Board Thread:Wiki/@comment-5774380-20160318005236

UPDATE: The name has been changed. We are now the Attack on Titan Wiki.

I address the community now to know your opinion about changing the name of this wiki, from the current Shingeki no Kyojin Wiki (shingekinokyojin.wikia.com) to Attack on Titan Wiki (attackontitan.wikia.com). The reasons are quite simple:


 * 1) Shingeki no Kyojin is the Japanese name of the series, but we are the English encyclopedia, so we should use the official English name, which is Attack on Titan.    1.1 Moreover, that's the Japanese romaji name, and according to our Naming policy, we never use the romaji names unless no official translation is available; but in this case, it is.
 * 2) Only the established fandom (and the Japanese speakers) refer to the series as Shingeki no Kyojin. For the majority of English speakers, especially the newcomers, the series is known as Attack on Titan, because that's how it is distributed in all official media; so by using that name we allow the wiki to be found and recognized more easily by a larger public. UPDATE: Just take a look at Google's search statistics: Google Trends - Attack on Titan vs. Shingeki no Kyojin.png
 * 3) We aren't already using Shingeki no Kyojin anywhere in this wiki. Due to the aforementioned policy, we always refer to the series as Attack on Titan: Attack on Titan (Manga), Attack on Titan (Anime), Attack on Titan, The Movie: Part 1, Attack on Titan: No Regrets, etc, etc, etc. The only part of the site that is pending to be translated, is the name of the site itself.

And finally, and this is just a personal opinion, I like Attack on Titan way more than Shingeki no Kyojin, and that's how I always call it; especially when I talk about it to family and friends.

But what would be the technical implications of the change? Practically none. We already own the URL attackontitan.wikia.com, which acts simply as a redirection to shingekinokyojin.wikia.com. Click that link or type that address in your browser and you'll be redirected to the home page of this wiki. Even more, the redirection works for all internal pages too; for example, attackontitan.wikia.com/wiki/Eren_Yeager redirects to shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Eren_Yeager, and attackontitan.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:27721 redirects to shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Thread:27721 (this very same thread).

So the process of changing the name would be as simple as to switch those URLs, so attackontitan.wikia.com would become the primary address, and shingekinokyojin.wikia.com would be the redirection. This means that all existing links will continue working, we won't lose any visit, and most of the visitors won't notice anything (aside from the obvious different name). The only remaining task would be to replace all references to the previous name with the new name (which can do in a blink).

That's it. Please comment and let me know your opinions.  