StrategyWiki

Infobox Website
name = StrategyWiki



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url = http://strategywiki.org/
commercial = No
type = Computer and video game wiki
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launch date = December 18, 2005
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revenue = Undisclosed

StrategyWiki is a wiki-based website that hosts computer and video game walkthroughs and strategy guides licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It has a "one game, one guide" rule under which all users contribute to one unified guide rather than each author working on a separate guide for each game as on websites such as GameFAQs. This is intended to promote traditional wiki collaboration and also reduce the maintenance limitations of individual guides. []

Traditionally, video game walkthroughs are created as plain text files with no formatting or embellishments other than visual tricks such as ASCII art. In recent years, this format has been increasingly criticized for having not evolved along with advances in web design and web content accessibility. [cite web |url=http://www.joystiq.com/2006/01/06/strategywiki-out-to-crush-gamefaqs/|title=StrategyWiki out to crush GameFAQS - Joystiq] By using MediaWiki, StrategyWiki guides are able to utilize features such as rich text, tables and in-line images, things which are difficult or impossible to replicate in plain text.

Involvement with Wikimedia

On April 22, 2006, Wikimedia Foundation chairman Jimmy Wales stated that videogame walkthroughs should not be hosted on Wikibooks [] [ [http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Wikibooks:What_is_Wikibooks&oldid=434945 Jimmy Wales comments on What is Wikibooks] ] , saying that video game walkthroughs were not the subject of educational courses and so were a violation of Wikibooks' charter. As a result of this announcement StrategyWiki used the process to copy over these disallowed works. []

Partnership with DoubleJump Books

On March 18, 2008, StrategyWiki entered into a partnership with strategy guide publisher DoubleJump Books for a mutual cross-promotion. The site has been advertised in DoubleJump's print guide for the PlayStation 2 RPG "Mana Khemia" and has subsequently become DoubleJump's official wiki. [ [http://www.doublejumpbooks.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=5260.0 Announcing the DoubleJump Strategy Wiki!] ]

imilar sites

Since StrategyWiki's founding, IGN has started the IGN Vault Wiki, but only for computer role-playing games and MMORPGs. 1UP.com also operates a wiki called MyCheats, but neither of these wikis have their content available under a copyleft license. Wikia has a collection of game-related wikis, some of which feature walkthrough material.

References

External links

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* [http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wiki/a-wiki-for-game-strategy-tips-147290.php Kotaku - A Wiki for Game Strategy, Tips]
* [http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog/2006/01/strategywiki_the_new_gamefaqs.html MIT Convergence Culture Consortium - StrategyWiki: The New GameFAQs?]
* [http://www.lifehacker.com/software/games/game-strategy-with-strategywiki-147058.php Lifehacker - Game strategy with StrategyWiki]