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Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki
Type of site
Fan wiki
OwnerFandom, Inc.
Created byJamesofbeardo
RevenueAdvertising
URLmarvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedOctober 31, 2010
Current statusActive with over 38,000 articles (as of August 2024)
Content license
CC BY-SA

The Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki, also known as the MCU Wiki, is an online encyclopedia covering information regarding the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise written from an in-universe perspective. The wiki covers all media that is part of the MCU, including information about the franchise's characters and the timeline of its properties. The wiki has attracted a large audience as the franchise continued, becoming the fourth most popular movie fan wiki on Fandom in 2023.[1] The website is distinct from Fandom's general wiki about the Marvel Universe, focusing specifically on the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[2]

History

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Coverage and community involvement

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki was created on October 31, 2010, by a Fandom user known as Jamesofbeardo.[3] The wiki began covering all of the characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It kept track of movies and television shows and updated frequently when new media was released. When the Agent Carter episode "The Blitzkrieg Button" (2015) aired and revealed that the MCU's version of Howard Stark was the child of a fruit salesman and shirtwaist factory worker, unlike in the comics, the wiki was quick to update Stark's page with the information by the following day.[4] It further covered items within the MCU, such as Star-Lord's Gravity Mines which appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).[5] They also covered events within the MCU, such as the Battle of New York as depicted in The Avengers (2012) and the consequences of the battle as described in later projects.[6]

When the trailer for the MCU film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) was released, the MCU Wiki created an article for a character named Klev, played by Zach Cherry, who appeared in both that film's trailer and in the earlier MCU film Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), identifying his actions in both films.[7] The wiki covered the character Kang the Conqueror prior to the release of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) when he was confirmed to be appearing in the film.[8] Aside from characters, the wiki also covers organizations which appeared in the MCU, including S.H.I.E.L.D.,[9] and it also features articles about the projects themselves, including detailed plot summaries.[10]

The MCU Wiki's users were involved in Fandom interviewing Loki production designer Kasra Farahani in July 2021, asking him questions about the set design in the show. Farahani enjoyed the comments left by the community's members and answered questions they had for him.[11]

As doubt began to get cast on the canon status of the television series created for the MCU by Marvel Television, the MCU Wiki continued to cover those series. On September 14, 2021, a content moderator from the MCU Wiki known as BEJT published an eighteen-page letter directed to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige regarding the series' canon status, specifically that of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Marvel's Netflix television series, Inhumans, Runaways, Cloak & Dagger, and Helstrom, although acknowledging the latter's dubious canon status. The letter included signatures from the fans who contribute to the MCU Wiki and was shared on social media platforms such as Twitter as well as being mailed to Marvel Studios.[12] The letter expressed the importance of the series' canon status to the members of the wiki's community and demonstrated the series' interconnected nature.[13]

Intervention from Fandom

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In June 2021, the site was among several wikis affected by global LGBTQIA+ guidelines instituted by Fandom, which were created due to an incident involving deadnaming on Wookieepedia, another wiki hosted by the company.[14]

In June 2024, Fandom demoted the MCU Wiki's two administrators, known as Shabook and Marvelus, following several complaints from its user base regarding concerns about the lack of consensus decision-making and input from other members of the site's community.[15]

Timeline pages

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Several pages on the MCU Wiki are dedicated to creating a timeline of events within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The timeline was described as "exhaustive" by Screen Rant, using clues from various sources and movies to determine the placements of each project. It used Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) to place the death of Natasha Romanoff in Avengers: Endgame on October 16, 2023.[16] While the timeline often used release order to inform its placement, it would allow elements of the projects themselves to result in different placements. It used such information to extrapolate dates of birth for several characters such as Maria Hill, giving her the same date of birth as the actress who played her, Cobie Smulders.[17]

Prior to the release of the book The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline (2023), the wiki searched for small details within the film that would determine when they were set, and placements would often differ with the timeline presented by a section of Disney+.[18] The wiki and its content moderators acknowledged that the dates are not official.[16][19]

Reception

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Statistics and use by fans

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The MCU Wiki remained a popular website on Fandom throughout the history of the MCU. As the Infinity Saga neared its conclusion and the franchise became more popular, the MCU Wiki saw increasing spikes in popularity, with Black Panther (2018) causing one of its largest opening weekend spikes to that point at 81%. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) soon caused a similar spike with 85%. Following that, the film Captain Marvel (2019) caused the biggest spike in the wiki's popularity as of September 2022, measured at 131%. This was due to the introduction of several new characters in the movie, including Carol Danvers, Goose, Yon-Rogg, and the Skrulls. However, following Avengers: Endgame (2019), the wiki saw smaller spikes on opening weekends, with Thor: Love and Thunder yielding a 25% boost, which was still larger than of its predecessor, Thor: Ragnarok (2017).[20][21] However, another large spike occurred with the Ms. Marvel finale "No Normal" (2022), which revealed that its titular hero was a Mutant, prompting an increase of over 8000% viewership on the MCU Wiki's page for mutants.[22]

The wiki spikes in popularity with new releases, particularly the release of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) as many people searched for information about Kang the Conqueror and his Variants. The movie prompted a 66% surge for the MCU Wiki, a larger surge than the one caused by the film's predecessor, Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), and every film in Phase Four of the MCU with the exception of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Throughout the Multiverse Saga, Kang and Loki remained popular pages among readers of the wiki.[23]

Similarly, several characters from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) were searched for as people turned to the wiki for information about the characters in the movie, creating a particularly large spike in popularity.[2] People also consistently searched for the main characters of past projects such as Tony Stark and Wanda Maximoff.[24] Due to the start of Phase Five of the MCU, the wiki became the fourth most popular movie fan wiki on Fandom in 2023.[1]

The wiki has been referenced by actors from Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Deborah Ann Woll, who in an interview thanked the wiki for its coverage of the franchise.[25]

Cited as a resource

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The MCU Wiki was cited as a resource for scholarly works, including by Lilly Goren and Nicholas Carnes in their book The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which uses the Wiki's description of S.H.I.E.L.D. to discuss the organization.[9] It was also used as part of a larger discussion about fan wikis and the efforts that go into them, particularly referencing the plot summary on the page covering Avengers: Infinity War.[10]

The wiki was cited by Renske Jacobs in a paper published by Tilburg University's Diggit Magazine.[26]

The Wiki's traffic data was used by Fandom to dispute claims by fans that superhero fatigue was damaged the popularity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, noting that despite over one third of MCU fans claiming that they were fatigued, they continued to watch the MCU and use the MCU Wiki as a resource for information about the franchise. They used the data to report that the Marvel Cinematic Universe had a highly active fanbase.[21]

The wiki further has been cited as a resource for various news sites to post information regarding the MCU when reporting on news regarding the franchise.[4][5][8] It has also been cited as a resource for receiving such news, such as promotional art for Avengers: Endgame (2019) which was uploaded to the wiki and was subsequently reported on by Screen Rant.[27]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Esposito, Joey (December 18, 2023). "Fandom's 10 Most Popular Movie Wikis Of 2023". Fandom. Archived from the original on September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Fowler, Matt (May 10, 2023). "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Debut Brings Fans to High Evolutionary and Phyla". Fandom. Archived from the original on September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  3. ^ Jamesofbeardo. "Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki". Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki. Fandom. Archived from the original on September 26, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Misra, Sulagna (January 28, 2015). "Agent Carter Recap: 107 One-Armed Push-ups". Vulture. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Zambrano, Mark (May 21, 2017). "15 Ways The Guardians Of The Galaxy Would Beat The Avengers". Screen Rant. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  6. ^ Meyer, Joshua (November 8, 2017). "How 'Thor: Ragnarok' Changes The Character's Movie And Comics History". /Film. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  7. ^ Swanson, Larry (September 4, 2021). "An Unlikely Shang-Chi Character Has a Hilarious MCU Wiki Entry". CBR. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Finnighan, Lucy-Jo (July 25, 2022). "MCU's Kang will be a "very different type of villain" from Thanos, Kevin Feige says". Dexerto. Archived from the original on September 26, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  9. ^ a b Carnes, Nicholas; Goren, Lilly (December 16, 2022). The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. p. 126. ISBN 9780700633883. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  10. ^ a b Andre, Magpantay (March 13, 2022). "Fandom.com and fan-made histories". Transformative Works and Cultures. 37. doi:10.3983/twc.2022.2121. Archived from the original on April 22, 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  11. ^ Goldman, Eric (July 12, 2021). "From the TVA to The Void: Designing the Look of 'Loki'". Fandom. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  12. ^ McCauley, Tara (September 20, 2021). "MCU Wiki Community Urges Marvel Studios to Keep Past TV Shows Canon". CBR. Archived from the original on September 21, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  13. ^ Sanders, Savannah (September 16, 2021). "Marvel Community Petitions Kevin Feige Over MCU Canon Concerns With Lengthy Letter". The Direct. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  14. ^ Whitbrook, James (June 24, 2021). "Fandom Launches New LGBTQIA+ Guidelines for All Its Wikis". Gizmodo. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  15. ^ Quievryn, Tim "TimmyQuivy" (June 24, 2024). "Announcement from Fandom about Administrator Change at MCU Wiki". Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki. Fandom. Archived from the original on June 25, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  16. ^ a b McGee, Auhjanae (October 19, 2023). "What Date Did Natasha Romanoff Really Die? Fact-Checking Avengers Endgame Timeline Confusion". Screen Rant. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  17. ^ Britt, Ryan (November 25, 2017). "How Old Every Avenger Will Be in 'Infinity War', From Thor to Iron Man". Inverse. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  18. ^ Hood, Cooper (December 29, 2022). "Official MCU Timeline Will Be Revealed In New Marvel Book After Phase 4 Confusion". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on December 29, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  19. ^ Bradley, Ollie (October 17, 2023). "What Date Did Tony Stark Die? Fact-Checking Avengers: Endgame Date Confusion". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on October 17, 2023. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  20. ^ Taylor-Foster, Kim (September 21, 2022). "Has the MCU's Popularity Waned?". Fandom. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  21. ^ a b Gomez, Dessi (November 17, 2022). "Over 30% of Marvel Fans Fatigued by Constant Stream of MCU Content, Fandom Study Finds". TheWrap. Archived from the original on January 22, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  22. ^ Goldman, Eric (July 18, 2022). "'Ms. Marvel' Head Writer on the Excited Fan Reaction to That Huge Mutant Reveal". Fandom. Archived from the original on September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  23. ^ Fowler, Matt (February 21, 2023). "Kang Conquered the Marvel Wiki Multiverse After His Quantumania Debut". Fandom. Archived from the original on September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  24. ^ Fowler, Matt (December 22, 2023). "Fandom's 10 Most Searched MCU Characters of 2023". Fandom. Archived from the original on September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
  25. ^ Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki [@MCUWikiFandom] (September 24, 2024). "A message to the MCU Wiki by Karen Page herself, Deborah Ann Woll! Thank you for the kind words, @DeborahAnnWoll. We look forward to see you in #DaredevilBornAgain!" (Tweet). Retrieved September 25, 2024 – via Twitter.
  26. ^ Jacobs, Renske (January 8, 2022). van der Beek, Suzanne; van de Ven, Inge (eds.). "The Marvel Cinematic Universe: a realistic fictional world". Diggit Magazine. Tilburg University. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
  27. ^ Hood, Cooper (September 12, 2018). "Hi-Res Avengers 4 Art Reveals Closer Looks at Hulk Suit & Captain Marvel". Screen Rant. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
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