Editing Category:Encyclopaediae Pokémonis

[[Image:Encyclopaediae_Pokemonis_Base.png|thumb|right|The logo of Encyclopaediae Pokémonis.]]
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'''Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis''' is a multilingual, [[wp:Open content|open-content]] Pokémon encyclopedia project that includes, among others, [[Bulbapedia]].

==History==
The first person to conceive the idea of a Pokémon wiki was Meowth346 of Pokémon Forever. Eventually, Bulbapedia itself was created in December 2004, and opened to the public the following February. In April 2005, nYoo suggested a [[wp:German language|German-language]] version. Later in the year, in August, the idea that would eventually spawn [[PokéWiki]] came to be.

Due to their both being open-content wiki Pokémon encyclopedias, PokéWiki and Bulbapedia soon allied to form Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis, hoping that soon more would join the group. Eventually, the Japanese [[ポケモンWiki]] answered the call in June 2006, having been created in April of that year.

On April 6, 2007, the [[wp:Polish language|Polish-language]] [[Wikinezka]] joined the group. The [[wp:French language|French-language]] [[Poképédia]] joined in September 2007, and the [[wp:Portuguese language|Portuguese-language]] [[LANDpedia]] joined in December, 2007. Most recently, the [[wp:Spanish language|Spanish-language]] [[Pokéteca]] joined in August, 2009.

Currently, the seven wikis interlink to each other, and navigation between articles on the same subject is made possible by links in the sidebar.

==Name==
Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis is [[wp:Latin|Latin]] for ''Encyclopedias of Pokémon''. This translation takes the idea that "Pokémon" is both the singular and plural one step further, by using the singular "Pokémonis" rather than the plural "Pokémonum".

==Logo==
The logo of Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis is a [[Poké Ball]] image superimposed over a polar [[wp:azimuthal equidistant projection|azimuthal equidistant projection]] of the planet Earth, reminiscent of the [[wp:Flag of the United Nations|Flag of the United Nations]]. The color of the Poké Ball, as well as the color of the underlying Earth, differs among the members of Encyclopaediae Pokémonis: Bulbapedia's is green, PokéWiki's is teal, Pokémon Wiki's is blue, Wikinezka's is red, Poképédia's is yellow, LANDpedia's is orange, and Pokéteca's is brown.