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switch from transclusion to linking partner templates
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:Doesn't our partnership with NIWA mean that we can have link boxes between other members of NIWA? The about section of the NIWA page says: "a community of wikis that will support and strengthen each other", so doesn't cross-linking fall under that? --The Retro Gamer 00:56, 2 July 2014 (UTC) | :Doesn't our partnership with NIWA mean that we can have link boxes between other members of NIWA? The about section of the NIWA page says: "a community of wikis that will support and strengthen each other", so doesn't cross-linking fall under that? --The Retro Gamer 00:56, 2 July 2014 (UTC) | ||
::That's more of an open ended statement that we help each other out a bit. We have links to all the other wikis on the front page, cross promote each other over social media, and provide support to each other behind the scenes. How much interlinking we have with each other beyond that is decided by the specific wikis. -- [[User:Prod|Prod]] ([[User talk:Prod|talk]]) 02:34, 2 July 2014 (UTC) | ::That's more of an open ended statement that we help each other out a bit. We have links to all the other wikis on the front page, cross promote each other over social media, and provide support to each other behind the scenes. How much interlinking we have with each other beyond that is decided by the specific wikis. -- [[User:Prod|Prod]] ([[User talk:Prod|talk]]) 02:34, 2 July 2014 (UTC) | ||
:::Concerning only interlinking to pages we have a partnership to, we have two templates: [[Template: Lylat Wiki]] and [[Template: Super Mario Wiki]] (Not includng the template I created, [[Template: Donkey Kong Wiki]]) that aren't in the [[StrategyWiki:Guide/Partnerships]] page. | :::Concerning only interlinking to pages we have a partnership to, we have two templates: [[Template: Lylat Wiki]] and [[Template: Super Mario Wiki]] (Not includng the template I created, [[Template:Donkey Kong Wiki]]) that aren't in the [[StrategyWiki:Guide/Partnerships]] page. | ||
:::Other NIWA wikis have templates link to us without a spot in our [[StrategyWiki:Guide/Partnerships]] page. Here is a list of what I could find: | :::Other NIWA wikis have templates link to us without a spot in our [[StrategyWiki:Guide/Partnerships]] page. Here is a list of what I could find: | ||
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:::::Thanks for clearing everything up, Moydow, but I still have one question. Can/Should these templates be used on articles: (I added the Donkey Kong and Mario templates to Donkey Kong articles to provide more information.) --The Retro Gamer 18:47, 2 July 2014 (UTC) | :::::Thanks for clearing everything up, Moydow, but I still have one question. Can/Should these templates be used on articles: (I added the Donkey Kong and Mario templates to Donkey Kong articles to provide more information.) --The Retro Gamer 18:47, 2 July 2014 (UTC) | ||
{{ | {{t|Donkey Kong Wiki}} | ||
{{ | {{t|Lylat Wiki}} | ||
{{ | {{t|Super Mario Wiki}} | ||
::::::Bottom line: What we really need is content, not links to other wikis. The cooperation aspect is nice, but what people are coming to StrategyWiki for is information on how to play/beat a game, not to be directed somewhere else (where they are even less likely to find what they were looking for in the first place.) Please focus your efforts on describing aspects of gameplay like controls, power-ups, and best of all, level walkthroughs. Thank you. '''[[User:Procyon|<span style="color:red">Pro</span>]][[User talk:Procyon|<span style="color:grey">cyon</span>]]''' 20:21, 2 July 2014 (UTC) | ::::::Bottom line: What we really need is content, not links to other wikis. The cooperation aspect is nice, but what people are coming to StrategyWiki for is information on how to play/beat a game, not to be directed somewhere else (where they are even less likely to find what they were looking for in the first place.) Please focus your efforts on describing aspects of gameplay like controls, power-ups, and best of all, level walkthroughs. Thank you. '''[[User:Procyon|<span style="color:red">Pro</span>]][[User talk:Procyon|<span style="color:grey">cyon</span>]]''' 20:21, 2 July 2014 (UTC) | ||
:::::::In short, no, do not use them. If those Wikis set up a relationship where they link to our main page in return for us linking to a similar article, then that's how it will work. For the most part, these boxes only exist while the main page is a work in progress or a permanent stub (e.g. a game without a lot of info known about it, but Wikipedia may have trivial info that we don't). These boxes are not a requirement for a featured guide, but can sometimes lead to supplementary info. --{{User:Notmyhandle/Sig}} 00:48, 3 July 2014 (UTC) | :::::::In short, no, do not use them. If those Wikis set up a relationship where they link to our main page in return for us linking to a similar article, then that's how it will work. For the most part, these boxes only exist while the main page is a work in progress or a permanent stub (e.g. a game without a lot of info known about it, but Wikipedia may have trivial info that we don't). These boxes are not a requirement for a featured guide, but can sometimes lead to supplementary info. --{{User:Notmyhandle/Sig}} 00:48, 3 July 2014 (UTC) | ||