MIRAHEZE CLOSING

Miraheze is likely closing August 31, 2023. Two out of three of the main people are burnt out and want to step away, though if you're technically inclined and want to step in let them know. From their discord server:

Void — 06/15/2023 8:02 PM Hi all, this is not really the message I wanted to be writing right now. However, we that it would be a disservice to the community to continue operating as we are. As such the board has resolved to conduct an orderly winding down of operations. The full statement from the board, including a proposed timeline, can be found at https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Board/Policies/20230615-Statement. Miraheze will remain operational as is until August 31, however we will be disabling new wiki creations effective immediately. We intend to wind down operations in September, and will no longer be providing wikis by October 1st. However, the domain will remain in operation for as long as funds allow to provide users access to full dumps of their wikis.

Void — 06/15/2023 9:06 PM To clarify a bit on the reason behind this choice, the technical team behind Miraheze is currently 3 people (5 if you include two unprocessed resignations). Two of those three people (myself include) are currently burned out on the project and wish to step away. It is in part due to this reason, that we had decided against a last ditch recruitment drive. However, the community outpouring of both support of the platform and criticism of this choice has proven that was probably not the best idea. As such, I am willing to discuss a handover of responsibilities if a new team of infrastructure and MediaWiki engineers can be assembled before the end of August. To those who are interested in this endeavor, please join the discussion in #⁠tech-community

-- Well that's all I have for now.

Blue Lightning (talk) 17:54, 17 June 2023 (EDT)