This Fallout Wiki, named 'Nukapedia', is an encyclopedia by - and for - the fans of Fallout. Based on the wiki concept, it allows anyone to edit and contribute to any article.
History
In the Spring of 2005, the wiki was set up by Ausir and DarkUnderlord, and was originally hosted by Duck and Cover, a Fallout fansite at the address wiki.duckandcover.cx (then vault.duckandcover.cx) under the name 'The Vault'. 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. They were: Fez, Dan, Spazmo, Thinkpad, Mr. Teatime, Ekarderif, Mimir, Octotron and Senornacho.
In 2007, 'The Vault' moved to Wikia, as the original host could no longer accept the constant attacks on the server by spammers and other attackers. Since the release of Fallout 3 in 2008, it became one of the most popular Wikia gaming wikis.
In November 2011, 'The Vault' moved to FalloutWiki.com (hosted by Curse) and this wiki was renamed to 'Nukapedia'. Having equal content at the time of the split, both wikis since create, develop, and update articles independently of each other.
Administrators
The main administrators (bureaucrats) are currently Kingclyde, Jspoelstra and GhostAvatar. For the full list of Nukapedia's administrators, see: Administrators and moderators.