User blog:Lord Eledan/Twelve thousand pages



Twelve thousand. It sounds just like another number. But that's the result of adding 7000 articles from Wikihammer 40k, 4105 from Biblioteca del Viejo Mundo, 762 from Warhammer Wiki, and 210 from Sigmaroteca.

Twelve thousand. Yes, anyone knows that's a big number. It's also obvious it means a huge lot of Warhammer background. But there are three things that not everyone knows:
 * 1) The amount of hours, weeks, months and years needed to get to that amount.


 * 1) The enthusiasm required to do it without getting paid, and having other things to do.


 * 1) The great satisfaction of knowing where we come from - abandoned and solitary wikis that didn't even add up to 1000 articles together at the beginning.

I'll be brief, I won't make you suffer 12000 written words just to have fun xD I'll just say three messages, and to each their own:


 * To you, the regular reader: Enjoy this. This is a present from us, to you. We also enjoy doing it, but it would make no sense if you didn't read it and appreciated it. You're the reason for this. Enjoy it like an expensive dinner, and if you liked the menu, say your thanks to the chefs - they also have their little hearts ;)


 * To you, the old times editor, who knows me by name, where I live or even what I work as, as I know you: You made this possible. It's not metaphoric - this can't get done on its own. When you've worked, you've pushed the rest to keep up with you. When you've chatted with us, we've laughed and believed this was more than just an online encyclopedia. You're part of this. And this is you, because without you it wouldn't have been the same, in some way or another.


 * To you, the constant editor whom I haven't had yet the pleasure to know deeply: It's a pleasure working with you. You're one of the very few able to be constant in something not related to money. Not only is your work important - if you didn't do it, something would crumble. We've just met, but we're going to do a lot together. Cheers!