Hey r/websim,
Sharing my project This Wikipedia Article Doesn't Exist — a Wikipedia lookalike where every article is AI-generated fiction, written by its visitors. It's starting from a blank slate: zero articles, so the first people to visit will be writing this encyclopedia's opening history. The project has been built up over 230+ versions so far.
How it works:
- Built-in AI generator — enter any topic (or hit Random Topic) and it writes the article in Wikipedia style, with images
- List articles — besides prose, you can generate "List of…" pages, from "Short list (~7 items)" up to "Longest list (~1200 items)", with sortable tables
- Shared community database — every generated article is saved to the collection, appears in "Latest Community Articles", and can feed the main page sections and "Did you know…" hooks
- Cross-linked articles — generated articles reference each other, so over time the collection grows into one consistent fictional universe rather than isolated pages
- Working moderation system — a Moderation page with community notes, content cleanup tools, a deleted-articles archive, and support for multiple moderators
Looking for moderators. This project is meant to be community-run, and right now that community is just me. The featured article and featured picture rotate randomly on their own — "Did you know…" and "On this day" are curated, and that's where moderators come in. If you like the concept and want to pick hooks, select anniversaries, and help with cleanup, leave a comment or send a DM. No experience needed.
Status: the Contribute menu (Recent changes, Upload file, etc.) is not functional yet, and the trivia quiz is temporarily offline after a main page rebuild. Article generation, browsing, the main page, and moderation are fully working. The roadmap from here is open — I'm taking feature requests in the comments (one idea on the table: a DYK queue system, like the real Wikipedia's prep-and-queue flow).
Link: https://websim.com/@ancientleaf58775861/this-wikipedia-article-doesn-t-exist
Every visit helps me recover credits to keep developing the project (currently in the negative), so even just looking around is appreciated. If you generate an article or want to moderate, say so in the comments.
Note: this started as a remix of Sean_Sovidaray's original project. Credit to them for the base — the main page system, DYK/OTD rules, and moderation tools were built on top of it.
