A Late Happy New Year to Everyone!
On behalf of The Eminence in Shadow Wiki Staff, we hope everyone had a tolerable year. We thank you for sharing some of that time with us. Although it is improbable, I hope this will be the year we can proudly announce that Wiki has reached a satisfactory standard. This past year might not have been as productive as we desired, but there were accomplishments and events that should be shared.
Significant 2024's Developments:[]
Administrator Pans Inactive Status[]
Administrator 1kbyte, known as Pans in the community, started his editing career in mid-2021. Pans quickly distinguished himself and became a content moderator in less than a year. After that accomplishment, it did not take long for him to reach even higher. On the 6th of September, 2022, Pans was officially promoted to administrator and eventually became the most senior active staff member. All good things must come to an end, and he abdicated his position as head administrator on October 1st, 2024. Pans’ rank remains; however, becoming inactive means he will no longer participate in the community or guide administrative direction. Once life becomes less complicated, we hope he will return.
All of the Seven Shadow's Main Articles Are Now Factual[]
Despite some finer details being absent on a couple of the pages, we can confidently direct users towards the Seven Shadow's articles. The Relationship and Chronology remain a quagmire, but progress is being made there too. Last year, it was our goal for these articles to be finished, and it has become a reality. The pages are far from done, but we can all collectively celebrate this accomplishment.
The Wiki Rules Have Been Updated and Are Being Regularly Enforced[]
It is no secret that The Eminence in Shadow larger community abhorred what the Wiki became. A year of unmoderated submissions left it as a joke in the eyes of others; we apologize for it getting to that state. All of our recent work has been to regain everyone’s confidence. In accordance with this new goal, the Wiki updated its policies regarding user conduct and editor responsibilities on June 7th, 2024. It cannot be overstated how much the community has responded overwhelmingly positively to these changes, especially regarding the rules regarding staff's unreserved right to remove any unsourced edits and the prohibition of machine translations. It continues to keep the Wiki from degrading back to its previous state and supplies support for official sanctions. While exactly one dissenting voice contacted staff directly, they are overshadowed by the few hundred positive reactions on the Wiki, Reddit, direct messages, and Discord.
More Official Translations Have Replaced Fan Terminology[]
Through the assistance of several editors, progressively more articles reflect official translations. Rook spent a significant amount of time translating the novel, the least we can do is honor his hard work. Any editor is welcome to contribute to this effort. Plenty of terminology remains unchanged.
Significantly More Light Novel, Game, and Web Novel Sources in Articles[]
We cannot give an exact number; however, it would not be a hyperbole to say we have a dozen times more citations from genuine sources. As an example, Delta's old article had 11 citations with 10 sources; 60% were from the manga or anime. Delta's new article uses 44 citations and 17 sources, with only one manga reference for trivia and two anime sources for supplemental information—with proper indications of it being anime-only. Everything else is from the game or novels.
A Personal Appreciation and Thanks for the Following People[]
Although there are only a few active editors, many people support the work we do here. I will do my best to list people who have significantly contributed one way or another this year. There are people that I might have missed; I apologize if your name was not included!
Swedish Spy Satan, thank you for assisting with the scutwork and tolerating my rambles. If I were unable to perorate personal frustrations, my sanity would have disappeared long ago. Everyone in the community extends their felicitations towards you this year. Good luck with your significant enterprise!
The Beyblade Master Shadz, the work you do to fix my lax formatting makes me look proper. I am much obliged and thankful to have such a wonderful colleague.
Lascivious Black Dot and Gravity Enjoyer Calann, while my English remains adequate for the purposes of this wiki, the best my Japanese can do is ask for more udon. The insight both of you bring and patience towards our questions about the intricacies of Japanese linguistics is invaluable.
Maternal Purplz, despite having two children, a full-time job, and a plethora of other responsibilities, you have offered guidance and advice for an undeserving scrivener.
Shadow Experts and all the Wiki Channel Discord Users, our raillery and exchanges are the main reasons I continue to engage on the Discord server. The lore knowledge everyone collectively shares is invaluable—particular recognition to The Engineer YbKWzNE, Hackerman Nekuko, Ailurophile Mr. Alter, Unicorn Teemo, Minister of Zeta Propaganda Fawkes, Virtuoso Azal, Ray.gt the Yumeko Thigh-Lover, Pragmatic Accurate-Mind1145, Swaggiest SwagDaddy69, Through Your Veins OminousRain, Princess of the Brits Char, FBI Watchlist Gatari, Borgor Boy Adobjective, and The Tin-Pot Dictator Snort.
Editing is War LeXuS008 and Claire Lover WorldMike2B, not including higher staff, I view you two the most active editors this last year. Your overall submissions, files, and editing did not go unnoticed.
Ayato-sama, our lovely Fandom Star. The code you provide and suggestions make it seem like staff know what they are doing. Thank you many times over.
Dragon Master Andres and Waifu-Jeff ShinyaSey, the files you two provide add much needed professionalism to our Wiki articles. It might seem small to others, but the staff recognize its importance. Sprocket Axel is included in these types of small contributions. Axel offers counter-opinions to help keep policy discussion fluid. While the The Eminence in Shadow Wiki might not reflect everything he envisions, if everyone agrees with each other, it is easy to become complacent or miss mistakes.
Thank you to everyone else for your support and continued forbearance of slow progress!
-Administrator ScrivenerMayu