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{{DISPLAYTITLE:About the Screamer Wiki}} <!-- Correct title --> | {{DISPLAYTITLE:About the Screamer Wiki}} <!-- Correct title --> | ||
[[File:scrlogo.png|thumb|250px|The current Screamer Wiki logo]] | |||
The '''Screamer Wiki''', formerly known as ''ScreamerChecker Wiki'', 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. The wiki has since then grown to {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles, {{NUMBEROFEDITS}} total edits, and over 50,000 weekly visits. | |||
The '''Screamer Wiki''' had the original purpose to let anyone check if a website was a screamer by searching its name on the wiki, hence the former name ''ScreamerChecker''. Since then, the wiki slowly started to open up and expand to more types of screamers: the wiki now has articles about games, videos, shock sites, and much more. | |||
The '''Screamer Wiki''' had the original purpose to let anyone check if a website was a screamer by searching its name on the wiki, hence the former name ''ScreamerChecker''. Since then, the wiki slowly started to open up and expand to more types of screamers: the wiki now has articles about games, videos, shock sites, and | |||
== '''History''' == | == '''History''' == | ||
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=== '''2015''' === | === '''2015''' === | ||
* '''July 16th, 2015''': HLDK, the founder, comes back to the wiki after a year and a half of hiatus. | * '''July 16th, 2015''': HLDK, the founder, comes back to the wiki after a year and a half of hiatus. | ||
* '''July | * '''July 28th, 2015''': '''[[User:Sumpy|Sump]]''', owner of the former ''Scary Pop-Up Wiki'', joins the 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 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. | * '''August 24th, 2015''': Screamer Wiki passes the milestone of 100 pages. | ||
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* '''September 2020''': [[Screamer Wiki:Screamer Peer Tube|Screamer Wiki Videos]] released on September 2020, people can upload their own [[screamers]] on the platform | * '''September 2020''': [[Screamer Wiki:Screamer Peer Tube|Screamer Wiki Videos]] released on September 2020, people can upload their own [[screamers]] on the platform | ||
* '''October 2020''': Screamer Wiki hits 5 million views. | * '''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''': Since the outage of FANDOM, a user [[User:SkyBlueCat|SkyBlueCat]] decided to remove articles about [[G-Major videos]] since its clogging up the wiki, 75 articles in total was removed. | |||
* '''November 11th 2020''': The Screamer Wiki celebrates its seventh anniversary with a new banner on the homepage! | |||
===2021=== | |||
*'''February 14th, 2021''': The Wiki enables a skin called Cosmos, based off FANDOM's look. This skin is made the default skin for mobile (and an option for desktop). | |||
*'''April 28th, 2021''': The 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. | |||
== '''Logo Evolution''' == | == '''Logo Evolution''' == | ||
Here is a timeline of all the different logos used throughout the history of the Screamer Wiki. | Here is a timeline of all the different logos used throughout the history of the Screamer Wiki. | ||
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=== Fourth logo - September 3rd, 2018 to October, 2019 === | === Fourth logo - September 3rd, 2018 to October, 2019 === | ||
The fourth logo was introduced as a concept on September 3rd, 2018 to fit the 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 fourth logo was introduced as a concept on September 3rd, 2018 to fit the 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]] | [[File:scrlogowiki.png|250px|thumb|Current Logo]] | ||