Webkinz Guide:We're back!
The Webkinz Guide is back!
What happened?
On November 16, 2022, our wiki host, Miraheze, had one of their databases crash, and the Webkinz Guide text content was stored on that database. We paused making wiki edits while we waited for an announcement on data recovery. Luckily, on December 31, 2022, the wiki was fully restored. For the nuts-and-bolts technical breakdown, have a read of the Server Reliability Engineering noticeboard at Miraheze Meta.
What now?
We knock wood and continue as normal, but we have to catch up on 45 days of items, pets, and events.
Can I help?
Yes! A list of established niches you could fill is below - if any of them interest you, feel free to drop a message in our Discord server and we'll point you in the right direction.
- Updating: Update the Picture Guide and Item Guide pages for major events such as floaty-clickys, holidays, mystery boxes, etc. This is the largest and most labor-intensive task, but divided by section, many hands would make light work.
- Archival: Mirror the in-game updates in the Archives, then update the Picture Guide and Item Guide portions accordingly.
- Back-filling: Look through old WKN pages or fansites to fill out the missing Archive entries, or update stub or long-dormant Collection pages to current standard.
- Explanation: Add or edit ledes or new columns to Item Guide pages that explain how they're obtained in-game, or new columns to Collection pages to explain their functionality.
- Expansion: Create new Collection pages, either with robot help or by manually browsing the Picture Guide for items that fit.
- Deep-diving: Reverse-engineer and fully own the pages about a specific game mechanism that interests you.
- Polishing: Beautify or standardize formatting, copyedit for readability, sweep for small but repeated errors.