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On Friday 12th December 2007, Grand Theft Wiki merged with | On Friday 12th December 2007, Grand Theft Wiki merged with gta.wikia.com. This document explains the reasons behind this move, and the issues it creates. | ||
==Why the move?== | ==Why the move?== | ||
Wikia have acquired Grand Theft Wiki from its creator [[User:Xenon]] (now [[User:Gboyers]]). | |||
Grand Theft Wiki will continue to exist as its own site, and all the content, staff and policies will remain in place. However we have added in all the users, staff, images and content from en.gta.wikia.com to create a much bigger and better wiki. Also, Wikia will ensure GTW is actively promoted to the gaming community. | Grand Theft Wiki will continue to exist as its own site, and all the content, staff and policies will remain in place. However we have added in all the users, staff, images and content from en.gta.wikia.com to create a much bigger and better wiki. Also, Wikia will ensure GTW is actively promoted to the gaming community. | ||
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*Grand Theft Wiki will first be moved to Wikia, and be imported as a new wikia wiki, still called "Grand Theft Wiki" (done) | *Grand Theft Wiki will first be moved to Wikia, and be imported as a new wikia wiki, still called "Grand Theft Wiki" (done) | ||
*All users on Grand Theft Wiki will be merged into the Wikia central user database (done) | *All users on Grand Theft Wiki will be merged into the Wikia central user database (done) | ||
*The existing content from | *The existing content from en.gta.wikia.com will be merged into the new Grand Theft Wiki (done - see [http://gta.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=Grand+Theft+Wiki%3AMerge&namespace=0 List]) | ||
*The [GrandTheftWiki.com] domain name will redirect to gta.wikia.com (done), and later that will become the main domain name for the wiki | *The [GrandTheftWiki.com] domain name will redirect to gta.wikia.com (done), and later that will become the main domain name for the wiki | ||
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==What Can I Do?== | ==What Can I Do?== | ||
The most important thing that all members can help with is merging the common articles. For example, we have the GTW page on the [[Cheetah]] but also the old Wikia page at [[Project:Merge/Cheetah]]. You should try and merge the content of the two separate articles into the main one. Have a look at the [ | The most important thing that all members can help with is merging the common articles. For example, we have the GTW page on the [[Cheetah]] but also the old Wikia page at [[Project:Merge/Cheetah]]. You should try and merge the content of the two separate articles into the main one. Have a look at the [{{SERVER}}/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=Grand+Theft+Wiki%3AMerge&namespace=0 list of merged articles] to see the pages that need working on. | ||