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=== Wiki Alliance === | === Wiki Alliance === | ||
[[File:Wiki 2006.png|right|125px|The beginning of the Wiki Alliance era, November 2006]] | |||
The breadth of the Super Mario Wiki's coverage has always been a highly-debated topic. In the latter half of 2006, it was decided that rather than covering all the major ''Mario'' sub-series on one wiki, each would get their own dedicated wiki and link back and forth to one another, resulting in the formation of the '''Wiki Alliance'''. The idea was kickstarted by launching the Donkey Kong Wiki, with a ''Wario'' wiki being prepped to launch next. However, after only a few months, the whole idea was scrapped due to a lack of interest in the Donkey Kong Wiki. There was concern that launching more wikis would lead to them becoming inactive in favor of the Super Mario Wiki, so rather than risk splintering the community and our content, we closed the Donkey Kong Wiki and reverted back to keeping everything in one "super" ''Mario'' wiki. | The breadth of the Super Mario Wiki's coverage has always been a highly-debated topic. In the latter half of 2006, it was decided that rather than covering all the major ''Mario'' sub-series on one wiki, each would get their own dedicated wiki and link back and forth to one another, resulting in the formation of the '''Wiki Alliance'''. The idea was kickstarted by launching the Donkey Kong Wiki, with a ''Wario'' wiki being prepped to launch next. However, after only a few months, the whole idea was scrapped due to a lack of interest in the Donkey Kong Wiki. There was concern that launching more wikis would lead to them becoming inactive in favor of the Super Mario Wiki, so rather than risk splintering the community and our content, we closed the Donkey Kong Wiki and reverted back to keeping everything in one "super" ''Mario'' wiki. | ||
=== NIWA === | === NIWA === | ||
{{main|MarioWiki:Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance}} | {{main|MarioWiki:Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance}} | ||
[[File:Niwalogo.png| | [[File:Niwalogo.png|left|100px|NIWA logo|class=invert]] | ||
In early 2010, representatives from [[bulbapedia:Main Page|Bulbapedia]] and [[zeldawiki:Main Page|Zelda Wiki]] reached out to the Super Mario Wiki about forming an alliance of independent Nintendo wikis. The stated goal of the network was to act as a bulwark against [[wikipedia:Fandom (website)|Wikia]] and other wiki farms that mistreat their fans, and to provide assistance to small, up and coming independent wiki communities. Porplemontage initially dismissed the request, a combination of being busy with real-life obligations and a healthy skepticism for wiki networks by this point, but the Super Mario Wiki community insisted on the idea and were successful in pushing Porple to accept the proposal after a couple of days. The '''Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance''' was born, and over a decade later the network is still going strong, with over 30 member wikis. History would repeat itself in 2019 when NIWA's Donkey Kong Wiki (a former Wikia fork completely separate from the Wiki Alliance wiki of the same name) closed and had its unique content merged into the Super Mario Wiki. | In early 2010, representatives from [[bulbapedia:Main Page|Bulbapedia]] and [[zeldawiki:Main Page|Zelda Wiki]] reached out to the Super Mario Wiki about forming an alliance of independent Nintendo wikis. The stated goal of the network was to act as a bulwark against [[wikipedia:Fandom (website)|Wikia]] and other wiki farms that mistreat their fans, and to provide assistance to small, up and coming independent wiki communities. Porplemontage initially dismissed the request, a combination of being busy with real-life obligations and a healthy skepticism for wiki networks by this point, but the Super Mario Wiki community insisted on the idea and were successful in pushing Porple to accept the proposal after a couple of days. The '''Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance''' was born, and over a decade later the network is still going strong, with over 30 member wikis. History would repeat itself in 2019 when NIWA's Donkey Kong Wiki (a former Wikia fork completely separate from the Wiki Alliance wiki of the same name) closed and had its unique content merged into the Super Mario Wiki. | ||
