[1] Wowpedia began as WoWWiki on 24 November 2004 as a source of information pertaining to the World of Warcraft universe, including the RTS games, novels, the RPG reference books, manga, and other written sources, along with the WoW expansion packs from The Burning Crusade to Dragonflight and the Classic releases.

"[7] In late 2010, Wikia introduced a new fixed-width skin which caused layout issues with many articles and broke JavaScript-based features such as tooltips,[8] as well as generating reports of eye strain and headaches.

[11] The content and article history was forked to Wowpedia.org, hosted by Curse, on 20 October 2010, with most of the administrators of WoWWiki, as well as many of the other active contributors, moving to Wowpedia.

"[14] The success of Wowpedia has been described as the results of its editors' "blissful productivity, hard work and dedication at play".

[3][20] In a 2009 article, Lee Sherlock argued that WoWWiki constituted a collaborative writing genre, distinct from forums and walkthroughs (e.g.

Both Sherlock and Hunter argued that WoWWiki was a primary example of a broader trend in digital media where consumers and users became producers of information.

"[24] In a follow-up article, Hunter further analyzed talk pages to "describe a model of writing that accounts for readers-as-writers.