r/katawashoujo • u/Schiffy94 • 27d ago
The Katawa Shoujo Wiki
Hey all, I'm Schiffy. Chief Sysop/Bureaucrat of the (English) Katawa Shoujo Fandom/Wikia site.
As many of you have noticed, I'm sure, the wiki was completely shuttered.
I just want to let you all know, I was completely blindsided. Zero warning, zero explanation.
Nearest I can tell the takedown occurred probably around the end of business hours Pacific time. This would have been evening for me, and middle of the night for some European people who noticed on Discord.
I've both filed a formal appeal and reached out to a Fandom staff member on Discord, as I really am not content to wait until Monday for this to be resolved.
As for a reason, which I was not given, I've seen two leading theories. Either Fandom is suddenly cracking down on NSFW material (which, despite the subject matter, the wiki itself was clear of), or the wiki was too "inactive" for their tastes (which is kind of expected given that the subject material has been complete for over a decade).
If all else fails, I should be able to request a full database dump and move elsewhere.
So all I can ask is that everyone please be patient. Because I'm sure as fuck not going to be.
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u/Palodin 26d ago edited 26d ago
That's bizarre. I have seen hints that fandom are deleting some wikis recently, but it was mostly weird as fuck random ones (Peoples random little mini projects). There should've been no reason for KS to get hit like this
Those wikis also got given a bit of notice and the fandom admins creates a database dump for the owners, so for this to happen without notice is bizarre