Wikia
Collaborative fandom databases
Wikia was a web hosting platform for user-created wikis on topics from video games to television shows, founded by Wikipedia's creators.
The service rebranded as Fandom in 2018, though Wikia persists in older references and URLs.
I found the character's backstory on the Wikia page.
Organized digital information collection
- archiveStored historical records
- articlesWritten works or items
- entriesItems logged or submitted
- compendiumCondensed reference collection
encyclopedia · information · documentation · research · facts · subjects · categories · search
Amateur work using existing characters
- cosplayDressing as media characters
- fanartUnofficial creative homages
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
- headcanonUnconfirmed fan-created backstory
conventions · lore · trivia · enthusiasts · devotees · geekdom · fanbases · franchises
Those who give help
- editorsContent revisers and correctors
- communityCollective of connected people
- crowdsourcingGathering input from masses
- co-creationJoint value development
moderation · revisions · participation · collective · coordination · volunteers · administrators · consensus
database
Organized digital information collection
compendium · encyclopedia · information · documentation · research · facts · subjects · categories · search · indexing
fanfiction
Amateur work using existing characters
- cosplayDressing as media characters
- fanartUnofficial creative homages
- shippingTransporting goods to destinations
headcanon · conventions · lore · trivia · enthusiasts · devotees · geekdom · fanbases · franchises · canons
contributors
Those who give help
- editorsContent revisers and correctors
- communityCollective of connected people
- crowdsourcingGathering input from masses
co-creation · moderation · revisions · participation · collective · coordination · volunteers · administrators · consensus · teamwork
- Online PlatformsGoogle Docs, Confluence, Dropbox, Google Drive, GitHub
- wikisWikimedia, Wikidata, wikicode, Wikibooks, wikitext
Publications vetted by field experts
Oxford English Dictionary · primary sources · government records · textbooks · official documentation
- wiki pageCollaboratively edited online entry
- fan wikiUser-edited enthusiast database
- English WikipediaCrowdsourced online reference