Wave of Wikis

by Syp, Level 43

Last updated at May 30, 2008, 8:51 am

Okay, answer me this -- months before the game is actually released, do we really need so many Warhammer Online wikis?

Let's count 'em up so far: HammerWiki, MMO Wiki's Warhammer, Conflict Wiki, Warhammer Geek Wiki, and now WaaagHead is doing a wiki. And I'm pretty sure I've missed a couple more.

It's like we're on some weird sort of reality TV show where contestants line up and say, "Hi, I'm Bob, and I have a wiki! I think it's going to be the wikiest wiki of them all!" and by episode three he's sobbing in a corner, snot dribbling down his nose, whining about how the others "just don't get me".

I'm certainly not putting down any of these sites, but the question remains: why do we need so many wikis? Unlike blogs and fan sites, wikis are pretty much one-shot dealies. A central location, people from all over dump info into it, and voila! We as a community are served and satiated. Having so many makes me feel like I'm being pulled between five parents, repeatedly asked who I love more. Having multiple WAR wikis isn't a wealth of resources for me, personally -- it's a slight annoyance I can't just go to one place to find it all.

In the end, I'm pretty sure there's going to be one main wiki for Warhammer, like there is for World of Warcraft and other games. So how do we judge which wiki comes out on top? Sheer content? Slickness of interface? Highest promotion? How many more wikis must be born only to die a shriveled, neglected death months later?

Couldn't we, as a WAR community, band together to support one wiki and make that the best darned MMO wiki in the world?

I guess I can dream.

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11 comments

Ruibo Oct 16, 2008 at 8:32 pm

+1 votes

You have a very valid argument retaining to wikis, but in my defense, wikis aren't just what it used to be.

Yes that information can be submitted by the users but does not mean the site itself does not have their own authors and can contribute information to it. I am 1 of the 2 admins operating WAR tumeroks, we do not rely heavily on public users to create the wiki but more of a touch up to the information we lacked to provide.

We could've easily created the fansite with maybe another cms, blog, forum but then why do we need so many? You can say our wiki is still another fan site but is still our own 2 cent of knowledge.