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'''DRAFT IDEA FOR KHWIKI:HISTORY (OR RE-WRITE FOR KHWIKI:ABOUT)'''
'''DRAFT IDEA FOR KHWIKI:HISTORY (OR RE-WRITE FOR KHWIKI:ABOUT)'''


This page details the history of the ''Kingdom Hearts'' Wiki.
This page details the history of the ''Kingdom Hearts'' Wiki.<ref>[[KHWiki:Magazine/Issue 8#7|The Twilight Times - Issue 8 (April 2016), pg. 7]]</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[File:Wiki.png|right|thumb|The KHWiki logo]]
[[File:Wiki.png|right|thumb|The KHWiki logo]]
'''The ''Kingdom Hearts'' Wiki''' was founded by {{Keyhole|User:Riku5464|Riku5464}} as part of the Wikia community. Although he was not active for too long, his beginning edits and ideas laid the framework for the newborn database. There weren't many editors or articles in the beginning months of the Wiki’s existence, but eventually a group of users from the {{ff|Final Fantasy Wiki}} hopped over and began actively editing the site. The website started off very slowly with only a small group of editors actively working on the site, establishing rules,  writing articles, and doing all kinds of things. These editors worked hard and the site’s popularity grew, increasing both the encyclopedia’s content and userbase. These users started editing, each contributing to the Wikia in their own way. And so the Wiki grew, with each year bringing more users and information. The encyclopedia thrived. Like most wikis, it constantly faced issues and disagreements<ref>[[Forum:A dedication to everyone]]</ref><ref>[[Forum:Huge problems on the IRC]]</ref><ref>[[Forum:Criticism]]</ref>, but the encyclopedia continued to expand on all accounts.  
'''The ''Kingdom Hearts'' Wiki''' was founded on April 1<sup>st</sup>, 2006 by {{Keyhole|User:Riku5464|Riku5464}} as part of the Wikia community. Although he was not active for too long, his beginning edits and ideas laid the framework for the newborn database. There weren't many editors or articles in the beginning months of the Wiki’s existence, but eventually a group of users from the {{ff|Final Fantasy Wiki}} hopped over and began actively editing the site. The website started off very slowly with only a small group of editors actively working on the site, establishing rules,  writing articles, and doing all kinds of things. These editors worked hard and the site’s popularity grew, increasing both the encyclopedia’s content and userbase. These users started editing, each contributing to the Wikia in their own way. And so the Wiki grew, with each year bringing more users and information. The encyclopedia thrived. Like most wikis, it constantly faced issues and disagreements<ref>[[Forum:A dedication to everyone]]</ref><ref>[[Forum:Huge problems on the IRC]]</ref><ref>[[Forum:Criticism]]</ref>, but the encyclopedia continued to expand on all accounts.  


The wiki grew uninhibited for many years, until Wikia began imposing features upon its communities. Although the community on the ''Kingdom Hearts'' Wiki repeatedly disabled these features, Wikia continued to implement changes that impacted the quality of the wiki's content. The greatest of these changes came in late 2010, when Wikia introduced a skin that shifted focus from information to advertisements<ref>[http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Sannse/Your_First_Look_at_the_New_Wikia Your First Look at the New Wikia - Wikia Community Central]</ref>. This became the final straw, and led the wiki to seek private hosting.<ref>[[Forum:@&%&*@%&$@&*$%]]</ref><ref>[[Forum:Where will we go?]]</ref> This resulted in the beginning of The Split. On February 9th, 2011, the wiki moved to the site khwiki.net, sparking the creation of the [http://www.seiwanetwork.org Square Enix Independent Wiki Alliance].<ref>[[Forum:Square Enix Portal]]</ref> Starting late 2011, discussions began to reorganize both the ''Kingdom Hearts'' Wiki and the now-rebranded Wikia site, The Keyhole. The Merge, as it was later referred to, began in early 2012.<ref>[[Forum:The Merge]]</ref><ref>[[KHWiki:Project Merge]]</ref> In February 28, 2014, the wiki moved to site domain was changed to khwiki.com
The wiki grew uninhibited for many years, until Wikia began imposing features upon its communities. Although the community on the ''Kingdom Hearts'' Wiki repeatedly disabled these features, Wikia continued to implement changes that impacted the quality of the wiki's content. The greatest of these changes came in late 2010, when Wikia introduced a skin that shifted focus from information to advertisements<ref>[http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Sannse/Your_First_Look_at_the_New_Wikia Your First Look at the New Wikia - Wikia Community Central]</ref>. This became the final straw, and led the wiki to seek private hosting.<ref>[[Forum:@&%&*@%&$@&*$%]]</ref><ref>[[Forum:Where will we go?]]</ref> This resulted in the beginning of The Split. On February 9th, 2011, the wiki moved to the site khwiki.net, sparking the creation of the [http://www.seiwanetwork.org Square Enix Independent Wiki Alliance].<ref>[[Forum:Square Enix Portal]]</ref> Starting late 2011, discussions began to reorganize both the ''Kingdom Hearts'' Wiki and the now-rebranded Wikia site, The Keyhole. The Merge, as it was later referred to, began in early 2012.<ref>[[Forum:The Merge]]</ref><ref>[[KHWiki:Project Merge]]</ref> In February 28, 2014, the wiki moved to site domain was changed to khwiki.com
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==Timeline==
==Timeline==
A timeline of events on the ''Kingdom Hearts'' Wiki<ref>[[KHWiki:Magazine/Issue_8#7|The Twilight Times: Issue 8 (April 2016), page 7]]</ref>:
A timeline of events on the ''Kingdom Hearts'' Wiki<ref>[[KHWiki:Magazine/Issue_8#7|The Twilight Times - Issue 8 (April 2016), page 7]]</ref>:


2006
===2006===
Birth of the wiki
*'''1 April''': The ''Kingdom Hearts'' Wiki is created.
2007
*'''30 November''': [[User:Scottch|Scottch]] launches the Wiki's '''Community Portal''' as a place to organize the Wiki's expansion, which he takes lead in. The page is the fore-runner to Traverse Town, the Wiki's current Community Portal.
New staff:
===2007===
December 30: Hecko X, Bluerfn become sysop/b-crats
*'''30 December''': '''New Staff''' - [[User:Hecko X|Hecko X]] and [[User:Bluerfn|Bluerfn]] are chosen to become [[KHWiki:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrats]].
December 31: Azul81677, NeloAngelo, Hexedmagica become admins/sysop
*'''31 December''': '''New Staff''' - [[User:Azul81677|Azul81677]], [[User:NeloAngelo|NeloAngelo]], and [[User:Hexedmagica|Hexedmagica]] are chosen to become [[KHWiki:Administrators|Administrators]].
2008
===2008===
January 12th: First featured article Sora
*'''12 January''': The Wiki's '''[[KHWiki:Featured Articles|Featured Articles]]''' project begins and [[Sora]] becomes our first Featured Article
January 24th: Wikia featured in “Wikia Spotlight” (image link)
*'''24 January''': The ''Kingdom Hearts'' Wiki receives a spotlight on Wikia
March 24: First moderator, XienZo
*'''24 March''': '''New Staff''' - [[User:XienZo|XienZo]] becomes the Wiki's first [[KHWiki:Moderators|Moderator]].
May 21: New admins: BebopKate, and XienZo [first mod to be promoted to admin]
*'''21 May''': '''New Staff''' - [[User:BebopKate|BebopKate]] and XienZo become Administrators. Xienzo becomes the first Moderator to be promoted to Administrator
2009
*'''July 2008''': The Wiki's '''[[KHWiki:Featured Media|Featured Media]]''' project begins, and [[:File:Kingdom Key KH.png]] becomes the first Featured Media file.
February 9th: Wiki reaches 1,000 articles
*'''3 October''': The Wiki's Featured Media project becomes open to voting by all editors of the Wiki. The first editor-voted Featured Media file is [[:File:Star Seeker KHII.png]]
March 25th: Three new mods: Troisnyxetienne, Guardian Soul, and Ultima The High Seraph
===2009===
April 2nd: War against user images begins; all non-KH related images should be hosted off-Wiki and then linked back to
*'''9 February''': The Wiki reaches '''1,000 articles'''.
Days of the Advanced Wiki-markup talkbubbles and talktexttest2
*'''25 March''': '''New Staff''' - [[User:Troisnyxetienne|Troisnyxetienne]], [[User:Guardian Soul|Guardian Soul]], and [[User:Ultima The High Seraph|Ultima The High Seraph]] become Moderators
Users: JoeKeybladeAura, Andie, SSC, DTN, ENX (then, EO), Ghostboy3000 (now LotsoBearLover), Marxel, NumberXXI, MelodiousNature, Firaga44, NinjaSheik, KrytenKoro, Troisnyxetienne, Xiggie, BebopKate, Guardian Soul, ZACH (now known as Wolf), Rocker7898, LevL, Azul, YerMom, Xabryn, AnimeBolt, OathkeeperKH, maggosh, LapisScarab,
*'''5 June''': The '''100,000 edit''' on the Wiki is made by Ultima the High Seraph on the [[Roxas]] page
IRC: “IRC Prom”
*'''7 July''': '''New Staff''' - Ultima the High Seraph and Guardian Soul become Administrators.
2010
*'''10 July''': The Wiki launches its '''[[KHWiki:Chat|Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Channel]]''' on #Wikia-kingdomhearts
Users: Auror Andrachome, JFHavoc, LegoAlchemist, Malevolence Crystalized, Dan_da_Man36, SquareEnixRocks (or, SER), DemonicSaint (or, Reedemer&Destroyer), Gr8champ, Randomnessity,
*'''29 August''': '''New Staff''' - [[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] and [[User:Urutapu|Urutapu]] become Administrators.
April 1st: Sora Florida meets Hanna Montana!
*'''23 September''': Several members release a tribute video to '''Wayne Alwine''', voice actor for [[Mickey Mouse]], who had passed away the September prior.
2011
*'''28 October''': After being used for over a year as a central wiki organizing page, '''the Wiki's Community Portal [[KHWiki:Traverse Town|Traverse Town]]''' is remodeled into Districts and organized into the role it serves today as a directory to important pages on the Wiki.
February 9th: khwiki.net is created.
*'''19 November''': [[KHWiki:Naminé's Drawoff|Naminé's Drawoff]], the Wiki's first '''End-of-Year Event''', is launched.
2012
===2010===
*'''1 April''': The Wiki publishes its first '''April Fool's Joke''': [[KHWiki:April Fool's Day Joke 2010|Sora Florida meets Hanna Montana]]
*'''14 April''': '''New Staff'' - [[User:DoorToNothing|DoorToNothing]] and [[User:HeartOfOblivion|HeartOfOblivion]] become administrators
*'''20 May''': '''New Staff'' - [[User:Xion4ever]] and [[User:Neumannz|Neumannz]] become Moderators.
*'''11 July''': The Wiki's '''[[KHWiki:Mirage Arena|Mirage Arena]] Tournament''' launches.
*'''30 July''': '''New Staff''' - [[User:BebopKate|BebopKate]] becomes an Administrator.
*'''23 August''': '''New Staff''' - [[User:Troisnyxetienne|Troisnyxetienne]] and [[User:Neumannz|Neumannz]] become Administrators.
*'''25 September''': [[Geo Impact]] becomes the Wiki's '''2,000<sup>th</sup> article''' and is created by DoorToNothing
*'''10 October''': The Wiki launches the 128-character Tournament, [[KHWiki:The Keyblade War|The Keyblade War]], as part of its End-Of-Year Event.
===2011===
*'''9 February''': The ''Kingdom Hearts'' Wiki moves to '''khwiki.net'''
===2012===
April 1st: Kingdom Hats is announced.
April 1st: Kingdom Hats is announced.
End of Year Event 2012
End of Year Event 2012
2013
===2013===
Start of MegaProject: Arise.
Start of MegaProject: Arise.
July 1st: First magazine issue and podcast episode.
July 1st: First magazine issue and podcast episode.
2014
===2014===
December 16th: First Let's Play episode.
December 16th: First Let's Play episode.
End of Year Event 2014
End of Year Event 2014
2015
===2015===
April 1st: Kingdom Hearts 3D HD ReMIX announced!
April 1st: Kingdom Hearts 3D HD ReMIX announced!
Start of Operation: Keychain.
Start of Operation: Keychain.
End of Year Event 2015
End of Year Event 2015
2016
===2016===
Formation of the Kingdom Hearts Wikiverse
Formation of the Kingdom Hearts Wikiverse


Revision as of 03:34, 21 June 2017

DRAFT IDEA FOR KHWIKI:HISTORY (OR RE-WRITE FOR KHWIKI:ABOUT)

This page details the history of the Kingdom Hearts Wiki.[1]

History

The KHWiki logo

The Kingdom Hearts Wiki was founded on April 1st, 2006 by Riku5464 as part of the Wikia community. Although he was not active for too long, his beginning edits and ideas laid the framework for the newborn database. There weren't many editors or articles in the beginning months of the Wiki’s existence, but eventually a group of users from the Final Fantasy Wiki hopped over and began actively editing the site. The website started off very slowly with only a small group of editors actively working on the site, establishing rules, writing articles, and doing all kinds of things. These editors worked hard and the site’s popularity grew, increasing both the encyclopedia’s content and userbase. These users started editing, each contributing to the Wikia in their own way. And so the Wiki grew, with each year bringing more users and information. The encyclopedia thrived. Like most wikis, it constantly faced issues and disagreements[2][3][4], but the encyclopedia continued to expand on all accounts.

The wiki grew uninhibited for many years, until Wikia began imposing features upon its communities. Although the community on the Kingdom Hearts Wiki repeatedly disabled these features, Wikia continued to implement changes that impacted the quality of the wiki's content. The greatest of these changes came in late 2010, when Wikia introduced a skin that shifted focus from information to advertisements[5]. This became the final straw, and led the wiki to seek private hosting.[6][7] This resulted in the beginning of The Split. On February 9th, 2011, the wiki moved to the site khwiki.net, sparking the creation of the Square Enix Independent Wiki Alliance.[8] Starting late 2011, discussions began to reorganize both the Kingdom Hearts Wiki and the now-rebranded Wikia site, The Keyhole. The Merge, as it was later referred to, began in early 2012.[9][10] In February 28, 2014, the wiki moved to site domain was changed to khwiki.com

Both The Split and The Merge tended to divide users on both sites, but eventually, a handful of fresh users began to populate both wikis. These users sought to revive the place and reunite the two communities. In 2014, the Wiki launched MegaProject: Arise[11][12], a project aimed at helping organize efforts to increase more users at both the Kingdom Hearts Wiki and The Keyhole. The implementation of MegaProject: Arise saw the launch of the Wiki's magazine, The Twilight Times; the Wiki's podcast, The Round Room Podcast; and the Wiki's Let's Play. The following year, Operation: Keychain was launched[13][14], an even more ambitious scheme that aimed at increasing unity between the Kingdom Hearts Wiki and The Keyhole and boost the internet's interest in the franchise in general. As a result, in early 2016, the Kingdom Hearts Wikiverse was created as a community of Kingdom Hearts-related websites.[15][16][17]

Since its creation, the Kingdom Hearts Wiki strives to be the most professional and comprehensive Kingdom Hearts resource in the world.

Timeline

A timeline of events on the Kingdom Hearts Wiki[18]:

2006

  • 1 April: The Kingdom Hearts Wiki is created.
  • 30 November: Scottch launches the Wiki's Community Portal as a place to organize the Wiki's expansion, which he takes lead in. The page is the fore-runner to Traverse Town, the Wiki's current Community Portal.

2007

2008

  • 12 January: The Wiki's Featured Articles project begins and Sora becomes our first Featured Article
  • 24 January: The Kingdom Hearts Wiki receives a spotlight on Wikia
  • 24 March: New Staff - XienZo becomes the Wiki's first Moderator.
  • 21 May: New Staff - BebopKate and XienZo become Administrators. Xienzo becomes the first Moderator to be promoted to Administrator
  • July 2008: The Wiki's Featured Media project begins, and File:Kingdom Key KH.png becomes the first Featured Media file.
  • 3 October: The Wiki's Featured Media project becomes open to voting by all editors of the Wiki. The first editor-voted Featured Media file is File:Star Seeker KHII.png

2009

  • 9 February: The Wiki reaches 1,000 articles.
  • 25 March: New Staff - Troisnyxetienne, Guardian Soul, and Ultima The High Seraph become Moderators
  • 5 June: The 100,000 edit on the Wiki is made by Ultima the High Seraph on the Roxas page
  • 7 July: New Staff - Ultima the High Seraph and Guardian Soul become Administrators.
  • 10 July: The Wiki launches its Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Channel on #Wikia-kingdomhearts
  • 29 August: New Staff - KrytenKoro and Urutapu become Administrators.
  • 23 September: Several members release a tribute video to Wayne Alwine, voice actor for Mickey Mouse, who had passed away the September prior.
  • 28 October: After being used for over a year as a central wiki organizing page, the Wiki's Community Portal Traverse Town is remodeled into Districts and organized into the role it serves today as a directory to important pages on the Wiki.
  • 19 November: Naminé's Drawoff, the Wiki's first End-of-Year Event, is launched.

2010

2011

  • 9 February: The Kingdom Hearts Wiki moves to khwiki.net

2012

April 1st: Kingdom Hats is announced. End of Year Event 2012

2013

Start of MegaProject: Arise. July 1st: First magazine issue and podcast episode.

2014

December 16th: First Let's Play episode. End of Year Event 2014

2015

April 1st: Kingdom Hearts 3D HD ReMIX announced! Start of Operation: Keychain. End of Year Event 2015

2016

Formation of the Kingdom Hearts Wikiverse

References

  1. ^ The Twilight Times - Issue 8 (April 2016), pg. 7
  2. ^ Forum:A dedication to everyone
  3. ^ Forum:Huge problems on the IRC
  4. ^ Forum:Criticism
  5. ^ Your First Look at the New Wikia - Wikia Community Central
  6. ^ Forum:@&%&*@%&$@&*$%
  7. ^ Forum:Where will we go?
  8. ^ Forum:Square Enix Portal
  9. ^ Forum:The Merge
  10. ^ KHWiki:Project Merge
  11. ^ Roundtable Summary - Meeting 24 - Part 2: April 11, 2014
  12. ^ Forum:MegaProject: Arise
  13. ^ Roundtable Notes - Meeting 33: January 2, 2015
  14. ^ Operation: Keychain - Original Documentation - User:KeybladeSpyMaster/Gadget Shelf 4
  15. ^ Forum:Operation: Keychain - A Name for The Greater Wiki
  16. ^ Operation: Keychain - Original Documentation - User:KeybladeSpyMaster/Gadget Shelf 4
  17. ^ Forum:The Kingdom Hearts Wikiverse
  18. ^ The Twilight Times - Issue 8 (April 2016), page 7


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