Forum:Anime community gathering

Hello, I'm Daniel Friesen, otherwise known as Dantman. I've been around the animanga section of Wikia for some time now, and started the Wikia ACG project. Despite that, this gathering is not about Wikia ACG. l My 3 primary interests for quite some time have been Anime, Wiki, and Programming. Which is why I ended up here, merging all 3 interests together by working on Wiki communities about Anime, and also helping program improvements into the software (MediaWiki) that the wiki run off of.

That's primarily why I started Wikia ACG. I'm interested in Anime as a whole, I'd say I've seen over 80 whole series, but I stopped counting somewhere in spring. I think it's well over 100 or so by now with all the whole and part series I've seen. Which is why I don't focus completely on a single wiki (though the Narutopedia was enough of a success it has needed a watch-full eye). My overall goal was to improve wiki on anime and manga, with the ideal of documenting every possible series, without restricting content by combining pages about different things into long lists because one series was not as notable as another.

That being said, I'm not to much of a writer. I'm highly technical, and I specialize in writing bots, programs, advanced templates, organization, and also helping guide, manage, and resolve disputes within a wiki community, in other words administration. Which would be why I took on the task of trying to network and unify communities and wiki and help combine their resources together. Wikia ACG was my way of helping collect together methods of organization, and make it easier to handle animanga wiki by sharing the more technical resources like templates, infoboxes, scripts, and styles between wiki.

Now that I've introduced myself a little. This here is an alternate attempt at gathering communities together, making them aware of each other and wiki that they may be interested in but did not know of, and also aware of what resources and channels of help they have to aid them.

To start with, I spent a far number of hours listing just about all the Animanga wiki in a big animanga wiki list listing wiki topics, the activity of the wikis, who is admining or trying to bring the small ones to life. For a bit of fun I also marked ones that I was interested in and would be willing to help out with organization and my wiki experience if someone asked.

Because most people don't say something unless they have a question or topic to reply to. Why don't we start with introductions? Feel free to note what wiki you've worked on, what series you are interested in, and feel free to take a look over the list and note any wiki you're interested in that you didn't know about. Don't forget to sign your messages with ~ so that people know who you are.

Oh and before I stop, #wikia-acg is always open for discussions. Feel free to show up at anytime, you might need to ping me by name if you want to get my attention though, I mostly focus the #wikia or #mediawiki tabs. Tommy6 also hangs out in the channel a bit and can be very helpful with Japanese questions for those dealing with issues related to Japanese-English namings in wiki. I'm not much on Japanese, but I do know a fair bit about tje different types of romaji and good policies for dealing with translations on a wiki. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 18, 2008 @ 04:45 (UTC)


 * I'm Afker, I mostly work on the AliceSoftWiki, which focuses on Japanese computer games made by the company AliceSoft. I also randomly visit the Touhou Wiki and the TYPE-MOON Wiki to see if ppl their need help.  My Japanese reading ability is quite decent, and the more kanji there is the better I understand it (usually).  I'm also decently skilled in MediaWiki templates, javascript, CSS, and PHP. -Afker All hail AliceSoft! 07:04, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You mean ECMAScript... JavaScript is the Mozilla dialect of ECMAScript, JScript is M$'s... ^_^ If we were able to use pure JavaScript inside of browsers,,  , and   would all be valid statements... heh... though, to much technical, don't want to confuse the anime oriented so I think I'll stop.
 * Nice to see you around again though. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 18, 2008 @ 07:21 (UTC)


 * Hi, a respectable effort you are making here with the list. :) I mostly have my hands full with KanzakaDex, but it's good to know that such a comprehensive listing exists if I want to check whether there is a wiki present for a series. --Pip25 07:53, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The list was a bit of a side bit. I made it after a few hours of work for this gathering. But I don't know if it'll be maintained. It's fairly hard to keep something like that up to date manually. Though it would be a different story if some of the communities were unified. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 18, 2008 @ 17:36 (UTC)

Konichiwa! Boku wa Chiissu no | Go Nagai Wiki. Boku wa Baiohrensu Jiyaku Cosupureya. But i speak English as well xD. Go Nagai wiki is a wiki about manga writer/anime master Go Nagai (who started giant robot/magical girl/echii/gory manga) and his works. The wiki is intended to have a more lighthearted look at his works(partly as he is a more lighthearted man with a sense of humor) with references to other things and mild humor(but with a centilitre of fact is a mililitre of fun). There are not many articles but there is alot of potental to make it more informative and full. So if you like Go Nagai or 70s/80s/90s/00s anime/manga by this dude, come on down and help out.(wow that sounds like a bad commercal xD)
 * Heh, never thought I'd ever see someone use the centiletre unit ^_^ heh. Fixed your link though. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 18, 2008 @ 17:36 (UTC)
 * the link didn;t go to the wiki and said the wiki didn't exist. I changed it to work, hope thats ok.

Hi, I'm Gareth Thomas, also known as ggctuk on Wikia. I reside mainly at the CardCaptor Sakura Wiki, a project that intends to have the information that the Wikipedia articles are now cutting down on. Despite the name, it is also about Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle and xxxHolic - you can't have one without the others. I am the sole editor at the moment because the wiki does not seem to be gaining enough interest. I also have very little experience creating templates, and am struggling to get enough pages going on that wiki since I am pretty much the sole editor now. Occasionally I get help but it's quite rare that I do, so if anybody can help, be it with templates, programming, of articles, info and continuity I would be very appreciative of it. Ggctuk 10:15, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi. I'm Anubis zero, and I am one of the admins for the Code Geass Wiki. This wiki is meant to fill the gap in information that the content in wikipedia has. It contains information such as individual Knightmare Frame articles, terminology, locations and even battles. Unfortunately, the wiki lacks active editors and at the past was entirely reliant on anons. Now I am struggling to maintain it as I seem to be the only active user left, and my job right now involves fixing vandalism and banning IPs. I lack the knowledge of programming and templates so I'm unable to properly improve it. If anyone is interested in joining please do so as I would really appreciate it. Anubis zero 12:10, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmmm, so templates are an issue? Take a look through Anime:Category:Templates/shared and Anime:Category:TagSynced. All those are shared between all Wikia ACG projects. There are a fair bit of useful templates (and a number of them work better than whatever Wikipedia equivalent you'll find, I made sure of that) as well as many tricks that help making new templates easier. The iBox is one of my favorite creations, far better than any other method for creating an infobox. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 18, 2008 @ 17:36 (UTC)

Hi I am Falzar300, the current founder of the Haruhi wiki. Here’s the story on how I came to adopt the Haruhi Wiki, I one day noticed that the original founder JackieOfSpades completely forgot about it so I found out I could adopt Wikis, before coming here, there was but two articles only and no pictures at all, it was practically empty. Then I became sysop and bureaucrat of the Haruhi wiki, I enjoy helping it out and improving it as much as I can, So with that said you may send me whatever questions you may have on the Haruhi Wiki and I'll fix whatever problem you may have. I have my own YouTube which is based on the popular anime Bleach. For those who would like to visit my page and watch my videos the link is below. I also happen to have a veoh channel as well. If you have any questions message me at my YouTube or veoh channel. Or send me an e-mail at megaman3@bellsouth.net. Remember to enjoy using the Haruhi Wiki if you get the chance to stop by and read or edit a few articles, Right now it’s in need of users since I’m the only one whose been editing.

There is still a serious need of help here on the Haruhi Wiki, please help out and tell friends or go on YouTube or Veoh and try to gather up some Haruhi fans who are willing to contribute to this website, let’s try to build a Haruhi community full of fans who love this show, be a true fan and help out this website as much as you all can, and thank you to all of those who come and contribute and actually participate in this website and have fun viewing it, again thank you and make sure to spread the word about the Haruhi Wiki!!!:). -- Falzar300  (talk ), 18 November 2008 (UTC)

-Falzar300^_^
 * Mmmm... good ole Haruhi... Wasn't there a new season coming out? I've been waiting, but I haven't heard anything on when. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 19, 2008 @ 03:31 (UTC)

Hi Im naruto195.Im the owner of http://gurennlagann.wikia.com/wiki/Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann_Wiki. Its based off of the awsome anime Gurren-Lagann.I donthave a lot of members but with your help,i can increase the site

Hello every one, I'm maggosh, and I am the curator off the Trigun Wiki. We had just opened last month, and we (Well, more like I) need some people to sign up and help me get some pages in. Thank you in advance. Maggosh 00:43, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * My biggest tip to new wiki, is to use Wikipedia as a base. If you copy from Wikipedia (making sure to attribute properly), then split the articles up, it serves as a great starting point for the content on the wiki. It's the best way to get to the critical mass you need to attract new contributors. The Narutopedia probably wouldn't be as it is today if we didn't start out by using Wikipedia's effort. ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Nov 23, 2008 @ 00:28 (UTC)

Hello, my name is Water blue panda! I'm probably a little late, heh. Anyway, I'm one of the very few users that edit on the CLAMP wiki. I need some more users to help me with the editing so it can get bigger. The extra help will be appreciated. There are still more series that have yet to be added, and there are the hundreds of CLAMP characters that need to be acknowledged, minor or not. So I still plea for your help!
 * Have you talked with Ggctuk from the Card Captor Sakura Wiki. There was a real tiny discussion at w:c:ccs:Forum:Suggestion to expand this wiki. If both of you are having issues working on similar wiki, what do you think about cross-pollinating each other's wiki, affiliating, or even merging the two wiki together? ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Dec 6, 2008 @ 07:59 (UTC)

Hi everybuddy, I'm Sasuke Kid From the Naruto Wikia. I'm no big deal out there but I consider myself a big contributor. The Naruto Wikia is prob'ly Alright for now, and the population of active editors/readers is relatively high.

New Wiki
For those of you that don't know, Angela posts a weekly list out to the wikia-l mailing list every week listing all the different wiki that were created that week. And to be honest, I'd say about 5 out of every 6 weeks she makes that post, there is a brand new Animanga wiki in there. So, since this topic needs a little boost, here's a little digest version of what Animanga wiki were created this past week:
 * Blood+
 * Don't know if anyone remembers the series, I do. I personally own "Blood: The last Vampire", though the actual Blood+ anime was a lot better for me. Great series, and SpecopsElite342 looks like they're getting a good start on the wiki.


 * Gundam SEED
 * Despite the existence of the Gundam Wiki, Tay1998tiong‎ went ahead and is doing good starting off a more specific gundam wiki for the Gundam SEED series.


 * Crayon Shin Chan
 * Unfortunately I haven't seen the series myself, though it was one of the few Anime one of Wikia's former staff members watched, so discussing it was about the only time me and him crossed paths on the subject of Anime (^_^ Though IRCs are still riddled with JavaScript discussions). Unfortunately this one looks quite new, it probably wasn't created very long ago, so let's hope the requester some luck in starting off the wiki.


 * Metabots
 * Another old series, this one a little more mainstream (I still remember glimpses of it on YTV back when I was a kid). Unfortunately the Metabots Wiki to is another fresh one, though I don't know if it's as fresh as Crayon Shin Chan, so let's hope it picks up.

So, only four on the list this week. All wiki start out small, but it's normally up to a committed founder to start off the wiki's first content (even if all you do is use Wikipedia to start the base of the articles). Without that first burst of effort an Animanga wiki usually gets abandoned pretty quick off and ends up just a placeholder sitting there for someone else to come along and adopt it. There are plenty of them in my list, and even more of them are getting created. Wikia added some new policies on adoption of wiki, likely as an attempt to ensure wiki adopters don't abandon the wiki soon after adopting them (though, It's making it tough for me to improve the Soul Eater wiki since I can't get the ACG template system to make things easier yet). Though personally, I think ensuring that a wiki has a good start would have been a better aim. All adoption needs is a looser definition of administrative powers (ie: have a purpose for using them), and to loosen up on management of rights (right now most people who get Sysop never get it removed, so it's always about making sure that there's a point to giving it out. If it were easier to remove rights later on if things didn't work out, then perhaps things would work out better). ~ NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) (tricks) (current topic) Dec 6, 2008 @ 07:59 (UTC)