Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-209674-20140225224507/@comment-366087-20140313062159

Dartmaster8 wrote: that's not the point, like the original intentions of this post; why is there a need to have 5 much less over 100 wikis on the same topic? is it necesarry to get to 500+ for staff to deal with this? nerf and the spongebob topic are examples that have gotten out of control. My question, though, is what does it really matter?

So there are 100+ wikis associated with a given topic. *Most* of them are small and dead. They are unlikely to be found by casual surfers as their SEO is not very well developed. The only way to find them is to actively search for them.

So what if there is Nerf Wiki, but *my* hypothetical wiki is about how my neighborhood area tourneys with Nerf products? Or perhaps I wish to start a wiki where I write up the weapons of choice for a fanfic agency based upon select Nerf products. Both wikis have a narrow focus, perhaps a tiny community, or even no community except me as the fanfic author using it as a database (not private, just not promoted enough to attract others).

Just because Nerf Wiki is arguably the pinnacle and de facto authority on all things Nerf, who is to decide these hypothetical tiny wikis should not exist? Or that pre-existing abandoned/"useless" wikis cannot be adopted?

Why must a similar-themed wiki conform to the same ideals, modals, and purposes that the "top wikis" in that theme should have any say about them?

I mean, really the point of my previous post is: what does it matter they exist?