Heroes Wiki

Heroes Wiki

Heroes Wiki's main page
Web address http://heroeswiki.com
Commercial? No
Type of site
 TV series fansite
Registration Required for editing
Available in 10 languages
Created by Communal
Launched October 10, 2006
Revenue Advertising
Alexa rank
 Negative increase 321,138 (April 2014)[1]
Current status Active

Heroes Wiki is a wiki-powered reference site for NBC's science fiction drama Heroes. Launched on October 10, 2006, the site uses MediaWiki software to maintain a user-created database of information.[2] Heroes Wiki is supported by revenue from advertising, part of which is donated to various charities.[3][4] As of June 28, 2010, the site contained over 5,500 articles created and edited by approximately 9,400 registered users, with over 157 million page views.[5]

On October 18, 2008, Heroes Wiki announced that it had officially partnered with NBC. NBC now directs those interested in a wiki on Heroes to Heroes Wiki, and directly funds the site in exchange for on-site advertisements.[6]

Overview

Heroes Wiki was launched on October 10, 2006, several weeks after Heroes premiered in North America. Content includes articles on episodes, characters, cast and crew, cultural references, along with interviews with members of the Heroes cast and crew.[7] Episode spoilers and user-contributed theories are permitted on certain areas within the wiki.[8][9] The site's main page features upcoming Heroes events and news, and links to articles summarizing the latest Heroes episode and online content. There are also links to Heroes-related websites, including official websites affiliated with the show and its producers, websites used in Heroes Evolutions, and unofficial fan sites. On September 18, 2008, the site became WAP-enabled for cell phones and other mobile devices.[10]

The site has also established nine projects containing translations of the main English language version of the wiki: Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.[11]

When Heroes Wiki began its partnership with NBC in October 2008, links were added pointing to Heroes Wiki on NBC's Heroes and Heroes Evolutions sites.[12] NBC also discontinued promoting its own wiki for Heroes, instead redirecting readers to Heroes Wiki through links at the top of related pages.[13] In December 2008, the wiki was also referenced in several segments of NBC's Heroes Insider Interactive SMS, which uses text messaging to send facts, pose trivia questions, and conduct polling during the airing of episodes of the show.[14][15]

Role in Heroes Evolutions

As part of the alternate reality game in Heroes Evolutions, a mysterious Heroes character known only as Evs Dropper answered a number of fan-submitted questions posed by e-mail by Heroes Wiki administrator Ryan Gibson Stewart. The interview was posted at Heroes Wiki on July 24, 2008.[16]

Reaction

Beyond its partnership with NBC, Heroes Wiki has been recognized by other media outlets, including New York Magazine,[17] the New York Times,[18] and E! Online.[19] Washington Times writer Joseph Szadkowski notes that the site is "obviously created by some very hard-core fans." He describes Heroes Wiki as a "dense online encyclopedia [that] offers more than 1,600 entries on the show's mythology."[20]

Content about Heroes cast and crew members has also been referenced elsewhere, including interviews with actor James Kyson Lee (Comic Book Resources[21]), senior producer Joe Tolerico (BuddyTV[22]), and the creative team behind the "Root and Branch" graphic novels (Comic Book Resources[23]).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Heroeswiki.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  2. ↑ "About Heroes Wiki". Heroes Wiki. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  3. ↑ "Heroes Wiki Advertising". Heroes Wiki. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  4. ↑ "Heroes Wiki Revenue". Heroes Wiki. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  5. ↑ "Heroes Wiki MediaWiki statistics page". Heroes Wiki. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
  6. ↑ "Heroes Wiki Community Portal". Heroes Wiki. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  7. ↑ "Heroes Wiki Interviews". Heroes Wiki. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  8. ↑ Heroes Wiki Theories Help, Heroes Wiki, retrieved 2009-02-03
  9. ↑ Heroes Wiki Spoilers Help, Heroes Wiki, retrieved 2009-02-03
  10. ↑ "wap.heroeswiki.com".
  11. ↑ "Heroes Wiki Languages". Heroes Wiki. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  12. ↑ "NBC Heroes News - HEROES WIKI". NBC. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  13. ↑ "9th Wonders! Heroes forum".
  14. ↑ Heroes Insider Interactive SMS
  15. ↑ Heroes Interactive:The Eclipse, Part 2, Heroes Wiki, retrieved 2009-02-03
  16. ↑ "Heroes Wiki Interview with Evs Dropper". Heroes Wiki. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  17. ↑ "‘Heroes’: The Return of Mohinder's Theme-o-Matic Voice-over! Oh, and the Petrellis Blow Up". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  18. ↑ Heffernan, Virginia (2008-01-20). "The Medium - Art in the Age of Franchising". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  19. ↑ "Heroes Redux: That Did Not Just Happen--Right?". E! Online. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
  20. ↑ "A place to find 'Heroes'". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  21. ↑ "Watchmen, Speed Racer, Incredible Hulk: August 27th Comic Reel Wrap". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  22. ↑ "Heroes: NBC Producer Talks About "Heroes Evolutions"". BuddyTV. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
  23. ↑ "CBR News - Catwoman 2, Punisher: War Zone, Transformers 2: July 30 Comic Reel". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2009-02-04.

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