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[[Image:EPBase.png|thumb|right|The logo of Encyclopaediae Pokémonis.]] | [[Image:EPBase.png|thumb|right|The logo of Encyclopaediae Pokémonis.]] | ||
''' | '''Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis''' is a multilingual, [[wp:Open content|open-content]] Pokémon encyclopedia project that includes, among others, [[Bulbapedia]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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, however, nothing came of this. 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, however, nothing came of this. 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 | 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, having been created in April of that year. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
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==Name== | ==Name== | ||
Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis is [[wp:Latin|Latin]] for ''Encyclopedias of Pokémon''. This translation takes the idea that "Pokémon" is both the singular and plural one step further, by using the singular "Pokémonis" rather than the plural "Pokémonum". | |||
==Logo== | ==Logo== | ||
The logo of | The logo of Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis is a [[Poké Ball]] image superimposed over a polar [[wp:azimuthal equidistant projection|azimuthal equidistant projection]] of the planet Earth, reminiscent of the [[wp:Flag of the United Nations|Flag of the United Nations]]. The color of the Poké Ball, as well as the color of the underlying Earth, differs among the members of Encyclopaediae Pokémonis: Bulbapedia's is green, PokéWiki's is teal, Pokémon Wiki's is blue, Wikinezka's is red, Poképédia's is yellow, and LANDpedia's is orange. | ||
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