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The idea for WOOKIEEPEDIA originated on If anyone can edit WOOKIEEPEDIA without So what kind of articles will you find on Wikipedia in 2005. Wikipedia seeks to maintain registering, one might think that our articles would be WOOKIEEPEDIA? Here’s a very small sampling of articles only on subjects considered notable in the riddled with vandalism, false facts, and poor writing. what you can find in our peer-reviewed articles: real world, and many minor Star Wars characters However, we have a number of established editors do not qualify. Two Wikipedians, Chad Barbry and dedicated to improving and maintaining the quality of Knightfall Trilogy: This three-book series was intended Steven Greenwood, began looking for a way to our articles and keeping the site free of vandalism to form part of the larger Star Wars: The New Jedi Order document these smaller aspects of the Star Wars and other bad-faith edits. Aided by a dynamic list series, but it was canceled when the focus of the universe. Their efforts eventually led to the creation of the most recent changes to the wiki, unhelpful series shifted. of the “Star Wars Wiki,” hosted by Wikicities (now edits are typically reverted quickly, and one of our Wikia), on March 4, 2005. 21 administrators is almost always on hand to ban Jeby: In the mid-1990s, Star Wars Galaxy magazine misbehaving user accounts and IP addresses. held a “Design an Alien” competition, inviting readers The new wiki was given to design their own alien species. 7-year-old Paul Rice the nickname However, Wookieepedia’s quality control doesn’t stop created the Jeby, which have three heads and are “Wookieepedia,” a name there. Users are encouraged to take existing articles covered in pink spots that fall off when they laugh. that eventually became and improve them to the highest quality, and three the formal name. Barbry peer review processes exist to ensure that there are “All Stars Burn As One”: The official anthem of the (under the username no flaws in these articles. Once approved, they are Galactic Republic, not much is known about it other “WhiteBoy”) and Greenwood flagged with a special than it was used to greet Obi-Wan Kenobi upon his (“Riffsyphon1024”) began The original logo. symbol (see images to arrival on Ord Cestus during the Clone Wars. moving articles from left) in the upper right Wedge Antilles: In Wookieepedia’s longest article at Wikipedia to Wookieepedia. The icons marking corner of the page, and Other users joined, and Wookieepedia quickly grew, peer-reviewed articles, articles over 250 words 80,000 words, you can read every detail of Wedge’s breaking 10,000 articles in August of the same the best of the wiki. in length are queued life, from the death of his parents and first girlfriend to year and reaching over 40,000 within two years. up for an appearance joining the Rebellion, from leading Rogue and Wraith As of August 14, 2012, Wookieepedia has 95,706 on the wiki’s homepage. There is no such thing as a Squadrons to becoming a general and serving during articles, covering everything from the completed article, though, and over time, standards the Yuuzhan Vong War, and from three retirements to AA-12X VerboBrain (a brain used in AD-series may be toughened or articles may need updating from why two different actors played him in A New Hope. weapons maintenance droids) to Zzzzyxxx (a new sources. If an article no longer meets the criteria character found at the end of the original edition of for any reason, it will be placed on probation and— Flashpoint (planet): A planet that orbited so the Star Tours ride at Tokyo Disneyland). if the issues are not fixed—stripped of its status, close to its star that it was unable to support life helping to make sure that the only articles with the without a magnetic field, it nevertheless became Wookieepedia has been recognized by Lucasfilm, stamp of approval are those of the highest quality. home to a Republic research station and later with many “Encyclopedia” entries on StarWars.com to the Mandalorian scientist Demagol’s notorious linking to the corresponding Wookieepedia article As of August 14, 2012, 3,633 articles (3.8% of all “experiments” on captured Jedi during the for more information. Numerous licensed authors articles) have passed our peer review processes and Mandalorian Wars. and even The Clone Wars supervising director Dave retain their status, and more are continuously added, Filoni have said that they use Wookieepedia as ensuring that you’ll never run out of new things to read You can find more articles like these by searching reference material, and some even have accounts about. “WP:FA”, “WP:GA”, and “WP:CA”. on the site.