Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1001182-20121205173053/@comment-5796218-20121206202255

Maybe a safe way to do it would be to pull out all specific references to things, like the example Galexior gave, and instead make more use of the wiki link function to link to the root item pages.

That way anyone looking for information is constantly directed to the root source, the actual item page, for their information; leaving only one place in need of number updates instead of a million copies all over.

So back to Galexiors example.. There could be a section called "Powering the Refinery" and in that section could be something like this... "Refineries can handle power input from the following sources... Combustion Engine, Steam Engine , Energy Link ,... and seem to use xx energy/tick to run optimally. Refer to the main pages of each power source to determine the optimal number of engines required."

Now even as I look at it tho I can see that there is a deeper problem; people experimenting (or not) in different ways yielding different results. Constantly referring people to root articles WILL help because all relevant information should always be on the root article. The other problem of people's setups being different is one I can't think of a solution for :)

I might also say that information on tutorials might be treated differently because the numbers given in the tutorial might tie directly into it's design and changing things could lead to issues with people following the tutorial word-for-word. I guess as long as the tutorial does what it should and helps to teach people the principles then everyone except a copy-paste junkie should be able to develop more efficient iterations in the future suited to their own needs.