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The name was originally coined by [[CGP Grey|Grey]] in "[[H.I. No. 7: Sorry, Language Teachers|H.I. #7 Sorry, Language Teachers]]" at 52:40, referring to the fact that there could be a listener called Tim listening to the episode in an airplane. The term was used again several times in the same way, until "[[H.I. No. 50: Queen of Spades|H.I. #50: Queen of Spades]]", when Grey mentions that a listener had suggested to make "Tim" the nickname for listeners of ''Hello Internet''. Soon after, listeners of the show began to refer to themselves as "Tims", and it began to be used on the podcast as a term to refer to all the listeners of the show.

While ''Hello Internet'' wikis have been created on both Wikia and Reddit, both have major flaws that make them unsuitable platforms for the ''Hello Internet'' wiki.

Wikia was where the ''Hello Internet'' wiki was originally, and supports infoboxes, images, and other features that MediaWiki, the software that Timpedia runs on, supports. There are several problems with Wikia however. One is that Wikia does not allow editors of a wiki change how their wiki looks, making Wikia wikis not appear to be very unique from each other. Another is that Wikia is more of a social media website than a wiki in many ways, as Wikia users can leave comments on the same page as articles, which makes an article appear to be less encyclopedic. The major issue with Wikia is how much advertising there is on it, which is a problem that is only getting worse over time.

The ''Hello Internet'' wiki was eventually moved to the ''Hello Internet'' subreddit wiki on Reddit. While there are benefits to the subreddit wiki system compared to Wikia, such as less advertising and no comments on articles, there are major issues with using the subreddit wiki system. One is that on Reddit you have to be the moderator of a subreddit in order to upload images to a subreddit to use in articles, or to change the CSS of a subreddit wiki. Another is the subreddit wiki system's lack of features, such as no infoboxes, no page renaming, and no redirects.

There are definitely issues with the ''Hello Internet'' wiki not being on Reddit or Wikia, such as the wiki not being as easy to find, and the fact that it isn't on Reddit, where people wouldn't have to go to leave the ''Hello Internet'' subreddit to look up information about ''Hello Internet''. Benefits with the ''Hello Internet'' wiki using MediaWiki is that editors of the wiki can control the wiki's CSS and have more control over how the wiki is organized.