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 Heroes Wiki's main page | |
Type of site | TV seriesfan wiki |
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| Available in | 10 languages |
| Created by | Communal |
| Revenue | Advertising |
| URL | http://heroeswiki.com |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Required for editing |
| Launched | October 10, 2006 |
| Current status | Defunct |
Heroes Wiki was afan wiki forNBC'sscience fictiondramaHeroes. The site usedMediaWiki software and launched on October 10, 2006.[1][2] Heroes Wiki was supported by revenue from advertising, part of which was donated to various charities.[3][4] As of June 28, 2010, the site contained over 5,500 articles created and edited by approximately 9,400 registered users, with over 157 million page views.[5]
On October 18, 2008, Heroes Wiki announced that it had officially partnered with NBC. NBC now directs those interested in a wiki onHeroes to Heroes Wiki, and directly funds the site in exchange for on-site advertisements.[6] The site was closed on June 1, 2020, due to low traffic rendering it unsustainable,[7] but an archived copy has been made available online.[8]
Heroes Wiki was launched on October 10, 2006, several weeks afterHeroes premiered in North America. Content includes articles on episodes, characters, cast and crew, cultural references, along with interviews with members of theHeroes cast and crew.[9] Episodespoilers and user-contributed theories was permitted on certain areas within the wiki.[10][11] The site's main page featured upcomingHeroes events and news, and links to articles summarizing the latestHeroes episode and online content. There are also links toHeroes-related websites, including official websites affiliated with the show and its producers, websites used in Heroes Evolutions, and unofficial fan sites. On September 18, 2008, the site becameWAP-enabled for cell phones and other mobile devices.[12]
The site also established nine projects containing translations of the main English language version of the wiki:Dutch,French,German,Hebrew,Italian,Portuguese,Spanish,Swedish, andTurkish.[13]
When Heroes Wiki began its partnership with NBC in October 2008, links were added pointing to Heroes Wiki on NBC'sHeroes andHeroes Evolutions sites.[14] NBC also discontinued promoting its own wiki forHeroes, instead redirecting readers to Heroes Wiki through links at the top of related pages.[15] In December 2008, the wiki was also referenced in several segments of NBC'sHeroes Insider Interactive SMS, which uses text messaging to send facts, pose trivia questions, and conduct polling during the airing of episodes of the show.[16][17]
As part of thealternate reality game inHeroes Evolutions, a mysteriousHeroes character known only asDropper Evs DropperArchived 2020-05-15 at theWayback Machine answered a number of fan-submitted questions posed by e-mail by Heroes Wiki administratorGibson Stewart Ryan Gibson StewartArchived 2020-05-15 at theWayback Machine. The interview was posted at Heroes Wiki on July 24, 2008.[18]
Beyond its partnership with NBC, Heroes Wiki had been recognized by other media outlets, includingNew York Magazine,[19] theNew York Times,[20] andE! Online.[21]Washington Times writer Joseph Szadkowski notes that the site is "obviously created by some very hard-core fans." He describes Heroes Wiki as a "dense online encyclopedia [that] offers more than 1,600 entries on the show's mythology."[22]
Content aboutHeroes cast and crew members had also been referenced elsewhere, including interviews with actorKyson Lee James Kyson Lee[permanent dead link] (Comic Book Resources[23]), senior producerTolerico Joe TolericoArchived 2020-05-16 at theWayback Machine (BuddyTV[24]), and the team behind the "Root and Branch" graphic novels (Comic Book Resources[25]).