Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a collaboratively developed, free content encyclopedia. It is much like Wookieepedia, except that it is a general knowledge encyclopedia, rather than being specific to one topic (as this wiki is Star Wars specific). Because of this, it is not always particularly friendly to in-depth knowledge specific to a given fictional universe. This has resulted in events such as the Great LucasCruft Purge, where "non-notable" articles on Star Wars topics were deleted. Wikipedia still contains many articles on the Star Wars saga, however, which are collected in a dedicated Star Wars portal.

Wikipedia could be viewed as a "mother project" of sorts to Wookieepedia&mdash;while there is no official relationship, it is doubtful that this site would ever have existed without the inspiration of Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a wiki that has general information on anything legitimate; in addition, there are also smaller wikis, like Wookieepedia, that are devoted to specific topics.

It should also be noted that Wookieepedia was created entirely independently of The Wikimedia Foundation and of any events occurring on Wikipedia, though many Wookieepedians are also Wikipedians, and much information is shared between the two projects.