Board Thread:Wiki news and announcements/@comment-1585211-20131207142428/@comment-5065259-20131208064017

GameGear360 wrote:;Points against DBE
 * Conflicts; several of our editors would be hesitant to edit on DBE purely because of past conflicts, although this reflects the maturity in the wiki.
 * Strict Policies; some of the policies might be a deterrent for editors to edit on the wiki.
 * Layout and Lack of Pictures; currently, it doesn't exactly have a colorful layout, and the lack of pictures is a factor against the wiki.
 * Not in Community Spotlight; Google searches and blogs commonly link to both Nerf Wiki and NBW, yet rarely link to DBE.


 * Points for DBE
 * A new start; the wiki offers a new start and could be adapted as a project wiki, due to which some users might be more inclined to help.
 * Accurate info; due to relatively small amounts of content, from what I can tell, the info is extremely accurate and carefully written.
 * Strong policies; the policies, with some exceptions, help keep the wiki maintained and there is a clear emphasis on keeping the wiki in the best shape possible.
 * Simple yet effective layout; the layout on the wiki is straight-forward, yet it works well and gets the job done.
 * Smartly made; you can tell there is a care for the wiki upon entering, and although lacking a major community, it is regularly updated.

while what GG said is true, what everyone does have to take into consideration is that DBE started less than a year ago compared to NBW. that puts it at an extreme disadvantage and is why its incomplete. I have a lot of images and other stuff from my research that i have to go through before posting. yes, there are no links because my connections told me send them the link when the wiki was ready; its not and that's why. the only reason why Nerf Wiki has a colorful layout is due to Jet... NSA is capable of doing similar stuff with CSS. Additionally, its possible to gain help from community central; Cqm is a temporary DBE admin that helps out with JS - that shouldn't be a problem as he only helps when requested to. these are the kinds of promotions that really shouldn't need discussion over if its to gain help or for maintenance. I do want to mention that i am only active here due to the community so if it moves then i move with it; previous discussion started by GG dragged me back here...
 * Points for NBW
 * Very high article count; with close to 1100 pages, NBW is clearly the largest of the Nerf Wikis and features a lot of info and pictures.
 * Built-up community; the community on NBW is strong and thriving, and routinely active.
 * Many links; many Google searches will bring up this wiki, and sometimes, it's even ahead of Nerf Wiki in some searches (Tek 3 as an example).
 * Amazing pictures; this wiki is clearly the jackpot for older images, and features a great library of very rare images.
 * Already up and functioning; despite merging at least twice already, the wiki is still filled with pages that can be considered complete.


 * layout is designed to be more formal and seeing how nerf, super soaker and buzz bee love pulling re-releases; this is a more formal layout that i chose based on a bit of research. also wikia will only set up "3 special" portal type pages, that's less than the total number of brands.
 * as for past conflicts, those for the most part have been resolved; unless someone wishes to bring something up that has not been resolved...


 * like i said in an earlier response, i would be willing to go through the policies and have a full community discussion over them. that again would have to wait until we decided where to move off-brand to.

NBW has been active since 2008 or earlier so its not exactly fair to compare the two... NBW is a good built up community through there are issues that do pertain to staff (ditto GG), no offense NSA. While NBW has a good amount of images, NSA gave permission to import to DBE; GG you also are importing. these are mostly relating to Nerf...
 * as for google searches, off-brand is going to be ahead since nerfipedia was responsible for off-brand; that's kind of expected.

the one thing that you are wrong about GG is that wikia has a policy for spotlights on community central that everyone needs to take a look at and below is a few highlights:
 * at least 200 content articles - not even close
 * conflicts - this is considered an attempt at resolving all of this