Editing Wikisimpsons

{{Website
|image = [[File:Wikisimpsons main page.png|200px]]<br><small>The main page in ''Simpsons'' skin.</small>
|URL = http://simpsonswiki.com/
|status = Active
|launched = September 24, [[2005]]
|founder = Postbagboy
|type = Encyclopedic wiki
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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]].

== History ==
=== [[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 (in 2007).

==== Rights ====
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>

=== [[2006]] ===
==== Rights ====
Staff member Sannse granted M Johnson with Bureaucratic rights and [[User:Thai420|Thai420]] with Admin rights.<ref name="User rights log"/>

==== Criticism ====
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:The_Simpsons/Archive_1 Archived talk page]</ref>

=== [[2007]] ===
==== Rights ====
Angela changed rights for [[User:Basel17|Basel17]] from none to Administrator.<ref name="User rights log"/>

==== Criticism ====
Wikisimpsons received more criticism on its usefulness.

=== [[2008]] ===
==== 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 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://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> 

=== [[2009]] ===
==== Rights ====
In early February, Brian made [[User:Joeyaa|Joeyaa]] an admin. 

==== Projects ====
[[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] started [[Wikisimpsons:Project Characters|Project Characters]], a project that helped improve character articles on Wikisimpsons.

=== [[2010]] ===
==== Milestones ====
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://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. 

==== 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 [[User:Mythigator|Mythigator]] were both granted Rollback rights without having to pass the request.<ref name="User rights log"/>

==== Other websites ====
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].

==== Projects ====
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]]

==== Awards ====
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 ====
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 ====
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 ====
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> 

==== Bot ====
A bot was created for Wikisimpsons although quickly became inactive due to problems. [[User:Manyman|Manyman]] used Manybot to help out on Wikisimpsons.

==== Birthday ====
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.

==== ShoutWiki ====
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 ====
[[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.

==== Simpsons Fanon ====
[[Simpsons Fanon]] was created.

==== The Springfield Shopper ====
{{ap|The Springfield Shopper|wiki}} became the third member of the Simpsons Wiki Network.

=== [[2011]] ===
==== Smiley12's leaving ====
[[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.

==== Platinum and Crystal Homer Awards ====
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.

==== DeviantArt Group ====
Smiley12 made a [http://wikisimpsons.deviantart.com/ DeviantArt Group] before leaving Wikisimpsons for good.

==== Another departure ====
[[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.

==== UnSimpsons ====
[[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.

==== User rights ====
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.

==== Projects ====
[[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.]]

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

==== Three Returnees ====
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.

==== Simptionary ====
When he returned, Smiley12 created [[Simptionary]], a Simpsons dictionary.

==== Competition ====
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 ====
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 ====
Thanks to [[User:Jake|Jake]], Wikisimpsons moved from ShoutWiki to a new server and got a new domain, simpsonswiki.net.

=== [[2012]] ===
==== April Fools! ====
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]] ===
==== User rights ====
On February 20, [[User:Frederick|Frederick]] and [[User:Nick97|Nick97]] became [[Wikisimpsons:Rollback|rollbacks]].

==== Server move ====
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 ====
On September 8, Wikisimpsons reached 25,000 articles.

==== User rights ====
In September 24, [[User:AleWi|AleWi]] became an [[Wikisimpsons:Administrators|admin]].

==== Halloween 2013 ====
In October, Wikisimpsons' main page became [[Halloween]]-themed to celebrate the occasion.

=== [[2014]] ===
==== Answers ====
On February 17, the wiki's question-answer site, [[Wikisimpsons Answers]], was launched.

==== User rights ====
On May 26, [[User:Loco87|Loco87]] became an [[Wikisimpsons:Administrators|admin]].

==== 30,000 articles ====
In early October, Wikisimpsons reached 30,000 articles.

==== User rights ====
On September 17, [[User:Randomno|Randomno]] became a [[Wikisimpsons:Rollback|rollback]].

==== User rights ====
On November 28, [[User:Frederick|Frederick]] became an [[Wikisimpsons:Administrators|admin]].

=== [[2015]] ===
==== The Springfield Shopper ====
On January 17, the wiki's news blog, ''{{ap|The Springfield Shopper|blog}}'', was launched.

==== Simpsonpedia ====
In late January, [[Simpsonspedia]], a German language wiki, joined the Simpsons Wiki Network.

==== User rights ====
On September 29, [[User:LetsPlayNintendoITA|LetsPlayNintendoITA]] became a [[Wikisimpsons:Rollback|rollback]].

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

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{{TBT|[[Chinese Wikisimpsons]]}}
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{{TBT|[[German Wikisimpsons]]}}
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{{TBT|[[Simpsons Fanon]]}}
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{{TBT|[[Simptionary]]}}
{{TB|Inactive|color=red}}
{{TBT|[[The Springfield Shopper (wiki)]]}}
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{{TBT|[[Svenska Wikisimpsons]]}}
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{{TBT|[[UnSimpsons Wiki]]}}
{{TB|Inactive|color=red}}
{{TBT|[[Wikisimpsons Answers]]}}
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{{TBT|{{ap|The Springfield Shopper|blog}}}}
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{{TBT|[[Simpsonspedia]]}}
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Simpsons Wiki Network}}