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== History ==
== History ==
The Asheron's Call Community Wiki (ACCW) was created by [[user:Gouru|Gouru]] of [[Morningthaw]] in October of 2007. The idea for the wiki came from [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=35737 this thread] and later [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=35759 this thread] on the Turbine message boards. Other fan sites were not being updated frequently and they all required contributors to submit information to the staff, which would then need to review and add it. With the staff activity shrinking, the idea of a wiki that anyone could add to was born. The ACCW grew quickly and is now the only major fan site to find current information.
The Asheron's Call Community Wiki (ACCW) was created by [[user:Gouru|Gouru]] of [[Morningthaw]] in October of 2007. The idea for the wiki came from [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=35737 this thread] and later [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/showthread.php?t=35759 this thread] on the Turbine message boards. Other fan sites were not being updated frequently and they all required contributors to submit information to the staff, which would then need to review and add it. With the staff activity shrinking, the idea of a wiki that anyone could add to was born. The ACCW grew quickly and is now the only major AC fan site where you can find information about current [[Patches|patch content]] as well as [[Quests|older content]]. The wiki is indebted to the many [[ACCWiki:Community Portal|contributors both large and small]] that have made the wiki so useful for all of us that enjoy Asheron's Call.


=== Statistics ===
=== Statistics ===
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* October 2009 17,000 [[Special:Allpages|articles]].
* October 2009 17,000 [[Special:Allpages|articles]].
* July 2010 20,000 [[Special:Allpages|articles]].
* July 2010 20,000 [[Special:Allpages|articles]].
* October 2010 21,000 [[Special:Allpages|articles]] and almost 1 million page views per month.


=== Site Moves ===
=== Site Moves ===
ACCW was originally located at the URL Asheron.info. When the site was created by Gouru, it was being hosted by a commercial service. By December of 2008, the wiki had outgrown it's host and needed to relocate. The player [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/member.php?u=40475 Mav] offered to host it for free, and the ACCW remained at asheron.info. In the early fall of 2009, the wiki had become too much for Mav to continue hosting, and the ACCW once again needed a new host. In September of 2009, the wiki moved to [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia Wikia.com] and the site was relocated to asheron.wikia.com.
ACCW was originally located at the URL Asheron.info. When the site was created by Gouru, it was being hosted by a commercial service. By December of 2008, the wiki had outgrown it's host and needed to relocate. The player [http://forums.ac.turbine.com/member.php?u=40475 Mav] offered to host it for free, and the ACCW remained at asheron.info. In the early fall of 2009, the wiki had become too large for Mav to continue hosting, and the ACCW once again needed a new host. In September of 2009, the wiki moved to [http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia Wikia.com] hosting and the site was relocated to asheron.wikia.com. In October of 2010 the wiki moved again, this time due to extreme changes in the host company and the imposition of restrictions that would make it difficult to present the wiki's now substantial body of information. The wiki moved to ac.wikkia.net where control was returned to the contributors to decide how the wiki should look and function.

Revision as of 20:23, 8 October 2010

History

The Asheron's Call Community Wiki (ACCW) was created by Gouru of Morningthaw in October of 2007. The idea for the wiki came from this thread and later this thread on the Turbine message boards. Other fan sites were not being updated frequently and they all required contributors to submit information to the staff, which would then need to review and add it. With the staff activity shrinking, the idea of a wiki that anyone could add to was born. The ACCW grew quickly and is now the only major AC fan site where you can find information about current patch content as well as older content. The wiki is indebted to the many contributors both large and small that have made the wiki so useful for all of us that enjoy Asheron's Call.

Statistics

The AC community wiki currently contains 26,772 articles and 57,890 image files.

Site Moves

ACCW was originally located at the URL Asheron.info. When the site was created by Gouru, it was being hosted by a commercial service. By December of 2008, the wiki had outgrown it's host and needed to relocate. The player Mav offered to host it for free, and the ACCW remained at asheron.info. In the early fall of 2009, the wiki had become too large for Mav to continue hosting, and the ACCW once again needed a new host. In September of 2009, the wiki moved to Wikia.com hosting and the site was relocated to asheron.wikia.com. In October of 2010 the wiki moved again, this time due to extreme changes in the host company and the imposition of restrictions that would make it difficult to present the wiki's now substantial body of information. The wiki moved to ac.wikkia.net where control was returned to the contributors to decide how the wiki should look and function.