Wowpedia is a

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Warcraft ''Warcraft'' is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of five core games: '' Warcraft: Orcs & Humans'', '' Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'', '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chao ...

'' fictional universe. It covers all of the ''Warcraft'' games, including the MMORPG ''

World of Warcraft ''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the ''Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of Warcraft'' takes place within the world of Azeroth ...

''. It is both a specialized wiki built around the ''Warcraft'' universe and a collaborative space for players to develop and publish strategies for ''Warcraft'' games. It was officially announced on 25 October 2010.

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Wowpedia began as WoWWiki on 24 November 2004 as a source of information pertaining to the ''World of Warcraft'' universe, including the

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games, novels, the RPG reference books, manga, and other written sources, along with the ''WoW'' expansion packs, '' The Burning Crusade'', ''

Wrath of the Lich King ''World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King'' is the second expansion set for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) ''World of Warcraft'', following '' The Burning Crusade''. It launched on November 13, 2008 and sold 2.8 m ...

'', '' Cataclysm'', ''

Warlords of Draenor ''World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor'' is the fifth expansion set to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) ''World of Warcraft'', following ''Mists of Pandaria''. It was announced on November 8, 2013 at BlizzCon 2013. ...

'', ''

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'', '' Battle for Azeroth'', and '' Shadowlands''. In 2007, the WoWWiki community joined

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, and in the process transferred the rights to the "WoWWiki" domain name to Wikia. In late 2010, Wikia introduced a new fixed-width skin which caused layout issues with many articles and broke JavaScript-based features such as tooltips, as well as generating reports of eye strain and headaches. As a result, the content and article history was forked to Wowpedia.org, hosted by

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, on 20 October 2010, with most of the administrators of WoWWiki, as well as many of the other active contributors, moving to Wowpedia. On December 4, 2010,

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began to incorporate links to Wowpedia, as well as the database site Wowhead, into the new version of its World of Warcraft Community Site. Wowpedia's usefulness and strength as a wiki is in its establishment as a touchstone of "participatory culture", a "discourse community ..in which more experienced contributors and various types of administrators play more or less strong roles in the editing process, often asking questions about edits made and offering suggestions." The success of Wowpedia has been described as the results of its editors' "blissful productivity, hard work and dedication at play". Wowpedia's format and coverage of the Warcraft games and lore contained therein has been used as an illustration of "the dedication of the community and how fans help each other when Blizzard’s official documents do not provide adequate guidance about gameplay features or the best way to engage with the game". In July 2013, Wowpedia moved to

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game-based

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. In December 2014, Wowpedia's URL was changed to a gamepedia domain, but the onscreen Wowpedia identity such as logos was retained. As of December 2018, control of Wowpedia once again falls under Wikia (now known as Fandom) due to its acquisition of Gamepedia from Curse.

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