User:Ninjinian/Thank You

Hello to anyone reading this,

My name's Ninjinian and I'm an editor on the Club Penguin Fanon Wiki. A month from this date of posting will mark ten years since my first edit (according to my user contributions). In my early years I was known for my nooby demands of creating a country outside of the mainland of United States of Antarctica. That went on to become UnitedTerra. It is often considered by my ex and current peers one of the most revolutionary moments of the CP Fanon Wiki, and my best piece of work. I've remained humble on that front but still recognise its influence nine years on. Eventually I went on to advocate for sysop (the old name for an administrator) and rollback rights, creating the group that went on to become known as the.

Besides the creation of UnitedTerra, my earlier work focused on writing stories, but keeping them centred within the Club Penguin universe. The first story that springs to mind is Rise of the Penguinnaters, written in 2009 and its unfinished sequel Revenge-Eating Nightmares. Perhaps the story I'm most fond of is the Fanon Characters Christmas Special! (2009), which went on to become an annual series handled by successive users of the community. I've also dabbled in the famous tradition of parodies, giving the CP universe its own Twitter, Facebook and Nike.

From 2010 onwards I ventured heavily into what would become my main joy of contribution – musical artists, albums and discographies. I began with one of my proudest and complete articles to date, DJ Crow, who went on to retain community relevancy for seven years straight, and then transformed canonical musicians Penguin Band, Cadence and Rockhopper into the powerhouses they are now.

Aside from articles, I used my responsibility as a sysop to bring in a collection of necessary templates, icons, images and traditions (such as replacing the tedious Featured Article of the Week with Featured Article of the Month and User of the Month). I'm also very proud of the that I designed – I was adamant to make the WoF look better and give our special users the memory they deserved – but it was simultaneously impractical for fellow admins to edit.

More recently I put together the map after realising there was no detailed, official map that encompassed every single country and island in the Fanon universe, which seems that it will go on to be used for years to come.

I say all of that to announce my departure from the Wiki, and its special community. It's something that has definitely been coming; I've had a quiet 2018 in terms of contributions, not to mention my infamous droughts of inactivity over recent years. There's many reasons for this. Firstly, at age 20 I'm ongoing an adult lifestyle; life is too busy, too hectic to be an active member of the community. Secondly, all of my original peers have long gone. I don't feel the same chemistry as I once did, which is down to my memories of several years ago and experiencing how the Wiki and community have evolved first-hand. Lastly, the creative juices have run dry and I do not want to be on the Wiki for the sake of my legacy.

I've had a good time on this website. I wouldn't be writing this long post if I didn't feel like I had to pay homage to it. This Wiki is quite literally my childhood. I grew up on here, living an alternate part of my life that people in my reality were never exposed to. I feel as if I've never been the face of any controversies, maintained good relationships, contributed plenty and been as mature as I could have been for a once-12–13 year old kid who merely set out to exercise his imagination for an online game he adored.

I'd like to thank everyone that's on the Wall of Remembrance that I proudly created (I can't mention all of you but the names are there). Specifically, to Explorer 767 for allowing this noob to change the way countries are composed. Shoutout Kwiksilver, TurtleShroom, Metalmanager, NotAnEditor, XTUX345, Zapwire, Zone, Flywish, Mectrixctic, Screwball86, Sanchonachos and The Leader for all the collaborative projects we worked on together. Thank you to Childpengu1 for joining me in my musical ventures and giving us Meaghan. Thank you to HatPop for being the van Gogh to my most famous characters – appreciate that so much. Shoutout Speeddasher for drawing the art for my Penguin-Naters series as well. Shoutout Swiss Ninja, we were never the closest but there was mutual respect there.

For who's still here (or recent), thank you to EDFan12345, Cp Kid, TheBroMaster, Penstubal, Wonderweez, Wikipenguino45, Star kirby 12 and SlenderXP. Specifically, thank you to CK, EDFan and Penstubal for the conversations we've had over the years – you guys have been the only ones filling my talk page up in the past two years LOL (most of which were invites to IRC (sidenote: I always hated IRC – shoutout the Shout Box that used to exist on the Wiki Sidebar back in the day) lol).

This is something that's been on my mind for the whole year but I never took out the time to announce it because I wanted it done properly, while resigning as an admin of the Wiki. Leaving is bittersweet, as I'm leaving behind so many unfinished projects. I never got to take UnitedTerra to the next level, especially its states and cities. But at the same time it's fine as I think I've left the mark I've wanted to make during my ten-year tenure, particularly during my two spells as an administrator.

In terms of my articles, I would like my main ones to be left as they are, namely DJ Crow and UnitedTerra. I have already wrapped up Crow's career in preparation for the time this post had to be made – so please leave Crow and associated articles as they are – and as you all know I hate Fanon country politics so please leave UnitedTerra out of all that. If anything, just keep writing neutral content when mentioning UTR in the way USA is treated. If anything's not clear on that front just drop me a message on my talk page and I'll quickly clear anything up (just don't ramble on, simple questions only, thank you). I'll no longer be here to be the gatekeeper of musical contributions, but I trust current users such as CK, EDFan and Penstubal to keep my vision going if needs be (such as with Cadence and Penguin Band). If anybody wants to adopt and finish any non-musical and non-country articles stubs or LQAs that I never completed, feel free to do so while bearing their original purpose in mind.

I may pop in by surprise every now and then to see what's up, but my days are over in terms of hard editing and being an active member of the Fanon.

I will always wonder where this Wiki will be in two years time, and who knows, five years time. It's certainly been a magical place for me and I've loved every second of it. The memories will live on forever.



Thank you so much. :)

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