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'''StrategyWiki''' is a [[ | '''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 | 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. | ||
===BlueCloud=== | ===BlueCloud=== | ||
StrategyWiki's unique default skin ''BlueCloud'' was developed in 2005 by web designer Ian Szewczyk. It has been favored among most StrategyWiki contributors. {{fact}} | StrategyWiki's unique default skin ''BlueCloud'' was developed in 2005 by web designer Ian Szewczyk. It has been favored among most StrategyWiki contributors. {{fact}} | ||
BlueCloud can be easily distinguished from all other wiki skins, in that what is referred to as the toolbox dock is placed on the right and stretches from the top to the bottom of the page. It contains links to several non-critical functions such as ''Watch'' and ''What links here'', while more important functions exist at the top of the page as tabs. A special template can be used to put extra elements on the dock, in a place originally unreachable by the scope of any other default skin created. All elements processable by the MediaWiki engine can be placed on the toolbox dock, including text, images, and various other guide aides. Some games have | BlueCloud can be easily distinguished from all other wiki skins, in that what is referred to as the toolbox dock is placed on the right and stretches from the top to the bottom of the page. It contains links to several non-critical functions such as ''Watch'' and ''What links here'', while more important functions exist at the top of the page as tabs. A special template can be used to put extra elements on the dock, in a place originally unreachable by the scope of any other default skin created. All elements processable by the MediaWiki engine can be placed on the toolbox dock, including text, images, and various other guide aides. Some games have utilitized this to display the game's table of contents, or to display a list of objectives throughout the game on the dock. | ||
===Involvement with Wikibooks=== | ===Involvement with Wikibooks=== | ||
When [[ | 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 walkthroughts 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 == | == Milestones == | ||
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==Similar sites== | ==Similar sites== | ||
Since its founding [ | 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. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
