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[[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Je est un autre" [I is [[other|another]]] --[[Arthur Rimbaud]]. (illustration [[blackface]]).]] | [[Image:Blackface.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Je est un autre" [I is [[other|another]]] --[[Arthur Rimbaud]]. (illustration [[blackface]]).]] | ||
- | If this wiki were a [[city]], it would feature prominently [[nightclub]]s, [[record store]]s, [[red light district]]s, [[museum]]s, [[library|libraries]], [[second hand book]] stores and [[Comic book|comic book shops]]. | + | If this encyclopedia were a [[city]], it would feature prominently [[nightclub]]s, [[record store]]s, [[red light district]]s, [[museum]]s, [[library|libraries]], [[second hand book]] stores and [[Comic book|comic book shops]]. |
Biases | Biases | ||
- | *Contrary to the guidelines of Wikipedia, this wiki allows original research and has a [[publication bias]] favoring [[appreciative criticism]]. | + | *Contrary to the guidelines of Wikipedia, this encyclopedia allows original research and has a [[publication bias]] favoring [[appreciative criticism]]. |
- | *In [[Biography|biographies]], lots of attention will be given to [[sex life|romantic involvement]]s ([[cherchez la femme]] and [[cherchez l'homme]]) and [[Subsistence|means of subsistence]]. | + | *In [[Biography|biographies]], lots of attention is given to [[sex life|romantic involvement]]s ([[cherchez la femme]] and [[cherchez l'homme]]) and [[Subsistence|means of subsistence]]. |
*Geography: Europe, United States, [[cross-fertilization]] between the [[Anglosphere]] and [[Francosphere]]. | *Geography: Europe, United States, [[cross-fertilization]] between the [[Anglosphere]] and [[Francosphere]]. | ||
- | **Geographical bias: [[Eurocentrism]], [[Francophilia]] | + | **Geographical bias: [[Eurocentrism]], [[Francophilia]]; see [[themes and sensibilities|these themes and sensibilities]] and [[Template:Keywords|keywords]], [[:Category:Canon|canonical artists and theorists]] |
- | **If the wiki were a city, it would feature prominently [[nightclub]]s, [[record store]]s, a [[red light district]]s, [[museum]]s, [[second hand book]] stores and [[comic]] shops. | + | |
- | *Notability criteria are different from Wikipedia's. They will be along the lines of artpopcult's POV; see [[themes and sensibilities|these themes and sensibilities]] and [[Template:Keywords|keywords]], [[:Category:Canon|canonical artists and theorists]] | + | |
*[[Body genre]]s | *[[Body genre]]s | ||
*Preference for [[other]]ness and [[alterity]] | *Preference for [[other]]ness and [[alterity]] |
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If this encyclopedia were a city, it would feature prominently nightclubs, record stores, red light districts, museums, libraries, second hand book stores and comic book shops.
Biases
- Contrary to the guidelines of Wikipedia, this encyclopedia allows original research and has a publication bias favoring appreciative criticism.
- In biographies, lots of attention is given to romantic involvements (cherchez la femme and cherchez l'homme) and means of subsistence.
- Geography: Europe, United States, cross-fertilization between the Anglosphere and Francosphere.
- Geographical bias: Eurocentrism, Francophilia; see these themes and sensibilities and keywords, canonical artists and theorists
- Body genres
- Preference for otherness and alterity
- Namesakes: importance of homonymy and paronymy are important and strenghten self-referentiality of the wiki.
- General: bias towards the cultish, the transgressive and the nobrow; stereotypical representations
- Music: bias towards black music and underground music, see category World Music Classics
- Film: bias towards cult films, a total disregard Academy Awards
- Fiction: bias towards cult fiction and transgressional fiction, disregard for Nobel prizes, a bias towards film adaptations
- Art: bias towards the transgressive, erotic, fantastique and grotesque
- Genre: Fantastique preferred over fantasy.