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After a little under a month of planning, NIWA was launched on February 14, 2010, coincidentally the fifth anniversary of the public launch of [[Bulbapedia]]. | After a little under a month of planning, NIWA was launched on February 14, 2010, coincidentally the fifth anniversary of the public launch of [[Bulbapedia]]. | ||
Within two months more, preparations were complete for the launch of [[Metroid Wiki]] and [[WiKirby]], which had been spun off by users of the original trio of NIWA wikis, and they joined the group. [[Wars Wiki]], a wiki based on the age-old Nintendo Wars franchise, became the first member recruited from outside the original trio. Upon the beginning of October, [[Lylat Wiki]] joined the alliance, and on October 8th, 2010, two Pikmin-based wikis, [[Pikipedia]] and [[Pikmin Fanon]] joined. On October 15, 2010, the latest wiki of NIWA joined, that being [[StrategyWiki]]. [[SmashWiki]], formerly the preeminent [[Super Smash Bros.]] wiki on Wikia, gained independence and joined the network on October 29, 2010. [[WikiBound]], a wiki based on the EarthBound/Mother series, joined on November 5, 2010. | Within two months more, preparations were complete for the launch of [[Metroid Wiki]] and [[WiKirby]], which had been spun off by users of the original trio of NIWA wikis, and they joined the group. [[Wars Wiki]], a wiki based on the age-old Nintendo Wars franchise, became the first member recruited from outside the original trio. Upon the beginning of October, [[Lylat Wiki]] joined the alliance, and on October 8th, 2010, two Pikmin-based wikis, [[Pikipedia]] and [[Pikmin Fanon]] joined. On October 15, 2010, the latest wiki of NIWA joined, that being [[StrategyWiki]]. [[SmashWiki]], formerly the preeminent [[Super Smash Bros.]] wiki on Wikia, gained independence and joined the network on October 29, 2010. [[WikiBound]], a wiki based on the EarthBound/Mother series, joined on November 5, 2010. On November 12, [[Donkey Kong Wiki]], yet another former Wikia wiki, joined the alliance. A new wiki will join November 19. | ||
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Revision as of 12:55, 12 November 2010
The Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance, NIWA for short, is a network of wikis and their associated websites that aims to chronicle all things Nintendo, supporting wikis independent of large corporate wiki groups, most notably Wikia.
History
NIWA began as an expansion of the concept of Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis, shortly after the administration of Zelda Wiki contacted Archaic, Bulbagarden's head, about a possible affiliation. It was jointly decided, shortly thereafter, that rather than a simple affiliation, an entire network of Nintendo-based wikis could be begun, and Super Mario Wiki was shortly asked to join as another founding member.
After a little under a month of planning, NIWA was launched on February 14, 2010, coincidentally the fifth anniversary of the public launch of Bulbapedia.
Within two months more, preparations were complete for the launch of Metroid Wiki and WiKirby, which had been spun off by users of the original trio of NIWA wikis, and they joined the group. Wars Wiki, a wiki based on the age-old Nintendo Wars franchise, became the first member recruited from outside the original trio. Upon the beginning of October, Lylat Wiki joined the alliance, and on October 8th, 2010, two Pikmin-based wikis, Pikipedia and Pikmin Fanon joined. On October 15, 2010, the latest wiki of NIWA joined, that being StrategyWiki. SmashWiki, formerly the preeminent Super Smash Bros. wiki on Wikia, gained independence and joined the network on October 29, 2010. WikiBound, a wiki based on the EarthBound/Mother series, joined on November 5, 2010. On November 12, Donkey Kong Wiki, yet another former Wikia wiki, joined the alliance. A new wiki will join November 19.
Name
NIWA's name, an acronym of Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance, is also romanized Japanese for "garden", symbolizing the natural growth of the community around the fandoms that make it up. This is fitting, given Nintendo's Japanese origins, with romanization of Japanese being an important aspect of all twelve wikis that currently make up the network.
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