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The '''Cross-Wiki Week''' is an annual event hosted by the [https://niwanetwork.org/ Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance] (NIWA), held to celebrate [[Nintendo]]'s birthday. The purpose of the event is to promote cooperation by inviting editors to contribute to wikis they don't regularly edit. At the end of the event, two winners will receive $20 Nintendo eShop gift cards for participating! The 2023 Cross-Wiki Week took place from '''Saturday, 23 September, to Sunday, 1 October'''. For more info, please have a look [https://www.niwanetwork.org/cross-wiki-week-2023/ here]. If you want to participate, please be sure to register [https://forms.gle/qs7DaJ9QYmQYG7cB8 here]. | |||
If you are unsure about WiKirby's policy regarding editing and uploading, check the [[Help:Contents]] page and look for any relevant policies to what you have in mind. | ==Help us out!== | ||
Here are some example tasks that users from across NIWA can perform for the Cross-Wiki Week. If you are unsure about WiKirby's policy regarding editing and uploading, check the [[Help:Contents]] page and look for any relevant policies to what you have in mind. When adding new information, we ask that you do not copy and paste information from other Kirby Wikis or fan-guides. When you are done with a particular bullet point, feel free to remove it from the listing. | |||
===Easy tasks=== | |||
*There are over 100 pages that could use more images (some only need a screenshot or two). Check [[:Category:Image requested|this category]] for a list of pages that need images. | |||
**Particularly needed are screenshots from ''Kirby Mass Attack''. | |||
*Recapture screenshots in native resolution. | |||
*Some enemy/mid-boss pages may be missing location tables or other such details. | |||
*Adding archived links to file sources or article references. See [[WiKirby:Project Archive]] for details. | |||
===Not-so-easy tasks=== | |||
*Find better quality versions of files in [[:Category:Low quality images]] (please do not take images from Kirby FANDOM or any of those dubious "find PNG" sites) | |||
*Pages and/or expansions for the following important topics: | |||
**[[Merchandise]] (and related sub-pages) | |||
**[[Kirby: Magical Tower of Medal Land]] | |||
**[[Kirby: Sparkling Medal Land]] | |||
*Literature coverage, in particular: | |||
**[[Kirby Manga Mania]] | |||
**[[Kirby of the Stars: The Story of Dedede Who Lives in Pupupu]] | |||
**[[Kirby of the Stars! Moretsu Pupupu Hour!]] | |||
**[[Kirby of the Stars (manga by Yoshiko Sakuma)]] | |||
**[[Hoshi no Kirby: KiraKira Pupupu World]] | |||
**[[It's Kirby Time]] | |||
**[[20th Anniversary Kirby Pupupu Encyclopedia]] | |||
**[[Kirby Art & Style Collection]] | |||
*[[Kirby JP Twitter]] post pages need to be either created, completed, or verified. In particular, many need competent translations from Japanese to English (no machine translations), as well as images and/or videos. Check [[:Template:Navbox-Twitter|this template]] for relevant links. | |||
*There are a couple famous paintings on the [[Royal Acadddemy of Arts]] page that have not yet been identified. | |||
*Glitches pages need to be made/expanded. Check [[:Template:Navbox-Glitches|this template]] for relevant links. | |||
*Music pages. There are a '''lot''' of these to be made. Check [[WiKirby:Project Clean-Up/Wanted Pages#Music|this list]] for these. | |||
*Sourcing files that don't have them. Check [[WiKirby:Project Clean-Up/Unsourced image archive]] for details. Make sure not to use other wikis as sources, unless those wikis list a proper source for the file in question. | |||
For others not listed here, see [[:Category:Stubs|Stubs]], [[:Category:Articles with incomplete sections|Articles with incomplete sections]], and [[Special:WantedPages|Wanted Pages]]. | |||
== | ===Project Clean-Up=== | ||
[[WiKirby:Project Clean-Up|Project Clean-Up]] is a more organized version of the [[:Category:Pages needing attention|maintenance categories]]. Visit it if you want more direction and/or want more specific maintenance tasks. | |||
==Help others out!== | |||
If you're a regular WiKirby user looking for other wikis to edit, have a look at the [https://www.niwanetwork.org/cross-wiki-week-2023/ NIWA Editing Guide], which lists the relevant help pages for each wiki that is participating. | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:08, 18 October 2023
The Cross-Wiki Week is an annual event hosted by the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance (NIWA), held to celebrate Nintendo's birthday. The purpose of the event is to promote cooperation by inviting editors to contribute to wikis they don't regularly edit. At the end of the event, two winners will receive $20 Nintendo eShop gift cards for participating! The 2023 Cross-Wiki Week took place from Saturday, 23 September, to Sunday, 1 October. For more info, please have a look here. If you want to participate, please be sure to register here.
Help us out![edit]
Here are some example tasks that users from across NIWA can perform for the Cross-Wiki Week. If you are unsure about WiKirby's policy regarding editing and uploading, check the Help:Contents page and look for any relevant policies to what you have in mind. When adding new information, we ask that you do not copy and paste information from other Kirby Wikis or fan-guides. When you are done with a particular bullet point, feel free to remove it from the listing.
Easy tasks[edit]
- There are over 100 pages that could use more images (some only need a screenshot or two). Check this category for a list of pages that need images.
- Particularly needed are screenshots from Kirby Mass Attack.
- Recapture screenshots in native resolution.
- Some enemy/mid-boss pages may be missing location tables or other such details.
- Adding archived links to file sources or article references. See WiKirby:Project Archive for details.
Not-so-easy tasks[edit]
- Find better quality versions of files in Category:Low quality images (please do not take images from Kirby FANDOM or any of those dubious "find PNG" sites)
- Pages and/or expansions for the following important topics:
- Merchandise (and related sub-pages)
- Kirby: Magical Tower of Medal Land
- Kirby: Sparkling Medal Land
- Literature coverage, in particular:
- Kirby JP Twitter post pages need to be either created, completed, or verified. In particular, many need competent translations from Japanese to English (no machine translations), as well as images and/or videos. Check this template for relevant links.
- There are a couple famous paintings on the Royal Acadddemy of Arts page that have not yet been identified.
- Glitches pages need to be made/expanded. Check this template for relevant links.
- Music pages. There are a lot of these to be made. Check this list for these.
- Sourcing files that don't have them. Check WiKirby:Project Clean-Up/Unsourced image archive for details. Make sure not to use other wikis as sources, unless those wikis list a proper source for the file in question.
For others not listed here, see Stubs, Articles with incomplete sections, and Wanted Pages.
Project Clean-Up[edit]
Project Clean-Up is a more organized version of the maintenance categories. Visit it if you want more direction and/or want more specific maintenance tasks.
Help others out![edit]
If you're a regular WiKirby user looking for other wikis to edit, have a look at the NIWA Editing Guide, which lists the relevant help pages for each wiki that is participating.
