Board Thread:Wiki news and announcements/@comment-1585211-20131207142428/@comment-126472-20131214011442

I'm not sure if I can add too much to this, but thanks for asking for my opinion NM8 :)

I think a merge and name change is a good idea, largely because of reasons I have discussed in other threads: too many wikis with the same information just breaks up the community based on their preferred site. Now, this IS the NERF Wiki, so I assume that it would focus solely or mostly on Nerf specifically; removing the OffBrand prefix kind of warrants a change to the name. Dart Blaster Wiki is a good name, if the existing one is willing to share it or give it to us. Off Brand should only really be used if the dart blasters of a given manufacturer are not a brand in and of themselves, like the cheap-o stuff you find in drug stores and gas stations.

Multiple portals within the wiki for the different brands doesn't so much create a divide as much as organize the site better. Portals are really just ways to quickly navigate based on brand rather than lumping it all together. There can still be shared categories between the different portals, which I believe will help show that they're more similar than some would believe. For example, Buzz Bee's shotgun style blaster and the Sledgefire both use shells, so despite being different brands they'd share a category.

Short summary: Brand portals would be a good idea, with Off Brand being toys made by really small names. Portals are just for navigation, not breaking the site up. I think if we can do this right we can make Wiki as big and influential as TFWiki.