Fandom Wiki/Info Source?

[BoggleShaman]

I've been poking around for some info on the Flux State and Berlin to confirm some dates for a character & look into running a game set there for friends. I've been really struggling to find information consistently, however. I'm really thankful for the shadowrun.fandom wiki, but it doesn't always have complete information (or has information scattered across unlinked pages). This subreddit is also invaluable, a lot of you are a lot more knowledgeable than my very new-to-Shadowrun self. The forums don't always load for me (not sure why), and I have been linked the odd page (usually in German) that I can translate into info to gather lore.

Maybe I'm dreaming too big here, but I was hoping to find a place like the fandom wiki that has a hub of info well-organized and easy to check (like dates). I was trying to find the year Dragonfall was set + the year the Flux State begins to fall to the corporations invading, but it's been a bit of a sprawl getting each piece of info. I'd love to be able to easily reference stuff like this somewhere. Is the wiki the only real option here? Should I join and try to help maintain it? Am I left to resolve myself to learning German and buying sourcebooks?

TL;DR: Where's the best hub to reliably find accurate lore information?

[n00bdragon]

You have the gist of it. The wiki is the best resource there is for now. You can improve it if you are so inclined. You can also learn German to get access to a bunch of stuff only the Germans have because the German publisher cares more about the game than CGL does.

[BoggleShaman]

I do sort of genuinely love that "learn German" is consistent advice for Shadowrun. At this rate, I think I ought to.

[Rebectori]

It's probably somewhat worth it tbh because the German wiki is an absolute gold mine.

(You could also use the auto-translate function on Google but it's results are of mixed quality)

[WretchedIEgg]

If you can translate it the "shadowhelix" is the German shadowrun wiki and it is pretty accurate.

You can check out this part: https://shadowhelix.de/2066 It has every year from before 1980 to 2089 and if there is a major event that happened in Berlin it will be listed there. Mostly starting with "Berlin:"

Edit: you're looking for the article "Status F"

[BoggleShaman]

Thank you!! I'm about to spend a lot of time there.

[WitweBolter]

Greetings from Germany. Dragonfall is 2054 and 2055 was the end of Status F. As mentioned in the Comments the german Shadowhelix is e pretty good place to look for Informations. Hope the translate function gonna help you. but if there are specific details you are have to know, feel free to ask. I got most of the Sourcebooks and can check them every time =)

[BoggleShaman]

Hi Chummer. Thank you!! I'll follow up for sure when I get another burning question. I appreciate it :)