User blog:Psychicken17/A Brief History of Scribblenauts Wiki

Scribblenauts Wiki has had a long history that I got bored and decided to chronicle.

Introduction by Carl Sagan
HOW DO I GET THIS THING BLARRRRRRGH

Thank you. Please carry on.

Precambrian Era (2009)
On June 7, just after Scribblenauts was shown off at E3, a fellow named KingTT decides to create a wiki about it. Since the game hasn't been released yet, there is very little content.

TL;DR Nothing happens until the Cambrian Explosion of 2010.

Cambrian Explosion (Early 2010)
Soon, 3 users enter the wiki and shake things up for a bit. They all entered on Jan. 25, 2010. These people are WalkingTalkingCactus, Megatron1, and Thiocyanate. Megatron1 hails from the Smashwiki, and decided to adopt the wiki after the leader left and there were practically no editors. WalkingTalkingCactus made the previous level template (the one with the table with par and difficulty) that is only now being replaced. They also catagorized tons of things. Thiocyanate took a crack at an early object template, and while it seems primitive now, it was a big leap. Eventually, WalkingTalkingCactus was promoted to admin (Megatron1 already was for adopting the wiki.) This era soon ended though, starting a new one.

The Dark Ages (Spring-Summer 2010)
Throughout spring to summer 2010, no major advancements were made and despite a few hard-working users, not much happened.

The Progressive Era (Summer-Winter 2010)
During late August, a new face entered Scribblenauts wiki. They were none other than Maxwell the Scribblenaut! They were pretty much the only major editor at that point. Objects were catagorized, pages were made, and all around good times were had. Maxwell was made admin by Megatron1 (who was semi-active)

A mini-boom came during late October. Two users, Psychicken17 and Mafia Mettaur joined. Mettaur didn't do too much editing, but introduced the wiki to the wonders of spritesheets. Many major editors still use them today. All was not well though. Megatron1 got fed up with Wikia and left Scribblenauts Wiki. He now resides at the NIWA Smashwiki. From there, things were quiet.

Reconstruction (Winter-Spring 2011)
With only a handful of active users, not many major changes happened in the start of 2011. The biggest event was probably Faceman667's pagebombs of February. He was a user who took many pictures of Scribblenauts vehicles and weapons and made many very short pages about him. The wiki gained about 112 pages in 2 days! He quickly left though, leaving the active users even more stubs. As of June 2012, most of those pages have been constructed into well-written articles. At the very end of this era, Maxwell the Scribblenaut went on an indefinate hiatus, but not before giving adminship to Psychicken17, the most active user at the time.

The New Deal (Summer-Fall 2011)
Left with a sea of stubs and a miniscule amount of editors, Psychicken17 did not know what to do, so he waited. His wishes were granted in the new user of Drakez. Drakez's proposed a group of ideas called the New Deal. In it were the following: The New Deal was an amazing success, and pulled the wiki out of the Depression it was in. Drakez was given adminship, and the two got to work adding templates and pictures everywhere they could. Soon another user with similar intentions came in, Joshduman! He added many pages, all in the correct template and with pictures. He, too, became a quick admin. Sadly, this trifecta was not to last. With the summer ending, Drakez and Joshduman both became inactive, and the rest of 2011 was quiet.
 * 1) A template would be made for objects.
 * 2) All objects would use this same template
 * 3) Spritesheets and emulators would be used to grab images, making complete object articles.

The Second Dark Ages (Winter 2011-2012)
Editors came and went, but school slogged them down and people lacked motivation. Not much was done.

The Great Awakening (Spring 2012-???)
During February 2012, A new user came in, Reversinator. They did many things the same as Joshduman. They added lots of pictures, templates, catagories, and the like. The old admin Maxwell the Scribblenaut also made a grand return. Many new but dedicated users entered, such as CandD. Later on, admin Joshduman returned as well. All of these users quickly made many accomplishments. The Second New Deal is as follows: This is the current era, and anyone could make the next big change. So keep editing!
 * 1) An easier to use object templete
 * 2) New adjective+level templates
 * 3) Templates to signify stubs or pages needing images
 * 4) Catagorizing all images