User blog:Withersoul 235/We're Resigning (Kind Of)

Hey, all.

I won't take up the space here with a huge-ass college thesis on why we're packing our bags, and will just keep it short, simple and clear: Arguswastaken, Konig Ju1 ("Jovi") and myself are stepping down from the leadership of the wiki. The reason is honestly quite simple.

In truth, the main motive the 3 of us had when taking charge was making the wiki a stable and healthy environment. Back when we arrived in April / May of 2020 (October of 2018 for Jovi), the Henry Stickmin Wiki was an absolute dumpster. I don't like insulting sites like that, but that's just how it was. There was no structure let alone administration or moderation of any kind, creating a giant mess of fake info, poor formatting and craptons of spam pages and categories.

Through Mr. Pato (Now long gone) I got into the administration of the site, with Argus joining a few weeks later. In the summer, we were joined by Jovi, who had just returned from a long hiatus. We had 1 principal goal: Fix the wiki's problems. And now, that goal appears to have been accomplished:


 * Misinformation has mostly vanished from the site;
 * Excluding a few mishaps here and there, the categories has been cleaned up and are in good shape;
 * Almost all info from the Henry Collection and CtM has been covered;
 * We have more administrators and moderators to back us up, ensuring that the site will not lose its caretakers again;

Furthermore, the release of the Henry Collection brought a stream of consistently active users to a formerly quiet wiki, ensuring the vibrance of the community. With all this, Jovi, Argus and I concluded that there really isn't anything left for us to do (Excluding the need to deal with the very occasional troublemaker), especially given the introduction of events like Argus becoming a mod on Innersloth's Discord and entering a game creation project, and myself 1) getting busier, 2) growing largely uninterested in Henry and the wiki, and 3) exploring new ventures, such as videogame development and the creation of my very own webcomic (If you're interested in those, please contact me elsewhere for the details [Preferably Discord or Twitter], as I don't want the comments of this blog to go off-topic).

In short, the goal we had when rising to power has been more or less accomplished, and we feel like now is time to pass the wiki to the new members, take a step back and proceed our lives. To answer the big elephants in the question room:

Who will become the new leader of the wiki?

The new leader of the wiki is SentaiRiderFan, who will be promoted to bureaucrat after I publish this blog. He has agreed to this in private.

Since we're losing 3 admins, how will you make up for said loss?

Jovi has officially departed on 6 October, having demoted both of his account. The very last thing Argus and I will do before our full leave is hold elections, to get a stable number of admins up. The blog for these elections will be made later this weekend. In addition to those, we also have one candidate whom we will approach directly for adminhood, independently from the elections. Argus, Sentai and I will discuss the eventual winning candidates and promote accordingly.

What will you guys do now?

In short:


 * Jovi has already departed. You can still send him friend requests from within the Wiki Discord, through his old messages there.


 * Argus will likely demote himself and part after the outcome of the elections. He's still in the Innersloth Discord if you ever need him (Though, do mind that Argus will be busy given his mod duties).


 * As for myself, I will stay until Sentai has gotten used to leadership and is fully in control. I will remain in the Henry Wiki Discord (As well as Innersloth's, for now), and you're free to hit me up anytime if you wanna talk. You may also freely drop messages on my wall — I really don't mind staying in touch. I'll keep my bureaucrat rights just in case I ever need them, and might still stop by now and then.

It was a pleasure serving this wiki, and I'd like to thank you — the community — for your civil behaviour and your assistance in keeping the wiki clean and running.

Yet, for now, it shall be adios.