View source for Pokémon Wiki joins international Pokémon encyclopedia group

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blurb=We are pleased to announce that the Japanese Pokémon encyclopedia, Pokémon Wiki (ポケモンWiki) has joined the English-language Bulbapedia and the German PokéWiki in ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'', a group of open-content Pokémon encyclopedias in different languages. }}
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[[Image:Encyclopaediae Pokemonis.png|thumb|right|The Encyclopaediae Pokémonis emblem]]
We are pleased to announce that the Japanese Pokémon encyclopedia, [[bp:ja:メインページ|Pokémon Wiki]] (ポケモンWiki) has joined the English-language [[bp:Main Page|Bulbapedia]] and the German [[bp:de:Hauptseite|PokéWiki]] in ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'', a group of [[wp:Open content|open-content]] Pokémon encyclopedias in different languages.

The first person to conceive of a Pokémon website that visitors could edit and update was [[bp:Meowth346|Meowth346]] of [[bp:Pokémon Forever|Pokémon Forever]]. Inspired by [[wp:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], one implemenation of that idea was founded on December 22, 2004: Bulbapedia. After a period of secret development, it was opened to the public on February 14, 2005.

Two months later, German Pokémon fan [[bp:User:nYoo|nYoo]] launched an inquiry into the possibility of opening a German Pokémon encyclopedia in the spirit of Bulbapedia. Though nothing came of that discussion, another inquiry was made in early August, and that resulted in PokéWiki.

Naturally, the two open-content Pokémon encyclopedias agreed to affiliate. Expecting more affiliates in other languages, ''Encyclopaediae Pokémonis'', Latin for ''Encylopedias of Pokémon'', was proposed shortly thereafter, but would be a long time before the group expanded.

Pokémon Wiki was founded early April 2006, and was first brought to our attention mid-June. Ten days and many e-mail messages later, Pokémon Wiki joined Encyclopaediae Pokémonis.