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'''Weezerpedia''' is a free, web-based, collaborative, encyclopedia project based around the band [[Weezer]]. | '''Weezerpedia''' is a free, web-based, collaborative, encyclopedia project based around the band [[Weezer]]. Weezerpedia's articles have been (and continue to be) 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]], [[List of interviews|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 critical response to Weezer's work, including [[:Category:Album reviews|album reviews]] and [[:Category:Weezer song reviews|song reviews]]. The site has built out broad coverage on [[List of bootlegs (disambiguation)|bootlegs]] of the band as well. | |||
Koch's work has been preserved and built upon on our site, with dedicated pages for the [[Recording History]], [[Super-Chrono]], [[Karl's Corner]], and the [[Collectors Discography]]. | |||
Why do we do all this? Who knows - we really like this band. | |||
== | == History == | ||
Weezerpedia | 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. | |||
Koch first promoted Weezerpedia on [[Karl's Corner]], October 16, 2008: | |||
<blockquote>[...] And meanwhile: recently, what must be the greatest Weezer fan site since the original RWA has launched - Weezerpedia! Weezerpedia is a fan run, fan edited conglomeration of Weezer info culled from all over the web. You might have seen some of this info before, on weezer.com and elsewhere, but never all in one wiki-style editable searchable database like it is on Weezerpedia!<br> | <blockquote>[...] And meanwhile: recently, what must be the greatest Weezer fan site since the original RWA has launched - Weezerpedia! Weezerpedia is a fan run, fan edited conglomeration of Weezer info culled from all over the web. You might have seen some of this info before, on weezer.com and elsewhere, but never all in one wiki-style editable searchable database like it is on Weezerpedia!<br> | ||
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We're linking it up from .com because its so interesting and chock full of stuff for fans to check out. So look for this handy banner link on the weezer.com link list soon:<br> | We're linking it up from .com because its so interesting and chock full of stuff for fans to check out. So look for this handy banner link on the weezer.com link list soon:<br> | ||
And in honor of the Weezerpedia launch, yours truly recently did a 2 part interview with the sites organizers. So while on Weezerpedia, look for the new 'Karl interview' parts 1 (video) and 2 (audio).<br> | And in honor of the Weezerpedia launch, yours truly recently did a 2 part interview with the sites organizers. So while on Weezerpedia, look for the new 'Karl interview' parts 1 (video) and 2 (audio).<br> | ||
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=== List of administrators === | === List of administrators === | ||
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Weezerpedia currently has | Weezerpedia currently has 10 [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|administrators]], with three maintaining active site moderation: [[User:Deckra]], [[User:MyNameIsJason]], and [[User:HMC]]. | ||
==Use in other media== | |||
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Weezerpedia has been cited and reported in numerous music publications. The retrospective [[Pitchfork]] review for ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]'' links directly to several Weezerpedia articles<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22858-weezer-blue-album/ ''Pitchfork'' review] of ''Weezer (The Blue Album)''. [[Weezer (The Blue Album) Pitchfork Media record review]].</ref> In September of [[2021]], The A.V. Club published an article by A.A. Dowd that ranked 205 Weezer songs from worst to best that cited Weezerpedia and relied heavily on our wiki. For the record, Dowd ranked the ''[[Raditude]]'' version of "[[Can't Stop Partying]]" last and "[[In The Garage]]" first. A number of other websites have cited or covered Weezerpedia, including Stereogum and Rolling Stone. | |||
== | ==Response to Weezerpedia== | ||
The following section documents various opinions of Weezerpedia from people involved with the band and its fans. | |||
===Rivers Cuomo, Weezer lead singer=== | ===Rivers Cuomo, Weezer lead singer=== | ||
[[Image:Weezerpedia_is_amazing.png|thumb|left|549px|Posted on Cuomo's personal profile on [[weezer.com]].]] | [[Image:Weezerpedia_is_amazing.png|thumb|left|549px|Posted on Cuomo's personal profile on [[weezer.com]].]] | ||
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===Karl Koch | ===Karl Koch=== | ||
To [[User:OhJonas]]: | |||
<blockquote>Martin - that is really amazing, i love it. I will definitely help you launch it with some hype on .com and ill push for some sorta perma link on the homepage. the wiki style of searching and cross referencing the topics is great and ive always wished there was a way to do that.<br> | <blockquote>Martin - that is really amazing, i love it. I will definitely help you launch it with some hype on .com and ill push for some sorta perma link on the homepage. the wiki style of searching and cross referencing the topics is great and ive always wished there was a way to do that.<br> | ||
–''[[Karl Koch]], August 17, 2008''</blockquote> | –''[[Karl Koch]], August 17, 2008''</blockquote> | ||
===Sarah C. Kim | ===[[Sarah C. Kim]]=== | ||
<blockquote>Your site is FANTASTIC! I haven't gone through it in much detail yet, but I love the concept. It's really great, I'm already astounded by the amount of details that you've managed to collect.<br> | <blockquote>Your site is FANTASTIC! I haven't gone through it in much detail yet, but I love the concept. It's really great, I'm already astounded by the amount of details that you've managed to collect.<br> | ||
–''Sarah C Kim, August 24, 2008''</blockquote> | –''Sarah C Kim, August 24, 2008''</blockquote> | ||