Talk:Shulk (SSBU)

Independent wiki

An anonymous user recently changed the links in Shulk's page to a independent wiki known as https://www.xenoserieswiki.org/. Generally we support independent wikis over FANDOM-run wikis, and this wiki is no exception, being independent since February 2020. I would love the owners to affiliate with NIWA considering that this wiki seems in need for support! I'm all for supporting the independent wiki, but just for consensus purposes, I would love to know what everyone else thinks. -- PanchamBro (talk • contributions) 03:38, February 22, 2021 (EST)

The Xenoblade Wikia on FANDOM is a lot more developed than the independent one. Unless it's some rule set in place by NIWA or the wiki itself to only link independent wikis, I'm in favor of linking to the FANDOM wiki. Señor Mexicano (talk) 05:11, February 22, 2021 (EST)

I'm thinking we should link to the articles on that wiki that are good enough quality, but for those that are lacking we'll link to the Wikia articles still. Omega Tyrant 09:11, February 22, 2021 (EST)

As much as I don't like Wikia, I don't think the rule should outright be "no Wikia whatsoever"; rather, "whichever one covers the information better should be the external link". With all of these third-party characters, we're gonna have information outside the scope of the NIWA, and even if this was just Brawl, we'd probably still be linking to both the Sonic and Metal Gear Wikias regardless. Obviously Wikipedia exists, but I don't think that should be a default in place of an established wiki, Wikia or not, that focuses on the information we need to cover here.

Now, if the non-Wikia wiki becomes better in their information coverage, then sure, we could link to it, because I would like to have as few links to Wikia as possible. Aidan, the Lovely Rurouni 10:24, February 22, 2021 (EST)