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* [https://americangirl.fandom.com/ American Girl Dolls Wiki]: ''[[American Girls Collection]]''.
* [https://americangirl.fandom.com/ American Girl Dolls Wiki]: ''[[American Girls Collection]]''.
* [https://beyblade.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page Beyblade Wiki]: [[Beyblade]]
* [https://beyblade.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page Beyblade Wiki]: [[Beyblade]]
* [http://biosector01.com/ BionicleSector01]: [[LEGO]]'s ''[[Bionicle]]'' toyline.
* [https://biosector01.com/ BionicleSector01]: [[LEGO]]'s ''[[Bionicle]]'' toyline.
* [https://boglins.fandom.com/wiki/Boglins_Wiki Boglins Wiki]: For the old ''Boglins'' monster puppets, and in definite need of some [[Wiki Magic]]
* [https://boglins.fandom.com/wiki/Boglins_Wiki Boglins Wiki]: For the old ''Boglins'' monster puppets, and in definite need of some [[Wiki Magic]]
* [https://lego.fandom.com/ Brickipedia]: [[LEGO]] in general.
* [https://lego.fandom.com/ Brickipedia]: [[LEGO]] in general.
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* [https://monsterinmypocket.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page Monster In My Pocket Wiki]: For all incarnations of the old ''Monster in my Pocket'' figurines from the early 90s.
* [https://monsterinmypocket.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page Monster In My Pocket Wiki]: For all incarnations of the old ''Monster in my Pocket'' figurines from the early 90s.
* [https://nerf.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page Nerf Wiki]: ''[[Nerf Brand|Nerf]]'' and Nerf-related accessories
* [https://nerf.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page Nerf Wiki]: ''[[Nerf Brand|Nerf]]'' and Nerf-related accessories
* [http://tfwiki.net/ TFWiki.net]: The ''[[Transformers]]'' Wiki.
* [https://tfwiki.net/ TFWiki.net]: The ''[[Transformers]]'' Wiki.
* [https://weebles.fandom.com/ Weebles Wiki]: ''[[Weebles]]'' toys and cartoon adaptations, mostly since 2004
* [https://zoids.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page Zoids Wiki]: The ''[[Zoids]]'' Wiki, both for the anime adaptations and the toys they're based off of.
* [https://zoids.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page Zoids Wiki]: The ''[[Zoids]]'' Wiki, both for the anime adaptations and the toys they're based off of.


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* [https://borderlands.fandom.com/ Borderlands Wiki]: ''[[Borderlands]]''.
* [https://borderlands.fandom.com/ Borderlands Wiki]: ''[[Borderlands]]''.
* [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/ Bulbapedia]: ''[[Pokémon]]''.
* [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/ Bulbapedia]: ''[[Pokémon]]''.
** [http://encyclopaediae-pokemonis.org/ Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis]: A network founded by Bulbapedia to establish ''[[Pokémon]]'' wikis in other languages. Currently at 8, featuring English, German, Japanese, Polish, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian versions.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130831154013/http://www.encyclopaediae-pokemonis.org/ Encyclopædiæ Pokémonis]: A network founded by Bulbapedia to establish ''[[Pokémon]]'' wikis in other languages. Currently at 8, featuring English, German, Japanese, Polish, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian versions.
** [https://pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Wiki Pokémon Wiki], formerly known as the Pokémon Encyclopedia: Another wiki about ''Pokémon'' and established rival to Bulbapedia, using Wikia instead of Mediawiki. Much less organized than Bulbapedia and still under construction.
** [https://pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Wiki Pokémon Wiki], formerly known as the Pokémon Encyclopedia: Another wiki about ''Pokémon'' and established rival to Bulbapedia, using Wikia instead of Mediawiki. Much less organized than Bulbapedia and still under construction.
* [https://bullygame.fandom.com/ Bully Wiki]: ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''.
* [https://bullygame.fandom.com/ Bully Wiki]: ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''.
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** [https://simsfanon.fandom.com/ The Sims Fanon Wiki]: For all [[Fanon]] and other derivative works players create.
** [https://simsfanon.fandom.com/ The Sims Fanon Wiki]: For all [[Fanon]] and other derivative works players create.
* [http://ssbwiki.com/ Smash Wiki]: ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''.
* [http://ssbwiki.com/ Smash Wiki]: ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''.
** [https://super-smash-bros.fandom.com/ SmashWikia]: Wikia alternative.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20210301153921/https://super-smash-bros.fandom.com/language-wikis SmashWikia]: Wikia alternative.
* [http://smwiki.net/ SMWiki]{{Dead link}}: ''Super [[Mario]] World'' [[Game Mod|ROM hacking]]
* [http://smwiki.net/ SMWiki]{{Dead link}}: ''Super [[Mario]] World'' [[Game Mod|ROM hacking]]
* [https://snk.fandom.com/ SNK Wiki]: ''[[SNK]]''.
* [https://snk.fandom.com/ SNK Wiki]: ''[[SNK]]''.
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190215132250/http://www.ninja-theatre.com/ Ninja-Theatre.com]: ''[[Sinfest]]''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190215132250/http://www.ninja-theatre.com/ Ninja-Theatre.com]: ''[[Sinfest]]''
* [https://oots.fandom.com/ Order of the Stick Wiki]: ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''.
* [https://oots.fandom.com/ Order of the Stick Wiki]: ''[[The Order of the Stick]]''.
* [http://wiki.drowtales.com/index.php/Main_Page The Orthorbbae Library]: ''[[Drowtales]]''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131109173210/http://wiki.drowtales.com/index.php/Main_Page The Orthorbbae Library]: ''[[Drowtales]]''
* [http://ovalkwiki.com/ Ovalkwiki]: The official ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' wiki.
* [http://ovalkwiki.com/ Ovalkwiki]: The official ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' wiki.
** And [https://schlockmercenary.fandom.com/wiki/Schlock_Mercenary_Wiki Schlock Mercenary Wiki], the Wikia version.
** And [https://schlockmercenary.fandom.com/wiki/Schlock_Mercenary_Wiki Schlock Mercenary Wiki], the Wikia version.
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* [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]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130918200708/http://www.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.wikia.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.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061123072407/http://www.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.
* [http://encyclopedia-titanica.org/ Encyclopedia Titanica]: The RMS Titanic Wiki.
* [http://encyclopedia-titanica.org/ Encyclopedia Titanica]: The RMS Titanic Wiki.

Latest revision as of 04:17, 10 December 2023

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 Miraheze or Wikia, or else are hosted on a preexisting fansite. Recently,[when?] 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.
  • Fanlore is a wiki that, in their own words, "want to record both the history and current state of our fan communities - fan works, fan activities, fan terminology, individual fans and fannish-related events." In other words, a wiki for fandom itself.

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.