Halopedia is a wiki about the Halo fictional universe. It covers the Halo video games, from Halo: Combat Evolved to Halo 4; tie-in media and merchandise including published literature, films and action figures; as well as notable people associated with the franchise. Much like Wookieepedia, Halopedia is a fan-driven encyclopedia and is not an official party of the Halo franchise. The wiki, along with its contents, is not intended to be a primary source of Halo information.
Halopedia runs on 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.
History and description
- Main article: History of Halopedia
Halo Wiki, as it was known back then, was founded by Template:Name, with the help of Template:Name 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.[notes 1] Since the renaming, the wiki has actively document the developments of the Halo franchise and the fictional universe, along with gameplay information and help.[1]
In 2006, the original host was unable to financially support the wiki, prompting Halopedia to merge with Wikia's Halo Wiki site.[2] 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.[3]
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.[2][4]
Halopedia has come to be regarded as accurate and reliable among the Halo fanbase and media alike,[5] and has been used as a source for several works of published literature.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Gallery
The HaloCE era logo
The Halo 2 era logo (used 2006-2007)
The Halo 3 era logo (used 2007-2011)
Note
- ^ 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".
Sources
- ^ Bungie.net: Halopedia Knows
- ^ a b Halopedia, Migration History Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "migrate" defined multiple times with different content - ^ HawtyMcBloggy: 2009 Best of Halo Awards Winners
- ^ Halopedia: Moving In
- ^ Bungie.net: Breaking In - Rob Adams
- ^ Halo Effect: An Unauthorized Look at the Most Successful Video Game of All Time
- ^ Amazon, The Science of Dune: An Unauthorized Exploration into the Real Science Behind Frank Herbert's Fictional Universe
- ^ Amazon: Mobilizing Generation 2.0: A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0: Technologies to Recruit, Organize and Engage Youth
- ^ Amazon: Halo and Philosophy
- ^ Silence Without: I did mention the...
- ^ Halopedia: Halopedia in the Media