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That sounds good to me. A sitenotice that links to [[Grand Theft Wiki:Community Portal/Oasis]] explaining the 'split' and offering users their own choice as to where they edit. As for the pagetitle, I just meant to reflect the logo and site name not being the words "Grand Theft Wiki" in that order (to avoid confusion and SEO penalties). What about the project namespace? I agree with avoiding Grand Theftapedia - unfortunately there are too many in the new generation who think "a wiki" means Wikipedia only and haven't heard of an encyclopaedia! I'm still disappointed Wikia is choosing to compete rather than work in partnership with the departed community, but I'm glad we can work this out civilly. [http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/user:gboyers Gboyers] <sup>[http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/User_talk:Gboyers talk]</sup> 22:16, October 20, 2010 (UTC) | That sounds good to me. A sitenotice that links to [[Grand Theft Wiki:Community Portal/Oasis]] explaining the 'split' and offering users their own choice as to where they edit. As for the pagetitle, I just meant to reflect the logo and site name not being the words "Grand Theft Wiki" in that order (to avoid confusion and SEO penalties). What about the project namespace? I agree with avoiding Grand Theftapedia - unfortunately there are too many in the new generation who think "a wiki" means Wikipedia only and haven't heard of an encyclopaedia! I'm still disappointed Wikia is choosing to compete rather than work in partnership with the departed community, but I'm glad we can work this out civilly. [http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/user:gboyers Gboyers] <sup>[http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/User_talk:Gboyers talk]</sup> 22:16, October 20, 2010 (UTC) | ||
:I think that's the rub, neither of us want to lose the SEO from the existing title. | :I think that's the rub, neither of us want to lose the SEO from the existing title. Perhaps your community can come up with something innovative for the new location? -- [[User:Sannse|Sannse]]<staff /> <small>([[w:c:community:Forum:Community_Central_Forum|help forum]] | [[w:c:community:Blog:Wikia_Staff_Blog |blog]])</small> 23:34, October 20, 2010 (UTC) | ||
::Our site still wishes to keep the Grand Theft Wiki name, no argument there. We will not give up a name we've used for years. In addition to this, we are not going to purchase another domain. If the domain name is www.grandtheftwiki.com, you can't expect us to call the wiki something else. That would make no sense. The domain name of this wiki; gta, can have many names. '''''[[User:Chimpso|Chimpso]]''''' ([[User Talk:Chimpso|Talk]]) 04:17, October 21, 2010 (UTC) | ::Our site still wishes to keep the Grand Theft Wiki name, no argument there. We will not give up a name we've used for years. In addition to this, we are not going to purchase another domain. If the domain name is www.grandtheftwiki.com, you can't expect us to call the wiki something else. That would make no sense. The domain name of this wiki; gta, can have many names. '''''[[User:Chimpso|Chimpso]]''''' ([[User Talk:Chimpso|Talk]]) 04:17, October 21, 2010 (UTC) | ||
It's not for reasons of SEO that we want the name, it's our identity - the name I was using for the wiki long before Wikia. If you wanted good SEO, go for "GTA Wiki" which is what more people search for. I'm afraid I can't just give up the identity of our site to this copy, just because Wikia wants to make more money from it. [http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/user:gboyers Gboyers] <sup>[http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/User_talk:Gboyers talk]</sup> 08:48, October 21, 2010 (UTC) | It's not for reasons of SEO that we want the name, it's our identity - the name I was using for the wiki long before Wikia. If you wanted good SEO, go for "GTA Wiki" which is what more people search for. I'm afraid I can't just give up the identity of our site to this copy, just because Wikia wants to make more money from it. [http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/user:gboyers Gboyers] <sup>[http://www.grandtheftwiki.com/User_talk:Gboyers talk]</sup> 08:48, October 21, 2010 (UTC) | ||
:It's about recovery and rebuilding the community rather than eyes on ads... but either way, I think your solution of GTA Wiki will work :) | |||
:So I should be able to re-do the logo over the weekend, and will also make any adjustments needed to the sitename and so on. Feel free to make on-wiki changes needed to reflect the change, but if you don't, I'll do them as soon as I can. -- [[User:Sannse|Sannse]]<staff /> <small>([[w:c:community:Forum:Community_Central_Forum|help forum]] | [[w:c:community:Blog:Wikia_Staff_Blog |blog]])</small> 05:54, October 22, 2010 (UTC) | |||