BrickWiki
 The logo of BrickWiki, designed by Jamie Bliss and Tim Gould | |
Screenshot  BrickWiki Main Page on January 14, 2017 | |
Type of site | Online encyclopedia |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Ted Godwin |
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| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | 1,094 registered users |
| Launched | June 25, 2005 |
| Current status | Offline (partial read-only archive from 2021–2024) |
Content license | GNU FDL 1.2 |
BrickWiki was a wiki-based online encyclopedia for topics related to LEGO.
It was established in June 2005 by LUGNET users Venkatesh Srinivas and Jamie Bliss
Created by Venkatesh Srinivas and Jamie Bliss, it was launched in June 2005 and ran on MediaWiki software. It was initially used primarily by members of the website LUGNET.
History
Venkatesh Srinivas, an electrical engineering student at Johns Hopkins University,[1] proposed starting a LEGO wiki in a LUGNET message on June 8, 2005. Srinivas described his plan as an "electronic warehouse" of LEGO knowledge, containing information about the LEGO company, products, and community.[2]
Srinivas had experience running MediaWiki software and a server available to host the site from.
The idea originally came from LUGNET user Jamie "Astronouth7303" Bliss.[B 1][B 2]
Srinivas originally named the site "LegoWiki"; due to concerns about using the LEGO trademark, other names were discussed in the thread, including "LUWiki" (LEGO User's Wiki),[3] "LWiki", and "BrickWiki".[4][5]
Srinivas decided on BrickWiki and launched the wiki on June 25, 2005.[6]
Articles
References
- ↑ The Johns Hopkins University Commencement 2010. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University. May 27, 2010. p. 92.
- ↑ Srinivas, Venkatesh (8 June 2005). "Legowiki". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.general. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ↑ Jamie, Bliss (11 June 2005). "Re: Legowiki". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.general. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ↑ Srinivas, Venkatesh (11 June 2005). "Re: Legowiki". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.general. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ↑ Srinivas, Venkatesh (13 June 2005). "Re: Legowiki". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.general. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ↑ Srinivas, Venkatesh (25 June 2005). "Brickwiki". LUGNET. Newsgroup: lugnet.general. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
BrickWiki pages
- ↑ "Brickwiki:History of Brickwiki". BrickWiki. 26 May 2012. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ 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.
External links
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2019-10-25)
- BrickWiki dumps by WikiTeam from August 2014 and May 2018 (via the Internet Archive)
