It is ideas like this that I think are good for CF as a whole. This is something that could help lower the learning curve for new players. It is also ideas like this (and the fact that people sacrifice their time to making them happen) that make me want to give more to help make CF thrive.

That being said, there are concerns/worries/problems I have with this as well. Also, I don't speak for the whole immortal staff, only for myself. I would love to see something like this included/linked to the official wiki, which I feel is under-used, at the moment.

My main concern is that there is supposed to be an element of mystery to the areas/artifacts in CF. This element of mystery is one of the things that makes people roleplay to find out about where things are and what mob certain things come from, etc. I definitely don't want to see CF turn into some game where people look up what they want, log on to go check if it is in, and not really interact with others. I know most people wouldn't do that, but there certainly are those that would try. Basically, what I am saying is that the line between a database like this and cheating has become increasingly hazy over the years. The last thing I want to see in CF is more cheating. It's not fun and I don't see how anyone benefits in the long run by cheating. Some of my other concerns off of the top of my head:

1) The sharing of information that shouldn't be shared.
2) The policing of the above.
3) Who has access to add things and who checks to see what has been added for accuracy?
4) I'd stick to identify, not lore.
5) Also, the idea of uploading roles/descriptions/etc sounds appealing at first, please keep in mind that PBF's are one of the few revenue streams keeping CF online. If you were to make it so that PBF's are no longer needed, that would only hurt CF in the long run. That said, I would not include such a feature.
6) Searchable logs would be fun. If you were to go with something like this, I'd like to see people able to put certain specifics of those involved in the log before uploading a log (ie, names/race/class/spec/dedication/form/etc). This would make searching for logs much easier and more efficient later on.

Nae-nae