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'''Wikisimpsons''' is an encyclopedic wiki that is centered around [[The Simpsons]] and founded on September 24, 2005.
 
  
=History=
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'''Wikisimpsons''' is an encyclopedic wiki that is centered around the animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and founded on September 24, [[2005]].
==2005==
 
===Creation===
 
The wiki was created on September 24, 2005 by [[User:Postbagboy|PostBagBoy]] on Wikia. He never edited here, apart from one edit on his user page stating how amazed he felt that the wiki he had created had turned out to be successful<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=User%3APostbagboy&diff=10649&oldid=2242</ref>.
 
  
===Rights===
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== History ==
Later on, Wikia co-founder Angela appointed [[User:M Johnson|M Johnson]] with sysop rights<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&hide_patrol_log=1</ref>.
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=== [[2005]] ===
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==== Creation ====
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The wiki was created on September 24, 2005 by [[User:Postbagboy|PostBagBoy]] on Wikia. He never edited here, apart from one edit on his user page stating how amazed he felt that the wiki he had created had turned out to be successful (in 2007).
  
==2006==
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==== Rights ====
===Rights===
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Later on, Wikia co-founder Angela appointed [[User:M Johnson|M Johnson]] with sysop rights.<ref name="User rights log">[http://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&hide_patrol_log=1 User rights log]</ref>
Staff member Sannse granted M Johnston with Bureaucratic Rights and [[User:Thai420|Thai420]] with Admin rights<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&hide_patrol_log=1</ref>.
 
===Criticism===
 
Wikisimpsons received a lot of criticism on its quality. Unregistered contributors regularly claimed that Wikipedia had better articles on The Simpsons<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:The_Simpsons/Archive_1</ref>.
 
  
==2007==
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=== [[2006]] ===
===Rights===
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==== Rights ====
Angela changed rights for [[User:Basel17|Basel17]] from none to Administrator<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&hide_patrol_log=1</ref>.
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Staff member Sannse granted M Johnson with Bureaucratic rights and [[User:Thai420|Thai420]] with Admin rights.<ref name="User rights log"/>
===Criticism===
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==== Criticism ====
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Wikisimpsons received a lot of criticism on its quality. Unregistered contributors regularly claimed that Wikipedia had better articles on The Simpsons.<ref>[http://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Talk:Main_Page/Archive_1 Archived talk page]</ref>
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=== [[2007]] ===
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==== Rights ====
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Angela changed rights for [[User:Basel17|Basel17]] from none to Administrator.<ref name="User rights log"/>
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==== Criticism ====
 
Wikisimpsons received more criticism on its usefulness.
 
Wikisimpsons received more criticism on its usefulness.
  
==2008==
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=== [[2008]] ===
===Rights===
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==== Rights ====
[[User:Toughpigs|ToughPigs]] Changed rights of [[User:Brian McClure|Brian McClure]] from normal user straight to Bureaucrat. Shortly later, Brian McClure changed rights for [[User:Dr. Ralph Wiggum|Dr. Ralph Wiggum]] to admin. Later on Brian McClure changed rights for [[User:Sgtcook|Sgtcook]] from nonoe to Admin temporarily so he could delete images, Sgtcook later kept the powers and put them to good use. Brian changed [[User:Kingcjc|Kingcjc]]'s rights to admin<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&hide_patrol_log=1</ref>.
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[[User:Toughpigs|ToughPigs]] changed rights of [[User:Brian McClure|Brian McClure]] from normal user straight to Bureaucrat. Shortly later, Brian McClure changed rights for [[User:Dr. Ralph Wiggum|Dr. Ralph Wiggum]] to admin. Later on Brian McClure changed rights for [[User:Sgtcook|Sgtcook]] from none to Admin temporarily so he could delete images, Sgtcook later kept the powers and put them to good use. Brian changed [[User:Kingcjc|Kingcjc]]'s rights to admin.<ref name="User rights log"/>
===Projects===
 
On March 10 Sgtcook founded [[Wikisimpsons:Project Images|Project Images]] to help sort out images on the wiki<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=Wikisimpsons:Project_Images&action=history</ref>. On March 16 Kingcjc created [[Wikisimpsons:Project Locations|Project Locations]] to help sort out location articles<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=Wikisimpsons:Project_Locations&action=history</ref>.
 
  
==2009==
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==== Projects ====
===Rights===
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On March 10, Sgtcook founded [[Wikisimpsons:Project Images|Project Images]] to help sort out images on the wiki.<ref>[http://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Wikisimpsons:Project_Images&action=history Project Images]</ref> On March 16, Kingcjc created [[Wikisimpsons:Project Locations|Project Locations]] to help sort out location articles.<ref>[http://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Wikisimpsons:Project_Locations&action=history Project Locations]</ref>
In early February Brian made [[User:Joeyaa|Joeyaa]] an admin.  
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===Projects===
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=== [[2009]] ===
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==== Rights ====
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In early February, Brian made [[User:Joeyaa|Joeyaa]] an admin.  
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==== Projects ====
 
[[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] started [[Wikisimpsons:Project Characters|Project Characters]], a project that helped improve character articles on Wikisimpsons.
 
[[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] started [[Wikisimpsons:Project Characters|Project Characters]], a project that helped improve character articles on Wikisimpsons.
  
==2010==
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=== [[2010]] ===
===Milestones===
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==== Milestones ====
Wikisimpsons passed 3000, 4000, 5000, and 6000 articles.
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Wikisimpsons passed 3,000, 4,000, 5,000, and 6,000 articles.
===Awards===
 
In January [[Wikisimpsons:The Golden Homer Award|The Golden Homer Award]] started as an award for project Characters members<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=Wikisimpsons:Project_Characters&oldid=73071#Golden_Homer_Award</ref>, it later became for the whole wiki.
 
===Rights===
 
[[User:Solar Dragon|Solar Dragon]] passed requests for Adminship and Sgtcook passed requests for Bureaucratship and adopts the wiki. Smiley12 became a Rollback and then an Admin without having to pass any requests. [[User:JaffaCakeLover|JaffaCakeLover]], [[User:Jasonbres|Jasonbres]] and [[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] all became Rollbacks. Effluvium and [[User:TheHomer|TheHomer]] become rollback then admin after passing requests. [[User:Dohayecarumbadoh|Dohayecarumbadoh]] passes Rollback Request. [[User:Gran2|Gran2]] and Mythigator were both granted Rollback rights without having to pass the request<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&user=&page=&year=&month=-1&hide_patrol_log=1</ref>.
 
===Other Websites===
 
Wikisimpsons created it's own facebook group<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:Wikisimpsons#Facebook</ref> and IRC Channel as well as the [http://www.youtube.com/user/Wikisimpsons YouTube account] and [http://twitter.com/#!/simpsonswiki Twitter account].
 
  
===Vandal===
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==== Awards ====
2010 brought the most vandals to Wikisimpsons, most notably was the French Vandal. During April, an unregistered contributor began vandalising pages and spamming pages in French<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Solar_Dragon/French_Vandal</ref>. The vandal had a constantly changing IP address, and after fighting the vandal edits for weeks, the admins of Wikisimpsons requested a Global block of IPs with the same start of the IP address as the French Vandal.
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In January, [[Wikisimpsons:The Golden Homer Award|The Golden Homer Award]] started as an award for project Characters members,<ref>[http://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Wikisimpsons:Project_Characters&oldid=73071#Golden_Homer_Award Golden Homer Awards]</ref> it later became for the whole wiki.  
===Projects===
 
Sgtcook created [[Wikisimpsons:Project Episodes|Project Episodes]] to help with episode articles. Solar Dragon created [[Wikisimpsons:Project Appearances|Project Appearances]], [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] created [[Wikisimpsons:Project Self Voicers|Project Self Voicers]] and [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] created [[Wikisimpsons:Project Grammar|Project Grammar]].
 
===Awards===
 
Wikisimpsons enabled ahievements<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog%3ASolar_Dragon%2FShould_we_enable_the_Achievements%3F</ref>. The achievements system encouraged a lot of activity as well as a lot of spam. The Golden Bart Award was created for the achievements system.
 
===Wikisimpsons===
 
====Spotlight====
 
Wikisimpsons prepares to requests a Spotlight<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog%3ASolar_Dragon%2FSpotlight_and_Categories</ref>. The wiki requests a spotlight<ref>http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Community_Central_talk:Spotlights#Wikisimpsons</ref> and later on the wiki passes the request. The spotlight becomes visible after a long wait. Wikisimpsons later requested a second spotlight with a premade spotlight image this time, created by Smiley12.
 
  
====Skin====
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==== Rights ====
Wikisimpsons requested a new skin. The skin was implemented and improved by JaffaCakeLover.  
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[[User:Solar Dragon|Solar Dragon]] passed requests for Adminship and Sgtcook passed requests for Bureaucratship and adopts the wiki. Smiley12 became a Rollback and then an Admin without having to pass any requests. [[User:JaffaCakeLover|JaffaCakeLover]], [[User:Jasonbres|Jasonbres]] and [[User:Ldude893|Ldude893]] all became Rollbacks. Effluvium and [[User:TheHomer|TheHomer]] become rollback then admin after passing requests. [[User:Dohayecarumbadoh|Dohayecarumbadoh]] passes Rollback Request. [[User:Gran2|Gran2]] and [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] were both granted Rollback rights without having to pass the request.<ref name="User rights log"/>
====Article Comments====
 
A suggestion for articles comments to be enabled was brought up but quickly turned down<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Forum%3AArticle_Comments</ref>.
 
====Bot====
 
A bot was created for Wikisimpsons<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog%3ASolar_Dragon%2FSolarBot</ref>, the bot quickly became inactive due to problems. [[User:Manyman|Manyman]] used Manybot to help out on Wikisimpsons.
 
  
====Birthday====
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==== Other websites ====
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Wikisimpsons created its own IRC Channel as well as the [https://www.youtube.com/user/Wikisimpsons YouTube account] and [http://twitter.com/#!/simpsonswiki Twitter account].
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==== Projects ====
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Sgtcook created [[Wikisimpsons:Project Episodes|Project Episodes]] to help with episode articles. Solar Dragon created Project Appearances, [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] created Project Self Voicers, [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] created Project Grammar and [[User:Doh5678|Doh5678]] created [[Wikisimpsons:Project Guest Stars|Project Guest Stars]]
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==== Awards ====
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Wikisimpsons enabled achievements. The achievements system encouraged a lot of activity as well as a lot of spam. The Golden Bart Award was created for the achievements system. This was stopped upon the move to ShoutWiki.
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==== Spotlight ====
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Wikisimpsons prepares to requests a Spotlight. The wiki requests a spotlight and later on the wiki passes the request. The spotlight becomes visible after a long wait. Wikisimpsons later requested a second spotlight with a premade spotlight image this time, created by Smiley12.
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==== Skin ====
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Wikisimpsons requested a new skin. The skin was implemented and improved by JaffaCakeLover. After the New Wikia Look was implemented Wikisimpsons requested another new skin and wordmark to work with the New Look.
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==== Article Comments ====
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A suggestion for articles comments to be enabled was brought up but quickly turned down.<ref>[http://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Forum%3AArticle_Comments Article comments suggestion]</ref>
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 +
==== Bot ====
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A bot was created for Wikisimpsons although quickly became inactive due to problems. [[User:Manyman|Manyman]] used Manybot to help out on Wikisimpsons.
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==== Birthday ====
 
Wikisimpsons celebrated its fifth birthday. Smiley12 designed a new mainpage layout especially for the event.
 
Wikisimpsons celebrated its fifth birthday. Smiley12 designed a new mainpage layout especially for the event.
====Simpsons Font====
 
Smiley12 introduced 'easy to insert Simpsons Font'. Simpsons Font was used for important headers on the mainpage and sometimes sitenotice<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog%3ASmiley12%2FProject_-_Simpsons_Font_for_Everyone</ref>.
 
====ShoutWiki====
 
Wikia Staff announced that a new skin was on its way. Admins of Wikisimpsons signed up for beta testing<ref>http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Susan_Taylor/Become_a_Wikia_beta_tester</ref> with high expectations. The skin turned out to be a huge disappointment and not fully compatible with Wikisimpsons' article layouts. Admins of Wikisimpsons argued with the staff and Smiley12 and Solar Dragon were blocked as a result. Wikisimpsons has requested a move to ShoutWiki and are now on the list of wikis moving there.
 
  
==References==
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==== Simpsons Font ====
<references/>
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Smiley12 introduced 'easy to insert Simpsons Font'. Simpsons Font was used for important headers on the mainpage and sometimes sitenotice.
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==== ShoutWiki ====
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Wikia Staff announced that a new skin was on its way. Admins of Wikisimpsons signed up for beta testing with high expectations. The skin turned out to be a huge disappointment and not fully compatible with Wikisimpsons' article layouts. Admins of Wikisimpsons argued with the staff and Smiley12 and Solar Dragon were blocked as a result. Wikisimpsons eventually moved to ShoutWiki and the old Wikisimpsons became Simpsons Wiki.
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==== Affiliates ====
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[[infosphere:|The Infosphere]] and [[The Simpsons Forums Site]] became affiliates with Wikisimpsons. Later, [http://www.niwanetwork.org/ NIWA], [[Bart - The One and Only]] and [[IWatchTheSimpsonsOnline.com]] also became affiliates with Wikisimpsons.
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==== Simpsons Fanon ====
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[[Simpsons Fanon]] was created.
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==== The Springfield Shopper ====
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{{ap|The Springfield Shopper|wiki}} became the third member of the Simpsons Wiki Network.
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=== [[2011]] ===
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==== Smiley12's leaving ====
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[[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] announced that he would leave the wiki on January 1 after decreasing in activity.<ref>[http://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Blog:Smiley12_is_leaving&t=20110101180329 Smiley12 is leaving]</ref> No one took his place as admin as Wikisimpsons already has enough. He will still make some graphics on request though.
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==== Platinum and Crystal Homer Awards ====
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The Platinum and Crystal Homer Awards were awarded for 2010. [[User:Mr. Blackadder|Mr. Blackadder]], [[User:Josegiraffio|Josegiraffio]], [[User:Effluvium|Effluvium]] and [[User:TheHomer|TheHomer]] all picked up the Crystal awards while [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] gained the Platinum award.
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==== DeviantArt Group ====
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Smiley12 made a [http://wikisimpsons.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt Group] before leaving Wikisimpsons for good.
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==== Another departure ====
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[[User:Josegiraffio|Josegiraffio]] announced that he was leaving the wiki as well, very soon after Smiley12's departure.<ref>[http://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/User_talk:Josegiraffio#Quitting Josegiraffio is leaving]</ref> He was a great user and rollback who won multiple Homer awards in his time here.
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==== UnSimpsons ====
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[[User:Jeff|Jeff]] created UnSimpsons Wiki in early January. He later had his powers removed and Solar Dragon and [[User:Will k|Will k]] were promoted in his place.
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==== User rights ====
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In January, [[User:Will k|Will k]], [[User:AleWi|AleWi]], and [[User:FatHomer|FatHomer]] became [[Wikisimpsons:Rollback|rollbacks]]. [[User:Cook879|Sgtcook]] returned to the wiki and had his admin rights returned to him.
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==== Projects ====
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[[User:TheUnderfaker|TheUnderfaker]] created [[Wikisimpsons:Project Comics|Project Comics]], Doh5678 created [[Wikisimpsons:Project Crew|Project Crew]] and [[User:Solar Dragon|Solar Dragon]] created [[Wikisimpsons:Project Re-Watch|Project Re-Watch.]]
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==== Milestones ====
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Wikisimpsons reached and passed the 7,000 article mark in February.
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==== Three Returnees ====
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In late February Smiley12, returned after leaving in early January. His user rights were returned as well as the [[Wikisimpsons:Project Characters|Project Characters]] leadership. Josegiraffo returned, although on a less active basis. [[User:Dohayecarumbadoh|Dohayecarumbadoh]] also returned after taking a break.
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==== Simptionary ====
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When he returned, Smiley12 created [[Simptionary]], a Simpsons dictionary.
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==== Competition ====
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On February 25, Solar Dragon stated that he would be doing a competition for the wiki. This would give prizes to users for improving the wiki. The competition started on 1 March but has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
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==== Shout Wiki outage ====
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A database problem caused Shout Wiki to be down for over two months. This affected Wikisimpsons, causing it to lose data from 6 March to the first day of the outage.
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==== Independence ====
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Thanks to [[User:Jake|Jake]], Wikisimpsons moved from ShoutWiki to a new server and got a new domain, simpsonswiki.net.
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=== [[2012]] ===
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==== April Fools! ====
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On April Fools' Day (April 1), Wikisimpsons turned into ''Family Guy'' Wiki for the occasion. WikiHead Solar Dragon received many questions as to why it was a ''Family Guy'' Wiki.
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=== [[2013]] ===
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==== User rights ====
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On February 20, [[User:Frederick|Frederick]] and [[User:Nick97|Nick97]] became [[Wikisimpsons:Rollback|rollbacks]].
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==== Server move ====
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In late July–early August, Wikisimpsons was moved to a newer server and was re-located at "simpsonswiki.com" as apposed to the previous ".net".
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==== 25,000 articles ====
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On September 8, Wikisimpsons reached 25,000 articles.
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==== User rights ====
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In September 24, [[User:AleWi|AleWi]] became an [[Wikisimpsons:Administrators|admin]].
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==== Halloween 2013 ====
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In October, Wikisimpsons' main page became [[Halloween]]-themed to celebrate the occasion.
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=== [[2014]] ===
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==== Answers ====
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On February 17, the wiki's question-answer site, [[Wikisimpsons Answers]], was launched.
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==== User rights ====
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On May 26, [[User:Loco87|Loco87]] became an [[Wikisimpsons:Administrators|admin]].
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==== 30,000 articles ====
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In early October, Wikisimpsons reached 30,000 articles.
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==== User rights ====
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On September 17, [[User:Randomno|Randomno]] became a [[Wikisimpsons:Rollback|rollback]].
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==== User rights ====
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On November 28, [[User:Frederick|Frederick]] became an [[Wikisimpsons:Administrators|admin]].
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=== [[2015]] ===
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==== The Springfield Shopper ====
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On January 17, the wiki's news blog, ''{{ap|The Springfield Shopper|blog}}'', was launched.
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==== Simpsonpedia ====
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In late January, [[Simpsonspedia]], a German language wiki, joined the Simpsons Wiki Network.
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==== User rights ====
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On September 29, [[User:LetsPlayNintendoITA|LetsPlayNintendoITA]] became a [[Wikisimpsons:Rollback|rollback]].
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=== [[2021]] ===
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==== 40,000 articles ====
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In late March, Wikisimpsons reached 40,000 articles.
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=== [[2024]] ===
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==== 45,000 articles ====
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In July, Wikisimpsons reached 45,000 articles.
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== Sister wikis ==
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Wikisimpsons has had several sister wikis, with many going inactive:
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{{TBT|[[Chinese Wikisimpsons]]}}
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{{TB|Inactive|color=red}}
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{{TBT|[[German Wikisimpsons]]}}
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{{TB|Inactive|color=red}}
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{{TBT|[[Simpsons Fanon]]}}
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{{TB|Inactive|color=red}}
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{{TBT|[[Simptionary]]}}
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{{TB|Inactive|color=red}}
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{{TBT|[[The Springfield Shopper (wiki)]]}}
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{{TB|Inactive|color=red}}
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{{TBT|[[Svenska Wikisimpsons]]}}
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{{TB|Active|color=#84ED68}}
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{{TBT|[[UnSimpsons Wiki]]}}
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{{TB|Inactive|color=red}}
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{{TBT|[[Wikisimpsons Answers]]}}
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{{TB|Active|color=#84ED68}}
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{{TBT|{{ap|The Springfield Shopper|blog}}}}
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{{TB|Active|color=#84ED68}}
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{{TBT|[[Simpsonspedia]]}}
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{{TB|Active|color=#84ED68}}
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}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
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{{Simpsons Wiki Network}}

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Wikisimpsons
Wikisimpsons main page.png
The main page in Simpsons skin.
Website Information
URL: http://simpsonswiki.com/
Status:
Active
Launched: September 24, 2005
Founder: Postbagboy
Type of Website: Encyclopedic wiki

Wikisimpsons is an encyclopedic wiki that is centered around the animated television series The Simpsons and founded on September 24, 2005.

History[edit]

2005[edit]

Creation[edit]

The wiki was created on September 24, 2005 by PostBagBoy on Wikia. He never edited here, apart from one edit on his user page stating how amazed he felt that the wiki he had created had turned out to be successful (in 2007).

Rights[edit]

Later on, Wikia co-founder Angela appointed M Johnson with sysop rights.[1]

2006[edit]

Rights[edit]

Staff member Sannse granted M Johnson with Bureaucratic rights and Thai420 with Admin rights.[1]

Criticism[edit]

Wikisimpsons received a lot of criticism on its quality. Unregistered contributors regularly claimed that Wikipedia had better articles on The Simpsons.[2]

2007[edit]

Rights[edit]

Angela changed rights for Basel17 from none to Administrator.[1]

Criticism[edit]

Wikisimpsons received more criticism on its usefulness.

2008[edit]

Rights[edit]

ToughPigs changed rights of Brian McClure from normal user straight to Bureaucrat. Shortly later, Brian McClure changed rights for Dr. Ralph Wiggum to admin. Later on Brian McClure changed rights for Sgtcook from none to Admin temporarily so he could delete images, Sgtcook later kept the powers and put them to good use. Brian changed Kingcjc's rights to admin.[1]

Projects[edit]

On March 10, Sgtcook founded Project Images to help sort out images on the wiki.[3] On March 16, Kingcjc created Project Locations to help sort out location articles.[4]

2009[edit]

Rights[edit]

In early February, Brian made Joeyaa an admin.

Projects[edit]

Smiley12 started Project Characters, a project that helped improve character articles on Wikisimpsons.

2010[edit]

Milestones[edit]

Wikisimpsons passed 3,000, 4,000, 5,000, and 6,000 articles.

Awards[edit]

In January, The Golden Homer Award started as an award for project Characters members,[5] it later became for the whole wiki.

Rights[edit]

Solar Dragon passed requests for Adminship and Sgtcook passed requests for Bureaucratship and adopts the wiki. Smiley12 became a Rollback and then an Admin without having to pass any requests. JaffaCakeLover, Jasonbres and Ldude893 all became Rollbacks. Effluvium and TheHomer become rollback then admin after passing requests. Dohayecarumbadoh passes Rollback Request. Gran2 and Mythigator were both granted Rollback rights without having to pass the request.[1]

Other websites[edit]

Wikisimpsons created its own IRC Channel as well as the YouTube account and Twitter account.

Projects[edit]

Sgtcook created Project Episodes to help with episode articles. Solar Dragon created Project Appearances, Mythigator created Project Self Voicers, Effluvium created Project Grammar and Doh5678 created Project Guest Stars

Awards[edit]

Wikisimpsons enabled achievements. The achievements system encouraged a lot of activity as well as a lot of spam. The Golden Bart Award was created for the achievements system. This was stopped upon the move to ShoutWiki.

Spotlight[edit]

Wikisimpsons prepares to requests a Spotlight. The wiki requests a spotlight and later on the wiki passes the request. The spotlight becomes visible after a long wait. Wikisimpsons later requested a second spotlight with a premade spotlight image this time, created by Smiley12.

Skin[edit]

Wikisimpsons requested a new skin. The skin was implemented and improved by JaffaCakeLover. After the New Wikia Look was implemented Wikisimpsons requested another new skin and wordmark to work with the New Look.

Article Comments[edit]

A suggestion for articles comments to be enabled was brought up but quickly turned down.[6]

Bot[edit]

A bot was created for Wikisimpsons although quickly became inactive due to problems. Manyman used Manybot to help out on Wikisimpsons.

Birthday[edit]

Wikisimpsons celebrated its fifth birthday. Smiley12 designed a new mainpage layout especially for the event.

Simpsons Font[edit]

Smiley12 introduced 'easy to insert Simpsons Font'. Simpsons Font was used for important headers on the mainpage and sometimes sitenotice.

ShoutWiki[edit]

Wikia Staff announced that a new skin was on its way. Admins of Wikisimpsons signed up for beta testing with high expectations. The skin turned out to be a huge disappointment and not fully compatible with Wikisimpsons' article layouts. Admins of Wikisimpsons argued with the staff and Smiley12 and Solar Dragon were blocked as a result. Wikisimpsons eventually moved to ShoutWiki and the old Wikisimpsons became Simpsons Wiki.

Affiliates[edit]

The Infosphere and The Simpsons Forums Site became affiliates with Wikisimpsons. Later, NIWA, Bart - The One and Only and IWatchTheSimpsonsOnline.com also became affiliates with Wikisimpsons.

Simpsons Fanon[edit]

Simpsons Fanon was created.

The Springfield Shopper[edit]

The Springfield Shopper became the third member of the Simpsons Wiki Network.

2011[edit]

Smiley12's leaving[edit]

Smiley12 announced that he would leave the wiki on January 1 after decreasing in activity.[7] No one took his place as admin as Wikisimpsons already has enough. He will still make some graphics on request though.

Platinum and Crystal Homer Awards[edit]

The Platinum and Crystal Homer Awards were awarded for 2010. Mr. Blackadder, Josegiraffio, Effluvium and TheHomer all picked up the Crystal awards while Mythigator gained the Platinum award.

DeviantArt Group[edit]

Smiley12 made a DeviantArt Group before leaving Wikisimpsons for good.

Another departure[edit]

Josegiraffio announced that he was leaving the wiki as well, very soon after Smiley12's departure.[8] He was a great user and rollback who won multiple Homer awards in his time here.

UnSimpsons[edit]

Jeff created UnSimpsons Wiki in early January. He later had his powers removed and Solar Dragon and Will k were promoted in his place.

User rights[edit]

In January, Will k, AleWi, and FatHomer became rollbacks. Sgtcook returned to the wiki and had his admin rights returned to him.

Projects[edit]

TheUnderfaker created Project Comics, Doh5678 created Project Crew and Solar Dragon created Project Re-Watch.

Milestones[edit]

Wikisimpsons reached and passed the 7,000 article mark in February.

Three Returnees[edit]

In late February Smiley12, returned after leaving in early January. His user rights were returned as well as the Project Characters leadership. Josegiraffo returned, although on a less active basis. Dohayecarumbadoh also returned after taking a break.

Simptionary[edit]

When he returned, Smiley12 created Simptionary, a Simpsons dictionary.

Competition[edit]

On February 25, Solar Dragon stated that he would be doing a competition for the wiki. This would give prizes to users for improving the wiki. The competition started on 1 March but has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

Shout Wiki outage[edit]

A database problem caused Shout Wiki to be down for over two months. This affected Wikisimpsons, causing it to lose data from 6 March to the first day of the outage.

Independence[edit]

Thanks to Jake, Wikisimpsons moved from ShoutWiki to a new server and got a new domain, simpsonswiki.net.

2012[edit]

April Fools![edit]

On April Fools' Day (April 1), Wikisimpsons turned into Family Guy Wiki for the occasion. WikiHead Solar Dragon received many questions as to why it was a Family Guy Wiki.

2013[edit]

User rights[edit]

On February 20, Frederick and Nick97 became rollbacks.

Server move[edit]

In late July–early August, Wikisimpsons was moved to a newer server and was re-located at "simpsonswiki.com" as apposed to the previous ".net".

25,000 articles[edit]

On September 8, Wikisimpsons reached 25,000 articles.

User rights[edit]

In September 24, AleWi became an admin.

Halloween 2013[edit]

In October, Wikisimpsons' main page became Halloween-themed to celebrate the occasion.

2014[edit]

Answers[edit]

On February 17, the wiki's question-answer site, Wikisimpsons Answers, was launched.

User rights[edit]

On May 26, Loco87 became an admin.

30,000 articles[edit]

In early October, Wikisimpsons reached 30,000 articles.

User rights[edit]

On September 17, Randomno became a rollback.

User rights[edit]

On November 28, Frederick became an admin.

2015[edit]

The Springfield Shopper[edit]

On January 17, the wiki's news blog, The Springfield Shopper, was launched.

Simpsonpedia[edit]

In late January, Simpsonspedia, a German language wiki, joined the Simpsons Wiki Network.

User rights[edit]

On September 29, LetsPlayNintendoITA became a rollback.

2021[edit]

40,000 articles[edit]

In late March, Wikisimpsons reached 40,000 articles.

2024[edit]

45,000 articles[edit]

In July, Wikisimpsons reached 45,000 articles.

Sister wikis[edit]

Wikisimpsons has had several sister wikis, with many going inactive:

Sister Wikis Status
Chinese Wikisimpsons Inactive
German Wikisimpsons Inactive
Simpsons Fanon Inactive
Simptionary Inactive
The Springfield Shopper (wiki) Inactive
Svenska Wikisimpsons Active
UnSimpsons Wiki Inactive
Wikisimpsons Answers Active
The Springfield Shopper Active
Simpsonspedia Active

References[edit]