Forum:Are there any popular things?

Is there a popular TV show or game series, but not BIG enough to have a wiki? Asking, because I dunno if I can make a wiki about anything and get some USERS. My "Bears" wiki didn't work out. And how do I promote my wiki? FaliusKonogami 14:14, March 13, 2012 (UTC)

nyan-cat A.r.s.h. is not  (talk) 14:40, March 13, 2012 (UTC)

To promote a wiki, simply go to this page: Admin Central:Main Page/Wikis that need editors --Welcome00
 * Sorry, Welcome00, but that way is almost definitely not going to work. I put an advertisement for Crashix on that page more than a week ago and it has made no effect on editors and probably viewers as well. Your best bet is to make a blog about it, because it has more of an effect on the "Recent Wiki Activity" box in the sidebar for users of the Wikia skin, although I tried this as well and I only got the attention of one user. EpicWikipedian 15:19, March 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I'm not sure the "Wikis that need editors" really helps, since it is mostly admins looking for editors and the editors don't know to look there. Wikia needs to have a better system.
 * You might want to read Help:Attracting contributors and see if some ideas there help.
 * If you have a wiki for a sort of obscure show or topic, you probably want to look for other sites where people interested in your show or topic congregate (IMDB forums, TV.com, fan sites, etc.) and ask if people there would be interested in contributing to a wiki about your topic.
 * Lastly, try not to make a wiki about the same or very similar topic as another wiki and try to steal their users. It is better to work on a single wiki about a specific topic or just pick a more unique topic for a wiki than splitting your audience. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 13 Mar 2012 3:37 PM Pacific


 * "Wikis that need editors" only worked for the WWII Wiki I'm guessing because it was one of the first entries on the new list. Other than that, it doesn't particularly help. Other websites are harder to get the support of and this is especially true if you have a new wiki with a couple of pages. My best tip for new wikis is to just keep adding content and eventually, users will come.  Fargo84    Talk    Contributions    World War II Wiki     02:41, March 14, 2012 (UTC)

I found and adopted the Crysis Wiki back in August and immediately put it on the Wikis that Need Editors page. Yes, it's true that the effect wasn't immediate, but over the long term, it has definitely increased readership on the site and has given us some new users to help out. It takes lots of work to make a wiki even remotely notable; it's definitely a good idea to look through the staff blogs here on promoting your wiki through advertisements, Google searches, and the like. Most importantly, just improving the wiki will create more interest in users and you will gain users as a result. After doing all of these things, Crysis Wiki is starting to reach 10,000 page views per day, whereas that number was around 500 in August. Shotrocket6 13:50, March 14, 2012 (UTC)