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<div style="top:+0.2em;font-size: 95%">ZineWiki: the zine encyclopedia that [[ZineWiki:Introduction|anyone can edit]]</div>
 
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'''Webly Bowles''' (aka '''Webly Bucket''', born April 26, 1981) is a [[zinester]] from [[Portland]], OR.
 
  
Bowles was born in Houston, Texas but spent her formulative years in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her sister, [[Alex Wrekk]] first introduced her to zines in the mid '90's before they started their own [[perzine]], [[Fun In A Bucket]]. Later, they both went their own zining ways breaking away from the silliness of [[Fun in A bucket]], as Webly created [[Touched by an Anvil]] after her love of anvils, and Wrekk started [[Brainscan]].
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Bowles wrote about broken hearts and lost loves in her early issues. In her college years in Eugene, Oregon, her writing turned more to her everyday life of her love for architecture, dogs she didn't live with, her failing health, world wide traveling adventures and general growing up.
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The site – which catalogs the independent press, [[:Category:Zinester|zinesters]], authors, artists, and [[:Category:Distro|distros]] – ran into numerous database and code problems after the original co-founder, [[Alan Lastufka]], moved on from the site to other projects. For over five years the site was not operational as no entries could be created or edited, but the new admins kept it alive in read-only mode. However, a few months ago, Alan once again took possession of the site and began debugging and updating all the code with the help of his friend, [https://twitter.com/wardenunleashed Andrew Johnson].
  
Today, Bowles works as an architect by day, and struggles in balancing an office job with her [[DIY]] ethics. This topic comes up often in newer issues of her [[perzine]], [[Touched By An Anvil]]...  
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Today the site has returned, updated and fully functional. Every single one of the previous 5,000+ articles remain intact, and the site sits waiting to be updated with fresh voices, new titles, and additional archival information.
  
'''[[Webly Bowles|Read More...]]'''
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The independent press has been largely ignored by most library and internet catalogs. In fact, it was the deletion of [[Alex Wrekk]]’s Wikipedia page that prompted Alan, along with co-founder [[Kate Sandler]], to originally build and launch ZineWiki fifteen years ago in 2006. The site saw an immediate flurry of activity as zinesters created informational pages for their own zines, their friends’ zines, and various distros.
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ZineWiki still aspires to become the most complete online zine database, useful for [[:Category:Zine_Library|zine libraries]], archivists, readers, and writers looking to catalog their work. Best of all, ZineWiki is open to everyone. You can start contributing and editing ZineWiki right now!
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If you were among the earliest contributors years ago, the site will prompt you to reset your password the first time you log on. If you have any questions or run into any problems, you can contact Alan via [https://alanlastufka.com his website], or on twitter [https://twitter.com/AlanDistro @AlanDistro].
  
 
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* Find out more by reading the [[ZineWiki:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]].
 
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* [[:Category:Distro|List of Distros]]
 
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Latest revision as of 16:02, 12 April 2021

Welcome to ZineWiki!
ZineWiki: the zine encyclopedia that anyone can edit
currently with 5,218 original articles

ZineWiki is an open-source encyclopedia devoted to zines and independent media. It covers the history, production, distribution and culture of the small press.

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NOTE: Before adding a project to ZineWiki, please browse the Previously Featured Articles for examples of the best ZineWiki has to offer.
Keep in mind, ZineWiki is not a classifieds section, it is an encyclopedia.
New entries should NOT contain simply a "sample page" and contact information.

ZineWiki is back online!

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ZineWiki, the independent media wiki, is back!

The site – which catalogs the independent press, zinesters, authors, artists, and distros – ran into numerous database and code problems after the original co-founder, Alan Lastufka, moved on from the site to other projects. For over five years the site was not operational as no entries could be created or edited, but the new admins kept it alive in read-only mode. However, a few months ago, Alan once again took possession of the site and began debugging and updating all the code with the help of his friend, Andrew Johnson.

Today the site has returned, updated and fully functional. Every single one of the previous 5,000+ articles remain intact, and the site sits waiting to be updated with fresh voices, new titles, and additional archival information.

The independent press has been largely ignored by most library and internet catalogs. In fact, it was the deletion of Alex Wrekk’s Wikipedia page that prompted Alan, along with co-founder Kate Sandler, to originally build and launch ZineWiki fifteen years ago in 2006. The site saw an immediate flurry of activity as zinesters created informational pages for their own zines, their friends’ zines, and various distros.

ZineWiki still aspires to become the most complete online zine database, useful for zine libraries, archivists, readers, and writers looking to catalog their work. Best of all, ZineWiki is open to everyone. You can start contributing and editing ZineWiki right now!

If you were among the earliest contributors years ago, the site will prompt you to reset your password the first time you log on. If you have any questions or run into any problems, you can contact Alan via his website, or on twitter @AlanDistro.

First Time Here?

ZineWiki is open to contributions, additions and editing from anyone, anywhere, at any time. However, we do ask that you register a free account first, so that we can cut down on spam and malicious edits.

Or maybe you'd prefer to browse:

Feel free to add your project, contribute additional information to already existing pages, or to edit what’s already published. Subjects should be explained in terms of their relevance to zines and independent media.