[Wikia-l] What is the Rule of thumb of merging

[Danny Horn]

In general for Entertainment wikis, we've found that specific wikis do
better than general wikis. The wikis about Naruto and One Piece are more
successful than the general wiki about anime; the wikis about Star Wars and
Star Trek are better at attracting contributors than the wiki about
science-fiction.

Wikis seem to work best when they're targeted at a level where people get
passionate. There are a lot of people who love the Simpsons who don't really
care about other kinds of animation, so they'll contribute to the Simpsons
wiki but wouldn't bother working on a general Cartoons wiki. On the other
hand, anybody who likes Lisa Simpson also likes the Simpsons as a whole, so
a specific Lisa Simpson wiki wouldn't work either. You have to find the
level where people really care.

So... Dark Shadows is a soap opera, yeah. But it's an active community, and
I'm not sure that the people working on the Dark Shadows wiki would be
interested in merging with a general Soap Operas wiki. No harm in asking,
though.


-- Danny



2008/11/9 Nelson Miller <spiritsquadministries at gmail.com>

>  I like to know what is the rule of thumb of merging two or more wiki's to
> one general wiki? BTW, is Dark Shadows a soap opera type show?
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