Forum:Halowiki.net

Hey Guys, Halowiki.net is having some problems with their servers and we are talking to them about moving to Wikia. I am not familiar with this wiki, but wanted to get your reactions to a merge... Pez, the founder lists the the major aspects of halowiki.net as:


 * we're completely multiplayer oriented
 * we're _not_ encyclopedic
 * we're opinionated (taking a strong stance for sportsmanship for instance)

Do you see these things as being reasons not to join forces? Can you envision a hybrid? if not, would you welcome them as a sister site that you could could point users back and forth from?

angies (talk) 20:15, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

A merger would not be such a good idea in my books. Since halo.wikia is largley an encyclopedic website charting facts and conjecture on the halo universe, mostly, it wouldn't go well with unencyclopedic halowiki as its more orientated upon multiplayer, which is mostly opinion based. --Ajax 013 20:40, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

to further clarify upon this, i don't think the unencyclopedic elements and the encyclopedic elements would meld very well, with new articles with the same names as existing ones and halo universe facts being mixed with halo multiplayer tips neither site would retain usefulness. It would be better to keep two distinct sites for multiplayer and one for facts. --Ajax 013 20:44, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I kinda support this, depending on what you mean by "merge." I would completely support any decision to move Halowiki to Wikia and to add interwiki links and maybe merge the community a bit, but they should definitely stay on different databases, so as to avoid conflicting pages an' stuff. -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 21:51, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree with both GPT and Ajax. The logistics of such a merge would be problematic and Halopedia strives for Encyclopedic format. The fact that they fully acknowledge they are not and the fact that they are opinionated makes me very concerned about letting them in and I'm not sure they would fully appreciate our policies. I am not concerned about their Multiplayer focus - that just means they'd become a subset of the community if there was a merger.

"Halopedia is first and foremost an online encyclopedia for all things related to Halo"

- Halopedia:What Halopedia is not

That said, I would be somewhat intrigued by what they had to say on the matter. If they felt that they could adapt to the Halopedia policy or if a compromise of some sort could be made between the two communities, this issue could be resolved and it would be a mere logistical issue --Forgottenlord 22:02, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I do not support the merge because if the information is unencyclopedic then it would not look very well along side the encyclopedic information here. There is also some biased information at HaloWiki.net as opposed to an encyclopedia which is supposed to be unbiased.

--Staff Sergeant-G023 Comm Channel Mission HistoryB Company  22:20, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Angela, ma'am, I'll chat with you in private? ^^ Cheers, RelentlessRecusant  'o the Halopedia Team http://images.wikia.com/rainbowsix/images/7/73/GDI2.jpg TALK • MESSAGE 22:37, 24 July 2007 (UTC)


 * You DO realize Angies isn't Angela, right? -- NOTASTAFF  GPT ( talk )( eating ) 01:25, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't think merging would be a great idea but I think making Halo wiki a sister site would be good. HДĿΘFáṆ 14:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)