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'''StrategyWiki''' is a [[wiki]]-based [[website]] that hosts [[computer and video game]] [[walkthrough]]s and [[strategy guide]]s licensed under the [[GNU Free Documentation License]]. It has a ''"one game, one guide"'' rule under which all users contribute to one unified guide rather than each author working on a separate guide for each game as on websites such as [[GameFAQs]]. This is intended to promote traditional wiki collaboration and also reduce the maintenance limitations of individual guides.<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, 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 are able to utilize features such as [[rich text]], [[HTML element#Tables|tables]] and in-line images, things which are difficult or impossible to replicate in plain text.

==Internet resource==

In addition to providing strategy guides to natural [[search engine]] visitors, several sites use StrategyWiki for directing their traffic to supplementary information. Links for game guide information are found on articles in [[Wikipedia]] and the site is linked as a gaming resource on [http://mameworld.info/ MAMEWorld]. The site is also used to provide in-depth information for [[Battlestations: Midway]] on the [[Apple]] website<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apple.com/games/articles/2008/07/battlestationsmidway/index2.html |title=One if By Air, Two if By Sea |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2009-11-02 }}</ref>.

==Involvement with Wikimedia==

On [[April 22]], [[2006]], [[Wikimedia Foundation]] chairman [[Jimmy Wales]] stated that videogame walkthroughs should not be hosted on [[Wikibooks]]<ref>[[wikibooks:Wikibooks talk:Electronic 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 were not the subject of educational courses and so were a violation of Wikibooks' charter. As a result of this announcement StrategyWiki used the [[m:Help:Transwiki|transwiki]] process to copy over these disallowed works.<ref>[[strategywiki:StrategyWiki:Wikibooks Import List|StrategyWiki:Wikibooks Import List]]</ref>

==Partnerships==

StrategyWiki has participated in developing professional partnerships to alleviate costs and improve its ability to compete with other guide websites.

 

On [[March 18]], [[2008]], StrategyWiki entered into a partnership with [[strategy guide]] publisher [[DoubleJump Books]] for a mutual cross-[[promotion (marketing)|promotion]]. The site has been advertised in DoubleJump's print guide for the [[PlayStation 2]] [[RPG]] ''[[Mana Khemia]]'' and has subsequently become DoubleJump's official wiki.<ref>[http://www.doublejumpbooks.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=5260.0 Announcing the DoubleJump Strategy Wiki!]</ref>

 

On [[October 12]], [[2008]], StrategyWiki officially transferred their database to servers owned and operated by [[GamerDNA]] in hopes of increasing performance and site stability.<ref name="GDNA Announcement">[http://strategywiki.org/wiki/StrategyWiki:Announcements StrategyWiki announcement] of GDNA server operation on October 12th, 2008.</ref>

 

Since StrategyWiki's founding, [[IGN]] has started the IGN Vault Wiki, but only for [[computer role-playing game]]s and [[MMORPG]]s. [[1UP.com]] also operates a wiki called MyCheats, but neither of these wikis have their content available under a [[copyleft]] license. [[Wikia]] has a collection of game-related wikis, some of which feature walkthrough material.

==External links==

* [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.lifehacker.com/software/games/game-strategy-with-strategywiki-147058.php Lifehacker - Game strategy with StrategyWiki]