The Pokémon Wiki is a wiki - a web-based encyclopedia - for the Pokémon franchise, a media franchise owned by Nintendo.
The Pokémon Wiki was founded on January 27, 2005 by Jellochuu.
Hosting
The Pokémon Wiki is hosted, for free, by FANDOM. FANDOM is a for-profit wiki-hosting company that will provide wikis to any project they believe will attract enough editors. They make money by placing advertisements to the right of the page, as well as by providing a Google search box which displays ads when accessed.
Licensing
All content on the Pokémon Wiki is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. This means that by contributing to the Pokémon Wiki, you agree to license your contributions under the GNU Free Documentation License. Do not copy content from non-GNU sources such as Bulbapedia.