Community:Zelda Dungeon

Zelda Dungeon is a Legend of Zelda fan website created by Mases Hagopian on August 19th, 2001. The site's main purpose is to provide the most in-depth Zelda game guides possible, utilizing screenshots, maps, and artwork.

History
Zelda Dungeon was initially launched by Mases Hagopian on the date of August 19th, 2001. The website has had a rocky history which includes seventeen different layout designs, several site mergers, three different major forum incarnations, and dozens of staff members. In March of 2008, Zelda Dungeon won Exploding Deku Nut's Golden Mirror Shield Award, a lifetime achievement award given to a website who has had significant contributions to the Zelda community. The website currently stands as one of the most popular Zelda websites, reaching an audience of over 7500 unique visitors per day.

Community Forums
The current forum community at Zelda Dungeon was established on October 16th, 2007. As of June of 2010, the forum has accumulated over 2,100 members and over 104,000 posts.

Staff
Zelda Dungeon currently has ten listed staff members, including three active webmasters. Below is a listing of the site staff and their duties.


 * Avenged - Former webmaster who wrote content, updated with news, and administered the forums. He currently runs his own website, Zelda Chronicles.
 * Axle the Beast - Writes content, moderators the forums, and runs the Curiosity Shop (the Zelda Dungeon Mailbag)
 * Caleb - Webmaster who specializes in both site and video based walkthroughs. Also is one of the masterminds by the layouts and coding using at the site.
 * Cartoons - Former Webmaster and Forum Administrator who still comes around from time to time to help in the behind the scenes work at the site.
 * Dabombster - Former webmaster who currently comes around from time to time to help with content and advise on various projects.
 * Mr Mosley - Forum Administrator who helps to run day to day operations while also writing content for the site.
 * Joseph - Serves as the Facebook Coordinator who is constantly posting news posts and interesting images, videos, and other tidbits at the ZD Facebook page.
 * Josh - Content specialist who writes walkthroughs and works on various other content for the site.
 * Justin - Site Administrator who helps with the behind the scenes coding of the site.
 * Mases - Webmaster who runs the day to day operations of the website, including providing news, writing walkthroughs, writing game content, as well as acting as the diplomat of Zelda Dungeon.
 * Petman - Helps out as an editor of the team and is in charge of the article department at Zelda Dungeon.
 * Scott - Content specialist and adviser in the content and layout department of the website.
 * Steve - General adviser and image specialist.
 * Zenox - Walkthrough writer for various Zelda games.