Making the Dream
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--GoldenChaos 15:27, 10 September 2006 (GMT)
If you haven't figured it out yet, the current plans for the wiki are not a new skin. However, it's something a little more promising. It's an affiliation program, but not the kind you'd expect. Read more to find out just what I mean.
We here at The Zelda Effect, or the Zelda Universe Wiki, or whatever you want to call it, are calling out. We want this wiki to expand, but not just on our own accord. And we want to spread what we've already got. We think we have something great here, something that has potential to grow and become something that can change the way the online Zelda community gets it's data.
I, personally, have seen these all around. There are numerous sites out there with Zelda wikis, many formed after this one, and some formed before. But most of them are not successful, and are merely attempts at compiling data based on their observations elsewhere. But that poses a question: With all these wikis, how can we get a good amount of data? Is it too dispersed? Are all the wikis too separated from each other? How do people pick which one to go to?
The answer? Having all of these little wikis creates clutter and confusion, and, if you've tried one and it was not a success, you notice like I did that it sits around and does nothing until you make it do something.
The real point of this message? We want to share the wiki through a special affiliation program.
The philosophy of The Zelda Effect is that, if we create one universal Zelda Wiki throughout all of the Zelda sites on the internet, it will become without a doubt the undisputable force of wiki-based Zelda information, of course not trying to rival the main sites themselves. This also brings forth a connection between both the webmasters and communities of other Zelda sites, who will hold a place on The Zelda Effect.
When you affiliate with The Zelda Effect, it is a "true" affiliation, as I like to call it - sites who literally help one another. The wiki becomes your wiki. Call it your encyclopedia on your site, and link to it. Your site will be added as a link on the main page under who is connected "by the power of Wiki." You, as a site manager of the wiki, will also get Sysop powers so that you can have more power over the encyclopedia that we all share. You can also make news updates on the main page if you choose.
While the idea is experimental, it just might be able to work. Together, we can create a wiki that we all share and enjoy. Corny? Sure. A big Zelda encyclopedia? Heck yes.
If you want to be a part of this, simply comment with a link to your site or email me at jason [at] zeldawiki.org. Say you'd like to be a part of The Zelda Effect, and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
When enough sites are connected together by the wiki, there will be a skin change, so that the wiki does not look as though it is proprietary to Zelda Universe.
