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| − | {{Website
| + | #REDIRECT [[Simpsons Wiki]] |
| − | |image = [[File:Wiki.png]]<br> <small>Wikisimpsons Logo</small>
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| − | |URL = http://simpsons.shoutwiki.com/
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| − | |status = Active
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| − | |launched = September 24, 2005
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| − | |founder = User:Postbagboy
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| − | |type = Encyclopedic Wiki
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| − | '''Wikisimpsons''' is an encyclopedic wiki that is centered around [[The Simpsons]] and founded on September 24, 2005.
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| − | =History=
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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<ref>http://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=User%3APostbagboy&diff=10649&oldid=2242</ref>.
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| − | ===Rights===
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| − | 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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| − | ==2006==
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| − | ===Rights===
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| − | 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>.
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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://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Talk:The_Simpsons/Archive_1</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>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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| − | ===Criticism===
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| − | Wikisimpsons received more criticism on its usefulness.
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| − | ==2008==
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| − | ===Rights===
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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 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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| − | ===Projects===
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| − | 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>.
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| − | ==2009==
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| − | In early February Brian made [[User:Joeyaa|Joeyaa]] an admin.
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| − | ===Projects===
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| − | [[User:Smiley12|Smiley12]] started [[Wikisimpsons:Project Characters|Project Characters]], a project that helped improve character articles on Wikisimpsons.
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| − | ==2010==
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| − | ===Milestones===
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| − | Wikisimpsons passed 3000, 4000, 5000, and 6000 articles.
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| − | ===Awards===
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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://simpsons.wikia.com/index.php?title=Wikisimpsons:Project_Characters&oldid=73071#Golden_Homer_Award</ref>, it later became for the whole wiki.
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| − | ===Rights===
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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 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>.
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| − | ===Other Websites===
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| − | 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].
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| − | ===Vandal===
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| − | 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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| − | ===Projects===
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| − | 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]].
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| − | ===Awards===
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| − | 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.
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| − | ===Wikisimpsons===
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| − | ====Spotlight====
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| − | 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.
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| − | ====Skin====
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| − | Wikisimpsons requested a new skin. The skin was implemented and improved by JaffaCakeLover.
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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://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Forum%3AArticle_Comments</ref>.
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| − | ====Bot====
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| − | 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.
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| − | ====Birthday====
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| − | Wikisimpsons celebrated its fifth birthday. Smiley12 designed a new mainpage layout especially for the event.
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| − | ====Simpsons Font====
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| − | 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>.
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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<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.
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| − | ==References==
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