I have been using the wiki for quite a while and look forward to seeing the results of the cleanup and it getting updated and improved further. However, I have had difficulty trying to register for the wiki - I've been able to create an account, but I am unable to receive the confirmation email to any of the addreses I have tried. It may be delayed, perhaps, so I will continue waiting. While I wait, however, I thought I could post some of my comments here, if that is acceptable.
Firstly, I have been out of the gp2x community for quite a while due to time commitments elsewhere unfortunately, although as I have been getting back into it as I have had more time recently, I have used the wiki an awful lot the past couple of weeks or so, and even hope I might be able to contribute to it in the future as I "get back into the scene" and start learning again
I did want to respond to a few of your points from my perspective (a perspective of an end user who knows a bit about the gp2x and the community, has recently been using the wiki a lot, but has not yet contributed to it), so obviously I do not see the full picture and my perspective may be biased.
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Next is the main problem in my opinion - lists. The GP2X community seems to love making them, but hate keeping them up to date. This has resulted in loads of emulator compatibility lists which are totally wrong. They are also purely subjective as they are, and I believe they should be removed.
Firstly, I think the lists as long as they indicate which version the comment applies to is highly useful. Sometimes they contain tips or information (e.g. frameskip levels, clock speeds) as well as compatibility, and I have used the lists many a time to get an idea as to what works or how to get it to work, or reassurance that I probably can't get it to work if other people have failed as well. They may not always be up to date, and this is something that could be improved, but I see it as a useful resource and in my opinion, it would be a shame to see them go. Plus, basic compatibility (e.g. doesn't work at all, or works) is often pretty similar accross releases. The things I tried in uae4all a year ago still do not work on a much older release still do not work on today's release. Those that do work may be more playable, but those the emulator seems to struggle with completely have not. I think it would be a harm to remove them - lots more people asking if something works, lots of pepole struggling to get something to work which no one else has managed but not realising it, people missing out useful information on how to get something to work perhaps with something they haven't tried. I can only speak from my perspective, but having a centralised and useful place to find this sort of information has been highly useful to me.
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Pages based purely on speculation need to go too like
http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/Emulation_Speculation, or made fact-based.
As for the speculation pages, as long as these are clearly labelled as speculative, I think these are still important as well. Speculation does play a part on this console, as to what is possible and not possible and so forth, but it useful to know what people feel is possible and not possible, both for newcomers to the console to know what can and can not be done, and for longer users to see what could be possible and isn't done yet and what definitely won't be appearing. Plus, the page has often been linked to to show the current stance on systems and emulators, and has proved itself useful on many a time. I think to remove this resource, even though it is speculative, would also be a shame. Lots of people new to the handheld often ask things like "Will it ever be able to emulate <x>" or "Can it emulate <x>", and having the list of what it can, might and can't do is a quite useful resource for the new user. It may be speculative, but is generally reflective of the current views and still contains information which I think is useful. One of the goals of the wiki is "Keep all GP2X related information in a single place.", and I think information such as that matches that goal, and thus should not be discarded.
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I'm also going to be holding a weekly vote to decide the featured application, see the appropriate discussion page for more information.
About the featured applications, it might be worthwhile adding the message that users can add applications to the list after the instructions about placing a star, not only in the 'Notice from Orkie' section as at first it wasn't clear to me that other emulators could be added to the list (as the list is above the notice) until I read the notice (which some people at first glance or who do not scroll all the way down may not).
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Finally, I've protected a few important pages like the main page which I notice has been subject to minor vandalism and shouldn't be open for anybody to edit.
I must admit I find it disappointing that pages have had to be protected (although I often find it saddening when blanket rules need to be put in place which often affect the majority who have good intentions). It is required that users are registered with a confirmed email address, and thus mindless anonymous editing shouldn't be a problem, but personally, I think it's a shame to have to protect pages. I can understand the need on places like wikipedia, but for smaller communities such as the gp2x community, and without there having been too much of a problem, I didn't think there was as much as a need. However, I can understand the reasons for doing so, especially as the wiki grows.
Thankyou for your hard work and good luck to you and the others in maintaining the wiki into the future.
Just my perspective
