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The first person to conceive the idea of a Pokémon wiki was [[Meowth346]] of [[Pokémon Forever]]. Eventually, Bulbapedia itself was created in December 2004, and opened to the public the following February. In April 2005, {{u|nYoo}} suggested a {{wp|German language|German-language}} version. Later in the year, in August, the idea that would eventually spawn [[PokéWiki]] came to be. | The first person to conceive the idea of a Pokémon wiki was [[Meowth346]] of [[Pokémon Forever]]. Eventually, Bulbapedia itself was created in December 2004, and opened to the public the following February. In April 2005, {{u|nYoo}} suggested a {{wp|German language|German-language}} version. Later in the year, in August, the idea that would eventually spawn [[PokéWiki]] came to be. | ||
Due to their both being open-content wiki Pokémon encyclopedias, PokéWiki and Bulbapedia soon allied to form Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis, hoping that soon more would join the group. Eventually, the Japanese [[Pokémon Wiki]] answered the call in June 2006 | Due to their both being open-content wiki Pokémon encyclopedias, PokéWiki and Bulbapedia soon allied to form Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis, hoping that soon more would join the group. Eventually, the Japanese [[Pokémon Wiki]] answered the call in June 2006 after its April creation. | ||
On April 6, 2007, the {{wp|Polish language|Polish-language}} [[Wikinezka]] joined the group. The {{wp|French language|French-language}} [[Poképédia]] joined in September 2007, and the {{wp|Portuguese language|Portuguese-language}} [[LANDpedia]] joined in December, 2007. The {{wp|Spanish language|Spanish-language}} [[Pokéteca]] joined in August, 2009, while most recently, the {{wp|Italian language|Italian-language}} [[Pokémon Central]] joined the group in August, 2010. | On April 6, 2007, the {{wp|Polish language|Polish-language}} [[Wikinezka]] joined the group. The {{wp|French language|French-language}} [[Poképédia]] joined in September 2007, and the {{wp|Portuguese language|Portuguese-language}} [[LANDpedia]] joined in December, 2007. The {{wp|Spanish language|Spanish-language}} [[Pokéteca]] joined in August, 2009, while most recently, the {{wp|Italian language|Italian-language}} [[Pokémon Central]] joined the group in August, 2010. |
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