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-{{Wiki
+{{Wiki <!--see 'Template:Wikia boilerplate' for full detail and hidden help advice-->
-|logo              = http://www.wowpedia.org/images/b/bc/Wiki.png
+|URL              = https://Wowpedia.Fandom.com/wiki/Portal:Main
-|URL               = http://www.wowpedia.org/Portal:Main
+|logo             = https://Images.Wikia.com/wowpedia/images/b/bc/Wiki.png
-|recentchanges URL = http://www.wowpedia.org/Special:RecentChanges
+|wide logo        = y<!--insert 'y' when the logo is too wide AND/OR the title is too long-->
-|wikinode URL      = No
+|recentchanges URL= https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=0&limit=500&days=900
-|status            = Vibrant
+|wikinode URL     = No<!--https://Wowpedia.Fandom.com/wiki/WikiNode, if none, use 'No'-->
-|language          = English
+|about URL        = https://Wowpedia.Fandom.com/wiki/Wowpedia:About
-|editmode          = LoginToEdit
+|mobile URL       = https://Wowpedia.Fandom.com/wiki/Wowpedia?title=Wowpedia&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile
-|engine            = MediaWiki
+|founder          = unknown<!--wiki founder(s) name(s); wikilink or external URL, otherwise plain text; if unknown, use 'unknown'-->
-|maintopic         = Games
+|status           = Vibrant
-}}
+|language         = English
-'''Wowpedia''' is the actual main and largest information resource about {{tag|World of Warcraft}} and the {{tag|Warcraft}} universe.
+|editmode         = LoginToEdit<!--OpenEdit for Wikia with 'Require contributors to log in' disabled; otherwise it's now LoginToEdit-->
+|engine           = Wikia<!--heavily customised unique MediaWiki version (not available outside Wikia); so use 'Wikia' here-->
+|maintopic        = World of Warcraft
+|license          = Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike<!--NO version number, MOST Wikia wikis use CC-BY-SA; amend this for those which differ-->
+|backupurl        = https://S3.AmazonAWS.com/wikia_xml_dumps/w/wo/wowpedia_pages_full.xml.7z
+|backupdate       = 2022-05-16<!--YYYY-MM-DD, ISO 8601 extended date of database dump backup URL; no timestamp-->
+}}[[File:Wowpedia.png|left|frame|Wowpedia original wiki logo|alt=]]
+{{Size <!--see 'Template:Size' for extensive full detail and hidden help advice on page count and wikiFactor-->
+|pages= 259598<!--plain numeric value for number of CONTENT pages (or Files on a media commons wiki); NO thousands separators-->
+|statistics URL= https://Wowpedia.Fandom.com/wiki/Special:Statistics
+|wikiFactor= 23<!--(wF), preferred; see: Category:wikiFactor; if wF unknown leave void; archived wF value may be used-->
+|wikiFactor URL= https://web.archive.org/web/20101024142059/http://www.Wowpedia.org/Special:PopularPages<!--preferred; archive URL if available-->
+}}(Page count as of 2023-01-18<br>wikiFactor as of: 2011-06-19)<!--YYYY-MM-DD; manually add/amend ISO 8601 date when stats are verified and/or updated-->
-It is considered a fork of Wikia hosted [[WoWWiki]], after Wikia forced a skin change on an unapproving userbase. The skin change broke much of the old site's navigation, and the vast majority of WoWWiki users have transferred over to Wowpedia.
-{{Size
+'''Wowpedia''', a Fandom games community wiki site from {{tag|Wikia}}, is the main and largest information resource about {{tag|World of Warcraft}} (WoW) and the {{tag|Warcraft}} universe.
-| pages = 98460
-| statistics URL = http://www.wowpedia.org/Special:Statistics
+Originally independently hosted at <tt>Wowpedia.org</tt>, it is considered a {{tag|fork}} of Wikia hosted [[WoWWiki]], after {{tag|Wikia}} forced a [[:Category:Wikia skin|skin]] change on an unapproving user-base.  The skin change broke much of the old site's navigation, and the vast majority of WoWWiki [[user]]s transferred over to Wowpedia.
-}}
+In December 2014, Wowpedia moved to Curse's {{tag|Gamepedia.com}}.  Gamepedia was subsequently acquired by Wikia, now Fandom, in 2018, bringing Wowpedia back under Fandom after eight years.
+;''External links
+{{WikiApiary}}
+[[Category:Founded in 2008]]