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<div style=float:right>{{NIWA Network German}}</div> | <div style=float:right>{{NIWA Network German}}</div>{{TOC right}} | ||
{{ | [[File:NIWA German.png|frame|German NIWA's original logo]] | ||
The '''German''' section of '''Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance''', or '''NIWA''' for short, is a {{tag| | The '''German''' section of '''Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance''', or '''NIWA''' for short, and also known as the '''NIWA Network''', is a {{tag|Wiki network|network}} of [[wiki]]s and their associated websites written in {{tag|Wiki German|German}}, that aims to chronicle all things {{tag|Nintendo}}, supporting [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] independent of large corporate wiki groups or organisations such as [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]]. | ||
All NIWA Network wikis are {{tag|independent}}ly owned and operated, and separately hosted. Individually, they maintain their own unique design, core values, and established traditions.<ref name=About>[https://NIWAnetwork.org/about/ NIWA - About the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance]; ''NIWAnetwork.org''; [[Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance]]; retrieved 9 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Founding=== | ===Founding=== | ||
:''Expand section | :''Expand section | ||
===Inductees=== | ===Inductees=== | ||
As of June 2018, there are two members of the German Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance; [[MarioWiki (German)|MarioWiki]] and [[Zeldapendium]]. There was a third member, [[NintendoWiki (German)|NintendoWiki]], but they were excluded due to inactivity. | As of June 2018, there are two members of the German Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance; [[MarioWiki (German)|MarioWiki]] and [[Zeldapendium]]. There was a third member, [[NintendoWiki (German)|NintendoWiki]], but they were subsequently excluded due to inactivity. | ||
==Name== | ==Name== | ||
The NIWA acronym is derived from the English [[Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance#Name|Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance]]. | The NIWA acronym is derived from the English [[Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance#Name|Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance]]. The word 'niwa' is also romanised [[:Category:Japanese|Japanese]] for 'garden', and symbolises the natural growth of the community around the wiki communities that make up NIWA. This is fitting, given Nintendo's [[:Category:Japan|Japanese]] origins, with romanisation of Japanese being an important aspect of all three wikis that currently make up the network.<ref name=About/> | ||
===Legal=== | ===Legal=== | ||
The content contained on the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance (NIWA) website is copyright. It goes on to state:<ref>[ | The content contained on the [[Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance]] (NIWA) website is {{tag|copyright}}. It goes on to state:<ref name=Legal>[https://NIWAnetwork.org/legal/ NIWA - Legal]; ''NIWAnetwork.org''; [[Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance]]; retrieved 9 July 2021.</ref> | ||
{{Cquote|NIWA is in no way associated with {{tag|Nintendo}}. In places where copyrighted Nintendo content is presented we do so with fair terms of use, whereby it is not used commercially for gain and where it does not impede Nintendo's right to sell the depicted material. | |||
Furthermore the member wikis of NIWA are not bound by a single [[:Category:Wiki license|license]]. Therefore please refer to the individual wikis for their licensing and content duplication policies.}} | |||
Furthermore the member wikis of NIWA are not bound by a single [[:Category:Wiki | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
===NIWA owned=== | |||
*[[Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance]] — the original English collective | *[[Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance]] — the original English collective | ||
*[[ | *[[Network italiano wiki indipendenti Nintendo]] (NiwiN) — the subsequent Italian-language sub-division | ||
*[[Square Enix Independent Wiki Alliance]] | ===Other alliances=== | ||
*[[Square Enix Independent Wiki Alliance]] (SEIWA) | |||
*[[Sci-fi Independent Wiki Alliance]] | *[[Sci-fi Independent Wiki Alliance]] | ||
*[[Sony Computer Independent Wiki Alliance]] | *[[Sony Computer Independent Wiki Alliance]] (SCIWA) | ||
*[[Valve Wiki Network]] (VWN) | |||
*[[:Category:Independent Wiki Federation|Independent Wiki Federation]] (IWF) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
< | <References/> | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[ | *[https://NIWAnetwork.org NIWAnetwork.org] — NIWA's hub-site | ||
**[ | **[https://NIWAnetwork.org/members/ NIWA members] | ||
[[Category:Nintendo| ]] | [[Category:Nintendo| ]] | ||
[[Category:Member of the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance| ]] | [[Category:Member of the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance| ]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Independent| ]] | ||
[[Category:Wiki German| ]] | |||
[[Category:Founded in YYYY]] | |||
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