Half-Life Wiki:About

The Combine OverWiki was started as Half-Life Wiki on November 17, 2005, by Chuck182. However, after little time, it fell dormant, and into "Wikias for Adoption". On April 10, 2007, Donut THX 1138 did significant work, and the Wikia Staff member CatherineMunro instated him as bureaucrat of the Half-Life Wiki to restart progress on this wiki. Donut soon changed the name from "Half-Life Wiki" to "Combine OverWiki".

Name change
The wiki name was officially changed Friday, May 25, 2007. Donut THX 1138 thought it was kind of boring that the name was "Half-Life Wiki", so Donut started a forum post about possible wiki names. However, after almost a month and no responses, Donut decided to act on his own since no one seemed to care. Donut knew most gamers knew the Combine was a powerful Half-Life enemy faction, so Donut started playing with words trying to get "Combine" into the name (so gamers would know it's a Half-Life based wiki). Then came the idea of the Combine OverWatch, the name of the human based Combine forces. After several more minutes in deep pondering, Donut was beaten in the face with brilliance! The Combine OverWiki!

The following year saw significant growth and contributor turnover, and it was in this time Donut and Relentless Recusant, the only two staff members, became inactive. This led to the wiki being adopted once again by EVula - on February 15, 2008 - whose leadership gave the existing and ongoing improvement drive a boost.

The following months saw the appointment of two new sysops, MattyDienhoff (on February 22, 2008), and Coming Second (on April 12, 2008). Klow was later appointed (on December 14, 2008), as well as YabbaMyIcing (on March 18, 2009).