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Back in the late '90s, a [[Big Name Fan]] of the ''[[Pokémon]]'' [[Fandom|Community]] named Bulbasaur established a site he called [http://www.bulbagarden.net/ Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden], or
In 2005, Bulbagarden created the ever popular [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page Bulbapedia], a community driven Pokemon Encyclopedia on everything that is Pokemon. In 2008, [[Big Name Fan|Archaic]] was "sold" to HAVA Media, owners of [[Game Informer]] and [[Anime Shimbun]] (for which they wanted him), in exchange for the full payment of the Bulbagarden servers ''and'' the deal of leaving all its issues on the hands of its community. Since then, all ad revenue is spent on the community's Christmas contests, when real-life gifts (such as game cartridges and manga tomes) are given away to the winners. Lastly, in 2010, Bulbapedia was one of the original wikis to join the Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance, as it was created in part by Archaic.
Bulbagarden has expanded greatly over the years and has in recent times been putting heavy focus on creating a more user-friendly interface for their members, aiming to appeal to as many different kinds of Pokemon fans as they can. The [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105232727/http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/forum.php Bulbagarden Forums] are one of the main focuses of this project. Featuring a staff of just slightly below 100, Bulbagarden Forums offers discussion on a variety of subjects, but not just those limited to Pokemon. Members can discuss other video games and anime, contribute their own works of fanfiction or videos, and play in intricate games of [[wikipedia:Mafia (party game)|Mafia]]. Bulbagarden also features multiple large-scale forum RPs and a rapidly growing Roleplay section. The entire Bulbagarden Network is free for use.
Bulbagarden has, unfortunately, had a fierce rivalry with the other leading ''[[Pokémon]]'' site, Serebii.net. Archaic once served under Serebii as his right-hand man but left to relaunch Bulbagarden and in the process created an unfriendly competition between the two. It should be noted however that despite any conflicts the two sites have, Serebii still frequents Bulbagarden as a contributing member.
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It has sections for:
* [[Anime]]: Has an [https://web.archive.org/web/20131130093728/http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f228/ entire forum] to discuss it.
* [[Manga]]: There's a smaller subsection dedicated to ''[[Pokémon (manga)|Pokémon]]'' manga.
* [[Play-By-Post Games]]: Three versions. The standard [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105195532/http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f285/ forum game] section, The [https://web.archive.org/web/20131021213758/http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f362/ strategy game] section, and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926102842/http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f424/ role playing] section.
* [[Fanfic|Fan Fiction]]: Has extensive amounts [https://web.archive.org/web/20131021213701/http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f227/ here], although it's not limited to just ''Pokémon'' fanfiction, and also accepts original fiction.
* [[Shipping]]: There's a subforum for it too, so it's [[Invoked Trope|invoked in some way]]. The community set there is unusually reasonable and calm, not prone to wars or insults between [[Ship-to-Ship Combat|warring ships]].
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: Bulbapedia, as mentioned before.
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* [[Ban on Politics]]: Averted. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120402031958/http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f414/ There] is a whole section devoted to political discussion, although the rules are heavily enforced there in order to keep a sense of peace.
* [[Caption Contest]]: The Anime forum has an ongoing one featuring screenshots from the latest episodes.
* [[Forum Pecking Order]]: The usernames reveal it. Bold-Italics are the Admins, Bold are the Super Moderators,<ref>moderators with powers beyond any designated area of the forum</ref> Italics are the Moderators, and regular font for everyone else. Anyone with their name crossed out is a banned member.
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