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Wookieepedia
Wookieepedia's logo.
URL starwars.wikia.com
Commercial? No
Type of site Fan site / Wiki
Registration Optional
Owner Wikia, Inc.
Created by Chad Barbry and Steven Greenwood
Launched March 4, 2005
Current status Active with over 93,100 articles (as of May 21, 2012).

Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki is an online encyclopedia for information on the Star Wars fictional universe—including information on all six films, as well as The Clone Wars and the Expanded Universe. It is a specialized wiki created to be an extensive encyclopedia of the Star Wars universe with some articles reaching up to 60,000 words, and is written almost entirely from an in-universe perspective. The name Wookieepedia is a portmanteau of Wookiee and encyclopedia, being a pun on the name of Wikipedia. The logo, too, is a visual pun showing the incomplete second Death Star as opposed to Wikipedia's incomplete 'jigsaw logo'.

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History

Wookieepedia was conceived by Steven Greenwood and created at the request of hosting site Wikia by Chad Barbry. Barbry also coined the term "Wookiepedia" (sic), which was later corrected to "Wookieepedia". On March 4, 2005, Wookieepedia was launched at Wikia.

Wookieepedia is the most visited wiki hosted by Wikia as of April 2005. On November 28, 2005, Wookieepedia was selected as the Sci Fi Channel's "Sci Fi Site of the Week." In January 2006, the site was Wikia's featured Wiki of the month.

As of May 2012, the English language version of the wiki contains over 93,100 articles, making it the fifth-largest Wikia-hosted wiki in terms of article count, ahead of sites such as Memory Alpha and the Marvel Database Project. Wikia hosts Star Wars wikis in many other languages, and Wookieepedia also coordinates its efforts with the German language wiki called Jedipedia.net and the Polish language Biblioteka Ossus.

Extent

As of April 30, 2012, Wookiepedia was documented with 93,000 pages, all covering the Star Wars topic. Its articles stretch from AAA-2 Verbo Brain to Zzzanmxl. Its 48,816 pictures scattered across the wiki illustrate most articles. It is one of the most extensive wikis of Wikia.

References

  1. ^ Bjortomt, Olav (2007-08-18). "The arts online". London: The Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/whats_on/article2258521.ece. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
  2. ^ a b Wookieepedia tracks 'Star Wars' - Entertainment News, Technology News, Media - Variety
  3. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AStar_Wars&action=historysubmit&diff=9521631&oldid=9521566
  4. ^ Wookieepedia - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars wiki
  5. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Star_Wars&diff=next&oldid=9579325
  6. ^ "Sci-Fi Site of the Week". Sci-Fi.com. 2005-11-28. http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue449/site.html. 
  7. ^ Statistics - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki

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Television series
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