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|wikinode URL = No<!--http://YourWikiURL.org/wiki/WikiNode, if none, use 'No'--> | |wikinode URL = No<!--http://YourWikiURL.org/wiki/WikiNode, if none, use 'No'--> | ||
|about URL = No<!--http://YourWikiURL.org/wiki/PROJECTNAMESPACE:About, if none, use 'No'--> | |about URL = No<!--http://YourWikiURL.org/wiki/PROJECTNAMESPACE:About, if none, use 'No'--> | ||
|founder = | |founder = smooglord | ||
|status = Dead | |status = Dead | ||
|language = English | |language = English | ||
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'''MWiki''', abbreviated as '''MW''' and formal name '''Wiki of the Marianas Net''', is a former {{tag|private}} wiki that contained | '''MWiki''', abbreviated as '''MW''' and formal name '''Wiki of the Marianas Net''', is a former {{tag|private}} wiki that contained 772 individual mainspace pages on the Marianas Web. Similar to the [[The Hidden Wiki]], this wiki could only be accessed through a [[:Category:Browser|browser]] designated for the network it subjects on until the Marianas' Web was shut down in 8 August 2019. | ||
;''History | ;''History | ||
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*2016-07-29 — the glitched <tt>.mnet</tt> domain is created due to an error in ICANN software.<ref>[[Archive.org:20150510193331/https://www.ICANN.org/resources/agreement/mnet-2015-03-05-en|.mnet Registry Agreement - Terminated]]; ''www.ICANN.org''; Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers; 05 March 2015.</ref> | *2016-07-29 — the glitched <tt>.mnet</tt> domain is created due to an error in ICANN software.<ref>[[Archive.org:20150510193331/https://www.ICANN.org/resources/agreement/mnet-2015-03-05-en|.mnet Registry Agreement - Terminated]]; ''www.ICANN.org''; Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers; 05 March 2015.</ref> | ||
*2016-08-13 — the [http://18a6164080068ae524286f02f4ceed.mnet first Marianas Web website] is created. | *2016-08-13 — the [http://18a6164080068ae524286f02f4ceed.mnet first Marianas Web website] is created. | ||
*{{tag|FoundedIn2016|2016}}-10-12 — MWiki is created | *{{tag|FoundedIn2016|2016}}-10-12 — MWiki is created. Its founder, smooglord, would start advertising the site on public | ||
*2016-12-06 to 2017-01-04 — MWiki goes through a period of inactivity (domain down) due to unknown reasons. | *2016-12-06 to 2017-01-04 — MWiki goes through a period of inactivity (domain down) due to unknown reasons. | ||
*2017-02-27 — MWiki hits 250 pages. | *2017-02-27 — MWiki hits 250 pages. | ||
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*2018-01-07 — 14 pages get deleted over concerns of illegality concerned with the sites themselves. | *2018-01-07 — 14 pages get deleted over concerns of illegality concerned with the sites themselves. | ||
*2018-03-20 to 2018-03-27 — the Marianas Web became popularised over this period, and MWiki (as well as the entire <tt>.mnet</tt>) went offline due to privacy and potential DDoSing reasons. | *2018-03-20 to 2018-03-27 — the Marianas Web became popularised over this period, and MWiki (as well as the entire <tt>.mnet</tt>) went offline due to privacy and potential DDoSing reasons. | ||
*2018-05-11 — | *2018-05-11 — CrawlerBot is created, and as a result, the wiki hits 500 pages. | ||
*2018-07-02 — MWiki hits 10,000 edits. | *2018-07-02 — MWiki hits 10,000 edits. | ||
*2018-12-30 — | *2018-12-30 — A disgruntled MWiki admin orchestrates the 'Christmas Hack' where the default <code>vector.css</code> page was vandalised to display the message: "THIS WIKI WAS WRECKED BY BLOCKY'S FUNNY DOINGS". The changes were reverted hours later, and the offending admin was banned. | ||
*2019-01-20 — | *2019-01-20 — The same admin attempts to blackmail the creator of the wiki in order to take ownership; it fails and the admin was eventually blacklisted from both MWiki and several other smoog-owned sites. | ||
*2019- | *2019-07-31 — Last known backup and archive of the MWiki. | ||
*2019-08-08 — ICANN finds and fixes the <tt>.mnet</tt> bug, and the Marianas Web shuts down along with the wiki. | *2019-08-08 — ICANN finds and fixes the <tt>.mnet</tt> bug, and the Marianas Web shuts down along with the wiki. | ||
;''References | ;''References | ||
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[[Category:Dark Web]] | [[Category:Dark Web]] |