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A '''vanity wiki''' is a wiki used as a personal {{w|vanity press}} for advertising (including self-promotion), self-deprecation, or attempts to become an Internet celebrity. A vanity wiki can sometimes be a [[bliki]] used for journaling, propagation of one's ideas and opinions, etc.
A <b>vanity wiki</b> is a [[wiki]] site that is used as a {{tag|personal}} {{Wp|vanity press}}, and may include [[:Category:Advertising|advertising]] (particularly self-promotion), self-deprecation, or attempts to become an internet [[:Category:Celebrity|celebrity]]. A vanity wiki can sometimes be a [[:Category:Bliki|bliki]]; used for [[:Category:Journal|journaling]], propagation of one's [[:Category:Ideas|ideas]] and [[:Category:Opinion|opinions]], etcetera.


The term is by all means a POV because it is more about the believed intentions of the person or persons behind the endeavour and not about observable facts. So when anybody calls a wiki names, you know now what it means in this case.
The term "vanity wiki" is more about the believed intentions of the [[:Category:Wiki people|person]] or persons behind the endeavour, and not about observable facts. So when anybody calls a wiki a "vanity wiki", you know now what it means.


See also [http://vanity.wikia.com/wiki/Vanity_Wiki Vanity wiki] for the Wiki with the same name.
<b>Examples</b>
<br> [[AbbeNormal]] is a vanity wiki that made it into [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia's]] [[interwiki map]], where it remained until {{WMF-Meta|Talk:Interwiki map/Archives/2015#johnabbe.wagn.org/AbbeNormal|January 2015}}


==Examples==
<b>See also</b>
[[AbbeNormal]] is a vanity wiki that made it into [[Wikimedia]]'s [[interwiki map]], where it remained until January, 2015.[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Interwiki_map#johnabbe.wagn.org.2FAbbeNormal]
*[[Vanity Wiki (Wikia)]] — <tt>http://vanity.Wikia.com/wiki/Vanity_Wiki</tt> – for the wiki with the same name
*[[Vanity page]] — an individual page within an established wiki covering the same or similar ideas


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Latest revision as of 09:18, 20 June 2025

A vanity wiki is a wiki site that is used as a personal vanity press, and may include advertising (particularly self-promotion), self-deprecation, or attempts to become an internet celebrity. A vanity wiki can sometimes be a bliki; used for journaling, propagation of one's ideas and opinions, etcetera.

The term "vanity wiki" is more about the believed intentions of the person or persons behind the endeavour, and not about observable facts. So when anybody calls a wiki a "vanity wiki", you know now what it means.

Examples
AbbeNormal is a vanity wiki that made it into Wikimedia's interwiki map, where it remained until January 2015

See also

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