Community:Zelda Wiki

Zelda Wiki.org (ZW.org) is an ambitious project started by users of Zelda Universe. It aims to act as a hub for information on The Legend of Zelda series — created by users for users, using the anyone-can-edit wiki software. Eventually, it grew out of its Zelda Universe roots and attracted the attention and collaboration of many websites throughout the internet, all with the same goal: To provide free, open, in-depth information about The Legend of Zelda series.

History
The original Zelda Universe Wiki (ZUW) was originally created as an act of boredom in April 2005. Yami and Jason thought one random day, "How about a Zelda Universe Wiki?" and so it brought up in the ZU chat room one magical night, where it was created and assembled. That Wiki became full of useless information, not only about the Zelda series, but also about Zelda Universe and its community. The Wiki was also to be used to host Zelda Universe's Zelda Encyclopedia. On an older version of ZU, the encyclopedia existed as a list of words from the Zelda series with short definitions; with the help of the ZUW, the Zelda Encyclopedia expanded and became much more detailed as well. It served Zelda Universe for over a year, before it crashed during a server move.

The wiki has since been moved to another new server, under a new name, with a new philosophy, yet still just as true to Zelda Universe as it was before. Zelda Wiki.org aims to eventually become one of the most comprehensive Zelda resources available, aiding eventually not only Zelda Universe but Zelda fan sites across the internet, connecting the Zelda community as a whole through one amazing encyclopedia. As the Wiki gathers affiliations and users, and makes its mark across the internet, it hopes to achieve the type of standards set forth by larger Wiki-based sites such as Wikipedia. Of course, it is hoped that it is upheld even today.

Philosophy
Zelda Wiki.org is a project that requires an open mind to connect to: Whose site it truly currently belongs to is ambiguous, because everyone who wishes to use this Wiki as "their" Zelda encyclopedia has the right to. So in a sense, it is everyone's wiki: a truly collaborative project that is made up of the communities of every collaborating Zelda fan site.

Achievements
The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy, published by 'Open Court' in November 2008, mentions Zelda Wiki.org and recommends it a visit. "Want to know anything about the Zelda franchise, anything at all? Just look it up on zeldawiki.org - an online Zelda encyclopedia." , pg. xiii

The Masterminds

 * Hyrule.net
 * LegendOfZelda.com
 * The Sacred Realm
 * Zelda Dungeon
 * Zelda Legends
 * Zelda Temple
 * Zelda Universe
 * ZeldaInformer

Contributor Banners
As a way to increase activity, these associated Zelda sites offer a 'Zelda Wiki Contributor Banner' to members dedicated to both the forum and Zelda Wiki. The banner is not permanent, it can be removed if one is suspected of having edited Zelda Wiki.org articles just to get the banner and quit.

Zelda Universe began offering it's banner on November 11, 2008. It has since been awarded to 10 people.

For 'active' Wiki editors, they get a Wiki banner, their username is changed to blue, and they get access to the Wiki usergroup. Everybody can view the Wiki forum, but only members of the Wiki usergroup can post in it. It has since been awarded to 13 people.