NIWA Membership

[KidIcarus]

Aside from independence, what factors does NIWA consider when admitting new members?

[R7308xx]

The 200 articles most of all (except for Lylat Wiki). 

[Moydow]

We're actually moving away from that, though. 100 good quality articles are better than 200 stubs. You should be able to click "Random page" a fair number of times, and hit on a minimal number of stubs.

[Axiomist]

I'm looking at potential for growth as well. I mean a wiki dedicated to the 8bit era would only go so far.

[Tucayo]

The main things needed are:

*A decent main page
*Policies
*Help pages
*Some templates
*Decent amount of articles (No number specifically)
*Reasonable amount of activity

[tacopill]

somewhat active user base and dedicated staff also helps.

[Garlic Man]

So I was away on a trip to Japan, but apparently we allow non-Nintendo wikis too now? As well as fanon?

[tacopill]

Which one is "non-Nintendo"? StrategyWiki? they're cool  .

[lu-igi board]

To be honest I'm against stratergy wiki joining NIWA. they are not entirely Nintendo. 

[tacopill]

um...they've already joined. You are against something that has happened.

[Moydow]

To be honest I'm against stratergy wiki joining NIWA. they are not entirely Nintendo. 

You're a bit late on that one We joined a month ago. NIWA won't simply expel a member like that, without a valid reason (moving to a wiki farm, etc).

[Tucayo]

So I was away on a trip to Japan, but apparently we allow non-Nintendo wikis too now? As well as fanon?

Hey Garlic, good to see you here again. Well, we allow wikis that cover some non-Nintendo content, but they are not entirely non-Nintendo. And as fanon, yeah, looks like we do, it's a shame fantendo never joined

[Axiomist]

Consider all of the good things from Strategy Wiki:

• The experienced users helping other NIWA wikis
• They are established and were already in partnerships with Bulbapedia, ZeldaWiki.org, and WiKirby
• Their inclusion means we don't have to make our own strategy guide wiki for Nintendo games and try to gain a foothold in a crowded net niche
• NIWA offers a more complete portfolio for Nintendo coverage having Strategy Wiki AND gives us an opportunity to work non-Nintendo coverage, I mean come on, Nintendo's titles can't be all you play.

More but it's time for dinner...

[Dragonfree97]

I've visited Strategy Wiki once or twice and found it very useful.

[TurtwigA]

Seriously, Strategy Wiki does extend much beyond NIWA's scope. But it could probably send wind for other wikis like Gamehiker or wikis that go a bit more broader than Nintendo in video gaming to join.

I mean come on, Nintendo's titles can't be all you play.

Well actually...

[BrandedOne]

I mean come on, Nintendo's titles can't be all you play.

Well actually...

I'm in that camp as well.

[Malake256]

Which one is "non-Nintendo"? StrategyWiki? they're cool  .

That's actually a valid reason enough to me lol. Yes they are only part Nintendo, but they are kinda amazing. They are well-established and have invaluable editors (*cough* Moydow). Pretty much, we don't want to say "Not Nintendo? Get outta here." Pretty much, they were good enough to make us look beyond the fact that they're not completely a Nintendo wiki. Plus, not many wikis actually focus on the strategy/walkthrough parts, so SW helps make up for that.

As for fanon, well it's that fanon. It's much looser and kinda fun. I don't see a reason why not. Pikmin Fanon also was kinda attached to Pikipedia, it would have been really rude of us to turn them down.