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 == Overview ==
-TheGamesWiki is a network, not a single wiki. Member wikis share servers, software maintenance, spam protection, and user account systems. Each wiki keeps its own domain, content, and community. [https://thegameswiki.com/ The Games Wiki] itself is a portal linking to all member wikis rather than a content destination.
+TheGamesWiki is a network, not a single wiki. Member wikis share servers, software maintenance, spam protection, and user account systems. Each wiki keeps its own domain, content, and community. [https://thegameswiki.com/ TheGamesWiki] itself is a portal linking to all member wikis rather than a content destination.
 Destiny Game Wiki joined the network in 2025. The wiki continues operating at destinygamewiki.com with the same articles, the same editorial focus on the original ''[[Destiny]]'' (2014), and the same administrative team. The network handles backend infrastructure so the wiki's volunteers can focus on content preservation.

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-{{DISPLAYTITLE:TheGamesWiki.com}}
+'''[https://thegameswiki.com/ The Games Wiki]''' is a video game wiki network that acts as the parent organization for multiple gaming wikis, including [[Main Page|Destiny Game Wiki]]. The network launched in 2025 to consolidate independently run wikis under shared technical infrastructure while preserving each wiki's editorial independence.
-{{Infobox website
-| name = TheGamesWiki.com
-| logo = TheGamesWiki_Logo.png
-| type = Video game wiki network
-| url = [https://thegameswiki.com thegameswiki.com]
-| launch_date = 2025
-| owner = TheGamesWiki Network
-| status = Active
-| related_sites = [[Main Page|Destiny Game Wiki]], FF15 Wiki, FFXIV Wiki, Console Games Wiki, SimCity 2013 Wiki
-}}
-'''[https://thegameswiki.com/ TheGamesWiki.com]''' is a video game wiki network that acts as the parent organization for multiple gaming wikis, including [[Main Page|Destiny Game Wiki]]. The network launched in 2025 to consolidate independently run wikis under shared technical infrastructure while preserving each wiki's editorial independence.
 It operates on two levels: a '''directory''' of game wikis so readers can find the right community quickly, and a '''coordination layer''' for shared infrastructure and conventions so editors are not rebuilding the same templates, naming rules, and maintenance workflows on every wiki.
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 === Reporting issues ===
 - Content errors: Use the article's talk page
 - Technical problems: [[Destiny Game Wiki:Technical issues|Technical issues page]]
 - Spam or vandalism: Contact an administrator
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 == Why Destiny Game Wiki matters now ==
-This wiki documents ''Destiny'' (2014), the original game in the franchise. Not ''Destiny 2'' — the first one. This distinction matters because the original ''Destiny'' is gone in a way most games are not.
+This wiki documents ''Destiny'' (2014), the original game in the franchise. Not ''Destiny 2'', but the first one. This distinction matters because the original ''Destiny'' is gone in a way most games are not.
 === The shutdown ===
-Bungie shut down ''Destiny'' servers on February 12, 2024. After that date, the game could no longer be played online. Since ''Destiny'' required an internet connection for nearly all content — even the "single-player" story missions — this effectively killed the game. You can still insert the disc or launch the download, but you cannot get past the title screen.
+Bungie shut down ''Destiny'' servers on February 12, 2024. After that date, the game could no longer be played online. Since ''Destiny'' required an internet connection for nearly all content (even the "single-player" story missions), this effectively killed the game. You can still insert the disc or launch the download, but you cannot get past the title screen.
-This makes Destiny Game Wiki different from most game wikis. A wiki about ''Skyrim'' or ''Breath of the Wild'' documents games people are actively playing. This wiki documents a game that no longer exists in playable form. The wiki has become an archive — a record of what ''Destiny'' was before Bungie turned off the lights.
+This makes Destiny Game Wiki different from most game wikis. A wiki about ''Skyrim'' or ''Breath of the Wild'' documents games people are actively playing. This wiki documents a game that no longer exists in playable form. The wiki has become an archive: a record of what ''Destiny'' was before Bungie turned off the lights.
 === What we preserve ===
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 - Patch notes and balance changes over the game's lifespan
-None of this information is accessible in-game anymore. YouTube videos show what gameplay looked like. Twitch archives capture specific moments. But a systematic reference of how the game actually worked — what perks did, what enemies spawned where, how the economy functioned — lives primarily in wikis like this one.
+None of this information is accessible in-game anymore. YouTube videos show what gameplay looked like. Twitch archives capture specific moments. But a systematic reference of how the game actually worked (what perks did, what enemies spawned where, how the economy functioned) lives primarily in wikis like this one.
 === The lifeboat problem ===
-We have watched what happens when independent sites for older games go offline. The information just vanishes. Hosting contracts expire, domains lapse, and years of community documentation disappear. TheGamesWiki is designed in part to prevent this — a low-cost, shared-infrastructure archive where game wikis can persist even after their communities move on.
+We have watched what happens when independent sites for older games go offline. The information just vanishes. Hosting contracts expire, domains lapse, and years of community documentation disappear. TheGamesWiki is designed in part to prevent this: a low-cost, shared-infrastructure archive where game wikis can persist even after their communities move on.
 Destiny Game Wiki is the network's first member documenting a game that has been completely shut down. That makes it something of a test case for whether this model works for long-term game preservation.
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 === Search engines do not handle version context well ===
-A search result might rank highly because it is old, linked often, or written clearly — not because it is correct for the version the reader is playing. Destiny makes this worse because systems evolve. Even when the underlying concept stays the same, the details can drift.
+A search result might rank highly because it is old, linked often, or written clearly, not because it is correct for the version the reader is playing. Destiny makes this worse because systems evolve. Even when the underlying concept stays the same, the details can drift.
 A hub cannot solve version drift directly, but it can do something useful: route the reader toward the most actively maintained wiki for the relevant game or version, and mark older resources honestly as archived or patch-era specific.
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 TheGamesWiki operates on two levels:
-'''Network level:''' Technical decisions — servers, software, shared tools, unified accounts. Managed by network administrators.
+'''Network level:''' Technical decisions including servers, software, shared tools, and unified accounts. Managed by network administrators.
-'''Wiki level:''' Content decisions — what articles exist, what they say, who can edit what. Managed by each wiki's own admins and community.
+'''Wiki level:''' Content decisions including what articles exist, what they say, and who can edit what. Managed by each wiki's own admins and community.
 Hub projects tend to succeed or fail on governance. These are questions TheGamesWiki is working through as it matures:
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 === 2014-2015: Year One ===
-The first year of ''Destiny'' was rough. The base game's story was notoriously thin — the Speaker's line "I could tell you" about the game's lore became a meme because the game itself did not actually tell you. Players pieced together story from [[Grimoire|grimoire cards]] that could only be read on Bungie's website, not in-game.
+The first year of ''Destiny'' was rough. The base game's story was notoriously thin. The Speaker's line "I could tell you" about the game's lore became a meme because the game itself did not actually tell you. Players pieced together story from [[Grimoire|grimoire cards]] that could only be read on Bungie's website, not in-game.
 The wiki documented all of this: the actual story such as it was, the grimoire lore, player theories about what was really going on. When [[The Dark Below]] (December 2014) and [[House of Wolves]] (May 2015) released, the wiki expanded to cover new strikes, raids, and gear.
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 - SIVA Crisis heroic strikes
-After ''Rise of Iron'', Bungie's focus shifted to ''Destiny 2''. Live events continued in ''Destiny'' — [[The Dawning]], [[Age of Triumph]] — but no new substantial content was added.
+After ''Rise of Iron'', Bungie's focus shifted to ''Destiny 2''. Live events continued in ''Destiny'' (including [[The Dawning]] and [[Age of Triumph]]), but no new substantial content was added.
 === 2017-2024: The long tail ===
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 === 2024: Shutdown ===
-Bungie announced ''Destiny'' server shutdown in July 2023, with the final day set for February 12, 2024. The announcement was not surprising — the game was nearly a decade old and had been superseded by its sequel — but it still marked a definitive end.
+Bungie announced ''Destiny'' server shutdown in July 2023, with the final day set for February 12, 2024. The announcement was not surprising (the game was nearly a decade old and had been superseded by its sequel), but it still marked a definitive end.
 Community members organized final play sessions. Streamers ran last raids. And then the servers went offline.
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 === 2025: Joining TheGamesWiki ===
-With ''Destiny'' offline, the wiki faced a sustainability question. The content was complete — there was nothing left to document — but hosting costs continued. Volunteer motivation naturally declines when there is nothing new to write about.
+With ''Destiny'' offline, the wiki faced a sustainability question. The content was complete (there was nothing left to document) but hosting costs continued. Volunteer motivation naturally declines when there is nothing new to write about.
 Joining TheGamesWiki network addressed this. The wiki continues to exist, the archive remains accessible, and the infrastructure is maintained at the network level. If volunteers want to improve articles, they can. If not, the wiki persists anyway.
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 === Archival citation practices ===
-Because ''Destiny'' can no longer be verified through play, the wiki has adopted stricter citation practices for disputed information. Claims about hidden mechanics or drop rates should cite original sources — Reddit posts with documented research, YouTube videos showing evidence, Wayback Machine archives of developer statements.
+Because ''Destiny'' can no longer be verified through play, the wiki has adopted stricter citation practices for disputed information. Claims about hidden mechanics or drop rates should cite original sources: Reddit posts with documented research, YouTube videos showing evidence, Wayback Machine archives of developer statements.
 The goal is to ensure the archive remains accurate even when no one can check claims against the actual game.
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 Several wikis cover ''Destiny 2''. Destiny Game Wiki does not. This wiki is exclusively about the original ''Destiny'' (2014-2024). If you want ''Destiny 2'' information, look elsewhere.
-This narrow scope is intentional. ''Destiny'' and ''Destiny 2'' share a universe and some mechanics, but they are different games with different content. Combining them in one wiki would create constant confusion about which game an article describes. A hub helps here — it can route readers to the correct wiki for the correct game without forcing any single site to cover everything.
+This narrow scope is intentional. ''Destiny'' and ''Destiny 2'' share a universe and some mechanics, but they are different games with different content. Combining them in one wiki would create constant confusion about which game an article describes. A hub helps here: it can route readers to the correct wiki for the correct game without forcing any single site to cover everything.
 === Destinypedia ===
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 Destinypedia covers the entire ''Destiny'' franchise, including both games and associated media. It has more lore coverage and broader scope than this wiki.
-Destiny Game Wiki focuses on practical game documentation — how things worked, where to find items, how to complete activities — rather than comprehensive lore analysis. The two resources complement each other.
+Destiny Game Wiki focuses on practical game documentation (how things worked, where to find items, how to complete activities) rather than comprehensive lore analysis. The two resources complement each other.
 === Ishtar Collective ===
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 === YouTube and Twitch ===
-Video archives preserve what ''Destiny'' looked like and sounded like. They capture specific moments and playthroughs. What they cannot provide is systematic reference information — what specific perks did, what loot tables contained, how mechanics interacted. That is what wikis do.
+Video archives preserve what ''Destiny'' looked like and sounded like. They capture specific moments and playthroughs. What they cannot provide is systematic reference information: what specific perks did, what loot tables contained, how mechanics interacted. That is what wikis do.
 === Specialized tools ===
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 === A lifeboat for game documentation ===
-The longer-term value is preservation. As games shut down, as hosting contracts expire, as individual wiki owners lose interest or funds, the network provides a place where documentation can survive. Destiny Game Wiki is a proof of concept. If it works here — a wiki about a game nobody can play anymore, running sustainably on shared infrastructure — it can work for the next game that goes offline.
+The longer-term value is preservation. As games shut down, as hosting contracts expire, as individual wiki owners lose interest or funds, the network provides a place where documentation can survive. Destiny Game Wiki is a proof of concept. If it works here (a wiki about a game nobody can play anymore, running sustainably on shared infrastructure), it can work for the next game that goes offline.
 == Integration with destinygamewiki.com ==
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 === Does joining the network change the site's look and feel? ===
-The network provides backend infrastructure, not frontend design. Destiny Game Wiki retains its own visual theme and layout. Shared network skins are available but optional — each wiki decides its own look.
+The network provides backend infrastructure, not frontend design. Destiny Game Wiki retains its own visual theme and layout. Shared network skins are available but optional; each wiki decides its own look.
 == Contributing ==

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 | related_sites = [[Main Page|Destiny Game Wiki]], FF15 Wiki, FFXIV Wiki, Console Games Wiki, SimCity 2013 Wiki
 }}
-'''TheGamesWiki.com''' is a video game wiki network that acts as the parent organization for multiple gaming wikis, including [[Main Page|Destiny Game Wiki]]. The network launched in 2025 to consolidate independently run wikis under shared technical infrastructure while preserving each wiki's editorial independence.
+'''[https://thegameswiki.com/ TheGamesWiki.com]''' is a video game wiki network that acts as the parent organization for multiple gaming wikis, including [[Main Page|Destiny Game Wiki]]. The network launched in 2025 to consolidate independently run wikis under shared technical infrastructure while preserving each wiki's editorial independence.
 It operates on two levels: a '''directory''' of game wikis so readers can find the right community quickly, and a '''coordination layer''' for shared infrastructure and conventions so editors are not rebuilding the same templates, naming rules, and maintenance workflows on every wiki.
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 == Overview ==
-TheGamesWiki is a network, not a single wiki. Member wikis share servers, software maintenance, spam protection, and user account systems. Each wiki keeps its own domain, content, and community. TheGamesWiki.com itself is a portal linking to all member wikis rather than a content destination.
+TheGamesWiki is a network, not a single wiki. Member wikis share servers, software maintenance, spam protection, and user account systems. Each wiki keeps its own domain, content, and community. [https://thegameswiki.com/ The Games Wiki] itself is a portal linking to all member wikis rather than a content destination.
 Destiny Game Wiki joined the network in 2025. The wiki continues operating at destinygamewiki.com with the same articles, the same editorial focus on the original ''[[Destiny]]'' (2014), and the same administrative team. The network handles backend infrastructure so the wiki's volunteers can focus on content preservation.