something that already exists on BGwiki multiple times over.

Perhaps instead of saying I'm defiant, maybe you could explain why you feel me doing this here or creating a separate page on a wiki would be any different?

The only people who would know about the guide on a wiki in my mind would not exceed the number of people being told of its existence regardless of its URL.