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 I'm really glad you joined us in the hosting move, but you ''have'' to abide by the rules to remain a productive editor. --[[User:Scrooge MacDuck|Scrooge MacDuck]] [[User talk:Scrooge MacDuck|<span title="Talk to me">☎</span>]] 14:46, 5 March 2024 (UTC)
+== Checking in and clearing up ==
+Hey there, just been reading over the General Discussion on the Fork & been planning to get round to speaking to some other regulars about the path forwards and the decisions made to fork.
+In relation to the matter of forking, I do not know how much I can say of ''other peoples' ''personal experiences without checking with them first, but you can find [https://twitter.com/AMadmanNotABox/status/1761970923463200831?s=20 here] a thread of one of the major grievances I have had in terms of Czech and a loss of confidence in FANDOM. There's certainly plenty else to be said on that - by myself (other issues with Czech, including straight-up decrees that put a lasting non-negotiable limitation on certain things), others here & others on other Wikis have forked or are considering forking (like their increased excessive ads, AI usage plans or what they did to the McDonalds Wiki).
+On this, though: I would like to say a personal sorry for the relative secrecy from myself as a regular editor who was part of the discussions on FANDOM's many misgivings & the plan to fork. FANDOM has previously been... not great... to communities - particularly gaming ones - that they've become aware are looking at forking. (In-fact, they modified their forking policy on Community Central not too long ago to be even more strict, to nobody's surprise.) As a fellow neurodivergent, I can understand that the lack of immediate clarity to yourself may have been somewhat frustrating and hope that all I'm saying here is helping to mitigate that for you, even a little.
+In relation to general forking conversations, I do want to clarify that there are no active plans to introduce ads over here. Ads might be a potential alternative to the receipt of larger donations as a way to upgrade the wiki hardware, but that's not actively being pursued. And that a number of us regular editors (who could be safely contacted off-Wiki to avoid any potential issues with FANDOM) have been involved throughout the process of discussing and implementing the fork. And even many of those who were not able to be made aware of the exact specifics of the plan were clear in conversations off-Wiki regarding their feelings towards FANDOM & Czech, and the idea of being somewhere else. <br><span style="background:purple; border:1px solid #777777; padding:1px 3px 1px 3px; margin-left:4px; font-size:.9em;'''<!---moz-border-radius:1ex;--> border-radius-topleft:1ex;border-top-left-radius:1ex; border-bottom-left-radius:1ex; -moz-border-radius-bottomright:0ex; -moz-border-radius-topright:0ex;">[[User:JDPManjoume|<span style="color:white> JDPManjoume </span>]]'''<span style=background:black;padding:2px;color:#f2f3f4>Regular Editor</span>&nbsp;[[User talk:JDPManjoume|<font color="#ffffff" title="Talk to me">☎</font>]]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/JDPManjoume|<font color="#ffffff" title="See what I've been up to">✍</font>]]</span>     <span style="border: 1px solid #2f2cb8; padding:1px; border-radius-topright:1ex;border-top-right-radius:1ex; border-bottom-right-radius:1ex; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:0ex; -moz-border-radius-topleft:0ex; background-color:#ececec; color:#2f2cb8;font-size:.88em;font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Gadget, 'Arial Rounded MT Bold','Abadi MT Condensed Extra Bold','Gill Sans Ultra Bold','Arial Black',sans-serif;"> 12:31, 7 March 2024 (UTC)