Board Thread:Wiki news and announcements/@comment-1585211-20131207142428/@comment-2234967-20131208071345

The case of the off-brand portal right now is not one where I think that all brands are unequal. The reason why it's under a single "off-brand" portal is for categorizing only. As I've mentioned multiple times in the past, having a portal for each brand would be incredibly messy. As for what the wiki would be called if we kept off-brand products, it'd still be called the Nerf Wiki. The name has two meanings: Nerf as a brand/product and Nerf as a hobby. This is why I am in full support of not splitting the wiki when merge is complete, as having a single wiki for Nerf as a brand/product and as a hobby would be very helpful for people looking for reference.

I'll use two wikis as an example: the Power Rangers/Super Sentai Wiki and the Kamen Rider Wiki. Both of these wikis are wikis that discuss tokusatsu shows (basically Japanese super hero shows). Power Rangers and Super Sentai are essentially the same thing; Super Sentai is the original Japanese series and Power Rangers adapts that source material for a non-Japanese audience. While they are very different from one another (usually, but I won't go into details), they are essentially the same. Kamen Rider, however, is completely different from Super Sentai. While it is a toku show, it is based off of one (or two/three) heroes with a transforming device and a few other weapons (no mecha). Super Sentai and Power Rangers are team-based transforming heroes with multiple other weapons, including mecha.

What I'm trying to get at here is that Nerf, Buzz Bee, Air Zone, etc. are all the same essentially: dart/disc firing toy guns. This is also why I do not want Lazer Tag, Xploders, Tek Recon, etc. on the Nerf Wiki, because, while they are toy guns, they do not fire darts/discs. Super Soaker is allowed on the wiki, as it is a Nerf product now.

And as such, my opinion is that all of the wikis should merge into one.

I'm open for discussion from other members, as my say is not final here, as is any one member's as well. The reason why Phase 1 went by quickly is because nobody's going to stand up for dead wikis that are incredibly small.