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Due to their both being open-content wiki Pokémon encyclopedias, PokéWiki and Bulbapedia soon allied to form Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis, hoping that soon more would join the group. Eventually, the Japanese [[Pokémon Wiki]] answered the call in June 2006, having been created in April of that year. | Due to their both being open-content wiki Pokémon encyclopedias, PokéWiki and Bulbapedia soon allied to form Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis, hoping that soon more would join the group. Eventually, the Japanese [[Pokémon Wiki]] answered the call in June 2006, having been created in April of that year. | ||
On April 6, 2007, the [[wp:Polish language|Polish-language]] [[Wikinezka]] joined the group. The [[wp:French language|French-language]] [[Poképédia]] joined in September 2007, and the [[wp:Portuguese language|Portuguese-language]] [[LANDpedia]] joined in December, 2007. | On April 6, 2007, the [[wp:Polish language|Polish-language]] [[Wikinezka]] joined the group. The [[wp:French language|French-language]] [[Poképédia]] joined in September 2007, and the [[wp:Portuguese language|Portuguese-language]] [[LANDpedia]] joined in December, 2007. Most recently, the [[wp:Spanish language|Spanish-language]] [[Pokéteca]] joined in August, 2009. | ||
Currently, the | Currently, the seven wikis interlink to each other, and navigation between articles on the same subject is made possible by links in the sidebar. | ||
==Name== | ==Name== | ||
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==Logo== | ==Logo== | ||
The logo of Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis is a [[Poké Ball]] image superimposed over a polar [[wp:azimuthal equidistant projection|azimuthal equidistant projection]] of the planet Earth, reminiscent of the [[wp:Flag of the United Nations|Flag of the United Nations]]. The color of the Poké Ball, as well as the color of the underlying Earth, differs among the members of Encyclopaediae Pokémonis: Bulbapedia's is green, PokéWiki's is teal, Pokémon Wiki's is blue, Wikinezka's is red, Poképédia's is yellow, | The logo of Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis is a [[Poké Ball]] image superimposed over a polar [[wp:azimuthal equidistant projection|azimuthal equidistant projection]] of the planet Earth, reminiscent of the [[wp:Flag of the United Nations|Flag of the United Nations]]. The color of the Poké Ball, as well as the color of the underlying Earth, differs among the members of Encyclopaediae Pokémonis: Bulbapedia's is green, PokéWiki's is teal, Pokémon Wiki's is blue, Wikinezka's is red, Poképédia's is yellow, LANDpedia's is orange, and Pokéteca's is brown. | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
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Image:EPPoképédia.png|Poképédia's variation | Image:EPPoképédia.png|Poképédia's variation | ||
Image:EPLANDpedia.png|LANDpedia's variation | Image:EPLANDpedia.png|LANDpedia's variation | ||
Image:EPPokéteca.png|Pokéteca's variation | |||
Image:EPBase.png|The basic, grayscale version. | Image:EPBase.png|The basic, grayscale version. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==External link== | ==External link== | ||
*[http://www.encyclopaediae-pokemonis.org/ Encyclopaediae Pokémonis main page, linking to all | *[http://www.encyclopaediae-pokemonis.org/ Encyclopaediae Pokémonis main page, linking to all seven wikis] | ||
{{Encyclopaediae Pokémonis}} | {{Encyclopaediae Pokémonis}} | ||
Revision as of 02:11, 19 August 2009
Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis is a multilingual, open-content Pokémon encyclopedia project that includes, among others, Bulbapedia.
History
The first person to conceive the idea of a Pokémon wiki was Meowth346 of Pokémon Forever. Eventually, Bulbapedia itself was created in December 2004, and opened to the public the following February. In April 2005, nYoo suggested a German-language version, however, nothing came of this. Later in the year, in August, the idea that would eventually spawn PokéWiki came to be.
Due to their both being open-content wiki Pokémon encyclopedias, PokéWiki and Bulbapedia soon allied to form Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis, hoping that soon more would join the group. Eventually, the Japanese Pokémon Wiki answered the call in June 2006, having been created in April of that year.
On April 6, 2007, the Polish-language Wikinezka joined the group. The French-language Poképédia joined in September 2007, and the Portuguese-language LANDpedia joined in December, 2007. Most recently, the Spanish-language Pokéteca joined in August, 2009.
Currently, the seven wikis interlink to each other, and navigation between articles on the same subject is made possible by links in the sidebar.
Name
Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis is Latin for Encyclopedias of Pokémon. This translation takes the idea that "Pokémon" is both the singular and plural one step further, by using the singular "Pokémonis" rather than the plural "Pokémonum".
Logo
The logo of Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis is a Poké Ball image superimposed over a polar azimuthal equidistant projection of the planet Earth, reminiscent of the Flag of the United Nations. The color of the Poké Ball, as well as the color of the underlying Earth, differs among the members of Encyclopaediae Pokémonis: Bulbapedia's is green, PokéWiki's is teal, Pokémon Wiki's is blue, Wikinezka's is red, Poképédia's is yellow, LANDpedia's is orange, and Pokéteca's is brown.
Bulbapedia's variation
PokéWiki's variation
Pokémon Wiki's variation
Wikinezka's variation
Poképédia's variation
LANDpedia's variation
Pokéteca's variation
The basic, grayscale version.
