Skyrim talk:Creation Club

Question regarding thisEdit

Is each mod going to have its own page? If so - I would recommend someone out up for discussion a proposal to move it to a separate namespace. Timeoin (talk) 10:49, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

There are three sensible choices:

1. Each "creation" gets a page in Skyrim space. If extra pages are needed they are subpaged.
2. Each creation gets a page in TES5Mod, allowing greater scope for documentation without conflicts.
3. Creations are handled via subpages of this page. Things get complicated, but no-more-so our multi-level modspaces, if extra pages are needed.

As far as I am aware creations are not lore, which makes it easier to use the modspace to document them. However, if they are confirmed as lore, then they should be in Skyrim space. Personally I think #2 is the best choice if all are to be documented, as mods will be adding new quests, NPCs, spells, and using existing NPCs and items for their own purposes. Silence is Golden^{Break the Silence} 11:28, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

I agree as well. #2 is definitely the best option. Also - sorry if I have jumped the gun so to speak - I saw it potentially becoming quite messy as this expands over time (as it obviously will as more people develop mods). I leave it up to the admins and/or consensus which one gets implemented. Its easy enough to do now, whichever way it goes, before it takes off fully. When theres hundreds of fleshed-oumods, THEN it becomes difficult to fix. Timeoin (talk) 12:04, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

We received a confirmation from Cartogriffi on Discord that CC content is both "official", and "lore-checked" to some (uncertain) degree:

I am not an official arbiter of Bethesda lore, but I hope you don’t mind if I chime in.

Creations are official releases, but it’s also understandable that a site like UESP or the Imperial Library would take CC with a grain of salt. We do consider lore implications when reviewing proposals, particularly something trying to heavily enmesh itself into the world. Connections to the world are great, but we also want to avoid anything being too impactful. That is, we want things to fit into the game world, but we’re also not looking to greatly expand the lore of the game.

With historic items, like artifacts, simply existing can have implications for the lore. Although artifacts in Tamriel do have a habit of disappearing and re-materializing in other places. I believe this was even noted in the description of Chrysamere in Daggerfall.

To that end, I think #3 (or possibly #1) is the best course of action. Hopefully #1 wouldn't result in organizational issues or pagename conflicts. If conflicts are likely, then #3 is better, and we can then set "Skyrim:Creation Club" as a pseudo-namespace. An entirely separate namespace though is probably impractical, as it doesn't satisfy the standard criteria for a new namespace (that being, a large new worldspace and lots of disconnected new content). The only issue I can see across the board is "Dragonborn-based" Creations vs "Skyrim-based" Creations, as there could be an argument for separating those into their respective namespaces, which becomes a bigger issue if there is cross-world content. That alone would probably be a benefit to putting it in Tes5Mod, which doesn't have a DB/SR split, but as official content, I don't think we can really do that.

With regards to subpages, and subpages of subpages, I don't think that's really necessary. If we have properly constructed category trees, we don't need multiple levels of subpages. We just need to actually use the mod parameter that exists in all the primary header and infobox templates (e.g. Quest Header, Place Summary, NPC Summary). For example, under #3, you'd have the "mod" for the Staff of Sheogorath at Skyrim:Creation Club/(Mod Title), and you'd have the quest at Skyrim:Creation Club/(Quest Title). #1 would be exactly the same without "Creation Club/", namely Skyrim:(Mod Title) and Skyrim:(Quest Title), which is exactly how we do DLC quests. --Enodoc (talk) 20:24, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Dragonborn based creations don't need to be split whatever the eventuality. Creations are only available with the special edition, and they are each based on their own merits, whatever the "requirements to run" might be (ie they are a Skyrim "mod" even if they only use Dragonborn areas/NPCs/etc). I foresee most creations being contained within one page, but for those that aren't they must use subpages or sub-subpages. The risk of overlapping names is too high, seeing as each creation is self-contained, and the amount of disambiguation pages already in Skyrim doesn't suggest that it is a pressing-concern for Beth's coders. The only guarantee in that regard is the actual creation name, or the store would break. The status of official or unofficial directly impacts on the choice we make, because if it's fully official then they should be integrated like Dawnguard and not use subpages.

The lore situation needs to be a lot clearer, it either is or it isn't. We take every word spoken as evidence, every quest as complete, and there is going to be a lot of new dialogue, as well as quests impacting on everything from Princes to the Civil War to the Guilds. The current wording suggests that the only checking being done is to make sure it doesn't conflict with known lore. I don't think "a grain of salt" is a proper way of treating the content, for us, for the Imperial Library, or for anyone else interested. Silence is Golden^{Break the Silence} 21:37, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

I agree that there's no need to have Creation pages in DB namespace. Tes5Mod namespace is not appropriate as these are not mods.

As for "canonicity", this is official content and should therefore be treated no different than any other officially published TES content. If we include TES Travels info in our lore articles, we can certainly include CC info. Per Cartogriffi yesterday, Bethesda "consider lore implications when reviewing proposals" - what more can we ask for? —Legoless (talk) 22:57, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

How should CC Content be included in related articles?Edit

As an example of what I mean, Arcane Accessories adds several new spells. Should those spells therefore be added to the existing tables in Skyrim:Spells, or to a new table on the same page, and/or to a new page such as Skyrim:Arcane Accessories, perhaps linked on those other pages? Similarly, the Arcane Archer Pack and most of the other files add new weapons. Should they be added to Skyrim:Weapons and other relevant pages? 151.224.208.151 21:59, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Oblivion's smaller add-ons are probably the closest thing to compare. Each of the smaller addons are self-contained, ie not added to generic pages, such as the spells added with the Spell Tomes being only on that page and omitted from the OB:Spells page. The larger addons tend to add more generic items (eg Dawnguard and Dragonborn adding multiple new materials for weapons and armor), and they spread out affecting a lot of pages, where the smaller ones will usually only be adding specific items in specific places. If there are a fair few then a page such as "Arcane Accessories Items" is usually made to keep the front page cleaner. Pages affected by creations should probably have a note about what is changed/added, eg Stendarr's Hammer in the Dwemer Museum, and we should probably code an icon for CC content so it can be marked more easily. Silence is Golden^{Break the Silence} 23:20, 24 November 2017 (UTC)

Trails and categories of CC pagesEdit

I think we need to find a way to make the trails and categories consistent with the rest of the Skyrim namespace and the subpage/category hierarchy. The quest pages have trails like "Skyrim: Chrysamere" (The Lost Paladin) or "Skyrim: Stendarr's Hammer" (If I had a Hammer). The trails and the resulting categories (Skyrim-Chrysamere, Skyrim-Stendarr's Hammer) are too short and confusing, and the pages aren't categorized as quests. --Holomay (talk) 09:30, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Definitely a discussion that needs to happen. Redirects like Skyrim:Ciirta's Eye have no Creation-specific categories, so those probably need to be set up sooner rather than later. —Legoless (talk) 11:16, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

I fixed all the trails and categories related to Creation Club. I'm not sure how the category name Skyrim-Stendarr's Hammer is confusing, as it follows the same format as Skyrim-Dawnguard or Oblivion-Thieves Den. —Dillonn241 (talk) 13:39, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Category names aren't really consistent anyway, there are categories like Skyrim-Dawnguard-Items-Books which include almost the entire hierarchy above them, but there are also a lot of category names that are shorter and consist only of two elements. So I don't think we need to come up with overlong cat names like Skyrim-Official Add-Ons-Creation Club-Divine Crusader. It's no problem to use short cat names like Skyrim-Divine Crusader as long as the category descriptions provide the necessary information and links, and descriptions like "contains a list of all pages related to the Divine Crusader Creation for Skyrim" are totally fine.

However, I don't think it's enough to add CC quests like Relics of the Crusader only to the Category:Skyrim-Quests. In addition, we should create a subcat for CC quests and/or for individual creations' quests so that there is a more specific subcat for these quests like Category:Skyrim-Quests-Bards College or Category:Skyrim-Hearthfire-Quests.

What I found confusing were trails like Skyrim: Divine Crusader that didn't include Quests. Now it is included in all CC quest page trails, but I think to be consistent with trails on other Add-On quest pages like A New Order or Build Your Own Home, the name of the Add-On should be placed before the Quest link. --Holomay (talk) 18:06, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Sounds good. We can create categories for Creation Club in general that list all books, items, quests, etc. I also need to change the mod headers to the specific Creation (to make the name display and allow possibility in the future of custom icons) so I'll do these simultaneously. This should make it easy to find all items added by Creation Club, and the individual Creation categories I made will make it easy to find the content each one adds. —Dillonn241 (talk) 07:53, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Author ColumnEdit

Do we need a column for this when most of the authors are unknown? This seems like information that belongs on the individual articles rather than in the summary table. It's also already mentioned in the description text for the only relevant Creation, i.e. Divine Crusader. I don't see a need to duplicate that info on this page. —Legoless (talk) 10:53, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

I would say that right now it is not very useful, but it will probably become a very useful feature in future. As more creations are made, then mod authors may return to make multiple Creations—documentation of that on this page will allow users to see at a glance which sets of Creations were made by an individual, even if that individual is not known (e.g. QTY). As it is, even including Maty734 is useful, because it allows users to see what other contributions he has made at a glance on the mod menu. It will become more useful in the near future, with well-known community members such as Elianora and Trainwiz being set to make Creations, and seeing prominent mod authors' names in the column will easily allow users to assume a certain standard of quality to certain Creations. Fullerton ﴾_talk﴿ 11:11, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

I agree with fullerton, while it is not very useful now, as we get more creation club mods in from popular authors, it will be a good thing to document in my opinion. Considering that creation club is supposed to be community driven, I believe it would make sense to mention who made what mod in the summary table for documentation purposes. Additionally, I think the current size of icons you have reverted back to is far too small. The pictures in the table are thumbnails, not icons, like the add-ons table. It's far too hard to discern the subject of the thumbnails at that size, I would like to propose size 125px as a compromise. T J (talk) 12:31, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

There is no reason to have large thumbnails in what amounts to a summary table. If you check Skyrim:Official Add-Ons (where you've transcluded this table), you'll notice that the DLC icons are 45px. The current images are already larger than normal icons at 90px; expanding them any larger simply bloats the table and is not useful. Readers can click through to the article to see a bigger thumbnail.

Consistency really dictates that we create proper icons for each of the Creations. It should be easy to crop out the background on each of the currently-used promo images, but it seems like a lot of work to keep up-to-date when the current images are perfectly fine as-is. —Legoless (talk) 16:00, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

I agree with Legoless that this kind of information is not useful on the Creations list. The definition of "author" also gets a bit fuzzy when you consider things like the new Shadowrend Creation, which credits unoctium for the quest but not necessarily the whole mod. It's also not really correct to list Bethesda for unknown authors and not have them on the other ones too. Bethesda works on all the Creations, which makes this pointless. The best solution is to add the known authors to the individual pages, either in a note or as part of the mod summary. Same with the shop categories (but these are also useful in the list). —Dillonn241 (talk) 01:20, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I agree with both Dillon and Legoless on the points they have made in their responses. KriHavok (talk) 05:02, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

(←) Again, I would like to stress that while the immediate utility of the column is limited, as more mods proliferate then there will be far more reason to use them. This is, after all, a navigational aid and some readers will doubtless want to navigate their favourite mod author's works. Creation Club's whole purpose is to engage the community—mod authors, as a fixture of that community, are a vital part of Creation Club and should be documented as one of its main features. By continuing the use of the author column, then users will be able to see at a glance which mod authors made their favourite creations, which will allow users to quickly select which Creations they may purchase in future. This also promotes the hardest-working mod authors—there's no reason for UESP to act as if it doesn't recognize the virtue of having hard-working modders in the community, and this is a good way for some of their contributions to be exhibited. And to reiterate, while its utility is limited at the current moment, this will change in, for example, a year's time when returnee Creators arrive and the mod list is stacking up. At that point, sorting the mods by author will allow for an easier filtering of Creations of a certain type and calibre—after all, people like being able to associate a work with its creator. This is a useful heuristic tool now, and will become even more useful in the future. I believe that it's counterintuitive to remove it now. However, using "Bethesda" as the main author of some mods is questionable—we will never be able to fathom the degree of authorship that Bethesda holds over these Creations. These are just my thoughts on the matter. Fullerton ﴾_talk﴿ 06:23, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I'm not entirely against removing the author column. My main concern now is listing Bethesda as the author when we have no idea to what extent they helped with the mod. The only situation that would call for listing them is if we had proof that they made the Creation without a mod author, and I don't think that's how Creation Club works. —Dillonn241 (talk) 06:44, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I can see the theoretical benefit of an author column, but it's only useful if it's accurate. If we don't actually know, 100%, who the author of the Creation is, then we can't fill it in, and a half-complete column is no better than no column. Take the QDR Creations, for example. There's nothing outside of the filename which suggests this wasn't created by Bethesda, as there's no indication in the description like there is for others. The Shadowrend Creation credits unoctium for the quest, but has a BGS filename; that suggests that any of the other BGS Creations could potentially have had additional input that they forgot to mention in the description. So if the author column can't be accurate, due to lack of information on the actual author, it can't be useful either. --Enodoc (talk) 08:45, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I was undecided as I wasn't sure just how committed Bethesda were to making more Creations available, but now that they have I agree that the author column is useful. Not because "hard-working" modders deserve recognition on this page, but because people do tend to follow individual modders and try other content they have created. I also agree that where we don't know or aren't sure, it should be left blank. Given the purpose of the Creations is to use outside mod authors to create new content I'm not sure any of the ones with Bethesda listed as the author are accurate. If we leave them like that, then the questionability of their accuracy extends to the others, making the whole thing a wasted exercise. Silence is Golden^{Break the Silence} 19:11, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

(←) I'm resurrecting this discussion on foot of statements from Cartogriffi in Discord, which I am pasting here in full:

The three digit author code generally marks whoever started the piece the content. This is usually the artist. So with Shadowrend, we set up the art first, and Unoctium took this and made the quest. If Unoctium had made the quest with placeholder art, and that art came later, chances are it would have had his initials.

The initials are there for internal tracking rather than an attempt to assign credit. Credit is handled entirely in the description.

We are very careful with credit, in part because some creators choose to be anonymous and we put considerable effort into protecting their privacy.

Since we have direct confirmation that (1) the initials found in the game data are simply an internal measure recording who initially created the file, (2) they are explicitly not an indication of authorship, and (3) there are Creators who specifically wish to remain anonymous, I've removed the unidentifiable initials from the authorship column on this page.

In light of point #3, we now know that we will likely never get a full listing of authors for the majority of unattributed Creations. As Cartogriffi pointed out, credit is handled entirely in the description. This goes back to my very first point which triggered this discussion in the first place: the author column simply duplicates data already displayed in the table. I really don't see the point in having an entire column for accreditation/external links when the majority of Creations are purposefully left uncredited by the developers. —Legoless (talk) 17:31, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

I've added the author information to the second paragraph of all the Creations. I think it would be more useful to show release date than author in this table. It was something I was looking for recently all together and I had to click on each page. —Dillonn241 (talk) 18:30, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

I agree with replacing the author column with the release date. --Ilaro (talk) 09:04, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Because of this update from the actual devs, I don't expect anyone to oppose, so I've gone ahead and replaced author with release date. I've also added sorting for the Creation name (required data-sort-value to work correctly, which I've never seen used before). Previously it was not possible to return to the default sort without refreshing the page. —Dillonn241 (talk) 18:33, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Beat me to the edit, but for the sake of establishing consensus I should state that this seems like a good change to me. —Legoless (talk) 21:35, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Patch RequirementsEdit

So our {{Content Summary}} template has a section for specifying the version requirements. I spoke to Cartogriffi in relation to Creation version compatibility, and he said the following:

"That's not something we really track, it's generally assumed people will be using the latest version of the game. Earlier creations probably work just fine on earlier versions, but that's not something we consider."

Since SSE generally auto-updates and the Creation Club storefront need to connect to Bethesda.net, version requirements obviously aren't particularly useful information. However, the two new releases we've seen since launch (i.e. 30th November 2017 and 5th April 2018) have both required a patch in order to support the new Creations. As such, I think it's safe to list the most up-to-date version as of release as a minimum requirement for each Creation. I've updated the affected articles accordingly, and going forward I think we should add the most recent SSE patch as a requirement for new Creations when they are released. —Legoless (talk) 20:14, 7 May 2018 (UTC)

Removed InformationEdit

This means cost per credit is less when you buy more of them and more when you buy less (they are cheaper in bulk); because all of the prices are dropped by 1/100 of a unit, a more valuable currency will buy credits more efficiently than a less valuable currency, as a general rule. However, prices are pegged to a whole number before modification, and are left fixed over time, while real-world exchange rates vary heavily over time and are rarely whole numbers, which means the actual cost per credit by currency will vary both over time and by number of credits purchased (since the effect of the bulk discount will be modified by the effect of pegging the final cost to a whole number). Here is an example of the various costs of credits, for a specific date and time's exchange rates, using dollars as a reference point to show credits per unit value (more is better):

Costs Per Credit, 15:00 GMT, June 4, 2018

Number of Credits	Cost, Bought in Dollars	Cost, Bought in Euros	Cost, Bought in Pounds
750	$7.99 / €6.83 / £5.99	$8.18 / €6.99 / £6.13	$7.99 / €6.83 / £5.99
	93.87 Credits/$	91.69 Credits/$	93.87 Credits/$
1500	$14.99 / €12.82 / £11.24	$15.20 / €12.99 / £11.40	$14.66 / €12.53 / £10.99
	100.07 Credits/$	98.68 Credits/$	102.32 Credits/$
3000	$24.99 / €21.36 / £18.74	$24.56 / €20.99 / £18.42	$25.31 / €21.64 / £18.99
	120.05 Credits/$	122.15 Credits/$	118.53 Credits/$
5500	$39.99 / €34.18 / £30.01	$40.92 / €34.99 / £30.71	$39.96 / €34.18 / £29.99
	137.53 Credits/$	134.40 Credits/$	137.64 Credits/$

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I've removed the above information as it provides far too much detail to be notable. It should be obvious that purchasing in bulk is cheaper, and I don't see any need to document real world currency exchange rates on this page. —Legoless (talk) 16:45, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

It is also pointless comparing the currencies, you can't choose to buy it with dollars if you live in the UK, or pounds if you live in the eurozone. It is also useless giving the exchanged values, because these fluctuate daily, and sometimes hourly, for exchange services. It is a basic principle of retail, buy more to get more per currency unit. Silence is Golden^{Break the Silence} 22:04, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Why aren't we simply calling this "DLC"?Edit

The same content from Bethesda or ANY OTHER GAMING ENTITY EVER has always been called DLC. Why don't we refer to this content as such? — Unsigned comment by ‎Tegakari (talk • contribs) at 16:50 on 13 December 2018 (UTC)

DLC is a pretty modern term in the industry, almost every game in the series has had something that could be described as "DLC", but predated common adoption of that term (especially by Bethesda). Very few of our articles because of this use the term DLC for that reason, for historical purposes. The primary logic behind this article, from my own memory, is that Bethesda doesn't call it DLC, and we try to remain as neutral as possible for topics like this when we can, so we lean towards their terminology. If anyone knows of an alternative source calling it DLC, please feel free to correct me. --AKB ^{Talk Cont Mail} 16:50, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

There was a discussion about this some time ago. This shows that DLC is actually not really used that much by Bethesda and the consensus is to keep it named Creation Club. --Ilaro (talk) 16:52, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Oblivion (at least--I haven't checked older titles) had DLC content officially published as "DLC" at some point. And even the Wikipedia articles use the standard, industry-wide terms on this for content dating back at least as far as Morrowind. UESP is the holdout here, beholden only to the hour's corporate whims. Construing the terminology as modern (rather than the corporatism) is just fictitious. Tegakari (talk) 17:56, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

To chime in here, Pete Hines (Senior VP of Global Marketing/Communications at Bethesda Softworks) states on multiple occasions that the Creation Club and the Creations that come out of this project are not DLC: 'Creation club content is not DLC or mods', 'They're not either. It's internally developed. Not sold like dlc. Not part of mods.', 'I said they were more like mini dlcs. They're not DLC and not included as part of season pass', 'Creation club is separate from DLC. Similar, but not DLC', and 'It’s not small dlc. I said it’s like small dlc. The full list of what included w season pass was posted a long time ago'. KriHavok (talk) 18:03, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

At no point is any sufficient argument made towards his point there. My mind is totally blown. He's speaking as if "DLC" were a corporate term, but it isn't, it's objectively, *demonstrably* an industry standard, and has been for well over a decade. Thanks for backing me up on my corporatism argument, @KriHavok. DLC is downloaded content from the developer, period. It doesn't have to come from any particular season pass, or even be included in a season pass at all. What in the world would make this person suggest that? Is he out of his mind? Tegakari (talk) 18:40, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

I think its important here that we remain neutral on whether or not it is DLC in our eyes or not and just label it as what the devs call it. In this case we should call it CC content over DLC.Zebendal (talk) 18:45, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

"Our eyes"? The neutral stance would be siding with industry standards. On one side of the neutral stance is corporatism. On the other, is what we believe it should be called, if differing from the industry standard. Nothing about distancing wiki content from industry standards is neutral. Tegakari (talk) 18:48, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

The main point behind the posts from Hines is that Bethesda officially calls the Creation Club as the Creation Club (or Creations). They do not call it DLC, so when documenting it we call it by what Bethesda calls it. A similar situation can be found with ESO where they classified a new content scheme called "Chapters". The Chapters are still content that you download, which fits the definition of DLC, but the fact is that isn't what they call it and so we document it by the name they gave it. Enderkingdev (talk) 19:58, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

(←) In a discussion about semantics, usually the proposal would favour using a more accurate term. The discussion here proposes that we actually move away from the correct term "Creation" and use something else. I struggle to see the logic in this. It should also be pointed out that the wiki correctly identifies Creations as "add-ons", which seems like perfectly neutral industry standard language to me and conveys the same meaning as "DLC", so really the distaste seems to stem from the fact that Creation is a strange term to use. I would agree with this sentiment, but for the purposes of documentation it's better to be technically accurate and go with Bethesda's marketing speak. —Legoless (talk) 20:21, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

I shall not 'beat around the bush' in this instance. Quite frankly, this is a semantic argument wherein the literal definition of the terms "downloadable" and "content" are being taken out of their context (a context wherein the term "downloadable content" as a whole holds a definition separate from that which is being claimed) to justify the removal of "Creation", which is a correctly contextualised term referring to the specific type of content that is intended to be documented. To remove the term which is accurate in context in favour of a term accurate in name but not in context is to do a disservice to the documentation of aforementioned content. — J. J. Fullerton _﴾talk﴿ 20:39, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Ah yes, no more beating around the bush! These things are *just* semantics arguments, so let's literally always pick the corporatist option. Because Big Daddy Bethesda said to. *Contextualized* of course. Chu~ Tegakari (talk) 20:50, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

If we were to start documenting the Creations as DLC then we would be tossing aside the official name of the product in favor of what the content technically is. Enderkingdev (talk) 21:04, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

To compound upon Mr. Enderkingdev's statement, this would stand against precedent on the U.E.S.P. wiki—in the Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited namespace, we commonly make reference and overture to DLC. These also do not fit your technically correct semantic definition of downloadable content, and yet because of official product names—which, as a wiki, the U.E.S.P. is bound to document in one form or another—they are documented under the technically incorrect name of DLC. This situation may seem reprehensible, but the fact of the matter is that it is far more useful to both readers and editors of a wiki if the mode of reference used in the games that are played and documented is the same as the one used on the wiki on which said documentation takes place. — J. J. Fullerton _﴾talk﴿ 21:11, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

The entire point of this topic is how low-quality it is of a wiki to succumb to corporatist whims; citing the wiki itself as evidence against my argument isn't acceptable, lol. The question remains: why can't the wiki make a simple distinction between the corporate glossary (as advised by Bethesda, etc) and industry-standard terms used universally, and then use industry terminology throughout? Clarity, standardization, universal precedent... vs "Big Daddy Bethesda said so". Tegakari (talk) 22:56, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

There is no clarity nor universal precedent which makes it correct to use an inaccurate term. It seems that dislike is habored for "As advised by Bethesda". However, the terminology used in-game is not only advised but created by Bethesda, and thus do the players of the game use the same terminology. For a wiki to dispense with the terminology used by both the players and the developers of the game in the name of being technically correct is fundamentally antithetical to the function of a wiki. — J. J. Fullerton _﴾talk﴿ 23:04, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

If Bethesda or any of the other related companies who own TES properties move forward and claim "Elder Scrolls isn't a game--it's a Club..." "You see, we've changed something about the way we ship the product to stores, therefore it can no longer be called a videogame series. Each product is in fact a Member of a Club," would we then be obligated to turn over the entire wiki and remove all references to videogames? Tegakari (talk) 23:06, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

Once again I bring up that Creations are the name of the product. We as a wiki document the information from the games or other Elder Scrolls content, to alter that information just because we disagree with the name or whatever other reasoning, would be a disservice for users. Furthermore, you ask us to call the Creations by what they are on a technical level, downloadable content (DLC). Following that logic we would also have to remove the Chapters and DLC section from the Elder Scrolls Online because on a technical view they are not DLC, they are updates to the game in which players than purchase access to.

To double back, Creations are the name of the product. It is the name people would be looking for, and as a wiki we should document information as accurately as possible. This includes utilizing the given name of the product regardless of our opinion on that name.Enderkingdev (talk) 23:48, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

(←) Another point in favour of referring to them as "Creations" is that DLC is a generic term to cover all downloadable content, while "Creation" covers only a very specific set of downloadable content. I don't just mean that it only includes those items on offer, but rather, from a technical standpoint, Creations are in a different file format, they use a different internal ID scheme (which actually limits the size of the add-on in a significant way), and unlike most other DLC, they cannot be disabled via the interface. Quite clearly, therefore, the term "Creation" refers to a very specific type of DLC. The term is invented, at least in this context, but that doesn't in any way make it less valid.

Whether it's "corporatist" or not is irrelevant. Our purpose on the wiki is not to take a political stance on any issue. It's to document the games as they exist, and they exist using the term "Creation". – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 01:43, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

So even if it has nothing to do with lore, even though it has no in-game relevance whatsoever and is nothing but a corporatist attempt to make something reprehensible go down more easily (not "DEATH-death"... but *golden* death!), it should be documented in full? There is simply no legitimate attempt at a neutral wiki being made here. This site is a Member of the Club, not a wiki. Tegakari (talk) 02:50, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

And I'm not sure who will appreciate the pathetic attempts at dismissing the argument first as "semantics", then as "oh, just opinions", then as "political stances". The fact that the industry standard term for this content applies to this content is not my opinion to impress upon you. It's just an industry standard. You're the ones taking the side here. Tegakari (talk) 02:53, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

As everyone else, including me, is in favor of keeping the current usage of Creation, I see no point in continuing this discussion. The overwhelming consensus is to make no change. And please refrain from the statements that are nearing personal attacks like "What in the world would make this person suggest that? Is he out of his mind?" and the one about "pathetic attempts". —Dillonn241 (talk) 03:15, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Total costEdit

Should mention that the points cost of a complete collection of all 33 is 12,400. Minimum monetary cost is US$94.97 / €82.97 / £70.97, with 100 credits left over (or 200 if you were among the early adopters who got free credits). Save people doing the math manually.

May also be worth a section on reviewer reception. Many of these have been panned as not worth the cost, either providing something trivial, or essentially duplicating free mods, or providing something good and unique but at a price too high. Some have gotten better reviews, like "Forgotten Seasons". 73.162.132.8 15:53, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

I don't see the harm in listing the total cost. As for reviews, that seems like something too subjective to include in a gamespace article. That said, I did begin work on Creation reviews here to provide a guide to the good ones. —Legoless (talk) 18:50, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Sorting by release dateEdit

Not sure what's happened, but since the addition of the early access date for the survival Creation, the sorting is out of whack, sorting by the months alphabetically and not in a chronological order that makes sense. --Rezalon (talk) 12:07, 11 March 2020 (GMT)

It confused the magic that tries to figure out how to sort, specifying an explicit sort key fixed it. --Alfwyn (talk) 12:43, 11 March 2020 (GMT)

Alternate Armors - Ebony PlateEdit

Could a [sic] be added to that section? I can't believe that it's actually listed in the store as "light heavy armor". It's immensely confusing. CodyTheRat (talk) 05:00, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Done. It's actually heavy armor. – Robin Hood  ^(talk) 08:37, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Creation Club Content should not be considered canonical nor relevant to this wiki, regardless of Bethesda's claims.Edit

It's pretty clear that the CC isn't at all up to the standards of Bethesda's works. While Elder Scrolls hasn't always has the highest tier of writing and design, it maintained consistency throughout its design, in both game and narrative.

A lot of the creation club content that's been dubbed "official" doesn't even come close to this, by virtue of often being an unobfuscated fetch quest that would make some of Skyrim's simplest quests look as fine crafted as its better content. On top of this, it doesn't face the same vetting as the core game - there's no possible way it does, because the design process is completely different.

There are mods that do justice to the core game, that improve it while standing by its core design - but the creation content is clearly a carciture the majority of the time.

Likewise these mods will not face the same level of support that the core game and its DLC would.

By all virtues, creation content is nothing more than a cash grab by bethesda - reinforced by their heavy handed moves on their own little niche industry while also damaging and larger, more impressive free mods exceptionally difficult to use via updating their EXE and requiring the update of script extenders in both Fallout 4 and Skyrim64bit. What's more is that they will offload creation content onto one's memory that you can't access without paying, or even pile them onto main archives.

They neither contribute to the greater setting, nor do they actually contribute to the overall community directly outside of some minor pay-for-novelty. Combined with the fact that such content is extremely expensive while offering next to no actual content and that the vast majority of users will never, ever buy them, such content is an absolute waste for this wiki, especially since they occupy the same tables and content as regular, core Skyrim content.

At some point the word of some official from a company doesn't matter as much as the spirit of the content does - and I'm fairly certain the vast majority would agree in that Creation Content does not meet the spirit nor quality of most elder scrolls games, nor this wiki, and comes at a significant downside to anyone who actually plays the game.

Some may argue that taking a position on this matter against the "word of narrative/authoratative god" would defeat the objectivity of the site, but would fail to consider that those words are merely PR to reinforce the illegitimate legitimacy of that content.

Tl;dr Creation Club content is subpar, often skirts the edges of what would even be passable lore, and was, and will always be, nothing more than a cash grab motivated by corporate elements at, or above bethesda, and ultimately adds very little to the Skyrim and the wiki while only clogging up the wiki of actual useful and important information. Therefore it is my extremely strong opinion it should not be here or isolated and removed from the main pages of the game. 72.89.117.232 08:28, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

The purpose of this wiki is to document Elder Scrolls information. Calling official releases a cashgrab or refusing to include them on the wiki for spiritual reasons is a violation of the site's neutral point of view. —⁠Legoless (talk) 08:57, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Removed QuoteEdit

The canonicity of Creation Club content is described by Emil Pagliarulo (Design Director of Bethesda Games Studios) as "close to canon as we can get." For writing purposes, the Creation Club team asks Emil for tips on creating the fiction of the various creations.

I don't think we need to be including this here. --AKB ^{Talk Cont Mail} 04:55, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Agreed. It can be put on a page similar to General:Cartogriffi's Posts if desired, although from what I've been told that quote was from a stream about Fallout 4 Creation Club. —⁠Legoless (talk) 10:04, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

About postponed contentEdit

The January 2021 edit to this page claims that further releases to the Creation Club have been postponed "due to the COVID-19 pandemic". This never made any sense to me since all work related to it can be done remotely. It cites the official forums, however the announcement there does not give a reason (and notice it was announced December 2020, not March or April). Meanwhile, Bethesda is in the middle of a class-action lawsuit regarding their Fallout 4 Creation Club content. The specific issue in that suit does not apply to Skyrim, however it's easy to imagine over-cautious lawyers instructing them to pause both services. Is there any citation on this having anything to do with COVID? Olaus (talk) 21:01, 29 July 2021 (UTC)

As far as I know the information for this came straight from Cartogriffi, something about how working remotely made it impossible to finish CC releases. The Rim of the Sky (talk) 00:01, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

I don't understand it either, but that is the reason that has been given for the indefinitely postponement. —⁠Legoless (talk) 01:22, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

Mod Header IconsEdit

I propose that we use the menu icons for the {{Mod Header}}s of CC pages. Identical "Creation Club" headers is often unhelpful. I initially had concerns about the images' aspect ratios, but I realized that the menu icons are actually closer to 1:1 than the CC logo. I think the menu images would look better, improve the navigating experience, and offer some needed visual distinction. -Dcsg (talk) 02:29, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

I'd be opposed to this. The menu icons are ugly at such a low resolution and wouldn't make good icons (see example). The Creation Club header icon is suitable when we have so many microtransactions and is consistent with the "CC" supertext we use all across the namespace. Furthermore, come November 11th the distinction between individual Creations really won't be very important once they become bundled with the definitive Anniversary Edition. The CC icon looks good and gives readers a clear and consistent visual cue when looking at CC-exclusive content. —⁠Legoless (talk) 08:45, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

At that size, I think the icon looks fine. Additionally, it's identifiable as a Creation by its background. Additionally, Anniversary Edition should hold no bearing on this. We still mark Dragonborn and Dawnguard despite the existence of Special Edition because it is an important distinction to some users. After AE, the distinction between Creations will still be meaningful to some users. -Dcsg (talk) 17:34, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

It's possible to have two mod headers on the page, one for the generic CC and one for the specific creation. Then it is clear for everyone the content comes from a CC and which creation it comes from. --Ilaro (talk) 12:40, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

I still think the proposed menu images are unusable as small icons. —⁠Legoless (talk) 10:21, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

Having wide icons like that looks sorta derpy. I propose we have icons like [1] so it fits in a 1:1 angle. Cartogrifi said these icons were obtained by "These are just the box art images cropped. Comparing the UESP images to the raw files, they're nearly identical. There's a tiny drop in quality, but I has to blow them up well past their display size to tell." So we can crop down the images for the purpose.Zebendal (talk) 21:58, 29 October 2021 (UTC)

(←) I see that Dcsg has gone ahead and not only added poorly-cropped square images as new individual icons, but has removed the generic Creation Club icon. I have reverted these changes due to a lack of consensus. These new proposed icons are ugly and are no replacement for the clear and recognisable Creation Club logo. To me, the square cropping is even worse than the original proposal here, as it crops out parts of the models in many of the images.

Before this is attempted again, can we please ensure there is agreement on what to do with these Creations? There are far too many at this stage to be mass-updating/reverting. —⁠Legoless (talk) 09:08, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

I propose using icons of items with transparent backgrounds. An example would be Ghosts of the Tribunal. The cc icon is next to the specific icon.Zebendal (talk) 10:31, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

I think those images serve much better as icons. I'd be fine with having a good unique icon plus the generic CC icon on these pages. —⁠Legoless (talk) 10:59, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Transparent ones work a lot better. I'm pretty neutral in whether they're needed, cuz while its nice to have something more specific/unique, there's 76 of them and when the skyrim 20th anniversary edition or whatever gets released and all CC are built into the main file it might be redundant lol. I'm fine either way tbh The Rim of the Sky (talk) 01:25, 13 November 2021 (UTC)

I have updated most of the creation club pages with unique icons. Please take a look at them and tell me what you think of them, and please tell me if this is good before I sink anymore time in this project.Zebendal (talk) 02:43, 22 November 2021 (UTC)

Free on 11/11/2021Edit

Could someone update the credit cost of Rare Curios to also say "Free on 11/11/2021"? — Unsigned comment by 198.16.70.28 (talk) at 15:37 on 31 October 2021‎ (UTC)

Done. —⁠Legoless (talk) 17:13, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Many of the content descriptions have been updated in the creation clubEdit

I'm not sure if this is a recent development that only happened recently due to the Anniversary edition, but most of not all of the Creation Club content has received updated descriptions within the Creation Club.

In addition the quests given by the content are no longer placed in your journal on start-up and those pages will all have to be updated as well.

A Calamity (talk) 22:42, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

People are working hard on this to update the affected articles! We already have internal lists of all specific changes of the old CC content that just need to be added to the wiki pages. --Ilaro (talk) 22:44, 11 November 2021 (UTC)

I should have realized as much, this wiki has always been super on top of this stuff. A Calamity (talk) 03:57, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

BundlesEdit

Do anyone know, if there is content in the bundles, that is not in the single creations, please? And can i see here anywhere, what is the content of the bundles? — Unsigned comment by 91.49.30.252 (talk) at 19:48 on 8 November 2022 (UTC)

No, there is nothing exclusive to the bundles that can't be bought separately. Only Fallout 4 Creation Club has done that. The contents of the bundles are all listed on this page. At present, the cheapest way to get all CC content for Skyrim is by purchasing the Anniversary Edition upgrade. —⁠Legoless (talk) 16:49, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

Skyrim UpdatesEdit

Okay so if you look at Skyrim's Main menu right now you will see this message at the top right of the screen:

"Our new Creations menu combines community Mods with Creation Club, with a revamped layout. Additionally, we are excited to launch our Verified Creator Program, with new official releases and vetted community content. Check out our article on Bethesda.net to learn more!"

A "Creations" tab is now present on the main menu, and selecting that option will take you to an in-game storefront. Essentially, it combines the Creation Club and Mods store into one. The key terms mentioned are the "Verified Creator Program" and "official releases."

What does this mean for UESP? Will there be a surge of new articles related to Skyrim and lore? For instance, if you visit the Creations store currently, you'll find mods or creations by individuals part of the Verified Creator Program. Are these new Creations essentially additional content that will be documented on the site? --KevinM (talk) 01:41, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Creation Club is no more per Cartogriffi, and the Verified Creator's program replaced it. As for what will happen in terms of canon for them, we are currently discussing if they should be documented in lore space in the community portal.Zebendal (talk) 01:38, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Okay thank you. --KevinM (talk) 01:41, 6 December 2023 (UTC)