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The Sonic News Network is a wiki project that strives to provide a comprehensive repository on information related to the Sonic the Hedgehog series published by Sega. The wiki format allows for anyone to create or edit the wiki, so we can all work collaboratively to make the Sonic News Network the ultimate source of Sonic the Hedgehog information. The Sonic News Network also presents users a unique social experience. With forums, blogs and a dedicated chat feature, there are endless opportunities to receive the best social experience we have to offer.

Started: 11 September 2005
Founder: Guess Who
Main language: English
URL: http://sonic.wikia.com/
Number of articles: 20,128

History

Sonic News Network was founded on 11 September 2005 by Guess Who, who named it after a forum he had previously run. Guess Who made 16 edits in that month, primarily to the main page, then abandoned the wiki at the end of September after failing to get any additional users to the site. Almafeta joined the wiki shortly after this and successfully applied to adopt it, and was given sysop privileges by Angela Beesley, the co-founder of Wikia. Almafeta made over 70 edits in November 2005, expanding on existing pages and creating new ones, but again did not attract many new users and abandoned the wiki again. Over the next two years, users continued to arrive at the wiki, make a small number of edits, then depart.

In 2007, two users from the RuneScape Wiki, Navij11 and Sacre Fi, joined the wiki and quickly became its most active editors to date. They requested to adopt the largely abandoned wiki and were both granted admin privileges by Angela on 12 February 2007. Navij11 and Sacre Fi greatly expanded the wiki, initially by copying existing pages from Wikipedia and adapting them to suit SNN (e.g. by removing unnecessary links), as well as creating an infrastructure and framework within which users could operate (some of which are still used today).

Over time, Navij11 and Sacre Fi started to edit articles less and less to focus more on administration, and Sacre Fi stopped editing entirely in August 2007. Fortunately, by this time new users had started to arrive, such as FerralMoonrender, among whose many contributions was the decision to move fan articles into userspace. In November, FerralMoonrender nominated Navij11 as a bureaucrat, and Angela appointed Navij11 as a bureaucrat a week later on 17 November 2007. Navij11's first act was to appoint FerralMoonrender as a sysop. For over a year Navij11 and FerralMoonrender were the only admins, overseeing an incredible expansion in the size of the wiki and the number of users that visited it.

In early 2009, Navij11 appointed two new users, Fairfieldfencer and SLJCOAAATR 1, as admins to cope with the increasing workload while FerralMoonrender took a wiki-break. On 19 February 2009, Navij11 further appointed Fairfieldfencer as a bureaucrat, allowing Navij11 to retire from the wiki. After Navij11's departure, Fairfieldfencer and SLJCOAAATR 1 instituted a clamp down on fan-fiction articles and vandals, doing a great deal to clean up the wiki, and appointed several new rollbacks, as well as Molten Scandium and Mystic Monkey as admins. These new projects put the new admins at odds with FerralMoonrender, who decided to retire on 15 March 2009.

Eventually, on 11 July 2010, BlazeRocks55 created the Sonic Character Tournament. This idea was that the users and viewers of Sonic News Network would vote on a poll system that had the readers choose their favorite Sonic characters. With Sonictoast and Supermorff's help, the idea was quickly put into action. Within 34 weeks, the final match, between Sonic the Hedgehog and Shadow the Hedgehog, was set. Sonic the Hedgehog only won by a mere ten votes. The tournament was a great success.

Upon seeing that blogs were being used as the prime method of communication on the wiki, FreeSmudger suggested on 2 September 2011 that a chat feature should be introduced to the wiki to help users communicate easily without disrupting wiki activity. Shortly thereafter, the chat feature was introduced on Sonic News Network. Bullet Francisco quickly introduced a chat ruleset to help maintain order. Several chat moderators, including FreeSmudger, were soon promoted to look over the chat. The chat feature has since become the primary method of communication between users on the wiki.

During the months leading up to the release of Sonic Lost World, it was suggested that a news wall be added to the main page in order to allow visitors to keep up with the latest Sonic news. The resulting discussion led to the creation of Sonic News Network's Twitter account, which is now displayed on the main page for all to see. The general success of this new feature led to the introduction of a Sonic News Network YouTube channel, which is still in the setup process.

Sonic News Network is a growing community, and the wiki has begun to settle down into its present form. Sonic News Network continues to grow: we are constantly pushing to improve the site and its contents and we try to conceive ways to attract new users. If you know something we don't, add it, and help us make Sonic News Network the best Sonic resource there is!

Policy

Our policies, rules and guidelines are listed at Sonic News Network:Policy.

External Links

Sonic News Network at WikiIndex

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-The '''Sonic News Network''' is a [[wikipedia:Wiki|wiki]] with the goal of becoming a vast, knowledgeable source about all things related to ''Sonic the Hedgehog''. Anyone can help build and improve it, and we encourage all Sonic fans to do so. It was started 11 September, 2005 and currently contains '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles. The main page is [[Main Page|here]].
+[[File:Wiki-wordmark.png|right|The Sonic News Network logo.]]
-== To Help Out ==
+The '''Sonic News Network''' is a [[wikipedia:Wiki|wiki]] project that strives to provide a comprehensive repository on information related to the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (series)|''Sonic the Hedgehog'']] series published by [[Sega]]. The wiki format allows for anyone to create or edit the wiki, so we can all work collaboratively to make the Sonic News Network the ultimate source of ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' information. The Sonic News Network also presents users a unique social experience. With [[Special:Forum|forums]], [[Blog:Recent posts|blogs]] and a dedicated [[Special:Chat|chat feature]], there are endless opportunities to receive the best social experience we have to offer.
-Anonymous users are welcome, but we recommend that you [http://sonic.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account] and [[Special:Userlogin|Log in]]. This hides your IP address from public view and give your fellow contributors a name to associate with your edits. Please note that you may (and we recommend that you do) use a pseudonym instead of your real name for your username.
+*'''Started:''' 11 September 2005
-== Some Standards ==
+*'''Founder:''' [[User:Guess Who|Guess Who]]
+*'''Main language:''' English
+*'''URL:''' http://sonic.wikia.com/
+*'''Number of articles:''' {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}
-===Lists vs Articles===
+== History ==
+Sonic News Network was founded on 11 September 2005 by [[User:Guess Who|Guess Who]], who named it after a forum he had previously run. Guess Who made 16 edits in that month, primarily to the main page, then abandoned the wiki at the end of September after failing to get any additional users to the site. [[User:Almafeta|Almafeta]] joined the wiki shortly after this and successfully applied to adopt it, and was given sysop privileges by [[w:c:community:Angela|Angela Beesley]], the co-founder of Wikia. Almafeta made over 70 edits in November 2005, expanding on existing pages and creating new ones, but again did not attract many new users and abandoned the wiki again. Over the next two years, users continued to arrive at the wiki, make a small number of edits, then depart.
-* In Sonic Wiki, we prefer that each character/object/location/etc should have its own article, rather than being grouped into long lists. Individual articles are more conducive to people adding information, and as this is a Sonic Wiki, we want as much information as possible! The more specific the better (as long as information isn't ripped directly from the source)!
+In 2007, two users from the [[w:c:runescape:RuneScape Wiki|RuneScape Wiki]], [[User:Navij11|Navij11]] and [[User:Sacre Fi|Sacre Fi]], joined the wiki and quickly became its most active editors to date. They requested to adopt the largely abandoned wiki and were both granted admin privileges by Angela on 12 February 2007. Navij11 and Sacre Fi greatly expanded the wiki, initially by copying existing pages from Wikipedia and adapting them to suit SNN (e.g. by removing unnecessary links), as well as creating an infrastructure and framework within which users could operate (some of which are still used today).
-*If you feel it is appropriate, you can use lists that link to more specific articles. However, any explanatory paragraphs in long lists should be kept brief, with the majority of information in the destination pages.
+Over time, Navij11 and Sacre Fi started to edit articles less and less to focus more on administration, and Sacre Fi stopped editing entirely in August 2007. Fortunately, by this time new users had started to arrive, such as [[User:FerralMoonrender|FerralMoonrender]], among whose many contributions was the decision to move fan articles into userspace. In November, FerralMoonrender nominated Navij11 as a bureaucrat, and Angela appointed Navij11 as a bureaucrat a week later on 17 November 2007. Navij11's first act was to appoint FerralMoonrender as a sysop. For over a year Navij11 and FerralMoonrender were the only admins, overseeing an incredible expansion in the size of the wiki and the number of users that visited it.
-*If you can write a page about even the most obscure character, by all means go ahead! (If it's ''really'' obscure, make sure you say where you got the information from, so other users can verify your work.)
+In early 2009, Navij11 appointed two new users, [[User:Fairfieldfencer|Fairfieldfencer]] and [[User:SLJCOAAATR 1|SLJCOAAATR 1]], as admins to cope with the increasing workload while FerralMoonrender took a wiki-break. On 19 February 2009, Navij11 further appointed Fairfieldfencer as a bureaucrat, allowing Navij11 to retire from the wiki. After Navij11's departure, Fairfieldfencer and SLJCOAAATR 1 instituted a clamp down on fan-fiction articles and vandals, doing a great deal to clean up the wiki, and appointed several new rollbacks, as well as [[User:Molten Scandium|Molten Scandium]] and [[User:Mystic Monkey|Mystic Monkey]] as admins. These new projects put the new admins at odds with FerralMoonrender, who decided to retire on 15 March 2009.
-===Character pages===
-* Characters are allowed to have a seperate article for each continuity. For example, a game article, [[Bean the Dynamite]], and an Archie article, [[Bean the Dynamite (Archie)]]. This is for two reasons:
-*# Some characters have vastly different and mutually contradictory portrayals in particular continuites, so it makes sense for them to be addressed seperately.
-*# Pragmatically, pages that deal with multiple continuities tend to get so long that it's a chore to edit or read them. If you find an article that you think could do with being chopped into more digestable pieces, don't hesitate to post a suggestion on the discussion page, or bring it up with one of SNN's sysops.
+Eventually, on 11 July 2010, [[User:BlazeRocks55|BlazeRocks55]] created the [[Sonic News Network:Sonic Character Tournament|Sonic Character Tournament]]. This idea was that the users and viewers of Sonic News Network would vote on a poll system that had the readers choose their favorite Sonic characters. With [[User:Sonictoast|Sonictoast]] and [[User:Supermorff|Supermorff]]'s help, the idea was quickly put into action. Within 34 weeks, the final match, between [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] and [[Shadow the Hedgehog]], was set. [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] only won by a mere ten votes. The tournament was a great success.
-* Measurements (height, weight, etc.) should be in metric with Imperial (English) measures in parentheses.
-* Ages for game characters should be those from [[Sonic Channel]]. We seem to have a problem with people being obsessed with changing the ages, and fighting over them. Characters from other continuities (e.g. the [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie character)|Archie version of Sonic the Hedgehog]]) may have different ages on their pages, but only if those ages have been confirmed in their respective canons.
+Upon seeing that blogs were being used as the prime method of communication on the wiki, [[User:FreeSmudger|FreeSmudger]] suggested on 2 September 2011 that a chat feature should be introduced to the wiki to help users communicate easily without disrupting wiki activity. [[Forum:Chat feature?|Shortly thereafter]], the [[Special:Chat|chat feature]] was introduced on Sonic News Network. [[User:Bullet Francisco|Bullet Francisco]] quickly introduced a [[Sonic News Network:Chat policy|chat ruleset]] to help maintain order. Several chat moderators, including FreeSmudger, were soon promoted to look over the chat. The chat feature has since become the primary method of communication between users on the wiki.
-===User behaviour===
-* We ask that you refrain from foul language, by replacing it with *'s. Each curse (Hell is allowed.) will be counted as a rule violation, and you '''''will''''' recieve a warning template, seen [[Template:Warning|here]]. Your first three will be taken for granted, and unless extremely harsh, (IE:Telling a user to stfu, gtfo, or offend them in some other way.) will be ignored. ''However'', if you break a rule a fourth time, instead of being warned again, you will be banned. The amount of time the ban will last varies, depending on the broken violations. It most cases, they will be only a week. Repetitive offenders will be indefinitely blocked.
+During the months leading up to the release of ''[[Sonic Lost World]]'', it was [[Forum:News Wall?|suggested]] that a news wall be added to the main page in order to allow visitors to keep up with the latest Sonic news. The resulting discussion led to the creation of Sonic News Network's [http://www.twitter.com/SonicNewsNow Twitter account], which is now displayed on the main page for all to see. The general success of this new feature led to the introduction of a Sonic News Network [http://bit.ly/TheSpiritOfSonic YouTube channel], which is still in the setup process.
-* Any offense to another user will result in an automatic ban. It will usually be for one week. If the blocking admin feels you were quite harmful, the ban could last longer than the one week. So, no telling another user to stfu, or gtfo, or attacking them for their personal taste / opinion on a product. It's one thing when you're joking, and we'll let you slide, but if you're intentional, that's ''it''.
+Sonic News Network is a growing community, and the wiki has begun to settle down into its present form. Sonic News Network continues to grow: we are constantly pushing to improve the site and its contents and we try to conceive ways to attract new users. If you know something we don't, add it, and help us make Sonic News Network the best Sonic resource there is!
-===Fan-made information===
-*Fan-made information is tolerated, but must be confined to pages in userspace. Other pages will be deleted. When making an article for your fanfiction, fancharacter, or any other fanon article, you should place it within your own user page, or in a subpage of your user page. You can create a subpage by creating a page as normal at User:Username/CharacterName. For example, if [[User:Supermorff]] created a character named "Gordon the Gopher", it would be included at [[User:Supermorff/Gordon the Gopher]].
+==Policy==
-*Fan character pages must not have any canon categories, which includes [[:Category:Characters]] or any of its subcategories (such as [[:Category:Hedgehogs]]). You may instead categorise your fanon articles in [[:Category:Userspace]], or its subcategories.
+Our policies, rules and guidelines are listed at [[Sonic News Network:Policy]].
+== External Links ==
-*You may post fanart that you have created, but it must not appear in any canon or mainspace article. In particular, do ''not'' add fanart of your favourite character on that character's page. It will be swiftly removed. You may include fanart in userspace or in the forums, but also be aware that fanart not in use on any pages is likely to be deleted.
+*[http://wikiindex.org/Sonic_Wiki Sonic News Network] at [http://wikiindex.org/ WikiIndex]
+[[Category:Community|{{PAGENAME}}]]
-*Fan pictures must be categorised in [[:Category:Fanart]] and ''no other categories''.
-*You may ''not'' link to your fan articles from mainspace pages. In addition, from 30 June 2009, no redirects to fan articles will be allowed. Instead, if you wish to link to your fan article from another user page you should pipe-link as follows: <nowiki>[[User:Supermorff/Gordon the Gopher|Gordon the Gopher]]</nowiki>, which appears as: [[User:Supermorff/Gordon the Gopher|Gordon the Gopher]].
-===References===
-* Please give ''proof'' of the information you're adding, so that it can verified as true, instead of random gibberish. To add a reference to an article, simply type <nowiki><ref>[</nowiki>''<nowiki>Link to source here.</nowiki>''<nowiki>]</ref></nowiki>
-** It is asked that you try to refrain from using fan-sites as references, or external links, since there's a good chance that the information in the link may be inaccurate. There are some cases where a fan-site ''could'' be allowed. But, before pulling a daring stunt, ask on of our admins if they think the said site can be used in an article. The same applies to YouTube, FaceBook, DailyMotion, MySpace, and others of the variation.
-* Information about rumors is ''despised'' by those who come here for the accurate, reliable information that we should have. So do us a favor, and don't go all willy-nilly, telling us that your favorite fan-site, SonicRetardly.Net says that [[Mighty the Armadillo]] is getting his own tv series, and that the rumor has been thrown into reliable sources under 'Rumor:' so it ''must'' be true. '''''IT ISN'T'''''. Keep rumors <u>out</u>, or we'll get some R-R-R-R-ROID RAGE on you.
-===Non-Sonic pages===
-* At the moment, we ''forbid'' non-Sonic articles, even regarding characters from other, related franchises. This includes for [[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Fox McCloud]], [[Pikachu]], [[Donkey Kong]], [[Ristar]], etc. This policy ''will'' change in due time, while get things straight. But for now, anyone who attempts to by-pass these rules by creating an article for one of these characters will be reprimanded, and perhaps banned.
-* In general, no Non-Sonic images. Don't go uploading images of Goku screaming "IT'S OVER 9000", or something of the variation. It serves ''no'' relevance here, so it'll be deleted on sight. There's a ''few'' exceptions, but ask an admin about that.
-===Other standards===
-* ''Correct grammer''. How hard is it to use ''correct grammer''? You know, using ''too'' when saying '[[Amy Rose]] wanted to fight too!', not ''to'', or ''two''. Text talk will make our admins become baboons. We'll deal with it on user-pages, and forums, but if you seep your text talk into articles, OH HO HO. Don't even get me started. Just ''don't do it''. If you're un-sure how to spell something, ask another user for help. They'll help you.
-* '''''DO <u>NOT</u>''''' share your account with ''anyone''. If another person does something to your account. '''Too bad'''. It could ''easily'' be an excuse, and is ''not'' tolerated. '''You''' are responsible for '''you'''.
-* Don't use videos in mainspace articles. Why? Why can't you do things the encyclopedic way, ad make a relevant, sourced, grammatically correct, important paragraph, instead of uploading a video to the article, when it serves no relevance. A link to an ''official'' trailer in an external links section is fine, though.
-* Begining on June 30th, ''all'' [[Special:UnusedFiles|unused files]], [[Special:UnusedTemplates|unused templates]], [[Special:UnusedCategories|unused categories]], and redirects to userspace ''will'' be deleted. '''NO EXCEPTIONS'''. All tidbits that ''could'' prove useful should be used now, before they're deleted.
-All articles (about Sonic of course) are authorized, and policy pretty much boils down to "Go at it as you see fit," and remember the ''Wikipedia'' motto, '''Be Bold.'''
-== Affiliates ==
-We are affiliated with the '''''[[w:c:sega|Sega Wiki]]''''' and '''''[[w:c:gaming|Wikia Gaming]]''''', as well as several others. For more information, please see [[Sonic News Network:Affiliates]].
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