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To differentiate itself from other standard MediaWiki wikis, StrategyWiki's unique default skin ''BlueCloud'' was developed in 2005 by web designer Ian Szewczyk. | 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 Wikimedia=== | ||
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. | 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. | ||
Additionally, game guide content that was found on [[Wikipedia]] was formerly moved over to Wikibooks as the content is considered unencyclopedic<ref>[[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not#GUIDE]]</ref>. StrategyWiki is now considered a primary location to move game guide content<ref>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Article guidelines#Scope of information]]</ref> | |||
=== Partnership with DoubleJump Books === | === Partnership with DoubleJump Books === | ||