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{{Infobox Website | {{Infobox Website | ||
| name = StrategyWiki | | name = StrategyWiki | ||
| logo = [[Image:StrategyWiki | | logo = [[Image:StrategyWiki.PNG|StrategyWiki logo]] | ||
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| type = [[Computer and video game]] [[wiki]] | | type = [[Computer and video game]] [[wiki]] | ||
| registration = Optional | | registration = Optional, but recommended | ||
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'''StrategyWiki''' is a [[wiki]]-based [[website]] | '''StrategyWiki''' is a [[wiki]]-based [[website]] aiming to provide gamers and game walkthrough authors with a definitive repository of [[videogame]] [[walkthrough]]s, [[FAQs]] and [[strategy guide]]s all licensed under the terms of the [[GFDL]]. Unlike similar sites, StrategyWiki touts a "one game, one guide" rule where, rather than having each author work on a guide of their own, all users contribute to one single guide for each game. This is both to take full advantage of the wiki design and to eliminate the originally-inevitable redundancy of maintenance and expansion between different guides for the same game.<ref>[[strategywiki:StrategyWiki:What makes StrategyWiki different|StrategyWiki:What makes StrategyWiki different]]</ref> | ||
Traditionally, video game walkthroughs are created as plain [[text file]]s with no formatting or embellishments other than visual tricks such as [[ASCII art]]. In recent years | Traditionally, video game walkthroughs are created as plain [[text file]]s with no formatting or embellishments other than visual tricks such as [[ASCII art]]. In recent years this format has been increasingly criticized for having not evolved along with advances in web design and web content accessibility.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/01/06/strategywiki-out-to-crush-gamefaqs/|title=StrategyWiki out to crush GameFAQS - Joystiq}}</ref> By using [[MediaWiki]], StrategyWiki guides utilize features such as [[rich text]], [[HTML element#Tables|tables]] and inline images, all things that are either impossible or extremely difficult to replicate in a [[plain text]] file. | ||
To differentiate itself from other standard MediaWiki wikis, StrategyWiki's unique default skin ''BlueCloud'' was developed in 2005 by web designer Ian Szewczyk. | |||
==Involvement with | ===Involvement with Wikibooks=== | ||
When [[Jimmy Wales]] designated he no longer wanted videogame walkthroughs on [[Wikibooks]]<ref>[[wikibooks:Wikibooks talk:Computer and video games bookshelf#I am unaware of any elementary school, high school, or college courses which require computer game walkthroughs as a text|Jimmy Wales comments on Wikibooks]]</ref><ref>[http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Wikibooks:What_is_Wikibooks&oldid=434945 Jimmy Wales comments on What is Wikibooks]</ref>, saying that video game walkthroughs had no educational value therefore was in violation of Wikibooks' charter, StrategyWiki used the [[m:Help:Transwiki|transwiki]] process to copy the left over video game guides for continuation to their site.<ref>[[strategywiki:StrategyWiki:Wikibooks Import List|StrategyWiki:Wikibooks Import List]]</ref> They now host the majority of Wikibooks' video game guides. This has inevitably resulted in a large boost to both StrategyWiki's guide count and contributor base, as many Wikibooks users who wished to continue creating game walkthroughs have now become regular StrategyWiki contributors. | |||
== | == Milestones == | ||
StrategyWiki has | * StrategyWiki has grown to incorporate over 13,000 different articles containing over 25,000 maps, screenshots and other illustrations.<ref>[[strategywiki:Special:Statistics|StrategyWiki statistics]]</ref> | ||
* StrategyWiki has nearly 100 to 200 edits on an average daily basis. | |||
* StrategyWiki hosts almost 2,000 different walkthroughs, over 250 of which are in a "completed state" (covering most or all elements of the game in question.)<ref>[[strategywiki:Category:Guides at completion stage 4|Guides at completion stage 4]]</ref> | |||
* StrategyWiki receives per month approximately 300,000 unique visits and over 5,000,000 hits on average.<ref>[[strategywiki:StrategyWiki:Statistics#Recent traffic statistics|StrategyWiki's server statistics]]</ref> | |||
* StrategyWiki is ranked within the top 20,000 websites in the world traffic-wise. <ref>[http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=strategywiki.org&url=strategywiki.org Alexa.com statistics]</ref> | |||
== | ==Similar sites== | ||
Since its founding [[IGN]] has started the IGN Vault Wiki, but only for [[computer role-playing game]]s and [[MMORPG]]s. [[1up]] also operates a wiki, called MyCheats. Neither of these wikis have their content available under an open source license. | |||
Wikia has a collection of game related wikis, many of which are released under the GFDL. However, each wiki is disjoint from the others with only | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External | ==External Links== | ||
* [[strategywiki:|''StrategyWiki'' website]] | * [[strategywiki:|''StrategyWiki'' website]] | ||
* [http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wiki/a-wiki-for-game-strategy-tips-147290.php Kotaku - A Wiki for Game Strategy, Tips] | * [http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wiki/a-wiki-for-game-strategy-tips-147290.php Kotaku - A Wiki for Game Strategy, Tips] | ||
* [http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog/2006/01/strategywiki_the_new_gamefaqs.html MIT Convergence Culture Consortium - StrategyWiki: The New GameFAQs?] | * [http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog/2006/01/strategywiki_the_new_gamefaqs.html MIT Convergence Culture Consortium - StrategyWiki: The New GameFAQs?] | ||
* [http://www.lifehacker.com/software/games/game-strategy-with-strategywiki-147058.php Lifehacker - Game strategy with StrategyWiki] | * [http://www.lifehacker.com/software/games/game-strategy-with-strategywiki-147058.php Lifehacker - Game strategy with StrategyWiki] | ||
* [http://www.joystiq.com/2006/01/06/strategywiki-out-to-crush-gamefaqs/ Joystiq - StrategyWiki out to crush GameFAQs] | |||
[[Category:2005 establishments]] | [[Category:2005 establishments]] | ||
[[Category:Video game websites]] | [[Category:Video game websites]] | ||
[[Category:MediaWiki websites]] | [[Category:MediaWiki websites]] | ||