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Judging Wikipedia: SWTOR (Star Wars: The Old Republic)

The Wikipedia article I chose to judge is centered around my topic regarding MMORPGs. The article covers a lot of information about one such game known as Star Wars: The Old Republic (abbreviated SWTOR). I have a good amount of experience with the game itself as I played it for a little over half a year. However, the purpose of highlighting such an article is not so much for the game itself, but the information about such a game. To start off with, here is a link to the newest version of the article: .

After reviewing the latest version of the article and looking through some of the early on revisions of the article as well as the article’s creation back in 2008, it was very interesting thinking about the development of information available for the game. When a new MMORPG is announced there is almost always next to no information available about the game besides the title (and that sometimes isn’t even given) and a couple key facts. The most interesting thing when viewing a Wikipedia article about an MMORPG, is sifting through which information was actually released by the game’s developers, and which information is just added or elaborated on by random users. Therein lies the struggle between the validity of information. Nonetheless, the demand for information on a new and upcoming MMORPG is very high, as gamers want to know every little detail about the game, and to see the information evolve and be released over time is quite an interesting happenstance.

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