Wiki about Star Trek
This article is about the website. For the fictional
Star Trek
location, see
The Lights of Zetar
.
Memory Alpha
is a
wiki
encyclopedia for topics related to the
Star Trek
fictional universe. Created by Harry Doddema and Dan Carlson, it uses the wiki model
[2]
and is hosted by
Fandom
on the
MediaWiki
software.
[3]
As of September 2023
[update]
, Memory Alpha contains over 56,000 articles and 62,000 images in its
English
edition.
[4]
The site is also available in several other languages.
[5]
History
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]
In 1995, Dan Carlson created a personal
Star Trek
starship
database
called Starfleet Ship Registry. By 2000, he had expanded the database's scope and renamed it Starfleet Reference Database, including it as one of the five basic sections of his newly-launched website
The Gigantic Collection of Star Trek Minutiae
.
[6]
In the fall of 2003, Harry Doddema proposed the creation of a
Star Trek
wiki in a post on the Flare Sci-Fi Forums. Carlson was interested in the concept and the two of them went to work. Using Starfleet Reference Database as a framework, they named the project Memory Alpha, after the
Federation
's central library from the
TOS
episode "
The Lights of Zetar
".
[7]
Memory Alpha officially launched on December 5, 2003, as a section of the
Star Trek Minutiae
website.
[6]
In April 2004, Memory Alpha was launched as its own website. In February 2005, Memory Alpha joined
Wikicities
(now known as Fandom).
[3]
By September, it was the largest project on Wikicities and a central hub for
Trekkies
.
[8]
That month, Memory Alpha received the
Ex Astris Excellentia
award from Ex Astris Scientia, a
Star Trek
reference site.
[2]
The site was featured as the
Sci-Fi Channel
's Site of the Week for the week of October 10.
[9]
Blogger
Will Richardson
called the site "one of the most impressive [wikis] out there."
[10]
By October 5, 2006, Memory Alpha had reached the 20,000 article mark.
[11]
On June 20, 2007, Memory Alpha reached 25,000 articles.
[12]
In 2007,
Entertainment Weekly
named Memory Alpha one of the 25 Essential Fansites.
[13]
Simon Pegg
, actor and writer for
Star Trek Beyond
, used Memory Alpha as a resource in the writing process of the film,
[14]
even asking the community's founders to name and establish etymology for a device in the film.
[7]
Star Trek: Discovery
'
s showrunners have described Memory Alpha as "an amazing resource."
[15]
See also
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References
[
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]
- ^
"Memory Alpha: Copyrights"
.
Memory Alpha
.
Fandom, Inc.
Retrieved
August 17,
2023
.
- ^
a
b
"EAE Award Winners 2005"
.
Ex Astris Scientia
. Retrieved
August 17,
2023
.
- ^
a
b
"Memory Alpha: History"
.
Memory Alpha
.
Fandom, Inc.
Retrieved
September 23,
2023
.
- ^
"Statistics"
.
Memory Alpha
.
Fandom, Inc.
Retrieved
September 23,
2023
.
- ^
Crockett, Christine (September 17, 2006). "A 40-year 'Trek'
".
Sun Journal
. p. B1.
- ^
a
b
Carlson, Dan (August 3, 2020).
"History of Star Trek Minutiae"
.
Star Trek Minutiae
. Retrieved
September 23,
2023
.
- ^
a
b
Carlson, Dan (July 29, 2016).
"The Story of
Vokaya
: Beyond a Fan's Wildest Dreams"
.
Star Trek Minutiae
. Retrieved
September 23,
2023
.
- ^
Barnett, Cynthia (September 1, 2005).
"Wiki Mania"
.
Florida Trend
. Vol. 48, no. 5. p. 62.
ISSN
0015-4326
. Archived from
the original
on October 17, 2006.
- ^
Newquist, Ken (October 10, 2005).
"Sci-Fi Site of the Week"
.
SciFi.com
. Archived from
the original
on December 13, 2005
. Retrieved
November 30,
2005
.
- ^
Richardson, Will (2006).
Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms
. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press. p. 62.
ISBN
1-4129-2767-6
.
- ^
Michelle (October 5, 2006).
"Memory Alpha Surpasses 20,000 Articles"
.
TrekToday
. Christian Hohne Sparborth
. Retrieved
September 23,
2023
.
- ^
"
"Memory Alpha," the Online Star Trek Encyclopedia, Surpasses 25,000 Article Mark"
.
PRWeb
. Cision. June 20, 2007. Archived from
the original
on February 7, 2023
. Retrieved
August 17,
2023
.
- ^
ABV.
"25 Essential Fansites"
.
Entertainment Weekly
. Archived from
the original
on October 16, 2013
. Retrieved
August 29,
2023
.
- ^
"Simon Pegg: "Memory Alpha Has Been So Helpful" During
STAR TREK BEYOND
Writing Process"
.
TrekCore
. July 23, 2015
. Retrieved
August 24,
2023
.
- ^
Martinelli, Marissa (September 21, 2017).
"The Keepers of the Canon"
.
Slate
. The Slate Group LLC
. Retrieved
September 23,
2023
.
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