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[[File:Gensopedia logo.webp|300px|thumb|Gensopedia logo (2023)]]'''Gensopedia''' is an online encyclopedia dedicated to covering the [[Suikoden series]]. It originally began development in August 2007 before being launched on January | [[File:Gensopedia logo.webp|300px|thumb|Gensopedia logo (2023)]]'''Gensopedia''' is an online encyclopedia dedicated to covering the [[Suikoden series]]. It originally began development in August 2007 before being launched on January 16, 2008. | ||
It held over 2,000 pages and had accumulated over 6.6 million total views before being deleted, along with the entire Due Fiumi domain in September 2009. On May 8, 2011, it was revived from scratch as the encyclopedia subdomain of the newly-restored Their Star domain before getting its own domain, gensopedia.com, on March 9, 2015. | It held over 2,000 pages and had accumulated over 6.6 million total views before being deleted, along with the entire Due Fiumi domain in September 2009. On May 8, 2011, it was revived from scratch as the encyclopedia subdomain of the newly-restored Their Star domain before getting its own domain, gensopedia.com, on March 9, 2015. | ||
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The name is simply a portmanteau of "Genso", from the Japanese | The name is simply a portmanteau of "Genso", from the Japanese name of the series, Genso Suikoden, and "Encyclopedia". It was chosen in order to avoid the use of the "Suiko-" prefix which was felt to have been overly common as well as being a potential source of confusion with sites such as Suikosource and Suikox. | ||
In 2010, between renditions of Gensopedia, an alpha Suikoden encyclopedia project called the "Encyclopedia Suikoden" was run on the Their Star domain with the intention of evolving into a new Gensopedia. This name existed as a place holder only. | In 2010, between renditions of Gensopedia, an alpha Suikoden encyclopedia project called the "Encyclopedia Suikoden" was run on the Their Star domain with the intention of evolving into a new Gensopedia. This name existed as a place holder only. |