Poltergeist (website)
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{{Short description|Polish speculative fiction web portal}}
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Poltergeist (also Polter.pl, old rpg.net.pl) is one of the most prominent {{cite web |access-date=2014-11-03 |title="Kolejni patroni medialni" – wieść |url=http://www.sercezimy.pl/aktualnosci/Kolejni-patroni-medialni/[224017,1501,,,,,,1]/aktualnosci_tekst |website=Serce Zimy}} Polish web portals dedicated to speculative fiction. It has sub-editions about literature, cinema, comics, RPG games, boardgames, wargames, card games, video games and conventions. Polter.pl is also a blogging platform, and contains an extensive web forum.
The owner and publisher of Polter.pl is InteliMedia.
History
Polter.pl began its existence as an online magazine in 2000. A few months into its existence and after its first issue, Polter.pl turned into a web portal. Since 2004 the publisher of the web portal is Przemysław Prekurat. In 2009 the site changed its look, and in 2011 a payable service called Polter plus was introduced, which offered improved ease of use of the portal and the opportunity to win awards in cyclic lotteries.
= Awards and mentions =
Polter.pl got a few awards and mentions during its existence:
- In December 2003 the magazine Wprost named Polter its webpage of a week.{{cite web |access-date=2013-09-02 |archive-date=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203021714/http://zlotestrony.wprost.pl/strona_tygodnia/?zst=2003_12 |language=pl |title=Archiwum Złotych Stron Tygodnia |url=http://zlotestrony.wprost.pl/strona_tygodnia/?zst=2003_12}}
- In April 2005 Polter.pl was distinguished by the Polish editors of Playboy.{{cite journal |date=April 2005 |issn=1230-2724 |journal=Playboy (Edycja Polska) |language=pl}}
- In 2003 the International Association of Webmasters and Designers has granted to Polter.pl 2 Golden Web Awards (for the project of the gallery and the main site of the portal).{{cite web |access-date=2017-11-19 |language=pl |title=Nasze wyróżnienia - Serwis - POLTERGEIST |url=http://info.polter.pl/Wyroznienia-txt33 |website=info.polter.pl}}
Editors
On 1 July 2010 Maciej Reputakowski became the editor-in-chief of the portal (before him, the function was claimed by Przemysław Prekurat). Before them, editors-in-chief were, in order: Tomasz Dzierżek, Maciej Dzierże, Rafał Błaszczak, Przemysław Prekurat and Piotr Brewczyński.
Structurally, the editors groups of Poltergeist are divided into sub-editor groups, defined by a common topic, directed by sub editors-in-chief.
Patronages
Poltergeist patrons many publications of the Polish market - of books, comics and games.{{cite web |access-date=2017-11-19 |language=pl |title=Nasze patronaty - Serwis - POLTERGEIST |url=http://info.polter.pl/Patronaty-txt3 |website=info.polter.pl}} It also supports many conventions in Poland.
Forum
An integral part of the portal is a discussion forum. Poltergeist possesses one of the largest speculative fiction forums in Poland, with over 49000 registered users and almost 1 million posts.{{cite web |access-date=2017-11-19 |language=pl |title=Nasze patronaty - Serwis - POLTERGEIST |url=http://info.polter.pl/Patronaty-txt3 |website=info.polter.pl}}
Blogs
Every registered user of Polter.pl can easily have their own personal blog integrated with the portal. As its peak, there were around 200 blog posts in a month.{{fact|date=February 2014}}
Rallies
Editors of Poltergeist used to organize Poltergeist Rallies - week-long summer meetings during which people could meet with the editors and others fans of the portal. The Rally participance was free and open to everyone.
External links
- [http://polter.pl Polter main page]