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'''Nintendo Wiki''' ('''N Wiki''' for short) is a website where you can essentially gather info about [[Nintendo]] ranging from mainstream info such as the [[:Category:Games|games]], and [[:Category:People|people]] who work for the company, to the most obscure info like [[:Category:Patents|patents]], and interesting trivia. It was built using [[wp:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] technology; this means that anyone can edit the Nintendo-focused encyclopedia upon registering.
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'''NintendoWiki''' ('''N Wiki''' for short) offers unbiased information concerning [[Nintendo]]-all in one central encyclopedia. The wiki's primary focus is items that relate directly to Nintendo as a company: Its products, its people, and its actions. N Wiki also shall have a secondary focus on items that indirectly relate to Nintendo, such as notable third parties and contractors, as well as notable Nintendo-related products that they have produced.
  
===Milestones===
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It was set up using [[wp:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] technology; this means that anyone can edit the Nintendo-focused encyclopedia upon registration.
* '''May 12, 2010''' - After more than a couple of months since the idea was pitched, {{user|Archaic}} finally got the servers set up and opened up N Wiki. However, it's kept secret from the public to ensure a peaceful development before launch. Starting articles were slowly brought up, with written info coming from the three founding wikis of NIWA.
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* '''May 29, 2010''' - {{user|TTEchidna}} joined and basically became {{user|RAP}}'s second in command, resulting in speed increase in wiki development after many days of wiki drought, and ideas, and changes that helped the wiki stabilized more.
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==Milestones==
* '''July 19, 2010''' - Hundredth (100th) image/file uploaded: [[:File:KodaMineo.jpg]] - 16:59, July 19, 2010.
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===Prelaunch===
* '''August 12, 2010''' - Hundredth (100th) article is finally created: ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' for the [[Wii]] - 16:20, August 12, 2010.
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* '''May 12, 2010''' – Several months after the idea was pitched, {{user|Archaic}} finally set up the servers and opened up N Wiki. However, it was kept secret from the public to ensure a peaceful development before launch. The first articles were slowly created, with information coming from the three founding wikis of NIWA.
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* '''May 29, 2010''' – After the wiki had many days of little to no editing, {{user|TTEchidna}} joined and essentially became {{user|RAP}}'s second in command. This brought new ideas and changes that helped to stabilize the wiki and increased the speed of the wiki's development
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* '''July 19, 2010''' – The hundredth (100th) was image/file uploaded: [[:File:KodaMineo.jpg]] - 16:59, July 19, 2010.
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* '''August 12, 2010''' – The hundredth (100th) article was finally created: ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' for the [[Wii]] - 16:20, August 12, 2010.
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* '''August 14, 2010''' – The MediaWiki software of the wiki was upgraded to 1.16!
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* '''October 5, 2010''' – {{user|Tacopill}} joined NintendoWiki and set up numerous templates that are currently used on many articles. He also recruited numerous editor that helped with article creation before the wiki's official launch.
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* '''November 13, 2010''' – The two-hundredth (200th) article was created: {{np-vol|246}} of [[Nintendo Power]] - 10:37, November 13, 2010.
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===Launch===
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* '''December 10th, 2010''' – The wiki is officially launched.

Latest revision as of 21:31, 3 February 2013

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Basic Editing

Getting Started • Talk Pages • Images • Galleries • Image Sourcing • Templates • Moving Pages

Advanced Editing

Tables • HTML • CSS • Redirects • Archiving • Archiving Talk Pages • Merging • Merging Pages • Citing Sources • References • Templates (Formatting Templates • Link templates) • Color usage • Protected Page

Policies/Guidelines

General rules • Coverage Policy • Nintendo Article Guidelines • Article Structures • File Deletion Policy • InterWiki Policy • Protected Policy • Color Scheme

Standards

Quality Standards • Sections • Lists • Tables • Templates • Images • Categories

Featured

Content Help guide • Articles • Images

Projects

Release management • Technical details • Interwiki (Link) Task Force • CrossWiki Team • Affiliates • Interlanguage partners

Basics

User Accounts

Customizations

Userboxes (Userbox list)  • Custom Signatures • User Navigation Bars

Ranks

Users • Autoconfirmed • Ambassadors • Autopatrol • Patroller • Administrators • Bureaucrats

Communication IRC • Community portal

NintendoWiki (N Wiki for short) offers unbiased information concerning Nintendo-all in one central encyclopedia. The wiki's primary focus is items that relate directly to Nintendo as a company: Its products, its people, and its actions. N Wiki also shall have a secondary focus on items that indirectly relate to Nintendo, such as notable third parties and contractors, as well as notable Nintendo-related products that they have produced.

It was set up using MediaWiki technology; this means that anyone can edit the Nintendo-focused encyclopedia upon registration.

Milestones

Prelaunch

  • May 12, 2010 – Several months after the idea was pitched, Archaic (Talk) finally set up the servers and opened up N Wiki. However, it was kept secret from the public to ensure a peaceful development before launch. The first articles were slowly created, with information coming from the three founding wikis of NIWA.
  • May 29, 2010 – After the wiki had many days of little to no editing, TTEchidna (Talk) joined and essentially became RAP (Talk)'s second in command. This brought new ideas and changes that helped to stabilize the wiki and increased the speed of the wiki's development
  • July 19, 2010 – The hundredth (100th) was image/file uploaded: File:KodaMineo.jpg - 16:59, July 19, 2010.
  • August 12, 2010 – The hundredth (100th) article was finally created: Super Paper Mario for the Wii - 16:20, August 12, 2010.
  • August 14, 2010 – The MediaWiki software of the wiki was upgraded to 1.16!
  • October 5, 2010Tacopill (Talk) joined NintendoWiki and set up numerous templates that are currently used on many articles. He also recruited numerous editor that helped with article creation before the wiki's official launch.
  • November 13, 2010 – The two-hundredth (200th) article was created: Vol. 246 of Nintendo Power - 10:37, November 13, 2010.

Launch

  • December 10th, 2010 – The wiki is officially launched.