Wookieepedia

Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki is an online encyclopedia for information on the Star Wars fictional universe^[1]—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,^[2] 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'.

History

Wookieepedia was conceived by Steven Greenwood^[3] and created at the request of hosting site Wikia by Chad Barbry.^[2][4] Barbry also coined the term "Wookiepedia" (sic), which was later corrected to "Wookieepedia".^[5] On March 4, 2005, Wookieepedia was launched at Wikia.

Wookieepedia is the most visited wiki hosted by Wikia as of April 2005^[update]. On November 28, 2005, Wookieepedia was selected as the Sci Fi Channel's "Sci Fi Site of the Week."^[6] In January 2006, the site was Wikia's featured Wiki of the month.

As of December 2011^[update], the English language version of the wiki contains over 88,300 articles,^[7] 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.

References

External links

• Wookieepedia: a Star Wars Wiki
• List of Star Wars wikis on Wikia