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The Phineas and Ferb Wiki is a community-driven Phineas and Ferb encyclopedia that is based on the wiki concept, meaning it may be read and edited by anyone. It is similar in spirit to Wikipedia, but is focused solely on documenting the Phineas and Ferb canon.

Development
The Phineas and Ferb Wiki was set up by Drjones007 on April 1, 2008 (?). The original period of development sought members of the Bulbagarden community to write for "a collaborative and open work environment which makes interacting with other staff and looking up information very simple." This proved unsuccessful, but Bulbapedia proceeded with a dozen or so contributors, and reached 100 articles within three weeks. It eventually opened to the public on February 14, 2005, marketed as "Bulbagarden's Valentine's Gift to the Fandom". At least 21 new articles were created within the first 24 hours of operations, and within three months 1,000 articles had been written. The 10,000th article was created 3 years later, on June 29, 2008. Currently, it is the largest English-language The Phineas and Ferb wiki.

Like every wiki, The Phineas and Ferb Wiki development was dependent on the community, and in the years that passed since its opening, many users have contributed to its success.

Staff
Drjones007 was the first Editor-in-Chief of Bulbapedia, and remained in this role until early 2006, when he made way for Bulbapedia founder to take the helm. evkl remains the Deputy Head of Bulbagarden. During his time as Editor-in-Chief, evkl's primary goal was to build the foundations of Bulbapedia.

Zhen Lin remained Editor-in-Chief until 2008, when (who had until then been the Deputy Editor-in-Chief) took over. Zhen had a background in coding, and remains responsible for much of the technical operations of the wiki, despite currently being on hiatus. TTEchidna's reign continued to grow and develop Bulbapedia, and he is largely responsible for the bold colored, round-bordered templates that are now associated with Bulbapedia. As of December 1st, 2010, TTEchidna resigned and has passed the torch to.

From the early days, Bulbapedia has been overseen by an that collaborates on all executive decisions, including the making of. There are also many and other  who oversee the day-to-day running of the site.

Articles
Bulbapedia offers information on every aspect of the Pokémon franchise. exist for many areas, where editors can work together to grow Bulbapedia. The, , , and each have their own Project. One of the newest Projects, aims to increase Bulbapedia's international content, an area that was previously scarce. These Projects are run by, whose job is to manage their Projects and make sure the Projects move forward.

are articles that have been recognized for their high quality and completeness. Featured articles are featured on the Main Page of the wiki on a one-month rotation, and can be by every member of the community.

Images
In the initial stages of Bulbapedia, images were hosted on the same site. Nowadays, they are kept on the Bulbagarden Archives, which allows interaction with Bulbanews as well. From early 2009, the Bulbagarden Archives has been running off a separate server from Bulbapedia; this has reduced stress on and sped up the site.

The majority of images on Bulbapedia are recognized as "fair use".

Vandalism
Due to the interactive and collaborative nature of the site, Bulbapedia is prone to vandalism. This is often quickly seen and reverted by good-faith contributors, but two incidents have stood out in the site's history. is the first, and has been documented for its historicity.

Vandalism, of course, is not tolerated on Bulbapedia and accounts performing such actions will be blocked permanently.

Relations with other sites
(relation to other P&F sites or Spanish, Vietnamese, etc. language P&F wikis)

Future
As a wiki, Bulbapedia is always growing, expanding, and evolving. Despite the hundreds of articles and hundreds of new users each week, it still remains incomplete; but as the nature of any wiki, anyone and everyone is welcome to help contribute to the site. With a constant stream of new Phineas and Ferb, songs, Merchandise, and more being released, the Phineas and Ferb Wiki's job will never be done as it continues to be one of the best Phineas and Ferb wikis in the world.