Halopedia
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
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| Halopedia | ||
| Commercial | No | |
| Type | Reference Wikia | |
| Registration | Optional | |
| Owner | Communal | |
| Launch Date | Late 2004 | |
| Current Status | Active | |
Halopedia is a wiki containing information on the 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, and the upcoming movie. As of 2006, Halopedia is the largest wiki project for the Halo Universe.
The contents of Halopedia are licensed under the GFDL, and material from the site can be copied into projects that use the GFDL.
History
Beginnings: 2004
Halopedia, originally known simply as "Halo Wiki," began in late 2004 as a project to document the Halo Universe. It quickly attracted a small following of users. After the creation of 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"[1]
Halopedia began to be recognized in early 2006 even getting mentions from Bungie[2]. As word spread the site gained a reputation as they place for accurate info on the Halo Universe[3]
Rocky Upbringing
Halopedia soon became a victim of its own success as it's growing community began to present a major problem for its creators; the site's growing size was producing a bill in excess of 150$ a month for server usage. Throughout May, June, and July, 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 panstaking process of having to copy every article from the original Halopedia, the site ultimantely benefitted with several new active users.
Now
Currently, Halopedia continues to grow in anticipation of many new projects planned for the Halo universe, such as the Halo Movie, Halo 3, and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx. Halopedia has become a central place for speculation and discussion of the upcoming productions.
Halopedia has come to be regarded as accurate and reliable among Halo fans and media alike[4], a search of "Halopedia" will produce over six hundred results on Google, many of which are users on various forums and websites citing Halopedia articles as sources of information.
