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I wanted to post a quick comment to say thanks and make a short reminder to the community.
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With the end of 2007 looming it seems like an appropriate time for a look back at the wiki over this past year. It was a year of significant changes and improvements to the wiki, not to mention growth. Growth in terms of articles. Growth in terms of users. Growth in terms of pageviews. Growth in terms of database size. To put it in perspective, compare November 2007 to November 2006.  
  
First, thanks to those of you who are adding content to the FFXIclopedia. This is a community driven project that is free-to-use. Those of you who have been adding content to the FFXIclopedia are, I hope, enjoying the project and enjoying the community. The FFXIclopedia requires the active participation of its users in order to grow, stay current, and ultimately survive.
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;"|'''November 2007'''
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;"|'''November 2006'''
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;"|'''% Change'''
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;"|'''Visits'''
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|3,168,158
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|1,047,924
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|+202.33%
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;"|'''Pageviews'''
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|32,963,567
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|12,066,591
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|+173.18%
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;"|'''Absolute Unique Visitors'''
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|423,090
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|176,808
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|+139.29%
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;"|'''Database Size (Words)'''
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|5.4 million
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|3.8 million
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|+42.11%
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;"|'''Database Size (MB)'''
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|43 MB
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|32 MB
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|+34.38%
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;"|'''Database Size (Articles)'''
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|20 thousand
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|17 thousand
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|style="background-color: #E0FFFF;" align="center"|+17.65%
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In that same period of time, we have gone from the 30,000th most visited website to the 4,000th, and have become, and will continue to be, the best resource for all things FFXI related. We have partnered with Wikia, which not only allows this growth to continue, but provides us with a network focused entirely on wikis and wiki technology.  
  
Second, a word of warning.  Respect your fellow FFXIclopedia users.  The FFXIclopedia requires continuous additions, subtractions and edits in order to be the most useful to its users. In order to accomplish this it is important to have as many people as we can working on the FFXIclopedia. In the past we have lost some valuable users based on disagreements about how things should be added/worded/attributed/etc.  This need not happen.  Remember to respect the other users. Everyone does this in their spare time for no compensation. 
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Since we began this endeavor in late 2004, we have experienced a number of bumps in the road, a few of which we experienced this past year. This is to be expected. Overall we have weathered the bumps well, and, as is apparent above, have thrived. Thanks again to everyone who has and continues to contribute with this project. I hope everyone is looking forward to a great 2008! --{{User:Gahoo/Sig}} 15:52, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 
 
Thanks again and long live the FFXIclopedia. --[[User:Gahoo|Gahoo]]
 
 
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Revision as of 15:52, 12 December 2007


Community Portal

FFXIclopedia wants you! Together we are building an encyclopedia relating to Final Fantasy XI and a wiki community. As a wiki, you can edit virtually any article on FFXIclopedia right now, or create a new one! To learn more about wiki in general, take a look at the Wikipedia Tutorial and experiment in their sandbox.

You can post comments about the FFXIclopedia at the Comments Page, review the Help directory or our policies, or contact the administrators or other FFXIclopedia users by leaving a message on their talk page. If you haven't done so already, you will want to create an account so that you can begin editing.

Help out

FFXIclopedia is the largest Final Fantasy XI encyclopedia known to exist. However, many articles are incomplete or otherwise need attention.
If you are looking for ways to help out, you can participate in a Collaboration.

Things to do

Fix-up projects

Dead-end pages
Wanted articles
Incomplete articles
Outdated Articles
Articles with improper formatting
Articles needing images
Articles about Notorious Monsters lacking information

Collaborations

Collaboration(s) of the Month(s)

Add the new Feral Skills articles. See Accuracy (Feral Skill) as an example. Once done, the main Feral Skills page should be updated to simply link to all of the new skills (something simple such as the Category:Magic).

Add a short description of each mob family. See Marids as an example. It can detail overall traits such as that the mobs hit fast (rabbits, opo-opo), slow (Goobbues, Treants), hard (Goobbues, Treants), soft (Crabs), high physical defense (Crabs, Slimes), cast magic (slimes, worms), suicide (gobs, dolls), etc. Looking for something smaller? Help to fill in the missing information in the Fireworks or Furniture articles.

Item Pages

Inclusion of the {{AH}} and {{Guild Points Value}} template. See Template:AH and Template:Guild Points Value for more details.

Key Items

We've introduced a new way to format key item pages in response to the new subcategories implemented in the game menu. See Category talk:Key Items to see how you can help.

Mob Pages

Mob drop tables for a number of zones needs to be filled in. Adding information to even just one cell makes a difference!

Languages


Look at previous collaborations, or help pick next week's article to help with prior collaborations or identify new ones.

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FFXIclopedia has a number of different resources and policies. Here are some of the more helpful and important ones.

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FFXIclopedia has many resources which can be utilized to make your time here helpful and productive.

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FFXIclopedia F.A.Q.
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New user information

New Members Guide by Birgitte
FFXIclopedia Mentors

Community information

User Signatures
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FFXIclopedia has many established policies, guidelines, conventions, and traditions. This is a very brief sampling of some of the most important ones. Policies and guidelines apply both to articles and how to work with fellow editors.

Editing Policies

Bot Policy
Naming Conventions
Image Policy
Prohibited Articles
Software Limitations

Community Policies

Appropriate Behavior
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Content Control & Article Ownership
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Administrator Related

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Vandal Reports

Legal Policies

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Note from the Lead Editor

With the end of 2007 looming it seems like an appropriate time for a look back at the wiki over this past year. It was a year of significant changes and improvements to the wiki, not to mention growth. Growth in terms of articles. Growth in terms of users. Growth in terms of pageviews. Growth in terms of database size. To put it in perspective, compare November 2007 to November 2006.

November 2007 November 2006 % Change
Visits 3,168,158 1,047,924 +202.33%
Pageviews 32,963,567 12,066,591 +173.18%
Absolute Unique Visitors 423,090 176,808 +139.29%
Database Size (Words) 5.4 million 3.8 million +42.11%
Database Size (MB) 43 MB 32 MB +34.38%
Database Size (Articles) 20 thousand 17 thousand +17.65%

In that same period of time, we have gone from the 30,000th most visited website to the 4,000th, and have become, and will continue to be, the best resource for all things FFXI related. We have partnered with Wikia, which not only allows this growth to continue, but provides us with a network focused entirely on wikis and wiki technology.

Since we began this endeavor in late 2004, we have experienced a number of bumps in the road, a few of which we experienced this past year. This is to be expected. Overall we have weathered the bumps well, and, as is apparent above, have thrived. Thanks again to everyone who has and continues to contribute with this project. I hope everyone is looking forward to a great 2008! --User:Gahoo/Sig 15:52, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

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