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The '''Research Realm''' is a wiki dedicated to exploring the LEGO Group's products and their development. We investigate and document understudied areas like: | |||
* Early '''video games''' including PC, console, and web games | |||
* '''Prototypes''' of video games, sets, and bricks | |||
* '''Physical media''' including '''magazines''' and '''product packaging boxes''' | |||
=== Values === | === Values === | ||
* '''Accuracy''' over openness | * '''''Accuracy''' over openness'' | ||
** We hand-pick editors to ensure high quality, accurate articles written with a deep knowledge of LEGO. While opening up to all fans would increase our velocity, it would also result in many low-quality contributions and overwhelm our vetting process. | ** We hand-pick editors to ensure high quality, accurate articles written with a deep knowledge of LEGO. While opening up to all fans would increase our velocity, it would also result in many low-quality contributions and overwhelm our vetting process. | ||
* '''Verifiability''' over comprehensiveness | * '''''Verifiability''' over comprehensiveness'' | ||
** We expect our editors to cite their sources the moment they add information, not later to help ensure information is accurate. | ** We expect our editors to cite their sources the moment they add information, not later to help ensure information is accurate. | ||
* '''Media''' over sets | * '''''Media''' over sets'' | ||
** Multiple sites maintain excellent databases of LEGO sets, inventories, and instructions. We | ** Multiple sites maintain excellent databases of LEGO sets, inventories, and instructions. We want to focus on understudied areas like video games and prototypes. | ||
* '''Confidentiality''' over transparency | * '''''Confidentiality''' over transparency'' | ||
** At times we may receive information from ex-employees of the LEGO Group or third parties who contracted with it. To maintain trust with these individuals, we | ** At times we may receive information from ex-employees of the LEGO Group or third parties who contracted with it. To maintain trust with these individuals, we may choose to not publicly cite them. | ||
=== History === | === History === | ||
Research Realm was founded by Baraklava in | The Research Realm was founded by Baraklava in 2021. The project began on 16 October 2021 with the creation of a Discord server, which went public on 19 January 2022. The site originally hosted files from the [[DDI Dump]]. The ''researchrealm.net'' domain was registered on 25 August 2022<ref>https://www.whois.com/whois/researchrealm.net</ref> and the wiki was created on 27 September 2022.<ref>https://wiki.researchrealm.net/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=1</ref> The site will fully open in 20XX. | ||
Latest revision as of 05:57, 13 October 2025
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Type of site | Online encyclopedia |
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| Available in | English |
| URL | wiki |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Required to edit |
| Users | 22 |
| Launched | September 27, 2022 (wiki) |
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The Research Realm is a wiki dedicated to exploring the LEGO Group's products and their development. We investigate and document understudied areas like:
- Early video games including PC, console, and web games
- Prototypes of video games, sets, and bricks
- Physical media including magazines and product packaging boxes
Values
- Accuracy over openness
- We hand-pick editors to ensure high quality, accurate articles written with a deep knowledge of LEGO. While opening up to all fans would increase our velocity, it would also result in many low-quality contributions and overwhelm our vetting process.
- Verifiability over comprehensiveness
- We expect our editors to cite their sources the moment they add information, not later to help ensure information is accurate.
- Media over sets
- Multiple sites maintain excellent databases of LEGO sets, inventories, and instructions. We want to focus on understudied areas like video games and prototypes.
- Confidentiality over transparency
- At times we may receive information from ex-employees of the LEGO Group or third parties who contracted with it. To maintain trust with these individuals, we may choose to not publicly cite them.
History
The Research Realm was founded by Baraklava in 2021. The project began on 16 October 2021 with the creation of a Discord server, which went public on 19 January 2022. The site originally hosted files from the DDI Dump. The researchrealm.net domain was registered on 25 August 2022[1] and the wiki was created on 27 September 2022.[2] The site will fully open in 20XX.
