User:Jhenderson777/Marvel Database

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Marvel Database
Type of site
Fan site /
Wikia, Inc.
Created byJamie Hari
URLMarvel Database
CommercialNo
RegistrationOptional

Marvel Database is a

Wikia for information on Marvel Comics' fictional universe
that was created by Jamie Hari and which is written in a in-universe perspective.

History

The website was conceived by Jamie Hari in 2005.

Marvel.com's Wiki site.[1][4] Also in 2007 the database was reported to be among the fastest-growing Wikia sites to where the site had about 7,000 hits a day.[1] As of October 2014, the English version of the Wiki contains over 132,000 articles.[5]

DC Database

DC Database is the name of another website created by Jamie Hari based on DC Comic's fictional universe As of October 2014, it contains over 85,000 articles.[2][3][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Mudhar, Ragu (May 4, 2007). "Database serves Marvel maniacs". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2013-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ a b c Leonard, David (January 10, 2013). "Comic-Book Fan Site Wikia Turns Geeks' Free Labor Into Profit". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 2013-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^
    New York Times. Retrieved 2013-05-30. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help
    )
  4. ^ Drumming, Neil (June 2, 2014). "Battle of the Wikis: One comic fan's Marvel Database takes on the massive Marvel Universe". Salon.com. Retrieved 2013-10-31. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. Wikia
    . Marvel Comics database. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  6. ^ "DC Database statistics". Wikia. DC Database. Retrieved 2014-10-31.

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