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NIWA Discussion / Re: WiKirby is broked
« on: August 27, 2013, 05:12:14 PM »
It is of little issue to transfer the ownership to another registrar, and GoDaddy is fairly evil, therefore, neither one of us will use them.
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The Lounge / Re: This place used to be fun
« on: August 17, 2013, 06:20:48 PM »
It's not 100% that we're gone. Most of us that are still around are just using Skype alone. (certainly a more instant communication)
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NIWA Discussion / Re: WiKirby is broked
« on: August 17, 2013, 04:48:02 PM »
Just a reply to give Adam easy access to my profile.
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NIWA Discussion / Re: The dead NIWA wikis repair thread
« on: March 25, 2013, 04:31:39 PM »Currently, which of the NIWA sites still having downtime problems?To my knowledge, none. Although Wikibound, Fire Emblem Wiki, and Lylat Wiki may have occasional problems.
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NintendoWiki discussion / Re: NintendoWiki dead?
« on: March 19, 2013, 09:28:57 PM »Agreed, but I wasn't really aware this was the case, and what RAP said here doesn't read quite like that to me. Where have you got this impression from?His random pop ins on Skype. For a long time RAP has been saying that he is gathering information and cataloging it, and yet we haven't really ever seen him use it on the wiki (which kinda is the entire point)
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NIWA Discussion / Re: The dead NIWA wikis repair thread
« on: March 16, 2013, 10:18:13 PM »
Moving my discussion from the NintendoWiki thread and Wars members responses. There is a point in the life of a wiki and it's series that is is covering, where you simply can't improve. This mostly applies to the game series that end or haven't seen a new game in a long time. (Such as Wars Wiki, and Wikibound, and Golden Sun Universe really) It's unfortunate, but the truth. Whenever that point is reached,which hasn't happened to any of these wikis yet though GSU is getting close, the only thing left for these wikis are maintenance. We will need to keep this in mind.
When a series dies off, the fan base will be lacking greatly. This is the problem with Wikibound and Wars Wiki. They don't have enough of a fan base to craft a fully developed wiki. So, I'm not sure that as NIWA, we can really help them very much.
When a series dies off, the fan base will be lacking greatly. This is the problem with Wikibound and Wars Wiki. They don't have enough of a fan base to craft a fully developed wiki. So, I'm not sure that as NIWA, we can really help them very much.
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NintendoWiki discussion / Re: NintendoWiki dead?
« on: March 16, 2013, 10:06:02 PM »It's a fair enough point, and I am not blaming you in the least for not getting too involved; it's just the way things are, if said rather straight-forwardly. We've got difficulty enough to keep up with the bit of the site that does remain active now; even back when NIWA started and we became part of it, while we were more plentiful, we had trouble getting our own excited for Wars Wiki, and it always lacked in content for that reason.
My apologies if I my previous post gave the wrong impression (which might in part be due to my attitude in that post which I've been told is rather defensive, and on re-reading I have to agree with that :x); I am grateful for the help we did receive for the wiki, especially as I myself took something away from that experience (I know a lot more about the workings of a wiki now than I did before). It simply wasn't enough for the project to ever really take off. Whether any amount of support would have gotten it off the ground is something else...
It did seem a bit defensive. As my posts earlier said, I completely agree that banning from the alliance wouldn't mean anything honestly... I have more to say but completely wrong place. Moving discussion to the Dead Wiki's thread.
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NintendoWiki discussion / Re: NintendoWiki dead?
« on: March 16, 2013, 08:55:37 PM »
Secondly, the mere idea that a probation from NIWA would get us active on the Wiki again is based on a false premise. Ever since we joined NIWA, the support we have received was extremely limited and that which we did gain was only focused on some Wiki articles. We've not had a single member who remained active for a period of, say, a month and join the actual community. And with that, I don't include those who joined and never left the Wars Wiki subforum. As a community, we've not benefited from this alliance at all, and it's safe to say probation would have zero impact on us as it simply doesn't garner any additional traffic or activity. Or, to put it simply; there is no tangible reward for us in being part of the alliance at the moment, so taking that away temporarily/permanently would have very little effect.
Ok, honestly, The Wars wiki community was never involved in NIWA either. So you can't blame niwa for not paying as much attention to Wars Wiki as it has to other members.
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NIWA Discussion / Re: The dead NIWA wikis repair thread
« on: March 13, 2013, 03:38:28 PM »
I talked to Maxite a few days ago, we all know about Asirra here. Apparently he had issues installing it, but I told him to try again.
Also, IceScream, that checklist isn't exactly necessary. This is why I made the check in thread a while back. All wikis not accounted for are to be considered active, and are active, unless otherwise stated.
Also, IceScream, that checklist isn't exactly necessary. This is why I made the check in thread a while back. All wikis not accounted for are to be considered active, and are active, unless otherwise stated.
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NintendoWiki discussion / Re: NintendoWiki dead?
« on: March 11, 2013, 04:05:29 PM »
Regarding N-wiki: Stealing content from another wiki is not the best thing to do. This is for a few reasons. The articles on games from another member wiki would likely go beyond the scope of N-wiki. That is a problem its self. As Vellidragon stated, It would be better not to have a super wiki that generalizes on it's focus, only to take away from the details provided by the specialized wikis. I'm sorry KidIcarus, but that idea has not been taken favorably by any of the staff members really, so it won't be happening.
Regarding Wars Wiki (and final post on the topic here please, I didn't intend to derail conversation that much): NIWA isn't exactly known by most people in the world. So imposing a temporary ban from the alliance isn't going to mean anything to them. Especially if, which seems true, they don't care about the wiki anymore.
Regarding Wars Wiki (and final post on the topic here please, I didn't intend to derail conversation that much): NIWA isn't exactly known by most people in the world. So imposing a temporary ban from the alliance isn't going to mean anything to them. Especially if, which seems true, they don't care about the wiki anymore.
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NIWA Discussion / Re: The dead NIWA wikis repair thread
« on: March 09, 2013, 02:51:25 PM »
Link to Member's Check in thread from a while back: http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?topic=1274.0
Wikirby is kinda not in the greatest of shapes, it doesn't have spam issues, but it's not really improving either.
Wars Wiki is hosted as part of a fansite, Wars Central. Maybe someone can get a hold of them there, I just wonder if their user pages will do any good or not.
Wikirby is kinda not in the greatest of shapes, it doesn't have spam issues, but it's not really improving either.
Wars Wiki is hosted as part of a fansite, Wars Central. Maybe someone can get a hold of them there, I just wonder if their user pages will do any good or not.
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NintendoWiki discussion / Re: NintendoWiki dead?
« on: March 07, 2013, 09:16:39 PM »Disheartening, really. Why didn't anyone want to contact the admins?
Well, I asked people if they could contact them when I made the Check in thread, because I had no way to. No one responded to that post.
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NintendoWiki discussion / Re: NintendoWiki dead?
« on: March 07, 2013, 04:13:12 PM »
There are very few articles that were ever created on NintendoWiki though. It has a large amount of dead links, with no one creating them. And it honestly doesn't even have a staff that is dedicated to it, let alone a user base.
I'm not saying it doesn't have a purpose, just that it's purpose isn't being fulfilled.
Related: Wars Wiki has been dead for a long time now. It was left to spammers a long time ago and no one wanted to contact them.
I'm not saying it doesn't have a purpose, just that it's purpose isn't being fulfilled.
Related: Wars Wiki has been dead for a long time now. It was left to spammers a long time ago and no one wanted to contact them.
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NintendoWiki discussion / Re: NintendoWiki dead?
« on: March 07, 2013, 03:59:48 PM »
To my knowledge, the staff that primarily called NintendoWiki their wiki were RAP and Tacopill (among a few others who have now retired I think)
RAP hasn't been seen in a while, and Taco has been busy dealing with hosting websites and the issues around that.
RAP hasn't been seen in a while, and Taco has been busy dealing with hosting websites and the issues around that.
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NintendoWiki discussion / Re: NintendoWiki dead?
« on: March 05, 2013, 09:46:22 PM »
Another problem is that those who were dedicated to NintendoWiki kinda vanished.
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NIWA Discussion / Re: Is this forum still alive?
« on: March 04, 2013, 10:47:23 PM »
It isn't that no one noticed. It's just that most everyone is simply a lurker. Usually I find a forum post being mentioned in one of the skype group chats for NIWA, and it's more or less just saying look, a post. No one really has anything to say about them usually.
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NintendoWiki discussion / Re: Who should be Nintendo Wiki's mascot?
« on: February 26, 2013, 07:33:55 PM »
Well, Your initial post didn't explain a whole lot (not meaning to call you out) In general, I wouldn't support having one. But, if we must then I would say Mario, since he tends to be "Nintendo's Mascot"
Edit: Also, sorry for the one word answer earlier, it is difficult to type using a pen touch keyboard.
Edit: Also, sorry for the one word answer earlier, it is difficult to type using a pen touch keyboard.
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NIWA Discussion / Re: Improving NIWA
« on: February 26, 2013, 06:48:40 PM »How about a logo redesign? The logo doens't create a lasting impression for people because most people don't know what it is. For people not aware of NIWA, they wouldn't even know it's about Nintendo unless the took their time to quint their eyes and read the fine print.
Questions, comment, concerns, dreams, feelings, reactions?
I don't feel a need. It's not like our "Branding" needs to be improved or anything.
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NintendoWiki discussion / Re: Who should be Nintendo Wiki's mascot?
« on: February 26, 2013, 06:41:06 PM »
none?
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NIWA Discussion / Re: What if we made a wiki that had all Nintendo content?
« on: February 08, 2013, 01:07:21 PM »
Then it would kinda defeat the purpose. Though we do have N-wiki....