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Line 17: </noinclude> <!--Hooks--> '''What is ~~''Hello Internet''~~Podpedia?''' ~~{{Main\|\|Hello Internet}}~~ Podpedia is a podcast database and a network of podcast wikis. ''Hello Internet'' is an audio podcast hosted by YouTube content creators CGP Grey and Brady Haran. The podcast features discussions pertaining to their lives as professional creators for YouTube, the content of their most recent videos as well as their interests and annoyances. Typical topics include technology etiquette; movie and TV show reviews; plane crashes; vexillology; futurology; and the differences between Grey's and Haran's personalities and lifestyles. '''~~Why~~What ~~are~~is ~~''H.I.''~~a ~~listeners called "Tims"~~podcast?''' ~~{{Main\|\|Tim}}~~ A podcast, or generically netcast, is an episodic series of digital audio or video files which a user can download and listen to. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user's own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. It is distinct from Internet radio, which involves streaming rather than downloading. ~~It was first said in [[H.I. Episode 7: Sorry, Language Teachers\|episode seven]] in reference to a hypothetical listener on an airplane.~~ '''~~What~~How iscan ~~the~~I ~~Nail~~create &a ~~Gear~~new podcast wiki on Podpedia?''' ~~{{Main\|\|Nail and Gear}}~~ There are three steps you must complete before the foundation of your new podcast wiki is done. First, create an article about the podcast you are creating a wiki for. Next, create articles for all the episodes of that podcast. The articles for the episodes of that podcast do not need to be complete immediately; simply include basic information like the date the episode was released and the number of the episode in the series of episodes of that podcast to start. Lastly, create a portal for your podcast. This will be the main page of your wiki. In order to create the portal, create a page called Portal:Example, replacing Example with the name of the podcast your wiki is about. See [[Portal:HelloInternet]] for an example of the standard format for a podcast portal. The Nail & Gear is the official flag of ''Hello Internet''. It consists of a white gear with a nail going through it diagonally on a grey background. The gear symbolizes CGP "Mind of Metal and Wheels" Grey, and is nearly identical to the gear used in his logo, while the nail represents Brady "Hard as Nails" Haran. '''~~Why~~How ~~shouldn't~~can ~~the~~I ~~wiki~~help ~~just~~improve ~~be on Wikia or Reddit~~Podpedia?''' Go to the [[Podpedia:Editorial Center\|Editorial Center]]. A to-do list for Podpedia is located at [[Podpedia:To Do List]]. A list of requested articles is located at [[Podpedia:Requested articles]]. ~~While we have tried to create Hello Internet wikis on both Wikia and Reddit, both have major flaws that make them unsuitable platforms for the Hello Internet wiki.~~ '''How is Podpedia funded?''' 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. Podpedia is hosted by the wiki farm [[m:Miraheze\|Miraheze]], which is funded through donations instead of advertisements. If you want to help with the hosting costs of Podpedia, [[m:Donate\|donate]] to Miraheze and mention that your donation is to help support Podpedia. 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. '''I have a question that is not on the FAQ.''' 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. Go to the [[Podpedia:Question Center\|Question Center]]. ~~'''How can I help improve Timpedia?'''~~ ~~Go to the [[Timpedia:Editorial Center\|Editorial Center]].~~ ~~'''I have a question that is not on the FAQ.'''~~   ~~Go to the [[Timpedia:Question Center\|Question Center]].~~                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           <!--HooksEnd-->