Alliance Requests

[Ninjask]

are there any franchises of nintendo's that needs a independent wiki, but is currently lacking?

Star Fox, EarthBound (Mother in Japan), Fire Emblem, etc.

[Level 3]

are there any franchises of nintendo's that needs a independent wiki, but is currently lacking?

From what I investigated, Advance/Nintendo Wars and Custom Robo only have Wikias. So they would be something to look into.

http://warswiki.warscentral.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

look at the content of some of those pages they aren't nearly close to completion (like this one: http://warswiki.warscentral.com/index.php?title=Advance_Wars:_Days_of_Ruin) . And 127 articles seems a bit too small when considering the wiki has been open for a year now, and the "Wars" series has a decent amount of games. However, not being a fan of them I can't provide a more professional or experience based opinion.

[Tucayo]

are there any franchises of nintendo's that needs a independent wiki, but is currently lacking?

From what I investigated, Advance/Nintendo Wars and Custom Robo only have Wikias. So they would be something to look into.

http://warswiki.warscentral.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Well, we have said this in the admins board, but people should get to see it

http://warswiki.warscentral.com/index.php?title=Base

I think thats not a fit affiliate or member

[Level 3]

are there any franchises of nintendo's that needs a independent wiki, but is currently lacking?

From what I investigated, Advance/Nintendo Wars and Custom Robo only have Wikias. So they would be something to look into.

http://warswiki.warscentral.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

Well, we have said this in the admins board, but people should get to see it

http://warswiki.warscentral.com/index.php?title=Base

I think thats not a fit affiliate or member

I've just stated that it's quality is VERY questionable. It doesn't seemm to have much of a community to back the wiki either, despite being one of the few independent wikis out there, and it has a good userbase at the main hub site and forums.

[tacopill]

Alright, let's start from the beginning. Bellow is a list of Nintendo franchises according to Wikipedia. Please copy the list, and modify it to the criteria bellow.

• Strike out franchises that have wikis, and these wikis meet some kind of minimum expectation (like activeness, quality of articles, independence, etc), or is covered by another franchise, such as yoshi by the mario wiki. Be sure to include link to the wiki you are thinking of
• Unstrike - if you believe wiki doesn't meet minimum activeness, quality, etc. and therefore you believe the a better wiki is still needed.

A
Animal Crossing
C
Custom Robo (series)
D
Donkey Kong
E
EarthBound (series)
F
F-Zero
Fire Emblem
G
Game & Watch
Golden Sun (series)
K
Kid Icarus (series)
Kirby (series)
L
The Legend of Zelda
The Legendary Starfy (series)
M
Mario (series)
Mario Kart
Mario Party
Metroid (series)
P
Pikmin (series)
Pokémon (video game series)
Punch-Out!!
Puzzle League (series)
S
Star Fox (series)
Super Smash Bros. (series)
T
Touch! Generations
W
Wario (series)
Wars (series)
Y
Yoshi

My intention here is to develop a list franchises that need good, independent wikis; but have otherwise not been able to achieve.

[Tucayo]

A
Animal Crossing - We have an affiliation request
C
Custom Robo (series)
D
Donkey Kong - Covered by MarioWiki
E
EarthBound (series) - One would be great, I know many fans
F
F-Zero
Fire Emblem - There is one independant out there, IIRC
G
Game & Watch
Golden Sun (series)
K
Kid Icarus (series) - too minor for a wiki :/
Kirby (series) - Wikirby
L
The Legend of Zelda - ZW
The Legendary Starfy (series)
M
Mario (series) - MW
Mario Kart - MW
Mario Party - MW
Metroid (series) - Metroid WIki
P
Pikmin (series)
Pokémon (video game series) - BP
Punch-Out!!
Puzzle League (series) - Too minor?
S
Star Fox (series) - Necessary O.o
Super Smash Bros. (series) - All of our wikis have some kind of coverage, but a general one would be great
T
Touch! Generations - Does this need a wiki?
W
Wario (series) - MW
Wars (series) - No independent and DECENT wiki ATM
Y
Yoshi - MW

[Remino52]

A
Animal Crossing
C
Custom Robo (series)
D
Donkey Kong (Covered by Mario Wiki)
E
EarthBound (series)
F
F-Zero
Fire Emblem
G
Game & Watch
Golden Sun (series)
K
Kid Icarus (series)
Kirby (series)
L
The Legend of Zelda (Zelda Wiki)
The Legendary Starfy (series)
M
Mario (series)
Mario Kart
Mario Party (Above 3 covered by Mario wiki)
Metroid (series)
P
Pikmin (series)
Pokémon (video game series) (Bulbapedia)
Punch-Out!!
Puzzle League (series)
S
Star Fox (series)
Super Smash Bros. (series)
T
Touch! Generations
W
Wario (series) (Covered by Mario Wiki)
Wars (series)
Y
Yoshi (Covered by Mario Wiki)

If you haven't noticed, I left out Metroid and Kirby because they aren't officially apart of NIWA. (At least I think) But this could be changed if necessary.

[Axiomist]

It'd be much easier to improve the existing independent Wars Wiki than to start from scratch. I think the user base over there would be much more motivated if they knew what they stood to gain by being aligned with us.

http://s23.org/wikistats/largest_html.php?sort=views_desc&th=100&lines=8313

According to this, we are not just the top viewed Nintendo Wikis, but in the top ranks of any wikis.

[Level 3]

It'd be much easier to improve the existing independent Wars Wiki than to start from scratch. I think the user base over there would be much more motivated if they knew what they stood to gain by being aligned with us.

http://s23.org/wikistats/largest_html.php?sort=views_desc&th=100&lines=8313

According to this, we are not just the top viewed Nintendo Wikis, but in the top ranks of any wikis.

That looks like a decent site to search for wikis that might fit the bill.

[Garlic Man]

A
Animal Crossing
C
Custom Robo (series)
D
Donkey Kong (Covered by Mario Wiki)
E
EarthBound (series)
F
F-Zero
Fire Emblem
G
Game & Watch
Golden Sun (series)
K
Kid Icarus (series)
Kirby (series)
L
The Legend of Zelda (Zelda Wiki)
The Legendary Starfy (series)
M
Mario (series)
Mario Kart
Mario Party (Above 3 covered by Mario wiki)
Metroid (series)
P
Pikmin (series)
Pokémon (video game series) (Bulbapedia)
Punch-Out!!
Puzzle League (series)
S
Star Fox (series)
Super Smash Bros. (series)
T
Touch! Generations
W
Wario (series) (Covered by Mario Wiki)
Wars (series)
Y
Yoshi (Covered by Mario Wiki)

If you haven't noticed, I left out Metroid and Kirby because they aren't officially apart of NIWA. (At least I think) But this could be changed if necessary.

Nice list. Thanks for this; it's a good guide of what could be included.

[Ninjask]

I believe the Kirby and Metroid wiki's are under construction at the moment. Once completed, they will join the alliance.

I was thinking of making one of the Wiki's on the list, possibly Animal crossing or Earthbound.

[Garlic Man]

There's already discussion going on about an Animal Crossing wiki that is currently not independent but is willing to move to its own server.

[tacopill]

Out of Curiosity, what criteria does a wiki need to be independent?

the reason i am asking is: I rent web-space from commercial servers, and allow my friends, acquaintances and so on to use it for free. If i were to set up a wiki in this web-space, would it be considered independent?

[Justin]

I'm going to be getting a Star Fox wiki sometime soon. I just need the necessary funding, which shouldn't take too long.

[Archaic]

Out of Curiosity, what criteria does a wiki need to be independent?

the reason i am asking is: I rent web-space from commercial servers, and allow my friends, acquaintances and so on to use it for free. If i were to set up a wiki in this web-space, would it be considered independent?

Most likely, yes. As a rule of thumb, to be considered independent you'd want to fill the following two criteria.

A) Be self-funded, and not part of a network akin to Wikia
B) Be run by fans of the series, for fans of the series

[tacopill]

Out of Curiosity, what criteria does a wiki need to be independent?

the reason i am asking is: I rent web-space from commercial servers, and allow my friends, acquaintances and so on to use it for free. If i were to set up a wiki in this web-space, would it be considered independent?

Most likely, yes. As a rule of thumb, to be considered independent you'd want to fill the following two criteria.

A) Be self-funded, and not part of a network akin to Wikia
B) Be run by fans of the series, for fans of the series

Sweet. Did anyone claim Smash bros or Mother/Earthbound? I can set up wiki's for both, and more if needed. I am more of a fan of Smash bros, so i would would need to appoint someone to be the Earthbound/other admin.

On a side note, How important is the domain?

I currently own 2, csanimefan.com (primary) and grifkuba.org (add-on). I like to put the wiki's under grifkuba.org; unless that would be a problem.

[Tucayo]

Domain is not a probelm, AFAIK; feel free to use any of those.

I would reommend you making the Mother wiki

And as to join the alliance, you need.
1.-Active community
2.-Certain amount of decent articles (200 presumably) 

[tacopill]

cool. I am going to leave this topic alone, for a day or two, in the case someone did claim it and i am not seeing it.

[Archaic]

Just as a word of warning for anyone considering creating a Smash Bros one, we are currently working on plans internally to create a Smash one as a NIWA project, seeing as Smash is really a crossover of many Nintendo franchises.

I would also like to suggest that those considering starting wikis do their best to affiliate and/or work with big independent sites in their fandoms. While not exactly a requirement as such, it would be preferable to see, for instance, something like Starmen.net sponsoring the Earthbound one, even if their staff aren't involved directly in the production.

[Level 3]

On the topic of a Smash one, maybe we could make a join effort, not just beginning with the staff? Also, maybe some Smash sites can be contacted (i.e. smashboards, allisbrawl)