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A '''vanity wiki''' is a [[wiki]] 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 [[bliki]]; used for journaling, propagation of one's [[:Category:Ideas|ideas]] and [[:Category:Opinion|opinions]], etc. | A '''vanity wiki''' 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]], etc. | ||
The term is by all means a {{tag|point of view}}, 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 is by all means a {{tag|point of view}}, because it 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 names, you know now what it means in this case. | ||
;''Examples | ;''Examples | ||
[[AbbeNormal]] is a vanity wiki that made it into [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia's]] [[interwiki map]], where it remained until | [[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}} | ||
;''See also | ;''See also | ||
*[[Vanity Wiki (Wikia)]] — <tt>http://vanity.Wikia.com/wiki/Vanity_Wiki</tt> – for the | *[[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 | *[[Vanity page]] — an individual page within an established wiki covering the same or similar ideas | ||
Latest revision as of 17:39, 29 May 2024
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, etc.
The term is by all means a point of view, 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.
- Examples
AbbeNormal is a vanity wiki that made it into Wikimedia's interwiki map, where it remained until January 2015
- See also
- Vanity Wiki (Wikia) — http://vanity.Wikia.com/wiki/Vanity_Wiki – for the wiki with the same name
- Vanity page — an individual page within an established wiki covering the same or similar ideas