Editing Halopedia

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{{Website Infobox

|name=Halopedia

|image=[[File:CEApedia7.png|Halopedia logo]]

|creator={{Name|AgentSeethroo}}

|created=Late 2004

{{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 name="weknow"/>}}

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.

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.<ref group="notes">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".</ref> Since the renaming, the wiki has actively document the developments of the Halo franchise and the fictional universe, along with gameplay information and help.<ref name="weknow">[http://www.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/Archive1|'''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 Hawty McBloggy, now 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'']</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 name="migrate">[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://www.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>

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File:PreWiki.png|The HaloCE era logo

File:Wiki.png|The Halo 2 era logo <small>(used 2006-2007)</small>

File:Monaco.png|The Halo 3 era logo <small>(used 2007-2011)</small>

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