Board Thread:Wiki news and announcements/@comment-1585211-20130909030111



This is something we as a community need to discuss.

A brief history lesson for those who are new to the wiki. Several years back, there was just one Nerf-related Wikiasite; Nerf Wiki. Soon after, another was created which was known as Nerfipedia, although now known alternately as Nerf Blaster Wiki (NBW). This was the first wiki to incorporate off-brand blasters, as well as other blasters such as vintage Super Soakers and Lazer Tag blasters (from what I can tell).

There was also a wiki known as Nerfers Wiki, a small community which was shut down after it was cluttered with redirects to this wiki. This wiki no longer exists. Also inactive are the Nerf Nation Wiki, Nerf Fanon Wiki, and Dart Blaster Wiki.

The two wikis operated differently from eachother for quite some time, until last year, when the wikis were merged, and NBW was left abandoned.

Today, there are four Nerf Wikis. All four cover new blasters, while three basically cover the same things with minor at best changes. We as a community need to think if maybe four is too much, with two being purely spawned from personal differences. Is this really what we need, four different wikis covering the same topic? Are we really that redundant that we need four wikis for one topic? Not to mention, using the pass/fail system as an example, though it was developed and introduced on just one wiki, it has now spread to now three wikis (the remaining one has no articles with reviews as of yet).

Maybe one is enough. Maybe Nerf-Exclusive Wiki can be merged back into Nerf Wiki, maybe NBW can be brought into Nerf Wiki like it was last year, and maybe we can work something out with Dart Blaster Encyclopedia. I'm just trying to look out for the better of our community, one that does not need four of what one can handle.

Please post your opinions below.  