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| logo_size        = 154px
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| logo_alt          = Six 1×2 LEGO plate bricks stacked to form the shape of a 2×2 brick. Each plate is a different color.
| logo_alt          = Six 1×2 LEGO plate bricks stacked to form the shape of a 2×2 brick. Each plate is a different color.
| logo_caption      =  
| logo_caption      = The logo of BrickWiki, designed by Jamie Bliss and Tim Gould
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| screenshot        = BrickWiki.info 20170114.png
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| owner            = Ted Godwin
| owner            = Ted Godwin
| creators          = {{ubl|Venkatesh Srinivas|Jamie Bliss}}
| creators          = {{hlist|Venkatesh Srinivas|Jamie Bliss}}
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== History ==
<ref name="JHU Commencement"/>
<ref name="lugnet.general 51020"/>
Srinivas detailed his plan for starting "LegoWiki" in a LUGNET message on June 8, 2005, stating that it would serve as an "electronic warehouse" of LEGO knowledge.<ref name="lugnet.general 51020"/>
Srinivas announced his intention
describing it as an "electronic warehouse" of LEGO knowledge.<ref name="lugnet.general 51020"/>
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<ref name="lugnet.general 51031"/>
<ref name="lugnet.general 51046"/>
<ref name="lugnet.general 51109"/>
The idea originally came from LUGNET user Jamie "Astronouth7303" Bliss.<ref name="BW history" group="B"/><ref name="BW bliss" group="B"/>
== Articles ==
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="JHU Commencement">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/commencement2010/page/92/mode/2up?view=theater |title=The Johns Hopkins University Commencement 2010 |date=May 27, 2010 |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins University]] |location=[[Wikipedia:Baltimore|Baltimore]], [[Wikipedia:Maryland|Maryland]] |page=92}}</ref>
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<ref name="lugnet.general 51020">{{cite newsgroup |url=https://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=51020 |title=Legowiki |first=Venkatesh |last=Srinivas |website=[[LUGNET]] |newsgroup=lugnet.general |date=8 June 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716075252/https://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=51020 |archive-date=16 July 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=1 November 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="lugnet.general 51031">{{cite newsgroup |url=https://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=51031 |title=Brickwiki |first=Venkatesh |last=Srinivas |website=[[LUGNET]] |newsgroup=lugnet.general |date=11 June 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718212825/https://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=51031 |archive-date=18 July 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=1 November 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="lugnet.general 51046">{{cite newsgroup |url=https://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=51047 |title=Re: Legowiki |first=Venkatesh |last=Srinivas |website=[[LUGNET]] |newsgroup=lugnet.general |date=13 June 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716232201/https://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=51047 |archive-date=16 July 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=1 November 2025}}</ref>
<ref name="lugnet.general 51109">{{cite newsgroup |url=https://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=51109 |title=Brickwiki |first=Venkatesh |last=Srinivas |website=[[LUGNET]] |newsgroup=lugnet.general |date=25 June 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716074151/https://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=51109 |archive-date=16 July 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=1 November 2025}}</ref>
}}
=== BrickWiki pages ===
{{reflist|group=B|refs=
<ref name="BW bliss">{{cite web |url=http://www.brickwiki.org/wiki/User:Astronouth7303 |title=User:Astronouth7303 |first=Jamie |last=Bliss |website=BrickWiki |date=31 December 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208061203/http://www.brickwiki.org/wiki/User:Astronouth7303 |archive-date=8 December 2008 |quote=Oh, yeah. And I originally thought of it, but Venkatesh got to post it. And he owns the server. I'm not complaining. He gives me free hosting for my site.}}</ref>
<ref name="BW history">{{cite web |url=http://brickwiki.info/wiki/Brickwiki:History_of_Brickwiki |title=Brickwiki:History of Brickwiki |website=BrickWiki |date=26 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108001211/http://brickwiki.info/wiki/Brickwiki:History_of_Brickwiki |archive-date=8 January 2017 |url-status=unfit}}</ref>
}}
== External links ==
[[File:BrickWiki banner.jpg|right|Do you BrickWiki?]]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025054529/http://brickwiki.info/wiki/Main_Page |title=Official website}}
* [https://archive.org/details/wiki-brickwikiinfo BrickWiki dumps] by [[wikimedia:meta:WikiTeam|WikiTeam]] from August 2014 and May 2018 (via the Internet Archive)
[[Category:2005 establishments]]
[[Category:LEGO wikis]]
[[Category:LUGNET]]
[[Category:Online LEGO communities]]

Latest revision as of 02:40, 3 November 2025

BrickWiki
Six 1×2 LEGO plate bricks stacked to form the shape of a 2×2 brick. Each plate is a different color.
The logo of BrickWiki, designed by Jamie Bliss and Tim Gould
Screenshot
The Main Page of a MediaWiki website, featuring an index of major article categories.
Main Page on January 14, 2017
Type of site
Online encyclopedia
Available inEnglish
OwnerTed Godwin
Created by
  • Venkatesh Srinivas
  • Jamie Bliss
URL
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
Users1,094 registered users
LaunchedJune 25, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-06-25)
Current statusOffline (partial read-only archive from 2021–2024)
Content license
GNU FDL 1.2


History

[1]


[2]


Srinivas detailed his plan for starting "LegoWiki" in a LUGNET message on June 8, 2005, stating that it would serve as an "electronic warehouse" of LEGO knowledge.[2]

Srinivas announced his intention describing it as an "electronic warehouse" of LEGO knowledge.[2] [3]

[4]

[5]

The idea originally came from LUGNET user Jamie "Astronouth7303" Bliss.[B 1][B 2]

Articles

References

  1. ↑ The Johns Hopkins University Commencement 2010. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University. May 27, 2010. p. 92.
  2. ↑ a b c Srinivas, Venkatesh (8 June 2005). "Legowiki". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.general. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Srinivas, Venkatesh (11 June 2005). "Brickwiki". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.general. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Srinivas, Venkatesh (13 June 2005). "Re: Legowiki". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.general. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Srinivas, Venkatesh (25 June 2005). "Brickwiki". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.general. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2025.

BrickWiki pages

  1. ↑ "Brickwiki:History of Brickwiki". BrickWiki. 26 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ Bliss, Jamie (31 December 2005). "User:Astronouth7303". BrickWiki. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008. Oh, yeah. And I originally thought of it, but Venkatesh got to post it. And he owns the server. I'm not complaining. He gives me free hosting for my site.
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