You can write a fandom wiki from an in-universe perspective, or you can have your fandom wiki adhere to Wikipedia citation standards, but you cannot do both. Trying to have it both ways is how you end up with articles that hedge on whether penises exist in-universe because no canon media directly addresses the topic.
I am happy to formally post about BlinkieWiki (@ https://blinkie.wiki ), a website built on TiddlyWiki & hosted on NekoWeb that's an (ongoingly) searchable archive of blinkies as well as other types of graphics! A big goal here on top of exhaustive transcription is to source the original creators of graphics whenever possible, something which is often missing in collections.
I've mostly been doing this solo so far with lots of help from my boyfriend @vesselvindicate for finding websites. I'm opening this up to the blinkie community because I've now added a way for users to submit metadata for graphics, which is handled through Google Forms. That way, anyone can contribute to the collection! Just click on any blinkie and hit the button in the top right corner that says "Submit metadata for this graphic".
This site is a big work in progress! It is only somewhat mobile friendly at the moment and is prone to lag. The UI in places is a bit ugly, but I'll be making it look better over time. There's a bunch of other features I'm aiming to add as well.
This was heavily inspired by the Geoblinkies project by blinkies.cafe, which I helped work on back in 2022. You should check it out!
Self-described "nerdy kid" Aisha Tyler mastered the art of reading books on the back of a motorcycle. #CONAN
I know a lot of people associate Aisha Tyler with Criminal Minds, and I briefly saw her on that when I used to catch the show from time to time, but LONG BEFORE I ever thought about that lil' show, she was in my awareness.
I first saw her as the host of Talk Soup when I was fresh outta high school and she became THE FIRST famous Black nerd lady that I ever saw. She was into geek things before it became a cool thing to do in public, and even when l had no clue what she was talking about, I thought it was dope to see a Black woman with nerdy interests be visible and hot and cool.
She has done so much over the years, but I will forever remember her as pretty much a pioneer in the world of blerds, even if she may not be that much anymore. (And she very well may be. I don't see her much anymore).
But, since it is Embrace Your Geekness Day, I wanted to spotlight a queen of geeks from my early adulthood.
I hate the modern internet. I was curious about how bad things are outside of ad blockers and my numerous Firefox extensions. I went to fandom to test and was floored
What the hell am I seeing? Fuck fandom. Fuck cookies. Fuck ads. Fuck logging in. Give me the good readible webpages please.
Of note, there is an alternative in this instance but usually there is not.