Weirdcyclopedia (2022-2023)

Weirdcyclopedia was a wiki founded on February 12, 2020 by a former user known as Salarvander located on ShoutWiki (a farm that also feeds our wiki) and aimed to be a wiki where the user feels complete freedom. The wiki was closed in June 17, 2023.

Why It Became Weird In 2022 (Except in a Bad Way)

 * 1) This wiki was so underdeveloped that even the main page looked unfinished because there are blank sections or the word "Under Construction" everywhere.
 * 2) The only template on this wiki was the delete template, which further justifies the almost non-existent quality control.
 * 3) Working on this wiki was very frustrating due to recent vandalism and feedback from other users, resulting in almost always edit wars.
 * 4) * The worst case is the page about Qualitipedia which is filled to the brim with trifles, unprofessionalism and criticism of important people of Qualitipedia, making this page the biggest offender.
 * 5) *Editing on these pages became even more frustrating in December 2022 than before for the reasons stated above.
 * 6) Hypocrisy: This wiki criticized the reception wiki genre, yet there were tons of pages of real-life people on YouTube or TikTok that had sections known from the reception wiki genre with a whole series of reasons why it's bad.
 * 7) * Speaking of which, they were page attacking human beings. Sounds familiar?
 * 8) The wiki community was also toxic given that they sometimes even literally wish death to people whose opinions conflict with theirs.
 * 9) As of December 2022, this wiki started to decline thanks to a lack of administration, as its only administrator, Salarvander, is no longer active. This has led to massive vandalism on most pages thanks to -abigblueworld-.
 * 10) * Vandalism alone has caused most, if not all, users to lose interest in this wiki.
 * 11) *At the turn of New Year's Eve 2022 and the new year 2023, the admin came back, but soon after he fell silent again and so far he hasn't spoken or done anything.
 * 12) Since May, this wiki had also been struggling with Spambots who create pages that are "off-topic" even for ridiculously low standards.
 * 13) Leerdoman74 was the one responsible for all those edit wars and intimidation/harassment that had been ensuing for a while, and, like -abigblueworld- and the spam bots, he was one of the users who tarnished the wiki's good image.
 * 14) Despite the excessive amount of anarchy, neither Salarvander nor the ShoutWiki staff did almost anything to stop the issues that had been plaguing it for a while, and all of the users who killed it got away with doing so mostly scot-free, which caused the wiki to close as of June 17th, 2023.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The wiki used to be good prior to December 2022.
 * 2) Some of the pages were funny and entertaining to read.
 * 3) There were still some good users during the wiki's lifespan, even while it was decaying, such as Tali64, SuperStreetKombat, ZeusDeeGoose/Blad, and BrownieBrownAlien.
 * 4) While Salarvander was still active, he used to be pretty decent at administration.

How It Could Have Been/Could Be Saved

 * 1) Have Salarvander return or another adminstrator reopen or at least remake the wiki and add more administration.
 * 2) Try to IP ban disruptive users like Leerdoman74 -abigblueworld-, or any of the spam bots.
 * 3) Delete the Reception Wiki-style users based on real-life people.
 * 4) Develop the wiki more by adding a more unique color scheme to the layout or even an icon.
 * 5) Add more templates than just the delete template.