8,449
edits
Serebii.net: Difference between revisions
m
De-protect
(→Present issues: (Fixing akward prose)) |
m (De-protect) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Serebii.net''' or '''SPP''' <small>(Serebii's Pokémon Page/Place)</small> is a fan site created by [[Serebii (person)|Serebii]] in the fall of 1999 when many [[Pokémon]] sites were starting to appear, seemingly out of nowhere. The site first gained popularity as a GeoCities site, where it was also a member of the [[Articuno Island]] network. | '''Serebii.net''' or '''SPP''' <small>(Serebii's Pokémon Page/Place)</small> is a fan site created by [[Serebii (person)|Serebii]] in the fall of 1999 when many [[Pokémon]] sites were starting to appear, seemingly out of nowhere. The site first gained popularity as a GeoCities site, where it was also a member of the [[Articuno Island]] network. | ||
| Line 8: | Line 6: | ||
=Controversy= | =Controversy= | ||
Serebii.net has occasionally been the center of controversy, as its webmaster has faced accusations of theft in the past. [[Serebii (person)|Serebii]], the owner, | Serebii.net has occasionally been the center of controversy, as its webmaster has faced accusations of theft in the past. [[Serebii (person)|Serebii]], the owner, claims that he has not personally stolen anything since mid-2002. Since mid-2002, there however has been at least one case of material appearing on Serebii's site that had been created by another fansite; however Serebii has stated that this resulted from the work of unscrupulous fans stealing the material from the original site and passing them along to him, without informing him of the source. Although he has shown reluctance to remove such material at times, Serebii eventually accepts to do so in the vast majority of cases. | ||
=Present issues= | =Present issues= | ||