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Zelda Wiki.org News

Now Supporting OpenID --Jase 16:37, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

I am incredibly proud to announce that after something like a year and a half of not being able to do this, Zelda Wiki.org is now 100% fully OpenID enabled. Many of you, however, probably don't know what this means. It's a big deal - a really big deal - and it's only going to get bigger as time goes by. Please read this news update, because it's very important!

OpenID is a movement across the internet to destroy the traditional site login by replacing it with one single login that you can use with every site on the internet, called an OpenID. But they don't work like traditional usernames and passwords - actually, they're pretty different. They're much easier. An OpenID is a URL; any site that wants to can turn a URL into an OpenID for its users. For instance, now that Zelda Wiki.org supports OpenID, the URL to your profile page is an OpenID. I'll explain what that means.

You'll now see a link next to "Login with Username/Password" that says "Login with OpenID". You'll notice that in the OpenID login page, there is no spot for a password. That is because you don't need it - initially. After you enter your OpenID URL, you will be prompted for your password. Let's take me, for instance. I now want to login to the wiki with my OpenID. My profile page URL is http://zeldawiki.org/User:GoldenChaos. In the OpenID login box, which has the OpenID logo in it, I'd just enter that link and hit go. On a separate page, it'll ask me for my password. And then I'm logged in!

But that's not the beauty of OpenID. You can now use your Zelda Wiki.org OpenID ANYWHERE on the internet. You can log in to any other OpenID enabled site. For example, WikiHow also supports OpenID, so you could use your ZW.org OpenID to login there instead of registering for a new WikiHow account. And there are hundreds and hundreds of sites beyond WikiHow that support OpenID - so you've basically got an all-access pass to a huge amount of sites on the internet just by having an account here!

Or perhaps you already have an OpenID and want to login with it. You have an OpenID if you're registered with Wordpress, Livejournal, Vox, and many other big-name sites. Check out the OpenID login page and find out if you have an OpenID already. If you do have one and would rather login to the Wiki with your Wordpress, Livejournal, Vox, AOL, etc etc account, you can actually merge your wiki account with your OpenID - that way, your ZW.org account is linked to your OpenID and you never have to worry about remembering your ZW.org username and password again.

I'll be implementing OpenID onto the Zelda Universe Forums as soon as possible as well, so if you've never visited ZU because you didn't want to register... you'll be able to simply enter your OpenID and login! And that's the beauty of OpenID. And now we have it.

Picture Editing Reminder --Mases 23:01, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

A reminder and a clarification for the image sourcing seems to be needed. A few months back we added new templates that properly sourced where images came from. These include the Zelda Wiki.org Found Image Template and the Non Zelda Wiki.org Found Image Template. In addition to those two templates there is also the Self Contributed Template and the Copyright Nintendo Template.

Any new image that is added must have one of the templates listed above, except with a few exceptions of fan artwork, Wikimedia images, and images from other companies such as Sega, Capcom, and Konami. The No Source Template should not be used whatsoever for any NEW image that is added to Zelda Wiki.org. When we first implemented the new system of image crediting, there were plenty of images that were already on the Wiki but the source was unknown, and that was why we have the No Source Template. The purpose of the image crediting system that is now implemented is to avoid these types of images and make certain that all images are properly credited.

Thus, every single new image that is added to the Wiki must be properly sourced and simply having the No Source Template is not permitted. Every image is either found at a particular site, made by a user, or copyrighted by another company. There is no other type of image. In some cases there are multiple sources of where an image game from. An example would be a simple official artwork image that is found at a website, but is then rendered by a specific user. In that case, the self contributed template should be used but the original site should be sourced in text. Shad.png is an example of this done properly. Let's all work together to make sure all images are properly credited. If there are instances where there is a current image on the Wiki that is not credited but there is a close replica elsewhere on the internet. It is best to replace the current image with the replica image and source it to the proper site. It is always better to have a sourced image than a non-sourced image.

A Darknut as they appeared in Twilight Princess

Darknuts are recurring enemies in The Legend of Zelda series. They premiered in the first The Legend of Zelda. They resemble a large knight, equipped with heavy armor and a large sword. Darknuts are notoriously difficult to defeat, and are considered the hardest non-boss/non-miniboss enemy in the game. Darknut may be a mistranslation of "Dark Knight".

They are very similar to the Iron Knuckle. The only discernible difference is the name, and that the two have never appeared in a game together. Additionally, since Ocarina of Time, Iron Knuckles have wielded two-handed axes while Darknuts prefer swords or maces. Early Armos Knights also mimic the behavior of the Darknut.

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Majora's Mask Official Art

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Why Zelda? Why a wiki?

Zelda Wiki.org (also abbreviated ZW.org) was created originally to be the internet's largest encyclopedia of information about The Legend of Zelda series, spawned from a genuine love of the game. Having grown beyond that (not beyond the love of Zelda, of course), the staff wished to make ZW.org the most open wiki encyclopedia out there, and literally give its information away to any Zelda fansite that wanted it. Now, it is a collaborative effort to maintain the greatest collection of Zelda knowledge on the internet. ZW.org will always be around, and any webmaster of any Zelda site can request ownership of the wiki. We all work together and own it together.

If you're one of those webmasters who'd like to know more about joining the collaborative cause, click here. Otherwise, just stick around and enjoy all of the Zelda info. Perhaps edit and add some information yourself!