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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 | 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. | ||
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 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. | ||
See also [http://vanity. | See also [http://vanity.Wikia.com/wiki/Vanity_Wiki Vanity wiki] for the Wiki with the same name. | ||
;Examples | |||
[[AbbeNormal]] is a vanity wiki that made it into [[Wikimedia]] | [[AbbeNormal]] is a vanity wiki that made it into [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia's]] [[interwiki map]], where it remained until January, 2015.[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Interwiki_map#johnabbe.wagn.org.2FAbbeNormal] | ||
[[Category:WikiConcept]] | [[Category:WikiConcept]] | ||
[[Category:Glossary | [[Category:Glossary]] | ||
Revision as of 15:10, 22 January 2018
A vanity wiki is a wiki used as a personal Template:W 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.
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.
See also Vanity wiki for the Wiki with the same name.
- Examples
AbbeNormal is a vanity wiki that made it into Wikimedia's interwiki map, where it remained until January, 2015.[1]