# List of fan wikis

A fan wiki is a wiki that is created by fans, primarily to document an object of popular culture. Fan wikis cover television shows, film franchises, video games, comic books, sports, and other topics. They are a part of fandoms, which are subcultures dedicated to a common popular culture interest. The digital humanities scholar Jason Mittell stated in 2013 that fan wikis were "[o]ne of the most popular and widespread uses of wikis".
Fan wikis were first published in the early 2000s. Many fan wikis formed out of Wikipedia over disputes among editors about the level of detail that should be provided in articles. These included fans of the television show Battlestar Galactica and the Star Wars franchise, who founded Wookieepedia after facing complaints about the "overabundance of minutiae related to Star Wars appearing on Wikipedia".
The following list summarizes fan wikis with articles on Wikipedia.

## Fan wikis

Fan wikis :
| Wiki | Date launched | Status | Founder(s) | Most recent wiki hosting service | Subject | Notes |
| Heroes Wiki | October 2006 | Defunct (2020) | Fan community | Independent | Heroes (American science fiction television series) | |
| Lostpedia | 2005 | Live | Kevin Croy | Fandom | Lost (American drama television series) | |
| Memory Alpha | 2003 | Live | Dan Carlson and Harry Doddema | Fandom | Star Trek (American science fiction franchise) | |
| Nukapedia (a.k.a. Fallout Wiki) | 2005 | Live | Paweł Dembowski | Fandom | Fallout (American video game franchise) | Moved to Fandom in 2007; forked to The Vault by Dembowski in 2011 after he joined Curse LLC as an employee |
| Supernatural Wiki | 2006 | Live | Fan community | Independent | Supernatural (American horror television series) | |
| Tolkien Gateway | January 1, 2003 | Live | Hyarion | Independent | J. R. R. Tolkien | |
| The Vault | 2011 | Archived | Paweł Dembowski | Fandom | Fallout (American video game franchise) | Forked from Nukapedia in 2011 after Dembowski joined Curse LLC as an employee; hosted by Curse LLC to early 2019, when Curse's Gamepedia wiki hosting service was acquired by Fandom; archived by Fandom |
| Wookieepedia | March 2005 | Live | Chad Barbry and Steven Greenwood | Fandom | Star Wars (American science fiction franchise) | |
| Warcraft Wiki | October 2023 | Live | Fan community | Wiki.gg | World of Warcraft (American massively multiplayer online role-playing game) | Forked from Wowpedia (hosted by Fandom) in October 2023 following community vote |
| Wowpedia | October 2010 | Live | Fan community | Fandom | World of Warcraft (American massively multiplayer online role-playing game) | Forked from WoWWiki (then hosted by Fandom) in October 2010 following community vote; hosted by Curse LLC from founding to early 2019, when Curse's Gamepedia wiki hosting service was acquired by Fandom; forked to Warcraft Wiki following community vote in October 2023 |
| WoWWiki | 2004 | Archived | Fan community | Fandom | World of Warcraft (American massively multiplayer online role-playing game) | Forked to Wowpedia in October 2010 following community vote; archived by Fandom in May 2020 |
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