Wookieepedia:About
WP:ABOUT
- This is a general resource page for the Wookieepedia project. There is also an article about it atWookieepedia.
Wookieepedia is a volunteer-maintained wiki community that aims to comprehensively and accurately document officialStar Wars media, creators, and their stories, including both theLegends and currentcanon continuities. The Wookieepedia community strives to create a friendly and welcoming environment for all readers and contributors and includes theDiscussions forum and officialDiscord server.
Since our founding in2005, the wiki has been hosted by theFandom company on its Fandom platform. Our policies are decided bycommunity consensus and enforced by electedadministrators. The text of the wiki is licensed under theCreative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC BY-SA), and ourcopyright page contains more information about copyright on Wookieepedia.
Wookieepedia's name is a parody of "Wikipedia," referencing the word "Wookiee"—theStar Wars characterChewbacca'sspecies—but Wookieepedia is neither affiliated with Wikipedia nor theWikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia and theMediaWiki software used by Wookieepedia. Wookieepedia is likewise not affiliated in any way withLucasfilm,The Walt Disney Company, or any of their affiliates or subsidiaries.
As a free-to-edit online encyclopedia maintained by a volunteer community ofStar Wars fans, the Wookieepedia project is an ever-evolving repository of information that may be incomplete and inaccurate.Start editing today!
Policies and consensus
Wookieepedia is built on collaboration andcommunity consensus to establish article standards and other site policies, such as those onuser conduct. All users are expected to follow Wookieepedia policies, which are enforced by electedadministrators, and comply with Fandom policies, such as theFandom Terms of Use.
Discussions on site matters are held on relevanttalk pages and theSenate Hall forum, while official votes thatupdate policies occur via theConsensus track.
Further reading
- Special:Community
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