Community:Nookipedia
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| "Your community-driven Animal Crossing wiki encyclopedia!" | ||||||
 Nookipedia's logo .png) The website as of June 2, 2022. | ||||||
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| Language | English (names in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Russian) | |||||
| Dates of operation | 2010 - present | |||||
| Date opened | Original wiki: July 12, 2010 Nookipedia: October 23, 2010 | |||||
| Creator | Jake Leem01 | |||||
| No. of articles | 18,997 (as of November 24, 2024) | |||||
| Forums | The Bulletin Board (defunct) Discord | |||||
| Web address | https://nookipedia.com | |||||
Nookipedia (formerly known as Animal Crossing Wiki) is an online wiki encyclopedia for the Animal Crossing series, founded on October 23, 2010 and hosted by Jake. Featuring 18,997 articles, Nookipedia is the largest independent Animal Crossing wiki on the internet. It is a member of the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance, a collaboration of independent Nintendo-oriented wikis.
History
Animal Crossing Wiki (2010)
On July 12, 2010, Animal Crossing Wiki was set up as part of the now-defunct Animal Crossing Forums (animalcrossingforums.net).[1] It was originally run by Leem01, one of the forum's moderators. Although the wiki received an affiliation with NIWA[2] and obtained a few edits, a database problem caused the wiki to shut down without any backups created. The wiki had 51 articles as of its last archived capture on the Wayback Machine on August 28, 2010.[3]
Animal Crossing Forums continued for a few months after the wiki's shutdown and Nookipedia's formation, before being shut down in favor of Nookipedia's The Bulletin Board forum on January 20, 2011.[4] The animalcrossingforums.net URL currently redirects to nookipedia.com.
Nookipedia (2010–present)
After the original wiki went defunct, Animal Crossing Wiki (animalcrossingwiki.me) was relaunched by Jake on October 23, 2010 and separate from the original wiki created in July 2010. Their intention was to gradually obtain a membership in the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance. In November, staff members from Animal Crossing City, who had previously tried ShoutWiki for their move away from Wikia due to a controversial implementation of a new skin, approached Jake and his wiki to help merge their contents from Animal Crossing City to Jake's Animal Crossing Wiki. Later that month, the merger with Animal Crossing City completed, and on November 19, 2010, Animal Crossing Wiki joined NIWA.
At the end of 2010, the staff agreed on a name change to Nookipedia (from Animal Crossing Wiki), to give the wiki a distinct and memorable name, as well as a new site skin. This update was completed in time for new year and launched to the public on January 1, 2011.
From 2010 to 2016, off-wiki discussion was held mostly on The Bulletin Board forum, which was created alongside the wiki. A Nookipedia Discord server was created in late 2016, and following its launch, most off-wiki discussion moved from there from the forums. The Bulletin Board was shut down on May 31, 2018.
The wiki has since overseen the rise in popularity of the Animal Crossing series from the likes of Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the latter of which resulted in Nookipedia taking on a prominent role in the ACNH Spreadsheet Community. In mid-2020, the wiki initiated the implementation of the MediaWiki extension Cargo, allowing for databases of various aspects of the Animal Crossing series, such as items and villagers. On October 7, 2020, Nookipedia created ACNH.Directory, an open-source directory of fan sites, communities, and resources for Animal Crossing: New Horizons.[5]
Gallery
- For documentation of Nookipedia's current logos, see Nookipedia:Assets.
Animal Crossing Wiki's logo before the renaming to Nookipedia.
Animal Crossing Wiki's old header before the renaming to Nookipedia.
Animal Crossing Wiki's logo in 2010 before the renaming to Nookipedia.
Nookipedia's logo from 2011 to 2020
Nookipedia's old header used from 2017 to 2020
Nookipedia's current logo since 2020
Nookipedia's current logo text since 2020
The main page as of December 12, 2010
The main page as of January 1, 2011
The main page as of October 26, 2017, prior to the installation of the new Vector skin
The main page as of March 16, 2021, prior to making Timeless as default
The main page as of June 4, 2021, prior to design changes to the Main Page
The main page on April 1, 2022, featuring an April Fools' joke involving Cephalobot
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References
- ↑ "About". Animal Crossing Wiki. Archived from the original on August 3, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ↑ "Affiliates". NIWA. Archived from the original on September 5, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ↑ "Animal Crossing Wiki". Animal Crossing Wiki. Archived from the original on August 3, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ↑ "Home". Animal Crossing Forums. Archived from the original on January 8, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ↑ https://x.com/nookipedia/status/1313917464477081600
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