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This site is getting confused

This is far from being a rant as this site has been my PoGo bible for ages now. However, the amount of conflicting information is starting to become very noticeable and, in my opinion, it is making the site look confused.

The Charizard page is an the latest example I have noticed. The page is fully updated and only Fire Spin + Overheat carries an A ranking on attack with Wing Attack, Air Slash and Ember + Overheat all getting A-, but the explanation directly underneath says "Air Slash and Wing Attack are preferred over Fire Spin and Ember". Similar inconsistencies crop up everywhere.

It may just be that different individuals are updating different areas and they have conflicting opinions, but couldn't some compromise be reached before conflicting information is published?

Asked by daveclayt7 years 7 months ago
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A easy measure that would help for future:
Gamepress to put a date of change on every piece of text.

Another continous 2-step-measure that would help:

(1) Mark every piece of text, all Guides and other Informations given, that is older than one month as "possibly outdated".
(2) Reread every piece of text that is "possibly outdated" mark them as "valid" or "outdated"

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It's because different parts are written by different authors and it's possible that they share different opinions just as we do!

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There is strictly outdated information too.
Such as the advice not to catch evolved forms, as they give same amount of dust and candy but at lower catch rate....

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Hmm. No justification for such mistakes.
To think that GamePress is not just for PoGo but there are other games too, I guess they are quite shorthanded.

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The same goes for Steelix. In the defenders tier list they list DT-CR as being the best move. But on Steelix's page IT-HS tops the ratings as a defender move

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Also, I assume anyone updating info for GP are all doing it in their spare time so it takes a lot of time to keep up with every single change and update everything and no one is being compensated for it (not to mention, it's prob not fun)...

My advice is don't take anything posted as fact, but if you play a while and follow here and SR, it's pretty clear what is outdated...The Q&A also has mostly updated answers from regular posters...

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You should ask for a refund.

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