Bulbapedia: Difference between revisions

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|logo            = [[File:Bulbapedia logo.png|Bulbapedia wiki logo]]

|backupurl        = <!--Backup file URL Found at 'Special:Statistics' on Wikia sites-->

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|pages= 44589

|wikiFactor= <!--Optional. If unknown leave void. See: Category:wikiFactor.-->

|wikiFactor URL= https://Bulbapedia.Bulbagarden.net/wiki/Special:PopularPages

}}(As of: 2021-08-04)<!--manually add/amend date when stats are verified and/or updated-->

'''Bulbapedia''' touts itself as 'the community-driven {{tag|Pokémon}} encyclopedia'.  The [[wiki]] was established in private on 21 December {{tag|FoundedIn2004|2004}}, as a feature of the Pokémon fansite {{tag|Bulbagarden}}.  Two months later, on 14 February 2005, Bulbapedia was publicly launched.<ref name=Bulbapedia>[https://Bulbapedia.Bulbagarden.net/wiki/Bulbapedia Bulbapedia]; ''Bulbapedia.Bulbagarden.net''; accessed 4 August 2021.</ref>

Bulbapedia covers all elements of the Pokémon franchise, including the {{tag|games}}, {{tag|anime}}, other merchandise, and the {{tag|fandoms}}.<ref name=Bulbapedia/>

Bulbapedia is a founding member of the {{tag|Encyclopaediae Pokémonis}}, a network of Pokémon wikis currently in nine different [[:Category:Wiki Language|languages]].<ref name=Bulbapedia/>

An exact [[:Category:wikiFactor|wikiFactor]] (wF) for the site is impossible, with the one presented at the top of this page only an estimate.  This is due to the long gap between when inbuilt [[:Category:Wiki Engine|wiki engine]] hit statistics stopped being collected by Bulbapedia, and when it started to use [https://www.Google.com/intl/en_ALL/analytics/index.html Google Analytics] to track statistics in late 2009.  Statistics from 1 December 2009 to 1 December 2010 alone would give a [[wikiFactor]] of 268.  Given that the wiki has existed for many years previous to this, the exact value can safely be assumed to be significantly higher.