Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26480524-20150514135735/@comment-1038387-20150514142758

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The following may sound harsh:
 * The crux is, you've got to fill a hole in the Internet, and people will come to you automatically.
 * For that hole to be there, you need to have a clear topic of your wiki. "Youtubers and game theories" is vague.
 * There's a wiki on youtubers in general, and several high profile youtubers have wikis devoted to them.
 * WHAT Youtubers? Gamers? Vloggers? Infotainment? Politics? Pranksters? Make-up tutorials? Youtube is a very big, very diverse family.
 * Game theories as in game theory or video game speculation and fanon?


 * Successful wikis tend to be databases first, and discussion fora second. That's what it was created for, and that's still its primary content.
 * If you only want a place to discuss things, you compete not only with main wikis on the subject, but also with outside message boards.

Wikis "belonging" to, and name after, a user - like yours - rarely thrive, for a variety of reasons (available upon request, but too off-topic here). So don't feel bad if you don't succeed - it's simply not what wikis are for. Wikis are places for fans to discuss the stuff they like. So go to a wiki about stuff you like, and see how you can participate. There's no need to have your own wiki (except maybe as a sandbox to test stuff); you don't need one to be a successful and appreciated member of the Wikia community.