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[–] notnotmike@programming.dev 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

One thing that recently had me pondering was why do we need separate wikis, why not just add the information to Wikipedia? Unless your wiki has some feature Wikipedia doesn't support, it just seems to provide a background image and ads.

For example, I was looking up some Dragonball information, and their wiki was really sparse and didn't answer my question. So I randomly tried Wikipedia and it had all my answers

My only guess is some Wikipedia usage rules that say not to but I find that unlikely

[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Wikipedia has rules that a topic has to have some level of relevance to be added. While a major video game character can have enough relevance, an article for a random piece of scenery or for a "rusty dagger" item from some game would never be allowed.

Game wikis also often have unique features, for example for showing item stats or have a look and feel that fits the game.

[–] notnotmike@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Do you happen to know where in the rules it would list the "level of relevance". I did a cursory read through of the content guidelines but I didn't see anything that would necessarily exclude descriptions of specific video game content, levels, or assets, but I'm no master at Wikipedia - I can't say I've contributed much beyond donations.

Also I did mention those unique features some wikis have. For example, the Old School RuneScape Wiki has some really great calculators, maps, and data collectors, so I'm very happy with those. But for less popular ones where nobody is putting in the work to make the wiki exemplary feels like we may as well save time and not give Fandom money by using Wikipedia

And look and feel I would say is good unless it's a fandom, and then all the look and feel in the world doesn't justify those ads

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 1 points 16 minutes ago

There are alternatives to Fandom which aren't Wikipedia: https://getindie.wiki/