User blog:HF/Goodbye, Explorer!

This blog is dedicated to Explorer 767, one of the wiki's greatest editors.

Explorer had one of the strangest minds in the world. He was smart, creative, and just plain weird. But I liked that about him.

When the wiki first started, we had webmasters. First it was Mariothemovie, our founder. Then it was me and him, however he slowly grew distant from the wiki. Then, TS and I got together, and decided that MTM was inactive, and we promoted Explorer to the webmaster.

To me, the period between the coronation and my COPPA ban was the high point of this wiki. Activity was off the charts, articles were HQAs and there was peace.

I thank Explorer for all of that. He was the better webmaster, even though I've been editing for almost a year before he was. People looked up to him, and worked hard to ensure they had articles just like Explorer.

Then, the dark times hit.

TurtleShroom, Explorer, and I began receiving a lot of hate from users of the wiki. Me, especially. Eventually, the webmaster government was abolished, and a string of Senate-like administration that still confuses me to this day was erected. Through that time period, Explorer remained a loyal friend, standing next to me through the roughest patch of my wiki career.

Years later, Explorer has finally dropped the mike. Although he will never return, his greatest creation, the USA will forever live on. Explorer, may our paths meet again in the foreseeable future. It has been a nice ride.

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Happyface414 ^{(talk|blog|contribs)} 03:31, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

P.S.: HOP ON IRC!

Comments

• Yes. Long live Explorer and his magnificent intelligence. Long life Happyface, for still being on this wiki since the VERY beginning. Not even kidding folks. HF is our technical founder, right after Mariothemovie. And Seahorse is the founder of our beloved modern wiki as well.

Long live the old days of the Club Penguin Fanon Wiki, and it's glory.

-- 03:40, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

• Aw, and I just finished drawing a picture of Explorer. Sir, I am in need of assistance!~ 07:05, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

• As a user who's seen the wiki go through a lot over the years, I think that this whole government deal should just be abolished. It was a whole lot more peaceful with just one webmaster who controlled the sysops. Adios, Explorer. You were a great user and a great friend. Sorry I couldn't finish QFTGW. I might one day. Happy trails, partner.--Kwiksilver - Drop it like it's hot while the pimp's in the crib. 11:27, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

I agree. The BOSS and stuff were overly complicated. We were at our best when we had webmasters. ----Happyface414 ^{(talk|blog|contribs)} 03:47, 18 April 2012 (UTC)