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{{Infobox Website
|title = Screamer Wiki
|image = scrlogo.png
|imagecaption = 
|maker = [[User:HLDK|AnimatorXP]] (FANDOM)</br> [[user:Angeleno]] (MediaWiki)
|type = Repository/Database, encyclopedia
|registered in = November 11, 2013 (FANDOM)</br> August 2019 (MediaWiki)
|written in = HTML, JavaScript, CSS
|status = Active
}}
'''Screamer Wiki''', also called '''Screamerfanbase''' and formerly known as '''ScreamerChecker''', was founded on November 11th, 2013 by [https://youtube.com/user/AnimatorXP AnimatorXP], with the simple goal to index all [[Screamer|screamers]] ever made. Screamer Wiki started out on Wikia, now known as FANDOM, and we are now operating on our own website. Screamer Wiki has since then grown to {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles, {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} total edits, and {{NUMBEROFFILES}} hosted files.

Screamer Wiki had the original purpose to let anyone easily check if a website or video was a screamer by looking up its name here, hence the former name ''ScreamerChecker''. Since then, Screamer Wiki has expanded to include more types of screamers; Screamer Wiki now has articles about games, videos, shock sites, and much more!

== History ==
Here is a timeline of all the milestones and major events in Screamer Wiki's history.

[[File:ScreamerChecker.png|thumb|The original ScreamerChecker Wiki logo.|250px]]
==='''2013'''===
* '''November 11th, 2013''': Screamer Wiki, then named ''ScreamerChecker Wiki'', is founded by [[User:HLDK|HLDK]] (known as [https://youtube.com/AnimatorXP AnimatorXP] on YouTube). After creating only four pages, he goes on hiatus.

=== '''2015''' ===
* '''July 16th, 2015''': HLDK, the founder, comes back to the wiki after a year and a half of hiatus.
* '''July 28th, 2015''': '''[[User:Sumpy|Sump]]''', owner of the former ''Scary Pop-Up Wiki'', joins ScreamerChecker Wiki. The two wikis later merged to form an even bigger community.
* '''August 4th, 2015''': ScreamerChecker Wiki drops the ''Checker'' and gets renamed to simply ''Screamer Wiki''.
* '''August 24th, 2015''': Screamer Wiki passes the milestone of 100 pages.
* '''September 8th, 2015''': Screamer Wiki becomes available in new languages: ''French'', ''Spanish'' and ''Portuguese.''
* '''December 2015''': Screamer Wiki becomes the biggest online library of screamers with an impressive record of over 250 pages.

=== '''2016''' ===
* '''May 31st, 2016''': Screamer Wiki passes the milestone of 300 pages.
* '''October 2016''': Screamer Wiki passes the milestone of 400 pages.

=== '''2017''' ===
* '''January 2017''': After three years and a half, Screamer Wiki passes the major milestone of 500 pages!
* '''June 2017''': Screamer Wiki passes the 600-page milestone.

[[File:5th Birthday.png|thumb|Screamer Wiki's 5th anniversary logo.|250px]]
=== '''2018''' ===
* '''January 2018''': Screamer Wiki passes the milestone of 700 pages.
* '''October 2018''': Screamer Wiki passes the milestone of 800 pages.
* '''November 11th, 2018''': Screamer Wiki, formerly known as ''ScreamerChecker Wiki'', celebrates its fifth anniversary!

=== '''2019''' ===
* '''January 2019''': Screamer Wiki becomes available in Indonesian.
* '''February 2019''': Screamer Wiki becomes available in Norwegian.
* '''April 2019''': Five years after its opening, Screamer Wiki passes the major milestone of 1,000 pages!
* '''August 2019''': FANDOM evicts Screamer Wiki, which forked to ScreamerFanbase.com and is now independently hosted via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_web_hosting_service shared hosting].
* '''October 2019''': The original Screamer Wiki, which was hosted on FANDOM, officially closes after almost 6 years of operation.

=== '''2020''' ===
* '''June 2020''': Screamer Wiki makes the move from ScreamerFanbase.com to its new domain, screamer.wiki.
* '''September 2020''': Screamer Wiki updates its hosting platform; with that update comes in-house video hosting and updated forums. The Screamer Wiki subreddit is also created this month.
* '''September 2020''': Screamer Wiki Video released on September 2020, where people could upload their own [[screamers]] and [[shock sites]] on the platform.
* '''October 2020''': Screamer Wiki hits 5 million views.
* '''October 2020''': [[Somebodylovesyou.biz]]'s showcase video hits 100 views, being the first video to do so since [https://video.screamer.wiki/ Screamer Wiki Video] was created.
*'''October 10th, 2020''': Articles about [[G-Major videos]] (except those that were well-known) were removed to prevent clogging.
* '''November 11th, 2020''': Screamer Wiki celebrates its seventh anniversary with a new banner on the homepage!

===2021===
*'''February 14th, 2021''': Screamer Wiki enables a skin called Cosmos, based on FANDOM's look. This skin is made the default skin for mobile (and an option for desktop).
*'''April 28th, 2021''': Screamer Wiki passed the 9 million views milestone.
*'''April 29th, 2021''': The Cosmos skin is updated to the latest version, the vector skin is the made the default look again for desktop, and some experimental skins are removed.
*'''August 1st, 2021''': [[Lomando.com]] and [[Luna Game]] articles became the first and second [[Special:LongPages|largest pages]] on this wiki.

===2022===
*'''February 2022''': An archived collection of screamer-related files, host.screamer.wiki, makes its move into files.screamer.wiki.
*'''March 16, 2022''': [[Usagi Puzzle]] became the third [[Special:LongPages|longest game-related page]] on the site.
*'''April 1, 2022''': For April Fools, Screamer Wiki releases a subscription service called Screamer Wiki Gold. Those that were gullible enough to navigate to gold.screamer.wiki were redirected to a Duckroll, a prank that predates the Rickroll.
*'''April 2022''': The Screamer Wiki forum was changed from Flarum back to MyBB, a forum software similar to PHPBB (what screamer forums used to use before mid-2020). Screamer Wiki Video was also killed at the same time due to rampant bot accounts and different database schemes.
*'''September 2022''': The Main Page reached the milestone of 1 million visits. Screamer.wiki also surpassed 100,000 edits.
*'''October 2022''': The default skin on mobile was changed to Monobook.

===TBA <!-- To be announced -->===
These are the features, changes, and news that will be predicted and expected to happen in the future of Screamer Wiki.
*'''???''': Screamer Wiki will soon expand into other languages. The French version is currently in progress.

== Logo Evolution ==
Here is a timeline of all the different logos used throughout Screamer Wiki's history.

[[File:ScreamerChecker.png|thumb|250px|First Logo]]
=== First logo - November 11th, 2013 to August 1st, 2015 ===
The initial logo for Screamer Wiki was used from the beginning all the way to August 2015, although it did not appear everywhere on the wiki.

[[File:ScreamerChecker Logo.png|thumb|250px|Second Logo]]
=== Second logo - August 1st to 4th, 2015 ===
The second logo was introduced as part of the first redesign of Screamer Wiki. It was the first logo to be widely used across the wiki, and it introduced a revamped design, dropping the solid background.
[[File:Screamer Wiki Logo.png|thumb|250px|Third Logo]]

=== Third logo - August 4th, 2015 to June 13th, 2019 ===
The third logo was introduced in August of 2015 when the ''ScreamerChecker Wiki'' was rebranded to ''Screamer Wiki''. This logo dropped the ''Checker'' while bringing in a cleaner design and a new color scheme. Multiple variations of this logo are used throughout the wiki.
[[File:Screamer_Wiki_AltLogo.png|250px|thumb|Fourth Logo]]

=== Fourth logo - September 3rd, 2018 to October, 2019 ===
The fourth logo was introduced as a concept on September 3rd, 2018 to fit Apple's new iOS emojis. Although the logo was introduced in September, this logo was not used until May 2019 on the Screamer Wiki [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHaaKMwC8vingZQtOZDU_LA YouTube channel]. The font used for the logo is DIN Condensed.
[[File:scrlogowiki.png|250px|thumb|Current Logo]]

=== Current logo - October 19th, 2019 to present ===
The current logo, unveiled in October 2019, went through a revamp to honor the opening of the new wiki.

To see special logos that Screamer Wiki has used over the years, [[Screamer_Wiki:Special_Logos|click here]].
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