Agentpedia
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 Screenshot of Agentpedia as of August 3rd, 2024. | |
| URL | https://agentpedia.tmafe.com |
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| Language (s) | English |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Owner (s) | Konnor88 |
| Created by | Konnor88 |
| Launched | March 28th, 2021 |
| Written in | PHP |
Agentpedia (formerly Frontierpedia) is an online encyclopedia focused on Microsoft Agent. It is powered by the MediaWiki software, which also powers sites like Wikipedia, Gamepedia, and many other wiki sites. Agentpedia is the successor to Frontierpedia, which in turn was the successor to the TMAFE Wiki, which was also a rebranded version of Konnor88 Wiki. Konnor88 Wiki and TMAFE Wiki both used FANDOM/Wikia, with Frontierpedia/Agentpedia moving away and distancing itself from FANDOM/Wikia.
The first attempt to create Frontierpedia was on May 3rd, 2019, but the project was later abandoned with four more attempts until the 5.x and 6th attempts. The 5.xth attempt of Frontierpedia was successful and was created on March 28th, 2021. Frontierpedia V5.X started using MediaWiki 1.35.0 and ended on MediaWiki 1.35.7 due to database errors. Frontierpedia V6 started with MediaWiki 1.38.4.
History
The first iteration of Frontierpedia was created on May 9th, 2019, following the idea proposed by a former TMAFE member. It used MediaWiki 1.32.0 as its wiki software and was later abandoned. The reasons for this abandonment were lack of MediaWiki knowledge among the community, lack of knowledge for non-FANDOM-based infoboxes, and overall difficulty of the original host. Frontierpedia had four more iterations afterward, with three of these being based on MediaWiki and one on FANDOM/Wikia. Frontierpedia V5 was the "tipping point" of showing that a MediaWiki-based wiki separated from FANDOM/Wikia may work. After Frontierpedia V5 was accidentally deleted, Frontierpedia V5.1 was made afterwards.
Frontierpedia V6
On October 8th, 2022, Frontierpedia started to experience database issues more frequently due to being built upon a glitched database, as both Frontierpedia V5.0 and Frontierpedia V5.1 used the same database despite Frontierpedia V5.0 having previously experienced issues. As a result, Frontierpedia V5.X was decommissioned and Frontierpedia V6 was created on the same subdomain the same day. Upon the creation of V6, articles deemed as high quality or important were imported to V6, with all images being imported on October 11th, 2022. A new logo was designed by former TMAFE memebr Soundcard, replacing the old Frontierpedia logo designed by former TMAFE member Cipher in 2019.
Agentpedia
Throughout 2022-2024, Frontierpedia had taken steps to become a fully Microsoft Agent focused wiki. Throughout this two year period, old articles relating to online concepts like "e-nations" were pulled in favor of articles on Microsoft Agent characters and software. On July 31st, 2024, the TMAFE administrators approved the name change to Agentpedia. As a result, a clean installation of MediaWiki was installed alongside a new subdomain.
Gallery
Logos
Frontierpedia
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The first Frontierpedia logo, used from 2019 until October 10th, 2022. -
The second Frontierpedia logo with text, adopted on October 10th, 2022. -
The current Frontierpedia logo with the the new wordmark, adopted on October 23rd, 2022. -
The current Frontierpedia tagline. -
First Frontierpedia logo with no text. -
Second Frontierpedia logo with no text. -
All of the Frontierpedia logo designs the TMAFE server could vote on. The second option won, with only 1 vote going toward the third option and no votes going to the first option.
Agentpedia
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The 1st version of Agentpedia's logo. -
The 2nd version of Agentpedia's logo. -
The current Agentpedia tagline. -
The 2nd Agentpedia tagline. -
Agentpedia logo with no text.
Screenshots
Frontierpedia
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Screenshot of Frontierpedia V1's home page. -
Screenshot of Frontierpedia V4's home page. -
Screenshot of Frontierpedia V5.0's home page. -
Screenshot of Frontierpedia V5.1's home page. -
Screenshot of Frontierpedia V6's home page.
Agentpedia
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Screenshot of Agentpedia's home page without being logged in. -
Screenshot of Agentpedia's mobile view on desktop.
Skins
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Screenshot of Agentpedia's MinervaNeue skin. -
Screenshot of Agentpedia's Vector skin. -
Screenshot of Agentpedia's Vector skin but it's the legacy version. -
Screenshot of Agentpedia's MonoBook skin. -
Screenshot of Agentpedia's Nostalgia skin. -
Screenshot of Agentpedia's Timeless skin.
Trivia
- The Frontierpedia logo was a parody of the Wikipedia logo, and was created in May 2019. The new version of the logo was designed by Soundcard and was adopted on October 10th, 2022.
- Frontierpedia V1 ran on MediaWiki 1.32.0.
- The main obstacle in the first few variants of Frontierpedia was a lack of knowledge of MediaWiki extensions and information on creating infoboxes.
- The idea of a MediaWiki based wiki for TMAFE was originally proposed by former TMAFE member Sebastian in April 2019.