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|mobile URL | |founder=[https://www.halopedia.org/User:AgentSeethroo AgentSeethroo]<br />[https://www.halopedia.org/User:Porplemontage Porplemontage] | ||
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}}(As of: | }}(As of: 2022-12-26)<!--manually add/amend date; as in YYYY-MM-DD when stats are verified and/or updated--><br /> | ||
'''Halopedia''' is a [[wiki]] dedicated to documenting all aspects of the ''Halo'' series of {{tag|first-person shooter}} video games, and also all aspects of the universe in which they are set. | '''Halopedia''' is a [[wiki]] dedicated to documenting all aspects of the ''Halo'' series of {{tag|first-person shooter}} video games, and also all aspects of the universe in which they are set. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Around October 2004, the ''Halo'' clan known as BlackBoxRepublic began discussing the idea of a Halo wiki, then titled | Around October 2004, the ''Halo'' clan known as BlackBoxRepublic began discussing the idea of a Halo wiki, then titled Halo Wiki. On October 28, 2004, a site was formed at <nowiki>"http://www.blackboxrepublic.com/"</nowiki>, which led to a "coming soon" splash screen. On November 4, 2004, user [https://www.halopedia.org/User:AgentSeethroo AgentSeethroo], with the help of [https://www.halopedia.org/User:Porplemontage Porplemontage], officially formed the wiki at <nowiki>"http://wiki.blackboxrepublic.com"</nowiki>. On April 5, 2005, AgentSeethroo expressed interest in merging the wiki content into The Video Game Wiki, though users were against this idea. AgentSeethroo also appointed several new administrators to assist in site maintenance around this time, most notably [https://www.halopedia.org/User:Buz Buz] and [https://www.halopedia.org/User:Dragonclaws Dragonclaws]. | ||
On August 9, 2005, AgentSeethroo asked users if the site name should be changed to | On August 9, 2005, AgentSeethroo asked users if the site name should be changed to '''Halopedia'''. Dragonclaws voted in favor of this, believing it would make it distinct from the newly launched <nowiki>"www.halowiki.com"</nowiki>. On August 11, 2005, the domain <nowiki>"https://www.halopedia.com"</nowiki> was officially registered and the wiki was moved. On February 14, 2006, the wiki gained publicity after being mentioned by Bungie, the original developers of ''Halo'', on the official website. On February 20, 2006, the wiki was mentioned by the Tahlequah Daily Press in an article about ''Halo''. This positive publicity caused Halopedia's membership to increase by 300 percent over several weeks. | ||
With an expanding community, server costs for the wiki skyrocketed. Through May, June and July of the same year, the wiki experienced sporadic outages, culminating into a period of remaining completely offline for several weeks straight. With AgentSeethroo admitting he could no longer host the wiki alone, it was decided that the wiki would merge with <nowiki>"halo.wikia.com"</nowiki> on [[Wikia]], a former rival of Halopedia. The merge ultimately benefitted the site, bringing about new active editors. Around September 2007, the wiki reached 3,000 articles written. | With an expanding community, server costs for the wiki skyrocketed. Through May, June and July of the same year, the wiki experienced sporadic outages, culminating into a period of remaining completely offline for several weeks straight. With AgentSeethroo admitting he could no longer host the wiki alone, it was decided that the wiki would merge with <nowiki>"halo.wikia.com"</nowiki> on [[Wikia]], a former rival of Halopedia. The merge ultimately benefitted the site, bringing about new active editors. Around September 2007, the wiki reached 3,000 articles written. | ||