on the topic of series:
Before joining NIWA, or it going public, TTE started to give each franchise a
color scheme, and if a NIWA wiki existed, then the franchise page and series page reflected each other, in color.
(I don't think anyone knew there was
100+ franchises though).
When I joined, I continued this trend, and had help from Tina, Vellidragon and a few others. Later on, other people joined, tried to contribute in various ways. And over time, we/I sort of had this idea that the wikis would help decide franchise-specific stuff, like color schemes and games. While independent stuff, like article structures and general design of templates.
As time went on: people disappeared, things changed and how we handled things changed with it.
From time to time we changed what we were looking for in an "important series" and how to handle it:
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Rare Games - formally first-/second- franchise games at one point were put on a list of games, by development or publishing company. These are not on the
Flagship template*
Dragon Quest series - newly first-/second-franchise games got franchise pages, especially upon new members coming in. These are on the franchise template.
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Kingdom Hearts - games from franchises of
affiate wikis got pages in order to promote cross-traffic with them.
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now for the rest of them:
I support hardware, history and people, although I hardly know anything about it, so I can't contribute there. I kind of hope to keep the game articles, but am totally biased on that part.
I have also recommended we include companies that have had relationships with Nintendo, do have a relationship or may have one. These could include Capcom, Konami, Rare, Sony and Microsoft; all depends on how it and Nintendo are related.