Thread:Wiki Discussions/@comment-39024013-20190702104347

So...out of curiousity I wanted to see if there were other wikis like our one. And I'm not talking about Composistion Closet, I'm talking about the I Love Writing Wiki.

On the I Love Writing Wiki main page, there is a poll. 31 people voted.

So that must mean it's new right?

Wrong.

The I Love Writing Wiki was made in 2012. I found this out by going on the founder's profile.

There is also 992 pages on the wiki. That's nearly a thousand stories. It even had a FRENCH VERSION.

How did this happen? My guess is that it was bustling at some point, but died.

When I went on 'recent activity' this is what I saw.

Recent Wiki Activity

 * The Neo World Order: Britain's last stand

Steven"SpringBubba"Savoy • 9 hours ago
 * The Elder Scrolls V: Of Blood & Dragons, Book I

ZAVAZggg • 20 days ago

'20 days ago. 20 days ago was the second last wiki activity. It could have been a comment, edit or literally anything.'

Out of curiousity, I went on the popular pages section. A wiki this grand and old must have some great classics right?

So I clicked on one, and scrolled down. It was long. Really long. When I saw the categories at the bottom, one of them was 'abbandoned.'

So I went on another one.

All abandoned.

None of those stories were ever complete.

And if you were wondering about the comments, there were only about 5.

What the heck happened here?

I went on the founder's wall again, hoping for answers. Turns out I wasn't the only one who was curious.

On the slim chance you'll see this

EarthlingnAkumi

Hi! uh, you're probably confused (a lil). I adopted this wiki after finding it and falling in love with it. I was wondering what led to the sudden downfall of this wiki. I mean, it looks like it was doing good for a while, but everything slowly got worse and last year it kinda, died..

Anyway, I hope we still continue to edit the wiki the way you would have wanted it if you were still here!

22:37, April 25, 2018
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Bloody18

Hi!

To be perfectly honest this wiki was started after I left another wiki for some drama. I was really different back then, and there's no need to really go into all of that lol. But after making this wiki I envited a lot of my friends to join and they did, and after a couple of months we got some original users.

Some original users came and went, but my friends (Birdpaw and Leopardclaw) and I constantly were on the wiki. Eventually our lives just took us away from here (we still talk, just we aren't active on here), but to my knowledge we all still write (I think Leo just does poetry now, though).

So I guess you could say the raison d'etre of this wiki was a place to write and hang out with friends, so as long as you're doing that, then I'd say you're on the right track!

To be honest, I'd forgotten the password to my Wikia (Fandom?) account, and only just figured it out now (clearly lol). Bird was the one who tipped me off to you having left us messages. If I'm completely honest, I wish I could've kept this going myself and then you would've had a thriving community to join, and I'm not sure how I feel about someone taking this wiki and reviving it, but I guess I don't have a lot of say in that now, huh? Lol, no but you have my best wishes. I've grown a lot since I left the wiki, both in writing skill and just as a person.

If you'd like any advice, feel free to message me! I don't know when I'll see it, but hopefully I can get back to you in a resonable amount of time! Going based off of your Category Template blog, you and I would've probably gotten along great lol, I was always a stickler for categories haha

Good luck!

I looked deeper into his wall. What I found next was probably the saddest 4 messages I had ever seen.

A request

Mr.Rig and Zig

Can you delete all of my stories or put them up for adoption? I'm leaving this wiki and I don't want my work to be stolen, as I am a very paranoid and cautious individual. Also, can you delete the "Mr.Rig and Zig's Stories" category? (Don't worry, I've saved drafts of my work onto another source). It's nothing personal, I like you guys here and you're all very nice, but I've no time for wiki. I want my work to be published and I also desire to improve upon my writing, but I've no desire for the world to see it. I apologize in advance if I was rude in this post.

Edited by Mr.Rig and Zig 05:00, September 11, 2016
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Bloody18

Sorry it's taken me so long to reply to this. I've had a... chaotic last few days I guess you could say. Anyway, I deleted all of your stuff as soon as I saw your message a few days ago. If there was anything I missed, just message me and I'll get to it asap.

18:16, September 14, 2016
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Mr.Rig and Zig

Perfectly understandable, my life is rather strange at the moment (and not in a good way). And I've got to get a job and whatnot. I think I might quit this wiki thing altogether, it was fun while it lasted, but every wiki I've been on for the past few years is dead and I'd rather not deal with that. Anyway, adios amigo, I wish you success in all your endeavors.

02:06, September 17, 2016
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Bloody18

Yeah, I pretty much just come on this one every now and then to make sure everything is running smoothly. Otherwise, I'm busy with uni, my job, and writing. And unless the wiki is about something with a lot of fans (ie Star Wars, WoW, Game of Thrones) I think they do die out pretty quickly.

Good luck to you too!

06:04, September 17, 2016

It seemed that everybody just...gave up. I saw more messages like these on the wiki, and they made me really sad. A lot of them talked about 'putting their stories up for adoption' because they were leaving. I think that was what the 'abandoned' category meant. I spent the next minutes treating this wiki like an archelogical site. I clicked the random page button a coupleof times, and found some pretty good stories. I find this really sad, and I hope this never happens to us, because I really like this wiki. 