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<strong>Welcome to <span style="color:#00ccff;">Wikipe-chan.org</span></strong>
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''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.
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  <strong>Welcome to <span style="color:#00ccff;">Wikipe-chan.org</span></strong>
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  ''Wikipe-chan.org'' is a collaborative, ever-growing archive focused on preserving the history, humor, and chaos of internet culture.
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  [[File:Wikitan.jpg|alt=wiki-tan|thumb|wikitan]]
  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.
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== What is Internet Culture? ==
== What is Internet Culture? ==
Internet culture isn't just cat pictures and viral videos—it's a living, evolving tapestry of:
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
* Anonymous imageboards, niche forums, and obscure BBS logs
* Meme evolution, copypasta origins, and greentext storytelling
* Meme evolution, copypasta origins, and greentext storytelling
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== What We Document ==
== What We Document ==
* Iconic and obscure web communities (4chan, Something Awful, etc.)
* Iconic and obscure web communities (e.g., 4chan, Something Awful)
* Internet drama, legends, hoaxes, and digital urban myths
* Internet drama, legends, hoaxes, and digital urban myths
* Subcultures like cybergoths, NEETs, hikikomori, e-girls/boys
* Subcultures like cybergoths, NEETs, hikikomori, e-girls/boys
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== Why It Matters ==
== Why It Matters ==
As the web gets sanitized and platforms centralize, the raw and messy creativity of early internet culture is at risk of being forgotten. ''Wikipe-chan.org'' exists to capture that spirit — not just nostalgia, but preservation.
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? ==
== Want to Help? ==
We're a community-driven project. Feel free to contribute pages, fix formatting, or share artifacts from your corner of the internet. No prior wiki experience needed — just a love for the weird web.
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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<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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<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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<b>Obscurities</b><br>
[[:Category:Lost Media]]<br>
[[:Category:Flash Archives]]<br>
[[:Category:Fictional Archives]]
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<b> Aesthetics</b><br>
[[:Category:Net Art]]<br>
[[:Category:Y2K Aesthetic]]<br>
[[:Category:Old Web Nostalgia]]
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<b>⚙️ Site / Meta</b><br>
[[:Category:Wiki Projects]]<br>
[[:Category:Stub Articles]]<br>
[[:Category:Templates]]<br>
[[:Category:User Pages]]
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== 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 ===
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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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Latest revision as of 04:27, 1 July 2025

   1 articles • 73 edits • 20 files

 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.
wiki-tan
wikitan
 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

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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