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[edit] Introduction

The Worst Sailormoon Pages Ever was a web page review site in the Sailor Moon fandom. It popularized this form of web site within the fandom, specifically with reviewers taking on the names and personas of series characters, especially villains.

[edit] The Webmasters

The Worst Sailormoon Pages Ever was maintained by The Amazoness Quartet, an anonymous group of webmasters with a changing roster. For more information, see their article.

[edit] Terminology

Below is a partial list of terms used on this site or in reference to this site:

AQ is the shortened form for the name of The Worst Sailormoon Pages Ever's webmaster group, The Amazoness Quartet.
SM is the shortened form of Sailor Moon. Sometimes the website's name is shortened accordingly to "The Worst SM Pages Ever."
WPR is the shortened form of "web page reviwer," a style of website popularized by The Worst Sailormoon Pages Ever. WPRs review other fansites, sometimes to constructively criticize them and sometimes to mock them.

[edit] Parts of the Website

Though the web site was named for its chief features, scathing reviews of "Worst" sites and "Runners Up" for that title, it also included other features:

Reviews of "Recommended" sites
"Page Tips" and a "Help Desk" to help webmasters improve their sites
Information about the Sailor Moon SuperS villains, the "Dead Moon Circus," which the site was themed after
"Rantings & Ravings," which were articles about fandom happenings, especially kerfluffles
"Special Features" articles that had more cheerful tone
"The Lemures Files," containing guest articles and reproduced e-mails from site visitors
"Introduction," "Our Profiles," "Guest Profiles," "FAQ," "Link Us," and "Email"

[edit] Policies

For the "Worst Page" reviews, The Amazoness Quartet's stated policy was that all members had to unanimously agree with the nomination. Three members had to agree with a "Recommended Page" nomination. They did not accept self-nominations for review consideration. For their "Worst Page" reviews, they provided addresses but not direct links to the sites, with the stated reasons that it would provide the webmasters with "some relief from being overrun with flames" and that they wanted people to avoid viewing them. [1]

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[edit] History

[edit] 1996

In 1996, The Worst Sailormoon Pages Ever hit the Sailor Moon fandom, and it started controversies that took years to cool off. [2]

[edit] 2003

On February 16, 2003, The Amazoness Quartet declared that the site would become static aside from maintenance updates, branching off existing sections into separate projects, and performing a cosmetic update. [3]