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Alternate Universe Wikipedia (AUWP) is a proposed proxy/banishment mechanism for dealing non-punitively, and non-confrontationally with disruptive editors. AUWP is a complete, operational fork of the real Wikipedia (RWP) which appears identical to Wikipedia in every respect, including branding, policies, and automatic processes.
AUWP is not intended to be visible to non-banished users or visitors to Wikipedia. It is, in fact, an encyclopedia that almost nobody can edit, and for which, edits are almost guaranteed to be disputed, and unlikely to be retained. It is a forgetting place, both for content, and banished users.
Banishment is permanent. There is no appeal.