- ZineWiki
Infobox Website
name = ZineWiki
favicon =
caption = The Main Page of ZineWiki on October 16, 2006
url = http://zinewiki.com/
commercial = No
type =encyclopaedia
registration = free, public
owner = fallofautumn.com
author = Alan Lastufka and Kate Sandler
launch date = July 2006
current status = Active
revenue =ZineWiki is an open-source online
wiki devoted tozines ,fanzines ,small press publications,chapbooks , and independent media. It covers the history, production, distribution and culture of thesmall press .History
ZineWiki was created in July 2006 by Alan Lastufka and Kate Sandler, two members of the Fall of Autumn
collective and includes hundreds of contributors from the independent press, including many long time members ofalt.zines . cite newsurl=http://www.literaryrevolution.com/mr-lastufka-072406.html
publisher=Underground Literary Alliance
title=ZineWiki: The Great Database
date=July 24, 2006] .In September 2006 ZineWiki surpassed 500 articles and began to garner outside media attention, most notably in the
Portland Mercury . cite newsurl=http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2006/09/hey_zinesters.php
publisher=The Portland Mercury
title=Blogtown PDX: Hey Zinesters!
date=September, 2006] .Like Wikipedia, ZineWiki strives for neutrality and accuracy. Because of its attempt to document often small and ephemeral small press publications, the relevancy tag is not used on ZineWiki, as the editors believe all independent publications are worth documenting.
During a September 2006
broadcast , the host of "Flat Four Radio" inLondon remarked that there's "nothing to stop it (ZineWiki) from becoming the world's main source of information on zines," cite newsurl=http://www.mcld.co.uk/flatfour/archive/
publisher=Flat Four Radio
title=AudioPop Episode #18
date=September 18, 2006] while
Karl Wenclas , founder of theUnderground Literary Alliance , has called ZineWiki "a sign of new life." cite newsurl=http://kingwenclas.blogspot.com/2006/09/zeen-corner.html
publisher=Karl Wenclas
title=Zeen Corner
date=September 22, 2006]In October 2006 ZineWiki became a featured website on the Small Press Exchange. cite news
url=http://www.smallpressexchange.com/directory/magazines_and_e-zines/zines/zinewiki/details/
publisher=Small Press Exchange
title=Featured Website
date=October 20, 2006]Also in October 2006
Punk Planet announced on its website its partnership with ZineWiki, which began archiving articles from the magazine related to zine publishing. cite newsurl=http://www.punkplanet.com/alan_lastufka/blog/a_week_in_the_life_of_an_independent_bookseller
publisher=Punk Planet
title=A Week in the Life of an Independent Bookseller
date=October 3, 2006]In February 2007 ZineWiki was a featured website on Rivet Magazine. cite news
url=http://www.rivetmagazine.org/2007/02/20/wikimania/
publisher=Rivet Magazine
title=Wikimania
date=February 20, 2007]In spring of 2007
Broken Pencil magazine published a two page artcile about ZineWiki entitled "Zine Wiki and the Great Indie Cultureal Reservoir" in Issue 35.Today ZineWiki is the most comprehensive database of zines and small press publications on the Web.
Media partners and sponsors
In September 2006, the
Chicago -based printmagazine Punk Planet partnered with ZineWiki to offerexclusive online content. The first of these articles was entitled "Unofficial Histories: Zine andEphemera l PrintArchivist s" by Anne Elizabeth Moore.Other media sponsors of ZineWiki include
Broken Pencil and Clamor.Features
* The most comprehensive and extensive database of zines and small press publications on the Web
* Zine of the Week / Zine Publisher of the Week front page features
* Online articles about the small press fromPunk Planet Magazine
* A comprehensive guide to independent publishers and writers
* An in depth guide to small press distributors and libraries
* A calendar of zine and small-press related eventsee also
*
List of wikis References
External links
* [http://zinewiki.com/ ZineWiki site]
* [http://www.caferoyal.org/ Café Royal Zines + Underground Press]
* [http://punkplanet.com/ Punk Planet site]
* [http://www.dreamers.com/fondoperdido FONDO perdido] Website about spanish zines. Desde 2001
* [http://www.plataforma21.com Plataforma21] Revista web sobre música, cine, libros, cómics, relatos...
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
