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Wikipe-tan (ウィキペたん, Wikipetan) is a personification of Wikipedia and was created in January 2006 by the editor Kasuga. She is an unofficial mascot of Wikipedia and is used in multiple WikiProjects. The "-tan" in "Wikipe-tan" is a hypocoristic 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, the Counter-Vandalism Unit, the Wikipedia:WikiProject Holidays/Christmas task force and Admin coaching (Where she is dressed like a coach); she was also a contender for the Wikipedia mascot. In addition, Wikimedia Hong Kong uses the images and cosplay of Wikipe-tan as their mascot, during their functions and promotions.

Background

The idea and her name came from the anonymous IP address 192.192.170.2 who suggested that Wikipedia should have a mascot like the OS-tans on the Wikipedia mascot vote on January 5, 2006.^[1] Japanese Wikipedia user Kasuga then drew and posted her in the Futaba Channel on January 8, 2006; she later showed up on the Wikipedia mascot vote.

Kasuga has said that when designing Wikipetan and later her sisters, he kept in mind Fujiko F Fujio's advice to have a distinctive silhouette for the character, and an observation by Scott McCloud in his Understanding Comics that golden age comic book artists gave each character symbolic color charts.^[2]

Although Wikipede won the mascot vote, new Wikipe-tan images were made and saw continued use. Jimbo Wales acknowledged Wikipe-tan as a community mascot in 2007,^[3] though he has since noted that he personally dislikes Wikipe-tan.^[4]

Use on Wikipedia and Wikimedia organizations

In June 2006, Wikipe-tan was made the mascot for the Anime and manga WikiProject after the previous mascot, fan-art image of the title character from Midori Days, was removed from Commons due to copyright problems. Since her first appearance, many users across the entire Wikimedia project have adopted her into their userpages (see Commons usage for each image).

On August 8, 2006, an image of Wikipe-tan was promoted as a featured picture, and it appeared on the main page as the October 2 Picture of the day. On October 29, 2007, the image was delisted and is no longer a featured picture.

Starting in September 2006, Wikipe-tan is also acting as the mascot of the Counter-Vandalism Unit since their previous logo had been removed in February 2006 due to trademark and copyright-related complications. In 2009 a new image replaced Wikipe-tan, however the old logo with Wikipe-tan is still kept on the talk page.

On February 21, 2007 WikiProject Military history began using a Wikipe-tan image, requested to be created with her in a navy uniform for featured articles, to decorate one of their userboxes.

The three current Wikimedia sisters (from left to right): Commons-tan, Wikipe-tan, and Quote-tan.

On March 29, 2007 Wikipe-tan was joined by Wikipedia's sister projects' mascots 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."

In June 2007, a suggestive image of Wikipe-tan was proposed to be used in the article on lolicon. The image was removed from Commons by Jimbo Wales, who acknowledged Wikipe-tan as a "community mascot" who should not be subject to such "pedophilic sexualization". Kasuga later drew a new image for the article which did not use Wikipe-tan.

On December 21, 2007 an image of wikipe-tan wearing baro't saya was added to Wikipedia:Tambayan Philippines.

In March 2010 an altered image of wikipe-tan was added to Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting task force in a badge celebrating 100 years of the girl scouts.

Use outside Wikipedia and Wikimedia organizations

A userChrome.css, written by Kylu, is available for Firefox users to add Wikipe-tan in their browsers.
games™, a United Kingdom gaming magazine, used an image of Wikipe-tan as an illustration of maid cafés (p 30, Issue 48).
On October 12, 2006, Apple Daily ran a short article discussing Wikipe-tan, and how the GFDL license helped her spread across Wikimedia.
Two Wikipe-tan cosplayers have been spotted in a cosplay activity at the University of Hong Kong. One of them was later interviewed by the Hong Kong magazine Easy Finder, which erroneously reported that she had been invited by Kasuga and Norwegian "administrator" GunnarRene to become the real-life personification of Wikipe-tan.^[5]^[6] The Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily compounded that error, reporting that she had became a representative for Wikipedia.^[7]
On June 15, 2007, the German newspaper Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten (circulation ca. 31,000) used Wikipe-tan on the front page as well as next to an article on the variety of manga.
In March 2007, the Swedish foreign ministry published a promemoria^[8] about Japanese anime and manga, using text and Kasuga's Wikipe-tan image from the Swedish Wikipedia without acknowledgement as required by the GFDL licence. The Swedish media reported this violation in April,^[9] and the Chancellor of Justice ruled that the act was a copyright infringement in November.^[10]
British newspaper The Observer featured a picture of the cropped sailor fuku version of Wikipe-tan in the article "Girl geeks find manga haven" (World, Page 35, 2008-06-01, by Justin McCurry). The article makes no mention of Wikipedia, Wikipe-tan, or the GFDL license.

Gallery

Wikipe-tan and others by Kasuga

Wikipe-tan and others by Kasuga
The original Wikipe-tan image
Wikipe-tan sock puppet show
Donations needed!
She needs your help!
Wikipe-tan in color
Wikipe-tan in sailor fuku
Wikipe-tan front view
Wikipe-tan cleaning up
Sock puppeting
TrollBoat-tan
Wikipe-tan in casual clothes
The Library of Babel
Kasuga's own pixel art version of Wikipe-tan
Her past, present, and future
Don't abbreviate Wikipedia as Wiki!
Wikipe-tan gets a birthday present
Gothic Lolita Wikipe-tan
Wikipe-tan grows up to be featured. FA-tan?
I've been expecting you, Mr. Anderson
Adult Commons-tan taking a picture
Adult Wikipe-tan in a bikini
She needs your help! (color version)
Wikipe-tan in the library
Wikipe-tan pondering the mysteries of Wikipedia. Aum.
Nekomimi-mode Wikipe-tan.
Wikipe-tan holding up a blank sign, for various uses
Miko Wikipe-tan
Adult Wikipe-tan
Adult Commons-tan
Simple Wikipe-tan
Adult Quote-tan
Wikipe-tan in Santa costume
Wikipe-tan wearing ao dai
Wrong season? That's a Northern Hemisphere's POV
Wikipe-tan at Valentine's Day
Wikipe-tan in Cleopatra-style costume
Wikipe-tan coaching
Wikipe-tan wearing baro't saya
Wikipe-tan presenting a carnation
A new badge
Wikipe-tan in a Halloween costume
Wikipe-tan as a sorceress in an RPG

Wikipe-tan by others

Wikipe-tan by others
It's summer! The sea! Wikipe-tan!
(by zh:陈少举)
Wikipe-tan dot art (by ja:User:Cpro)
GA Wikipe-tan by User:Squilibob (GA-tan)
3D Wikipe-tan made by FUSHIMI-DOLLS
Wikipe-tan battling a Wikitroll in the Darkness of Ignorance
Angry Wikipe-tan
Chibi Wikipe-tan
animated
SchoolGirl WikiNeko-tan

Wikipe-tan in real life

Wikipe-tan in real life
Wikipe-tan cosplayer "Serene" Ying-Ching HEUNG (向映晴) at "Hong Kong University Cosplay Party" in Hong Kong
"Serene" Ying-Ching HEUNG as Wikipe-tan again at the establishment ceremony of Wikimedia Hong Kong
Wikipe-tan cosplayer Kashuu TAI (戴雅秀) in Hong Kong
Kashuu TAI as Wikipe-tan at the second anniversary function of Wikimedia Hong Kong
Wikipe-tan cosplayer SoHome Jacaranda (蘇戶花楹) at "Macau Comics Festival" in Macau
Cosplay of Wikipe-tan on the right, together with cosplay of Green Dam Girl on the left
User:Steven Walling giving an Ignite speech at Ignite Portland 8

Barnstars and barnstar proposals

Barnstars and barnstar proposals
Current Barnstar for Wikipedia:WikiProject Anime and manga.
Current admin coaching barnstar.
Anime and manga project Barnstar 2.0
Proposed barnstar cat wikipe-tan.
Proposed Barnstar.
Proposed Barnstar cleanup.
Proposed barnstar cleanup cat wikipe-tan.
Italian wikipe-tan barnstar
Early version of the Barnstar 2.0

Derivatives

Derivatives
Wikipe-tan as a DVD cover
Wikipe-tan in a visual novel
The same, using Ren'Py
This Wikipe-tan is a stub..
Wikipe-tan in riot gear
CVU
Wikipe-tan with Jimbo Wales
Wikipe-tan stars in a comic
The Wikipedia super-team
In the opening of her own anime (with engrish)
in a portal
Wikipe-tan in outlines only
(Wo)man in Black Wikipe-tan, by Perfectblue97
Afro Wikipe-tan
Afro Wikipe-tan (alternate)
A desktop wallpaper
Wikipe-tan in GamesTM magazine.

Wikipe-tan in GamesTM magazine.
Newspaper article using Wikipe-tan as an illustration

Newspaper article using Wikipe-tan as an illustration
With a dialogue bubble
Banner ad for Wikipedia:Fundraising redesign
Gothic Wikipe-tan wallpaper ver.1: normal
Gothic Wikipe-tan wallpaper ver.2: darker
Gothic Wikipe-tan wallpaper ver.3: normal ver - smaller with Japanese text reading "wikipe tan"
Wikipe-tan attacked by a Wikitroll.
Wikipe-tan cleaning up.
Hello mah honey, hello mah baby, hello mah ragtime-tan...
Don't abbreviate Wikipedia as Wiki! (English)
Don't abbreviate Wikipedia as Wiki! (Russian)
Wikipe-tan recruiting wikiLovers
Angry Wikipe-tan without caption, for various uses
Kamina Wikipe-tan
Aww look at her, the rotten vandals made her cry.
Wikipetan celebrating 100 years of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides.
Wikipe-tan sorceress colored by Erimaxbau
Jimbo's Angels
Wikipe-tan looking through a haystack for a needle

Cropped versions

Cropped versions
Wikipe-tan as an avatar
FA-tan

Sisters of Wikipe-tan

Sisters
Commons-tan
Quote-tan

Wikipe-tan in Shift JIS art

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This user loves Wikipe-tan, the cutest personification of Wikipedia.

Usage

References

^ 192.192.170.2 (January 5, 2006). "How about Wikipe-tan just like OS-tan". Wikimedia Meta-Wiki. Retrieved March 7, 2011. {{cite web}}: |author= has numeric name (help)
^ http://kasuga39.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d14i6s0
^ Wales, Jimbo (June 8, 2007). "Community mascot". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
^ Wales, Jimbo (February 7, 2011). "I am not a fan". Wikipedia. Retrieved February 7, 2011.
^ "?" (in Japanese). i65.photobucket.com. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
^ "?" (in Japanese). i65.photobucket.com. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
^ "?" (in Japanese). game.21.cn.com. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
^ "?" (PDF) (in Swedish). regeringen.se.^{[dead link]}
^ Helander, Magnus (2007-04-30). "UD plankade Wikipedia" (in Swedish). resume.se. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
^ "Filecrunch.com homepage". filecrunch.com. Retrieved 22 November 2010.

External links

Kasuga's deviantART page
Cosplay by yuugikiseki
Uncyclo-tan, the unofficial mascot of Uncyclopedia (created by SunnyChow)
Trope-tan, the mascot of TV Tropes

[origin-1] 192.192.170.2 (January 5, 2006). "How about Wikipe-tan just like OS-tan". Wikimedia Meta-Wiki. Retrieved March 7, 2011. {{cite web}}: |author= has numeric name (help)

[2] ttp://kasuga39.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d14i6s0

[jimbomascot-3] Wales, Jimbo (June 8, 2007). "Community mascot". Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved March 7, 2011.

[jimbo-4] Wales, Jimbo (February 7, 2011). "I am not a fan". Wikipedia. Retrieved February 7, 2011.

[5] "?" (in Japanese). i65.photobucket.com. Retrieved 22 November 2010.

[6] "?" (in Japanese). i65.photobucket.com. Retrieved 22 November 2010.

[7] "?" (in Japanese). game.21.cn.com. Retrieved 22 November 2010.

[8] "?" (PDF) (in Swedish). regeringen.se.^{[dead link]}

[9] Helander, Magnus (2007-04-30). "UD plankade Wikipedia" (in Swedish). resume.se. Retrieved 22 November 2010.

[10] "Filecrunch.com homepage". filecrunch.com. Retrieved 22 November 2010.

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 File:Wikipe-tanCrazy.gif|animated
-File:Wikipe-tan.PNG|Cheerleader Wikipe-tan
 File:WikiNeko-Tan.jpg|SchoolGirl WikiNeko-tan
 File:Wikipe-tan.jpg
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 File:Afro-wikipe-tan2.png|Afro Wikipe-tan
 File:Afro-wikipe-tan3.png|Afro Wikipe-tan (alternate)
-File:Wikipe-tan (burqa).png|Burqa Wikipe-tan
 File:Wikimediasisters.png|A desktop wallpaper
 File:Wikipe-tan GamesTM.jpg|Wikipe-tan in [[GamesTM]] magazine.
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 File:Wikipe-tan sorceress color.svg|[[:File:Wikipe-tan sorceress.png|Wikipe-tan sorceress]] colored by [[User:Erimaxbau|Erimaxbau]]
 File:Jimbos Angels.jpg|Jimbo's Angels
-File:Wikipe-tan on the haystack.png|Wikipe-tan looking for those articles that need editing
+File:Wikipe-tan on the haystack.png|Wikipe-tan looking through a haystack for a needle
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