Thread:ARBITOR 5/@comment-3183460-20130624170937/@comment-116693-20130624192929

Yes, before we move forward on this I'd also like to make sure Arbitor has a chance to participate in the conversation too, but everything Technocide is saying makes lots of sense.

What I think is really great about this is that the admins of the two wikis seem to have a lot of "synergies." On all of the wikis I've participated in, I've always been most interested in content -- put up the most and highest-quality content and help users to find it easily and quickly. Technocide is a layout and technical guy, while Arbitor is a networking and community guy. Like Technocide on the design/layout side, I have strong feelings in terms of retaining content consistency, thoroughness, impeccable writing, and the integrity of facts/statements. I imagine that we will all have strong opinions about things outside these realms too, but I think we can work together well on a common vision for the wiki.

In terms of the URL, I think there is no doubt that "Destiny.wikia" is simpler than "Destinypedia.wikia," but "destinypedia" is currently the top Wikia result for all search engines, sees more traffic, and has seen no negative effects. I think it would be more confusing for the community if we were to "shut down" the Destinypedia.wikia url rather than Destiny.wikia.

In terms of trying to preserve content from both wikis vs. redirecting in some kind of automated way, that seems like a ton of work. Perhaps the better thing to do is try to merge the styles and content of the two wikis over time, but I'm terrible with technical stuff so I trust your judgment on that.

Obviously I'd be thrilled and honored to have Technocide and Lego as admins on the new merged wiki, so it sounds like we're all good there :-)