Encyclopedia SpongeBobia
 Current ESB logo | |
| Site Information | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Haldir |
| Age | 18 years, 5 days (as of April 16, 2025) |
| Consists of | Wiki, chat, forums |
| Administration | |
| Bureaucrats |
AMK152 (2007-present) Spongebob456 (2012-present) Anthony2306 (2020-present) BSpongeSM02 (2021-present) FireMatch (2022-present) |
| Administrators |
Koolkitty108 (2018-present) The Smarter Wiser King Dedede (2024-present) |
Encyclopedia SpongeBobia, also known as The SpongeBob SquarePants Wiki, is the leading database of SpongeBob information in the world. At one point, SBC had attempted to do a partnership with the site for SpongeBob Universe but this did not pan out. Both sites have since gone their separate ways.
History
Encyclopedia SpongeBobia has its roots in the WikiProject SpongeBob SquarePants at Wikipedia, formed on June 6, 2006 by ForestH2 and developed by the former and AMK152. The WikiProject grew, and was able to keep track of and improve all SpongeBob-related articles on Wikipedia. The WikiProject grew to over 100 members within a year. The project focused on reverting vandalism, formatting, and expanding articles.
In 2006, there were two failed attempts by AMK152 at creating a separate SpongeBob SquarePants wiki. His first request was denied on August 26, 2006, because Fandom did not believe that a SpongeBob wiki would be large enough. Instead, Fandom staff pointed toward the official Nickelodeon Wiki for content related to Nickelodeon as a means of accomplishing the goals. His second request was denied on December 10, 2006, so the focus remained on Wikipedia.
WikiProject SpongeBob SquarePants continued to grow. However, in 2007, the project ran into several problems when users outside the scope of the SpongeBob-related articles did not consider some content to be relevant to Wikipedia. While the crisis was going on at Wikipedia, Dark Assassin, a user of Fandom, made a request for a SpongeBob wiki at Fandom. However, there was another request (which was made by Haldir) that had been made, so Dantman denied Dark Assassin's request on April 11. Later that month, Haldir's request for a SpongeBob wiki was granted, and the SpongeBob SquarePants Wiki was born.
Further in depth history can be read here.