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Zelda Wiki
Zeldapedia logo alt.png
Ownership
Owner

TriforceTony
Prod (wiki operator)

Leader

TriforceTony

URL

https://zeldawiki.wiki/wiki/

Founded

2005

Coverage
Main area of focus The Legend of Zelda logo.png
Side areas of focus

Super Smash Bros series logo

Page statistics
Content articles 10,065*
All pages 80,020*
Uploaded files 34,602*
Edit statistics
Page edits since set up 820,219*
Average edits per page 10.25*
User statistics
Registered users

7,345*

Administrators

35*

Executives

12*

Fandom Staff

7*

Wiki Manager

6*

Soap Obliteration and Prevention

3*

View statistics
Page views since the Zelda Wiki was set up N/A*
Average views per edit N/A*
Groups
Zelda Wiki Executives
  • Owners of Zelda Wiki
  • Central Wiki
NIWA
  • Founding member (First Wave)
  • Still has membership
  • Representative focusing on The Legend of Zelda

Zelda Wiki (formerly Zelda Universe Wiki, The Zelda Effect, Zelda Wiki.org, and Zeldapedia) is a collaborative wiki with information on The Legend of Zelda series. The site is hosted on ABXY, though its main administration has editorial and interface control in regards to how the wiki operates.

Zelda Wiki is one of the founding members of NIWA, along with Bulbapedia and Super Mario Wiki.

History

In April 2005, the original Zelda Universe Wiki (ZUW) was created as an "act of boredom". Yami and Jess suggested the idea in the ZU chat room, and the wiki was created on April 23, 2005. The ZUW was quickly filled with information, not only about the Zelda series, but also about Zelda Universe and its community. It was also to be used to host Zelda Universe's Zelda Encyclopedia. On an older version of ZU, the encyclopedia existed as a list of words from the Zelda series with short definitions; with the help of the ZUW, the Zelda Encyclopedia expanded and became much more detailed as well. The Zelda Universe Wiki served Zelda Universe for over a year, before it crashed during a server move.

In September 2006 the Wiki was moved to another new server, with a new philosophy and under a new name. The name initially chosen was The Zelda Effect (TZE),[1] however this was quickly changed to Zelda Wiki.org (ZW).[2] In early January of 2011, Zelda Wiki.org officially changed its name to simply "Zelda Wiki." This came after much deliberation among the staff and the community.

Quality standards at Zelda Wiki.org are maintained through the Admin team, who ensure that every edit is checked (or "patrolled"). Patrolling began July 8, 2007 when revision 42608 was marked as patrolled:

20:21, 8 July 2007 Adam (Talk | contribs | block) marked revision 42608 of Building Your Timeline patrolled

The practice of patrolling has continued ever since then.

Zelda Wiki.org is a collaborative project managed by the executive staff, whose role is to oversee administrator operations and consequently editor participation. Formerly, Zelda Wiki was managed by a number of contributing websites, collectively known as "The Masterminds". Since its revival and renaming in 2006, the Wiki had remained hosted on the same server as Zelda Universe under the control of Jess. However, in keeping with the collaborative nature of the project, the administration of Zelda Wiki.org was shared by the webmasters of each contributing site, as well as the other wiki staff members. There was no limit to the number of Masterminds, as all Zelda sites were encouraged to join the project.

Of the original Masterminds, only two sites currently remain (Zelda Universe and Zelda Dungeon), with the other sites having either closed or fallen inactive. Since then, the lineup of Masterminds changed a number of times, with each site contributing to the unique evolution and growth of the project. However, the Zelda Wiki staff decided to discontinue the Mastermind system in favor of closer interconnection with the sister site, Zelda Universe. Since then, Zelda Wiki has maintained a more centralized staff structure, consisting primarily of wiki-exclusive staff and a number of appointed executives.

On March 8, 2017, Zelda Wiki moved to Gamepedia.[3] Ever since, its new url has been zelda.gamepedia.com. Serendipitously, Gamepedia's then-parent company Curse LLC sold its media properties, including Gamepedia and all hosted wikis, to Fandom in December 2018. As part of Project Crossover[4], Fandom's Zelda Wiki merged within Zelda Wiki on June 15, 2019[5]; two years later the domain had changed once again to zelda.fandom.com and had received a new skin.[6]

Following the move to Gamepedia and subsequent purchase by Fandom, Zelda Wiki's status as a NIWA member was a subject of debate within NIWA's administration, with some arguing that Zelda Wiki should be removed from the alliance entirely. However, on October 19, 2022, Zelda Wiki would announce the decision to return to independent hosting, under the name Zeldapedia.[7] As of January 2023, Zeldapedia has returned to using the Zelda Wiki name.

Affiliation

  • Zelda Wiki.org currently has a collaborative link with Zeldapendium, a German-language Legend of Zelda wiki. The partnership allows Zelda Wiki to provide relevant interwiki language links in the sidebar, using the {{De}} template.
  • Zelda Wiki has a long-standing affiliation with StrategyWiki.org, a site offering strategy guide information in a wiki format. All of our game articles carry a link to the relevant guides at StrategyWiki.org, and individual strategy links within articles are facilitated using the StrategyWiki template.

Current staff

Name Wiki Link N-Wiki Link Forum Link Other Position
Executive
N/A TriforceTony Kasuto N/A Director, Senior Editor
Administrators
N/A Chuck N/A N/A N/A
Trainees
N/A Htwretched N/A N/A N/A
N/A Magicmason1000 N/A N/A N/A
N/A Weirdguy42 N/A N/A N/A
Others
N/A CodyDaviesTV Cody N/A NIWA Executive Board


External links

References

  1. Revision 17296 of Zelda Wiki:About
  2. Revision 17468 of Zelda Wiki:About
  3. Zelda Wiki is joining Gamepedia. Gamepedia (March 8, 2017). Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  4. Update on our plans to bring Gamepedia and Fandom together. Fandom (March 5, 2019). Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  5. This wiki has been archived and moved to Gamepedia. Zelda Wiki, FANDOM (June 15, 2019). Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  6. The Future of Gamepedia. Fandom(November 4, 2020). Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  7. Zelda Wiki on Twitter (October 19, 2022). Retrieved October 19, 2022.


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Main series

The Legend of Zelda (Classic NES Series) • The Adventure of Link (Classic NES Series) • A Link to the Past • Link's Awakening (DX • Nintendo Switch) • Ocarina of Time (Master Quest • 3D) • Majora's Mask (3D) • Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons • The Wind Waker (HD) • Four Swords (Anniversary Edition) • Four Swords Adventures • The Minish Cap • Twilight Princess (HD) • Phantom Hourglass • Spirit Tracks • Skyward Sword (HD) • A Link Between Worlds • Tri Force Heroes • Breath of the Wild • Tears of the Kingdom

Other games
BS-X games BS The Legend of Zelda • The Ancient Stone Tablets • Triforce of the Gods
Tingle games Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland • Ripened Tingle's Balloon Trip of Love • Tingle's Balloon Fight DS • Dekisugi Tingle Pack
Other games
Picross games Picross NP Vol. 5 • My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Unreleased games / demos Mystical Seed of Courage • Retro Studios prototype • Tingle horror game • Zelda HD Experience
Publications
The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia • The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts • The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Explorer's Guide
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Important Events in 2007

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Wikis Zelda Wiki • Dragon Quest Wiki
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