u/WaveShift_2b2t

The 2b2t Wiki chose to revert our styling changes, with one of the criticisms being that it “ain’t the wiki vibe.” We redesigned it because we felt the default styling was unnecessarily plain and wanted to update OUR page from looking like a 2005 4chan site. The version was clean, professional, and still retained the information and general layout required by the wiki’s rules, such as the group name/title, group introduction, standard group infobox, history, bases, conflicts/griefs, ranks, leadership and members, and former/inactive members sections.

We believe groups should have more control over how their own history, members, and activities are presented. We also have no interest in blatant selective moderation or unnecessary oversight. We were required to remove our Discord link as well, and only after I pointed out that other group Discords were still being allowed did they begin removing them. Even then, the removals appeared selective: Discords for groups they were not involved with or did not share members with were removed (Teutonic Order, Motorway Extension Gurus, and the Highway Workers Union), while others belonging to their friends remained, such as 2b2t Discord Archive, Map Artists of 2b2t, 2Builders12Rules, and the 2b2t Census Bureau.

If a rule exists, it should be enforced equally.

That, in part, is why we created 2b2t Uncensored, which is part of our broader archive project, 2b2t Library. The project already has the support of Donfuer and Imperials, two active groups that, like us, date back over a decade, along with support from The Teutonic Order and Stasis Co.

2b2t Library was created after Terbin shut down The Archive a few months ago. It made us realize how much of the community’s history depends on individual people continuing to host and maintain it. If one person can pull the plug and years of records disappear with them, we need better ways to preserve that history ourselves.

The existing wiki content has been downloaded and copied over, and our copy will continue to be automatically updated. Content originating from the 2b2t Wiki is preserved in accordance with its Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license, including the applicable attribution and share-alike requirements.

Nothing should be permanently deleted simply because someone decides it is no longer relevant or is not currently used on a page. If a file, image, or piece of information has historical value, it should be moved into an archive rather than erased. Whether something is actively referenced today does not determine whether it may matter tomorrow. Preserving those records is the entire point of 2b2t Uncensored: history should be retained, not filtered based on the opinions of whoever currently has moderation access.

We are also building our own Minecraft archive server under the 2b2t Library project, which will be opening in the coming days. This archive includes every world download and region file that was available through Terbin’s Archive, so those files remain preserved and will be available for download by everyone.

The goal is to preserve 2b2t history, reduce dependence on any single person or group, and make sure community records do not disappear because someone decides to pull the plug.

The 2b2t Wiki chose to revert our styling changes, with one of the criticisms being that it “ain’t the wiki vibe.” We redesigned it because we felt the default styling was unnecessarily plain and wanted to update OUR page from looking like a 2005 4chan site. The version was clean, professional, and still retained the information and general layout required by the wiki’s rules, such as the group name/title, group introduction, standard group infobox, history, bases, conflicts/griefs, ranks, leadership and members, and former/inactive members sections.

We believe groups should have more control over how their own history, members, and activities are presented. We also have no interest in blatant selective moderation or unnecessary oversight. We were required to remove our Discord link as well, and only after I pointed out that other group Discords were still being allowed did they begin removing them. Even then, the removals appeared selective: Discords for groups they were not involved with or did not share members with were removed (Teutonic Order, Motorway Extension Gurus, and the Highway Workers Union), while others belonging to their friends remained, such as 2b2t Discord Archive, Map Artists of 2b2t, 2Builders12Rules, and the 2b2t Census Bureau.

If a rule exists, it should be enforced equally.

That, in part, is why we created 2b2t Uncensored, which is part of our broader archive project, 2b2t Library. The project already has the support of Donfuer and Imperials, two active groups that, like us, date back over a decade, along with support from The Teutonic Order and Stasis Co.

2b2t Library was created after Terbin shut down The Archive a few months ago. It made us realize how much of the community’s history depends on individual people continuing to host and maintain it. If one person can pull the plug and years of records disappear with them, we need better ways to preserve that history ourselves.

The existing wiki content has been downloaded and copied over, and our copy will continue to be automatically updated. Content originating from the 2b2t Wiki is preserved in accordance with its Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license, including the applicable attribution and share-alike requirements.

Nothing should be permanently deleted simply because someone decides it is no longer relevant or is not currently used on a page. If a file, image, or piece of information has historical value, it should be moved into an archive rather than erased. Whether something is actively referenced today does not determine whether it may matter tomorrow. Preserving those records is the entire point of 2b2t Uncensored: history should be retained, not filtered based on the opinions of whoever currently has moderation access.

We are also building our own Minecraft archive server under the 2b2t Library project, which will be opening in the coming days. The archive includes every world download and region file that was available through Terbin’s Archive, so those files remain preserved and will be available for download by everyone.

The goal is to preserve 2b2t history, reduce dependence on any single person or group, and make sure community records do not disappear because someone decides to pull the plug.