Wookieepedia Wookieepedia , the " Star Wars " Wiki , is a wiki that was started on March 4 , 2005 , and strives to be the premier source of information on all aspects of the " Star Wars " universe . This includes information from " Star Wars " canon and Legends stories , encompassing , books , games , and other media , as well as information of value to fans . The " Star Wars " wiki is inspired by Wikipedia , but can expand on " Star Wars " information in greater detail and with more freedom than Wikipedia . Wookieepedia was founded when Wikipedia users began to complain of the overabundance of minutiae related to " Star Wars " appearing on Wikipedia . Since then , it has expanded to become one of the largest wikis on the Internet . As a fan - created encyclopedia , Wookieepedia is not intended to be a , nor is it a replacement for the Encyclopedia , the Databank , or any other official source . Rather , it serves as a fan effort to summarize all aspects of the " Star Wars " universe in the best way possible , while pointing the reader to the respective official sources . History . The founding of Wookieepedia . Evolution of a wiki . Wikipedia is a collaboratively developed , free content encyclopedia . It is a general - knowledge encyclopedia , rather than being specific to one topic ( as Wookieepedia is " Star Wars " – specific ) . Because of this , it is not always particularly friendly to in - depth knowledge specific to a given fictional universe . Founded in 2001 , Wikipedia allows anyone to edit it . Due to the broad nature of its editors , the site covers a wide variety of topics , and has millions of articles . Chad Barbry , under the screenname of " , " was a regular contributor to Wikipedia , participating in a number of different subjects within the online encyclopedia , including Biblical history and technology since October 17 , 2004 . In January of 2005 , Steven Greenwood joined Wikipedia under the screenname of " , " adding articles in the subject of geography and popular culture . Immediately after working on these articles of interest , he took the job of sorting the various " Star Wars " articles on the site . As Wikipedia was concerned , only notable items would have complete articles , with the rest of the minor subjects with descriptions on a giant list . Planets , characters , weapons , and vehicles were all done in this manner . Over a short period of time , Steven found that he disliked this format and sought another way to gather and place information on the saga and its Expanded Universe . On January 21 , Steven posted on a section on a talk page regarding the creation of a new " Star Wars " Portal , but suggested that instead of a portal it should be a wiki . Two days later , Chad entered the discussion and began working out ideas with Steven . Both agreed that this new project would run alongside Wikipedia as a separate , but equal entity — something more than simply a . It was here in the discussion that Chad proposed the new nickname of " Wookieepedia , " which caught on with Steven and others immediately , and the idea was trailblazed ( Steven ' s request of " Wicketpedia " was an alternate name which did not work nearly as well ) . However , since Steven was not sure how a new wiki would be created , Chad contacted of then Wikicities ( now Wikia ) and requested the creation of the new wiki . Wiki creation . Other Wikipedia contributors seemed to be getting more hostile toward new " Star Wars " articles , so in February 2005 , Chad decided to make a request of the Wikipedia Board of Trustees to make a " Star Wars Wiki . " His intent was more than just another WikiProject , but an official sister project similar to Wikiquotes . He thought the best solution was a separate , but linked project — a project that was separate enough for the " anti - cruft " Wikipedians , but still one that was officially Wikipedia , so there would be no need for redundant articles between the projects . In early March 2005 , after meeting , the board came back with their answer . They did not want to move Wikipedia the direction proposed by Chad , but recommended creating a Star Wars Wikia . of Wikia was on the Board of Trustees , and contacted Chad to let him know of the board ' s decision and to set up the new Star Wars Wiki . Part of the process that Angela set up was creating interwiki links so Wikipedia could link to Star Wars Wiki articles and vice versa . The wiki came online on March 4 , 2005 , though it sat idle for a few days . Chad , now under the screen name of " WhiteBoy , " was the first user to officially edit the new wiki on March 9 , starting with the logo and the moving of articles from Wikipedia to Star Wars Wiki space . The next day , Steven joined the site , using his previous Wikipedia screenname . A third Wikipedian edited that day as well , and was able to add some key image templates to the wiki , before leaving the project altogether . By the first few months , numbers of editors from both Wikipedia and across the web would dramatically increase . For a brief time , there was some confusion as to how to move articles over from Wikipedia . Chad devised a template for use on Wikipedia to place on talk pages of articles of interest , alerting users that the article would be redirected or moved entirely . The idea was to move as many existing articles from Wikipedia to the new wiki , under the , making sure to save those under threat of deletion first , and then " wookify " them to the new wiki ' s standards . The hope was that , though separate , Wikipedians would begin to put the more obscure articles ( essentially anything but the most encyclopedic of articles ) in the Star Wars Wiki . Main articles , such as , would remain at Wikipedia . Wikipedians in general ultimately saw the Star Wars Wiki as an external site , one not affiliated with Wikipedia enough to actually " " articles over , like one would with Wikibooks or Wikirecipe . Creating redirects to the Star Wars Wiki was not what the Wikipedians had in mind , and they requested that Chad and Steve immediately cease what they believed was legal transwikification ; however , articles could still be copied and pasted under the GFDL copyleft license and then " wookified " to fit the scheme of the " Star Wars " – themed wiki , making sure to place an in - universe article in past tense , or remove redundant sentences . In this aspect , it was decided to have " all " articles , not just those that were more trivial , lesser known , or more detailed , at the wiki . Later articles were copied in this fashion and the originals were left alone on Wikipedia for its users to edit under its rules . Eventually Wookieepedia would develop so many articles that Wikipedia would no longer have any to copy . It should also be noted that Wookieepedia was created independently of the Wikimedia Foundation and of any events occurring on Wikipedia . Great LucasCruft Purge . In March of 2005 , perhaps unaware of the formation of the new wiki , a Wikipedian ( considered by some a who wished to prove a point ) began to place several " Star Wars " articles in the Votes for Deletion system ( now ) in an attempt to get these articles deleted from Wikipedia . The purge was later dubbed the " Great LucasCruft Purge " by Steven himself . It was Steven ' s goal to save as many articles from this individual before the damage was made permanent , and would then impede Star Wars Wiki ' s ability to grow as it did within the first month . One such article that became a focus of this battle was Order D6 - 66 , which became one of the first stub articles added to the new wiki via the " transwiki " process . The purge garnered the Star Wars Wiki a great deal of public attention , which gave some the erroneous impression that Wookieepedia was created because of the purge . By year . 2005 . Just days after the official founding , powers were given to Steven ( ) by Chad ( ) . This set up the dual administrator system until the adminships of the users , , and later in the year . The wiki , now going under the moniker of " Wookieepedia , " developed a steady rate of contributions by new members from all over , and over time lost its reliance on Wikipedia . Eventually Wookieepedia became the primary name for the wiki and an official renaming took place with the creation of a new logo by Tracy Duncan . July brought the first on Wookieepedia . Though now considered minuscule in comparison to the current number of quotes now passed through four subcategories , it was a sufficient means to create a new feature on the wiki . Today , is the most edited page of Wookieepedia . Pages such as these show the significant growth of each area over the course of only a few years . In the same month , Wookieepedia ' s largest ever boost came when an explosion of editors hit the site , sending the wiki ' s article count over 10 , 000 . Factors to this expansion could be attributed to advertising and the release of " " . ( See wiki growth table below . ) In September 2005 , was experimentally created and added to the Main Page , where it has remained as an active feature since . , a voting and discussion system designed to improve site - wide policies and practices , was formed onto a single page in October 2005 . In the same month , Eric Przybylski of Nav - Computer . com allowed Wookieepedia to use his fan - made sector maps on certain articles . His maps have since been replaced with versions directly from canon sources . 2006 . The first bot , known here as a " , " was released onto Wookieepedia on February 8 . was designed to clean up instances of repeating words , categories , as well as clean the page . Since then , another bot named has made over 150 , 000 total edits on Wookieepedia . A new Forum area dubbed the was constructed in March 2006 as part of Wikia ' s MediaWiki updates , and as a result , the no longer was the primary form of wikiwide discussion . Senate Hall was chosen as a name that would not be considered too cliché or overly used for a " Star Wars " name . Consensus Track was subsequently moved into the forums , and becoming its own section , used specifically for policy creation and alteration on the wiki . 2007 . On February 20 , 2007 , the first was posted . The podcast was parody and commentary by on subjects relating to Wookieepedia and " Star Wars " in general . It did not , however , represent the official views of the wiki . The Wookiee - Cast podcasts were released throughout 2007 , but have since been on hiatus . Also in February , the was formed to handle the structure of the system . See this on a history of the Featured Article movement from 2007 onward . Wookieepedia ' s Reference desk became the new within the forums , where general questions on " Star Wars " not relating specifically to articles or Wookieepedia could be asked . Over the course of the spring leading up the 30th anniversary of " Star Wars " , Wookieepedia held votes for the and with Darth Vader and SuperShadow winning respectively . In May , at least ten Wookieepedians from across the globe attended Celebration IV to help monitor Wookieepedia ' s table alongside The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Encyclopedia founder Bob Vitas , advertise the wiki , and host a trivia contest named " Stump the Wookiee . " In the months before the convention , admins and users came across a notice by Mary Franklin that a group could obtain a table at CIV for free . Immediately the wiki reacted and set up a page for those interested as well as other details of the event . By February , it was known that Wookieepedia won the table and final preparations were made . Some users and administrators that attended and helped man the table alongside Vitas included Riffsyphon1024 , , , , , , , , and . As a result of Wookieepedia ' s appearance and contest at Celebration IV , it was mentioned by the official site for the first time , marking another level of awareness in the " Star Wars " community . In addition , the event allowed the wiki to express itself to the fans directly . Also in May , the Votes for Deletion page was renamed to the more in - universe - sounding . In 2007 , the wiki ' s Main Page underwent a major change , which allowed for exploration of the " Star Wars " universe within films , Expanded Universe , and in - universe categories to be hidden on a subpage with the use of Javascript . In addition , the single search icon in Wookieepedia ' s sidebar was upgraded in April to include . 2008 . In late February 2008 , a Facebook fan page for Wookieepedia was started by Riffsyphon1024 . As of April 2014 , it has over 67 , 000 fans . Wookieepedia began its on March 4 , 2008 . A new project of Wookieepedia was the with established authors , artists , actors , and anyone else related to the creation of the " Star Wars " universe in order to gain more insight for its articles . Some of Wookieepedia ' s first interviews were given to authors Kevin J . Anderson and Tom Veitch and artist Christian Gossett . This project , however , was short - lived in gaining access to interviewees . By August of 2008 , the wiki had reached 60 , 000 articles . 2009 . As with many wikis over time , certain features render other ones redundant or useless . Such was the case during what was described by some Wookieepedians as the " Great List Purge " that occurred in late December 2008 and early January 2009 , where many old lists created years before were simply out of date as categories had accumulated a far greater number of articles on each topic . The start of 2009 also saw the addition of an official blog to Wookieepedia , named the Wookieepedia Newsnet . The blog began regular entries in January , with regular features summarizing monthly Featured Article output , Consensus Track results , Wookieepedian of the Month interviews , and Canon Updates . An RSS feed for the blog was added to the Main Page on April 1st , 2009 , with the blog receiving an impressive 1 , 072 hits on that day . 2010 . July 2010 brought forth a new classification of article , partly inspired by Wikipedia practices . Improvement of minor articles and stubs would lead to the creation of , those which were complete topics , but too small to be either Good Articles or Featured Articles . In October 2010 , Wookieepedia underwent another skin change by Wikia ( see right ) . 2011 . In September 2011 , an overhaul at StarWars . com resulted in a new Encyclopedia with every entry linking to a Wookieepedia article . By November , the Senate Hall was altered to include listings for , which would stick to the top of a separate list . 2012 . Wookieepedia attended at Celebration VI in Orlando , Florida and was interviewed by The Dork Night Podcast . In February , the wiki surpassed 90 , 000 articles . 2013 . On January 10 , Wookieepedia surpassed 100 , 000 articles , with the creation of the article Jela Reneke . 2014 . With Lucasfilm Ltd . ' s announcement on April 25 , 2014 to replace the Expanded Universe with the " Legends " brand , members of Wookieepedia subsequently discussed and voted to retain all information within " Star Wars " media , but split applicable articles into their respective canonical parts — Canon and Legends — with the use of tabs . Editors on the site began creating new articles reflecting information only relevant to the new system of canon and by October 21 had created over 1000 in - universe . 2015 . On March 4 , 2015 , Wookieepedia celebrated the start of its 10th year . Several individuals with ties to " Star Wars " media , including Leland Chee and Jason Fry , congratulated the site on its birthday . Wookieepedia was present at Celebration Anaheim ( April 16 – April 19 ) , where the wiki shared table space with Wikia and hosted a birthday party with a Wookieepedia cake . Afterward , Wikia hosted the Qwizards panel , which allowed fans to compete against long - time Wookieepedians , , and . On the heels of the 2014 decision to institute a tabbed system for canon and Legends content , Wookieepedia editors decided in December 2015 to begin presenting canon content on primary pages , such that visitors arriving at pages such as " Luke Skywalker " would find content relevant to the new canon continuity rather than Legends material . The new system was instituted shortly before the premiere of the film , assuring that those arriving in search of details of classic elements appearing in the new films would easily find the relevant information . Multi - year phenomena . Over the course of the wiki ' s history , several attempts were made to curb fanon on user pages or delete it altogether . Most votes resulted in no consensus and the issue was pushed back until a few months later when it became known again . A major influence became the creation of the Star Wars Fanon Wiki , which was accepting of all forms of fanon written by its users . Most users to that wiki happened to be Wookieepedians as well , however not in the form of long - staying administrators , but rather those who had been told not to add fanon to Wookieepedia . This shift of population was seen as general amounts of fanon reduced , but there were still users that went ahead with filling in their user pages and then not editing any or even a few articles . This however did not limit the number of true contributors to Wookieepedia . Each year since 2005 , a contest for and has been held in December , with voting up to the new year . The winners , either male or female characters in the galaxy , retain their crowns until the next vote and can continue to win as long as they receive enough support . From 2005 to 2008 , several Wookieepedians contributed to " Star Wars " canon via the What ' s The Story ? feature of StarWars . com , including John Hazlett , Tim Veekhoven , Aidan Hennessy , Nathan O ' Keefe , Gregory Walker , Kyle Jewhurst , Timothy S . Maddocks and Arthur Papadam . April Fools jokes . Each year from 2006 through 2014 , Wookieepedia partook in April First pranks across the wiki . For 2007 , Wookieepedia temporarily became " , " with articles moved to alternate titles and fake spoilers posted . Kyle Katarn also inhabited the search bar for the day . In 2009 , the wiki temporarily became " , " with the Main Page only linking to canon presented in the six films and nothing from the Expanded Universe . In 2010 , Wookieepedia claimed to have stumbled across a lost pilot for a television series named " " and created articles on supposed characters in the series . For , Wookieepedia and the Star Wars Fanon Wiki announced that they would merge . Furthermore , " Dave Filoni " announced that canon and fanon were now the same thing with " Leland Chee " later explaining that Wookieepedia would replace the Holocron continuity database as the official canon source for Lucasfilm licensees . To further the joke , many users of the Wook created their own fanon articles , edited existing articles to add fanon , and imported articles from Darthipedia and the fanon wiki . In , Wookieepedia announced that it had access to new materials from " Star Wars " : Episode VII " The Force Awakens " that would incorporate canon from J . J . Abrams ' " Star Trek " universe into the upcoming film , and subsequently changed its name to " Memory Aurek " , a spin on Star Trek ' s Memory Alpha . The new film was retitled " Star Wars Episode VII : Star Trek " and linked from the Wookieepedia Facebook page , where the post received close to 100 , 000 views in a day . Additional articles like and were added to flesh out the background for the " new " film . An announcement for " " was made . Other mashups and crossovers were also created and linked to in WookieeNews . In , Wookieepedia announced that it would be moving to a paid viewing system , " , " in which users would be allowed to view only 10 articles on the site per month , unless they either paid $ 4 . 99 monthly for a regular subscription that allowed unlimited article viewing , or $ 9 . 99 for a premium subscription that also eliminated advertisements . In an attempt to lend credibility to the farce , administrators and users maintained somewhat before the actual start of April Fool ' s Day and even after the end of it that the announced new model was not a joke . Despite this , at least one user pointed out that Wikia ' s stated policies specifically forbid any attempt to impose a fee in order to view content and also that there was no technical mechanism available that would allow for such a system to be implemented . Another gag involved the featuring of a heavily edited excerpt of the article about breasts on Wookieepedia ' s main page . This created controversy on a number of " Star Wars " fansites outside of Wookieepedia , as well as an attempt to delete the Breast article , which was closed heavily in favor of keeping . Other gags included a 404 error page featuring Dave Filoni and " , " in which only those signed up for the premium model would be allowed to be part of the wiki ' s video - game project . Statistics . There are articles on Wookieepedia , and of these , are considered ( - 3 div round 5 * 100 % of the total ) , ( - 3 div round 5 * 100 % ) and ( - 4 div round 5 * 100 % ) . According to , Wikia ' s three - month global Alexa traffic rank is 141 . As of April 2014 , 1 . 84 % of all Wikia visitors access the Wookieepedia subdomain . It is the sixth largest Wikia - hosted wiki in terms of article count . Growth . Wookieepedia has grown quickly from its start in March 2005 to present to reach articles . One relatively large spike in contributions occurred in August 2005 , after the release of . Wookieepedia crossed the 50 , 000 article threshold on June 26 , 2007 , the 75 , 000 article threshold on April 1 , 2010 and the 100 , 000 article threshold on January 10 , 2013 . WookieeProjects . Since 2006 , Wookieepedia has been host to many projects which have improved related groups of articles , either by subject or by source , to Featured Article , Good Article , and Comprehensive Article status . Barn Burners , wiki - wide variations of these projects , were started in 2011 in the Senate Hall to flash improve topics . Criticism . Like all wikis , Wookieepedia has been criticized for common wiki flaws such as pushing a certain point of view and for its easily editable nature , leading to frequent vandalism . A question on the TFN Boards in 2008 asked whether the wiki continued to be reliable , to which replied , " To a degree . We generally keep the nonsense out , but we ' re not perfect , and sometimes something slips through . " Vandalism can easily distort canonical information if not checked ; however , with Wookieepedia being one of the most active wikis , vandalism going unnoticed is rare . FANDOM released an apology to " Newsweek " after racist edits were noticed by fans visiting Rose Tico ' s page . In other languages . In addition to Wookieepedia , several other " Star Wars " wikis exist in multiple languages . Though these different language encyclopedias were started by , and are currently run by different people , many are located at the wikia . com subdomain , meaning that membership at any one version is extended to the others as well . Spin - offs . Several wikis have been spawned from Wookieepedia . These include the Star Wars Fanon Wiki , the Star Wars Games Wiki , the LEGO Star Wars Wiki , the Star Wars Fanpedia , the Star Wars Galaxies Wiki , the Clone Wars Wiki , the Clone Wars Adventures Wiki , the Star Wars : The Old Republic Wiki , and the Star Wars Rebels Wiki . 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