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| − | '''MansonWiki''' (IPA: /ˌmænˈsɪnˈwɪki/ or /ˌmænˈsinˈwiki/) is an English, web-based, free content encyclopedia project of all things regarding the rock band [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]. MansonWiki is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. With rare exceptions, its articles can be [[Help:Editing|edited]] by anyone with access to the Internet, simply by clicking the ''edit'' link at the top of the page. The name MansonWiki is a portmanteau of the words ''Manson'' (the content to which the site valors) and ''wiki'' (a type of collaborative website). Since its creation in March 2007, MansonWiki has grown steadily, though it is currently known generally (but not exclusively) to ''The Heirophant'' community. | + | '''MansonWiki''' is an English encyclopedia covering subjects related to the rock band [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]]. Since its inception on March 4, 2007, MansonWiki has grown steadily. There are currently {{NUMBEROFUSERS}} users registered with the project, which contains {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles to date. |
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| − | In every article, links will guide you to associated articles, often with additional information. Anyone is welcome to add further information, cross-references, or even citations, so long as they do so within MansonWiki's editing policies and to an appropriate standard. One need not fear accidentally damaging MansonWiki when adding or improving information, as other editors are always around to advise or correct obvious errors, if needed, and the MansonWiki encyclopedia software, known as MediaWiki, is carefully designed to allow easy reversal of editorial mistakes.
| + | ==History== |
| | + | ===Litso and Vixen Windstorm era=== |
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| | + | MansonWiki was an idea founder Litso conceived early in 2006. His plan was to build a self-made content management system from scratch, which would include a wiki-based Marilyn Manson encyclopedia, a tag-based and user-submitted image gallery, forums and an online radio station dedicated to the band's music. The idea however dissipated until March 2007, when Litso noticed a thread on The Heirophant Council requesting a Marilyn Manson wiki. Litso's response to the thread was the creation of MansonWiki. |
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| − | Because MansonWiki is an ongoing work to which in principle anybody can contribute, it differs from a paper-based reference source in some very important ways. In particular, older articles tend to be more comprehensive and balanced, while newer articles may still contain significant misinformation, unencyclopedic content, or vandalism. Users need to be aware of this in order to obtain valid information and avoid misinformation which has been recently added and not yet removed. However, unlike a paper reference source, MansonWiki can be constantly updated, with articles on topical events being created or updated within minutes or hours, rather than months or years for printed encyclopedias.
| + | Shortly after MansonWiki went online, Vixen Windstorm joined and started contributing a great amount of articles. Shortly after, he was appointed as the wiki's second administrator. In November 2007, another esteemed user named JarvisGanon was promoted to MansonWiki's third administrator. Litso and Windstorm worked closely behind the scenes to expand the website, culminating with the introduction of the now-defunct MansonWiki Forums on May 4, 2008. |
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| − | ==About MansonWiki==
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| − | ===MansonWiki statistics===
| + | | Faces-of-MansonWiki.png = Four early home pages of MansonWiki |
| − | There are currently 45 users registered with MansonWiki, and as of today, there are {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} featured articles in the encyclopedia (but well over 2,000 articles in total); every day visitors from around the world make edits and create new articles to enhance the amount of knowledge held by the MansonWiki encyclopedia. Visitors do not need any specialised qualifications to contribute, since their primary role is to write articles that cover already-existing knowledge, and people of all ages therefore can write MansonWiki articles.
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| − | All the text in MansonWiki, and most of the images and other content, is covered by the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). Contributions remain the property of their creators, while the GFDL license ensures the content will remain freely distributable and reproducible.
| + | ===[god]speed and ‡-me-‡ era=== |
| | + | In December 2009, [god]speed and ‡-me-‡ joined the team of administrators. Initially, Litso and Windstorm had planned to leave the wiki altogether, but were persuaded to stay active in the background for a while. |
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| − | ===Who writes MansonWiki?===
| + | The newly appointed administrators began to diligently promote MansonWiki, as they began to lay the framework for what would become the current design of the website. Their vision was to create an entirely new infrastructure for MansonWiki, fusing together elements of MediaWiki with a more visually appealing website. |
| − | Regular editors can be everyone from expert scholars to casual readers, all with one thing in common: the general MansonWiki user is a fan of [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] and/or industrial rock. Anyone who visits the site can edit it, and this fact has encouraged the potential contribution of a tremendous amount of content. There are mechanisms that help community members watch for bad edits and also administrators and system operators with special powers to enforce correct behavior. The site is owned by the [[User:Litso|Litso]], who is occasionally uninvolved in daily operation and writing.
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| − | ==Making the best use of MansonWiki==
| + | In February 2010, MansonWiki launched a senior editor program, wherein exemplary users were given a greater degree of control over the information submitted to the website but were not considered MansonWiki officials. The first senior editors of MansonWiki were [[User:Yawaraey|Yawaraey]], [[User:I4ig0|I4ig0]], [[User:M1shael|M1shael]] and [[User:Lagozzino|Lagozzino]]. Many other additions were made to the website, including sections dedicated to lyrics, interview archives, tablature and photo galleries. |
| − | ===Exploring MansonWiki===
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| − | Many visitors come to this site to acquire knowledge, others to share knowledge. In fact, at this very instant, articles may be being improved, and [[Special:Newpages|new articles]] are also being created. You can view changes as they happen at the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]] page. You also can view [[Special:Randompage|random articles]]. You may even search for articles, using the search box on the left side of the screen.
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| − | ===Basic navigation in MansonWiki===
| + | On May 13, 2010, the second incarnation of MansonWiki went live after a successful viral campaign which consisted of teaser trailers and mysterious codes and number sequences, partially inspired by the band's use of [[Celebritarian codes]]. Fans also received personal invitations through email and social networking to pay a visit to the new website. Furthermore, MansonWiki even relaunched with [[Interview:2010/05 Anthony Silva talks to MansonWiki about Phantasmagoria and more|its first exclusive interview]], where it spoke with professional photographer [[Anthony Silva]], a friend of [[Marilyn Manson|Manson]] whose related contributions are featured in the ''[[Eat Me, Drink Me (album)|Eat Me, Drink Me]]'' liner booklet and the incomplete film ''[[Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll]]''. Since its redesign, other contemporary additions were pushed forth such as embedded YouTube videos and a Facebook Like button for Facebook. The ability to view MansonWiki in different languages was also considered but eventually scrapped. |
| − | MansonWiki articles are all linked, or cross-referenced. Wherever you see highlighted text like, it means there is a link to some relevant article or MansonWiki page with further in-depth information elsewhere if you need it. Holding your mouse over the link will often show you where a link will take you. You are always one click away from more information on any point that has a link attached. There are other links towards the ends of most articles, for other articles of interest, relevant external web sites and pages, reference material, and organized categories of knowledge which you can search and traverse in a loose hierarchy for more information. Some articles may also have links to definitions, audio previews, quotations, and art. You can add further links if a relevant link is missing, and this is one way to contribute.
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| − | ===Using MansonWiki as a research tool===
| + | On March 19, 2011, ‡-me-‡ and [god]speed resigned from their positions as administrators. A reliable replacement was soon found in Harlequin. |
| − | As a wiki, articles are never complete. They are continually edited and improved over time, and in general this results in an upward trend of quality, and a growing consensus over a fair and balanced representation of information.
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| − | Users should be aware that not all articles are of encyclopedic quality from the start, and may contain false or debatable information. Indeed, many articles start their lives as partisan, and it is after a long process of discussion, debate and argument, that they gradually take on a neutral point of view reached through consensus. Others may for a while become caught up in a heavily unbalanced viewpoint which can take some time - months perhaps - to extricate themselves and regain a better balanced consensus. In part, this is because MansonWiki operates an internal resolution process when editors cannot agree on content and approach, and such issues take time to come to the attention of more experienced editors.
| + | In June 2012, Litso and Windstorm announced their departure from MansonWiki. Both users have since contributed only a short number of edits since stepping down. In their absence, [[User:Sumer Schmetterling|Sumer Schmetterling]] was appointed senior editor and manager of the website's Tumblr account. |
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| − | The ''ideal'' MansonWiki article is balanced, neutral and encyclopedic, containing notable, verifiable knowledge. An increasing number of articles reach this standard over time, and many already have. However, this is a process and can take months or years to be achieved, as each user adds their contribution in turn. Some articles contain statements and claims which have not yet been fully cited. Others will later have entire new sections added. Some information will be considered by later contributors to be insufficiently founded, and may be removed or expounded.
| + | ===Scarshock era=== |
| | + | Another departure came on December 20, 2013, when Harlequin decided to focus on personal projects elsewhere. Full administrative access was given to M1shael, Sumer Schmetterling and Scarshock, the latter being the only user to remain active to this day. |
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| − | While the overall trend is generally upward, it is important to use MansonWiki carefully if it is intended to be used as a research source, since individual articles will, by their nature, vary in standard and maturity. There are guidelines and information pages designed to help users and researchers do this effectively.
| + | ==Downtime== |
| | + | On February 17, 2016, MansonWiki went completely offline due to technical reasons that unfortunately caused some unrecoverable information loss. April 9, 2016, the website returned after nearly two months of downtime and information cherry-picking in the meantime. |
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| − | ===How is MansonWiki different from a paper encyclopedia?===
| + | In December 2023, the wiki also became unavailable for the planned migration reasons, and eventually on 25th of December the site completed the migration from mansonwiki.com to the new domain manson.wiki. |
| − | Major differences between MansonWiki and a traditional paper encyclopedia include the very low "cost" of adding additional articles or information, or expanding existing material; the ability to provide both overview summaries and extensive detail without becoming hard to read; ease of reading due to wikilinks replacing in-line explanations; timeliness accessibility and ease of editing in the editorial cycle; and low environmental cost (no paper or distribution impact on the environment). Also MansonWiki updates itself every minute to stay abreast on the most recent event, while paper encyclopedias are stuck in the day they were made.
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| − | MansonWiki's greatest strengths, weaknesses and differences arise because it is open to anyone, has a large contributor base, and articles are written by consensus according to editorial guidelines and policies. The MediaWiki software which runs MansonWiki retains a history of all edits and changes, thus information added to MansonWiki never "vanishes", and is never "lost" or deleted. | + | ==Contests== |
| | + | MansonWiki was previously known for holding contests rewarding members of the community for building it and using it as a research tool. The website's earliest contest occurred in December 2008 and called for editors to write an informative article about [[Isani Griffith]].<ref name="Contest1">''Write an article about Isani Griffith and win the new album!''. MansonWiki Forums. [[User:Litso|Litso]]. December 6, 2009. pp. 1</ref> During the administration of [god]speed and ‡-me-‡, the two webmasters fully embraced contests and surveys, such as the June 2010 [[MansonWiki Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon Contest|Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon Contest]] asking users 15 questions that could be solved by browsing MansonWiki articles.<ref name="Contest2">''15 questions 1 prize!''. MansonWiki Forums. [[User:‡-me-‡|‡-me-‡]]. May 31, 2010. pp. 1</ref> The following month in August 2010, [[MansonWiki mOBSCENE Contest|15 more questions were prepared]], with the winner of this quiz being awarded another vinyl release.<ref name="Contest3">[https://manson.wiki/MansonWiki_mOBSCENE_Contest MansonWiki mOBSCENE Contest]. MansonWiki. [[User:‡-me-‡|‡-me-‡]]. August 2, 2010.</ref> The final contest to date has been [[MansonWiki's Got Talent]], where users submitted their own performances of Marilyn Manson songs. Five finalists were selected by MansonWiki staff and the contest winner was chosen by a community vote. |
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| − | MansonWiki is '''open to a large contributor base''', drawing a large number of editors from diverse backgrounds. This allows MansonWiki to significantly reduce regional and cultural bias found in many other publications, and makes it very difficult for any group to censor and impose bias. A large, diverse editor base also provides access and breadth on subject matter that is otherwise inaccessible or little documented. A large number of editors contributing at any moment also means that MansonWiki can produce excellent encyclopedic articles and resources covering newsworthy events within hours or days of their occurrence.
| + | ==Staff members== |
| | + | ===Current members=== |
| | + | * Scarshock — April 2009–present (wiki) |
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| − | MansonWiki articles and coverage of topics may have a tendency to reflect the cultural, age, and socio-economic demographics of its contributors. There is no systematic process to make sure that "obviously important" topics are written about, so MansonWiki may contain unexpected oversights and omissions. While ''most'' articles may be altered by anyone, in practice editing will be performed by a certain demographic and will thus necessarily reflect a certain degree of implicit bias. An example includes how topics on paintings may not be covered as well on MansonWiki, as topics on the band's discography are covered in great depth.
| + | ===Former members=== |
| | + | * <del>[[User:Litso|Litso]] — March 2007–June 2012 (wiki and social media)</del> |
| | + | * <del>[[User:GrislyGrizzly|Vixen Windstorm]] — April 2007–December 2009, March 2011–May 2011, April 2012–June 2012 (wiki and social media)</del> |
| | + | * <del>JarvisGanon — November 2007–May 2010 (wiki)</del> |
| | + | * <del>[god]speed — December 2009–March 2011 (wiki and social media)</del> |
| | + | * <del>‡-me-‡ — December 2009–March 2011 (wiki and social media)</del> |
| | + | * <del>[[User:I4ig0|I4ig0]] — February 2010–May 2011 (wiki)</del> |
| | + | * <del>[[User:M1shael|M1shael]] — February 2010–April 2014 (social media and wiki)</del> |
| | + | * <del>[[User:Lagozzino|Lagozzino]] — February 2010–February 2011 (wiki)</del> |
| | + | * <del>Harlequin — March 2011–December 2013</del> |
| | + | * <del>[[User:Antelope|Antelope]] — April 2011–May 2012 (YouTube and Tumblr)</del> |
| | + | * <del>[[User:Red marquis|Red marquis]] — May 2011–October 2011 (wiki)</del> |
| | + | * <del>[[User:Sumer Schmetterling|Sumer Schmetterling]] — July 2012–November 2014 (wiki and social media)</del> |
| | + | * <del>[[User:Holy Wood|Holy Wood]] — July 2012–May 2014 (wiki)</del> |
| | + | * <del>[[User:Yawaraey|Yawaraey]] — February 2010–July 2017 (wiki)</del> |
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| − | Allowing '''anyone to edit''' MansonWiki means that it is more easily vandalized or susceptible to unchecked information, which requires removal. While blatant vandalism is usually easily spotted and rapidly corrected, MansonWiki is more subject to subtle vandalism and viewpoint promotion than a typical reference work. While MansonWiki articles generally attain a good standard after editing, it is important to note that fledgling, or less well monitored, articles may be susceptible to vandalism and insertion of false information. MansonWiki's radical openness also means that any given article may be, at any given moment, in a bad state, such as in the middle of a large edit, or a controversial rewrite. Many contributors do not yet comply fully with key policies, or may add information without citable sources. MansonWiki's open approach tremendously increases the chances that any particular factual error or misleading statement will be relatively promptly corrected. Numerous editors at any given time are monitoring [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] and edits to articles on their watchlist.
| + | == External links == |
| | + | * [http://www.youtube.com/user/MansonWiki Official YouTube channel] |
| | + | * [http://www.twitter.com/mansonwiki Official Twitter feed] |
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| − | MansonWiki is '''written by consensus''' – an approach that has its pros and cons. Censorship or imposing "official" points of view is difficult to achieve and almost always fails after a time. Eventually for most articles, all notable views become fairly described and a neutral point of view reached. In reality, the process of reaching consensus may be long and drawn-out, with articles more fluid or changeable for a long time compared while they find their "neutral approach" that all sides can agree on. Reaching neutrality is occasionally made harder by extreme-viewpoint contributors. MansonWiki operates a full editorial dispute resolution process, that allows time for discussion and resolution in depth, but also permits months-long disagreements before poor quality or biased edits will be removed forcibly.
| + | == Donate == |
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| − | There is a tentative consensus, backed by a gradual increase in academic citation as a source, that it provides a good starting point for research, and that articles in general have proven to be reasonably sound. That said, articles and subject areas sometimes suffer from significant omissions, and whilst misinformation and vandalism are usually corrected quickly, this does not always happen. (an example of this occured on [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia] when a person inserted a fake biography linking a prominent journalist to the Kennedy assassinations and Soviet Russia as a joke on a co-worker which went undetected for 4 months, saying afterwards he "didn't know Wikipedia was used as a serious reference tool.") Therefore, a common conclusion is that it is a valuable resource and provides a good reference point on its subjects, but like any online source, unfamiliar information should be checked before relying upon it.
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| − | A 2005 editorial by a BBC technology writer comments that these debates are probably symptomatic of new cultural learnings which are happening across all sources of information (including search engines and the media), namely "a better sense of how to evaluate information sources."
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| − | ===Disclaimers===
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| − | MansonWiki, in common with many websites, makes its disclaimers highly visible, a practice which at times has led to commentators citing these in order to support a view that MansonWiki is unreliable. A selection of similar disclaimers from places which are often regarded as reliable include sources such as Wikipedia, Encyclopædia Britannica, Associated Press, and the Oxford English Dictionary.
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| − | ==Contributing to MansonWiki==
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| − | Anyone can contribute to MansonWiki by clicking on the ''Edit'' tab in an article. It is important to realize that in contributing to MansonWiki, users are expected to be civil and neutral, respecting all points of view, and only add verifiable and factual information rather than personal views and opinions. However, repeated vandalizing can be reported to an administrator and the user may be temporarily blocked from editing MansonWiki.
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| − | Most articles start as stubs, but after many contributions, they can become featured articles. Once you have determined that there is no article on MansonWiki on a topic you are interested in, you may want to request that the article be written (or you could even research the issue and write it yourself). MansonWiki has many on-going projects, focused on specific topic areas or tasks, which help coordinate editing. The hope of any contributor is to provide useful and accurate information to others, and the projects help coordinate efforts.
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| − | ===Editing MansonWiki pages===
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| − | MansonWiki uses a simple yet powerful page layout to allow editors to concentrate on adding material rather than page design. These include automatic sections and subsections, automatic references and cross-references, image and table inclusion, indented and listed text, links ISBNs and math, as well as usual formatting elements and most world alphabets and common symbols. Most of these have simple formats that are deliberately very easy and intuitive.
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| − | MansonWiki has robust version and reversion controls. This means that poor quality edits or vandalism can quickly and easily be reversed or brought up to an appropriate standard by any other editors, so inexperienced editors cannot accidentally do permanent harm if they make a mistake in their editing. As there are many more editors intent upon good quality articles than any other kind, articles that are poorly edited are usually corrected promptly by the ''rollback'' feature.
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| − | ===Editorial administration, oversight and management===
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| − | The MansonWiki community is largely self-organising, so that anyone may build a reputation as a competent editor and become involved in any role they may choose, subject to peer approval. Individuals often will choose to become involved in specialised tasks, such as reviewing articles at others' request, watching current edits for vandalism, watching newly created articles for quality control purposes, or similar roles. Editors who find that editorial administrator responsibility would benefit their ability to help the community may ask their peers in the community for agreement to undertake such roles; a structure which enforces meritocracy and communal standards of editorship and conduct. At present around a 75–80% approval rating after enquiry, is considered the requirement for such a role, a standard which tends to ensure a high level of experience, trust and familiarity across a broad front of projects within MansonWiki.
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| − | ===Handling disputes and abuse===
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| − | MansonWiki has a rich span of methods to handle most abuses which commonly arise, which are well tested and should be relied upon.
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| − | * Intentional ''vandalism'' can be reported and corrected by anyone.
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| − | * Unresolved ''disputes'' between editors, whether based upon behavior, editorial approach or validity of content, can be addressed through the talk page of an article, through requesting comments from other editors or through MansonWiki's comprehensive dispute resolution process.
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| − | * ''Abuse of user accounts'', such as the creation of Internet sock puppets or solicitation of friends and other parties to enforce a non-neutral viewpoint or inappropriate consensus within a discussion, or to disrupt other MansonWiki processes in an annoying manner, are addressed through the sock puppet policy.
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| − | In addition, ''brand new users'' (until they have established themselves a bit) may at the start find that their votes are given less weight by editors in some informal polls, in order to prevent abuse of single purpose accounts.
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| − | MansonWiki uses the MediaWiki software. It's an open-source program that is used on all Wikimedia projects, and is also widely used on other third party websites on the internet. The hardware supporting the various projects is based on almost 100 servers hosted in various hosting centers around the world.
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| − | ==Feedback and questions==
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| − | MansonWiki itself is run as a communal effort. It is a community project whose end result is an encyclopedia. Feedback about content should, in the first instance, be raised on the discussion pages of those articles. You are invited to be bold and edit the pages yourself to add information or correct mistakes if you are knowledgeable and able to do so.
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| − | ===Contacting individual MansonWiki editors===
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| − | To contact individual contributors, leave a message on their talk page. Standard places to ask policy and project-related questions are online, and the MansonWiki mailing lists, over e-mail. You can also reach other MansonWikipedians via IRC and instant messenger. Also you can try leaving a message on MansonWiki officials' talk pages. Currently users of this caliber include [[User:Litso|Litso]] (Bureaucrat, System Operator) and [[User:Rtiztik|Rtiztik]] (System Operator).
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| − | *[[Main Page|MansonWiki]]
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[[Image:|right|200px]]
MansonWiki was an idea founder Litso conceived early in 2006. His plan was to build a self-made content management system from scratch, which would include a wiki-based Marilyn Manson encyclopedia, a tag-based and user-submitted image gallery, forums and an online radio station dedicated to the band's music. The idea however dissipated until March 2007, when Litso noticed a thread on The Heirophant Council requesting a Marilyn Manson wiki. Litso's response to the thread was the creation of MansonWiki.
Shortly after MansonWiki went online, Vixen Windstorm joined and started contributing a great amount of articles. Shortly after, he was appointed as the wiki's second administrator. In November 2007, another esteemed user named JarvisGanon was promoted to MansonWiki's third administrator. Litso and Windstorm worked closely behind the scenes to expand the website, culminating with the introduction of the now-defunct MansonWiki Forums on May 4, 2008.
In December 2009, [god]speed and ‡-me-‡ joined the team of administrators. Initially, Litso and Windstorm had planned to leave the wiki altogether, but were persuaded to stay active in the background for a while.
The newly appointed administrators began to diligently promote MansonWiki, as they began to lay the framework for what would become the current design of the website. Their vision was to create an entirely new infrastructure for MansonWiki, fusing together elements of MediaWiki with a more visually appealing website.
In February 2010, MansonWiki launched a senior editor program, wherein exemplary users were given a greater degree of control over the information submitted to the website but were not considered MansonWiki officials. The first senior editors of MansonWiki were Yawaraey, I4ig0, M1shael and Lagozzino. Many other additions were made to the website, including sections dedicated to lyrics, interview archives, tablature and photo galleries.
On May 13, 2010, the second incarnation of MansonWiki went live after a successful viral campaign which consisted of teaser trailers and mysterious codes and number sequences, partially inspired by the band's use of Celebritarian codes. Fans also received personal invitations through email and social networking to pay a visit to the new website. Furthermore, MansonWiki even relaunched with its first exclusive interview, where it spoke with professional photographer Anthony Silva, a friend of Manson whose related contributions are featured in the Eat Me, Drink Me liner booklet and the incomplete film Phantasmagoria: The Visions of Lewis Carroll. Since its redesign, other contemporary additions were pushed forth such as embedded YouTube videos and a Facebook Like button for Facebook. The ability to view MansonWiki in different languages was also considered but eventually scrapped.
On March 19, 2011, ‡-me-‡ and [god]speed resigned from their positions as administrators. A reliable replacement was soon found in Harlequin.
In June 2012, Litso and Windstorm announced their departure from MansonWiki. Both users have since contributed only a short number of edits since stepping down. In their absence, Sumer Schmetterling was appointed senior editor and manager of the website's Tumblr account.
Another departure came on December 20, 2013, when Harlequin decided to focus on personal projects elsewhere. Full administrative access was given to M1shael, Sumer Schmetterling and Scarshock, the latter being the only user to remain active to this day.
On February 17, 2016, MansonWiki went completely offline due to technical reasons that unfortunately caused some unrecoverable information loss. April 9, 2016, the website returned after nearly two months of downtime and information cherry-picking in the meantime.
In December 2023, the wiki also became unavailable for the planned migration reasons, and eventually on 25th of December the site completed the migration from mansonwiki.com to the new domain manson.wiki.
