Hi guys.
I guess I'm a pretty lightweight compared to some of you; I have a dual box set-up I used to level a pair of warlock/priest duos on two separate server.
Anyway, I thought I'd post here, because I contribute to WoWWiki a LOT, mostly in copy editing pages and cleaning them up--I am a technical writer and copy editor in real life.
There's a lot of information on one page, like others have mentioned. The format is also nonstandard, and because the page is currently a hodgepodge of copy/paste jobs, it's a little hard to read and a bit intimidating for a reader considering dual boxing for the first time.
I would strongly encourage you to consider the following. If it's reasonable I'll do the work it takes to do this:
Create a separate page for dual-boxing, and set up links between both the multi-box and dual-box pages. Currently, the link for "Dual Box" is a redirect to multi-boxing. For most novices, wrapping their head around the concept of playing two games at once is more than enough to digest.
Reformatting the existing text so it's not a wall of text. This is the kind of thing I do the most clean-up in in WoWWiki, making it readable for the audience.
There are also typos and grammatical errors sprinkled through the page that could use some cleaning up.
Finally, if people are OK with it I think it would really help the readers if we could post photos (thumbnails with a link to the full size, uploaded to their server, per their style) of a couple of typical set-ups, as well as screenshots.
As the text gets massaged, one thing to think about is, who is the intended audience for this page? For most people, the top two questions they will think of is:
- OMG you must be nuts. Why do this?
- Isn't this against the EULA?
The second question is at least addressed, but it's also buried in the middle of the page. Reorganizing the text or presenting it in a way that addresses these primary issues might make the page more interesting for someone who might otherwise never consider dual boxing.
Just my $0.02.![]()
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