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'''Bulbapedia''' is a [[wp:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] installation run by [[Bulbagarden]] for the purpose of creating a Pokémon-focused encyclopedia. Bulbapedia is a [[wp:wiki|wiki]], meaning that editing is a simple process of clicking on the 'Edit this page' link, provided you have registered. It is overseen by an [[Bulbapedia:Editorial board|editorial board]] and is part of [[Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis]] and the [[Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance]].
<div style="font-size: 300%; line-height: 150%; margin: 10px; text-align: center;">'''About Bulbapedia'''</div>
<div style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 120%; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;">[[Bulbapedia]] is an online encyclopedia about [[Pokémon]] to which anyone can contribute.</div>


Bulbapedia began on December 21, 2004. It currently has {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles.
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<div>Bulbapedia is part of [[Bulbagarden]], the original Pokémon community, and was first opened to the public on February 14, 2005. Since then, thousands of volunteer editors from around the world have contributed their knowledge of Pokémon and have collaboratively written {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles. Bulbapedia is now the world's largest Pokémon encyclopedia, and continues to grow every day thanks to the efforts of the community.</div>


All text in Bulbapedia, and some images and other content, is covered by the [[wp:Creative Commons License|Creative Commons]] [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License].
<div style="margin: 10px 0;">The encyclopedia's purpose is to be the ultimate English-language Pokémon resource, by providing comprehensive information on all aspects of the franchise. To this end, Bulbapedia is a {{wp|wiki}} built using {{wp|MediaWiki}}, which means that anyone is able to create an account and make edits and additions. [[Bulbapedia:Getting started|Getting started]] is incredibly easy.</div>


==Milestones==
<div >Documentation efforts also include the [[Bulbagarden Archives]], serving as the site's repository for images and other media that help illustrate the encyclopedia<!--, and [[Bulbadata]], the home of machine-readable data and powerful APIs that allow for new ways of understanding the world of Pokémon-->.</div>
* January 11, 2005: 3 weeks since establishment, the [[Special:Statistics|100-article mark]] was reached.
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* February 14, 2005: On Valentine's Day, Bulbapedia was announced to the public. Activity soared, with the article count jumping from 114 to 135 in just over 24 hours.
* February 18, 2005: Bulbapedia is moved to a new server to accommodate the expanding needs of the clients of our host, InnerChambers.
* February 21, 2005: A week since opening, Bulbapedia now stands at 175 articles.
* February 22, 2005: And just a day later, Bulbapedia passes the 200 article mark.
* February 28, 2005: Bulbapedia's hundredth user registers.
* March 1, 2005: Bulbapedia's 300th article is created.
* March 6, 2005: Bulbapedia's 400th, 500th and 600th articles are created, contributed by {{u|Meowth346}}. Most of the contributions in this timeframe are stub articles on the at-the-time 386 {{cat|Pokémon}}.
* March 10, 2005: Bulbapedia's 50,000th (fifty thousandth) page view is recorded.
* March 25, 2005: Bulbapedia's 1,000th article is created as a part of the mass-upload of {{bp|Project MoveDex}} by {{u|Zhen Lin}}.
* April 1, 2005: Bulbapedia's 100,000th page view is recorded. This is approximately 2,200 visits per day since the last page view milestone.
* April 16, 2005: Bulbapedia's 1,500th article is created, as part of {{u|Zeta}}'s {{cat|Trainer classes}} article series.
* May 16, 2005: Bulbapedia's 200th user registers.
* May 19, 2005: Again, Bulbapedia was vandalized again by Ph34r. This event is known as '''The Great Bulbapedia Turkey Shoot'''.
* June 4, 2005: Bulbapedia's 2,000th article is created as part of the mass-upload of {{bp|Project Anime}} by {{u|Zhen Lin}}.
* July 28, 2005: Bulbapedia is moved to a new host, Elixant; total page views also exceed 450,000 that day.
* August 24, 2005: Bulbapedia goes MediaWiki 1.5 (rc2).
* April 8, 2006: Bulbapedia goes MediaWiki 1.6.
* July 9, 2006: Bulbapedia goes MediaWiki 1.7.*
* July 20, 2006: Bulbapedia's 3,000th article is created, as work on {{bp|Project TCG}} begins.
* July 27, 2006: Bulbapedia is moved to a dedicated server.
* October 14, 2006: Bulbapedia goes MediaWiki 1.8.
* November 15, 2006: Bulbapedia's 10,000,000th page view is recorded. <!-- will attempt to extrapolate when milestone was reached. 10,170,237 views at UNIX timestamp 1164284083
10,404,516 views at UNIX timestamp 1164692392
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* December 30, 2006: Bulbapedia's 4,000th article is created, as part of {{u|Zhen Lin}}'s work on [[Pokémon Adventures]].
* March 26, 2007: Bulbapedia's 20,000,000th page view is recorded at around 11:00PM (UTC).
* April 15, 2007: Bulbapedia switches to version 2.5 of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.
* April 29, 2007: Bulbapedia's 25,000,000th page view is recorded at around 3:00PM (UTC), just one week after the US release of {{game|Diamond and Pearl|s}}.
* May 19, 2007: Bulbapedia's 5,000th article, [[Ho-Oh (anime)]], was created by {{u|Pie}} at 6:10AM (UTC).
<!-- * May 20, 2007: Bulbapedia's 30,000,000th page view is recorded just after 9PM. -->
* July 1, 2007: Bulbapedia's 40,000,000th page view is recorded just before 10:00PM (UTC).
* July 31, 2007: Bulbapedia's 50,000,000th page view is recorded before midnight.
<!-- * August 26, 2007: Bulbapedia's 60,000,000th page view is recorded between 2:00PM and 3:00PM (UTC). -->
* September 8, 2007: Bulbapedia's 6,000th article, [[Wobbuffet (Neo Discovery 16)]], was created by {{u|Shiningpikablu252}} at 1:34AM (UTC).
* October 8, 2007: Bulbapedia's 75,000,000th page view is recorded shortly after 2:00PM (UTC).
* December 18, 2007: Bulbapedia's 100,000,000th page view is recorded shortly before 2:00PM (UTC).
* February 13, 2008: Bulbapedia's 8,000th article was created.
* April 13, 2008: Bulbapedia's 150,000,000th page view is recorded before 7:00PM (UTC).
* May 14, 2008: Bulbapedia's 9,000th article, [[Tauros (EX Crystal Guardians 12)]], was created by {{u|Politoed666}} at 8:19PM (UTC).
* July 27, 2008: Bulbapedia's 200,000,000th page view is recorded before 1:00AM (UTC).
* June 29, 2008: Bulbapedia's 10,000th article, [[Koffing (EX Ruby & Sapphire 54)]], was created by {{u|Maverick Nate}} at 5:34PM (UTC).
* July 23, 2008: Bulbapedia's 11,000th article, [[‎Forina's Absol (Movie VS Pack 8)]], was created by {{u|Maverick Nate}} at 8:02PM (UTC).
* August 21, 2008: Bulbapedia's 12,000th article, [[Deoxys ex (EX Deoxys 99)]], was created by {{u|Shiningpikablu252}} at 8:10PM (UTC).
* October 24, 2008: Bulbapedia's 13,000th article, [[Voltorb (Stormfront 81)]], was created by {{u|Shiningpikablu252}} at 3:24AM (UTC).
* June 16, 2009: Bulbapedia's 15,000th article, [[Volume (Adventures)]], was created by {{u|CoolPikachu!}} at 2:17AM (UTC).
* February 3, 2010: The one millionth edit was made to Bulbapedia. The edit was made to the article [[Pokémon in Poland]] by {{u|Zesty Cactus}} at 5:32AM (UTC).
* February 10, 2010: Bulbapedia's 16,000th article, [[Vespiquen (Undaunted 23)]], was created by {{u|Maverick Nate}} at 7:30PM (UTC).
* October 18, 2010: Bulbapedia's 18,000th article, [[Basketball Player (Trainer class)]], was created by {{u|Lilkaykaygal}} at 5:58AM (UTC).
* June 15, 2011: Bulbapedia's 19,000th article, [[Zweilous (Red Collection 51)]], was created by {{u|Maverick Nate}} at 2:47PM (UTC).
* August 6, 2011: Bulbapedia's 20,000th article, [[‎Swampert (18-025)]], was created by {{u|PsychicRider}} at 07:36AM (UTC).
* August 8, 2011: The 1,500,000th edit was made to Bulbapedia. The edit was made to the article [[Ash's Charizard]] by {{u|Magmortar46}} at 10:07AM (UTC).
* March 10, 2012: Bulbapedia's 21,000th article, [[Megumi Mizutani]], was created by {{u|Adyniz}} at 11:07PM (UTC).
* December 21, 2012: Bulbapedia's 22,000th article, [[List of game-based Pokémon distributions in Generation III]], was created by {{u|Lady Ariel}} at 5:31PM (UTC).
* October 6, 2013: Bulbapedia's 24,000th article, [[Nidoqueen (Pokémon)/Generation V learnset]], was created by {{u|‎SnorlaxMonster}} at 7:16PM (UTC).
* October 30, 2013: The 2,000,000th edit was made to Bulbapedia. The edit was made to the article [[Johto (musical group)]] by {{u|Berrenta}} at 6:43PM (UTC).
* December 12, 2013: Bulbapedia's 25,000th article, [[Scatterbug (Collection X 6)]], was created by {{u|Maverick Nate}} at 3:59AM (UTC).
* July 15, 2014‎: Bulbapedia's 26,000th article, [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness: Prima's Official Strategy Guide]], was created by {{u|Charlie}} at 5:05PM (UTC).
* February 25, 2015‎: Bulbapedia's 27,000th article, [[Rockabye Pokémon]], was created by {{u|Adamws}} at 4:38PM (UTC).
* September 30, 2015: Bulbapedia's 28,000th article, [[Jolteon (U4-25)]], was created by {{u|Nuva-kal}} at 8:58PM (UTC).
* November 13, 2016‎: Bulbapedia's 30,000th article, [[Muk (Pokémon)/Generation VI learnset]], was created by {{u|Carmenstar97}} at 9:52PM (UTC).
* December 8, 2016: Bulbapedia's 31,000th article, [[Faraway]], was created by {{u|SnorlaxMonster}} at 5:03AM (UTC).
* May 8, 2017: Bulbapedia's 32,000th article, [[Damp Rock]], was created by {{u|Carmenstar97}} at 3:01AM (UTC).
* January 17, 2023: Bulbapedia's 49,000th article, [[Zero Gate]], was created by {{u|Landfish7}} at 6:01AM (UTC).
* January 27, 2023: Bulbapedia recorded 15,000,000 words written across all content pages, due to {{u|Liloure}}'s additions to [[Nemona/Quotes]] at 2:39PM (UTC).
* June 10, 2023: Bulbapedia's 50,000th article, [[Primeape (Pokémon Card 151 57)]], was created by {{u|Anzasquiddles}} at 2:03AM (UTC).
* September 14, 2023: Bulbapedia's 51,000th article, [[Trainer rank (Shuffle)]], was created by {{u|Boblers}} at 11:13AM (UTC).
* January 12, 2024: Bulbapedia's 52,000th article, [[Morichika]], was created by {{u|Minibug}} at 9:06PM (UTC).


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Bulbapedia is a founding member of the [[Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance]], a network of independent wikis and their associated websites that aim to chronicle all things Nintendo. Founded in 2010, NIWA now has 40 members, covering a wide range of Nintendo related topics in four languages.</div>
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Latest revision as of 03:09, 14 January 2025

About Bulbapedia
Bulbapedia is an online encyclopedia about Pokémon to which anyone can contribute.
Bulbapedia is part of Bulbagarden, the original Pokémon community, and was first opened to the public on February 14, 2005. Since then, thousands of volunteer editors from around the world have contributed their knowledge of Pokémon and have collaboratively written 53,855 articles. Bulbapedia is now the world's largest Pokémon encyclopedia, and continues to grow every day thanks to the efforts of the community.
The encyclopedia's purpose is to be the ultimate English-language Pokémon resource, by providing comprehensive information on all aspects of the franchise. To this end, Bulbapedia is a wiki built using MediaWiki, which means that anyone is able to create an account and make edits and additions. Getting started is incredibly easy.
Documentation efforts also include the Bulbagarden Archives, serving as the site's repository for images and other media that help illustrate the encyclopedia.
Find out more
Bulbagarden logo.png
Bulbagarden
Bulbapedia is a part of Bulbagarden, the original Pokémon community. Originally begining as a fansite in 1999, Bulbagarden launched in its current form on January 1, 2003, and since then has grown to become one of the largest Pokémon community websites in the world. Bulbagarden also includes the Bulbagarden forums, Bulbanews, Bulbacast and the Bulbagarden Discord.
Affiliations & Partnerships
EPBase.png
Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis
Bulbapedia is a founding member of Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis, a multilingual, open-content Pokémon encyclopedia project. Currently consisting of seven members with wikis in English, German, Japanese, French, Italian, Chinese and Spanish, the wikis interlink together to enable Pokémon fans from around the world to find information in their own language.
Niwalogo.png
Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance
Bulbapedia is a founding member of the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance, a network of independent wikis and their associated websites that aim to chronicle all things Nintendo. Founded in 2010, NIWA now has 40 members, covering a wide range of Nintendo related topics in four languages.
HAVA Media logo.png
HAVA Media
HAVA Media is Bulbagarden's hosting provider and advertising partner. This partnership with HAVA Media allows Bulbagarden to continue to provide the world's largest repository of Pokémon information free of charge, and also allows Bulbagarden to provide hosting to other independent websites, including Dogasu's Backpack and the Japanese Pokémon Wiki.
Bulbapedia and Bulbagarden are not affiliated with, authorised, or endorsed by The Pokémon Company, Game Freak, Creatures, or Nintendo.
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