User blog:Knot126/The Smash Hit Wiki in 2020 and a Look at the Past


 * This version has been edited by others, namely MondaysAreTheWorst and Commuter. For the original version, see oldid 13863.

The Smash Hit Wiki had a great year in 2019. (Though I really can't tell you about 2014, 2015 or 2016, but those seemed fine as well.) From clogged with spam to quality articles being written, it's been places. Today, I'd like to talk about what I want for the future of the Smash Hit Wiki and a bit of its past.

First, let's talk about the past.
The Smash Hit Wiki was created in 2014 by Titan95, who made a few pages. (You can verify this by checking the very-helpful "Founder" tag.) Dynablox became the admin after Titan95 became inactive here, but he only made a few edits before becoming very inactive himself. Alpha Plasma Pea also became a Content Moderator, so he could delete pages and control spam, but was inactive himself after 2017.

In 2017, the spam really kicked into effect, since there were absolutely no admins on the entire wiki. At this point, Titan95 had removed Dynablox's admin rights and Alpha Plasma Pea's Content Moderator, and then he had deleted his own account. No more admins!

In 2018 to mid-2019, the spam really built up. From crying ponies to toilet humor, the wiki had been filled with gallons of spam, mostly on Battle for Dream Island (B.F.D.I.) and My Little Pony.

In September 2019, Commuter started to make edits to the wiki. He was the first person to edit the wiki since 2017, that was extremely commited to helping this wiki. (There was an edit war between 72.211.221.109 (continuous spam/undoing helpful edits) and Commuter for a short time. He was shortly blocked after that, although two of his spammy edits surfaced at the end of November.)

In November, I joined in! Together, we have made over 4,000 edits to this wiki. (That's almost 45%, or almost half the edits!) Commuter is about 30% and I am 15%.) We started to mark all the spam for deletion. This went on until mid-December (specifically, December 16, 2019), when we adopted the wiki after starting the process a week and a half earlier. Starting after this time, we have since taken away all of the bad content on this wiki. In December, DFI02 joined in! Himself, he thanos-snapped almost all of the irrelevant content (mostly Animal Jam (which were the Phantoms came from)), i can't believe this happened!

I would also like to say that the Smash Hit Wiki would of course not be here if it weren't for the viewers, helpful editors, and others who have helped the Smash Hit Wiki along the way! (Many anonymous users, starting with 260... also started to edit helpfully, so I believe this is a good sign for the future.)

Now, on to 2020.
In 2020, I hope we can accomplish, or at least partially accomplish, these goals:

That's a lot, and I don't expect to reach all of them. (But let's hope we can. Also add your suguestions in the comments!)
 * Build reader and editor trust - get new editors and keeping this wiki spam free!
 * Fix bad English and help others learn good English grammar
 * As already stated, keep this wiki very clean!
 * Build more community, though this kind of thing should happen natrually.
 * Write more about Smash Hit web content
 * Write more about other things in Smash Hit

Anyway, I hope this has been a good conclustion about Smash Hit Wiki's past, present, and future. Have an amazing new years! If I missed something, I wouldn't be surprised as it is a bit late tonight, so just let me know.

Knot126 (talk) 04:54, January 1, 2020 (UTC)

Edited to include what happened in December by MondaysAreTheWorst 08:08, April 23, 2020 (PST)