User blog:CustardBird/10 years

Today marks 10 years since this Wiki was created. An entire decade. I have decided to make this blog to celebrate this amazing length of time, being a Club Penguin fan since 2008 (that's 2 years younger than this Wiki!) and a user of said Wiki since 2012.

In this blog, I will be going into as much detail as possible into each and every era of the Wiki, each and every year, using any information that can be found, be it from users who were present at the time, or old articles we've dug up.

The Beginning (2006 - 2009)
The information we have on this era is very limited, but rest assured I've made sure to include anything we can glean.



On December 20th, 2006, this Wiki was first created by V-Rex (this is uncertain, but most likely, looking at all evidence).

When 2007 rolled around, V-Rex quit the Wiki (at an unknown time of the year) and the Wiki underwent a slight re-tool into a "Webmaster" system, which meant it was led by two leaders. From 2007 - 2009, TurtleShroom and Barkjon were the Webmasters.

Come 2009, Barkjon was inactive and TurtleShroom resigned from his position. Due to that, two new Webmasters were appointed: Sharkbate and Hat Pop, but were Webmasters for only about two months because the Webmaster system was seen unsuccessful, Tigernose and Seahorseruler started a campaign to get rid of it, due to many reasons; among them little voice for the common users in the wiki. An official vote was conducted, causing the end of the system, and a new era for the Wiki.

Fresh Start (2009 - 2011)
A new democratic system was declared, which meant users had a voice in the community, like voting on new policies and other changes. Seahorseruler made a new policy system, which provided a summary of the rules and policies of the wiki. Admins were given their rules via the policy (votes and all) rightfully, rather than seen as a ruler. This caused the Wiki to become more stable and the number of edits increased a lot.

In 2010, Wikia (as it was then known) decided to change the skin, rolling out a new skin called "Oasis". This skin was disliked by many users in the Wiki, claiming it was limited and shouldn't be mandatory. This caused the old community to move to another independent Wiki, separate from this one.



In 2011, the editors in the wiki decreased due to some moving to the new wiki. As a result, many vandals made their move and vandalism was sometimes not reverted due to admins not being present. Soon after that, a user named ShrimpPin was given admin and bureaucrat rights by Wikia Staff. He promoted admins such as Bman2007Jazz, Awesome335, and The Plush. They started cleaning up the Wiki. Although many pages were cleaned, these admins didn't finish, as most left to other Wikis and some quit. This made it a hard job for the rollbacks who were present, as no admin would help them out. The Wiki went through two months with few users editing, while no admins were present. In November, one of the inactive admins returned, promoting two admins to admin in order to help him, Penguinstorm300 and Wolf-gangs (at the time known as Sdgsgfs). They also promoted some other admins; among them, Happy65 and Penguin-Pal. They brought back many activities which were successful that time, along with cleaning up around half of the Wiki. During December, the Wiki became full of editors and became much more active. Mixer2301 was promoted to admin in December and then demoted in the same month.

The Spike (2012-2014)
By January of 2012, the Wiki was cleaned up and heavily retooled, but still lacked information. Various new users joined, made their mark, and improved the Wiki. Penguinstorm300 was demoted due to inactivity and users Mixer2301 and Dps04 were promoted to admin in February and March respectively. The Wiki improved day by day, but had quite a lot of problems in the brand new chat room: invasions and trolls. A new user group called "patroller" was installed and three users were promoted. In mid-2012, a treaty was proposed between the two Wikis (this, and the aforementioned split Wiki), which resulted in a fight, but was later resolved. In late 2012, the wiki faced various problems involving sockpuppets, but was solved in December. Bureaucrat Happy65 quit, followed by ShrimpPin, which resulted in Shurow, Apj26 and Hey.youcp being promoted to administrators. By December, the Wiki had greatly improved from the recent missteps.



The Wiki's massive growth led it to the busy year of 2013. Seahorseruler returned and was promoted to an administrator as the selected ambassador from the new Wiki and Cp kid (also from the new Wiki) got a patroller promotion. Due to Awesome335 and Wolf-gangs' inactivity, a new admin vote was held and Ocean6100 won the rights. Seahorseruler was later demoted due to inactivity and Roger6881 was promoted to take his place. In mid-2013, bureaucrat Awesome335 resigned and Shurow was promoted to take his place. On September 22, Vicyorus was promoted to administrator, but resigned on December 5.

By 2014, the Wiki had grown with an average of around half a million page views per week and many good editors. On February 8, Kallie Jo was promoted to an administrator. On February 22, Mixer2301 was demoted due to a community vote and inactivity. Later in the year, page views decreased to an average of around 350 thousand views per week, likely due to the decrease in popularity of Club Penguin as a game as well as many people returning to school. On August 8, Ocean6100 was demoted due to inactivity. In order to find a new admin, a community vote was held. The vote ended in a close match between Jeserator and the former bureaucrat Awesome335. As a result, both were promoted to administrators. Later that month, on September 20, Shurow resigned from his position as a bureaucrat. Near the end of the year, on December 6, Awesome335 was promoted to a bureaucrat again as a result of a community vote. Finally, the year ended in a surprise with bureaucrat Penguin-Pal resigning from all his rights on December 31, after an extensive history of helping the Wiki reach its peak.

The Here-And-Now (2015-2016)
2015 began with mass promotions sparked by Penguin-Pal's resignation and settlement as an interface editor. As a result of the community vote, on January 17, the Wiki gained two administrators: Vicyorus, a former admin, and Watatsuki, a new admin. In addition, Hey.youcp was promoted to a bureaucrat after a close vote with Roger6881. A few days following the end of the vote, on January 20, Wolf-gangs resigned from his position as administrator, while retaining his bureaucrat rights to prevent any further instability in the Wiki. Later, on January 30, Kallie Jo was demoted due to inactivity, and on February 4, Roger6881 resigned. Page views were at an average of around 200 thousand views per week. On March 12, Wolf-gangs resigned from his position as bureaucrat, and on March 27, Awesome335 was demoted due to inactivity. To compensate for the past few demotions and resignations, a community vote was held for one new admin and two new bureaucrats. On April 12, Callum Fawsitt was promoted to administrator, Apj26 was promoted to bureaucrat, and Shurow, a former bureaucrat, was promoted to bureaucrat again. Page views also picked back up to around 250 thousand views per week. Despite various sockpuppet issues, the Wiki remained stable throughout the rest of the year.







In 2016, after the end of the previous holiday season, page views decreased to around 200 thousand views per week again. Nevertheless, the Wiki was ready to face the rest of 2016. On January 17, Watatsuki was temporarily demoted as a result of a breach of policy. On August 6, Callum Fawsitt was demoted after his account was globally blocked by Wikia staff. On September 11th, CPW Community Admin joined the Wiki and was promoted to administrator after a decision was made amongst the administration.

On December 20th, the Wiki celebrated 10 years since the start of this amazing journey.

Recently, the Wiki has been stumbling in popularity, but throughout this entire period, our amazing community has kept us laughing every step of the way.

The Future
Who knows what 2017 will bring? Or 2018? Or hell, who knows what this Wiki will be like in another decade, one thing we do know: it won't be the same. Change is good, life depends on change, and YOU, reading this right now, can create that change, you CAN shape the future of this Wiki, who knows? In 2026, someone may be writing a blog about the good you brought to the Wiki...



A very very happy Wikiversary to you all.