Miraheze

Website
Name:	Miraheze
Owner/Maintainer:
Dates:	2015? - present
Type:	Wiki hosting platform
Fandom:	Multifandom
URL:	[1]
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Miraheze is a wiki-hosting platform. It uses Mediawiki (the same software as Wikipedia]]). It is increasingly promoted by fans as an alternative to FANDOM.com wiki hosting

History

2023 Shutdown Scare

Bad way to summarize it but I will come back and do it better.

• Official announcement of planned shutdown (16 June 2023): https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors/Policies/20230615-Statement
• Spurred large volunteer efforts to re-organize the leadership team and ???fix codebase issues???
• Aquired by WikiTide Foundation, new 501(c)(3) status??
• Not Shutting down announcement (???18 June 2023): https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Talk:Miraheze_is_Not_Shutting_Down

Fan Commentary

• i wish all fandom wikis a very migrate to miraheze or go fully independent, ^{Archived version} post by babbybones, 2022
• this 2022 post by mortimermcmirestinks (alt link, alt link)