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The site was {{tag|Founded in 2004|founded in April 2004}} by the users [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/Gus Gus] (who died in 2006), [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/Janitor Janitor], and [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/FastEddie Fast Eddie]. [https://web.Archive.org/web/20080423175130/http://TVTropes.org/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?p=1879#p1879] [http://io9.com/5479423/behind-the-wiki-meet-tv-tropes-cofounder-fast-eddie] | The site was {{tag|Founded in 2004|founded in April 2004}} by the users [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/Gus Gus] (who died in 2006), [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/Janitor Janitor], and [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/FastEddie Fast Eddie]. [https://web.Archive.org/web/20080423175130/http://TVTropes.org/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?p=1879#p1879] [http://io9.com/5479423/behind-the-wiki-meet-tv-tropes-cofounder-fast-eddie] | ||
On 12 January 2008, the main database of the website malfunctioned, rendering all its contents unusable. Additionally, all [[:Category:Wiki | On 12 January 2008, the main database of the website malfunctioned, rendering all its contents unusable. Additionally, all [[:Category:Wiki database backup|backups]] since October 2007 were discovered to be corrupted, so the entire wiki was 'warped' to the state of three months before. By the end of that month, the damage had mostly been cleaned up, as the community had joined forces in recovering the lost content from caches of other websites such as [[:Category:Google|Google]]. The incident has since become known as [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGreatCrash 'The Great Crash']. Since that time, the wiki has grown, and all the lost pages have been recreated or fixed. | ||
On 7 December 2008, the official wiki logo has been updated, now referencing ('lampshading') the concept of [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging 'Lampshade Hanging']. | On 7 December 2008, the official wiki logo has been updated, now referencing ('lampshading') the concept of [https://TVTropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging 'Lampshade Hanging']. | ||