User talk:Whopper

Hey. I am trying to create an overall KOEI wikia. I would like your help. You an I obviously have a similar in KOEI. Grand Master of the Jedi 16:02, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Reconsider?
Hey, I just wanted to say you should reconsider the "revamp" of your wiki away from just DW related stuff, I think there's plenty of info out there for a decent wiki. It owuld just be a lot of work. I've got several ideas myself for article types if you're interested. Serov 04:07, 3 November 2006 (UTC)


 * thank you. we will stick to dww related criteria from now on.  W h o p p e r  13:04, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I am interested, please share :D  W h o p p e r  13:04, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I made a sort of brainstorming page here, with some ideas for articles. I think we could easily make a wiki with hundreds or even a thousand articles if we got enough users.  Thanks also for you quick return, you should request your b'cat permissions back if you plan on staying.  Serov 16:02, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, of course I plan on staying, I've stayed here for almost a year :), but I really thank you for your work, adn one day would could make it a featured wiki :)  W h o p p e r  16:43, 4 November 2006 (UTC) (Thank you for getting me straight, I just got lonely and was doing irrelevant things.)

Hi again :-)

 * Are you ever on IRC? If not, would I be able to send you an email?  (You can specify an email address in your preferences).  Serov 04:39, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi
You may or not recognize me as User:Cao_Wei from wikipedia, but I only found this wiki now. I love DW, and look forward to contributing here. --Quadgravshop 03:36, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey!
Hey I just found this wiki yesterday and was amazed! I absolutely love DW. Im really lookinmg forward to being a part of this wiki and to contributing where i can. -- Luxun

Welcome back
it was getting lonely here Dabigbozz42 21:08, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Expansion idea - "KOEI Warriors Wiki"
Hi, I'm wondering if you are interested in expanding this wiki into a "KOEI Warriors Wiki", covering all the various Warriors franchises by KOEI (Dynasty, Samurai, Orochi, Gundam, and any potential new stuff KOEI comes up with). The different "Warriors" games, to my understanding, only primarily differ in characters/plots, and otherwise follow a general same evolution in game mechanics, and attracts the same core group of players.

If you are interested, then I'd envision this current wiki be moved to the url "koeiwarriors.wikia.com", with dynastywarriors.wikia redirect to the new domain, and all the current content remain intact.

Currently there is a Samurai Warriors Wiki that has zero content and the founder never showed up (founded in October), and it can be closed so its domain point to the new wiki. There is also a newly founded Warriors Orochi Wiki, and I'll be talking to its founder to see if he'd be interested in folding his and joining the larger wiki. But regardless of whether the Warriors Orochi Wiki joins or not, this community/wiki can still turn into a larger wiki for all of KOEI's Warriors franchises.

What do you think? -PanSola 23:40, 3 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Just FYI, this seems like a good idea to me as its hard to not expand into other games, but im not sure how we could move all the content easily Dabigbozz42 01:29, 8 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Sounds like a great idea to me :) The problem is getting to move the content, since there's no way to download the wiki and all the pics (not that I know of), nonetheless, I think it's a great idea to look into.  W h o p p e r  12:36, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The simpler solution is to change the domain of this wiki, so no content actually needs to be moved. dynastywarriors.wikia would redirect to koeiwarriors.wikia (unless you prefer another name).  Kind of like, instead of moving everything in your house to a new place, simply change the the address plate of your house.  In this case, only the site's URL, sitename, and project namespace will change. As long as you guys are ok with it, I can get the community staff and techs to change it. -PanSola 18:05, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Favored. Like I said before, its a logical expansion, and might bring on a few more people. Dabigbozz42 01:11, 25 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree with Dabigbozz. I think its an awesome idea and would bring more people onboard. We would need a new name though and KOEI Warriors is already taken. Maybe the Koei Wiki or Koei Fanbase Wiki. Something like that. Im not good with names lol :D Luxun


 * Hmm, ok, I'll talk it over with Pansola, then. So it's either koeiwiki.wikia.com, or koeifanbase.wikia.com?  W h o p p e r  19:04, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ypu dont have to use those names I was just giving a couple of suggestions. Its your wiki so you decide :D User:Luxun
 * It's not my wiki, it's the wiki I founded :) It's the people who contribute to it that make it what it is. Anyways, I'm trying now to contact staff members to get the name changed to koeiwiki.wikia.com :)  W h o p p e r  20:07, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Luxun: koeiwarriors.wikia.com is not taken at all. Also, if you guys pick something like "koeiwiki", then does that mean you guys are interested in expanding the scope to all games produced by KOEI (the majority of which are not part of the Warriors franchise and have very different gameplay)?  -PanSola 04:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah but most people will think it is ripping off th name of the actual KOEI warriors site itself :D I don't really mind, its up to you guys. Luxun


 * Luxuns right, making it Koeiwarriors might anger the actual koeiwarriors and if anything, we would want their help. since there is a strong fanbase for other koei games, and since the warriors games were spinoffs of the hardocore strategy games like ROTK and NA, i think a general Koei Wiki would work out well, and most intrest would still end up being directed to the warriors games, IMO Dabigbozz42 22:58, 3 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I respectfully disagree on the rip off issue. "KOEI Warriors" isn't exactly a creative original name (at least I don't feel particularly proud/smart when I came up with the idea of koeiwarriors.wikia.com, and I didn't know there is a site named "KOEI Warriors" already).  Just like I wouldn't think "dynastywarriors.wikia.com" is a ripoff of any Dynasty Warriors website.  On the other subject, if the decision of the community is to expand into all KOEI games, then I suggest the simple "koei.wikia.com" as the new domain name for the KOEI Wiki ("KOWiki"? now that's a pun, the "W" looks like the "E" turned 90 degreens, so as a logo you can have something that's turned 45 degrees that look ambiguously like E and W at the same time).  -PanSola 08:38, 4 February 2008 (UTC)




 * Good points, the logo idea is ingenious, maybe we can get the guy who made DMC wikis logos to make a good looking one, not to insult your artwork of course :). You make good points about how koeiwarriors.wikia.com wouldnt be much of a ripoff, but since KOEI Warriors site is pretty established, it still seems to me like it would be rude to use a similar name, even though both came from the same root. that aside, I still support a general Koei wiki, I think we would, and already have, naturally expanded past the warriors games, and it would give contributers some room as well, if theyve only played DW and never heard of ROTK, then they can work on DW stuff. i dont think we would lose detail by covering the other KOEI games, but its not my descision, just my wordy uneducated oppinion. so, yea, koei.wikia.com favored Dabigbozz42 19:46, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * OMG you insulted my artwork! I'm going to bite you now!!1!one!!two! d-:  j/k  So, Luxun and Whoopers, what are your thoughts of expanding the scope even broader to include all KOEI games (you two seem to be the "rest" of the community)? -PanSola 22:03, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I actually like the idea, although come to think of it there are tonnes of Koi games out there and most of thm are pretty dull eg a football one I have for ps1 :P

I have added a notice on the other existing (dead) Warrior-franchise wikis about this discussion, since if agreed upon it would mean those wikis would get merged into this one. To make the discussion clearer, I also made a summary. Please update/correct it as necessary. -PanSola 08:31, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Whopper has, on me and Luxuns talk pages, said that he favors a general Koei Wiki, so we all seem to be in agreement.Dabigbozz42 22:12, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Logo
I'm a big fan of DW series and would like to contribute some logos. You can see a sample of my work over at the Devil May Cry Wiki Acid Raven 15:34, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Another Idea
I'm not sure if this is possible in wikis or not but we could upload the music of Dynasty Warriors. I have th complete sountrack of Dynasty Warriors 5 + XL and Empires. I downloaded it off Koie Warriors.com. I just thought it would be pretty cool to have the music on :P User:Luxun
 * this would be cool, and there is a code that would allow us to stream audio.Dabigbozz42 22:52, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool :D If everyone agrees and we decide to put it in I'll upload all of or most of the songs over a time period of about a week :D
 * The music are copyrighted though right? I'm not sure how much a fair-use argument would work with soundtracks... Are there fan-made MIDI mixes available? -75.7.23.70 01:12, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm good point. We wouldnt be claiming it though... Luxun
 * It would also take a lot of bandwith to upload the music, maybe just a few good sound clips, that would also be better fair use of the music, even though Koei is really lenient about copywright infringment, and the soundtracks are only available states side through koei warriors downloads, and no idea bout europe, but copyright shouldnt be a problem if were smart. And I believe there are some midi mixes out there. Dabigbozz42 22:05, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Sounds fine to me, the wikia chat room said it was ok, but recommended the music be of original design.  W h o p p e r  23:57, 11 February 2008 (UTC)