Talk:Chinese Gold Farming

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Tag for "very short article lacking sufficient context to identify the subject of the article"
 * I added in all the content on CGF from another wiki which was mascarading under a more general term (gold farming). It probably meets the wiki requirements now.  It's not short and has context for the most part.Xetxo (talk) 21:41, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Tag for "merge to gold farming" (Not sure which board this should be discussed on)
 * I'm in opposition to the merge. Gold farming typically refers to farming virtual things in general (as the gold farming page defines).  Chinese gold farming refers to it's practice with the intent to sell it for real money.  Chinese gold farming can be thought of as an industry, where as general farming is a specific thing you do in a video game (a thing that almost all current MMOs require there players to do, as well as a thing that some Chinese people do).


 * In FFxi, the term Chinese gold farming was used, and abbreviated as "cgf" to describe the subculture of the game who played to make real money. In wow the term gold farming is commonly used to describe what they do to make virtual profit (and not necessarily did they intend to sell that profit for real world currency as is implied with CGFing).


 * Basically the way I see it is that the industry of virtual asset sales as allowed by gold farmers in low wage paying countries with internet connections should have a recognizing page. It's estimated at being a $9 billion dollar industry of its own.  So I guess a non-game related parallel of the two things would be Recreational fishing and commercial fishing.Xetxo (talk) 00:00, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Closure/Merger of this Page
I understand it may have seemed like a good idea to set up this page but the content largely repeats whats on the gold farming page.

The explanation provided for the unique feature is, at best, surely just worth a mention on the main gold farming page.

And, I have to say, the logic escapes me for having this entry at all. The introduction states that it's not restricted to China and merely relates to a situation when someone is "unable or unwilling to chat (fluently) in any of the common languages of the game".

At worst, this is reinforcement of the very racial stereotyping to which gold farmers are often subjected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bellorophony (talk • contribs) 00:32, 28 March 2009 (UTC)