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==History==
==History==
In 2021, Kid Aces served as a bureaucrat for Nukapedia. She introduced many beneficial changes to Nukapedia that included removing misinformation, head-canon and poorly written articles. Many believed these changes to be "stomping on creativity" and that they negatively impacted the wiki's SEO (Search Engine Optimization), which caused the archived wiki, [[The Vault]], to trump the wiki in search results. She led a clean up of the Nukapedia Discord to make it LGBTQ+ friendly and welcoming for all.  
In 2021, Kid Aces served as a bureaucrat for [[Nukapedia]] where she introduced many beneficial changes that included removing misinformation, head-canon and poorly written content. She also led a clean up of the wiki's Discord to make it LGBTQ+ friendly and welcoming to all. Many users believed the direction she led the wiki in was "stomping on creativity" and that they negatively impacted the wiki's SEO (Search Engine Optimization), causing the archived wiki, [[The Vault]], to appear in top search results, among other things.


On April 1, 2022, she was demoted on Nukapedia and globally banned from [[FANDOM]] for a year. FANDOM, in the past and recently, have been criticized for banning wiki staff for invalid reasons and without warning. Believing the ban to be entirely unjust, rather than appealing, her and Eckserah, Nukapedia's technical lead, began discussing the idea of an independent wiki. On April 7, 2022, the Discord, then called "Project Shmodex", was created, and on April 8, 2022, the '''Independent Fallout Wiki''' was officially founded. Eckserah handled all technical aspects of the wiki fork, while Kate handled the wiki editing spectrum. As an inside joke, the Discord was renamed to "Schmault-Tec".
On April 1, 2022, Aces was demoted and globally banned from FANDOM for a year. FANDOM, in the past and recently, have been criticized for banning wiki staff for invalid reasons and without warning. Herself and many other users felt the ban to be entirely unjust. Rather than appealing, Aces and Eckserah, Nukapedia's technical lead, began discussing the idea of an independent wiki. On April 7, 2022, the Discord, then called "Project Shmodex", was created, and on April 8, 2022, the '''Independent Fallout Wiki''' was officially founded. Eckserah handled all technical aspects of the wiki fork, while Kate handled the wiki editing spectrum. As an inside joke, the Discord was renamed to "Schmault-Tec".


Many Nukapedia users, editors and staff resigned to join the new one out of solidarity. Findabair joined her as a bureaucrat. In the following months, to attain help, the wiki began conversing with other wiki independent communities, such as the [[NIWA]], [[Halopedia]] and the [[Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages]]. On May 27, 2022, the Mod space was introduced, designed to cater to modders and to allow ''Fallout'' mods to have dedicated pages. In early June, all content from Nukapedia was successfully forked over. On October 27, 2022, the Community space was created, allowing fanon content such as fanfiction, fan art, screenshots, artwork, PnP documents and ''Fallout 76'' C.A.M.P. pages.
Many Nukapedia users, editors and staff resigned to join the new one out of solidarity. Findabair joined her as a bureaucrat. In the following months, to attain help, the wiki began conversing with other wiki independent communities, such as the [[NIWA]], [[Halopedia]] and the [[Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages]]. On May 27, 2022, the Mod space was introduced, designed to cater to modders and to allow ''Fallout'' mods to have dedicated pages. In early June, all content from Nukapedia was successfully forked over. On October 27, 2022, the Community space was created, allowing fanon content such as fanfiction, fan art, screenshots, artwork, PnP documents and ''Fallout 76'' C.A.M.P. pages.
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