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Interviews with {{u|Archaic}}, head of Bulbagarden, {{u|evkl}}, deputy head of Bulbagarden and former Editor in Chief of Bulbapedia, and {{u|TTEchidna}}, the current Bulbapedia Editor in Chief, are located below. Please be aware that slight editing has occurred in the process of bringing the information to you. | Interviews with {{u|Archaic}}, head of Bulbagarden, {{u|evkl}}, deputy head of Bulbagarden and former Editor in Chief of Bulbapedia, and {{u|TTEchidna}}, the current Bulbapedia Editor in Chief, are located below. Please be aware that slight editing has occurred in the process of bringing the information to you. | ||
==Archaic== | ==Archaic== | ||
'''RexRacer:''' At the conception, did you have any idea that Bulbapedia would become Bulbagarden's cash crop, so to speak? | '''RexRacer:''' At the conception, did you have any idea that Bulbapedia would become Bulbagarden's cash crop, so to speak? | ||
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'''RexRacer:''' You say that the conception took awhile to realize. When did the first incarnation of the idea take place? | '''RexRacer:''' You say that the conception took awhile to realize. When did the first incarnation of the idea take place? | ||
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'''Archaic:''' Everything can be traced back to 2000, with Bulbagarden's original webmaster Chris. He wasn't thinking in terms of a Pokemon wiki, he was intending to create a site based on the wiki format for anime, entertainment and gaming news, Anenga. I think the first proposal of a Pokémon wiki came from Meowth346 back in...'02? '03? Something like that. I remember that it didn't really attract much notice at the time. It wasn't until Wikipedia started to really take off that anyone really took the idea of wiki based content management seriously. | '''Archaic:''' Everything can be traced back to 2000, with Bulbagarden's original webmaster Chris. He wasn't thinking in terms of a Pokemon wiki, he was intending to create a site based on the wiki format for anime, entertainment and gaming news, Anenga. I think the first proposal of a Pokémon wiki came from Meowth346 back in...'02? '03? Something like that. I remember that it didn't really attract much notice at the time. It wasn't until Wikipedia started to really take off that anyone really took the idea of wiki based content management seriously. | ||
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==evkl== | ==evkl== | ||
'''RexRacer:''' From what I know, you were a forums moderator at the time Bulbapedia was in the works. What possessed you to become to go-to guy for the new wiki? | '''RexRacer:''' From what I know, you were a forums moderator at the time Bulbapedia was in the works. What possessed you to become to go-to guy for the new wiki? | ||
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'''RexRacer:''' At the time, was Bulbagarden the "community focused" Pokemon fan site that it is today, and how did Bulbapedia change things? | '''RexRacer:''' At the time, was Bulbagarden the "community focused" Pokemon fan site that it is today, and how did Bulbapedia change things? | ||
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'''evkl:''' Bulbagarden was a relatively small community back then, but it was tight-knit. So it's hard to say we were community-focused; we were just a community. Bulbapedia certainly was a growth opportunity, but the nature of wikis mean that the real contributors became parts of the community. And so I'd say today we're both a community and "community focused." Obviously we welcome the greater fandom, but there's a core group that understands we're about interaction and knowing each other. And that core group isn't small. In fact, I'd say it comprises anybody who visits the site on a semi-regular basis. | '''evkl:''' Bulbagarden was a relatively small community back then, but it was tight-knit. So it's hard to say we were community-focused; we were just a community. Bulbapedia certainly was a growth opportunity, but the nature of wikis mean that the real contributors became parts of the community. And so I'd say today we're both a community and "community focused." Obviously we welcome the greater fandom, but there's a core group that understands we're about interaction and knowing each other. And that core group isn't small. In fact, I'd say it comprises anybody who visits the site on a semi-regular basis. | ||
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==TTEchidna== | ==TTEchidna== | ||
'''RexRacer:''' What brought you to Bulbapedia initially? | '''RexRacer:''' What brought you to Bulbapedia initially? | ||
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'''RexRacer:''' Did you ever think that you would become the leader of the place? | '''RexRacer:''' Did you ever think that you would become the leader of the place? | ||
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'''TTEchidna:''' Ever thought I'd become the guy in charge? Actually, from when I first became a Pokémon fan, I wondered if I'd ever end up knowing the bigger players in the fandom. I started out as a Zeo user... always went on there, never posted. I was scared to, because I didn't wanna look dumb. But back when I joined BP, that was just before Gen IV began, when we were on the last legs of Gen III. And I couldn't foresee at all becoming the guy in charge of it. | '''TTEchidna:''' Ever thought I'd become the guy in charge? Actually, from when I first became a Pokémon fan, I wondered if I'd ever end up knowing the bigger players in the fandom. I started out as a Zeo user... always went on there, never posted. I was scared to, because I didn't wanna look dumb. But back when I joined BP, that was just before Gen IV began, when we were on the last legs of Gen III. And I couldn't foresee at all becoming the guy in charge of it. | ||