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Subject: The current situation
Dear Members of the Administration of the Chaos Insurgency.
this message is a result of "Operation Doomsdayclock Mira edition", an emergency plan in case admin activity ceases for a long period of time, you have all seen or experienced the last operation that was launched by Meta, the clock I am launching is very different. There is no time limit (so we can't consider this as a clock), its main purpose is to potentially elect a new admin (in active members) who could keep the site alive.
Why restarting the clock?
The last time the clock was restarted we were very lucky because some staff members had returned (even Caduceus), so the clock had been stopped on the 29th of April 2019 at around 8:11 pm. so the wiki had regained a slight increase in activity, not much of a certainty but it was quite encouraging for the future and the survival of the site. However, the staff members have started to disappear again and it has been two months since we have had any more signs of life.
By restarting the clock, I still hope that a member of the staff (who will become active) will show up and continue the adventure. However, let us not lie to ourselves, I do not think that will happen. I know that sometimes in our lives, we have more motivation to continue working on a very complex project but we keep working on it because we think of others, of those who are still present on this wiki.
However, staff members, don't think like that. Such a complex adventure must, first of all, please you because that's the only way you'll be happy to work on this wiki. So believe me, no one will blame you for not having the strength to keep working hard on the wiki, on the contrary, we will solemnly thank you all for working so long on a project that was (and maybe still is) important to you.
Operation Doomsdayclock Mira Edition
this operation is quite different. As I said earlier, I think you (the staff members) no longer have the time (or the desire) to work on the wiki. This is perfectly normal, you have a life and you have other things to do. That's why there will be no specific deadlines, I just want to know if you still want to work on the wiki.
If so: we are all very happy and we continue the adventure with the old team,
if not: We will be perfectly understanding and respect your choice, but you will have to think about giving the job to someone else. For that, I would like to propose someone.
Meta Wonderrat
Who is meta? Honestly, I don't know myself. For me, this is the kind of UFO you only rarely meet in your life, a person who is passionate about what he does and really gives himself body and soul for what he loves. Although sometimes it is difficult to understand what he says (with his funny way of expressing himself), meta is a perfectly logical choice.
He has knowledge of wiki, he likes CI, he is always present and he makes an extremely good follow-up of the ideas that people can propose.
It is not perfect, far from it. He likes to make decisions at high speed and sometimes has trouble relying on others, but when I speak with meta (sometimes) I see a mature person who is saddened by the inactivity of the wiki. For me, he would be the ideal person to take over the wiki.
Concluding
in the end staff members, I don't want you to take this as an attempt to take power. On the contrary, take it as a passing of the torch to a new generation of motivated writers (or people).
Be careful, I'm not saying you're not motivated. But your motivation may have decreased over time and the people who were leaving may have been more depressed than anything else. But know that this wiki has been living for so long, five years, five fucking years and for that reason alone you are great.
you have created such cool and interesting articles, you have made people want to write and imagine worlds, creatures and wonderful things.
I hope to hear from you as soon as possible, I wish you a good day
Mimi
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