Halopedia:History of Halo Nation

This page chronicles the history of Halo Nation prior to the merger.

History

Creation

Halo Nation, then known as Halo Wiki, was first founded by the user Akashe on 15 June, 2005. On the day following the wiki's creation, Akashe made a total of eleven edits, to the pages "Master chief", "Halo" and to the main page. However, following that, Akashe ceased contributing and the wiki was left mostly deserted and unused.

Halopedia merger

In mid-2006, a fellow Halo-centric wiki named Halopedia began experiencing difficulties hosting their website. Due to bills in excess of $150 monthly, the wiki's owners could no longer afford to keep the site running. To solve the problem, Halopedia merged into Halo Wiki, because the latter was hosted for free by Wikia (the company now known as FANDOM). Halo Wiki's content was replaced with Halopedia's, and the product of the merger kept the name Halopedia.

Halopedia Split

The wiki remained as Halopedia same until late 2010, when Wikia announced a mandatory theme change for all wikis. In light of significant opposition to the change, Nicmavr initiated a community vote on whether Halopedia should move back to its old, independent domain, halopedian.com. On October 17, the vote ended with a majority voting in favour. However, a large amount of users were unwilling to leave, and in addition, Wikia staff did not want to lose such a large wiki.

Results and merging into Halopedia

As a result, the wiki's content was copied to halopedian.com but not removed from halo.wikia.com. In what has come to be known as "the Fork" or "the Split", the remaining users and content on halo.wikia.com became Halo Nation, while those that moved to halopedian.com retained the name Halopedia. After the split, continued its mission to document the Halo franchise to the best of its ability. On February 4, 2019 Halo Nation merged into Halopedia.