User blog:Kagimizu/New Hope for an Old Cause?

Well, this is lousy timing. This is totally going to take away from my schoolwork and my attempt to bring Medabots to SFW, but oh well I guess. Time to get this going.

Now, do you all remember when SFW wanted to move from out of under Wikia's control, due to Oasis being forced onto Wikis regardless of opinion or majority decision? Well then, I'm sure you all also remember how we attempted to do so with the help of a few Users. While I'm not going to name names, in the end it just didn't happen. Eventually most of us just got used to Oasis despite its issues, and with no other choice just kinda lived with it.

Well, now there's a chance to try again. Everyone, meet Gamedezyner. He's not just a new User (who rarely contributes); he's also an IT man who has his own site (known as Sonic Fan Zone), knows a crap-ton about computers, and could very well help- no, more like just outright actually move SFW to a different domain. And y'know, not take over a year for it to just go kapoot.

There's just a little problem though: it's a bit of a wild card. GD doesn't know exactly what he'd be able to move until he tests it out on SFW. What's more, GD would need full bureaucratic access in order to fully access SFW's data and move it. At first glance that's a big thing to ask, but that's where I got an idea. Now, I would like to introduce Dragonbreaker. You see, Dragonbreaker isn't another User: it's actually an alternate account I made a long time ago, in order to act as backup in case anything happened like an unjust ban or my account got hacked. I never use it, and its only use came when I tried (and failed) to mediate one of the biggest conflicts to ever occur on SFW.

The idea is this: we give Dragonbreaker full bureaucratic rights. Then, I give GD the account password. He uses the account to get the info he needs and test his ability to move SFW. Once that's all said and done, I log into the Dragonbreaker account, demote "myself" and change the password. That way SFW is (hopefully) moved, and no long-term changes are made to admin personnel.

Now like I said before, everyone is used to the Oasis skin by now. If it were solely because of that, I doubt many of you would see the point. But it's not. If we move from Wikia's domain, we would have TOTAL CREATIVE FREEDOM. We could design, customize, and improve the wiki as we see fit; not Wikia. This would also prevent Wikia from forcing any undesired changes onto use or the wiki; WE would determine the changes that would occur to the wiki.

In return, the only thing we would need to do is what's already done on the Oasis skin; run ads. And unlike Oasis, it would only be a single banner ad; that's all. The reason we'd need to run at least one ad is because GD would be buying the domain name, and would need to pay $40/month. GD also promised that he would hand over full control to us, and that the wiki would be privately owned.

I know this is sudden for all of you, but in reality I and others have spoken to GD about this for some time. The reason I didn't bring it up is because discussions have taken a while, and I didn't want to get anyone's hopes up or make them wait for too long. GD also has/had his own site(s) to work on and improve as well, so I thought it best to leave him to his own work first, then ask him to do such a huge favor.

So.... what do you guys think? It sounds like a pretty good deal, and GD has proven that he has the knowledge to actually go through with what he's saying. More info is coming from the discussions as we speak, but I wanna know what people think about it so-far. I really do think this would be a good idea for us, since it would mean total creative freedom, and freedom from Wikia.

But as is the law of SFW, I alone cannot decide this (even if I wanted to I couldn't; I'm not a 'crat!). So, I will leave the decision to my fellow members of SFW. You all know where I stand on this, but what about you?

Supporters

 * Kagimizu