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Like other wikis at Wikia, Zeldapedia sets its own policies. This results in certain differences from Zelda Wiki | Like other wikis at Wikia, Zeldapedia sets its own policies. This results in certain differences from Zelda Wiki. Zeldapedia has allowed anonymous (non-registered) users to edit but an update of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act COPPA Act] has prompted Wikia as a whole to end anonymous editing. Some criticisms commonly raised against Wikia itself are potentially extended to their hosted wikis such as Zeldapedia, such as perceptions of a more centralized and less community based or caring approach, while criticisms of being primarily financially motivated rarely extend to various Wikis and their users and staff. | ||
One notable policy difference between Zeldapedia and Zelda Wiki is the usage of citations and references which, while core principles here at ZW.org, are less valued at Zeldapedia.<ref>{{cite person|quote=We don't really do references here.|name=[http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/User:Triforce_14 Triforce 14]|url=http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:Hyrulean_Civil_War|title=Talk:Hyrulean Civil War}}</ref> | One notable policy difference between Zeldapedia and Zelda Wiki is the usage of citations and references which, while core principles here at ZW.org, are less valued at Zeldapedia.<ref>{{cite person|quote=We don't really do references here.|name=[http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/User:Triforce_14 Triforce 14]|url=http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:Hyrulean_Civil_War|title=Talk:Hyrulean Civil War}}</ref> |
Revision as of 16:41, 10 July 2013
Zeldapedia is a wiki about The Legend of Zelda series, which is hosted on Wikia, and is therefore a competing Wiki with Zelda Wiki. It was created June 15, 2005 by Champion Kai. In June 2007, a merger between Zeldapedia and Zelda Wiki was proposed by Angela Beesley,[1] however this offer was rejected by the Masterminds. Since then other wikis have moved to Wikia which have remained independent rather than merging with a pre-existing wiki. One example is Lostpedia which exists alongside the Lost Wikia.
Characteristics and Policies
Like other wikis at Wikia, Zeldapedia sets its own policies. This results in certain differences from Zelda Wiki. Zeldapedia has allowed anonymous (non-registered) users to edit but an update of the COPPA Act has prompted Wikia as a whole to end anonymous editing. Some criticisms commonly raised against Wikia itself are potentially extended to their hosted wikis such as Zeldapedia, such as perceptions of a more centralized and less community based or caring approach, while criticisms of being primarily financially motivated rarely extend to various Wikis and their users and staff.
One notable policy difference between Zeldapedia and Zelda Wiki is the usage of citations and references which, while core principles here at ZW.org, are less valued at Zeldapedia.[2]
Staff
Wikia as a whole is run by its own staff, and each individual wiki has their own governing body. Zeldapedia's current staff is as follows:
Spin off wikis
Zeldapedia has a number of spin-off wikis, including the Zelda Fanon Wiki which has 900+ articles as of June 2012.
Other Languages
Zeldapedia incorporates a number of sub-wikis for various languages. Most have remained small in size (the largest as of June 13th 2009 being the Spanish Zeldapedia), with fewer than 500 articles between them.
- German Zeldapedia
- Italian Zeldapedia
- Norwegian
- Spanish
- French
Gallery
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Zeldapedia's home page as it appears on October 24, 2012 in the default Wikia skin
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Zeldapedia's home page as it appears on October 24, 2012 in the optional Monobook skin