Editing Halopedia

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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}}}}

'''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.

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.

==History and description==
{{Main|Project:History|l1=History of Halopedia}}
Halo Wiki, as it was known back then, was founded by {{Name|AgentSeethroo}}, with the help of {{Name|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>

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> 

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>

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>

Wikia's Halo Nation left Fandom, and merged with Halopedia in 2019.

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==See also==
*[[Main Page|Halopedia's main page]]
*[[Halopedia:About|About Halopedia]]