BrickWiki

From Research Realm
BrickWiki
Screenshot
Main Page on January 14, 2017
Type of site
Encyclopedia, wiki
Available inEnglish
Created byVenkatesh Srinivas
URLbrickwiki.info
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional
Users1,094
LaunchedJune 25, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-06-25)
Current statusRead-only archive
Content license
GNU FDL 1.2

BrickWiki is a semi-defunct online encyclopedia dedicated to information about LEGO.

History

BrickWiki was created by Venkatesh Srinivas, allegedly based on an idea by Jamie Bliss.[1][2] Srinivas posted his desire to start "LegoWiki" on LUGNET on June 8, 2005.[3] Following further discussion on what to name the website,[4] Srinivas decided on "BrickWiki" and launched the wiki on June 25, 2005.[5] The site was originally hosted by Johns Hopkins University, where Srinivas was an electrical engineering student at the time.[1][6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Brickwiki:History of Brickwiki". BrickWiki. 26 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2017-01-08.
  2. Bliss, Jamie (31 December 2005). "User:Astronouth7303". BrickWiki. Archived from the original on 2008-12-08. 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.
  3. Srinivas, Venkatesh (8 June 2005). "Legowiki". LUGNET. Newsgrouplugnet.general. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024.
  4. Srinivas, Venkatesh (13 June 2005). "Re: Legowiki". LUGNET. Newsgrouplugnet.general. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024.
  5. Srinivas, Venkatesh (8 June 2005). "Brickwiki". LUGNET. Newsgrouplugnet.general. Archived from the original on 16 July 2024.
  6. .org/who/vsrinivas "Venkatesh Srinivas". 1 November 2008. Archived from .org/who/vsrinivas the original on 18 December 2008. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Check |url= value (help)