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Hey guys,

I know many members of this community gather lore from reading Black Library novels, in particular those that are still considered canon and/or are not considered ridiculous *Cough* C.S. Goto *Cough*. But for day-to-day checking of lore and solid summaries, sometimes sitting down and reading a ton of books just won't do. Sometime you need a wiki page or something like that.

I tend to used the Warhammer 40K Wikia (http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Warhammer_40k_Wiki) and Lexicanum (http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Main_Page) for most 40K lore (I usually come here for the rest). I'm curious to know what people think of these two sites and whether or not these are sites that members of this community use? And if not, what sources of lore do you use and why? Because I tend to find that the two aforementioned sites tend to be at least reasonably accurate despite being wiki pages for which there are many people who contribute information that may not always be correct.

Cheers guys

The Warhammer Wiki and Lexicanum are both pretty good. I also like 1d4chan for the lulz.

I use Lexicanum. 1d4chan is just for fun and the Wiki is just really bad and inaccurate.

I use all 3 but there are some major differences

-Lexicanum decent source conntroll, this is almost a reputable source.
-warhammer wiki, has less references but more content.
-1d4chan almost no references lots of content is fan made

1d4chan is so bloody funny for 40K lore. My favourite is from the 'Exterminatus' page:

1d4chan wrote:Their planet was ripe for colonization, and when the Tau arrived, the Poctroon all died of a 'mysterious' contagion, though the Tau obviously have admitted no diabolical f**kery.

The Warhammer Wiki is sometimes rather inaccurate or wrong, but it tends to be better than worse. In my experience, the Wiki and Lexicanum tend to fill in each other's gaps (no pun intended haha).

In my sig there is a link to a thread where I listed most of the ones I use, but here are the best ones

http://web.archive.org/web/20120702034423/http://www.gamehobby.net/ - Archive of old WDs

http://web.archive.org/web/20080419150022/http://uk.games-workshop.com/default.aspx - the GW website before it got turned into a catalogue only.

http://ifearnoevil.tripod.com/warhammer/journal.htm - Journal of Keeper Cripias

http://z15.invisionfree.com/Alpha_Legion_Forums/index.php?showtopic=766 - Alpha Legion

http://redelf.naxx.ru/w40k_rules.html - Index Astartes

mostly 14dchan it is not as accurate as others, but usually more entertaining light reading than others

aside from the wikis, I like 1d4chan and the 40k lore subreddit

I like Lexicanum and Black Library books.

 casvalremdeikun wrote:
The Warhammer Wiki and Lexicanum are both pretty good. I also like 1d4chan for the lulz.

Same here.

1d4chan is good for some laughs. I especially like Angron's article, it's good for a laugh.

1d4chan is awesome for abridged, yet hilarious stuff. Most of it is surprisingly accurate. Their Inquisition page is awesome and the "Space Marine Commandments" at the end of the SM tactica page is just amazing.

Seriously, in-depth fluff, Lexicanum all the way.

If im painting i'll occasionally listen to Vaults of Terra on the youtubez, which is pretty good for fluff.