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==History== | ==History== | ||
{{Main|Project:History|l1=History of Halopedia}} | {{Main|Project:History|l1=History of Halopedia}} | ||
Halopedia, originally known simply as "Halo Wiki", began in late 2004 as a project to document the [[Halo Universe|Halo fictional universe]]. After the creation of [[halowiki.net]], the wiki changed its name to "Halopedia" along with domain to www.halopedia.org. While halowiki.net and Halopedia appear to be in direct competition against each other, they are actually sister projects that have very different goals; Halopedia is a wiki that concerns the canon Halo universe, while halowiki.net is a essentially a "multiplayer repository". The wiki gained mainstream media attention in early 2006, one in particular from [[Bungie]].<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=7690 '''Bungie.net''': ''Halopedia Knows'']</ref> This attention improved the wiki's reputation as the online Halo encyclopedia.<ref>[http://tahlequahdailypress.com/archive/x519325280 '''Tahlequah Daily Press''': ''Old Man Winter freezes out Halo tourney'']</ref> This success however was detrimental to Halopedia; the wiki's growing size was producing a bill in excess of 150 US$ a month. Throughout May, June and July of 2006, the site's accessiblity went down sporadically, until it finally went offline for several weeks. Halopedia was eventually merged with halo.wikia.com, a wiki hosted on [[Wikipedia:Wikia|Wikia]].<ref name="migrate>[[Project talk:History/Archive1|'''Halopedia''', ''Migration History'']]</ref> | Halopedia, originally known simply as "Halo Wiki", began in late 2004 as a project to document the [[Halo Universe|Halo fictional universe]]. After the creation of [[halowiki.net]], the wiki changed its name to "Halopedia" along with domain to www.halopedia.org. While halowiki.net and Halopedia appear to be in direct competition against each other, they are actually sister projects that have very different goals; Halopedia is a wiki that concerns the canon Halo universe, while halowiki.net is a essentially a "multiplayer repository". The wiki gained mainstream media attention in early 2006, one in particular from [[Bungie]].<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&cid=7690 '''Bungie.net''': ''Halopedia Knows'']</ref> This attention improved the wiki's reputation as the online Halo encyclopedia.<ref>[http://tahlequahdailypress.com/archive/x519325280 '''Tahlequah Daily Press''': ''Old Man Winter freezes out Halo tourney'']</ref><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> This success however was detrimental to Halopedia; the wiki's growing size was producing a bill in excess of 150 US$ a month. Throughout May, June and July of 2006, the site's accessiblity went down sporadically, until it finally went offline for several weeks. Halopedia was eventually merged with halo.wikia.com, a wiki hosted on [[Wikipedia:Wikia|Wikia]].<ref name="migrate>[[Project talk:History/Archive1|'''Halopedia''', ''Migration History'']]</ref> | ||
The wiki continued to grow in anticipation of many new projects planned for the Halo franchise, such as the [[Halo (film)|Halo movie]]. On August 12th, 2008, the 5,000th article was created by {{Name|CommanderTony}}, and on July 19th, 2009, the six [[Groups|Usergroups of Halopedia]] were [[Blog:Disbanding the Usergroups|disbanded]] due to inactivity. | The wiki continued to grow in anticipation of many new projects planned for the Halo franchise, such as the [[Halo (film)|Halo movie]]. On August 12th, 2008, the 5,000th article was created by {{Name|CommanderTony}}, and on July 19th, 2009, the six [[Groups|Usergroups of Halopedia]] were [[Blog:Disbanding the Usergroups|disbanded]] due to inactivity. | ||