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Research?

Since the last time I've been to this page, it's been cut down to its mere bones. I feel that a lot more could be added without it being too cruft-y. My question is, however, when adding on to an article such as this, how exactly are we supposed to cite sources? Since Gaia is an online site that isn't very well known, there are no papers written on it or anything. The only hard, straight information to be gotten is just a few things from the site itself. How can information be added to this article that will be acceptable? Hollerama 21:48, 21 August 2006

Hope I helped a bit. I noticed that there was no reference at all to the Sniper or what Ian was charged with. O_O I fixed that, so someone who's never been to Gaia won't get more confused than need be! (I hope...) --192.114.44.158 13:33, 24 October 2006 (UTC)A Loyal Gaian (and Neopian, but that's neither here nor there!)

New Section

I have added a new secton; Latest Feature. I feel that it is importent to put in wikipedia. If not; feel free to rid of it... --65.54.154.13 20:08, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Missing a major point

"Gaia revolves around three things: the avatar system, economy, and plot." Hardly, the community is far more important than the plot. The plot is little more than an a backstory to mass public events such as Halloween or Easter gift giveaways. Community is far more potent. Literally hundreds of thousands of people form guilds, cliques, mass movements, pick up and adopt each other's slang lightning-quick, IM and PM each other, live chat each other...I didn't edit anything in the article but as a long-term (ex-)Gaia user, there's a lot of clumsy stilted unfamiliarity with the real Gaia Online community here. Valwen 10:14, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

I will take a stab at revising and updating, time permitting. And I will not highlight any particular guild or clique, in fact doing so would be self-defeating. They all fall apart fairly quickly. The main point should be that the Gaia site permits and nurtures these communities with their tools. And community is what makes Gaia so successful -- along with their niche market: teenagers. --Valwen 01:10, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Hack and Slash

Everytime I come to this wiki it's hacked and slashed to teeny tiny bits; can someone tell me why? There used to be in depth information about past events and storyline updates along with great NPC descriptions, now all gone.

Funding

I'm not really comfortable updating the actual article, but for anyone who is, Gaia just secured $8.93 million in venture capital funding. More at: http://mashable.com/2006/06/19/gaia-online-gets-893m-for-anime-community/

Yes this is true, thus the whole revision of the site. Though it has been reported that Gaia will never sell out, but only make teams with other sites, like Photobucket. Photobucket will play a big role in Gaia here pretty quick. (When the new profile system comes out.)--Sinnen 02:24, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Avatar image vanity edits

This article's image of typical avatars should not be changed to one of you/you and your girlfriend. It should give a representative sample of Gaia's pixel art, not a Gaia users' pissing contest. Abstain from further image changing, or discuss on talk page before engaging in such. See Wikipedia:Vanity_page, and please apply the principles there to your contributions in Wikipedia articles.

New Section(s)

Hello, this is SykoSilver (same on Gaia). I took the liberty to help out by adding a Feature to Come section. I'm pondering adding a Gaia Story section too, covering the past events of the Gaia storyline.

List of NPCs.

A bit redundant, I'm thinking. I'll remove it tomorrow, if there're no objections, but I'm thinking a plot summary alone is just fine. Shem 20:23, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

The Gaian NPC Characters don't seem to have any sources cited. I checked all of the cites in the external links and nothing is mentioned about "Josie" for example. I agree that the entire section be removed as you suggested a month ago, at least until it can be cited with sources. Thanks. Ste4k 13:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Gaian NPC Characters

  • Ian — Ian comes from a family of merchants whose selling gimmick is having a talking cat in their store. He ran the Barton Boutique with his cat Rufus in Barton Town, which sells all kinds of basic clothes and costumes at the cheapest prices on Gaia. Though he may look like a ladies man, Ian is very socially awkward guy; his friends describe him as "spastic.".
  • Rufus — Ian's talking cat. Rufus helps manage the Barton Boutique. For some odd reason, instead of meowing, he barks like a dog. Since Ian's arrest, then shooting, he has been running the Barton Boutique.
  • Agatha — Owner of Barton Jewelers, located in Barton town. Has been romantically linked formerly with Logan from the Ole' Fishing Hole.
  • Rina — Runs the Barton Flower Shoppe. Is also the unofficial guide to Gaia Online.
  • Moira — Runs the Durem Depot. Has been romantically linked with Liam from Crate and Apparel.
  • Old Man Logan — Runs the Ole' Fishing Hole.
  • Leon — Runs the Gaia Guilds Building, and serves as Captain of the Captain's Guild.
  • Vanessa — Runs the Durem Salon. She can do anything with anyone's hair. Has been romantically linked to Liam from Crate and Apparel.
  • Edmund — Runs H.R. Wesley, a fancy clothes store. He has a peculiar scar on his chest, which was seen during the New years Ball... this has left everyone wondering what happened to him in his past.
  • Liam — Runs the Crate & Apparel store. A bit of a ladies' man, has been seen with both Moira from the Durem Depot and Vanessa, the stylist at the Durem Salon.
  • Sasha — Runs the Gambino Outfitters store, has been romantically linked to Gino Gambino, also known as "The Masque". As of now, she is starting to fall for Ian.
  • Johnny K. Gambino — Was once the richest man of Gaia, he was once thought dead, but appeared in the April Fool's Day 2K6 event, exactly one year after his presumed death. He was a big star on Gaia's storylines, famous for monstrous guffaws as well as boisterous speak.
  • Gino Gambino — The son of Johnny Gambino. Known to have been "The Masque" and is in love with Sasha. Recently turned into the likeness of Johnny K. Gambino.
  • Ruby — Runs the Gambino Hat Rack store.
  • Peyo — Ruby's son who helps her in the Gambino Hat Rack and runs the trash exchange.
  • The Von Helson Sisters — Anna Corinne and Marie Von Helson, the self proclaimed "most powerful women in Gaia", tried to gain influence in Gaia from their mansion in Durem. They were killed April 1st 2k5. At FanimeCon 2k6 the admins confirmed that they would not come back.
  • Josie — The tenant of the Aekea Housing Commission.
  • Bildeau, Bludeau and Ribateau — The three bots in charge of the Faktori, a shop where you can buy housing items. Apparently, these bots are the only robots in Gaia at the moment. It also seems Ribateau is always planning something evil, whether you see him doing it or not.
  • Lex — Runs the lobby of "Gold Mountain."
  • Becky — Runs Prize & Joy of "Gold Mountain."
  • Ace , Jinx , and Cardbot — Opponents in the card game at "Gold Mountain."
  • LabTechs — Worked for Gambino and created the G-Virus, the Grunny, and, inadvertantly, zombies.
  • Santa Claus — The Christmas NPC. A small elf his whole life, he had taken to wearing a mecha suit by the time he first appeared.
  • ElfTechs — Worked for Santa and are under the rule of Mrs. Claus. All one by one died in an attack on Santa's lair.
  • Easter Bunny — The Easter NPC. As a child he was attacked by Jack for being a bully to Santa, now he is a cyborg.
  • Jack — The Halloween NPC. He cultivates a scary image. He fought Santa twice; Jack almost killed him the first time and was interrupted the second.
  • Meredith — Runs The Bank Of Gaia, located on Isle de Gambino. Has made one very small appearance in the plot, but nothing else.

This information was pulled to discussion until it can be cited. Thanks. Ste4k 15:49, 4 July 2006 (UTC)



I am doing the same again for the plot and NPC list. There need to be sources cited for these events.

Plot

The official Gaia Plot is presented in a manga-styled form, and is updated several times throughout the year, mostly at special holidays like Easter, Halloween, and Christmas. At many events the users are able to interact in the storyline by entering specially created Event Forums - for this they oft

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