Bulbagarden Archives

Bulbagarden Archives
Bulbagarden Archives' logo, the same as the Bulbapedia logo, but gray and partially transparent
Language	English
Status	Active
Run	2005 - Present
Date opened	April 10, 2005
Creator	Zhen Lin
Current owner	{{{owner}}}
Forum	BMGf
Mascot	BulbaBot
Website	Main Page

Bulbagarden Archives, often referred to as simply the Archives, is a digital repository for images and texts, primarily from Pokémon canon. Its editors are able to upload picture files for use for the whole of Bulbagarden to use. Both Bulbapedia and Bulbanews use images from the Archives to add visual aids for articles and various pages. The website was launched on April 10, 2005 by Zhen Lin. It continues to grow daily and aims to be a successful and organized source for images for the Bulbagarden network.

Images stored on the Archives are generally copyrighted works used under the fair use doctrine. They include screenshots from the anime, sprites from the games, official artwork, screenshots from the games, scans of the manga, Trading Card Game and books, photographs of the Trading Figure Game and other merchandise, and many other kinds of images. The Archives formerly hosted personal images for users to use in their user namespace; they were deleted at the end of May 2011.

Staff

Main article: a:Archives:Staff

Maverick Nate was the first official Editor-in-Chief of Bulbagarden Archives, and remained in this role until early 2011 when Jello took over the role as Archives Director until summer of the same year. At the moment, the Editors-in-Chief of the other Bulbagarden wikis (MAGNEDETH and RexRacer) are serving as the temporary Editors-in-Chief of the Archives.

Bulbagarden Archives is overseen by an Advisory Council, headed by the Archives Director, that collaborates on all executive decisions, including the making of policies. There are also many staff members who oversee the day-to-day running of the site.

Links

• Bulbagarden Archives main page

This article is a part of Project Fandom, a Bulbapedia Project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every aspect of the Pokémon Fandom.