Emergent Phenomena

What things in wikimedia are pervasively used, or regularly independently invented, that aren't built into the basic infrastructure? We hypothesise that these are important abstractions that tell us something significant about the nature of the wikimedia process. They don't have to be software tools, they can also be cultural tools, e.g. specialised vocabulary, rituals, etc.

task-tools: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HotCat, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Twinkle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_scripts
talk-tools: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Huggle, Snuggle, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_counter-vandalism_tools
Meta-tools: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Labs
task-bots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SpellingBot
talk-bots: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:SuggestBot
task-policies, talk-policies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_essays
tutorials: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction_2
rituals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_holidays
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:User_associations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style
auto-ethnography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiFauna
Wikipediocracy
memes?
taxonomies?
conventions?
notation?
workflows?
metrics?
competitions?
stories?
mission statements?
channels? IRC, Mailing lists