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'''Serebii.net''' or '''SPP''' <small>(Serebii's Pokémon Page/Place)</small> is a fan site created by [[Serebii (person)|Serebii]] in the fall of 1999 when many [[Pokémon]] sites were starting to appear, seemingly out of nowhere. The site first gained popularity as a GeoCities site, where it was also a member of the [[Articuno Island]] network. | '''Serebii.net''' or '''SPP''' <small>(Serebii's Pokémon Page/Place)</small> is a fan site created by [[Serebii (person)|Serebii]] in the fall of 1999 when many [[Pokémon]] sites were starting to appear, seemingly out of nowhere. The site first gained popularity as a GeoCities site, where it was also a member of the [[Articuno Island]] network. | ||
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Serebii.net has occasionally been the center of controversy, as its webmaster has faced accusations of theft in the past. [[Serebii (person)|Serebii]], the owner, | Serebii.net has occasionally been the center of controversy, as its webmaster has faced accusations of theft in the past. [[Serebii (person)|Serebii]], the owner, claims that he has not personally stolen anything since mid-2002. Since mid-2002, there however has been at least one case of material appearing on Serebii's site that had been created by another fansite; however Serebii has stated that this resulted from the work of unscrupulous fans stealing the material from the original site and passing them along to him, without informing him of the source. Although he has shown reluctance to remove such material at times, Serebii eventually accepts to do so in the vast majority of cases. | ||
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Revision as of 08:02, 29 May 2007
Serebii.net or SPP (Serebii's Pokémon Page/Place) is a fan site created by Serebii in the fall of 1999 when many Pokémon sites were starting to appear, seemingly out of nowhere. The site first gained popularity as a GeoCities site, where it was also a member of the Articuno Island network.
It is a well known source for Anime, Nintendo gaming and TCG information. The site currently is one of the most up-to-date Pokémon websites on the Internet, updated almost on a daily basis.
It also had a close affiliation with the short lived Pokémon Official Magazine in the UK.
Controversy
Serebii.net has occasionally been the center of controversy, as its webmaster has faced accusations of theft in the past. Serebii, the owner, claims that he has not personally stolen anything since mid-2002. Since mid-2002, there however has been at least one case of material appearing on Serebii's site that had been created by another fansite; however Serebii has stated that this resulted from the work of unscrupulous fans stealing the material from the original site and passing them along to him, without informing him of the source. Although he has shown reluctance to remove such material at times, Serebii eventually accepts to do so in the vast majority of cases.
Present issues
Serebii.net has suffered from a number of server problems since it burst into the ranks of the major Pokémon sites in 2002. Up until March 2003, its uptime could be called sporadic at best, with large downtimes of up to 6 months, due primarily to Serebii.net outgrowing a sequence of servers that it was being hosted on for no charge.
Due to Serebii's dire situation, Ledian_X introduced Craig Maloof to Serebii, who made an offer to pay for Serebii's server costs. (Craig had previously made this offer towards Archaic for Bulbagarden, though this offer was rejected.) Since that time, Serebii.net has been hosted on Craig's own private servers, with the hosting bills apparently being paid for via the single Google AdWords banner on every page of the site and forums.
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