Hello all:
Now that we have six official users, I thought it was time to address you all. This is also a statement for any new users we shall receive, or for those just lurking and watching.
What is this place? Dragon Ball Wiki exists already, doesn't it? Those questions must be among many you may be asking yourself. The answers to those questions, fortunately, are simple:
- Dragon Ball Wiki exists, but it is a far-cry from what anyone would call an "encyclopedia". Overrun by fanboys, the wiki is poorly sourced (and what sources they do have are often misquoted), poorly structured (though they have a Manual of Style, it is rarely followed), and—quite honestly—very poorly written. Their forums are flooded with fanfiction and arguments about what-if power levels, as are their blogs. Their administration allows trolls to run off good, well-meaning users, while their content continues to deteriorate and all of them are bias towards the anime-only Dragon Ball GT: refusing to give it the status that Toriyama-sensei himself has. Overall, it is not a credible source, though many have fallen into the trap of believing as such. We are here to change that.
- So what is this place? That answer, too, is simple. This wiki—Dragon Universe Wiki—is our answer to the problems above. We aim to be a comprehensive encyclopedia on the Dragon Ball universe that is reliable, well-sourced, and well-organized. We are dedicated to tirelessly pouring through the Dragon Ball universe's content, ensuring that the official work of Akira Toriyama is given a proper documentation, while also documenting the anime, video games, and movies.
This will obviously take an immense amount of time and effort. Dragon Ball Wiki has remained unopposed for a long time, which means it leads Google searches and is currently Wikia's main Dragon Ball encyclopedia. But we can change that. If we all work together, properly source our information, and ensure our organization, it is my belief that by this time next year, we will have surpassed Dragon Ball Wiki as the number one Dragon Ball encyclopedia on the Web! We've already begun and in our short two weeks of existence, have put up 64 articles covering a range of topics, but our work is far from over.
In order to take on this immense task, we need users dedicated to forgetting what they may know about Dragon Ball—from either its current wiki, or from their localized dub—and re-learn the series as we have, in order to create an accurate documentation of the series and all of its aspects. In order to ensure that our wiki can offer every service it possibly can, we have partnered with Dragon Planet Wiki to provide a Dragon Ball fanfiction wiki, run by the users of the main wiki, to allow users to express their fan fictions in the Dragon Ball universe, away from the clutter of Dragon Ball Fanon Wiki.
These are our goals and intentions.
We hope you will join us on this journey.
— Ten Tailed Fox
