This is not an encyclopedia article, but a page in the Wikipedia namespace. |
This is an
information page. It is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of
Wikipedia:Mascot. It may reflect differing levels of
consensus and
vetting. |
Wikipe-tan | |
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First appearance | Futaba Channel (January 8, 2006) |
Created by | Kasuga [a] |
Based on | Moe anthropomorphism of Wikipedia |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Family | Commons-tan (sister) Wikiquote-tan (sister) |
Wikipe-tan ( Japanese: ウィキペたん) is a personification of Wikipedia created in January 2006 by Japanese editor Kasuga. [a] She is an unofficial mascot of Wikipedia and is used at several WikiProjects. The -tan in "Wikipe-tan" is an affectionate suffix, in the form of a Japanese honorific. Like the OS-tans, she is a product of moe anthropomorphism.
Wikipe-tan is the mascot character for WikiProject Anime and manga and WikiProject Holidays' Christmas task force; she was also the mascot for Admin coaching, the Counter-Vandalism Unit, and a contender for an official Wikipedia mascot. In addition, Wikimedia Hong Kong uses Wikipe-tan images and her cosplay during functions and promotions. Wikipe-tan has occasionally been treated as a mascot for Wikipedia or its community in news reports.
Wikipe-tan is a short, fair-skinned girl. Her hair is light blue with two puzzle pieces acting as a hook. Her most common outfit is a dark blue maid dress, with some white sections and she also wears tights the same color as her dress. Sometimes she wears dark brown slip-on shoes. Just like in her hair, she wears a puzzle with the symbol "ワィ", which is a misspelling of the katakana "ウィ" that was present in the previous logo from Wikipedia.
The general idea for a "Wikipe-tan" mascot was posted on January 5, 2006, by the anonymous Taiwanese IP address 192.192.170.2, who suggested a mascot "just like OS-tan" on the Wikipedia mascot vote. [1] Japanese Wikipedia user Kasuga drew at least two images of a "Wikipe-tan" character and posted them on the Futaba Channel on January 8; the thread was linked from the mascot discussion on January 13, [2] and two of the images were uploaded to Commons and added directly to the discussion on January 18. [3]
Kasuga has stated that when designing Wikipe-tan and, later, her sisters, he kept two things in mind: Fujiko F Fujio's advice that a good character design should have a distinctive silhouette, and an observation by Scott McCloud in his Understanding Comics that golden age comic book artists gave each character symbolic color charts. [4]
The puzzle pieces worn by the character are from an earlier version of the Wikipedia puzzle-ball logo. ワィ is apparently a misspelling of ウィ ("wi"), the first syllable of the Japanese katakana transliteration of "Wikipedia", while 祖 is a kanji character apparently changed from the puzzle-ball's 袓, the latter being a Chinese character not used in Japanese. The most up-to-date picture by Kasuga shows her wearing the characters 維 (being the first character of Wikipedia's Chinese name) and the correct Japanese katakana ウィ from the current Wikipedia logo.
On March 29, 2007, Wikipe-tan was joined by the moe anthropomorphisms for Wikipedia's sister projects, Commons-tan and Quote-tan. Kasuga has stated "...new Wiki-sisters will be designed in the future". However, Kasuga also stated that "there was no page that needed other sisters' images up to now. I might draw their images if there are pages which need them."
Although Wikipede received more support in the mascot vote, new Wikipe-tan images were made and saw continued use. Jimbo Wales described Wikipe-tan as a community mascot in 2007, [5] though he has since noted that he personally dislikes the character. [6]
This page is part of Wikipedia's repository of public domain and freely usable images, such as photographs, videos, maps, diagrams, drawings, screenshots, and equations. Please do not list images which are only usable under the doctrine of fair use, images whose license restricts copying or distribution to non-commercial use only, or otherwise non-free images here. Please also consider uploading new free images and transferring images in this category to the Wikimedia Commons so that they may be more widely used. |
The following are images which have been used on the English and International Wiki. These include displays on Wikipedia articles, displays on Wikipedia project pages, and displays on Humorous and/or user pages.
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{{ User:Cloud668/UBX/Waifu|Wikipe-tan}} |
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This is not an encyclopedia article, but a page in the Wikipedia namespace. |
This is an
information page. It is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of
Wikipedia:Mascot. It may reflect differing levels of
consensus and
vetting. |
Wikipe-tan | |
---|---|
First appearance | Futaba Channel (January 8, 2006) |
Created by | Kasuga [a] |
Based on | Moe anthropomorphism of Wikipedia |
In-universe information | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Family | Commons-tan (sister) Wikiquote-tan (sister) |
Wikipe-tan ( Japanese: ウィキペたん) is a personification of Wikipedia created in January 2006 by Japanese editor Kasuga. [a] She is an unofficial mascot of Wikipedia and is used at several WikiProjects. The -tan in "Wikipe-tan" is an affectionate suffix, in the form of a Japanese honorific. Like the OS-tans, she is a product of moe anthropomorphism.
Wikipe-tan is the mascot character for WikiProject Anime and manga and WikiProject Holidays' Christmas task force; she was also the mascot for Admin coaching, the Counter-Vandalism Unit, and a contender for an official Wikipedia mascot. In addition, Wikimedia Hong Kong uses Wikipe-tan images and her cosplay during functions and promotions. Wikipe-tan has occasionally been treated as a mascot for Wikipedia or its community in news reports.
Wikipe-tan is a short, fair-skinned girl. Her hair is light blue with two puzzle pieces acting as a hook. Her most common outfit is a dark blue maid dress, with some white sections and she also wears tights the same color as her dress. Sometimes she wears dark brown slip-on shoes. Just like in her hair, she wears a puzzle with the symbol "ワィ", which is a misspelling of the katakana "ウィ" that was present in the previous logo from Wikipedia.
The general idea for a "Wikipe-tan" mascot was posted on January 5, 2006, by the anonymous Taiwanese IP address 192.192.170.2, who suggested a mascot "just like OS-tan" on the Wikipedia mascot vote. [1] Japanese Wikipedia user Kasuga drew at least two images of a "Wikipe-tan" character and posted them on the Futaba Channel on January 8; the thread was linked from the mascot discussion on January 13, [2] and two of the images were uploaded to Commons and added directly to the discussion on January 18. [3]
Kasuga has stated that when designing Wikipe-tan and, later, her sisters, he kept two things in mind: Fujiko F Fujio's advice that a good character design should have a distinctive silhouette, and an observation by Scott McCloud in his Understanding Comics that golden age comic book artists gave each character symbolic color charts. [4]
The puzzle pieces worn by the character are from an earlier version of the Wikipedia puzzle-ball logo. ワィ is apparently a misspelling of ウィ ("wi"), the first syllable of the Japanese katakana transliteration of "Wikipedia", while 祖 is a kanji character apparently changed from the puzzle-ball's 袓, the latter being a Chinese character not used in Japanese. The most up-to-date picture by Kasuga shows her wearing the characters 維 (being the first character of Wikipedia's Chinese name) and the correct Japanese katakana ウィ from the current Wikipedia logo.
On March 29, 2007, Wikipe-tan was joined by the moe anthropomorphisms for Wikipedia's sister projects, Commons-tan and Quote-tan. Kasuga has stated "...new Wiki-sisters will be designed in the future". However, Kasuga also stated that "there was no page that needed other sisters' images up to now. I might draw their images if there are pages which need them."
Although Wikipede received more support in the mascot vote, new Wikipe-tan images were made and saw continued use. Jimbo Wales described Wikipe-tan as a community mascot in 2007, [5] though he has since noted that he personally dislikes the character. [6]
This page is part of Wikipedia's repository of public domain and freely usable images, such as photographs, videos, maps, diagrams, drawings, screenshots, and equations. Please do not list images which are only usable under the doctrine of fair use, images whose license restricts copying or distribution to non-commercial use only, or otherwise non-free images here. Please also consider uploading new free images and transferring images in this category to the Wikimedia Commons so that they may be more widely used. |
The following are images which have been used on the English and International Wiki. These include displays on Wikipedia articles, displays on Wikipedia project pages, and displays on Humorous and/or user pages.
Code | Result | |||
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{{ User:Running/wikipe-tan}} |
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Usage Supports several images | ||
{{ User:Σ/UBX/AntiWikipetan}} |
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Usage | ||
{{ User:Cloud668/UBX/Waifu|Wikipe-tan}} |
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Usage |
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link)
{{
cite journal}}
: Cite journal requires |journal=
(
help)