Fun Facts Quotes
FUN FACTS QUOTES
Random unusual Star Wars facts, taken from “The massive success of Wikipedia has encour- peer-reviewed articles: aged the creation of a slew of similar, but far more specialised, wiki-style web encyclopae- Sith Lord Ludo Kressh had a... pedicure dias. However, among those best served by this set?! cyberspace development are the lovers of Obi-Wan Kenobi left the Jedi Order at age American sci-fi. For Star Wars fanatics, there is 13 to fight in a civil war on the planet Wookieepedia, with more than 50,000 articles, Melida/Daan. and regularly amusing Quotes of the Day.”
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The idea for Wookieepedia originated on If anyone can edit Wookieepedia without regis- So what kind of articles will you find on Wikipedia in 2005. Wikipedia seeks to maintain tering, you might think that our articles would Wookieepedia? Here’s a small sampling of what articles only on subjects considered notable in riddled with vandalism, false facts, and poor you can find in our peer-reviewed articles: the real world, and many minor Star Wars char- writing. However, we have a number of estab- Knightfall Trilogy: This three-book series was acters do not qualify. Two Wikipedians, Chad lished editors dedicated to improving and main- intended to form part of the larger Star Wars: Barbry and Steven Greenwood, began looking taining the quality of our articles and keeping The New Jedi Order series, but it was canceled for a way to document these smaller aspects of the site free of vandalism and other bad-faith when the focus of the series shifted. the Star Wars universe. Their efforts eventually edits. Aided by a dynamic list of the most recent led to the creation of the “Star Wars Wiki,” changes to the wiki, unhelpful edits are typically Jeby: In the mid-1990s, Star Wars Galaxy maga- hosted by Wikicities (now Wikia), on March 4, reverted quickly, and one of our 21 administra- zine held a “Design an Alien” competition, invit- 2005. tors is almost always on hand to ban misbehav- ing readers to design their own alien species. ing user accounts and IP addresses. 7-year-old Paul Rice created the Jeby, which The new wiki was given the nickname have three heads and are covered in pink spots “Wookieepedia,” a name that eventually be- However, Wookieepedia’s quality control does- that fall off when they laugh. came the formal name. Barbry (under the user- n’t stop there. Users are encouraged to take name “WhiteBoy”) and Greenwood existing articles and improve them to the high- “All Stars Burn As One”: The official anthem of (“Riffsyphon1024”) began moving articles from est quality, and three peer review processes the Galactic Republic, not much is known about Wikipedia to Wookieepedia. Other users joined, exist to ensure that there are no flaws in these it other than it was used to greet Obi-Wan upon and Wookieepedia grew quickly, breaking articles. Once approved, they are flagged with a his arrival on Ord Cestus during the Clone Wars. 10,000 articles in August of the same year and special symbol in the upper right corner of the Wedge Antilles: In Wookieepedia’s longest arti- reaching over 40,000 within two years. As of page, and articles over 250 words in length are cle at nearly 80,000 words, you can read every May 28, 2012, Wookieepedia has 93,420 arti- queued up for an appearance on the wiki’s detail of Wedge’s life, from the death of his par- cles, covering everything from the AA-12X Ver- home page. There is no such thing as a com- ents and first girlfriend to joining the Rebellion, boBrain (a brain used in AD-series weapons pleted article, though, and over time standards from leading Rogue and Wraith to becoming a maintenance droids) to Zzzzyxxx (a character may be toughened or articles may need updat- general and serving during the Yuuzhan Vong found at the end of the original edition of the ing from new sources. If an article no longer War, and from three retirements to why two Star Tours ride at Tokyo Disneyland). meets the criteria for any reason, it will be different actors played him in A New Hope. placed on probation, and if the issues are not Wookieepedia has been recognized by Lucas- fixed, stripped of its status, helping to make Flashpoint (planet): A planet that orbited so film, with many “Encyclopedia” entries on sure that the only articles with the stamp of close to its star that it was unable to support life StarWars.com linking to the corresponding approval are those of the highest quality. without a magnetic field, it nevertheless be- Wookieepedia article for more information. came home to a Republic research station and Numerous licensed authors and even The Clone As of May 28, 2012, 3,458 articles (3.7% of all later to the Mandalorian scientist Demagol’s Wars supervising director Dave Filoni have said articles) have passed our peer review processes notorious “experiments” on captured Jedi dur- that they use Wookieepedia as reference mate- and retain their status, and more are continu- ing the Mandalorian Wars. rial, and some even have accounts on the site. ously added, ensuring that you’ll never run out of new things to read about. You can find more articles like these by search- ing “WP:FA”, “WP:GA”, and “WP:CA”.