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https://zelda.gamepedia.com (2017–2021),

https://zeldawiki.org (2006–2017),

http://zelda.thejasoneffect.net (2006),

http://www.wiki.zeldauniverse.net (2005–2006),

As part of this migration, the site began a rebranding process, to move to a more general ''Zelda'' theme rather than Zelda Universe-specific branding.<ref name="Making the Dream"/> On October 22, 2006, the site was updated with a new design (called "Old Blue") and logo, with the old design retroactively referred to as "ZW.org White".<ref name="The New ZW.org">[[Zelda Wiki:News 2006#The New ZW.org|Zelda Wiki News: The New ZW.org]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20081008044542/http://zeldawiki.org/The_New_ZW.org archive])</ref> The site now had two logos: a site logo (visible in the top corner of every page) and a main page logo (only used on the main page),<ref name="The New ZW.org"/> both having the appearance of a Triforce design on a glass disc. The main page logo was a flat design created by GoldenChaos with assistance from thoosje,<ref name="Some Logo Development">{{Cite Web |author=GoldenChaos |title=Some Logo Development |url=http://thejasoneffect.net/2006/09/30/some-logo-development/ |archive=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302223137/http://thejasoneffect.net/2006/09/30/some-logo-development/ |published=September 30, 2006 |retrieved=November 23, 2023 |site=The Jason Effect}}</ref> while the site log was an angled rendering with the site's name below it. The glassy design was inspired by the [[wikipedia:Windows Vista|Windows Vista]] user interface.<ref name="Some Logo Development"/>

In June 2007, Angela Beesley from [[wikipedia:Wikia|Wikia]] approached {{SITENAME}} about potentially merging with their ''The Legend of Zelda'' wiki. After discussion among {{SITENAME}}'s "owners" (the webmasters of the partner fansites), it was unanimously agreed to reject the offer. The two main reasons cited were a loss of independence and the sheer amount of work required to conduct such a merge.<ref>[[Zelda Wiki:News 2007#We're Back!|Zelda Wiki News: We're Back!]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20070702083501/http://www.zeldawiki.org/We%27re_back%21 archive])</ref>

In November 2007, {{SITENAME}} formed a partnership with [[Community:StrategyWiki|StrategyWiki]], where Strategy Wiki would link to {{SITENAME}} for ''Zelda'' content.<ref>[[strategywiki:Special:Diff/213010|Revision ID 213010]] on [[strategywiki:StrategyWiki:Guide/Partnerships|StrategyWiki:Guide/Partnerships]] at [[Community:StrategyWiki|StrategyWiki]]</ref>

On January 20, 2008, {{SITENAME}} disabled anonymous editing, requiring all users to have an account in order to edit.<ref>[[Zelda Wiki:News 2008#Introducing Four New Community Projects|Zelda Wiki News: Introducing Four New Community Projects]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20080705173046/http://zeldawiki.org/Introducing_Four_New_Community_Projects archive])</ref>

On August 31, 2008, {{SITENAME}} integrated [[wikipedia:OpenID|OpenID]], allowing users to log into the wiki using their OpenID account instead of creating a separate account on Zelda Wiki.<ref>[[Zelda Wiki:News 2008#Now Supporting OpenID|Zelda Wiki News: Now Supporting OpenID]] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20080913062323/http://www.zeldawiki.org:80/Main_Page archive])</ref> Plans to integrate OpenID on {{SITENAME}} were first announced in April 2007.<ref name="Two Years"/>

In November 2008, {{Wp|Open Court Publishing Company}} published ''The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Therefore I Am''. In its front matter, the book referred readers to {{SITENAME}}.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= Want to know anything about the Zelda franchise, anything at all? Just look it up on zeldawiki.org - an online Zelda encyclopedia.|book= ''The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Therefore I Am''|publisher= Open Court Publishing Company|page= xiii}}</ref>

On November 14, 2008, the site's affiliation program was renamed the "Masterminds" program.<ref>[[Special:Diff/107136|Revision ID 107136]] of [[Zelda Wiki:Becoming a Part of Zelda Wiki]]</ref>

On August 14 2009, {{SITENAME}} received [[Community:LegendOfZelda.com|LegendOfZelda.com]]'s Pinnacle award, given to the overall best site for the last year.<ref>{{Cite Web|url= http://www.legendofzelda.com/the-pinnacle/#more-1147|title= The Pinnacle|site= LegendOfZelda.com}}</ref> LegendOfZelda.com had become one of {{SITENAME}}'s Masterminds earlier that year.

On February 14, 2010, the [[Community:Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance|Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance]] was co-founded by Zelda Wiki, [[Community:Bulbapedia|Bulbapedia]], and [[Community:Super Mario Wiki|Super Mario Wiki]]. The three wikis shared "a mutual disdain for the recent corporatization of wikis" and stated its mission "to aid independent Nintendo wikis, to nurture them and help them grow so that never will they have to sell out."<ref name="NIWA Launch">{{Cite Web|quote= |author= |title= NIWA - About|url= https://www.niwanetwork.org/about/|archive= https://web.archive.org/web/20100520065342/http://www.niwanetwork.org:80/about.html|published= |retrieved= April 15, 2023|site= |type= }}</ref>{{Note|NIWA's initial About page claimed Zelda Wiki administrator [[User:Melchizedek1866@legacy41958488|Melchizedek]] (Dathen) initiated the alliance talks in January 2010. Former {{SITENAME}} administrator [[User:Emma|Emma]] has since claimed that she first pitched the inter-wiki alliance in September 2009 in a private {{SITENAME}} staff chat on Skype but never received due credit for the idea.<ref>[[Community talk:Zelda Wiki#Original NIWA Pitch|Community talk:Zelda Wiki § Original NIWA Pitch]] ([[Special:Diff/1045031/1048563|revision]])</ref> In December 2023, the {{SITENAME}} staff issued a formal apology to Emma for the "abuse that [she] suffered at the hands of former staff members" during and after her tenure.<ref>[[Special:Diff/1112376]]</ref>}}

In the March 2010 issue of the British [[Official Nintendo Magazine]], a feature article on the [[Zelda Timeline]] referred readers to {{SITENAME}} for further reading, alongside Masterminds Zelda Universe and Zelda Informer.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= If we've piqued your interest in further ''Zelda'' timeline discussion, there are loads of fansites out there expanding on some of the theories we've discussed here. Here are a few good starting points:<br/>'''www.zeldauniverse.net, www.zeldawiki.org, www.zeldainformer.com'''|book= ''Official Nintendo Magazine'' (UK)|issue= 53|publisher= Future|page= 99}} ([[Media:UK Nintendo Mag ZeldaWiki.png|Image]])</ref> The Australia and New Zealand Official Nintendo Magazine (which largely reuses content from its British counterpart) included this article (with the mention of Zelda Wiki) in its April 2010 issue.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= ''Official Nintendo Magazine'' (Australia & New Zealand)|issue= 16|publisher= Future|page= 51}} ([[Media:AUS&NZ ONM ZeldaWiki.jpg|Image]])</ref>

In January 2011, a vote was held to decide whether to change the name of the site from "Zelda Wiki.org" to simply "Zelda Wiki".<ref>[[Zelda Wiki:The Heart Container/Archive 3#Name Change: Keep "Zelda Wiki.org" or Become Simply "Zelda Wiki"|The Heart Container: Name Change: Keep "Zelda Wiki.org" or Become Simply "Zelda Wiki"]]</ref> On January 17, 2011, the site's name was officially changed to '''Zelda Wiki'''.<ref>[[Zelda Wiki:News 2011]]</ref> At the time, the site logo still included "Zelda Wiki.org"; some time between the name change and April 2011, a rule was added to the site's CSS to visually crop out ".org" from the site's logo, without requiring a new image be uploaded.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110423183345/http://www.zeldawiki.org/skins/monobook/main.css?195 Oldest Wayback Machine archive of the CSS stylesheet that included this change]</ref>

 

On May 22, 2011, the site changed its default skin from Monobook to Vector.<ref>{{Cite Web |author=Zelda Wiki |title=Zelda Wiki is pleased to announce, that after months of testing and development, our new vector skin is now our default layout and will be used in place of our old monobook style!! |url=https://www.facebook.com/zeldawiki/posts/10150251015477594 |published=May 22, 2011 |retrieved=November 23, 2023 |site=Facebook}}</ref> The Vector skin included a different logo, with this new logo becoming the site logo going forward.

 

At the start of June 2011, support for [[wikipedia:OpenID|OpenID]] was silently dropped.<ref>Compare the login options on [https://web.archive.org/web/20110530162317/http://zeldawiki.org/Main_Page May 30, 2011] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20110603164112/http://zeldawiki.org/Main_Page June 3, 2011]</ref> Zelda Wiki staff argued that OpenID integration did "harm than good", complaining that it "makes renaming buggy, it conflicts with user creation logs, it breaks bot account scripts, it causes database errors, etc."<ref>{{Cite Web |title=NIWA improvement Idea (PLEASE READ) |url=https://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?topic=708.msg13894#msg13894 |published=December 26, 2010 |retrieved=November 24, 2023 |site=NIWA Network Forums}}</ref>

 

In 2013, the Mastermind system was retired, with control of the wiki fully in the hands of the editor community rather than the affiliated fansites.<ref>[[Special:Diff/367153|Revision ID 367153]] of [[Zelda Wiki:About]]</ref>

 

[[File:Site-logo.png|thumb|Zelda Wiki logo (2015-2022)]]

On April 24, 2015, to celebrate the site's 10th anniversary, the site's logo was changed and the Main Page was redesigned.<ref>{{Cite Web|quote=Today marks the day of Zelda Wiki's 10th anniversary! In celebration we've released the new logo and Main Page we've been working on. |author=Hylian King |title=Zelda Wiki's 10th Anniversary, New Main Page and Logo! |url=https://zeldauniverse.net/forums/index.php?thread/177434-zelda-wiki-s-10th-anniversary-new-main-page-and-logo/ |published=April 24, 2015 |retrieved= November 23, 2023 |site=Zelda Universe}}</ref> The logo was changed to a [[Media:Site-logo.png|flat monochrome (white) circled Triforce]].

 

On March 8, 2017, {{SITENAME}} was migrated to [[wikipedia:Gamepedia|Gamepedia]], a wiki farm, as a result of {{Wp|Curse LLC|Curse}}'s purchase of the site from [[Linkorporated]]. The site's URL was changed to zelda.gamepedia.com. Despite this move, the site's design was mostly unchanged, other than the addition of the Gamepedia footer.

 

User accounts were not included in the transfer; to link their past edits to their Gamepedia account, users had to submit a form to Gamepedia staff with the name of their old Zelda Wiki account and the name of their Gamepedia account to request their accounts be merged. Unmerged accounts became "legacy" accounts, which could not be logged into.<ref name="Gamepedia">{{Cite Web|url=https://help.fandom.com/wiki/Zelda_Wiki_is_joining_Gamepedia|title=Zelda Wiki is joining Gamepedia|site=Gamepedia Help Wiki}}</ref>

 

Fandom already had a long-running ''The Legend of Zelda'' wiki on its platform, [[Community:Zeldapedia|Zeldapedia]]. After discussions with Fandom staff and {{SITENAME}}, in May 2019, Zeldapedia admin [[User:Ceiling Master|Ceiling Master]] announced a proposal to archive Zeldapedia and have its remaining editors "cross over" to {{SITENAME}}.<ref>{{Cite Web|url=https://zelda-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Forum:Announcement_to_all_Editors?t=20190612103623|title=Announcement to all Editors|site=Zeldapedia}}</ref> The Zeldapedia community voted overwhelmingly in favour of this proposal, with voting closing at the end of May.<ref>{{Cite Web|url=https://zelda-archive.fandom.com/f/p/3150258947228040639|title=Official Crossover Voting Thread|site=Zeldapedia}}</ref> The cross-over officially took place on June 15, 2019.

In July 2020, the account systems of Gamepedia and Fandom were merged. Fandom attempted to merge accounts when they were able to establish that the Fandom and Gamepedia accounts of the same name belonged to the same user (e.g. due to sharing an email address or Twitch ID). In cases in which the accounts could not be merged, Fandom applied a set of rules to determine which account got to keep the account name; losing Fandom accounts were renamed to have the suffix "-fduser", while losing Gamepedia accounts were renamed to have the suffix "-gpuser". Legacy accounts on Gamepedia that were leftover from migrations to Gamepedia (such as the migration from zeldawiki.org) were renamed to have a "@legacy" suffix.<ref>{{Cite Web |author=MisterWoodhouse |title=Uniting the Fandom and Gamepedia login systems |url=https://community.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:MisterWoodhouse/Uniting_the_Fandom_and_Gamepedia_login_systems |published=20 July 2020 |retrieved=November 23, 2023|site=Fandom}}</ref>

On March 24, 2021, Zelda Wiki's URL was changed to zelda.fandom.com.<ref>{{Cite Web|quote=@everyone Zelda Wiki's URL has now been changed to zelda.fandom.com. The old URL, zelda.gamepedia.com, will now be a redirect to Zelda Wiki. Zeldapedia's URL is now zelda-archive.fandom.com. |author=ModdedInkling |title=Zelda Wiki Discord announcements |url=https://discord.com/channels/471372235957993474/471378143811338240/823963547762950154 |published=March 24, 2021 |retrieved=November 23, 2023 |site=Discord}}</ref> Fandom had announced in November 2020 that all Gamepedia wikis would be migrating to fandom.com URLs instead of gamepedia.com URLs for SEO reasons.<ref>{{Cite Web|url=https://community.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:MisterWoodhouse/The_Future_of_Gamepedia|title=The Future of Gamepedia|site=Community Central}}</ref>

On August 4, 2021, Zelda Wiki's skin was changed to the new FandomDesktop skin.<ref>{{Cite Web|quote=Hey @everyone ! Some of you might've noticed that the wiki has had a massive overhaul of its appearance, and we've put up a background pattern that references Breath of the Wild for now. |author=MannedTooth |title=Zelda Wiki Discord announcements |url=https://discord.com/channels/471372235957993474/471378143811338240/872132137678143629 |published=August 4, 2021 |retrieved=November 23, 2023 |site=Discord}}</ref> When Fandom announced the upcoming FandomDesktop skin in March 2021, Zelda Wiki was used for all of the example screenshots.<ref>{{Cite Web |author=MisterWoodhouse |title=Introducing FandomDesktop, the new look and feel for desktop users |url=https://community.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:MisterWoodhouse/Introducing_FandomDesktop,_the_new_look_and_feel_for_desktop_users |published=25 March 2021 |retrieved=November 23, 2023 |site=Fandom}}</ref>

[[File:Site-icon.svg|thumb|Zelda Wiki logo (2023 onward)]]

On October 19, 2022, {{SITENAME}} officially announced its departure from Fandom.<ref name="Reclaim Independence">{{Cite Web|url=https://twitter.com/ZeldaWiki/status/1582831405142528000|title=Our time has come to reclaim independence.|site=Twitter}}</ref> Its staff created a fork to be hosted by the owner of [[Community:StrategyWiki|StrategyWiki]]. The move was covered by several gaming news sites including Kotaku and GamesRadar+.<ref>{{Cite Web |author=Levi Winslow |title=Massive Zelda Wiki Reclaims Independence Six Months Before ''Tears of the Kingdom'' |url=https://kotaku.com/zelda-wiki-fandom-tears-of-kingdom-botw-2-nintendo-1849688629 |published=October 21, 2022 |retrieved=January 18, 2023 |site=Kotaku}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Web |author=Dustin Bailey |title= The biggest Zelda wiki goes independent to fight "corporate consolidation," urging others to follow suit|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/the-biggest-zelda-wiki-goes-independent-to-fight-corporate-consolidation-urging-others-to-follow-suit/ |published= October 21, 2022|retrieved= January 18, 2023|site=GamesRadar+}}</ref> The fork was initially named Zeldapedia and located at zeldapedia.wiki.

On January 17, 2023, the site changed its name back to Zelda Wiki and moved to zeldawiki.wiki.<ref>[[Special:Diff/990086|Revision ID 990086]] of [[Community:Zelda Wiki]]</ref> The site's logo was also updated to a coat of arms design.

==Partnerships==

From 2006 to 2013, {{SITENAME}} was collectively governed by a federation of ''The Legend of Zelda'' fansites named Masterminds. Key staff members of Mastermind sites were granted [[Project:bureaucrat|bureaucrat]] privileges on the wiki.

| September 13, 2006<ref name="Rev. 17777">[[Special:Diff/17777|Revision ID 17777]] of [[Main Page]]</ref> – January 15, 2008

| September 17, 2006<ref name="Rev. 18135">[[Special:Diff/18135|Revision ID 18135]] of [[Main Page]]</ref> – April 9, 2008

| September 15, 2006<ref name="Rev. 17855">[[Special:Diff/17855|Revision ID 17855]] of [[Main Page]]</ref> – March 24, 2007

| September 24, 2006<ref name="Rev. 18500">[[Special:Diff/18500|Revision ID 18500]] of [[Main Page]]</ref> – January 18, 2009

| September 24, 2006<ref name="Rev. 18519">[[Special:Diff/18519|Revision ID 18519]] of [[Main Page]]</ref> – January 15, 2008

| Zelda Oracles

| Henhouse and The Burning Link

| [[Community:Zelda World|Zelda World]]

| September 12, 2006<ref name="Rev. 17698">[[Special:Diff/17698|Revision ID 17698]] of [[Main Page]]</ref> – January 10, 2007

| davogones, Khuffie, and lord-of-shadow

| [[Community:Xero Gaming|Xero Gaming]] (formerly [[Community:LegendOfZelda.com|Legend of Zelda.com]])

| Link of Hyrule, Last Chance, and Xizor

| [[Community:LegendZelda.net|LegendZelda.net]]

{{SITENAME}} is a member of the [[Community:Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance|Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance]] (NIWA), a network which it co-founded with [[Community:Bulbapedia|Bulbapedia]] and [[Community:Super Mario Wiki|Super Mario Wiki]]. As such, {{SITENAME}} has a {{MediaWiki|Manual:Interwiki|interwiki link}} affiliation with all NIWA member wikis.

| [https://www.zeldapendium.de Zeldapendium]

| {{Flag|de}} German

|}

 

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* {{NUMBEROFFILES}} [[Special:NewFiles|media files]]

* {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} registered users

* Total contributors (users with at least 1 edit)

* Most edits by a single user (link to Cargo query listing all users in order of most edits?)

* Most file uploads by a single user (link to Cargo query listing all users in order of most uploads?)

Groose Wiki 2012.png|2012<br>Groose Wiki

===Logos===

File:Zelda Wiki logo 2006.png|2006–2011

File:Zelda Wiki logo 2011.png|2011–2015

File:Site-logo.png|2015–2023

====Special Event Logos====

File:Groose Wiki.png|April Fools 2012 logo

File:Special Logo.png|Former Christmas logo

File:Holiday.png|Former Easter logo

File:Halloween Logo.png|Former Halloween logo

==See Also==

{{NIWA Nav}}

[[Category:Zelda Sites]]