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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==
* [https://animebaths.fandom.com/ Anime Bath Scene Wiki]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|It doesn't get much more straightforward than this.]]
* [https://animebaths.fandom.com/ Anime Bath Scene Wiki]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|It doesn't get much more straightforward than this.]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140605040757/http://animeboobs.wikia.com/wiki/Anime_Boobs_Wiki Anime Boobs Wiki]: A wiki about the various bust sizes of anime and manga characters.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140605040757/http://animeboobs.wikia.com/wiki/Anime_Boobs_Wiki Anime Boobs Wiki] (defunct): A wiki about the various bust sizes of anime and manga characters.
* [https://azumanga.fandom.com/ Azumanga Daioh Wiki]: ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' and ''[[Yotsuba&!]]''.
* [https://azumanga.fandom.com/ Azumanga Daioh Wiki]: ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' and ''[[Yotsuba&!]]''.
* [http://baka-tsuki.org/project/ Baka-Tsuki]: [[Light Novel]] translation group since 2005.
* [http://baka-tsuki.org/project/ Baka-Tsuki]: [[Light Novel]] translation group since 2005.
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* [https://catsanddogs.fandom.com/wiki/Cats_and_Dogs_Wiki Cats and Dogs Wiki]: ''[[Cats and Dogs]]''
* [https://catsanddogs.fandom.com/wiki/Cats_and_Dogs_Wiki Cats and Dogs Wiki]: ''[[Cats and Dogs]]''
* [https://fridaythe13th.fandom.com/ Friday the 13th Wiki]: For ''[[Friday the 13th (film)|Friday the 13 th]]'' films and supplementary material.
* [https://fridaythe13th.fandom.com/ Friday the 13th Wiki]: For ''[[Friday the 13th (film)|Friday the 13 th]]'' films and supplementary material.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031051317/http://inception.wikia.com/wiki/Inception_Wiki Inception Wiki]: ''[[Inception]]''
* [https://inception.fandom.com/wiki/Inception_Wiki Inception Wiki]: ''[[Inception]]''
* [https://terminator.fandom.com/ Terminator Wiki]: ''[[Terminator]]''.
* [https://terminator.fandom.com/ Terminator Wiki]: ''[[Terminator]]''.
* [https://tron.fandom.com/ TRON Wiki]: ''[[Tron]]''.
* [https://tron.fandom.com/ TRON Wiki]: ''[[Tron]]''.
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== Live-Action TV ==
== Live-Action TV ==
* [https://babylon5.fandom.com/ The Babylon Project]: ''[[Babylon 5]]''.
* [https://babylon5.fandom.com/ The Babylon Project]: ''[[Babylon 5]]''.
* [https://archive.is/20120708155918/http://en.battlestarwiki.org/ BattlestarWiki]: All ''Battlestar Galactica'' (both [[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|the '70s original]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the re-imagining]]) plus ''[[Caprica]]''.
* [https://archive.is/20120708155918/http://en.battlestarwiki.org/ BattlestarWiki] (defunct, archived): All ''Battlestar Galactica'' (both [[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|the '70s original]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the re-imagining]]) plus ''[[Caprica]]''.
** [https://galactica.fandom.com/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_Wiki Battlestar Galactica Wiki] on Fandom.com; Also, [https://galacticafanon.fandom.com/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_Fanon_Wiki Battlestar Galactica Fanon Wiki] and [https://bsgo.fandom.com/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_Online_Wiki Battlestar Galactica Online Wiki].
* [https://boymeetsworld.fandom.com/ Boy Meets Wiki]: ''[[Boy Meets World]]''.
* [https://boymeetsworld.fandom.com/ Boy Meets Wiki]: ''[[Boy Meets World]]''.
* [https://breakingbad.fandom.com/ Breaking Bad Wiki]: ''[[Breaking Bad]]''.
* [https://breakingbad.fandom.com/ Breaking Bad Wiki]: ''[[Breaking Bad]]''.
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* [https://degrassi.fandom.com/ Degrassi Wiki]: ''[[Degrassi]]''
* [https://degrassi.fandom.com/ Degrassi Wiki]: ''[[Degrassi]]''
* [https://dollhouse.fandom.com/ Dollhouse Wiki]: ''[[Dollhouse]]''.
* [https://dollhouse.fandom.com/ Dollhouse Wiki]: ''[[Dollhouse]]''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110828015045/http://drakeandjosh.wikia.com/wiki/Drake_and_Josh Drake And Josh Wiki]: ''[[Drake and Josh]]''.
* [https://drakeandjosh.fandom.com/wiki/Drake_and_Josh Drake and Josh Wiki]: ''[[Drake and Josh]]''.
* [https://raymond.fandom.com/ Everybody Loves Raymond Wiki]" ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''.
* [https://raymond.fandom.com/ Everybody Loves Raymond Wiki]" ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''.
* [https://farscape.fandom.com/ Farscape Encyclopedia Project]: ''[[Farscape]]''.
* [https://farscape.fandom.com/ Farscape Encyclopedia Project]: ''[[Farscape]]''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105232015/http://www.fireflywiki.org/ Firefly Wiki]: ''[[Firefly]]'' (contains non-canon extrapolation).
* [http://www.fireflywiki.org/ Firefly Wiki]: ''[[Firefly]]'' (contains non-canon extrapolation).
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171231161142/http://fringepedia.net/wiki/ Fringepedia]: The ''[[Fringe]]'' Wiki.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171231161142/http://fringepedia.net/wiki/ Fringepedia]: The ''[[Fringe]]'' Wiki.
* [https://grimm.fandom.com/wiki/ Grimm Wiki]: ''[[Grimm (TV)|Grimm]]''
* [https://grimm.fandom.com/wiki/ Grimm Wiki]: ''[[Grimm (TV)|Grimm]]''
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** [http://planewalker.com/wiki/ Planescape Encyclopedia]: ''[[Planescape]]'' setting.
** [http://planewalker.com/wiki/ Planescape Encyclopedia]: ''[[Planescape]]'' setting.
** [https://spelljammer.fandom.com/ Spelljammer Wiki]: ''[[Spelljammer]]''.
** [https://spelljammer.fandom.com/ Spelljammer Wiki]: ''[[Spelljammer]]''.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130216074447/http://www.dragonlanceforums.com/forums/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Dragonlance Wiki]: [[Dragonlance]] setting.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130216074447/http://www.dragonlanceforums.com/forums/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Dragonlance Wiki] (defunct, archive), [https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page Dragonlance Wiki] (active, referred by dragonlancenexus.com): [[Dragonlance]] setting.
* [http://infinitythegame.wikispot.org/ Infinity Wiki]: ''[[Infinity]]''.
* [http://infinitythegame.wikispot.org/ Infinity Wiki]: ''[[Infinity]]''.
* [http://lexicanum.com/ LEXICANUM]: [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] and [[Warhammer 40,000]].
* [http://lexicanum.com/ LEXICANUM]: [[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]] and [[Warhammer 40,000]].
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== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==
* General:
** [https://gamingsecrets.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page Gaming Secrets]: [[Easter Egg]]s in games.

* [https://dothack.fandom.com/ (dot).hack Wiki]: Wiki for ''[[.hack]]'' games, anime, manga, novels and related media.
* [https://dothack.fandom.com/ (dot).hack Wiki]: Wiki for ''[[.hack]]'' games, anime, manga, novels and related media.
* [https://aceattorney.fandom.com/ Ace Attorney Wiki]: ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series.
* [https://aceattorney.fandom.com/ Ace Attorney Wiki]: ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series.
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050205213542/http://www.blightynet.co.uk/ Blightynet] (defunct): [[Britain|The United Kingdom]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050205213542/http://www.blightynet.co.uk/ Blightynet] (defunct): [[Britain|The United Kingdom]].
* [http://boobpedia.com/ Boobpedia]: [[Fan Service|Exactly what]] [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|it sounds like]]. [[Not Safe for Work|NSFW]], obviously enough.
* [http://boobpedia.com/ Boobpedia]: [[Fan Service|Exactly what]] [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|it sounds like]]. [[Not Safe for Work|NSFW]], obviously enough.
* [https://cactus.fandom.com/ Cactopedia]: The encyclopedia for lovers of cacti everywhere.
* [https://cactus.fandom.com/ Cactopedia]: The "free cacti identification wiki" — encyclopedia for lovers of cacti everywhere.
* [https://confectionery.fandom.com/ Candy Wiki]: A wiki about candy and sweets of all kinds. Sadly, it seems to have been abandoned.
* [https://confectionery.fandom.com/ Candy Wiki]: A wiki about candy and sweets of all kinds. Sadly, it seems to have been abandoned.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131023030029/http://www.mademan.com/chickipedia/ Chickipedia]: [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|The only intelligent commonly known repository of information to refer to women as "Chicks"]]; [[Overly Narrow Superlative|or, if not the only one, certainly the best]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131023030029/http://www.mademan.com/chickipedia/ Chickipedia]: [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|The only intelligent commonly known repository of information to refer to women as "Chicks"]]; [[Overly Narrow Superlative|or, if not the only one, certainly the best]].
* [http://closinglogos.com/ Closing Logos Group Wiki]: [[Vanity Plate|Closing logos]].
* [http://closinglogos.com/ Closing Logos Group Wiki]: [[Vanity Plate|Closing logos]].
* [[Conservapedia]]: An alternative for those who think [[The Other Wiki]] has a left-wing bias.
* [[Conservapedia]]: An alternative for those who think [[The Other Wiki]] has a left-wing bias.
** [https://liberapedia.fandom.com/ Liberapedia]: A wiki with an actual left-wing bias ([[Played for Laughs]]).
** [https://liberapedia.wikia.com/ Liberapedia]: A wiki with an actual left-wing bias ([[Played for Laughs]]).
* [http://creationwiki.org/ Creation Wiki]: [[Wikipedia]] alternative for Creationists.
* [http://creationwiki.org/ Creation Wiki]: [[Wikipedia]] alternative for Creationists.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828054453/http://www.dickipedia.org/ Dickipedia] (defunct): The wiki of dicks (Dicks as in bad people, not as in male genitalia). Cannot actually be edited.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828054453/http://www.dickipedia.org/ Dickipedia] (defunct): The wiki of dicks (Dicks as in bad people, not as in male genitalia). Cannot actually be edited.
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* [http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/ Microbe Wiki]: On microbes and microbiology.
* [http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/ Microbe Wiki]: On microbes and microbiology.
* [http://wiki.mobileread.com/ MobileRead Wiki]: Of e-books and ways to read them.
* [http://wiki.mobileread.com/ MobileRead Wiki]: Of e-books and ways to read them.
* [https://nfl.fandom.com/ NFL Wiki]: The wiki for the [[American Football|National Football League]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/1/nfl.wikia.com/ NFL Wiki] (defunct): The wiki for the [[American Football|National Football League]].
** [https://americanfootball.fandom.com/wiki/American_Football_Wiki Pro/College American Football Wiki]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/1/naked.wikia.com/ Nudist Wiki] (defunct)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/1/naked.wikia.com/ Nudist Wiki] (defunct)
* [http://openstreetmap.org OpenStreetMap]: Editable map of the Real World.
* [http://openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMap]: Editable map of the Real World.
* [https://petdiabetes.fandom.com/ Pet Diabetes]: A wiki for owners of diabetic pets. Yes, ''really'' narrow foci.
* [https://petdiabetes.fandom.com/ Pet Diabetes]: A wiki for owners of diabetic pets. Yes, ''really'' narrow foci.
* [https://poptarts.fandom.com/ Pop-Tarts Wiki]: In case you were left without TV to catch the conclusion of the latest Pop-Tarts commercial, or are wondering why your favorite flavor was discontinued.
* [https://poptarts.fandom.com/ Pop-Tarts Wiki]: In case you were left without TV to catch the conclusion of the latest Pop-Tarts commercial, or are wondering why your favorite flavor was discontinued.

Revision as of 17:40, 4 November 2020

There's a wiki for that.

It's Rule 78: There is a Wiki of it. No exceptions.

There is no area of interest, no matter how narrowly defined, where a person cannot put up a wiki for it and attract at least a few editors with similar interests. Increasingly, in fact, there is a chance that someone already has put up a wiki for it. For example, here's one for cacti. The plants.

In the early days of the Internet, there was a similar phenomenon, the "everything has its own home page" rule. Anyone with enough HTML savvy and a powerful enough interest in one particular subject could and often would create a site dedicated to it. This was largely how the early Web was forged, in fact. All the stuff we know and love today—e-commerce, social networking—that came later. Except porn. Porn was there from the beginning.

With the advent of Wikipedia, the playing field changed. Rather than rely on a collection of sites each written by one person with questionable expertise, users could find most of the information they needed in an article written, edited, and fact-checked by an entire userbase of people with questionable expertise, but all on one easy-to-remember site. The interest in hand-crafted "fan sites" waned.

However, a number of factors kept Wikipedia from being a perfect replacement for the old system. A desire for greater detail on the topic than Wikipedia is willing to allow, for one. Schisms or differing schools of thought on the topic was another. Fan-made wikis sprang up to bring back the world of homemade sites with the added benefits of the wiki model.

The "wiki-sphere" is becoming a vast depository of information at all levels of detail. The encyclopedic wikis are collecting a great breadth of topics at an increasingly shallow level of detail, and the topic-intensive wikis are gathering all the details.

Not all Wikis are on the major search engines, though. Corporations use wikis behind firewalls, the American CIA uses one to collate data among agents and analysts, and even publishers of dead-tree books use them to coordinate edits among authors, editors and copy editors.

Fan-made wikis are usually made on wiki farms, such as Wikia, or else are hosted on a preexisting fansite. Recently, organisations such as NIWA have spoken out against the commercialization that takes place on wiki farms, and have encouraged fans to set up their own websites.

Wikis can reach truly huge sizes. To put them up as candidate for a Doorstopper is an understatement. See the list of largest wikis. Note: If you're looking for TV Tropes, they're on the list at the bottom. "All The Tropes" hasn't even been noticed yet. The first list only has MediaWiki wikis.

Examples of The Wiki Rule include:

General

Anime and Manga

Comic Books

Fan Works

  • Sisterhood of Doom Wiki: For Desperately Seeking Ranma.
  • Averted for Undocumented Features, the fan work which is probably most likely to benefit from one. Primary writer Ben "Gryphon" Hutchins has discouraged a dedicated UF wiki for years on the grounds that one would likely bring attention to the work from intellectual property lawyers, which he would rather avoid.

Films -- Animated

Films - Live-Action

Literature

Live-Action TV

Music

Newspaper Comics

Tabletop Games

Toys

Video Games

Web Comics

Web Original

Western Animation

Real Life

"It was big and affected almost every nation in the world. Lots of people were poor."

  1. Largely a relocated Hetalia Archives after the creators decided to move in protest of the direction Wikia was taking with its ads.