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 Welcome to Wikipe-chan.org

 Wikipe-chan.org is a collaborative, ever-growing archive focused on preserving the history, humor, and chaos of internet culture.

 From the raw HTML of the '90s to the fragmented platforms of today, we aim to document the digital underground—where memes are born, forums rise and fall, and online communities shape reality in surprising ways.

What is Internet Culture?

Internet culture isn't just cat pictures and viral videos — it's a living, evolving tapestry of:

Anonymous imageboards, niche forums, and obscure BBS logs
Meme evolution, copypasta origins, and greentext storytelling
Lost media, forgotten fan pages, and digital archaeology
Net aesthetics: vaporwave, web brutalism, Y2K design, ASCII art
Flash games, .SWF animations, ARGs, and weird net experiments

What We Document

Iconic and obscure web communities (e.g., 4chan, Something Awful)
Internet drama, legends, hoaxes, and digital urban myths
Subcultures like cybergoths, NEETs, hikikomori, e-girls/boys
Tools and platforms that shaped the web (WinMX, mIRC, Xanga)
Screenshots, archives, timelines, and deep lore

Why It Matters

As the web becomes sanitized and platforms centralize, the raw and messy creativity of early internet culture is at risk of being lost. Wikipe-chan.org exists to preserve that spirit — not just nostalgia, but digital history.

Want to Help?

We're a community-driven project. Anyone can contribute:

Create new pages or expand stubs
Fix formatting, add sources, or categorize entries
Share artifacts or screenshots from your slice of the net

No wiki experience required — just a love for the weird web.

Featured Categories

Culture Category:Memes Category:Greentexts Category:Copypasta Category:Slang Category:Emotes and ASCII	Communities Category:Imageboards Category:Forums Category:Social Media Category:Webrings Category:Chatlogs and IRC	Subcultures & Drama Category:Digital Subcultures Category:Drama Category:Cringe Category:Edgelords Category:ARGs and Hoaxes
Obscurities Category:Lost Media Category:Flash Archives Category:Fictional Archives	Aesthetics Category:Net Art Category:Y2K Aesthetic Category:Old Web Nostalgia	⚙️ Site / Meta Category:Wiki Projects Category:Stub Articles Category:Templates Category:User Pages

Tools & Resources

Help:Editing – Basic wiki syntax and editing tips
Template:Infobox Meme – Standard format for meme entries
Special:WantedPages – High-demand missing pages
Community Portal – Discuss ideas, get help, and connect

Featured Article

Cancer killing the internets!

Wikipe-chan:Article of the Now/July 2, 2025

Famous quotes from the internet celebrities

For a lot of people, 4chan is their tree house - they go there to hang out. You can actually see the culture shift with time zone. Seeing how threads unwind and unravel is just a thrill, and you can't really share that magic.

- Christopher Poole aka The hacker known as 4chan

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+== What is Internet Culture? ==
+Internet culture isn't just cat pictures and viral videos — it's a living, evolving tapestry of:
+* Anonymous imageboards, niche forums, and obscure BBS logs
+* Meme evolution, copypasta origins, and greentext storytelling
+* Lost media, forgotten fan pages, and digital archaeology
+* Net aesthetics: vaporwave, web brutalism, Y2K design, ASCII art
+* Flash games, .SWF animations, ARGs, and weird net experiments
+== What We Document ==
+* Iconic and obscure web communities (e.g., 4chan, Something Awful)
+* Internet drama, legends, hoaxes, and digital urban myths
+* Subcultures like cybergoths, NEETs, hikikomori, e-girls/boys
+* Tools and platforms that shaped the web (WinMX, mIRC, Xanga)
+* Screenshots, archives, timelines, and deep lore
+== Why It Matters ==
+As the web becomes sanitized and platforms centralize, the raw and messy creativity of early internet culture is at risk of being lost.
+''Wikipe-chan.org'' exists to preserve that spirit — not just nostalgia, but digital history.
+== Want to Help? ==
+We're a community-driven project. Anyone can contribute:
+* Create new pages or expand stubs
+* Fix formatting, add sources, or categorize entries
+* Share artifacts or screenshots from your slice of the net
+'''No wiki experience required — just a love for the weird web.'''
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+<b>Culture</b><br>
+[[:Category:Memes]]<br>
+[[:Category:Greentexts]]<br>
+[[:Category:Copypasta]]<br>
+[[:Category:Slang]]<br>
+[[:Category:Emotes and ASCII]]
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+<td style="width:33%; vertical-align:top;">
+<b>Communities</b><br>
+[[:Category:Imageboards]]<br>
+[[:Category:Forums]]<br>
+[[:Category:Social Media]]<br>
+[[:Category:Webrings]]<br>
+[[:Category:Chatlogs and IRC]]
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+<td style="width:33%; vertical-align:top;">
+<b>Subcultures & Drama</b><br>
+[[:Category:Digital Subcultures]]<br>
+[[:Category:Drama]]<br>
+[[:Category:Cringe]]<br>
+[[:Category:Edgelords]]<br>
+[[:Category:ARGs and Hoaxes]]
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+</tr>
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+<td style="vertical-align:top;">
+<b>Obscurities</b><br>
+[[:Category:Lost Media]]<br>
+[[:Category:Flash Archives]]<br>
+[[:Category:Fictional Archives]]
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+<td style="vertical-align:top;">
+<b> Aesthetics</b><br>
+[[:Category:Net Art]]<br>
+[[:Category:Y2K Aesthetic]]<br>
+[[:Category:Old Web Nostalgia]]
+</td>
+<td style="vertical-align:top;">
+<b>⚙️ Site / Meta</b><br>
+[[:Category:Wiki Projects]]<br>
+[[:Category:Stub Articles]]<br>
+[[:Category:Templates]]<br>
+[[:Category:User Pages]]
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+== Tools & Resources ==
+* [[Help:Editing]] – Basic wiki syntax and editing tips
+* [[Template:Infobox Meme]] – Standard format for meme entries
+* [[Special:WantedPages]] – High-demand missing pages
+* [[Project:Community_Portal|Community Portal]] – Discuss ideas, get help, and connect
+== Featured Article ==
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+        <h2 style="text-align:center; font-family:sans-serif; font-size:28px; font-weight:bold;">Cancer killing the internets!</h2>{{Wikipe-chan:Article of the Now/{{LOCALMONTHNAME}} {{LOCALDAY}}, {{LOCALYEAR}}}}
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+=== Famous quotes from the internet celebrities ===
+[[File:ChatGPT Image Jun 30 2025 01 57 34 AM optimized.png|thumb]]
+For a lot of people, 4chan is their tree house - they go there to hang out. You can actually see the culture shift with time zone. Seeing how threads unwind and unravel is just a thrill, and you can't really share that magic.
+- Christopher Poole aka The hacker known as 4chan
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