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A '''vanity wiki''' is a [[wiki]] used as a personal {{w|vanity press}} | A '''vanity wiki''' is a [[wiki]] that is used as a {{tag|personal}} {{w|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. | ||
The term is by all means a | 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. | ||
;Examples | |||
[[AbbeNormal]] is a vanity wiki that made it into [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia's]] [[interwiki map]], where it remained until [[Meta-Wiki:Talk:Interwiki map/Archives/2015#johnabbe.wagn.org/AbbeNormal|January 2015]] | |||
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[[ | *[[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 | |||
[[Category:Personal| ]] | |||
[[Category:Point of view| ]] | |||
[[Category:WikiConcept]] | [[Category:WikiConcept]] | ||
[[Category:Glossary]] | [[Category:Glossary]] | ||
Revision as of 23:41, 24 January 2018
A vanity wiki is a wiki that is used as a personal Template:W, 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