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	== Newly Catalogued ==		== Newly Catalogued ==
	* [[Folklorica Institute]]		* [[Folklorica Institute]]

Eashcroft at 18:50, 3 July 2026

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	== Did You Know? ==		== Did You Know? ==
	* ... that the '''[[Folklorica Institute]]'''s archive was evacuated to Wales during the Second World War?		{{Did you know}}
	* ... that '''[[Encyclopedia Folklorica]]''' began as an internal reference index restricted to Institute members for over a century before its 2026 public launch?
	* ... that historians still disagree on whether the [[Folklorica Institute]] was founded in 1861 or 1863?
	* ... that printers on [[Fleet Street]] once referred to any inexplicable printing mistake as "another '''[[Thia Typo]]'''"?

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	== Newly Catalogued ==		== Newly Catalogued ==
	* [[Folklorica Institute]]		* [[Folklorica Institute]]

Eashcroft at 18:49, 3 July 2026

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	== Featured Article ==		== Featured Article ==
	'''[[Thia Typo]]''' (1848–1917) was a Fleet Street typesetter blamed in her lifetime for an extraordinary run of printing errors — mistakes some historians now argue were among the earliest documented cases of ''[[Typographic Drift]]''. Her name endures in newsroom slang as shorthand for any inexplicable typo. ([[Thia Typo\|Full article~~...]])~~		{{Featured article}}

	== Did You Know? ==		== Did You Know? ==

Eashcroft at 05:22, 3 July 2026

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	'''[[Thia Typo]]'''		'''[[Thia Typo]]''' (1848–1917) was a Fleet Street typesetter blamed in her lifetime for an extraordinary run of printing errors — mistakes some historians now argue were among the earliest documented cases of ''[[Typographic Drift]]''. Her name endures in newsroom slang as shorthand for any inexplicable typo. ([[Thia Typo\|Full article...]])

	== Did You Know? ==		== Did You Know? ==
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	* ... that '''[[Encyclopedia Folklorica]]''' began as an internal reference index restricted to Institute members for over a century before its 2026 public launch?		* ... that '''[[Encyclopedia Folklorica]]''' began as an internal reference index restricted to Institute members for over a century before its 2026 public launch?
	* ... that historians still disagree on whether the [[Folklorica Institute]] was founded in 1861 or 1863?		* ... that historians still disagree on whether the [[Folklorica Institute]] was founded in 1861 or 1863?
	* ... that '''[[~~Edmund Ashcroft~~]]'''~~, the Institute's Senior Archivist, is not a trustee of the Institute he leads~~?		* ... that printers on [[Fleet Street]] once referred to any inexplicable printing mistake as "another '''[[Thia Typo]]'''"?

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Eashcroft at 05:17, 3 July 2026

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	Encyclopedia Folklorica is the ongoing publication of the [[Folklorica Institute]], an independent archival institution documenting the people, institutions, events, places, and phenomena that lie at the margins of ordinary attention. The entries collected here are drawn from the Institute's archive and are added as they are catalogued and reviewed.		Encyclopedia Folklorica is the ongoing publication of the [[Folklorica Institute]], an independent archival institution documenting the people, institutions, events, places, and phenomena that lie at the margins of ordinary attention. The entries collected here are drawn from the Institute's archive and are added as they are catalogued and reviewed.

			''The archive currently comprises {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} published entries.''

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	* ... that '''[[Edmund Ashcroft]]''', the Institute's Senior Archivist, is not a trustee of the Institute he leads?		* ... that '''[[Edmund Ashcroft]]''', the Institute's Senior Archivist, is not a trustee of the Institute he leads?

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	== Newly Catalogued ==		== Newly Catalogued ==
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Eashcroft at 05:12, 3 July 2026

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	See [[Special:Categories]] for the complete index.		See [[Special:Categories]] for the complete index.

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	~~Encyclopedia Folklorica currently contains 4 articles.~~

Eashcroft at 05:11, 3 July 2026

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	== Featured Article ==		== Featured Article ==
	'''[[Thia Typo]]'''		'''[[Thia Typo]]'''

			== Did You Know? ==
			* ... that the '''[[Folklorica Institute]]'''s archive was evacuated to Wales during the Second World War?
			* ... that '''[[Encyclopedia Folklorica]]''' began as an internal reference index restricted to Institute members for over a century before its 2026 public launch?
			* ... that historians still disagree on whether the [[Folklorica Institute]] was founded in 1861 or 1863?
			* ... that '''[[Edmund Ashcroft]]''', the Institute's Senior Archivist, is not a trustee of the Institute he leads?

	== Newly Catalogued ==		== Newly Catalogued ==
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	See [[Special:Categories]] for the complete index.		See [[Special:Categories]] for the complete index.

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			Encyclopedia Folklorica currently contains 4 articles.

Eashcroft at 05:07, 3 July 2026

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	= Encyclopedia Folklorica =		Encyclopedia Folklorica is the ongoing publication of the [[Folklorica Institute]], an independent archival institution documenting the people, institutions, events, places, and phenomena that lie at the margins of ordinary attention. The entries collected here are drawn from the Institute's archive and are added as they are catalogued and reviewed.

	~~Welcome to the Encyclopedia Folklorica.~~		== Featured Article ==
			'''[[Thia Typo]]'''

	~~Featured Article~~		== Newly Catalogued ==
			* [[Folklorica Institute]]
			* [[Encyclopedia Folklorica]]
			* [[Edmund Ashcroft]]
			* [[Thia Typo]]

	* [[~~Thia Typo~~]]		== Browse the Archive ==
			* [[:Category:Institutions]]
			* [[:Category:People]]
			* [[:Category:Publications]]

			See [[Special:Categories]] for the complete index.

Eashcroft at 01:26, 2 July 2026

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	~~<strong>MediaWiki has been installed.</strong>~~		= Encyclopedia Folklorica =

	~~Consult~~ the ~~[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software~~.		Welcome to the Encyclopedia Folklorica.

	~~== Getting started ==~~		Featured Article
	* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
	* [~~https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]~~		* [[Thia Typo]]
	* [~~https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/ MediaWiki release mailing list~~]
	* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]
	* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki]

MediaWiki default at 20:15, 1 July 2026

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