Blog:Miraheze Gaming Services

Hey folks, I'm a good friend of DarkMatterMan4500. In this blog post I'm going to discuss Miraheze Gaming Services (MGS for short). It's just a web of wikis created by me and DarkMatterMan, and is basically Miraheze version of Gaming Wiki Network. Miraheze Gaming Services is not officially recognized or endorsed by Miraheze as a whole. Note that I'm not seeking to affiliate, consolidate power, or anything. I just want to give a basic description as to what these wikis are all about (and do minimal references of non-Miraheze wikis, unless necessary, to minimize the potential for drama). I'm curious to hear what others think about these. You may have seen me adding a bit of external links to other Miraheze wikis in a couple of articles here before, though I asked DMM if it's okay (and I want to make sure the wiki's content is at least relatively established).

The MGS wikis are encyclopedic in tone, akin to Wikipedia, although to a lesser degree. If you've seen gaming wikis on Fandom, that's basically what these are, except it's on Miraheze. It's true that a goal of a wiki is to fill in as much as possible -- creating an alternative to an already established wiki with thousands of articles is definitely a very difficult task (e.g. Wookiepedia has literal tens of thousands of articles, so doing a new Star Wars wiki would definitely prove difficult). For me it's more about the experience and enjoying the ability to write articles and manage a wiki. One other issue that some may have is copying. The MGS wikis consist of several articles that have been copied from some place, and it draws back to how it's difficult to establish a wiki from the ground-up. The wikis use the CC-BY-SA license, so as long as you link to the original source or post a list of the contributors of a wiki that also uses the CC-BY-SA license, you should be fine. (See the image to the right for details). Sometimes, particularly with more obscure topics, one would essentially be forced to do their own research on the topic.

The mascot of Miraheze Gaming Services is Croc, a relatively obscure franchise starring the titular crocodile, though an icon associated with MGS is a yellow game controller (I just filled in the background of a Wikipedia image lol). It's more unique to have as a mascot than, let's say, a well-recognized character such as Mario or Link.

The wikis
In this section I'll show the members and provide a quick rundown of all of them to you. Keep in mind (and in case you notice), yes, several of these wikis have their styles heavily derived from the Super Mario Wiki. The Project:About page on each wiki should give more specific details as to their founding. There's already quite a number of wikis within Miraheze Gaming Services, and you'll find that either me or DarkMatterMan (or both) are in charge of these, as either me or him have founded these:


 * Croc Wiki (crocwiki.com) - As stated above, this is the mascot wiki of Miraheze Gaming Services. It was actually forked from the Fandom wiki. A lot of articles need their templates and formatting updated (a sitenotice there explains it. Currently has 400+ articles.
 * Nintendo Wiki (thenintendowiki.org) - A wiki covering Nintendo, their franchises, games, and anything else relating to them or games released on their systems. The domain name is kind of suckish because there weren't many options available for a good one. Currently has 300+ articles.
 * Super Smash Bros. Wiki (smashbroswiki.com) - A wiki covering the complete Super Smash Bros. series. A controversial issue on the MarioWiki is their Super Smash Bros. scope, so a lot of the articles are especially reused from there to provide a safe harbor for them in case they get deleted. Several of the ones you see here (such as Subspace Emissary and Smash Run enemies) have already had their stuff redirected. Currently has 400+ articles.
 * Pokémon Wiki (pokemonwiki.info) - A Pokémon-focused wiki done in the style of the MarioWiki. Currently has 100+ articles.
 * The Kirby Encyclopedia (kirby.miraheze.org, or alternatively kirbywiki.com) - This is DarkMatterMan4500's wiki. He's pinged about it in the Qualitipedia server before, to my memory. I designed the logo, background, and did the formatting (like with a majority of other Miraheze Gaming Services wikis). Like the other wikis, Kirby Encyclopedia is done in the style of the MarioWiki (though I think DMM wants it more closely inspired by Kirby Wiki on Fandom). Currently has 150+ articles (many are still stubs, however).
 * Metroidpedia (metroid.miraheze.org, or alternatively metroidpedia.com) - This is a wiki covering the Metroid franchise and any related media, such as Captain N: The Game Master (as it features Mother Brain as the main villain). Currently has 60+ articles.
 * Luigi's Mansion Wiki (luigismansion.miraheze.org) - A wiki centered around the Luigi's Mansion series. It's currently a big WIP, as it was originally from Fandom (based on a late 2016 version, namely because it was originally moved to ShoutWiki but then moved again).
 * DKpedia (dkpedia.com) - A wiki on the Donkey Kong games and other related appearances (such as Donkey Kong's appearances in the Mario sports titles). Relatively new, and currently has over 50 articles.
 * The Viva Piñata Encyclopedia (vivapinata.miraheze.org, or alternatively vivapinatawiki.com) - A wiki covering the Viva Piñata series of games by Rare. Currently has 10+ articles.
 * Rarepedia (rarewiki.org) - A wiki covering Rare, an iconic British game developer owned by Microsoft. Aside from the company, the wiki also covers their games and franchises. Currently has 10+ articles.
 * Dragon Quest Wiki (dragonquestwiki.com) - Similar story as the Pokémon Wiki. Currently has 50+ articles.
 * Square Enix Wiki (squareenixwiki.com) - A wiki covering Square Enix, their games, and their franchises. Currently has 30+ articles.
 * Final Fantasypedia (ffwiki.org) - A wiki covering the Final Fantasy games and other related media. Only has a few articles thus far.
 * Wii Sports (wiisports.miraheze.org) - A wiki covering the Wii Sports series of games. Only has a few articles thus far.

These aside, there are a few wikis listed under Affiliates that aren't gaming franchises but still have some relation to Miraheze Gaming Services. All of them have only a few articles thus far:


 * Chuck E. Cheese's Wiki - I didn't make this -- it appears to have been made by...DarkMatterMan I think?
 * Annoying Orange Wiki - Also created by DarkMatterMan.
 * Scoobypedia - A wiki on Scooby-Doo! and related appearances. Although it shares a name, Scoobypedia is not a fork of the Fandom wiki.

Update: These two wikis have just been started & can be expected to be seen in Miraheze Gaming Services in the nearby future:


 * Crash & Spyro Wiki (crashspyrowiki.com) - A combined wiki covering both the Crash Bandicoot and Spyro video game franchises (including Skylanders).
 * SEGA Wiki (segawiki.com) - A wiki covering all things Sega and their properties such as Sonic the Hedgehog, NiGHTs, Super Monkey Ball, and more.