Two days left (blog post on Rotten Websites Wiki)

'''This is a blog post I wrote on Rotten Websites Wiki right before its closure. Since that wiki will be deleted in a few days, I'm posting it here.'''

So, this is actually my first blog post on this wiki, and since SocialProfile hasn't been disabled, users can still create blogs despite this wiki only having a few days before it's purged from Miraheze forever.

For some context, this wiki and Fresh Websites Wiki were closed following a successful RfC on Qualitipedia Meta (which is currently unavailable at the time of writing because of a database outage). The RfC was closed as disputed at first, but after examining the votes, it was found that most of the opposes were "I like these wikis please don't close them", while the supporters actually gave valid reasons for wanting these wikis gone. After this wiki's closure, I decided to make the ShoutWiki version of Rotten Websites Wiki the new Rotten Websites Wiki, which it still is.

This blog will not be about the websites wikis specifically, but about Qualitipedia as a whole. Qualitipedia was a good idea that really has the potential to make an impact on the way people reviewed products of media online. I know I sound obsessed with that sentence, but let me explain. Qualitipedia has an advantage over other review websites like IMDb and Metacritic: it can be edited by anyone, making it a community-collaborated source of information. In addition, it sums up the reasons why people liked, disliked, or were indifferent to a product. Spending 5 to 15 minutes reading a page outlining everything good and bad about a product is a better use of time than spending three hours reading 50 different reviews ranging from "this sucks don't buy it" to "this is the best game/movie/show ever!". People naturally have different opinions; for example, one person may like something that another person doesn't. After Qualitipedia's closure, it was revived on another platform. Some people like these wikis so much that they decided to bring them back from the dead, although they were all combined into one.

I remember browsing Crappy Games Wiki near the end of its Fandom days, and after its closure, I rediscovered it on Miraheze. These wikis were what introduced me to Miraheze in the first place, and on the 24th of September, 2019, I created the account I use today (I had previously made an account back in August, but I forgot the password to it). Coincidentally, Qualitipedia's closure came just three days after my third anniversary on Miraheze (I could call it a terrible anniversary present). The blogs on Qualitipedia also showed off its userbase's creativity, and there were a lot of them. In fact, a whole wiki was made to store them all in one place. Many users also made long-lasting friendships because of Qualitipedia, but I wasn't really contributing to the wikis long enough or frequently enough to leave an impact on anyone, I don't think. But that's all I have for this blog. I just wanted to share my two cents before this wiki is deleted. I hope everybody has a happy New Year and a good 2023.

REMINDER: Rotten Websites Wiki has a ShoutWiki revival here: http://rottenwebsites.shoutwiki.com/