Memory Alpha

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This article is about the website. For the fictional Star Trek location, see The Lights of Zetar.

Memory Alpha
Type of site
Wiki
OwnerCommunal
Created by
  • Dan Carlson
  • Harry Doddema
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0[1]

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, 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

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

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

References

  1. Fandom, Inc.
    Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "EAE Award Winners 2005". Ex Astris Scientia. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  3. ^
    Fandom, Inc.
    Retrieved September 23, 2023.
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    Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  5. ^ Crockett, Christine (September 17, 2006). "A 40-year 'Trek'". Sun Journal. p. B1.
  6. ^ a b Carlson, Dan (August 3, 2020). "History of Star Trek Minutiae". Star Trek Minutiae. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Carlson, Dan (July 29, 2016). "The Story of Vokaya: Beyond a Fan's Wildest Dreams". Star Trek Minutiae. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  8. ISSN 0015-4326. Archived from the original
    on October 17, 2006.
  9. SciFi.com. Archived from the original
    on December 13, 2005. Retrieved November 30, 2005.
  10. ISBN 1-4129-2767-6
    .
  11. ^ Michelle (October 5, 2006). "Memory Alpha Surpasses 20,000 Articles". TrekToday. Christian Höhne Sparborth. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  12. ^ ""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.
  13. ^ ABV. "25 Essential Fansites". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  14. ^ "Simon Pegg: "Memory Alpha Has Been So Helpful" During STAR TREK BEYOND Writing Process". TrekCore. July 23, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  15. ^ Martinelli, Marissa (September 21, 2017). "The Keepers of the Canon". Slate. The Slate Group LLC. Retrieved September 23, 2023.

External links

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