ARMS Institute, the ARMS Wiki, has joined NIWA!
So, in May the new wikis will be formally introduced into NIWA, we will introduce one each week, this is the calendar:May 16th: WiKirbyMay 23rd: Metroid WikiMay 30th: Wars Wiki
Don't quote me for this: but I think they will join regardless of the "they need 200 articles" proposition.
Are we going to need a Dragon Quest wiki, now that Nintendo's publishing it?
Wait, what are the requirements for affiliation, but not full membership?
Quote from: Austin on March 30, 2010, 11:36:49 PMI'm not sure about everyone else, but I still feel that we aren't quite a community yet. Yes, there is plenty of room to add more wikis/members, but quantity isn't the answer here. I don't know what needs to happen, but we could be more of a unit. I think we need to take baby steps here. The NIWA community is almost entirely made up of the three founding members' communities (Bulbagarden, Mario Wiki, and Zelda Wiki), as Metroid Wiki and WiKirby were founded by these wikis (and you can count the number of active editors here at Wars Wiki with two hands). These three communities are well-developed and large, and, more importantly, independent. Furthermore, NIWA was formally created less than two months ago. I bet some editors don't even know NIWA exists, and that the vast majority have never been to this forum. Now I don't think the wikis are at fault: the three founding wikis are doing a good enough job of advertising NIWA's existence and linking to the other member wikis. Though this forum and the actual NIWA website could be linked to a bit more, I think that this is simply a matter of time and we just need to wait for people to trickle in and gain interest. I hope that eventually, some editors will not edit one wiki exclusively but will move between any number of NIWA wikis that they have the passion and knowledge to work on. (I think that an (optional) universal login would be necessary for this to come to fruition.) Also, we certainty don't want to disregard the existence of separate communities around each wiki; these are a very important part of the wikis and I doubt that any would want to be assimilated into a larger NIWA community. The best way to catalyze this behavior, in my opinion, would be through the creation of alliance-wide projects and initiatives. This "NIWA Operative" idea that Austin suggested seems like a great idea that will help raise awareness of NIWA and help the wikis greatly. However, I think this could be expanded into a series of organized, cross-wiki efforts (or "NIWAProjects") to improve NIWA wikis. There could be NIWAProjects for new, developing wikis that need more editors, NIWAProjects that focus on improving spelling, grammar, and style across all wikis, NIWAProjects that work on improving infoboxes and other templates, et cetera. NIWAProjects could be organized on the forums, have their own task forces and leadership, and co-ordinate with the leadership of NIWA wikis within the NIWAProject's scope on various levels. I think this is a really interesting idea that could build bridges between the various communities, and would like to hear what you all think about it.
I'm not sure about everyone else, but I still feel that we aren't quite a community yet. Yes, there is plenty of room to add more wikis/members, but quantity isn't the answer here. I don't know what needs to happen, but we could be more of a unit.
Quote from: Hotchmoney on April 07, 2010, 03:04:38 AMQuote from: Austin on March 30, 2010, 11:36:49 PMI'm not sure about everyone else, but I still feel that we aren't quite a community yet. Yes, there is plenty of room to add more wikis/members, but quantity isn't the answer here. I don't know what needs to happen, but we could be more of a unit. I think we need to take baby steps here. The NIWA community is almost entirely made up of the three founding members' communities (Bulbagarden, Mario Wiki, and Zelda Wiki), as Metroid Wiki and WiKirby were founded by these wikis (and you can count the number of active editors here at Wars Wiki with two hands). These three communities are well-developed and large, and, more importantly, independent. Furthermore, NIWA was formally created less than two months ago. I bet some editors don't even know NIWA exists, and that the vast majority have never been to this forum. Now I don't think the wikis are at fault: the three founding wikis are doing a good enough job of advertising NIWA's existence and linking to the other member wikis. Though this forum and the actual NIWA website could be linked to a bit more, I think that this is simply a matter of time and we just need to wait for people to trickle in and gain interest. I hope that eventually, some editors will not edit one wiki exclusively but will move between any number of NIWA wikis that they have the passion and knowledge to work on. (I think that an (optional) universal login would be necessary for this to come to fruition.) Also, we certainty don't want to disregard the existence of separate communities around each wiki; these are a very important part of the wikis and I doubt that any would want to be assimilated into a larger NIWA community. The best way to catalyze this behavior, in my opinion, would be through the creation of alliance-wide projects and initiatives. This "NIWA Operative" idea that Austin suggested seems like a great idea that will help raise awareness of NIWA and help the wikis greatly. However, I think this could be expanded into a series of organized, cross-wiki efforts (or "NIWAProjects") to improve NIWA wikis. There could be NIWAProjects for new, developing wikis that need more editors, NIWAProjects that focus on improving spelling, grammar, and style across all wikis, NIWAProjects that work on improving infoboxes and other templates, et cetera. NIWAProjects could be organized on the forums, have their own task forces and leadership, and co-ordinate with the leadership of NIWA wikis within the NIWAProject's scope on various levels. I think this is a really interesting idea that could build bridges between the various communities, and would like to hear what you all think about it.I've read through this post on the Suggestions topic, will we make a NIWA Projects topic, and this thread will be moved there essentially?
AAce Attorney Wiki (it seems Turboo is working on having a wiki for this subject)Animal Crossing (being discussed by staff)CCustom Robo (series)DDonkey Kong (Covered by Mario Wiki)EEarthBound (series) (it seems Tacopill is working on having a wiki for this subject)FF-ZeroFire EmblemGGame & WatchGolden Sun (series)KKid Icarus (series)Kirby (series) (WiKirby)LThe Legend of Zelda (Zelda Wiki)The Legendary Starfy (series)MMario (series)Mario KartMario Party (Mario wiki)Metroid (series) (Metroid Wiki)PPikmin (series)Pokémon (video game series) (Bulbapedia)Punch-Out!!Puzzle League (series)SStar Fox (series) (I think that Neo is working on this with Tacopill...?)Super Smash Bros. (series) (discussion has been going on for a while)TTouch! GenerationsWWario (series) (Covered by Mario Wiki)Wars (series) (Wars Wiki)YYoshi (Covered by Mario Wiki)
AAce Attorney Wiki (it seems Turboo is working on having a wiki for this subject)Animal Crossing (being discussed by staff)CCustom Robo (series)EEarthBound (series) (it seems Tacopill is working on having a wiki for this subject)FF-ZeroFire EmblemGGame & WatchGolden Sun (series)KKid Icarus (series)LThe Legendary Starfy (series)PPikmin (series)Punch-Out!!Puzzle League (series)SStar Fox (series) (I think that Neo is working on this with Tacopill...?)Super Smash Bros. (series) (discussion has been going on for a while)TTouch! Generations
Quote from: Remino52 on February 22, 2010, 11:15:48 PMAAce Attorney Wiki (it seems Turboo is working on having a wiki for this subject)Animal Crossing (being discussed by staff)CCustom Robo (series)EEarthBound (series) (it seems Tacopill is working on having a wiki for this subject)FF-ZeroFire EmblemGGame & WatchGolden Sun (series)KKid Icarus (series)LThe Legendary Starfy (series)PPikmin (series)Punch-Out!!Puzzle League (series)SStar Fox (series) (I think that Neo is working on this with Tacopill...?)Super Smash Bros. (series) (discussion has been going on for a while)TTouch! GenerationsTouch Generations will more likely than not be covered by Gamehiker if they join NIWA.