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'''WiKirby''' intends to remain an Independent Wiki for Nintendo's Kirby game franchise. The ongoing goal is to document Kirby information in a quality first encyclopedic style. WiKirby as an idea began in talks between Bulbapedia's owner, Archaic, staff members of Zelda Wiki.org, and Super Mario Wiki. In an effort to tie in the Nintendo themed wikis, WiKirby will link to the NIWA member wikis instead of Wikia and Wikipedia as a policy. This provides the much appreciated support from those wikis.
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'''WiKirby''' is a wiki dedicated to all aspects of the ''Kirby'' franchise, as produced by [[HAL Laboratory]] and distributed by [[Nintendo]]. Our primary focus is on the [[Kirby (series)|series of video games]], with secondary focus on other ''Kirby'' related media such as [[Kirby: Right Back at Ya!|the anime]], [[merchandise]], [[:Category:Staff|staff members]] of HAL Laboratory and Nintendo, and tertiary focus on related Nintendo works such as the ''[[Super Smash Bros. (series)|Super Smash Bros.]]'' series and cameo appearances by other video game characters.


==Style==
Founded in 2010, the wiki strives to be a massive, detailed, professional, and charming repository of ''Kirby'' knowledge on the web, while remaining independent in operation both from Nintendo and from wiki farms such as Fandom or Miraheze. WiKirby operates under a formal alliance with other video game wikis in an organization known as [http://www.niwanetwork.org/ NIWA], and seeks to cooperate with these partner wikis in any way possible, whether that takes the form of linking to them via hyperlinks in article text, or sharing information, strategies, and editors with them.
WiKirby will strive to match the aspects of the series. The site uses round borders to its templates (currently not visible while browsing in Internet Explorer), vibrant colors, and an amusing sense of humor where possible. As of October 2010, WiKirby has been striving to implement more personalization. Examples are including your name and building statements that would include your gender pronoun in instances in which an article must include out-of-universe documentation. WiKirby also intends to accommodate both versions of the English language spellings. We believe Web 2.0 will introduce Web 3.0. Web 2.0 allows '''you''' to create content, if we can help it, that content will know you and adjust itself to appeal to you where it can.


==Milestones==
==Our mission==
*24 January 2010 - WiKirby online
WiKirby seeks to provide the most accurate, complete, and concise information about the ''Kirby'' series while also matching the quirks and charm of its source material. WiKirby believes that proper coverage of [[Kirby]] and his antics must be done with the utmost care, and with the same sort of joviality that the Pink Puffball uses to endear us to him. As such, articles are written in a careful balance between useful information and playful banter. WiKirby seeks to entertain its readers in addition to educating them, and wants to provide a complete picture of all its subject material without making the reader feel like their time has been wasted.
*11 February 2010 - New skin uploaded
*4 March 2010 - Official public launch
*21 May 2010 - <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.niwanetwork.org/ NIWA]</span> induction
*November 2010 - WiKirby reaches 500 articles; many thanks to all of our contributors for their hard work!


==Notable Events==
As WiKirby is a wiki, the articles in question are subject to change from any willing contributors, and as such, the wiki should be considered perpetually unfinished. In addition to the writing standards lain above, WiKirby also seeks to assist inexperienced wiki users as best it can, and forgive their mistakes as they learn the craft. Readers who spot mistakes or missing information in articles are more than welcome to pop into the editing booth and make contributions, and should not fear reprisal for doing so.
===New Game and WiKirby's first contest===
Although WiKirby was created during a time in which no new Kirby game was expected, ''[[Kirby's Epic Yarn]]'' was announced and released in the same year (2010). A staff member caught news of '''Hoshi no Kirby''' being added to a .pdf document on upcoming Nintendo games and a mysterious teaser image in the back of a Nintendo Power issue. WiKirby speculated that the image may refer to a new Kirby title, but the image was later revealed to be a teaser for Sonic Colors. The E3 game show came along and introduced gamers to a world of fabric and a new Kirby style! The game was released in October for United States gamers. WiKirby held an article creation contest with ''Kirby's Epic Yarn'' as a prize. Entrants qualified for the drawing and a winner was chosen with a randomizing template. [[User:Static|Static]] received his prize shortly after the drawing. Also during E3, HAL released screenshots for an unnamed upcoming [[Kirby DS]] game.


===Kirby.Wikia Merge Proposal and Cancellation===
All of our textual content is hosted with the <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.html GNU Free Documentation License],</span> and as such, can be freely copied, modified, and reproduced for educational purposes. For more information, see our [[WiKirby:General disclaimer|general disclaimer]].
The staff of Kirby Wikia proposed merging with WiKirby during what NIWA members are referring to as "OasisGate". Wikia flexed their muscles of total control by changing some terms of service, and all Wikia skins to a less popular, less customizable, and less wiki-like skin, Oasis. The Oasis skin change caused several wiki communities to migrate to other wiki farms or independent hosting. WiKirby seemed to be one of the few wikis with the potential to have a merger with the Wikia counterpart. However, before all of the finer details could be worked out, a Kirby Wikia staff member informed WiKirby that they were canceling the merge.


===Server Crash===
==History==
WiKirby's budget consists only of what [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]] can finance; therefore, the wiki began on a very low-cost host provider's shared server plan. TMD hosting had its trade-offs, but had been mostly acceptable. Our first months were plagued by TMD banning people that had too many tabs of WiKirby open at one time. On the other hand, we were able to get them unblocked by informing TMD staff of the issue. We experienced site outages several times during the first year, and all were rather harmless. TMD informed us that our wiki had grown to the point where the traffic was exceeding 40% of the shared machine's CPU almost daily. The recommended solution was to upgrade to a Virtual Private Server (VPS). The VPS plan is significantly more expensive than a shared hosting plan, as it offered even more control and dedicated services. Axiomist gladly paid for this, and opined that it marks a significant accomplishment for WiKirby. On Thanksgiving Day 2010, WiKirby was successfully moved to the new server, only after 10 months of operation, and 7 months as a publicly open site. Things seemed to be going well enough, until just 3 days before Christmas. WiKirby crashed. The database was eventually restored, but a huge hole was blown into WiKirby's History. All changes made from November 26th to December 22nd were gone. [[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] managed to find some salvageable pages by searching Google's cached pages and TMD offered a free month of service (although to-date have not explained the issue).  
WiKirby first came online on January 24th, 2010. It was created as a joint effort from users from other NIWA wikis, namely [[User:Tacopill|Tacopill]] of [[lylatwiki:Lylat Wiki|Lylat Wiki]], [[User:Adam|Adam]] of [[zeldawiki:Main Page|Zelda Wiki]], [[User:Moydow|Moydow]] of [[fireemblemwiki:Main Page|Fire Emblem Wiki]], and [[User:Axiomist|Axiomist]], who became WiKirby's original owner. These users and others worked diligently to create the groundwork for the wiki and saw it through the early days, dealing with many problems along the way. Around this time, there were negotiations for WiKirby and the Kirby Wikia (now known as the Kirby Wiki on Fandom) to merge into a single community, but these ultimately fell through.


==Thanks==
As time went by, Axiomist continued his work, and new users came to occupy the upper echelons of staff via their efforts, including [[User:Vellidragon|Vellidragon]] and [[User:T.c.w7468|T.c.w7468]]. Unfortunately, Axiomist (real name Joshua P. LeJeune) passed away on March 18, 2011 at only 30 years of age. Vellidragon assumed the mantle of WiKirby's lead administrator and bureaucrat, while Tacopill assumed the role of server host under grifkuba, and [[bulbapedia:User:Archaic|Dr. Archaic]] came to hold the domains. Not long after Axiomist's untimely death, the wiki fell into a state of dormancy for several years.
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Without these people WiKirby would be nowhere! (not necessarily in any significant order)
Starting in 2015, new life was breathed into the wiki when a separate ''Kirby'' fan community - first operating under "The Kirby Club" and then under "Meta Naito" (both sites are now defunct) - took interest in the site. Operating from the [[WiKirby:Discord|Discord server]] of "Shiver Star", they began to make large updates to the wiki, including the infamous ''[[Kirby & The Amazing Mirror]]'' mapping project and covering the then-newly-announced game ''[[Kirby: Planet Robobot]]''. At the time, Vellidragon and Tacopill took notice of this activity, and began to inquire. A deal was made to formally induct the Shiver Star server as WiKirby's official Discord server and appoint the server's leader [[User:Samwell|Fubaka]] as a new administrator.
*[[User:Adam|Adam]], has diligently laid the groundwork, installed the software, the skin, and continues to iron out kinks.
*Tappy of [http://www.hyrule.net/ Hyrule.net] for the creating the favicon image, skinning N.I.W.A.'s forum, and WiKirby's staff board.
*Lysia of [http://www.thesacredrealm.net/ The Sacred Realm] for nameserver and CSS help.
*Nathan of [http://www.zeldainformer.com/ ZeldaInformer] for CSS help also.
*[[User:Edofenrir|Edofenrir]] for the header image, and ongoing contributions.
*[[User:Neo|Neo]] for helping to get our help pages created and ongoing contributions.
*Users of Bulbapedia, Super Mario Wiki, Zelda Wiki.org, and Metroid Wiki for all of their support.
*[[User:Steve|Steve]] for this awesome skin!
*[[User:Moydow|Moydow]] for amazing technical innovations!
*<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.niwanetwork.org/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=264 Dantman]</span> for resolving our URL rewrite's last remaining issue.
*If I missed your name, say so!


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From then on, activity continued on the wiki in fits and spurts as the Discord server slowly grew, with both communities benefiting greatly from the partnership and eventually merging into one. Additionally, affiliations were made with another independent fan site known as [https://www.kirbyinformer.com/ Kirby Informer]. Not long after WiKirby surpassed the 3,000 article milestone in 2019, Vellidragon fell into inactivity, and Fubaka was elected as the first official Editor-in-Chief under Tacopill's supervision.
==Dedication==
 
In March of 2020, Fubaka retired from the Editor-in-Chief position, and an election passed the role to [[User:YoshiFlutterJump|YoshiFlutterJump]]. It was around this time that [[WiKirby:Project Clean-Up|Project Clean-Up]] was started, which heralded a period of extensive renovation and overhauls for the wiki. YoshiFlutterJump retired in April of 2021, and a third Editor-in-Chief was elected in his stead, [[User:Gigi|Gigi]], who currently holds the position. On the 29th of October, 2022, WiKirby switched server hosting from grifkuba to System Theta, headed by [[User:Ampera|Ampera]] and Soveia, dropping its use of advertisements in the process. The wiki has come a long way since its period of dormancy, with up to hundreds of edits being made daily by its steadily growing user base, and the 4000 article milestone approaching.
 
Additional pieces of history can be found on the '''[[WiKirby:Archive|Archive]]''' page.


WiKirby exists today for once reason, because of one man; Joshua P. LeJeune
==What is WiKirby up to right now?==
WiKirby has become fairly complete when it comes to information about the games, characters, anime, and other details relating therein (with the most notable exception being glitches pages, which are still largely incomplete). These days, much of the focus when it comes to new content comes in the form of making pages for the novel series, music pages, merchandise, and other extended media outside of the games themselves. In addition, many existing pages are being refurbished to make them cleaner, more complete, and more concise. Anyone who wishes to assist with these efforts can find more specific instructions on the '''[[WiKirby:Maintenance|Maintenance]]''' or '''[[WiKirby:Current events|Current events]]''' pages.


Conceived in a blaze of creative collaboration, the site represents the passion and enthusiasm Josh showed for wiki communities in general, and which he applied in all aspects of WiKirby's development. He loved the site not for any reasons of personal gain, but because of what it represents for gaming fans interested in the Kirby series; the promise of becoming the very best online information source about the games, and the enjoyment we share in getting there!
''WiKirby thanks all of its readers, and wishes them peaceful sleep and hopeful dreams.''


Sadly, Josh is no longer with us to share in the fruition of his efforts, having passed away on March 18 2011. However, this project about which he cared so deeply continues to grow and flourish, standing as a tribute to his enthusiasm and dedication, and infused throughout with touches of Josh's wonderfully wry wit and humor.
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Rest in peace Josh, you will be greatly missed.
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About WiKirby!

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Hiiiii!

WiKirby is a wiki dedicated to all aspects of the Kirby franchise, as produced by HAL Laboratory and distributed by Nintendo. Our primary focus is on the series of video games, with secondary focus on other Kirby related media such as the anime, merchandise, staff members of HAL Laboratory and Nintendo, and tertiary focus on related Nintendo works such as the Super Smash Bros. series and cameo appearances by other video game characters.

Founded in 2010, the wiki strives to be a massive, detailed, professional, and charming repository of Kirby knowledge on the web, while remaining independent in operation both from Nintendo and from wiki farms such as Fandom or Miraheze. WiKirby operates under a formal alliance with other video game wikis in an organization known as NIWA, and seeks to cooperate with these partner wikis in any way possible, whether that takes the form of linking to them via hyperlinks in article text, or sharing information, strategies, and editors with them.

Our mission

WiKirby seeks to provide the most accurate, complete, and concise information about the Kirby series while also matching the quirks and charm of its source material. WiKirby believes that proper coverage of Kirby and his antics must be done with the utmost care, and with the same sort of joviality that the Pink Puffball uses to endear us to him. As such, articles are written in a careful balance between useful information and playful banter. WiKirby seeks to entertain its readers in addition to educating them, and wants to provide a complete picture of all its subject material without making the reader feel like their time has been wasted.

As WiKirby is a wiki, the articles in question are subject to change from any willing contributors, and as such, the wiki should be considered perpetually unfinished. In addition to the writing standards lain above, WiKirby also seeks to assist inexperienced wiki users as best it can, and forgive their mistakes as they learn the craft. Readers who spot mistakes or missing information in articles are more than welcome to pop into the editing booth and make contributions, and should not fear reprisal for doing so.

All of our textual content is hosted with the GNU Free Documentation License, and as such, can be freely copied, modified, and reproduced for educational purposes. For more information, see our general disclaimer.

History

WiKirby first came online on January 24th, 2010. It was created as a joint effort from users from other NIWA wikis, namely Tacopill of Lylat Wiki, Adam of Zelda Wiki, Moydow of Fire Emblem Wiki, and Axiomist, who became WiKirby's original owner. These users and others worked diligently to create the groundwork for the wiki and saw it through the early days, dealing with many problems along the way. Around this time, there were negotiations for WiKirby and the Kirby Wikia (now known as the Kirby Wiki on Fandom) to merge into a single community, but these ultimately fell through.

As time went by, Axiomist continued his work, and new users came to occupy the upper echelons of staff via their efforts, including Vellidragon and T.c.w7468. Unfortunately, Axiomist (real name Joshua P. LeJeune) passed away on March 18, 2011 at only 30 years of age. Vellidragon assumed the mantle of WiKirby's lead administrator and bureaucrat, while Tacopill assumed the role of server host under grifkuba, and Dr. Archaic came to hold the domains. Not long after Axiomist's untimely death, the wiki fell into a state of dormancy for several years.

Starting in 2015, new life was breathed into the wiki when a separate Kirby fan community - first operating under "The Kirby Club" and then under "Meta Naito" (both sites are now defunct) - took interest in the site. Operating from the Discord server of "Shiver Star", they began to make large updates to the wiki, including the infamous Kirby & The Amazing Mirror mapping project and covering the then-newly-announced game Kirby: Planet Robobot. At the time, Vellidragon and Tacopill took notice of this activity, and began to inquire. A deal was made to formally induct the Shiver Star server as WiKirby's official Discord server and appoint the server's leader Fubaka as a new administrator.

From then on, activity continued on the wiki in fits and spurts as the Discord server slowly grew, with both communities benefiting greatly from the partnership and eventually merging into one. Additionally, affiliations were made with another independent fan site known as Kirby Informer. Not long after WiKirby surpassed the 3,000 article milestone in 2019, Vellidragon fell into inactivity, and Fubaka was elected as the first official Editor-in-Chief under Tacopill's supervision.

In March of 2020, Fubaka retired from the Editor-in-Chief position, and an election passed the role to YoshiFlutterJump. It was around this time that Project Clean-Up was started, which heralded a period of extensive renovation and overhauls for the wiki. YoshiFlutterJump retired in April of 2021, and a third Editor-in-Chief was elected in his stead, Gigi, who currently holds the position. On the 29th of October, 2022, WiKirby switched server hosting from grifkuba to System Theta, headed by Ampera and Soveia, dropping its use of advertisements in the process. The wiki has come a long way since its period of dormancy, with up to hundreds of edits being made daily by its steadily growing user base, and the 4000 article milestone approaching.

Additional pieces of history can be found on the Archive page.

What is WiKirby up to right now?

WiKirby has become fairly complete when it comes to information about the games, characters, anime, and other details relating therein (with the most notable exception being glitches pages, which are still largely incomplete). These days, much of the focus when it comes to new content comes in the form of making pages for the novel series, music pages, merchandise, and other extended media outside of the games themselves. In addition, many existing pages are being refurbished to make them cleaner, more complete, and more concise. Anyone who wishes to assist with these efforts can find more specific instructions on the Maintenance or Current events pages.

WiKirby thanks all of its readers, and wishes them peaceful sleep and hopeful dreams.

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