Board Thread:New on Doctor Who Fanon/@comment-4189499-20140119130637

JPhil2.0 has suggested the creation of a Doctor Who Wiki Network connecting this wiki, Doctor Who Answers (my home wiki), Tardis Data Core and Doctor Who Collectors. I also suggest asking Faction Paradox Wiki (based on an alternate universe to Doctor Who) to join, but would like some feedback on that idea before asking. Since he said he didn't have time to create a forum post to discuss the network nor contact all the other DW wiki admins to join the conversation to discuss the network, I'm doing it instead here. There are some important points about this network which I feel are best discussed with all participants, including
 * Which wikis want to be part of the network
 * What being part of the network will mean (i.e. what exactly will connect the wikis based on the existence of this network)
 * Any concerns about the wikis being joined or the repercussions of the network.

The prime aim of this network is to encourage Whovian editors to explore all Wikia has to offer in the way of Doctor Who and to help encourage editing participation on some of the smaller Doctor Who wikis. So far, the only suggestion for connecting the wikis that I have seen is from JPhil2.0 which is his network footer found here, which I think could work with some editing. I propose another idea which can be used as well as or instead of the footer. If every wiki in the network change their wiki navigation bar to add a link to the other wikis in the network, that would lead to easy navigation within the network, no matter what page or what wiki one is on. It can be something like this: where everyone just takes out their own wiki from the list. I have already tried this code in the navigation on my test wiki and it works. Does anyone else have any suggestions for linking between the wikis?
 * Doctor Who Network
 * w:c:tardis|Tardis Data Core
 * w:c:drwho.answers|Doctor Who Answers
 * w:c:doctor-who-collectors|Doctor Who Collectors
 * w:c:doctorwhofanon|Doctor Who Fanon Wiki

Once a basic connection between the wikis has been established, further connections can be made, such as connecting TDC's article about the Doctor (or other topic. This was just the first one that sprang to mind) to DWA's category of questions about the Doctor to a list of articles relating to the Doctor on DWC to the stories based around him on DWF.

Now that we're here together, feel free to discuss any of your thoughts on making a network and what it means for our wikis. If you have any concerns about joining your wiki to the network, this is the best place to discuss them so we can come up with a solution that's best for everybody. I also say that there should be a consensus between each wiki's community before joining the network, and would like to add that my support for the idea here is not a definite agreement for DWA to be part of this network as not all the other admins and users have had a chance to give their thoughts on the idea. However, I think that the discussion should start before each wiki decided whether they're "in" or "out" so that the wikis know what they are getting into or out of before they do so. 