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-The '''Oddworld Encycylopædia''' (abbreviated to '''TOE''') is a subsite of the [[Oddworld Library]] created by [[Max the Mug]]. It is a collection of encyclopedic articles pertaining to the [[Oddworld]] canon and [[Oddworld videogames|games]]. It was launched on 1 April 2006, but its development can be traced back to 2000. The Encyclopædia currently contains 52 articles, 4 of which are navigation pages.
+'''The Oddworld Encycylopædia''' (abbreviated to '''TOE''') is a subsite of the [[Oddworld Library]] created by [[Max the Mug]]. It is a collection of encyclopedic articles pertaining to [[Oddworld]] canon and [[Oddworld videogames|games]]. It was launched on 1 April 2006, but its development can be traced back to 2000. The Encyclopædia currently contains 52 articles, 4 of which are navigation pages.
 == History ==
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 $ These articles were instead released as part of Wave 1.
-==== Wave 3 ====
+=== Second anniversary ===
-Wave 3 was never released.
+Between Wave 2 and TOE’s second anniversary, only one addition was made to the Oddworld Encyclopædia, the article on [[Citizen Siege]], published on 9 December 2007. However, on 1 April 2008, Max released a number of new articles that could be considered '''Wave 3''', including three navigational pages.

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The '''Oddworld Encycylopædia''' (abbreviated to '''TOE''') is a subsite of the [[Oddworld Library]] created by [[Max the Mug]]. It is a collection of encyclopedic articles pertaining to the [[Oddworld]] canon and [[Oddworld videogames|games]]. It was launched on 1 April 2006, but its development can be traced back to 2000. The Encyclopædia currently contains 52 articles, 4 of which are navigation pages.

== History ==
=== Early years ===
Max the Mug created his first fansite in 2000, it taking the form of a webpage on Xoom called '''The Kennels'''. On it, a conjoined twin Glukkon called Glasp took the reader on a tour around the Kennels, which hosted one of each Oddworld creature known to fans at the time.<ref name="kennels"/> At the time, there were numerous [[Oddworld fansites]], most of them small. The dominant sites were [[Oddworldian]] (run by [[Sydney]]) and [[Oddworld-Web]] (run by [[Abe Babe]]). Max had aspirations to develop a site superior to these as a source of canonical knowledge, anticipation for which built up on the [[Oddworld Forums]] as Max demonstrated great familiarity with Oddworld information. By 2001, his project had become known as '''The Scrabacombs''',<ref name="scrabacombs"/> but by 2002 this was renamed '''The Oddworld Encyclopedia''',<ref name="namedTOE"/> the nickname he had been given on the Oddworld Forums.

=== Launch ===
Despite numerous promises that the site was coming, only an FAQ appeared (in 2003)[36] before The Oddworld Encyclopædia finally launched in April 2006—although the April Fools’ Day joke articles were little appreciated by members of the Oddworld Forums given the site’s long-awaited appearance.[37]

A paper document kept by Max the Mug shows that he was originally planning to launch The Oddworld Encyclopædia with 65 articles, although this was subsequently reduced to 50.<ref name="documentStars"/> Several of the planned articles listed on the document have stars next to them. These correspond closely to the articles that were published within a month of TOE’s launch.

==== Wave 1 ====
On 2 April 2006, TOE’s April Fools’ Day articles were removed and replaced with 18 articles that subsequently become known as '''Wave 1'''.

* [[Clakkerz]]
* [[Gabbits]]
* [[Grubbs]]
* [[Mudokons]]
* [[Outlaws]]
* [[Paramites]]
* [[Scrabs]]
* [[Sligs]]
* [[Vykkers]]
* [[Abe]]*
* [[Munch]]*
* [[Sekto]]*
* [[Stranger]]*
* [[Vykkers Conglomerate]]***
* [[Paramonia]]**
* [[Scrabania]]**
* [[Monsaic Lines]]**
* [[Paramonian Temple]]***

<nowiki>*</nowiki> These articles were originally planned to be part of Wave 2.<ref name="documentStars"/> 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> These articles were not originally planned to be part of Waves 1 or 2.<ref name="documentStars"/> 
<nowiki>***</nowiki> These articles were not amongst those initially planned for early inclusion, although ‘[[Vykkers Labs]]’ was.<ref name="documentStars"/>

A number of articles were planned for Wave 1 but were not part of it.

* [[Fuzzles]]*
* [[Glukkons]]*
* [[Wolvarks]]*
* [[Interns]]*
* [[Steef]]**

<nowiki>*</nowiki> These articles were instead released as part of Wave 2. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> This article was rescheduled for Wave 2, then Wave 3, but still remains unpublished.<ref name="documentWaves"/>

==== Wave 2 ====
A second wave of articles was published on 13 April 2006.

* [[Fleeches]]
* [[Fuzzles]]*
* [[Meeches]]
* [[Glukkons]]*
* [[Wolvarks]]*
* [[Slogs]]
* [[Shrykull]]
* [[Interns]]*
* [[Slurgs]]
* [[Molluck]]
* [[Humphrey]]
* [[Irwin]]
* [[SoulStorm Brew]]**
* [[Necrum]]**
* [[Wilderness Region]]**

<nowiki>*</nowiki> These articles were originally planned to be part of Wave 1.<ref name="documentStars"/> 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> These articles were not originally planned to be part of Waves 1 or 2, although ‘Necrum’ and ‘[[SoulStorm Brewery]]’ were initially planned for early inclusion.

A number of articles were planned for Wave 2 but were not part of it.

* [[Elums]]* ** ***
* [[Meep]]* ***
* [[Meetles]]*
* [[Rats]]* ***
* [[Steef]]** ***
* [[Abe]]$
* [[Munch]]$
* [[Stranger]]$
* [[Sekto]]$
* [[Lulu]]*
* [[Almighty Raisin]]* ** ***
* [[Shaman]]*
* [[Magog Cartel]]**
* [[RuptureFarms]]** ***
* [[Mongo River]]**
* History**
* [[Moolah]]**
* [[Spooce]]**
* [[Slig Barracks]] ** ***

<nowiki>*</nowiki> These articles were planned prior to TOE’s launch to be part of Wave 2.<ref name="documentStars"/> 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> These articles were planned subsequent to Wave 1 to be part of Wave 2.<ref name="documentWaves"/> 
<nowiki>***</nowiki> These articles were rescheduled for Wave 3.<ref name="documentWaves"/> 
$ These articles were instead released as part of Wave 1.

==== Wave 3 ====
Wave 3 was never released.

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