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Umbire the Phantom: /* Founding of this wiki */ oh right

2026-04-24T02:34:35Z

‎Founding of this wiki: oh right

Umbire the Phantom: nover

2026-04-24T02:34:15Z

nover

Netzhack: /* Founding of this wiki */ Punctuation etc.

2023-10-22T13:46:27Z

‎Founding of this wiki: Punctuation etc.

Andrio Celos: Probably shouldn't link to You as that refers to the player character.

2020-11-07T14:52:26Z

Probably shouldn't link to You as that refers to the player character.

Aximili: Add category

2020-01-15T03:56:35Z

Add category

Dtype: expressed that this link is "formerly" as it no longer works. Cleaned up language on history to make it more concise and made modern note about current locaiton.

2018-05-09T02:07:42Z

expressed that this link is "formerly" as it no longer works. Cleaned up language on history to make it more concise and made modern note about current locaiton.

Dtype: removed "NetHack at other wikis" and "NetHackWiki compared to other wikis" sections as dated and unnecessary. Keeping founding section for now but might modernize a bit later. No need to knock other wikis anymore. We won.

2018-05-09T02:01:22Z

removed "NetHack at other wikis" and "NetHackWiki compared to other wikis" sections as dated and unnecessary. Keeping founding section for now but might modernize a bit later. No need to knock other wikis anymore. We won.

Dtype: pluralized wiki a bit. This page needs a rewrite.

2018-05-09T00:41:49Z

pluralized wiki a bit. This page needs a rewrite.

Dtype: /* NetHackWiki compared to other wiki */ doesn't assume 3.4.3. Just older text.

2018-05-08T19:56:14Z

‎NetHackWiki compared to other wiki: doesn't assume 3.4.3. Just older text.

Tjr at 07:10, 9 March 2013

2013-03-09T07:10:46Z

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 Though many other wikis have had pages about NetHack, we are not aware of any attempts to start a NetHack wiki before 2004.
-Magnus Nilsson started a different NetHack wiki, formerly at riters.com, on 3 September 2004, in response to an [[rgrn]] suggestion by xanthian. Though not much content appeared there, its "recent changes" page did feature a random (true!) NetHack [[fortune]]. Within a few months, spammers overran the wiki.
+Magnus Nilsson started a different NetHack wiki, formerly at riters.com, on 3 September 2004, in response to an [[rgrn]] suggestion by xanthian. Though not much content appeared there, its "recent changes" page did feature a random (true!) NetHack [[Rumor|fortune]]. Within a few months, spammers overran the wiki.
 [[User:Sgeo]] started this wiki (then called [[WikiHack]]) on [[wikipedia:Wikia|Wikia]] on 11 October 2005. Editors immediately began the task of [[Meatball:SeedPosting|SeedPosting]] the wiki to encourage the development of many detailed articles.

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 Right now we have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]].
+{{noversion}}
 [[Category:NetHackWiki]]

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 Though many other wikis have had pages about NetHack, we are not aware of any attempts to start a NetHack wiki before 2004.
-Magnus Nilsson started a different NetHack wiki, (formerly at riters.com), at 3 September 2004, in response to an [[rgrn]] suggestion by xanthian. Though not much content appeared there, its "recent changes" page did feature a random (true!) NetHack [[fortune]]. Within a few months, spammers overran the wiki.
+Magnus Nilsson started a different NetHack wiki, formerly at riters.com, on 3 September 2004, in response to an [[rgrn]] suggestion by xanthian. Though not much content appeared there, its "recent changes" page did feature a random (true!) NetHack [[fortune]]. Within a few months, spammers overran the wiki.
-[[User:Sgeo]] started this wiki (then called [[WikiHack]]) at 11 October 2005, on [[wikipedia:Wikia|Wikia]]. Editors immediately began the task of [[Meatball:SeedPosting|SeedPosting]] the wiki to encourage the development of many detailed articles.
+[[User:Sgeo]] started this wiki (then called [[WikiHack]]) on [[wikipedia:Wikia|Wikia]] on 11 October 2005. Editors immediately began the task of [[Meatball:SeedPosting|SeedPosting]] the wiki to encourage the development of many detailed articles.
 When Wikia changed their terms and their wiki skin, the admins of the WikiHack decided to make a change, and 8 November 2010 the wiki was moved to the server where [[nethack.alt.org]] resides. It continues to live in Amazon AWS next to the NAO instances.
 Right now we have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]].
 [[Category:NetHackWiki]]

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−	[[NetHackWiki]] is a '''wiki'''; it is a web site that allows all readers, including [[you]], to edit almost any page. The process is simple: click "edit" at the top of a page, make some changes in the box that appears, and then save them.	+	[[NetHackWiki]] is a '''wiki'''; it is a web site that allows all readers, including you, to edit almost any page. The process is simple: click "edit" at the top of a page, make some changes in the box that appears, and then save them.

	''If this seems strange (or if wiki seems familiar, but NetHackWiki seems strange), you might want to experiment by editing the [[NetHackWiki:Sandbox]]. If you want to learn about this wiki, read [[NetHackWiki:About\|About]]. The remainder of this page concerns the origin of wikis, from the perspective of this wiki.''		''If this seems strange (or if wiki seems familiar, but NetHackWiki seems strange), you might want to experiment by editing the [[NetHackWiki:Sandbox]]. If you want to learn about this wiki, read [[NetHackWiki:About\|About]]. The remainder of this page concerns the origin of wikis, from the perspective of this wiki.''

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−	~~== NetHack at other wikis ==~~
−	* ''NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration ("roguelike") game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems, with a variety of graphical and text interfaces all using the same game engine. Unlike many other Dungeons & Dragons-inspired games, the emphasis in NetHack is on discovering the detail of the dungeon and not simply killing everything in sight - in fact, killing everything in sight is a good way to die quickly. ... NetHack was to [[Wiki:UnixCulture\|UnixCulture]] what [[Wiki:GameOfPong\|GameOfPong]] was to the world in general.''
−	** [[Wiki:NetHack]]
−
−	* ''This is a rogue-like game with cult status. It is a single-user game where you descend into a Dungeon, trying to find an Amulet. The fascination of the game is the unbelievable amount of complexity introduced by many many interactions between items, spells, and the surroundings.''
−	** [[Meatball:NetHack]]
−
−	* ''There is no ready supply of Scrolls of Identify, and you start out not even knowing ''which'' scroll is the Scroll of Identify, so you have to develop tactics for identifying all of the items that you collect.''
−	** [[RogueBasin:NetHack]]
−
−	* ''The name NetHack references the fact that its development has been coordinated through the Internet, though it is not a multiplayer game, nor is it in any way connected with computer-security related usages of the word [[Wikipedia:Security cracking\|hacking]]. The "hack" element refers to a genre of [[Wikipedia:role playing games\|role playing games]] known as [[Wikipedia:hack and slash\|hack and slash]] for their violent focus.''
−	** [[Wikipedia:NetHack]]
−
−	* ''Do you want your possessions identified?''
−	** [[Uncyclopedia:NetHack]]
−
−	* ''As you read the scroll, it disappears. This is an identify scroll. —More-
−	~~: What would you like to identify first? nethack''~~
−	~~:'' '''NetHack is old.''' The first version came out in 1987 and its development is still not finished.''~~
−	~~:'' '''NetHack is complex.''' It can take years of play to see it all.''~~
−	~~:'' '''NetHack is random.''' It is one of the three founding roguelikes and will sometimes generate levels that seem flatly impossible. But they never are.''~~
−	** [[Tvtropes:NetHack]]
−
−	~~== NetHackWiki compared to other wikis ==~~
−	~~{{Wikipedia\|wiki}}~~
−	NetHackWiki uses the wiki engine "[[mw:MediaWiki\|MediaWiki]]". [[RogueBasin]] also uses MediaWiki, as do many other wikis. Across each MediaWiki, the wiki markup is the same: <nowiki>[[link]], '''bold''', ''italic'', {{template}}</nowiki>, and so on.
−
−	NetHackWiki welcomes editors from other wikis, but NetHackWiki is ''not'' other wikis. [[We\|Our]] articles are about [[NetHack]]; in fact most assume [[vanilla]] NetHack, current version (except where the wiki hasn't caught up to the current version). However, some other wikis have influenced this one. See that box on the right linking to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia? That style of box started on [http://www.wikimedia.org/ the Wikimedia projects].
−
−	Wikipedia is so popular now that some wikis refer to themselves as encyclopedias and even assume familiarity with obscure Wikipedia policies. Not this wiki! NetHackWiki has several articles in the style of encyclopedia articles, but also contains scenarios, [[strategy\|strategies]], [[source code]], gameplay discussions, and possibly other NetHack-related articles.
−
−	Some other roguelike games have established official wikis: [http://doomwiki.chaosforge.org/index.php/DoomRL_Wiki DoomRL], [http://wiki.t-o-m-e.net/ ToME]. Not this wiki! NetHackWiki is ''not'' an official wiki, and we have nothing to do with The [[DevTeam]]. Many NetHack players still do not know that we exist. So NetHackWiki contains only unofficial [[Bugs in NetHack 3.4.3\|NetHack bug]] reports or documentation.
−
−	NetHackWiki could contain fan fiction, though [[Novelas:NetHack]] already exists. It could contain bug reports if a [[patch]] author ever asks that they be posted here. It could even contain [[day in the life]] pages if we ever figure it out.
−
−	~~== Links ==~~
−	* [[Wikia:c:Internet:Wiki]] ''wiki and its origin''
−	* [[Meatball:WikipediaIsNotTypical]]
−	~~[[Category:Websites]]~~

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 [[NetHackWiki]] is a '''wiki'''; it is a web site that allows all readers, including [[you]], to edit almost any page. The process is simple: click "edit" at the top of a page, make some changes in the box that appears, and then save them.
-''If this seems strange (or if wiki seems familiar, but NetHackWiki seems strange), you might want to experiment by editing the [[NetHackWiki:Sandbox]]. If you want to learn about this wiki, read [[NetHackWiki:About|About]]. The remainder of this page concerns the origin of wiki, from the perspective of this wiki.''
+''If this seems strange (or if wiki seems familiar, but NetHackWiki seems strange), you might want to experiment by editing the [[NetHackWiki:Sandbox]]. If you want to learn about this wiki, read [[NetHackWiki:About|About]]. The remainder of this page concerns the origin of wikis, from the perspective of this wiki.''
 == Founding of this wiki ==
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 Right now we have [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles]].
-== NetHack at other wiki ==
+== NetHack at other wikis ==
 * ''NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration ("roguelike") game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems, with a variety of graphical and text interfaces all using the same game engine. Unlike many other Dungeons & Dragons-inspired games, the emphasis in NetHack is on discovering the detail of the dungeon and not simply killing everything in sight - in fact, killing everything in sight is a good way to die quickly. ... NetHack was to [[Wiki:UnixCulture|UnixCulture]] what [[Wiki:GameOfPong|GameOfPong]] was to the world in general.''
 ** [[Wiki:NetHack]]
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 ** [[Tvtropes:NetHack]]
-== NetHackWiki compared to other wiki ==
+== NetHackWiki compared to other wikis ==
 {{Wikipedia|wiki}}
-NetHackWiki uses the wiki engine "[[mw:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]]". [[RogueBasin]] also uses MediaWiki, as do many other wiki. Across each MediaWiki, the wiki markup is the same: <nowiki>[[link]], '''bold''', ''italic'', {{template}}</nowiki>, and so on.
+NetHackWiki uses the wiki engine "[[mw:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]]". [[RogueBasin]] also uses MediaWiki, as do many other wikis. Across each MediaWiki, the wiki markup is the same: <nowiki>[[link]], '''bold''', ''italic'', {{template}}</nowiki>, and so on.
-NetHackWiki welcomes editors from other wiki, but NetHackWiki is ''not'' other wiki. [[We|Our]] articles are about [[NetHack]]; in fact most assume [[vanilla]] NetHack, current version (except where the wiki hasn't caught up to the current version). However, some other wiki have influenced this one. See that box on the right linking to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia? That style of box started on [http://www.wikimedia.org/ the Wikimedia projects].
+NetHackWiki welcomes editors from other wikis, but NetHackWiki is ''not'' other wikis. [[We|Our]] articles are about [[NetHack]]; in fact most assume [[vanilla]] NetHack, current version (except where the wiki hasn't caught up to the current version). However, some other wikis have influenced this one. See that box on the right linking to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia? That style of box started on [http://www.wikimedia.org/ the Wikimedia projects].
 Wikipedia is so popular now that some wikis refer to themselves as encyclopedias and even assume familiarity with obscure Wikipedia policies. Not this wiki! NetHackWiki has several articles in the style of encyclopedia articles, but also contains scenarios, [[strategy|strategies]], [[source code]], gameplay discussions, and possibly other NetHack-related articles.
-Some other roguelike games have established official wiki: [http://doomwiki.chaosforge.org/index.php/DoomRL_Wiki DoomRL], [http://wiki.t-o-m-e.net/ ToME]. Not this wiki! NetHackWiki is ''not'' an official wiki, and we have nothing to do with The [[DevTeam]]. Many NetHack players still do not know that we exist. So NetHackWiki contains only unofficial [[Bugs in NetHack 3.4.3|NetHack bug]] reports or documentation.
+Some other roguelike games have established official wikis: [http://doomwiki.chaosforge.org/index.php/DoomRL_Wiki DoomRL], [http://wiki.t-o-m-e.net/ ToME]. Not this wiki! NetHackWiki is ''not'' an official wiki, and we have nothing to do with The [[DevTeam]]. Many NetHack players still do not know that we exist. So NetHackWiki contains only unofficial [[Bugs in NetHack 3.4.3|NetHack bug]] reports or documentation.
 NetHackWiki could contain fan fiction, though [[Novelas:NetHack]] already exists. It could contain bug reports if a [[patch]] author ever asks that they be posted here. It could even contain [[day in the life]] pages if we ever figure it out.