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==History== | ==History== | ||
The first person to conceive the idea of a Pokémon wiki was Meowth346 of {{OBP|Pokémon Forever|site}}. 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 {{OBP|Pokémon Forever|site}}. Eventually, Bulbapedia itself was created in December 2004, and opened to the public the following February. In April 2005, {{u|Nyoo|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 after its April creation. | 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. |