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Shortly after its inception, PokéWiki and Bulbapedia joined forces as the founding members of Encyclopaediae Pokémonis.
Shortly after its inception, PokéWiki and Bulbapedia joined forces as the founding members of Encyclopaediae Pokémonis.


In August 2009, PokéWiki began a cooperation with a manga/anime and videogame magazine. This resulted in an extra page for PokéWiki in the magazine, bigger ads in the wiki and better covering of the server funds, which don't have to be completely paid by the admins anymore.
In August 2009, PokéWiki began a cooperation with a manga/anime and videogame magazine. This resulted in an extra page for PokéWiki in the magazine, bigger ads in the wiki and better covering of the server funds, which don't have to be completely paid by the admins anymore. In January 2014, the cooperation found its end and PokéWiki made a contract with a German advertising company.


Like Bulbapedia finds a sort of mascot in {{p|Bulbasaur}}, with its logo being that of Bulbasaur's bulb with a [[Poké Ball]] on it, PokéWiki finds its mascot in a green {{p|Pikachu}} aptly known as {{de|Greenchu}}.
Like Bulbapedia finds a sort of mascot in {{p|Bulbasaur}}, with its logo being that of Bulbasaur's bulb with a [[Poké Ball]] on it, PokéWiki finds its mascot in a green {{p|Pikachu}} aptly known as {{de|Greenchu}}.
The current staff of the wiki consists of Buoysel, Matze, Shadowtweaker, {{u|Empoleon96|Dusk}}, Moltres, Taisuke and Pk-fan.


===Server seizure===
===Server seizure===
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On May 15, 2009, PokéWiki was opened again to the public.
On May 15, 2009, PokéWiki was opened again to the public.
== Staff ==
The current staff of the wiki consists of Buoysel, Matze, {{u|Empoleon96|Dusk}}, Moltres, Taisuke and Pk-fan. They are helped by <i>Redakteuren</i> (<i>editors</i>), a group with permissions to control changes, supress redirects and revert vandalism, as well as <i>trusted users</i>, a group consisting of former, still active staff members and rather new, promising users, able to edit semi-protected pages and templates.


==See also==
==See also==
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