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| |name=[[File:MyHalopedia.png|300px|link=]] | | |+ '''Halopedia''' |
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| |url=[[Main Page|halopedia.org]]
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| |type=Fan site / [[Wikipedia:Wiki|Wiki]]
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| |creator=[[User:AgentSeethroo|AgentSeethroo]]
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| {{Quote|Halopedia can tell you nearly anything you may need to know about Halo. Halopedia is also a wiki, which means it's constantly expanding. It knows everything about the Halo games, books, upcoming movie, and other appearances, and with your help, it can grow even larger. But how can one trust a wiki? Surely some crazy could come in and troll the entire place up. Well... they could, but they wouldn't get too far. Halopedia is guarded by rabid watchdog-like fans who are constantly watching the Recent Changes page to check for the slightest error, either grammar or factual. Okay, that's a bit exaggerated. The real deal is that Halopedia is under almost constant watch by someone who can set everything right. With 3 very responsible sysops and a mob of other users, Halopedia is in safe hands. Be sure to check out Halopedia and even you could find something to contribute.|[[User:Dragonclaws|Dragonclaws]]'s description of the wiki. (2006){{Ref/Reuse|weknow}}}}
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| '''Halopedia''' is a wiki about the [[Halo universe|''Halo'' fictional universe]]. It covers the ''Halo'' [[:category:Games|video games]], from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' to ''[[Halo Infinite]]''; tie-in media and merchandise including [[:category:Books|published literature]], [[:category:Film|films]] and [[action figure]]s; as well as [[:category:People|notable people]] associated with the franchise. Much like [[starwars:Main Page|Wookieepedia]], Halopedia is a fan-driven encyclopedia and is not an official party of the Halo franchise; thus, it is not itself a primary source of ''Halo'' information but rather an aggregate of content based on official media.
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| Halopedia runs on [[wikipedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] and is privately hosted. The site is also available in several other languages, including French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, Korean and Russian. However, the English one is the most up-to-date version, with the others having very little content.
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| | | [http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Halopedia] |
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| | |'''Launch Date''' |
| | |Late 2004 |
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| | |'''Current Status''' |
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| ==History and description==
| | '''Halopedia''' is a wiki dedicated to provide information on the fictional universe of the [[Halo]] video game series. Hosted by [[Wikia]], the wiki contains information on the games themselves as well as the novels, [[Action Figures|action figures]], and the upcoming [[Halo Movie|movie]]. As of 2008, Halopedia is the largest wiki project for the Halo fictional universe. |
| {{Main|Project:History|l1=History of Halopedia}}
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| Halo Wiki, as it was known back then, was founded by [[User:AgentSeethroo|AgentSeethroo]], with the help of [[User:Porplemontage|Steve]] who hosted the site, and launched on November 4, 2004. Initially created to supplement his clan, the site shifted its focus to cover the Halo universe in later periods. After the creation of halowiki.net, the site was renamed to "Halopedia" and moved its domain to www.halopedia.org. Halopedia and halowiki.net remained sister projects with very different goals; Halopedia concerned itself with the canon of the Halo universe, while halowiki.net was essentially a "multiplayer repository"; halowiki.net has since gone inactive. Since the renaming, Halopedia has actively documented the developments of the Halo franchise and the fictional universe, along with gameplay information and help.<ref name="weknow">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=7690 '''Bungie.net''': ''Halopedia Knows'']</ref> | |
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| In 2006, the original host was unable to financially support the wiki, prompting Halopedia to merge with [[wikipedia:Wikia|Wikia]]'s Halo Wiki site.<ref name="migrate>[[Project talk:History/Archive2|'''Halopedia''', ''Migration History'']]</ref> From 2007 to 2010, Halopedia was one of Wikia's most active and popular wikis following the release of ''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' and ''[[Halo: Reach]]''. In 2009, the wiki was awarded as the "Best Resource Website of 2009" by [[Jessica Shea|Hawty McBloggy]], later a member of [[343 Industries]].<ref name="hawty">[http://hawtymcbloggy.com/2010/01/21/2009-best-of-halo-awards-winners/ '''HawtyMcBloggy:''' ''2009 Best of Halo Awards Winners''] [defunct] [https://web.archive.org/web/20141015052147/http://hawtymcbloggy.com/2010/01/21/2009-best-of-halo-awards-winners/ (backup)]</ref>
| | The contents of Halopedia are licensed under the [[Wikipedia:GNU Free Documentation License|GFDL]], and material from the site can be copied into projects that use the GFDL. |
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| Following a mandatory skin change and stricter Terms of Use in mid-2010 by Wikia, Halopedia moved back to an independent domain, hosted by the previous host.<ref>[http://halopedia.org/Forum:Domain_overhaul_-_And_what_do_you_think?/Outcome '''Halopedia''': ''Domain overhaul - And what do you think?/Outcome'']</ref><ref name="movingin">[http://www.halopedia.org/Forum:Moving_in '''Halopedia''': ''Moving In'']</ref>
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| Halopedia has come to be regarded as accurate and reliable among the Halo fanbase and media alike,<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=16876 '''Bungie.net''': ''Breaking In - Rob Adams'']</ref> and has been used as a source for several works of published literature.<ref name="effect">'''''[[Halo Effect: An Unauthorized Look at the Most Successful Video Game of All Time]]'''''</ref><ref name="dune">[http://www.amazon.com/Science-Dune-Unauthorized-Exploration-Psychology/dp/1933771283/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304746854&sr=1-1 '''Amazon''', ''The Science of Dune: An Unauthorized Exploration into the Real Science Behind Frank Herbert's Fictional Universe'']</ref><ref name="guide">[http://www.amazon.com/Mobilizing-Generation-2-0-Practical-Technologies/dp/0470227443/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304746823&sr=1-1 '''Amazon''': ''Mobilizing Generation 2.0: A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0: Technologies to Recruit, Organize and Engage Youth'']</ref><ref name="popculture">[http://www.amazon.com/Halo-Philosophy-Popular-Culture/dp/0812697189/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1304746755&sr=8-1 '''Amazon''': ''Halo and Philosophy'']</ref><ref>[http://silence-without.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-did-mention-giant-angry-testicle.html '''Silence Without''': ''I did mention the...'']</ref><ref name="mention">[[Halopedia:Halopedia in the media|'''Halopedia''': ''Halopedia in the media'']]</ref>
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| Wikia's Halo Nation left Fandom, and merged with Halopedia in 2019.
| | Halopedia, originally known simply as "Halo Wiki," began in late 2004 as a project to document the [[Halo Universe|Halo fictional universe]]. It quickly attracted a small following of users. After the creation of [http://h2wiki.halowiki.net/wiki/Main_Page Halowiki.net], the wiki's name was changed to "Halopedia," and moved to www.halopedia.org. While Halo Wiki and Halopedia appear to be in direct competion with each other they are actually sister projects that have very different goals. ''Halopedia is a wiki about the story of Halo, while halowiki.net is a "Halo 2 multiplayer repository."''<ref>[http://wikiriot.net/2006/07/31/halopedia/ Wikiriot News - Halopedia - 07/31/06]</ref> |
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| | Halopedia began to be recognized in early 2006 even getting mentions from [[Bungie Studios]]<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/Story.aspx?link=905FA5DF-8639-4A69-9C5A-5CF95AE5A0CA Bungie.net - Halopedia Knows - 2/14/06]</ref>, the company which created the Halo games. As word spread, the site gained a reputation as the place for accurate info on the Halo fictional universe.<ref>[http://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/features/local_story_051130651.html Tahlequah Daily Press - Old Man Winter freezes out Halo tourney - 02/20/06]</ref> |
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| *[[Main Page|Halopedia's main page]]
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| *[[Halopedia:About|About Halopedia]] | | Halopedia soon became a victim of its own success as its growing community began to present a major problem for its creators; the site's growing size was producing a bill in excess of US$150 a month for server usage. Throughout May, June, and July of 2006, the site would be sporadically down, until it finally went offline for several weeks. Eventually, Halopedia was merged with halo.wikia.com, a formerly rival wiki that did not have the same issues. Despite the painstaking process of having to copy every article from the original Halopedia, the site ultimately benefitted with several new active users and a severe drop in vandalization, going from at least 2 or three vandalisms a day to almost none. |
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| | Currently, Halopedia continues to grow in anticipation of many new projects planned for the Halo franchise, such as the [[Halo Movie]] and [[Halo Wars]]. While Halopedia itself frowns upon speculation in its articles<ref>http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halopedia:What_Halopedia_is_not</ref>, its talk pages have become a central place for speculation and discussion of the upcoming productions. |
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| | Halopedia has come to be regarded as accurate and reliable among Halo fans and media alike<ref>[http://www.navytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1921639.php Navy News - Halo3 - 07/03/06] </ref><ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exh6w16gY0A</ref>; a search of "Halopedia" will produce over 37,000 results on Google, many of which are users on various forums and websites citing Halopedia articles as sources of information. |
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| | ==Internal and External links== |
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| | *[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Halopedia] |
| | *[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halopedia:History The Complete History Of Halopedia] |
| | *[http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Halopedia:About About Halopedia] |
| | *[[Talk:The Forerunner|Discussion and Speculation about: What are and where are the Forerunners?]] |
| | *[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1657825-2,00.html TIME Magazine article on [[Halo]]] |
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