RuneScape:Future content

Information regarding future updates can be speculative, tentative, or almost certain. In the latter case, this information usually comes from reliable sources such as official Jagex posts or certain in game information. In these cases, the information is welcome; however, it must be made clear to readers and editors where this information comes from.

Official sources
These sources can be considered reliable enough to cite information from for articles:
 * RuneScape News articles
 * Forums posts by Jagex Mods
 * BTS videos
 * Jagex Twitter, and tweets by Jagex Mods on Twitter
 * Quick Chat, for verifying item names

In general, the is not reliable, as anyone can edit it. If, however, the information in question is posted by a Jagex Moderator, it may be used, so long as only the hard facts are used; do not copy the prose of any article from the Jagex Wiki.

Information that can be added
Any information, even that which is subject to change, can be added if it can be cited and is specific.


 * Item names - As stated in BTS articles, found in Quick Chat, or given by reliable sources
 * Requirements for items, quests, monsters, etc.
 * Combat levels and other combat statistics
 * Locations including names of
 * NPCs and Monster names including their uses/functions
 * Slated release dates - If an exact date is given. For example, if a JMod posts on Twitter " is ready and set to release on Monday the 5th", then this information may be cited; however, this should go in the body of an article, not the infobox. Save that parameter for when it actually happens. On the other hand, the BTS article may say "Foo is our first planned update of this month!", and that is not reliable enough. Most importantly, it is ambiguous.

Writing about future content
Articles written about future content should be written using future tense (words/phrases such as upcoming, will be, or is set to; rather than an unqualified statement, can be or is). As the content is not released, it makes no sense to suggest it is in game.

All articles or sections about unreleased content should be marked as such. In most cases, articles will be entirely about future content, in which case Future should be added to the top of the article. Sometimes, only certain parts of the article are about unreleased content, in which case tagging a section rather than the whole article may be appropriate. Information should be cited. Some information that is readily available to all readers may not exactly be needed in a citation. For example, Treasure Hunter items are added in updates that are usually on Mondays/Tuesdays, but are not they actually released or mentioned until Thursday/Friday. Being found in Quick Chat, anyone can verify item names, though it might be helpful to include this in the creation edit summary for the article. Information found in BTS articles can be prefixed with "As mentioned in the BTS for ...", or another similar line that explains where this information comes from. On the other hand, Jagex Moderator forum posts or tweets are not readily available. When these are used, they should be linked explicitly in the reference. It is not the readers' responsibility to trawl through posts that a moderator makes to find the source, it is the responsibility of the editor who adds the information.