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'''Weezerpedia''' is a free, web-based, collaborative, encyclopedia project based around the band [[Weezer]]. Weezerpedia's articles are written collaboratively by volunteering Weezer fans around the world, and almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site. Our site is based in large part on {{PN|Karl Koch}} work documenting the band since their inception. Launched on [[September 27]], [[2008]], Weezerpedia currently has [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles and [[Special:ListUsers|{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}]] registered users.

Weezerpedia is an ongoing attempt to catalogue Weezer's career, with efforts to document its [[List of Weezer songs|recorded music]], [[List of Weezer concerts|live shows]], [[Bibliography|interviews]], and more. Our site hosts {{NUMBEROFFILES}} files, some of which have been organized into [[Gallery|a large photo archive]]. These photo galleries include archives of [[Gallery:Setlists|set lists]], handwritten and other officially-released [[Gallery:Lyric sheets|lyric sheets]], [[Gallery:Merch|official merch]], and a chronology of the various [[Gallery:Equipment|pieces of musical equipment]] the band has used over the years. Musical projects associated with Weezer are also covered, with special attention paid in recent years to [[Ozma]], [[That Dog]], and the bands surrounding [[Amorphous Records]]. Bands that share a member with Weezer, including [[The Rentals]], [[The Special Goodness]], [[The Relationship]], [[Space Twins]], [[Chopper One]], and more, are covered as well. As of May 2022, Weezerpedia's longest article is [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]. Weezerpedia features a large archive of transcripts, album/song reviews, and more on our [[bibliography]] page. The site has built out broad coverage on [[List of bootlegs (disambiguation)|bootlegs]] of the band as well.

The [[Physical Release Catalog]] [PRC] is Weezerpedia's newest project. It is an attempt by Weezerpedia editors to create a digital archive of all known physical media, merchandise, and promotional items by and relating to Weezer and Weezer-related projects. The project is endorsed by Koch and is intended to be a spiritual successor to the [[Collectors Discography]], a similar catalog he created in [[2001]]. Many of Weezer's releases are already covered as of May 2023 - try searching Catalog:ALBUM NAME and lots of material will come up. Importantly, the PRC is not meant to be an immediately exhaustive list, but instead an effort to present a catalog of verifiable information regarding physical releases.  

Weezerpedia launched three days later than the planned date of [[September 24]], which would have coincided with the ''[[Pinkerton]]'' release date. It went live at 6:49pm EST on the 27th, with the idea and major initial wiki infrastructure coming from [[User:OhJonas]], [[User:Soupandballoons]], [[User:Megasnorkel]], among others<ref>[https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Aboutme:Day1 What Links Here] page for the Day1 AboutMe box</ref>. Koch's work was migrated onto the site gradually over a number of years, with major cataloguing work done by [[User:Donny]]. Weezerpedia was and continues to be closely linked to the [[All Things Weezer]] forums, with a Discord server dedicated to the wiki itself starting in 2021.

 

To shoulder the financial and administrative burdens of the site, Koch and the band began hosting and supporting Weezerpedia in the early 2010s{{clarify}}. Despite this, the site maintains complete editorial independence from the band.

Weezerpedia currently has 10 [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|administrators]], with three maintaining active site moderation: [[User:Deckra]], [[User:MyNameIsJason]], and [[User:HMC]].

To [[User:OhJonas]]: