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{{Infobox website
| name            = Supernatural Wiki aka SuperWiki
| logo            = Supernatural wiki mast.PNG
| logo_size       = 300px
| screenshot      = SupernaturalWiki Main Page.PNG
| screenshot_size = 300px
| caption         = Supernatural Wiki's main page
| url             = {{URL|http://supernaturalwiki.com}}
| commercial      = No
| type            = [[Fan wiki]]<br>[[Online encyclopedia]]
| language        = English
| registration    = Optional{{Efn|Required for editing.}}
| author          = Jules Wilkinson
| launch_date     = August 6, 2006
| current_status  = Active
| revenue         = None
}}
'''Supernatural Wiki''', also known as '''SuperWiki''', is a [[wiki]]-powered online encyclopedia for the [[The CW Television Network|CW]]'s horror television series ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'', associated projects and events.

The site was launched on August 6, 2006, using  [[MediaWiki]] software to maintain a [[fan wiki|user-created database]] of information.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Project:About|title=About Supernatural Wiki |publisher=Supernatural Wiki|access-date=2010-02-28}}</ref> '''Supernatural  Wiki''' and its domain, supernaturalwiki.com is hosted by a fan who accepts donations to hosting costs but makes no profit from running the site.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://supernaturalwiki.com/Project:About|title=SuperWiki:About|publisher= SupernaturalWiki |access-date=2010-04-05}}</ref>

As of November 14, 2025, the site contained 4,705 articles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Special:Statistics|title=Supernatural Wiki statistics page |publisher=Supernatural Wiki|access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref>

==Overview==
Supernatural Wiki was launched on August 12, 2006, following the first season of Supernatural.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/200/137|title= Interview with the Super-wiki admin team|year= 2010| journal= Transformative Works and Cultures|doi= 10.3983/twc.2010.0200|access-date=2010-04-04|last1= Kaplan|first1= Deborah|volume= 4|doi-access= free}}</ref> Originally managed by a collective of fans, since 2008 the administrator of the site has been Australian fan Jules Wilkinson. The site provides detailed episode synopses, character biographies, pop culture and music references, information on folklore and religion as well as information on the cast and crew. It also documents tie-in material including official novels, magazines, and associated web-material.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Category:Canon |title=Super Wiki Canon Category|publisher= Supernatural Wiki |access-date=2010-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Category:Production |title=Super Wiki Production Category|publisher= Supernatural Wiki |access-date=2010-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Category:Library|title=Super Wiki Library Category| publisher= SupernaturalWiki |access-date=2010-04-04}}</ref>

Unique amongst [[wiki]] sites for [[TV series]], Supernatural Wiki also documents the show's [[Fandom]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=1469|title=Supernatural Week Interview: Jules Wilkinson (SuperWiki)|publisher=Innsmouth Free Press|access-date=2010-04-02|archive-date=2011-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102100116/http://www.innsmouthfreepress.com/?p=1469|url-status=dead}}</ref> This includes creative works such as [[fan fiction]] including [[slash fiction]], [[fan videos]], [[fan art]], [[fanzine]]s and other fan-works. Fandom activities such as [[fan convention]]s – both fan-run and professional conventions attended by the cast and crew – are covered as well as are fan websites, media blogs and charity fund-raising. The history and culture of the Supernatural fandom is documented, including the [[Argot]] peculiar to this fandom.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Category:Fandom|title=Super Wiki Fandom Category| publisher= SupernaturalWiki |access-date=2010-04-02}}</ref>

Additionally the site conducts interviews with the production staff on the show and also runs events during conventions such as [[San Diego Comic-Con]] called "Wayward Cocktails" <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nerdybutflirty.com/2015/07/29/san-diego-comic-con-first-timers-experience-day-2/ |title=San Diego Comic Con: A First Timers Experience|date=29 July 2015| publisher= Nerdybutflirty.com |access-date=2017-04-04}}</ref> which bring the fans, cast and crew of the show together.

In 2019, there were 4.2 million visits to the site. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/#/report-home/a2240493w4023399p4131949|access-date=2010-04-02|title=Redirecting}}</ref>

==Impact==
Supernatural Wiki has been recognized by other media outlets as a source of information about the show and its fandom. The CW Source Blog said of the site: "They've collected and dissected nearly every aspect of the show, the behind-the-scenes world, and the fan community, and laid it out in stunning detail.".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://blogs.trb.com/network/cwsource/2007/03/supernatural_a_place_for_the_o.html|title=Supernatural: A Place for the Obsessed
|publisher=CW Source |access-date=2010-04-02}}.</ref> The SuperWiki has also been referenced by media critics such as the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''{{'s}} Maureen Ryan for its coverage of conventions such as [[San Diego Comic-Con]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/comiccon/|title=Comic-Con roundup: 'True Blood,' 'Lost,' 'Supernatural' and more|publisher=Chicago Tribune|access-date=2010-04-02|archive-date=2010-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100422224456/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/comiccon/|url-status=dead}}.</ref>

The site has become an information resource by writers, production staff and cast. Writer Robbie Thompson called it an "indispensable" resource.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Edited by Lynn Zubernis and Katherine Larsen|title=Fan Phenomena: Supernatural|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JvUdAwAAQBAJ&q=robbie|date=May 2014|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=9781783202034|page=50}}</ref> Star Jared Padalecki said "I'm on the show, and I'm on (Supernatural Wiki) more than once a week researching it."<ref>{{cite web|url= https://fangasmthebook.wordpress.com/2016/09/04/vancon-sunday-j2-day/|title=Vancon Sunday – J2 Day!|date=4 September 2016|publisher=Fangasm|access-date=2016-11-16}}.</ref>

The site was credited by author [[Keith R. A. DeCandido]] in the acknowledgments to his ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'' tie-in novel ''Nevermore''.

In February 2009, the site established a Twitter presence at [https://twitter.com/SuperWiki @SuperWiki]. As of 18 June, 2021, the site has 108, 313 followers, including many of the cast and crew from ''Supernatural''.

On 7 September 2009, in the lead up to the start of [[Supernatural (season 5)|Season 5]], ''@SuperWiki'' started ending tweets with the tag #luciferiscoming, and suggested fans do the same as a mischievous way to get attention for the show.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://twitter.com/SuperWiki/status/3810623291|title=Let's freak out the twitterverse|publisher=@SuperWiki |access-date=2010-04-02}}.</ref> The tag #luciferiscoming reached number 1 of the trending topics on Twitter. Rapper [[Sean Combs]] (''@iamdiddy'' who has over a million followers) started a #Godishere tweet in retaliation, being unaware of the context of #luciferiscoming and assuming it was an anti-Christian movement. Twitter moved to stop posts with tags including both God and Lucifer from appearing in trending topics. Fans continued to use #supernatural and #inkripkewetrust, and both also reached high on the list of trending topics.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.buddytv.com/articles/supernatural/lucifer-is-coming-how-supernat-31138.aspx|title=Lucifer is coming:: How 'Supernatural' Stole Twitter
|date=10 September 2009
|publisher=Buddy TV|access-date=2010-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Twitter#Trending_Topics |title=Trending Topics On Twitter|publisher=SupernaturalWiki |access-date=2010-04-02}}</ref>

==Awards==
In April 2011 the site won the [[SFX (magazine)]] Best Franchise Specific website award beating out chucktv.net, The One Ring, Leaky Cauldron, Life, Doctor Who And Combom, and WhoFix.

SFX Magazine described the site as "The most comprehensive Supernatural site on the web, established in 2006, Supernatural Wiki is a well laid-out, intelligently designed, easy to navigate Aladdin's cave of Winchester goodness."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/04/19/sfx-blog-awards-2011-the-results/ |title=SFX BLOG AWARDS 2011: The Results |publisher=SFX |access-date=2012-09-17 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521002835/http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/04/19/sfx-blog-awards-2011-the-results/ |archive-date=May 21, 2011 }}.</ref>

In 2014, the site was a board nominated finalist in the Shorty Social Media Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.shortyawards.com/post/75699290022/announcing-the-6th-annual-shorty-awards-nominating|title=Shorty Awards|publisher=Shorty Awards|access-date=2010-04-02}}</ref>

At the end of the 15th and final season of Supernatural, the site was awarded a special plaque by Warner Brothers Entertainment for the coverage and support of the show. <ref>{{cite tweet|user=SuperWiki|number=1330707414643924994|date=Nov 22, 2020|title=Tweet|accessdate=2021-06-10}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of fan wikis]]
* [[List of online encyclopedias]]
* [[List of wikis]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.supernaturalwiki.com/Supernatural_Wiki Supernatural Wiki] Main Page

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