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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 '''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.wikia.com/wiki/Vanity_Wiki Vanity wiki] for the Wiki with the same name.
See also [http://vanity.Wikia.com/wiki/Vanity_Wiki Vanity wiki] for the Wiki with the same name.


==Examples==
;Examples
[[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]
[[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]


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