I'm quite surprised this hasn't shown up, but I can see why it hasn't just yet.
F-Zero is actually quite a dead series these days and we haven't got a new game of it in ages.
Not to mention, not many people actually know about it as a series. Through Smash Bros., the only thing people largely recognize out of it are Captain Falcon and his Falcon Punch, nothing more. This has caused people to shun the F-Zero series in favor of only Falcon and completely forget about where this series really shone.
Nevertheless, should we bring forth an F-Zero Wiki onto NIWA, to do this depressingly died-out franchise some justice? At least if there are any F-Zero (read: NOT Captain Falcon) fans around here.
We should generally avoid creating our own wikis of series, but it can be done. If no major F-Zero fan communities exist and the Wikia one (http://fzero.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page) doesn't want to move, maybe we could.
You might want to take a look at this (http://fzero.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Leaving_Wikia_Related_Discussions).
I believe Tacopill, Moydow and Level 3 are working on it as we speak.
Quote from: BrandedOne on December 09, 2010, 11:52:29 AM
You might want to take a look at this (http://fzero.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Leaving_Wikia_Related_Discussions).
I believe Tacopill, Moydow and Level 3 are working on it as we speak.
Indeed we are :) We'd appreciate any help anyone can offer. At the moment we're looking for hosting, which has been hard to get financially, but we're working on it.
I can't provide hosting, but if you guys need helping buying a domain name, I can do that for you.
I sent Moydow a message some time ago in skype. If WiKirby's new VPS plan allows it, I may be able to share space with them. But Archaic is willing to host at least another wiki, afaik.
Quote from: Maxite on December 09, 2010, 06:54:23 PM
I can't provide hosting, but if you guys need helping buying a domain name, I can do that for you.
Quote from: Axiomist on December 09, 2010, 07:01:59 PM
I sent Moydow a message some time ago in skype. If WiKirby's new VPS plan allows it, I may be able to share space with them. But Archaic is willing to host at least another wiki, afaik.
Both of those would be cool.
Yeah, I can take several more wiki's. The only concern right now is that my tech has been mostly absent, so any wikis would have to go on a niwanetwork.org sub-domain for starters, until I was able to catch him and get a full domain account setup for it.
As in what happened with Nintendo Wiki?
That sounds good.
Quote from: Level 3 on December 10, 2010, 10:49:33 PM
As in what happened with Nintendo Wiki?
That sounds good.
currently, Nintendo wiki is in a sub-directory (with a slash /wiki) not a subdomain (wiki.niwanetwork.org)
Which is only because our tech seems to be on an unannounced holiday or something. That'll be fixed up as soon as I can catch him.
Quote from: Archaic on December 14, 2010, 03:07:32 AM
Which is only because our tech seems to be on an unannounced holiday or something. That'll be fixed up as soon as I can catch him.
sounds good. I was simply trying to be informative.
any updates on this?
Keep an eye on this "forum" topic (http://fzero.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:Leaving_Wikia_Related_Discussions). Any updates will be posted there first, usually.
Quote from: Moydow on December 20, 2010, 11:47:42 PM
Keep an eye on this "forum" topic (http://fzero.wikia.com/indezx.php?title=Forum:Leaving_Wikia_Related_Discussions). Any updates will be posted there first, usually.
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My bad. This is the correct link (http://fzero.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:Leaving_Wikia_Related_Discussions). Thanks for pointing it out.
Lord Ferrok, are you looking to become an Editor of F-Zero Wiki?
Quote from: tacopill on December 21, 2010, 01:36:22 AM
Lord Ferrok, are you looking to become an Editor of F-Zero Wiki?
Sure, I'm not good with tech stuff, but if it's just editing I should be able to do it.
Doesn't seem to be a whole lot of movement with regards to F-Zero. However, I suspect that's because they're waiting on hosting.
Quote from: Lord Ferrok on December 21, 2010, 01:39:00 AM
Quote from: tacopill on December 21, 2010, 01:36:22 AM
Lord Ferrok, are you looking to become an Editor of F-Zero Wiki?
Sure, I'm not good with tech stuff, but if it's just editing I should be able to do it.
Sounds good.
Quote from: Maxite on December 21, 2010, 01:40:48 AM
Doesn't seem to be a whole lot of movement with regards to F-Zero. However, I suspect that's because they're waiting on hosting.
Yes, i believe this is the situation.
Quote from: BooDestroyer on December 09, 2010, 09:56:21 AM
I'm quite surprised this hasn't shown up, but I can see why it hasn't just yet.
F-Zero is actually quite a dead series these days and we haven't got a new game of it in ages.
Not to mention, not many people actually know about it as a series. Through Smash Bros., the only thing people largely recognize out of it are Captain Falcon and his Falcon Punch, nothing more. This has caused people to shun the F-Zero series in favor of only Falcon and completely forget about where this series really shone.
Nevertheless, should we bring forth an F-Zero Wiki onto NIWA, to do this depressingly died-out franchise some justice? At least if there are any F-Zero (read: NOT Captain Falcon) fans around here.
The NIWA should have a F-Zero wiki it's about the only thing misssing
Just as long as it doesn't have the only two articles as Captain Falcon and Falcon Punch.
This may be coming sooner rather than later... Watch this space! ;)
That's true, something may happen sooner than expected!
Thanks guys, you inspired me to do this thread (http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?topic=709)
If F-Zero Wiki does launch on here, then I hope it gets more people aware of F-Zero as a series.
95% of the people who love Captain Falcon don't even know anything about F-Zero.
Quote from: BooDestroyer on February 08, 2011, 03:35:59 PM
If F-Zero Wiki does launch on here, then I hope it gets more people aware of F-Zero as a series.
95% of the people who love Captain Falcon don't even know anything about F-Zero.
I will agree with this. :)
And for us 5% who hate Captain Falcon...
That 5% not only know about F-Zero, but actually know who the REAL Captain Falcon is.
Chuck Norris?
/jk
Everything is progressing well enough on our end, so we'll be ready soon.