Nukapedia the Fallout Wiki is an encyclopedia maintained by a community of volunteer collaborators that work to provide accurate and comprehensive documentation of the Fallout series as well as its media and production.
History
At 7:40, 7 February 2005, Ausir and DarkUnderlord completed installation of the MediaWiki software, founding the Fallout Wikipedia, renamed The Vault a week later.
The wiki was originally hosted by Duck and Cover, a Fallout fansite at the address wiki.duckandcover.cx (then vault.duckandcover.cx). It was later moved to a different server but remained hosted by Taluntain - the host of Duck and Cover - at falloutvault.com. As can be seen from Wikia talk pages and user contributions, there were also another nine users involved in shaping the wiki that were active in the early 2005 period, including Fez, Dan, Spazmo, Thinkpad, Mr. Teatime, Ekarderif, Mimir, Octotron and Senornacho.
In 2006, The Vault moved to Wikia (now Fandom). Through the release of Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas and Fallout 4, a robust, complex codebase and sizable community developed.
In 2011, The Vault was one of the first wikis to move to Curse's Gamepedia platform, helmed by Ausir. The move divided the wiki community into those who moved onto the new platform, retaining The Vault name and brand, and those who remained at Wikia reorganized into Nukapedia under the leadership of Agent c, Kingclyde, and Jspoelstra.
In 2018, Wikia/Fandom announced that it had acquired Curse's media assets, including its gaming community websites and Gamepedia, including the Vault. This brought both Fallout wikis under the same roof, no longer in competition with one another. In response, in late August 2019, the re-merging of the Vault and Nukapedia was proposed by Tagaziel, Curse's wiki manager and the successor of Ausir at The Vault. After evaluating all factors, the Vault proposed that its content be merged into the Nukapedia, as a larger site with many more users.
What followed was a thorough proposal and discussion process undertaken between users and rights holders of both sites to determine the best course of action. Nukapedia bureaucrat Jspoelstra opened the conversation, presenting Tagaziel's proposal to the larger group via blog post, following positive responses from fellow bureaucrats and administrators of the two sites.
An extensive discussion followed, outlining all of the benefits, challenges, and implications of the proposed merge. The communities then participated in a formal vote. The voting window ended on November 1, 2019, which passed with 70% in favor, and the two communities began the merge process, becoming one wiki once again.
The Vault was retired and mothballed, moved to the fallout-archive.fandom.com address. Until 2021 the two sites existed under the combined name Nukapedia + The Vault. Eventually, it was decided to simply use Nukapedia and its logo as the base branding.
Administrators
Nukapedia is led by our bureaucrat, Jspoelstra. For the full list of Nukapedia's staff, see here.
Discord
Users without a wiki account are welcome in Discord chat, but editing-related access is limited to those with verified accounts. Verification is completed via wiki-bot, and instructions are provided upon entering the server. Below are all official and affiliate servers. Current moderation actions are maintained here.
Social networks
A list of the Fallout Wiki's social networks and staff members responsible for each are listed below.
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Platform | Name | Staff |
Nukapedia@gmail.com | Jspoelstra | |
@Nukapedia | Tagaziel LaymansReign (inactive) | |
YouTube | NukapediaWiki | Tagaziel LaymansReign (inactive) |