Wookieepedia

Wookieepedia: The Star Wars Wiki, formerly known as simply The Star Wars Wiki, is a Wiki which was started on March 4, 2005 by WhiteBoy (Chad Barbry). It strives to be the premiere source for information on all aspects of the Star Wars universe. This includes information from both the Star Wars films and the Expanded Universe, as well as relevant information of value to fans. The Star Wars Wiki is considered to be a branch of Wikipedia, but can expand on Star Wars information in greater detail and with more freedom than Wikipedia. The Star Wars Wiki began when wikipedia users began to complain of the overabundance of minutiae related to Star Wars, which began appearing on Wikipedia.

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Trivial history: Wookieepedia is a term coined on January 23, 2005 by WhiteBoy as a joke during the preliminary discussions about creating the Star Wars Wiki.

It is coincidental that the word Wookiee would be the closest to resemble the word "Wiki" in Wikipedia, and so the creation of the term "Wookieepedia" was almost a no-brainer.

The term stuck with Wookieepedians - a term used to describe those who work on the Star Wars Wiki and of those not directly affiliated with the wiki - and eventually SWW's namespace was changed from "Star Wars" to "Wookieepedia."

The term "wookify," a variation of the word "wikify" used on Wikipedia, was used from SWW's inception as a term for adding wiki links and bringing articles up to the standard of the Manual of Style, particularly changing the article to an in-universe perspective.

Popular acclaim

 * Wookieepedia was mentioned in TIME magazine on May 29, 2005 as one of Wikicities' largest wikis; only Star Trek's Memory Alpha was larger, though currently (November 12, 2005) Wookieepedia has exceeded Memory Alpha in legitimate number of articles.
 * On September 26, 2005, Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, mentioned the Star Wars Wiki in an interview on C-SPAN.
 * Abel G. Peña mentioned Wookieepedia in his October 11, 2005 blog, calling it a "staggering enterprise."
 * Nathan Butler mentioned and gave his support to the wiki in a recent episode of his ChronoRadio internet radio show.
 * SciFi.com selected Wookieepedia as its Sci Fi Site of the Week on 28 November 2005.
 * TheForce.Net acknowledges Wookieepedia for the first time on December 2, comparing it with the CUSWE.