Illogicopedia:Site chronology

A general, up-to-date description of our history can be found here.

Here is a series of tables containing important events that occurred on Wikia-located Illogicopedia, as well as some early history taken from the old original wiki at EditThis.info.

No longer updated, except to keep it comprehensible when things like pages being replaced happen.

The Eras

The Main Page Era: January 8-March 10, 2007

This table covers the time period when Illogicopedia had just started on EditThis.info. During this time period, the admins were busy creating Illogicopedia's basic material; everything done during this period led up to the creation of the main page, with the exception of Illogicopedia's old "Rules and banning system", which was an early policy page.

Year	Month	Day	Time UTC	What happened
2007	January	8	17:14	Silent Penguin sets up the main page; see very first "complete" version.
2007	January	8	18:24	Hindleyite created Illogicopedia.
2007	January	8	18:37	Silent Penguin created the "newest articles" section.
2007	January	9	16:39	Silent Penguin created Illogicopedia:About.
2007	January	10	16:10	Silent Penguin writes Illogicopedia's general disclaimer.
2007	January	10	15:56	Silent Penguin created the box for the featured article.
2007	January	12	16:07	Silent Penguin created the moon phase section for the main page. It was at that time simply a link to a site that told the phase of the moon.
2007	January	17	16:03	Silent Penguin created the main page vandalism box, putting at the top the statement "gone to the dogs."
2007	January	21	12:49	Silent Penguin created Illogicopedia's old "Rules and banning system", the first serious policy page. It was largely ignored in practice, yet was only replaced much later, in December 2022.
2007	January	25	17:42	Hindleyite created Illogicopedia's general disco lamer.
2007	February	2	19:26	Nerd42 created the did you know section.
2007	February	2	19:32	Silent Penguin created the "did you know" box.
2007	February	10	11:05	Hindleyite created Illogicopedia:Chat, which leads to Illogicopedia's IRC channel.
2007	February	28	17:21	Nerd42 changed the statement at the top of the main page vandalism box from "gone to the dogs" to "seemed like a good idea at the time."
2007	February	28	17:27	Nerd42 created the first main page vandalism.
2007	March	1	10:38	MrMetalFLower founded the country of Subbuteo, and declared war on Super Japan. The war raged on late into The Era of Refinement, and many koalas were thrown.
2007	March	5	21:36	Hindleyite posted Illogicopedia's first news comments.
2007	March	10	12:36	Hindleyite created the news box for the main page.

The Expansion and The Move: March 15-April 12, 2007

This table covers the period when Illogicopedia – having established itself as a small community – expanded until the move to its present location here at Wikia. Accelerating growth, expanding administration and refinement of policy, a feeling that Illogicopedia had begun to outgrow Editthis, and among all of this a sudden spree of major vandalism, such was this era.
The end of the era is marked by the official closing of the old wiki. Unlike the rest, the part of the timeline concerning The Move mostly does not concern page history on our wiki, but rather key events elsewhere in its moving.

Year	Month	Day	Time UTC	What happened
2007	March	15	01:12	The Divine Fluffalizer created Illogicopedia:Policy to detail acceptable and unacceptable content.
2007	March	17	15:38	Hindleyite created Illogicopedia:Browse.
2007	March	19	17:28	Nerd42 creates request page on requests.wikia.com for what would eventually lead to The Move.
2007	March	26	19:40	Nerd42 created Illogicopedia's commandments.
2007	March	26	20:53	The Divine Fluffalizer created Illogicopedia:Administrators.
2007	March	28	22:05	Following IRC discussion, Silent Penguin posts topic on the admin board (visible to staff only) of the now closed, separate Illogicopedia forum on what to do: Find independent hosting (later tried in parallel, then abandoned), go for Wikia hosting if accepted (requests were made), or stay and rot (evidently didn't happen ;).
2007	March	31	17:10	Wikia admin Sannse starts discussion on Uncyclopedia to get some Uncyclopedian input on the hosting of our wiki and another.
2007	April	1	15:45	Hindleyite created Illogicopedia:Protected page guidelines.
2007	April	3	8:59	Commenting on requests.wikia.com "Closed to allow the Illogicopedia community discussion time".
2007	April	6	13:05	Silent Penguin notes on admin board of old (closed) forum that a test wiki install (not editable) has been set up on what is now our current location.
2007	April	9	07:25	The Divine Fluffalizer finishes cleaning up after the first major vandalization spree, done by someone using usernames including "AAH" in their names. More would follow in the next day, and many reversions were made, others joining in to clean things up.
2007	April	10	11:34	The request on requests.wikia.com is marked as accepted.
2007	April	11	11:52	Silent Penguin writes thread, telling about the new wiki being ready to edit.
2007	April	11	13:05	Silent Penguin rangeblocks AAH, who would later come to make several revisits after The Move.
2007	April	12	12:00	The Divine Fluffalizer notes (old admin board) that new pages made since the wiki split have been imported.
2007	April	12	12:37	Silent Penguin changes main page to note that the old wiki is closed and we have moved.

The Era of Refinement: April 12-June 20, 2007

This table covers the period when Illogicopedia had formed, grown to a community and moved, and its users were occupied with running it and allowing it to function at its new location.
This period was marked by further development of the main page to cover things such as anti-feature and foreign languages, the setting up of the new on-wiki forum, and the creation of more informative pages.

Year	Month	Day	Time UTC	What happened
2007	April	12	11:17	[On new wiki, from now on...] The moon phase image is localized, so that the current phase of the moon can be displayed without relying on a different site.
2007	April	12	20:01	Hindleyite created the help page. He began with "Hi, I'm Big Jim the monotone..." but after a couple of days had a more helpful help page.
2007	April	14	18:53	Hindleyite created a help page explaining how to put YouTube videos on the site.
2007	April	14	18:59	Hindleyite started the FAQ.
2007	April	16	14:20	Silent Penguin started Illogicopedia's forum.
2007	April	16	15:52	Silent Penguin set up the forum's Illogical Zone.
2007	April	16	15:54	Silent Penguin started the forum section "Off Tropic," and the forum's Logical Sector.
2007	April	16	16:04	Silent Penguin set up the forum's Department of Limelight.
2007	April	16	16:07	In the forum, Silent Penguin started the Articulartastic Ministry for Articles.
2007	April	16	16:08	Silent Penguin started the Administrator's League in the forum.
2007	April	17	06:43	Zerotrousers created Illogicopedia:Votes for Deletion. (earlier created on 4th of April as a page on old wiki merely stating: "This is a page where you can Delete Votes Vote articles for deletion.")
2007	May	18	17:04	Silent Penguin created the main page's anti-feature section.
2007	May	19	12:08	Hindleyite created the main page's featured writer section.
2007	May	23	10:45	Hindleyite created the box for the anti-feature section of the main page.
2007	May	24	12:22	Hindleyite created Illogicopedia:Quick Votes for Deletion.
2007	May	25	21:36	Silent Penguin summarized Illogicopedia's past.
2007	June	(needed)	(needed)	The Subbuteo vs. Super Japan war ended. The destruction of Super America lies testament.
2007	June	18	13:42	The older version of the voting system is completed, with a system in which IPs get 0.5 vote, users 1, phantoms 1.5, werewolves 2, and vampires 3. This page was kept in this form until October 2008 when the V2 changes went underway.

The Epic Era: June 20-December 1, 2007

This period began with the first Illogic Pickle. Often with the aim of winning the Pickle, people began to write long narratives. These articles became known as epics, and Testostereich created an epic template to mark them. I have dated the start of this era at the writing of Mouse Trap.

Year	Month	Day	Time UTC	What happened
2007	June	20	14:31	Silent Penguin set up the first Illogic Pickle.
2007	June	22	16:34	Silent Penguin created a section of the main page that allowed people to access foreign-language Illogicopedias.
2007	June	22-25	12:27 on June 22 to 08:47 on June 25	Testostereich wrote Mouse Trap for the Illogic Pickle.
2007	July	7	16:27	Fashionista5676 wrote My Dumb Article for the Illogic Pickle.
2007	July	11	19:25	Results came in for the Illogic Pickle 1.1. The Best Straight Article award (for the "most accomplished rambling") went to Testostereich's Mouse Trap, the runner up was The Divine Fluffalizer's Lemon fish hair, and Foggy Glasses and Deviled Eggs were given honorable mentions. The Best Randumb Article award (for the pickle that made the least sense) went to Fashionista5676's My Dumb Article, the runner up was Flameviper's Random Insanity II, and The Illogic Pickle and Mind Dribble were given honorable mentions.
2007	August	9	08:48	The Divine Fluffalizer created Illogicopedia:Votes for Highlight. Around this time, the voting was made a major part of the Department of Limelight, and the forums were placed in a Subdepartment of Awardingses.
2007	August	24	15:32 to 16:12	MrMetalFlower wrote a history of the Subbuteo vs. Super Japan war.
2007	October	11-13	16:56 on the 11th to 10:53 on the 13th	Testostereich wrote Silent Penguin's Bogus Journey.
2007	October	17	14:09	Silent Penguin started the Illogic Pickle 1.2.
2007	October	23-29	08:01 on the 23rd to 06:52 on the 29th	Cainad wrote Lint for the Illogic Pickle.
2007	October	25-27	21:48 on the 25th to 20:52 on the 27th	MathPoet wrote But He Were Happy for the Illogic Pickle.
2007	November	6	14:45 to 17:05	THE wrote Melville and the Ironing Board.
2007	November	17	12:52 to 16:59	THE wrote Melville and the Ironing Board: Part Two
2007	November	17	18:37	Testostereich created the EPIC template, after noting that Melville and the Ironing Board reminded him of Mouse Trap.
2007	November	17	18:39 to 18:42	Testostereich awarded his new template to Melville and the Ironing Board, its sequel, Mouse Trap, and But He Were Happy.
2007	November	18	18:21	Testostereich awarded the EPIC template to Silent Penguin's Bogus Journey.
2007	November	19	10:17 to 10:48	MrMetalFlower wrote an article that is bound to be searched for if Illogicopedia ever gets an influx of emos. Don't believe me? Fall Out Boy My Chemical Romance Bullet For My Valentine Slayer Hawthorne Heights Panic! at the Disco Bring Me the Horizon Busted! Told you so.
2007	November	19	13:06	MrMetalFlower named his article an epic. However, this became very controversial, and the argument over whether this was an epic or not is still going on today.
2007	November	28	22:43	Results came in for the Illogic Pickle 1.2. The winner for Best Straight Article was MathPoet's But He Were Happy, and the runner up was TheLedBalloon's Dancing walrus. For Best Randumb Article, the winner was Cainad's Lint, and the runner up was Fonchezzz's Envelope in sentim. The honorable mentions went out to I forgot's Mucus, Thekillerfruitcake's Debating, and The Divine Fluffalizer's The Omnipresent Symbol Table in the Sky.
2007	December	1	20:30	Some WHAT!? started the Illogic Book.

The Tale of Ben, Toby, and Euan: January 4-April 17, 2008

This period covers the doings of Euan, Toby, and Ben -- their reality shows, their quarrels, and their cycle of retiring and then coming back.

Year	Month	Day	Time UTC	What happened
2008	January	4	13:12	Benedict blade started Big Brrother 2008.
2008	January	17	08:57	Euan!! EXTERMINATE ALL GEESE was indefinitely banned.
2008	January	17	09:09	Euan was removed from the competition due to his being blocked.
2008	January	25	02:50	Ryan opened the small buvver hoose and the competition began.
2008	February	1	20:32	THE was the first to be evicted from the small buvver hoose.
2008	February	8	22:13	Jojo Randomise was the second to be evicted from the house.
2008	February	9	17:07	Eiffel Tower started a supermarket.
2008	February	11	15:57	Eiffel Tower started Small Brrother as "The Reality Show."
2008	February	12	21:58	Silent Penguin started the Illogic Pickle 2.1. Results have not yet come out for it.
2008	February	21	19:56	"The Reality Show" was renamed Small Brrother.
2008	February	22	22:14	Fonchezzz won Big Brrother 2008.
2008	February	26	20:53	Eiffel Tower asked for the infiniban.
2008	February	28	17:55	Eiffel Tower returned, under the username Toby.
2008	March	23	09:52	Testostereich named the Subbuteo vs. Super Japan history an epic.
2008	March	30	19:53	MrMetalFLower blocked Toby.
2008	April	17	17:58	Ben retired from Illogicopedia.
2008	April	26	11:17	Benedict blade returns under the username TheBladester.

The Phase of Large Buildup: May 24-October 14, 2008

As users such as Jojo Randomise left at the beginning of the summer, other users started to move in, such as Binclin (now known as Huge bob), Dxpenguinman, T3PO, and Readmesoon. Several events in this period shook the site into realizing that it was time to reform.

Year	Month	Day	Time UTC	What happened
2008	May	24	17:11	Binclin makes his first edit.
2008	May	29	04:11	Dxpenguinman makes his first edit.
2008	June	24	04:14	Readmesoon writes about bread danger, then appears to have taken a long break and come back to start editing frequently in late August.
2008	July	9	22:27	T3canolis writes his first article, Bob, the One-Eyed Guy.
2008	August	29	00:34-02:08	BobThatHead vandalizes Illogicopedia for 1½ hours straight. It was the middle of the night in the UK, where most admins resided, so he did not receive a ban in that time.
2008	August	29	11:04	Hindleyite finally bans BobThatHead. Discussion begins about the need for a non-UK admin.
2008	October	14	22:17	TheBladester retires, saying that "this isn't the same wiki that I joined in December last year."

SPOTLIGHT: The midnight attack of BobThatHead

2008	Ergust	29	00:34-02:08	BobThatHead begins a stream of vandalism, in what is the middle of the night in the UK.
2008	Ergust	29	01:18	T3canolis, being a US user, begins to revert BobThatHead's edits.
2008	Ergust	29	01:24	T3canolis leaves. BobThatHead continues to vandalize.
2008	Ergust	29	01:36	Some WHAT!?, also in the US, arrives and continues T3's work at reverting the actions of BobThatHead.
2008	Ergust	29	01:44	Some WHAT!? raises an alert.
2008	Ergust	29	02:08	After a spree of user insulting, page-move vandalism, and expecting (but not receiving) the banhammer, BobThatHead stops vandalizing and leaves. Some WHAT!? continues to revert the vandal's edits.
2008	Ergust	29	02:57	Some WHAT!? reverts the final vandalism.

The Reformation Phase: October 15-present, 2008

By mid-October it was very clear that some change was needed on the site. Proposals were made, followed by actual changes. The most drastic one was that Illogicopedia moved completely out of Wikia and onto en.illogicopedia.org.

Year	Month	Day	Time UTC	What happened
2008	October	15	22:24	Silent Penguin proposes that the entire site be locked away, and a new one started. Several users disagree.
2008	October	17	11:30	MMF and Testicles come up with an improvement on Seppy's idea, involving a total reform of the site. Plans were made for an article improvement drive, better reviewing, a main page revamp, changes to the voting system, and the appointment of a non-British admin.
2008	October	21	11:55	Hindleyite officially depreciates the old voting system and sets in place the current system.
2008	November	7	?	The new site is created and ?pedia moves from Wikia.

A Continuation Of Events On The Old Wiki

November 7, 2008 forward

2008	November	11	22:00-22:06	KyleH, a Wikia staff member, first weighs in on the move. He changes the site notice and Template:News stating that "some," not "all," of the community has moved. He continues to make this statement after being reverted repeatedly. Discussion occurs on his talk page but leads nowhere. This causes a generally bad reaction from the site, and he later becomes infamous, even on Uncyclopedia.
2008	November	12	17:36	KyleH removes adminship from Testostereich on the old wiki for ghosting one of his edits to MediaWiki:Sitenotice. Later, Hindleyite gives Testostereich adminship again and Testostereich complains to KyleH on his talk page.
2008	November	22	20:46	KyleH gives Some WHAT!? number two, a phantom, a three-day ban for reverting his edits to Template:News.
2008	December	16	22:40	After discussion at Forum:Regarding the direction of the wiki, illogicopedia.wikia.com gets renamed to wackypedia.wikia.com.

Source

I got all this information from going to what I thought were important places and clicking "past frenzies." If I didn't know what important places to go to, I went to places I had already visited and clicked on what I thought were important links.

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