Zelda Wiki

Zelda Wiki
"The Zelda encyclopedia"
File:ZeldaWiki logo.png Zelda Wiki's logo
Language	English
Status	Active
Run	2005 - Present
Date opened	April 24, 2005
Creator	Jason Rappaport
Current owner	{{{owner}}}
Number of Articles	10,062+
Forum	Zelda Wiki Discussion Center
Mascot	Triforce
Website	Main Page

Zelda Wiki, previously known as Zelda Wiki.org and Zelda Universe Wiki, is a wiki-based encyclopedia hosted on the wiki-farm Fandom (originally called Wikia). Zelda Wiki aims to collect any and all information related to Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda franchise.

Zelda Wiki co-founded the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance with Bulbapedia and Super Mario Wiki, a network that comprises fan-run wikis from several Nintendo franchises. Zelda Wiki's status in the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance is currently in dispute due to its acquisition by Fandom.

History

Zelda Wiki was originally founded as Zelda Universe Wiki by Jason Rappaport for the website Zelda Universe. It quickly grew to contain information related to The Legend of Zelda, before the website crashed following a server move. After it was moved to a new server, the wiki adopted the name "Zelda Wiki.org" and became a collaborative project between several different Zelda sites. After many major Zelda sites choose to leave and the only masterminds were small Zelda sties, it was reorganized under an independent structure.

Its founder, Jason Rappaport, was also the one that approached Archaic and Porplemontage over forming an alliance together. Together the group founded the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance, overseeing the growth of the alliance as various wikis joined the group during the Fandom migration.

On March 8, 2017, Zelda Wiki became part of Gamepedia, a wiki-farm hosting gaming wikis. Gamepedia was acquired by Fandom in 2018, making Zelda Wiki a sister wiki to Pokémon Wiki. On June 15, 2019, the Fandom wiki Zeldapedia merged into Zelda Wiki, and by 2021 the wiki received a new skin and a new domain name.